Caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] \ next a discussion about morality and the united states. Mediahe focus on the news and voter decisionmaking. This is two hours. Good evening and welcome to our program, and Perfect Union has america lost its moral center . My name is david gibson. I am the director of the department of religion and culture here at fordham university. We are pleased to see you here this evening and to have coverage by our friends at cspan at this event tonight. So look sharp. Try to behave. Cell phones on mute. But do feel free to tweet the event as you like. Maybe even our resident will between eating the event at some point president will be tweeting the event at some point although it seems hes more involved another matters. We began to conceive of this Program Shortly after mr. Trump was elected last november on the Famous Campaign slogan make America Great again. And of course, we were taking something of a risk by having this program, because we we
Many americans anxious, under nerd, deeply worried. They believe the governing class has let them down hence they were willing to gamble a presidency on a World Wrestling entertainment hall of famer with no experience and we are living with the consequences. A few other things is that politics has become an arena for conflict rather than a place for problem solving. Jonathan hite and dan abrams, two professors cite several destructive longterm trends that could explain why our National Policies broken and to mention a few, a political scientist referred to the isle ideological sorting of the parties to peer presence over the over the years and politicians have polarized americans and not just ideologically, but in terms of personality and lifestyle. That urban renewal divide has grown into a bowl which reflects to urgent interest in values. Fourth, immigration is rising and has led to write Ethnic Division with cultural changes in Congress Make it harder to maintain cross party friends
Greater than anybody ever anticipated and im sure the democrats would like to blunt that by shutting down government if the country shuts down, which could very well be, the budget should be handled a lot differently than it has been handled over the last long period of time, many years. But if for any reason it shuts down, the worst thing is what happens to our military. Neil now the president will be off to pennsylvania today to tout that tax reform, to tout what is happening to the markets, to tout all the promises of bonuses and jobs from the likes of apple and some others. Fox businesss hillary vaughn, with the latest on all of the above. Hillary, what do you have . Reporter hey, neil. Well apple says they are going to bring home a big chunk of that 252 billion they have sitting overseas and they say it is all because of President Trumps tax law that lets them pay a onetime tax of 38 billion to bring it home. Making it one of the biggest payments of its kind to the u. S. Governmen
We have genuine debate taking over. We have politics there and other policies. Over the past decade or two, the most conservative candidates have come from kansas. Kansas voting patterns trend republican. In truth they lean republican. I was a victim of that myself. People forget that in 1978, a democratic speaker of the house defeated a republican and combatant. Incumbent. Bob dolelk about the race. No matter what happens in november, whichever party wins these races, i am hopeful that this can be positive. Senator dall is one of the founders here. A legend of american politics. He told me that elections are therapeutic. I think he was referring to his closely run race in 1974. Senator dole won by 1 . The closest political race and country. They each spent about 1 million total in that senate race. Today, i dont know if 1 million would have bought him 3 days of advertising. Senator dole never gave up on his values. He did embody a more inclusive approach to the kansas elections. He is
Join the colorization. Like us on cspan. Follow us on twitter. Pennsylvania as well as our audience. This is the final debate in the race for governor. Welcome to our candidates. Our panelists tonight include the president of the league of women voters of pennsylvania. Each candidate will give a one minute closing statement. Our order was predetermined and eight coin in a coin flip. Is working with the league of voters to bring this debate. Thank you and good evening. On behalf of the league of women voters i extend a sincere welcome. For participating in this exchange of positions and visions. Forms and debates are Great American traditions. Governors matter, our states future matters. And voters matter. Pennsylvanians need to know who and what. Who and what they are voting for. Pennsylvania has a pay equity law that has been on the books for approximately 55 years. That law is not working. Earnsn in pennsylvania . 77 for every one dollar a man earns and every earlier this year more c