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>> live from las 2016 senatorial debate coverage. a partnership ounivision. >> the senate debate just ended here on klas it is the only debate between bathe two candidates that the best chance to get your question answered. thank you for joining us on this postdebate u aspecial i am dave. f >> and i am christiana. this his huge for state shipped the ballet replacing harry reid

debate side in just a few minutes but this is a tight race between congressman joe heck and democrat former nevada attorney general catherine cortez masto. tonight was a contentious debate. the lips for over immigration the economy even the presidential candidates. we etwill be going back out the in just a moment, of course it tonight's debate hosted by eight news now can make a difference. if you lwant to tweet about thi debate or look cto the traditional information about questions to ask look at the hashtag. >> dave: who will take you out to the debate vostage. inside canyon springs high school. >> dave, that is right certainly a fiery debate bertrand right now with catherine cortez masto she got up the state right now. catherine do you think you want

>> i will continue to fight for families there were many people who are still struggling in this day and i wanted to know i bought for them as attorney general and believe in markets i will continue to take that to washington.and really start working on how we address the issue of minimum wage that we need to increase equal pay for equal work and jobs investing in green technology here there is a lot we can continue to do. but i will people working together in a bipartisan manner something i have always done. so that i will bring to washington as well. >> reporter: this is really the first time residents here in nevada have gotten to see you and doctor joe heck go in this debate. what did you think of his allegations that were made it against you? >> ms cortez-masto: that is false. political act as recognized in one of his columns that a lot

out there by congressman joe heck at the cook brothers are false. they are trying to distort my record, because congressman joe heck doesn't have a record to stand up and it is reason why coke brothers are spending 30 million to buy this helection o joe hosheck because he wants th way.he doesn't believe in climate change, they don't like regulation they want to make sure the corporations get all the tax breaks and that is what six continues to do in washington. >> reporter: what do you think is the biggest difference between you and doctor joe heck? >> ms cortez masto: i will be standing up for the interest of people of the state of nevada and he will be standing up for special interests. >> reporter: my last question for you catherine cortez masto, what do you hope is the biggest thing voters can get out of tonight's debate and what

>> ms cortez masto: i hope they understand from my perspective born and raised in the state getting around to the voters i want them to know i expect them to work hard but i know their struggles they are dealing with and it is our voices we will take to washington. we can do so working together to solve problems in this country. you thank you catherine cortez masto, former nevada attorney general joining us live with a quick after postdebate to talk about what happened on that stage but i to you guys in studio. >> christianne: thank you so much. we will try to get doctor joe heck to talk to us it is a few minutes as well. >> ms cortez >> we have 15 undecided voters patrick walker i will pass it to patrick the big question is who won the debate, patrick to have input on that? >> a lot of input. first let me explain how this

point. 14 likely voters agreed to sit down with us to become our is invited oters agreed to sit fairly equally between republicans, democrats, and nonpartisan voters but we were able to capture their instant feedback using an audience device. our measurement expert, our focus group moderator, jared tell me what we did technologically to engage our panel here. >> second by second what each panel member was responding to. whether they like something a candidate for they didn't like what a candidate said. there were interesting moments that progressed through that one ihour debate. >> reporter: many moments we will talk about in a moment but let's get to the big question and the big answer. who did the audience think one and this one is lopsided. catherine cortez masto picked

14 said he did and were tied the remaining three. i want to check in with our focus group and i want to start with mark. mark who did you have winning the debate and why?>> male: catherine cortez masto i believe she was more believable and more grounded here in nevada. >> ato reporter: as you listene the lissues each of them went through we frcovered a lot of ground tonight. was there anyone point that resonated most with you? >> male: just her help to nevada citizens. not so much global rather the folks who live and work here in nevada. >> reporter: and you also paid close attention during the debate who did you have? >> male: i had joe heck because he was more concise with the answers to the questions. >> reporter: for their any policy questions or answers that stick out to you? >> male: 'sstance on immigration was well put. >> reporter: was or a piece you like best? >> male: basically as a whole i can't remember fully but i like his better.

big emoments that happened during the debate tonight we will get into some vof them we check in again we will send it back over to you in studio. speaking we will get back to you and those results but in the meantime we have somebody standing by. >> reporter: date and christianne klein we talk to catherine cortez masto. we're now joined by doctor joe heck but i will ask you the same nkquestion i asked her. do you think debate? >> rep. heck: i am not sure about that but i was looking your coverage and many in the focus group that i want so i was glad about that. >> reporter: when you talk about you and the difference between you and catherine cortez masto what you think the big differences? >> rep. heck: i have real-world experience to the issues that matter to nevadans. we traveled around the state as what is most important job, security, national security, i have been a business owner and served for 26 years.

on education i have been to an education and served on the education. i have had three kids that are gone through clark county, and gone to three separate colleges here in nevada. i've been able to identify the problem, come up with a solution and get that bill passed in a bipartisan way and he divided congress. >> reporter: there were several allegations when it came to the government shutdown for example. what is your response to to imply we voted to shut down or was never a vote to shut down the government. i voted repeatedly to put the government back on full tilt. we voted to make sure everyone who made up lost pay due to that temporary shutdown got their full pay.look, we don't want to shut down the government. it is unfortunate the instruction is from harry reid and those in the senate, it was

i would expect the same type of behavior from her in washington d.c. >> reporter: i mentioned before this is a huge debate for many residents in nevada. this is the first time seeing you and catherine cortez masto out of the aspen what are you hoping voters took away tonight? >> rep. heck: they were able to see side-by-side who is better experienced, better prepared, and who wants to go to washington to work for them on iss t most part i think after tonight, hopefully i will be able to earn their boat again on issues was critical to them i have lived in them, worked in the entire professional career. and been successful in getting legislation passed in washington to address those issues. >> reporter: thank you so much for joining us for that is all we have for right snow we will send it back to you in studio. >> christianne: thank you. we have heard annfrom both candidates we have also heard

overwhelming 10 out of 14 of the members of our focus group giving the win to joe heck. >> we will get to analysts in just a moment.

it welcome back to our lives postdebate show for tonight senate debate. you are now looking at a life look at canyon springs high school >> chrisne one and only debate they have agreed to. this was their napfat chance to square off and see how they would go under pressure. >> reporter: joining me to help break down the sodebate are battle born annette magnus and ellen stock. this was pretty spirited, a lot of meat on the bones. i guess i could guess how you

allen? >> male: the panel most of them agree with me he won 75-25. she went on the attack tried to go on the attack and didn't quite work. because when they said raise your hand if you would be for voting for the government shutdown he said they wouldn't do it then she tried to say he didn't vote for it, he never did vote for it. i think her ego was defense for most, not all but most of the debate.>> i think catherine run:1. she was calm he seemed nervous he was fidgeting with his band the entire time. blinking incessantly i think she was more points and she did much better. i think her answers were more substantive and he has been in washington d.c. he is my congressman. when i think about his record i have a real problem with his

other than shut down the government. and i did research during the debate. 16 times he said i am not going to do anything, i am not going to negotiate with the democrats on these bills to restart the government again. and he said, he was quoted in the sun october 9, 2013 that he was sticking to his guns on the government shutdown. >> male: whether there is a down.ti >> male: he never voted on it. >> reporter: one of the heated exchanges was on immigration let's take an excerpt of that exchange. >> female: we have 21st century technology whether it is drones, satellites, the technology we can use now can help us address of the border issue. we have put funding into the issue for bodies and resources and we want to continue to do so.

legal system we will continue to have the problems we face today. the fact is when somebody comes through that the key channels of because a permanent channel or get citizenship they shouldn't have to wait 10-12 years to bring their spouse or family over. let's talk about fixing the legal immigration system as well. let's develop a robust guestworker that meets the end demand here in the united states while not disenfranchising unemployed americans. >> reporter: what did about exchange? >> female: this is an issue i have a problem with joe heck but his immigration stance is abysmal he has done nothing to address the problem in washington. he came up with a safe cockamamie else that would've addressed one piece of it and it went nowhere. he never did anything with it. he promised are dreamers here in las vegas a whole slew of policy solutions and never took action on them. actually voted the opposite way several times so these are the

heck because he says one things and did another. >> male: the lines got blurts there is little bit. >> male: she was nervous she did not look comfortable. but certainly in that she didn't look comfortable at all. he is poised, he has been a congressman he does have to be able to talk about the issues that have been facing the representatives in dc. he did talk specifically about the points he would like to put across and she was vague about it. so on that point alone to me that is a 90-10 in hiav automatically. >> reporter: didn't hear anything about the wall. >> male: not at all. although they will build part of a wall with the whole thing is not based.>> female: i don't think he wants to touch donald while at this point. he has disavowed his loyalty to mr. job at this point. >> male: and that is what he has tried to stay away from the whole trump thing. i think that could have heard them but after his performance tonight band say it is a win fo him. >> k wreporter: he is an emerge

a surgeon to separate himself. back to you we will be around all this our. >> christianne: thank you, guys. you heard the panel. of course we of patrick walker city by you sitting with a panel of 14 nevada voters. patrick stepped out to the voters.) >> reporter: we had some pretty memorable moments we have been monitoring our focus groups. we saw that most of us will spice of opinion when we talked about gun violence and not answering questions. so moment when both candidates talked about gun violence. >> female: make sure we pass a law so that those on no-fly list or no terrorists can buy a gun. congressman heck of posted he wouldn't even vote for that to reduce gun violence in the country. >> male: will we do by trying to pass this legislation has been a band-aid on it without introducing the root cause for the second mental health in the state and this country to provide resources to those

the numbers on the screen republicans and democrats generally split. during catherine cortez masto answer and joe heck all of the numbers were relatively high. with joe heck i want to ask you do you have doing better with the gun control question one debate? >> male: absolutely had to go with ms. cortez masto she is at least in favor of the bill. typical of republicans want to put it up on something else and not go for action. i want to see action something needs to che. in my lifetime it has gone from gun violence not being a big deal and a rare occurrence. now i see gun violence everyday and he to see that.i think any action is good action at this point. >> reporter: doug how did you score the gun debate? >> male: i was a joe heck. i think she was a little too cut and dry with the issue maybe it could be a good idea to vote on one when joe heck had a complex understanding of it may be understood and more. i thought it was respectable

>> reporter: i want to go back to you heather. how did you feel about both candidates answer the question:?speaker4? heavenly cited with joe heck on this one. any action is better than no action is not a very good statement but i think we need to enforce the laws we have and focus on terminals. as law-abiding citizens do not go to mike law abiding her more law-abiding than police officers and other people that carry gun every day. we take our second amendment rights seriously and it is crimal black market or other gang members but they are the real problem maybe if we enforce the laws we currently have and get rid of gun free zones we would see a reduction in gun violence. >> threporter: we were promisin we would get to the not answering the question portion we will hold that for the next time you come back together and talk. we saw .. an interesting spike there we would like to talk about that. send it back to you in studio.

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. back to our coverage many if you were commenting while the 8news now was compiling the results during the debate. and rusty stanbury was one of those who commented. he was also, joe heck heck yeah. daniel capers and said send me my absentee ballot so i could vote today for catherine cortez masto. and todd emily wasn't impressed posting as expected and a single question in regarding environment, global warning for the media continues to focus on the sideshows and ignore the main event. you can join that made event at a split.com / 8news now.

the lead, catherine cortez masto has a rslight lead of 5.4 percent to joe heck 35 percent for that is just outside the margin of error of four percent. it is the first time we are seeing catherine cortez masto on top. a gnc polling took the full of 600 likely voters for the sake a deeper look driving past for catherine w tocortez masto, is t percent ecwith 30 percent undecided. that was joe heck going for him. catherine cortez masto has a lead in also in clark county but joe heck is ahead 62-36 percent in the rest of the state rural counties. of course we will have a lot more of these bowls in the coming days and on las vegas now.com. let's look at our panel of experts to weigh in on this poll. i need to mention this poll was making monday through wednesday

trump and we have watched those numbers flip. how much is this hurting him? >> male: it is damned if you do down if you don't. do you go with this guy? for him making this decision may have heard him. >> male: i absolutely agree, on monday i did a whole show on it. i said this is not going to farewell with repu having him backslide like this. i supported him, don't misunderstand me but nine out of 10 of my callers, conservatives were saying i am not voting for him. i was, i will not vote for her but i won't vote for him because he should not have taken his support away from trump. he should have shut up he did not have taken his support away. i think he hurt himself. >> the phrase was a point of personal honor or a personal

the clip and get your response. >> rep. heck: as an emergency room doctor i have taken care of too many women who have been the victim of domestic violence or sexual violence but i have had great empathy of anyone who has had such a tragedy.my wife was a victim of domestic abuse and a prior relationship. the decision i made was extremely personal decision. >> female: it is astonishing to me that for eight, nine months he was donald trumps when donald trump was making fun of the disabled, attacking mexicans calling them rapists and murderers, calling women names. >> they both have the same problem they are both tied to the standardbearers. they are both avatars or proxies to candidates who are in the eyes of a big chunk of the electorate equally flawed. >> christianne: but hillary clinton didn't talk about

so should have joe heck. this looks to a lack of decision-making. he should have known donald trump was toxic from the beginning because he is. the things that come out of donald trump's mouth are disgusting from the disabled, to mexican, that came off the day he started running. we know he has things that come out of his mouth that are disgusting so why did it take this long for joe disavow him? and if he didn't have problems with any of those other things what makes this one the catalyst for him to jump ship? it is because donald trump's campaign is thinking and he wants off the ship just like catherine cortez masto said. >> would it have been better if he does about him from the beginning and struck out on his own? >> male: absolutely not. i think donald trump statements have all been taken out of context. >> female: no.

know it. >> female: no, i don't know that. >> male: i could go on point by point and put you down on each one of these. i know it and you know it because the mainstream democrat media is definitely in the hit pocket of hillary clinton without a doubt. >> of the ground the genitals? >> male: locker room talk. >> female: this is not locker room talk. >> male: this goes on among men and women both. she talked about the military and how you want to uphold the envy of the honor of the military. w the military. i was in with all the guys i know how guys talk. >> female: did talk about sexual assault? >> will be back after break. with more good stuff. thank george and our analyst. we will go and talk to the moderators of tonight debate when we come back after this