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>>> PRODUCTION UNDERWRITING FOR RUCKUS HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE GENEROUS
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM FRED AND LOU HARTWIG AND FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU.
THANK YOU.
>>> GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO RUCKUS, OUR WEEKLY FOOD FOR THOUGHT FIGHT OVER THE
NEWS OF THE DAY AND THE TRENDS OF THE TIMES. ELECTION DAY IS LESS THAN TWO
WEEKS AWAY, AND THE RUCKETTES, ***, MARY, GWEN, AND YAEL ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND
OTHER TOPICS, AS WELL. >>> LET'S START TONIGHT WITH KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT, KCI, ORIGINALLY LABELED KANSAS CITY INCONVENIENT BY CRITICS OF ITS ONCE REMOTE
LOCATION IN PLATTE COUNTY. 40 YEARS AFTER THE GRAND OPENING, THOUGH, KCI HAS BECOME
A LOCAL ICON AND LOTS OF FOLKS ARE UNHAPPY ABOUT PLANS TO CHANGE IT.
THE CURRENT PLAN THAT'S GAINING SUPPORT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AND OTHER OFFICIALS IS TO MAKE
KCI A ONE-TERMINAL AIRPORT BY REBUILDING TERMINAL A, DEMOLISHING TERMINAL B AND
LEASING TERMINAL C TO OTHER INTERESTS. FEDERAL AND LOCAL AVIATION
OFFICIALS STRESS THE NEED FOR CHANGE, CITING COST AND SECURITY CONCERNING.
SO GWEN, HAVE WE, THEREFORE, REACHED A POINT WHERE OPPONENTS OF CHANGING KCI HAVE TO REALIZE
SOMETIMES YOU JUST CAN'T FIGHT CITY HALL? >> I THINK WE HAVE ON THIS ONE.
YOU KNOW, THE AIRPORT WAS BUILT IN THE EARLY 1970'S, IT IS OUTDATED.
AS MUCH AS WE LOVE THE CONVENIENCES OF GETTING RIGHT TO THE GATE AND YOU CAN MAKE A
FLIGHT IF YOU'RE RUNNING BEHIND, THAT'S ALL GOING TO CHANGE, AND THE TAXPAYERS DON'T HAVE TO
WEIGH IN WITH ANY TYPE OF A VOTE. THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A BALLOT
INITIATIVE, BECAUSE AIRPORTS ARE FUNDING BY THE AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, AIRLINES AND
TRAVELERS. THE TICKETS YOU BUY, FEES GO TO THE FEDERAL AVIATION
ADMINISTRATION, AND THOSE FEES ARE INVESTED IN BUILDING AIRPORTS AND KEEPING THEM SAFE.
NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT ON THIS PROCESS, I THINK WHERE CITIZENS CAN BE
INVOLVED IS INFORMING THE DESIGN PLANS TO TRY TO RETAIN SOME OF THOSE AMENITIES AND CONVENIENCES
WE'VE GROWN TO LOVE HERE IN KANSAS CITY. I LOVE THE AIRPORT THE WAY IT
IS. PEOPLE WHO TRAVEL HERE I THINK REALLY ARE SURPRISED AT HOW EASY
THEY CAN GET IN AND OUT, BUT BECAUSE IT IS NOT -- BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S AIRLINE
DRIVEN, WE'RE MISSING OUT ON SOME THINGS, SUCH AS HAVING MORE NONSTOP FLIGHTS, YOU KNOW, AND
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE AIRLINES DETERMINE. >> SO THIS IS BEING DETERMINED
BY THE AIRLINES, NOT BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC. >> BY THE AIRLINES, NOT BY THE
GENERAL PUBLIC. >> AND MARK VAN LOW WHO IS THE AVIATION DIRECTOR, WAS ON STEVE
KRASKE'S PROGRAM ON KCUR UP-TO-DATE. >> I HEARD ABOUT IT.
>> AFTER HEARING COMPLAINTS FROM THE PUBLIC, SAID, I WORK FOR THE AIRLINES.
I DON'T WORK FOR THE PUBLIC. >> HE SAID -- CHECK THE TRANSCRIPT ON THAT.
THAT STATEMENT CAME OFF A LITTLE BIT ARROGANT, BUT THE REALITY, WHAT HE SAYS IS THAT IF YOU
LISTEN TO -- IF YOU GO BACK AND YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND HEAR THAT, THAT WHAT HE SAID IS THAT HE
ALSO WORKS FOR. HE DIDN'T SAY THAT HE EXCLUSIVELY WORKS FOR THEM.
>> GWEN, I APPRECIATE YOUR POINT OF VIEW, BUT I MEAN, THERE JUST ISN'T ANY PUBLIC FIGURE THAT I
KNOW OF IN KANSAS CITY MORE ARROGANT THAT THIS MAN. NOW, DOES HE HAVE A REASON TO BE
ARROGANT? YES. I THINK HE'S TELLING THE TRUTH.
IN CASE YOU'RE OUT THERE AND YOU LIKE THE AIRPORT AND YOU THINK IT HAS ANYTHING AT ALL TO DO
WITH YOU, THAT'S ALL A MYTH. YOU HAVE NOTHING TO SAY. THIS IS ALL A MATTER OF INSIDER
POLITICS AND INSIDER BUSINESS, BIG BUSINESS. AND MARK VAN LOW, WHO PRETENDS
TO SPEAK FOR THE PEOPLE OF KANSAS CITY ON THIS, DOES NOT. HE ACTUALLY IS NOT PRETENDING
TO. HE WAS VERY CANDID EARLIER ON, I THINK EARLIER ON THIS YEAR, WHEN
HE SAID, YOU HAVE NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS, SO STOP, YOU KNOW, WASTING YOUR TIME.
SERIOUSLY, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL GIVE A CLEAR GO AHEAD FOR ANYTHING THAT'S PROPOSED.
THE CITY DID GET THE CONTRACT FOR THE DESIGNER -- I MEAN, FOR THE PLANNERS OF THIS SORT OF
THING, BUT GUESS WHAT, MARK VAN LOW SAID THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WANTS TO MAKE THIS
MAJOR CHANGE BECAUSE OF SECURITY. THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY
ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT ASKED OR EVEN DEMANDED THESE CHANGES. THIS IS ABOUT AIRLINE PROFITS,
PERIOD. >> WELL, YOU'VE WRITTEN ABOUT THIS RATHER EXTENSIVELY, YAEL,
AND YOU'RE NOT HAPPY WITH THIS CHANGE THAT'S COMING TO KCI, ARE YOU?
>> WELL, I'M NOT HAPPY, BUT MARK VAN LOW DOESN'T CARE WHETHER I'M HAPPY OR NOT.
>> YOU'RE ONE OF THE FEW THAT HAS A VOICE. YOU HAVE A WEEKLY COLUMN.
>> LET'S MAKE THREE POINTS. ONE, I THINK GWEN IS CORRECT THAT AN OLD AIRPORT WILL BE
REPLACED BY A NEW AIRPORT. SLY JAMES, CITY COUNCIL SEES JOBS, JOBS, JOBS, AND IT'S NOT
GOING TO COST LOCAL TAXPAYER. NO. 2, IF MARK VAN LOW AND THE AVIATION ARE SUCH GREAT EXPERTSY
DID, WHY DID THEY SAY, WE CAN BUILD IT TO THE SOUTH. GREAT IDEA.
MAYBE IT'S NOT. THE THIRD POINT, ACCEPT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> LET ME JUST SAY THIS. I SPOKE WITH BOTH MARK AND RUSS JOHNSON.
>> CITY COUNCILMAN. >> CITY COUNCILMAN. I ASKED HIM THE SAME QUESTION
ABOUT CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT ON THIS PROCESS, AND IT APPEARS THAT IT IS A FOREGONE CONCLUSION THAT
WE'RE GOING TO GET A NEW AIRPORT, AND THEY HAVE ALL OF THESE VARIOUS REASONS WHY THAT'S
GOING TO OCCUR. WHAT HE SAID WAS THAT THIS IS ALL -- THERE WAS LIKE A
4 MILLION-DOLLAR STUDY THAT'S TAKEN PLACE. THEY'RE IN THE SECOND STAGE OF
STUDY. >> THAT'S TRUE. >> AND SO UNTIL THE STUDY IS
DONE --. >> TECT TURN -- THEY CAN'T TURN BACK.
>> AS WE WRAP THIS UP, RUSS JOHNSON ALSO SAID, LOOK, WE WILL LOVE THE NEW AIRPORT.
WE WILL LEARN TO LOVE IT JUST LIKE WE HAVE BECOME ENAMORED WITH THE SPRINT CENTER THAT
REPLACED KEMPER ARENA. >> THEY ONLY WISH THEY COULD RUN THE ENTIRE CITY GOVERNMENT THIS
WAY, BUT THEY CAN'T. THEY CAN RUN THE AIRPORT THAT WAY BECAUSE ALL THE INCOME THAT
COMES INTO THE AIRPORT MUST BE SPENT AT THE AIRPORT BECAUSE OF AGREEMENTS ENTERED INTO WITH THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO INSTEAD OF, SAY, REDUCING RATES, WHICH WOULD MAXIMIZE THE
PROFITS OF THE AIRLINES, AND ATTRACTING MORE AIRLINES HERE THAT WAY, NO.
THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD A MONUMENT TO MARK VAN LOW, AND AN AIRPORT THAT NOBODY WANTS,
BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT TO SPEND THE MONEY ON SOMETHING. THAT'S WHY IT'S BEING BUILT, AND
YAEL NAILED IT. FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, A BUNCH OF PEOPLE GET JOBS WHILE THEY BUILD
THIS AIRPORT, AND THEY CAN SAY, WHY, LOOK, THE CITY IS BOOMING. PRIVATE ENTERPRISE MAY BE DYING
IN THE CITY, BUT YOU'RE CREATING SOME JOBS. >> A LITTLE TO DO WITH
CAREERISM. >> WITH WHOM DOES THE FINAL DECISION REST?
>> THE CITY COUNCIL. >> THE CITY COUNCIL WILL SAY YES.
>> THE CITY COUNCIL SAID. >> IF THE CITY TURNS IT DOWN, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL MAKE
IT HAPPEN; IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY. >> I DON'T KNOW.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. >> WELL, IF IT'S A SECURITY
CONCERN. >> IT ISN'T. >> THEY SAY IT IS.
>> WE'VE GOT TO GO ON. >>> CONTINUING OUR DISCUSSION OF TRANSPORTATION, BUT CLOSER TO
STREET LEVEL, THERE'S A STORY FROM THE BLUE SPRINGS EXAMINER ABOUT A MEETING OF AREA MAYORS
WHO HOPE TO UNITE THEIR CITIES WITH A RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM. MIKE SANDERS, THE JACKSON COUNTY
EXECUTIVE, RAN THE MEETING AND ANNOUNCED THE MAYORS WILL UNVEIL PLANS FOR THREE ROUTES NEXT
YEAR. THEY WILL ALL BEGIN DOWNTOWN AND THEN GO TO INDEPENDENCE, BLUE
SPRINGS AND LEE SUMMIT. SANDERS IS CALLING FOR A ONE CENT SALES TAX INCREASE ALONG
WITH FEDERAL MONEY TO FUND THE PROJECT. FROM WHAT WE NOW KNOW ABOUT ALL
OF THIS, MARY, DOES THIS SOUND LIKE SOMETHING VOTERS ARE READY TO EAGERLY SUPPORT?
>> WELL, THIS IS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCE THAN WHAT WE'VE JUST DISCUSSED AT THE
AIRPORT. NOW WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ACTUAL LOCAL OFFICIALS TO DO A
KIND OF UNPRECEDENTED SERIES OF COLLABORATIONS AND COOPERATIVE EFFORTS, AND THIS HAS BEEN GOING
ON FOR MANY MONTHS. WE'VE DISCUSSED IT OFTEN ON RUCKUS, TO RECONNECT THE METRO.
AND OF COURSE, THEY BASE IT ON A NUMBER OF THINGS. NO.NO. 1 IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMEN.
FOR EVERY ONE DOLLAR THAT IS INVESTED IN A TRANSIT, YOU GET $3 BACK.
THERE IS ALSO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SO CARSON ROSS IN BLUE SPRINGS,
DON RHYMEEL IN INDEPENDENCE, DAVID BAUER IN RAYTOWN AND ON AND ON.
THEY HAVE COME TOGETHER IN THIS UNIQUELY UNITED EFFORT AROUND MIKE SANDERS EFFORTS TO GET THIS
WHOLE PROJECT GOING, TO SEE IF WE CAN'T RECONNECT VIA COMMUTER RAIL A MULTIFACETED METRO
SYSTEM. IT WOULD INCLUDE BUSES, OF COURSE, AND OF COURSE, THE
STREETCAR COMING DOWN MAIN STREET. >> WOULD THIS ONE CENT SALES TAX
BE IMPOSED IN ALL OF THESE COMMUNITIES? >> WELL, THAT PART ISN'T
COMPLETELY IRONED OUT. THEY HAVE IN PROCESS -- WHAT'S IN PROCESS IS A STRUCTURE FOR
ALL OF THESE MAYORS, AND BY THE WAY, EVERY MAYOR IN JACKSON COUNTY IS ON BOARD INCLUDING, OF
COURSE, AND VERY IMPORTANTLY, SLY JAMES, SO THAT MIKE'S LEADERSHIP EFFORT ON THIS IS
COMING TO SOMETHING FINALLY. AND THE LAST ARGUMENT ABOUT THIS IS THAT YOUNG PEOPLE, THE
POLLS -- BY THE WAY THE POLLS TAKEN SHOW IT'S MOST POPULAR IN PLATTE COUNTY, AND THEY'VE DONE
A WIDE SERIES OF SURVEYS AROUND. MAJORITY SUPPORT IN ALL THE COUNTIES.
>> WE COULD ASK A PLATTE COUNTY YOUNGSTER LIKE ***. WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS?
DO YOU FIND THIS A POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT? >> OH, AS A TRANSIT SUPPORTER,
SLASH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERSON WHO THINKS THIS MIGHT HELP ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, YES,
I FIND IT POSITIVE. THE COSTS COULD BE STAGGERING. >> DO WE KNOW WHAT THE COST IS?
>> WELL, THE WHOLE THING IS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, BUT I MEAN, OF THE ACTUAL -- IF
YOU'RE PUTTING A ONE CENT SALES TAX ON THERE, 70 TO $80 MILLION A YEAR.
>> DOES THIS COALESCE IN SOME WAY WITH THE STREETCAR START STARTER SYSTEM?
>> IT COULD. >> WE ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING THAT CONNECTS THIS COMMUNITY.
THEY'RE CALLED ROADS. OKAY? WELL, WE HAVE TOO MANY ROADS IN
A WAY. NOW WE WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT DOES IT IN A MORE MODERN
WAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE FUTURE AND HAVE THE COMMUTER RAIL.
I ACTUALLY LIVE IN KANSAS CITY BUT NEAR RAYTOWN. I COULD USE COMMUTER RAIL TO GET
TO WORK, ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF. IF IT REALLY WORKS OUT, I CAN
INDIVIDUALLY SEE HOW THAT WOULD HELP ME AND SOME PEOPLE OUT IN EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY.
MARY KIND OF HIT ON IT. IF YOU DON'T CONNECT THE ENTIRE AREA, AND THIS IS JUST A JACKSON
COUNTY THING, TO ME, IT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM. >> CAN YOU SAY -- WHEN YOU SAY
ENTIRE AREA, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT ABOUT KANSAS? >> ABSOLUTELY.
AND JOHNSON COUNTY DOES NOT LIKE TRANSIT. >> MAYOR REARDON IS VERY EXCITED
ABOUT THIS AND HAS SAID SO PUBLICLY. BY THE WAY, YAEL, IN TERMS OF
COSTS, IT COULD BE DONE FOR LESS THAN THE REHAB OF ARROWHEAD STADIUM AND ROYALS STADIUM.
>> AND YOU CAN PLAY FOOTBALL ON THE TRACKS WHEN THE TRAINS AREN'T RUNNING.
>> AND EVERYBODY UNDER 30 JUST LOVES THE IDEA. >>> THE TWO PEOPLE RUNNING FOR
THE U.S. SENATE FOR MISSOURI, CLAIRE MCCASKILL AND TODD AKIN, WERE ON THE SAME STAGE, BUT
HARDLY ON THE SAME PAGE AT THE CAMPAIGN'S FINAL DEBATE LAST WEEKEND.
POLITICO.COM OFFERED THIS HEADLINE: AKIN MCCASKILL GET TESTY IN FINAL DEBATE, AND THIS
OPINION OF THE OVERRIDING ISSUE OF THE CAMPAIGN, IS REPRESENTATIVE TODD AKIN A
POLITICAL EXTREMIST OR IS SENATOR CLAIRE MCCASKILL ATTACHED TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
RIGHT HIP? PUBLIC POLLING SHOWS THE RACE IS TIGHT, BUT INTERNAL POLL RESULTS
FROM MCCASKILL'S CAMPAIGN SHOW HER WITH A SIZABLE LEAD. NOW, WE KNOW THAT ANYTHING CAN
HAPPEN IN A CAMPAIGN, AND A DAY IS A YEAR IN POLITICS, BUT ***, AS THINGS STAND RIGHT
NOW, LESS THAN TWO WEEKS FROM ELECTION DAY, WHAT IS YOUR ASSESSMENT OF THIS MCCASKILL
AKIN RACE? >> WELL, THE COZAD POLL HAS MCCASKILL UP -- THAT ISN'T THE
COZAD POLL. THAT IS THE MCCASKILL INTERNAL POLL.
THIS IS PROBABLY 10 DAYS AGO NOW. >> 12 POINTS?
>> NO, 9. THAT'S 12 FOR PUBLIC DISSEMINATION, BUT IT'S OPENING.
BY NOW IT MAY BE 12. BUT AT THE TIME I HEARD IT FROM SOME PEOPLE WHO KNOW, SHE WAS --
HER INTERNAL POLLING SHOWED HER UP BY 9, AND I TEND TO BELIEVE THAT.
THIS POLL THAT HAD HIM UP BY FOUR, I COULD TRACE THE COMMISSIONING OF THAT POLL FOR
YOU. TRUST ME, DON'T RELY ON IT. SO SHE'S AHEAD BY HIGH SINGLE
DIGITS, AND BY NOW IT MAY BE DOUBLE. THERE IS A CEILING THERE
SOMEWHERE. THE VOTERS OF MISSOURI DON'T LOVE CLAIRE.
THEY WOULD RATHER NOT RETURN HER TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE IF THEY WERE GIVEN ANOTHER CHOICE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO FIND THAT CEILING. SHE'S GOING TO GO AS FAR UP AS
HER NEGATIVES WILL LET HER GO, AND WHAT IT IS, I DON'T PROCLAIM TO KNOW, BUT I DON'T -- IF
SOMEBODY BELIEVES AKIN IS GOING TO WIN THIS THING, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY BELIEVE THAT.
THE QUESTION THAT I RAISED AND YAEL RAISED, TOO, SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, WOULD THE NATIONAL MONEY
COME BACK IN WHEN HE DIDN'T GET OFF THE TICKET. THE ANSWER IS, IS HASN'T COME IN
YET, AND IT'S A LITTLE LATE TO START NOW. >> WELL, IS THERE ANY RACE IN
THE COUNTRY MORE INTERESTING THAN THIS OTHER THAN WHAT HAPPENED IN INDIANA WITH ROBERT
MURDOCH AND HIS STATEMENTS ABOUT *** AND ABORTION YESTERDAY? >> DOES THAT REIGNITE THE AKIN
CONTROVERSY? >> I THINK IT DOES, BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE -- ALL THE JOKES
HAVE BEEN RUN AND THE NASTINESS, BUT NOT WITHIN HIS CAMPAIGN. ***, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE THESE
PEOPLE? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN BY WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE.
WHAT ARE THEIR ATTITUDES JUST IN TERMS OF USING THE DENIGRATING LANGUAGE ABOUT CLAIRE AND THIS
PERSONAL ATTACK, DID THEY REALLY THINK THEY'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE MALE VOTE IN A WHITE -- I
DON'T KNOW WHO THEY'RE GOING AFTER WITH THE -- NOT ONLY THE UNLADY-LIKE, BUT CALLING
CLAIRE -- EQUATING CLAIRE TO A DOG. EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT THAT.
>> WASN'T THAT A LITTLE BIT OVERBLOWN, THOUGH. HE DIDN'T REALLY -- HE SAID SHE
GOES -- I KNOW WHAT SHE SAID. READ IT. HE SAID SHE GOES TO WASHINGTON
D.C. IT'S A LITTLE BIT LIKE ONE OF THOSE DOGS, YOU KNOW, FETCH.
IT DOESN'T MEAN HE'S SAYING SHE'S A DOG. >> MIKE, IT WAS UNIVERSALLY
UNDERSTOOD. >> NO, IT WAS NOT. >> PEOPLE THAT DEGRADE WOMEN AND
COMPARE THEM TO A DOG ARE ALL ALIKE. >> TOOK IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
>> THAT WASN'T THE CANDIDATE HIMSELF. >> HIS AID ACTUALLY CLARIFIED
WHAT HE WAS SAYING. >> I KNOW. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT HE SAID.
>> CLARIFIED IT, MADE IT REAL CLEAR THAT HE CALLED HER A DOG. >> ANYWAY, REPUBLICANS THEN, IF
THEY LOSE THIS RACE IN MISSOURI REALLY HAVE NO ONE TO BLAME BUT REPUBLICAN TODD AKIN.
>> WELL, NO, ABSOLUTELY. >> IT'S A RACE THEY COULD HAVE WON PRESUMABLY.
>> RACES TURN ON A DIME. WELL, IT TURNED ON AUGUST THE 13th, OR WHATEVER, THAT FRIDAY
NIGHT HE GAVE THE INTERVIEW ABOUT LEGITIMATE ***. MORE OR LESS, GAME OVER AT THAT
POINT. NOW, THE OTHER THING IS, WILL CLAIRE SAY SOMETHING STUPID OR
WILL THERE BE -- SHE WON'T. *** AND I ALREADY AGREE ON THAT, BECAUSE SHE'S A VETERAN
POLITICIAN, OR WILL SOMETHING ABOUT HER CAMPAIGN OR HER HUSBAND COME UP THAT WILL PUT
THE QUESTION IN PEOPLE'S MIND THAT PEOPLE GO WAIT A MINUTE, I DON'T REALLY WANT HER IN THERE.
THE AKIN CAMPAIGN IS MAKING MUCH OF THE INVESTMENTS HER HUSBAND, THIS MULTI-MILLIONAIRE, HAS WITH
SUBSIDIZED HOUSING AND ALL OF THAT STUFF. ONE, IT HASN'T STUCK.
TOO, IT'S -- TWO, IT'S A PROBLEM AT THIS LATE DATE. >> SO AT THIS POINT, AND WE
NOTED, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN POLITICS. A WEEK IS A YEAR AND ALL OF
THAT. ARE ALL FIVE OF US IN AGREEMENT CLAIRE MCCASKILL WILL BE
REELECTED? >> YES. YOU KNOW THAT CLAIRE'S MOM IS
VERY ILL AND SHE HAS CALLED OFF HER CAMPAIGNING UNTIL SUNDAY. EVERYBODY IS VERY CONCERNED
ABOUT BETTY ANN MCCASKILL. JUST A MOMENT. YOU KNOW, WAIT A MINUTE.
>> A SICK MOTHER IS NOT A CAMPAIGN ISSUE. >> WE DON'T LIKE TO INSERT
PERSONAL THINGS INTO POLITICS, BUT THIS IS PERSONAL. >> WE ALL WISH CLAIRE'S MOTHER,
BETTY ANN, A PROMPT RETURN. >>> THE THIRD AND FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE LACKED THE
IMPACT OF THE FIRST AND PASSION OF THE SECOND. IT DID, HOWEVER, OFFER PRESIDENT
OBAMA AND GOVERNOR A FINAL CHANCE TO APPEAR FACE TO FACE IN A FACE-OFF OVER FOREIGN POLICY.
HERE ARE A FEW MOMENTS FROM MONDAY EVENING AS SEEN ON PBS. >>> IN ORDER TO FULFILL OUR ROLE
IN THE WORLD, AMERICA MUST BE STRONG. AMERICA MUST LEAD, AND FOR THAT
TO HAPPEN, WE HAVE TO STRENGTHEN OUR ECONOMY HERE AT HOME. >> AMERICA REMAINS THE ONE
INDIES PENS I -- INDIES OWE INN OWE DISPENSE I DISPENSABLE NATI. >> YOU MENTIONED THE NAVY, FOR
EXAMPLE, AND WE HAVE FEWER SHIPS THAN WE DID IN 1916. WELL, GOVERNOR, WE ALSO HAVE
FEWER HORSES AND BAYONETS, BECAUSE THE NATURE OF OUR MILITARY HAS CHANGED.
>> I LOOK AROUND THE WORLD. I DON'T SEE OUR INFLUENCE GROWING AROUND THE WORLD.
I SEE OUR INFLUENCE RECEDING IN PART BECAUSE OF THE FAILURE OF THE PRESIDENT TO DEAL WITH OUR
ECONOMIC CHALLENGES AT HOME IN, PART BECAUSE OF OUR WITHDRAW FROM HER COMMITMENT TO OUR
MILITARY AND THE WAY I THINK IT OUGHT TO BE. >> ON A WHOLE RANGE OF ISSUES,
WHETHER IT'S THE MIDDLE EAST, WHETHER IT'S AFGHANISTAN, WHETHER IT'S IRAQ, WHETHER IT'S
NOW IRAN, YOU'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE MAP. >> OKAY.
I SAID GOVERNOR REAGAN BY MISTAKE. GOVERNOR ROMNEY.
CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS ARE ALL ALIKE TO ME. NOW WE'VE GOT THE FOUR
PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES FINISHED, SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THEM
COLLECTIVELY FOR A MOMENT BEFORE WE FOCUS ON LAST MONDAY'S MATCH-UP.
SO YAEL, DOES THE ELECTORATE BENEFIT FROM THESE DEBATES? >> YOU KNOW, I REALLY DO THINK
THEY DID. I MEAN, A LOT OF PEOPLE WATCHED. THE FIRST ONE, THE ONE WHERE
OBAMA DID SO TERRIBLY AND ROMNEY DID SO WELL CHANGED THE NATURE OF THIS CAMPAIGN.
LET'S NOT KID OURSELVES. IT CHANGED THE NATURE OF THIS CAMPAIGN.
ALL THE POLLS SHOW THAT. SO THE DEBATE IN THAT WAY CERTAINLY HELPED ONE CANDIDATE,
BUT I THINK IT ALSO HELPED FOCUS OBAMA ON BEING, I JUST CAN'T RUN AN ALOOF CAMPAIGN, I'M IMPERIAL,
I WILL BE REELECTED, SO THAT WAS GOOD. AND THE SECOND THING IS, IF YOU
GO BACK AND ACTUALLY LOOK AT SOME OF THE ISSUES, WHICH HAVE BEEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH HAVE
BEEN RAISED THROUGH THE CABLE CHANNEL, FOX AND MSNBC AND BOTH SIDES, THERE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN
SOME MEATY ISSUES DISCUSSED. FORGET THE *** THINGS AND ALL OF THAT STUFF, VERY INTERESTING
SOCIAL ISSUES, THE ECONOMIC ISSUES WERE DISCUSSED PROBABLY TOO MUCH TO SOME PEOPLE'S
DEGREE. MY LAST POINT IS, HAVE THERE BEEN ANSWERS?
YOU ABSOLUTELY KNOW THAT IF GOVERNOR REAGAN IS REELECTED -- IF GOVERNOR REAGAN IS REELECTED
AND GOVERNOR ROMNEY SHOWS UP, WILL HE CREATE $12 MILLION? YOU DON'T KNOW.
OBAMA HAS THAT AURA OF I'M GOING TO DO THE SAME THING, BE NICE TO PEOPLE, SOCIAL ISSUES.
>> WE'RE DOWN TO 90 SECONDS. WHAT WAS YOUR ASSESSMENT OF THE DEBATE BETWEEN OBAMA AND ROMNEY?
>> PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS YAEL'S. I THINK YOU COULD TRACK THOSE
THREE DEBATES AND EACH ONE OF THEM HAD A DIFFERENT IMPACT. THE BIG ONE WAS THE FIRST ONE.
I DO AGREE WITH YOU, MOSTLY THESE DEBATES ARE NOT ENLIGHTENING.
I THINK THESE DEBATES REVEALED A GOOD DEAL ABOUT BOTH CANDIDATES, AND RATHER THAN GET INTO A BIG
ARGUMENT ABOUT WHAT THAT IS, I BELIEVE IF YOU WATCHED ALL THREE DEBATES, YOU GOT SOMETHING ABOUT
THEIR CHARACTER AND WHAT THEY FUNDAMENTALLY PLAN TO DO. >> CAN ANYBODY DOUBT THAT BOB
SCHIEFFER WAS BY FAR THE BEST MODERATOR? AND LET ME TELL YOU WHY.
HE DOES THIS EVERY WEEK. HE MODERATES A TV SHOW EVERY WEEK, AND HE HAS STAT STATURE
AND WHEN HE SAID, NO, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON, WE MOVED ON. >> I UNDERSTAND HOW YOU ARRIVE
AT THAT, BUT I DON'T AGREE WITH YOU. >> BOB SCHIEFFER DIDN'T DO THE
BEST? LET'S ARGUE WHAT THE TWO CANDIDATES SAID.
I WAS STUNNED BY THE LAST. I THOUGHT THE PRESIDENT WAS TERRIFIC IN THE SECOND DEBATE.
HE CLEARLY WON IT. BUT THIS DEBATE ON FOREIGN POLICY, ROMNEY SIMPLY JUMPED UP
AND LANDED IN THE PRESIDENT'S LAP AND AFTER A GREAT BIG HUG, HE AGREED WITH HIM ON EVERY
SINGLE POLICY HE HAS. AND MIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE, HE
WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE, INCLUDING THE WAR IN IRAQ, INCLUDING THE DATE TO GET OUT OF AFGHANISTAN,
INCLUDING HIS POLICY IN SYRIA AND IRAN. HE AGREED WITH HIM ON
EVERYTHING. >> AND THEREFORE, YOU AND GWEN WILL APPLAUD HIS BIPARTISANSHIP.
>> NO, I WON'T, BECAUSE TWO WEEKS AGO I APPLAUDED LACK OF CHARACTER.
YOU KNOW WHICH ROMNEY IS IT? AMERICANS HAVE NO WAY TO KNOW WHAT THIS MAN REALLY BELIEVES.
>>> NOW WE'RE GOING TO TURN TO ROASTS AND TOASTS WHERE THE RUCKETTES CHEER OR JEER PEOPLE
AND EVENTS IN THE NEWS, AND WE START TONIGHT WITH MARY. >> I WANT TO ROAST, GUESS WHO,
ROMNEY. YOU KNOW, THIS WHOLE MATTER OF NOT REALLY KNOWING WHERE HE
STANDS STARTED WITH WOMEN'S ISSUES IN 1994 WHEN HE LOOKED INTO THE CAMERA AND SAID, I AM
JUST 100% IN FAVOR OF WOMEN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE AND THERE IS CONTROL OVER THEIR OWN
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH. IN 2002, HE WAS FOR THE STATUS QUO IN ROE VS. WADE.
2008, HOWEVER, HE SAID HE WOULD HAPPILY SIGN A BAN ON ABORTION IN AMERICA.
2012, HOWEVER, GOSH, HE'S BACK TO WANTING TO SUPPORT RYAN'S BILL THAT IS SOMETHING CALLED
THE -- IT WOULD BAN MOST FORMS OF BIRTH CONTROL. AND NOW, GUESS WHAT?
HE'S BACK AND FORTH. HE THINKS HE MIGHT NOT SUPPORT A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE IF SHE
IS *** AND GETS PREGNANT. YOU CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHERE THIS MAN IS.
>> WELL, I'M GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO KANSAS CITY FOR MY POTENTIAL.
>> WE LIVE HERE. >> -- POTENTIAL TOAST. THIS IS TO MAYOR SLY JAMES AND
THE CITY COUNCIL. NEXT WEEK THEY WILL HAVE AN ATTEMPT TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF
WHETHER THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS PROVIDING GOOD PROTECTIVE AMBULANCE SERVICE.
THEY NEED TO LOOK AT THE TIME RESPONSE. THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT THING.
THEY ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT THE NEW WAY OF SENDING OUT AMBULANCES AND SEE WHEN THAT
EVENTUALLY CAN SAVE MONEY FOR THE TAXPAYERS OF KANSAS CITY WHILE PROTECTING THEM, SO THAT
COULD BE A VERY GOOD CITY COUNCIL MEETING NEXT WEEK. >> SENATOR MARCO RUBIO IN
FLORIDA SPOKE TODAY IN KANSAS CITY AND I HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO BE THERE AND HEAR WHAT HE HAD
TO SAY, AND HE, AS POLITICIANS DO NOWADAYS, TOLD A PERSONAL STORY ABOUT HIS FAMILY,
BACKGROUND, AND HIS PARENTS FLED TO THE UNITED STATES FROM CUBE A HIS MOTHER WAS A MADE IN -- WAS
A MAID IN A HOTEL AND HIS FATHER ATTENDED BAR THERE, YET THEY MANAGED TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR
CHILDREN AND GIVE THEM SUCCESS IN A FREE SOCIETY. THIS IS AN ELECTION, SAID
SENATOR RUBIO, AND AGREE, WHETHER THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT IS FREE ENTERPRISE.
>> TO THE ENTIRE REPUBLICAN PARTY LED BY MITT ROMNEY, WITH TODD AKIN AND MURDOCH,
UNBELIEVABLE KNEE NEANDERTHAL VS ON WOMEN AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, EQUAL PAY IN THE
WORKPLACE, JUST TAKE US BACK TO THOSE DAYS WHEN MEN WALKED AROUND WITH CLUBS AND HIT WOMEN
OVER THE HEAD. THIS IS TOTALLY RIDICULOUS, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW ANY WOMAN
IN HER RIGHT MIND COULD SUPPORT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AT THIS TIME.
>> FINALLY, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL AND VICEE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES, BUT WE
HAVE IGNORED THE DEBATE BETWEEN ANN ROMNEY AND MICHELLE OBAMA, THE FIRST LADY DEBATE.
SOME OF THOSE WHO DID WATCH IT ON TELEVISION OFFERED THESE REACTIONS ON JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE.
>> WHO DO YOU THINK WON THE DEBATE BETWEEN ANN ROMNEY AND MICHELLE OBAMA LAST NIGHT?
>> I HAVE TO SAY MICHELLE OBAMA. SHE REALLY DID A LOT BETTER. HER SPEECH WAS MORE DRAFTED IN.
>> DEFINITELY ANN ROMNEY. I THINK SHE'S A VERY CLASSY, WONDERFUL LADY.
>> I JUST SAW A LITTLE BIT OF IT TO TELL YOU HONESTLY. I HAD SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON SO
I DIDN'T SEE THE WHOLE DEBATE. I SAW THE PERSONAL CAME OUT, CONNECTION CAME OUT.
>> THERE WAS NO FIRST LADY DEBATE. THOSE WERE NOT ACTORS.
THOSE WERE REAL PEOPLE. THEY CAN VOTE. AND THAT'S RUCKUS FOR TONIGHT.
BE SURE TO JOIN NICK HAINES FOR KANSAS CITY WEEK IN REVIEW FRIDAY EVENING AT 7:30.
NOW ON BEHALF OF THE RUCKETTES AND RUCKUS CREW, MIKE SHANIN SAYING THANKS FOR WATCHING, AND
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