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Mcconnell in a bad position because theyre going to have to fracture their confidence. This is what happens in washington. Its finding something that ewan fies your side and defies the other. The House Republicans felt good about this plan. Building stronger communities through schools. Thats a hard panel to follow from the first one i have to say. That was an amazing panel and we heard great information. And we will do the same here. By name is robert and im the president and ceo of the Freeman Foundation for educational choice. Were honored to be here with senator scott. Im excited about the...

Do you do anything about that . Were very concerned as well. The most simple, direct step thats been taken many times before under both parties is a small reallocation of the payroll tax. And we ought to take that step and make sure that those who have earned these benefits get those benefits. Well lets and i dont mean to interrupt you because i dont have a lot of time. So, what youre doing is basically ignoring the fact that its exhausted and transferring the money. Lets be honest. When you say a small allocation, thats transferring the money, yet its a system thats going insolvent, so were t...

And here on cspan, our life running except that newbies our life programming except that newbies did. Noon eastern. President obama travels to princeton, indiana today, talking about the economy. We will have that life for you here on cspan. On cspan2, a discussion on the use of military drones. Author Richard Whittle has written predator the secret origins of the drone revolution. We mentioned president obamas scheduled speech on the economy. It is likely he will talk about the latest unemployment figures released earlier today. 248,000 jobs added in the month of september. The jobless rate f...

How do you see the governors race playing out in louisiana . In terms of my timeline, it will be the next few months. My wife and i continue to think about it. As we were saying earlier, i think everybody is thinking about this. Who is the next president is not as important as what the next president does. We face serious challenges. This is an election that will be a series election, not just about who can tell the best jokes or deliver the best speech. This is a consequential election about the future direction of our country. I am not just thinking about the election but the issues and givi...

And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Please welcom Jeffrey Sachs back to this program, one of the worlds leading experts in fight against poverty which has taken him to more than 125 countries. He joins us tonight for an assessment of the president s address earlier this evening. More important to talk about raising the standard of living for the poor and around the globe. Always an honor to have you on this program. Itsqif you, tavis. Let me jump to some of the specifics of what the president had to say tonight. Provision for free access for two years of ...