Dean baquet, welcome. Thank you, its good to here. You dont look failing to me. laughs thats because i worked out at the gym. Is that why, because youre kind of pumped up . What is the president s glitch . What is his problem with you . All hes done for the last few months, even back into the campaign, was get on twitter, get on the stump, and attack the New York Times, attack the New York Times. I mean, hes attacked everybody. Hes attacked the media. But he seems to have a special problem with you. I have two psychoanalytic thoughts about it. [evan] bring it. The first is, you have to remember the president is a guy whose family made its fortune in queens. I think that what he did, his biggest accomplishment in the family business, was coming and taking manhattan. I think he really wanted, and he made a lot of money building apartment buildings for people who probably could not have gotten them. Who were rich, but couldnt get into fancy, Upper East Side buildings. I think he wants to
Illinois 10th Congressional District has one of the most expensive races in the country as democrats try to take control of the seat for the first time in more than 30 years. Theyre aided by the recent remap of the district which makes it the most democratic Congressional District in the country that is held by a republican. The newlydrawn 10th Congressional District runs along Lake Michigan and up to the illinois wisconsin border and includes northern sub you ares such as buffalo grove, lake forest and glen cove. A couple of quick notes. This forum is being streamed live on our web site, wttw. Com chicago tonight, and you can join a live chat. If you have a question for the candidates, you can ask it there, and we may use it on the air. Also a note about our format tonight. This is not a formal debate. The candidates will not give opening or closing statements, their answers will not be timed, and they will not necessarily be asked the same questions. I will use fairness as my guide t
Upstate Medical Center blues 18 million a year. Its going to hurt the economy. So i voted to repeal the Affordable Care act. Beyond that we voted for bipartisan support for three free trade agreements that will aid in increasing the number of exports from our district. We have time for rebuttal. What are your thoughts regarding the stimulus act . Maffei i think the recovery act was essential at the time. First of all were lots of small tax cuts that were essential to those families. Secondly, we kept police on the street, kept or teachers to me laid off in our classrooms from blowing up in size. And firefighters. So certainly we had to do something. The thing that i am really confused about, thats bad but there do the right thing on the taxes apparently. But now some of the economy is starting to be fine for millionaires and billionaires. Im doing the wrong thing by asking them to pay their share. And get we need to balance the budget but where is the money going to come from . None of
Upstate Medical Center blues 18 million a year. Its going to hurt the economy. So i voted to repeal the Affordable Care act. Beyond that we voted for bipartisan support for three free trade agreements that will aid in increasing the number of exports from our district. We have time for rebuttal. What are your thoughts regarding the stimulus act . Maffei i think the recovery act was essential at the time. First of all were lots of small tax cuts that were essential to those families. Secondly, we kept police on the street, kept or teachers to me laid off in our classrooms from blowing up in size. And firefighters. So certainly we had to do something. The thing that i am really confused about, thats bad but there do the right thing on the taxes apparently. But now some of the economy is starting to be fine for millionaires and billionaires. Im doing the wrong thing by asking them to pay their share. And get we need to balance the budget but where is the money going to come from . None of
Frankel, associate editor of the new york times, henry l. Trewhitt, Diplomatic Correspondent of the baltimore sun, and richard valeriani, Diplomatic Correspondent of nbc news. The ground rules are basically the same as they were for the first debate two weeks ago. The questions will be alternated between candidates. By the toss of a coin, governor carter will take the first question. Each question sequence will be as follows the question will be asked and the candidate will have up to three minutes to answer. His opponent will have up to two minutes to respond. And prior to the response, the questioner may ask a followup question to clarify the candidates answer when necessary with up to two minutes to reply. Each candidate will have three minutes for a closing statement at the end. President ford and governor carter do not have notes or prepared remarks with them this evening, but they may take notes during the debate and refer to them. Mr. Frankel, you have the first question for gov