cassidy.assidy: in 2005 katrina hit louisiana and there was a sense of their leadership had failed. there's a whole city that was unable to evacuate out of the category 4 storm at first and then as it turned out the leadership after the storm failed and then later on it later on it turns out perhaps levees failed because of lack of leadership. i think many of us in louisiana at that point chose to step forward. i spent my life in service for the last 25 years working in a public hospital for the uninsured teaching young doctors and medical students and residents how to be better doctors but along the way teaching others in treating the uninsured patient. after katrina i lead a volunteer group of 300 people to stand up a search hospital within three days to welcome those folks who were fleeing the floodwaters in new orleans. i think that formative experience at that time in my life led me to run for public office. i consider it a continuation of the service i have done us a doctor and working i

congressman cassidy? >> my mother lives with us. she's 92 years old and is aware of the importance of social security. if you're currently on social security your benefits will decrease. your current benefits will decrease by 25% to 30%. those are for folks who are currently receiving whasm tip o'neill and ronald reagan did 30 years or so, they gradually increased the age of eligibility to preserve benefits for those who are on and those who are about to be but those who have strength in the program. ideally you do it as low as possible as someone who is not yet born. i am committed to preserving benefits, social security benefits for those who are on it, those who are soon to retire and those who are going to be in the future. we can do that by gradually increasing the age. endorsed ndrieu has that and will post it on the website. >> most of us expect to get that. let's talk from a principled perspective first. congressman cassidy, you have voted to raise the retirement age at 70. i've worked with folks out in the field for many ye

cassidy. looking at a student in the face is trying to decide at a vote here what can you do for me tomorrow or in the first year to help me out with my lung stress? cassidy: young people want freedom. they want their future mortgaged by debt and deficit. first you have to understand their motivation. oh my gosh i don't mind somebody refinancing their student loans. i just don't think the taxpayer should have to pay for pay taxpayers are struggling. are we going to ask them to struggle more for taxpayer financed refunds? if they can can get a better deal they should. i don't think the taxpayer should pay for it. >> moderator: moving along. stephanie gets the next question for colonel maness. >> is well know, gore has become a controversial issue in louisiana and around the country. their state superintendent of education is a supporter of the standard. our governor contends the initiative represents federal overreach. regardless of your stand on this point should the federal government play a

bill cassidy is a doctor. he should know better.nd iary landrieu approved this message, because i will always stand up for the women of louisiana. senator landrieu, i voted for you. when you voted for obamacare i knew i made a mistake. >> a great increases. still you refuse to repeal it. >> you try to scare us with nonsense about social security. >> of the stands up two stands up to barack obama. >> i am bill cassidy and i'm standing with you and for you. >> i am mary landrieu and i approve this message. >> three republicans and a democrat and we are supporting mary landrieu. because of mary louisiana got billions. gotr katrina and rita we drilling rakes. >> she took on the president to get that done. of the energyrman committee. we can't afford to lose that. >> i am rob maness. in louisiana you learn to be tough. one moment of weakness and the alligators will eat you alive. i will fight to appeal obamacare, protect our gun rights. i'm colonel rob maness and i approve this message because louisiana needs a senator that will stand up

less than four points separate landrieu and cassidy. and today "meet the press" anchor chuck todd questioned landrieu about why president obama has struggled politically in the south. here is her answer. >> i'm going to be very very honest with you. the south has not always been the friendliest place for african-americans. it's been a difficult time for the president to present himself in a very positive light as a leader. it's not always been a good place for women to be able to present ourselves. it's more of apwj place. so we've had to work a little harder on that. but the people trust me, i believe. really they do to trust me to do the right thing for the state. >> louisiana governor bobby jindal immediately slammed those comments calling them remarkably divisive saying "implied in her comments is the clear suggestion that president obama and his policies are unpopular in louisiana because of his ethnicity. that is a major insult by senator landrieu to the people of louisiana, and i flatly reject it." of course the governor is a rep

the top two contenders, mary landrieu and bill cassidy know the stakes.nsitive to the economic ups and downs in louisiana, a state where oil and gas reign supreme. >> this is where my dad and i first lived when we moved to lake charles 44 years ago. i had a lot of failures. we didn't have a lot of money. >> reporter: steve jordan is ceo of central crude based in lake charles, louisiana. >> my wife and i built this house one minute from my work. i've got my barge terminal in the back and oil wells in the front. so i'm happy being an energy producer. >> reporter: his company specializes in transporting crude oil and natural gas. and in an age of new extraction techniques like fracking, business is booming. his 28-year-old son george handles day-to-day operations as the chief operating officer. >> it's because of the success we've had, we now employ over 250 people. and that makes me really proud. >> reporter: one of those is richard johnson. in only two years he's worked his way up from driver to field supervisor. >> this is one of the best jobs i ever had.

cassidy claims she's overstating her influence.ut hasn't she brought millions to the state after natural disasters? >> our delegation brought millions to the state. >> reporter: outside groups are so sure this race is going to a run-off they've already booked hotel rooms for their operatives through november and reserved millions of dollars worth of advertising time. and if control of the senate hangs on the outcome of this run-off, then louisiana will become, as one democrat put it, a political circus. scott? >> pelley: sounds like a circus behind you there in new orleans, nancy. thank you very much. nancy will be a key part of our election night team as we bring you updates throughout the evening on election night and a one-hour special with the latest returns analysis. that will be at 10:00 9:00 central. overnight a second victim of that school shooting in marysville, washington, died of her wounds. gia soriano was 14. zoe galasso died friday. they were shot by jaylen fryberg, who then took his own life. three other classmates r

they are senator mary landrieu him a congressman bill cassidy, and colonel rob maness. each candidate has one minute to respond to questions with a oflow-up and some discretion the moderator. the order of the questioning was predetermined by random drawing. we will introduce our panel of questioners as we go along beginning with great meriwether. >> good evening. americans are worried about the threat from isis. would you support american troops on the ground in the middle east? >> thank you for that question, and thank you for moderating. thank you for showing up again. it is good to see you facing the voters finally for this hour. we look forward to talking about your record. i believe that isis is a very serious threat, and i believe that we have to do everything we can to eliminate that threat. now to workstrikes with our partners to take out that threat. i would be open to other measures if necessary to do that and to make sure that we are as firm as we can be and that we may no mistake that this threat is real. >> with those other measures include american ground

this is specific to congressman cassidy and colonel maness. it includes popular provisions such as required coverage for preexisting conditions. do you favor this coverage and if so, how do you propose to pay for it. ? for senator landrieu, you've defended your vote for the affordable care act. what portion would you change? >> as a physician, i oppose the affordable care act. i find when the patient has the power, the system lines up to serve the patient. however, when a bureaucrat has the power, it lines up to serve the bureaucrat. as it turns out, as a bureaucrat telling people what they must purchase. here i have a rate sheet. it was from $725 per month to $1,200 per month. a 66% increase. now blue cross this past week increased rates by 20%. so clearly this is the unaffordable health care act. republicans propose that everyone in the nation will get a tax credit, only to be used for purchasing health insurance. people would be required to give everybody of the same age the same rate. i don't doesn't matter if you get a liver transplant, y

leading candidate democratic incumbent mary landrieu and cassidy are polling over 50 percent. a secondary pub can ron manes is 27 percent in the polls. there's a decent chance we will see a run off in december. image what that will be like if the fate of the senate hangs in the balance. >> the top two con senders mary landrieu and bill cassidy know the stakes. >> both are sensitive to the economic ups and downs of louisiana. a state where oil and gas reign supreme. >> first this is where my dad and i first lived when we moved to lake charles 44 years ago. i had a lot of failures. didn't have a lot of money. >> steve jordan is ceo of central crew based in lake charles louisiana. >> my wife and i built this house one minute from my work. i have got my barge terminal in the back and wheels in the front. i am happy to be an energy producer. >> his company specializes in transporting crude oil and natural gas. in an age of new techniques like fracking business is booming. his 41-year-old son george handles day-to-day operations as chief operating officers. >> because of the success

not surprisingly republican congressman bill cassidy has pounced. most came and interviewed. they asked why president obama who logs louisiana by 12 had such a hard time. he sited that policy difference and then launched into the always incendiary subject of race. >> to be honest with you it was not always in the friendliest place for african americans. it has been a difficult time for the president to present himself in a positive light as a leader. not always been a good place for women to be able to present ourselves more of a conservative place. we have had to work a little bit harder than that. the people trust me, i believe. they trust me to do the right thing for the case. >> a former gastroenterologist she has a 7 point lead over landrieu. by exploiting the fact she listed washington as her primary residents on off fish shall documents. >> landrieu represents washington, d.c. that's probably what the people she goes to a cocktail party believe the only way they support is because she is dangerous. >> she captures 50 percent of the vote this contest would head for a ru

toxic like louisiana, where mary landrieu's opponent, bill cassidy is doing all he can to run against the president. >> one obama in washington is enough but louisiana has two because mary landrieu supports barack obama 97% of the time. she voted for obamacare and still supports it. >> reporter: the president's given mixed signals how much influence he has in congressional races. he says democrats, even some who tried to distance themselves from him still support his policies. his spokesman says mr. obama will be at least partly responsible, no matter which way the senate goes. >> what i feel confident in predict in advance is that the president will be at least get some credit if democrats hold on to majority in the senate and he will get more than his fair share of the blame if they don't. >> reporter: one thing the president has been doing for democrats is raising money. he raised a ton of it. meanwhile democrats have bill and hillary clinton to campaign in states where mr. obama sun popular like louisiana and kentucky. hillary clinton will be in both states on saturday.

the louisiana senate debate was held last week between mary landrieu and bill cassidy and rob maness. here's a look at that debate. >> i do believe our climate is changing and i do believe it contributes. however, we have to be very careful about the policy that we promote. i am a strong supporter of fossil fuels. natural gas particularly because it is a 50% cleaner burning fuel. we have 200 years of it. america could do itself a great service and great security by promoting more domestic energy exploration production. i have been a strong supporter. i opened up 8 million new acres

. -- cassidy. joining me now cory johnson.you so much for joining. >> thank you, tamron. >> if the headline out of iowa about senate race was basically it's b bringing out the worst of politic. what is the headline from the great state of louisiana? >> you know, you just mentioned new hampshire. i think they're very similar races. female democrat incumbent running up against a republican and a very similar attack mode for the republicans. connect that democrat to barack obama. and that's a lot of satisfaction the folk have with the president. it's all about isis and immigration, obamacare, ebola those type of things. it's so interesting you make the point. chuck todd hits the road in his bus tour. what he was hearing at least in the state so far that where he's been able to set up camp and talk to voters isis and ebola were not as the forefront. you're sighing the opposite trend with that race in louisiana. >> yeah, you know, there this is a state that is a red state. maybe even a little whacky. higher percentage of voters vot

congressman bill cassidy and maness. olonel rob current polls show that a runoff is likely in this race. the three candidates met on the campus of louisiana state university for the final debate of the campaign. and just six days, louisiana voters head to the polls. tonight, the major candidates face off in the race for the u.s. senate. -- the final debate. now, live from lsu, here is tonight's moderator. >> good evening. welcome to our debate tonight, sponsored by lsu. welcome to the candidates. they are senator mary landrieu congressman bill cassidy, and , colonel rob maness. each candidate has one minute to respond to questions with a follow-up and some discretion of the moderator. the order of the questioning was predetermined by random drawing. we will introduce our panel of questioners as we go along beginning with great meriwether. -- greg meriwether. >> good evening. americans are worried about the threat from isis. and what point would you support american troops on the ground in the middle east? >> thank you fo

landrieu holding a razor thin lead in her race over bill cassidy. cassidy was a no show at a debate last night. landrieu facing colonel robb manith. distancing herself from the handling of ebola. >> i don't think our government has been as forward leaning as it could be. >> new polls indicate if the race goes to a runoff cassidy appears to be in a strong position to unseat landrieu. >> remember this from massachusetts. >> don't let anybody tell you that it's corporations and businesses that create jobs. >> now she is back pedallying saying she shorthanded the point. speaking at another rally clinton says our economy grows when businesses and entrepreneurs create jobs. she meanted to lash out at tax breaks for corporations instead. let's look now to "look who is talking." >> it's a signal to democrats. if you can't make the elementary liberal argument that the role of government without having this ridiculous thinking that jobs are not created corporations. then you are not going to be a good candidate. he's a person who said quote we had trouble pay

challenge -- challenger bill cassidy.ill o'reilly in talking points. >> the afghan people could turn against the taliban, they do not. the pakistani government harbored usama bin laden. the government did. those facts are something ben affleck and others should think about. are the largest targets in the world, for every hacker, crook and nuisance in the world. but systems policed by hp's cyber security team are constantly monitored for threats. outside and in. that's why hp reports and helps neutralize more intrusions than anyone... in the world. if hp security solutions can help keep the world's largest organizations safe, they can keep yours safe, too. make it matter. bill: the flights are moving again from chicago's o'hare airport after a brief ground stop monday afternoon. the faa said flights had to be ground because of equipment outages. both airport experiences hour-long delays. the equipment outage comes more than a week after a fire at an faa facility caused hundreds of flight cancellations. >> i may wander and

bill cassidy is a doctor.ould know better. >> i mary landrieu and i approve this message because i will always stand up for the women of louisiana. senator landrieu, i voted for you before but when you voted for obama care, i knew i had made a mistake. >> canceled health plans, rate increases. scare us with nonsense about social security and veterans. >> we are voting for bill cassidy. >> he will stand up to obama and he will pledge to repeal obamacare. >> i'm with you and hiding for you. >> im mary landrieu and i approve this message. ofemploying thousands louisiana and. we're three republicans and a democrat. because of mary, we got billions. >> to rebuild after katrina and rita. she took it to the president to get that done. >> now she's chairman of the energy committee. we cannot afford to lose that. that's why we are for mary. learn to be tough. one moment of weakness in the alligators eat you alive. when i get to washington, i will stand up to the big spenders. i will fight to repeal obamacare and protec

bill cassidy and rob maness. louisiana has an open primary system which requires a runoff election if no candidate wins a majority on tuesday. current polls show that a runoff is likely in this race. the candidates are meeting tonight on the campus of louisiana state university for the final debate of the campaign. ♪ >> in just six days louisiana , voters head to the polls in a race that will ultimately decide control of the united states senate. tonight, the major candidates face off in the race for the u.s. senate. now, live from lsu, here is tonight's moderator. >> good evening. welcome to our debate tonight, sponsored by lsu. welcome to the candidates. they are senator mary landrieu, congressman bill cassidy, and colonel rob maness. each candidate has one minute to respond to questions with a follow-up and some discretion of the moderator. the order of the questioning was predetermined by random drawing. we will introduce our panel of questioners as we go along beginning with greg meriwether. >> good evening.

. >> peter cassidy was taken hostage in october of last year in syria where he was providing aid for refugees. the threat against cassidy comes after the beheading of a british aide worker shown in a video in friday. >>> in virginia, the parents of a missing college sophomore are asking whoever is responsible for her disappearance to help them find her. hannah graham vanished on september 13th. she was attending the university of virginia in charlottesville. a man was arrested and charged with her abduction. police say there is evidence linking the suspect to the death of a virginia tech student in 2009. >>> an update now on a fire at the flight 93 memorial in shanksville. the american flag that flew above the capitol on september 11 was destroyed. the headquarters building was destroyed, but the museum that's under construction was not damaged. there's still no word on what caused that fire. the memorial is still open to visitors. >>> in hong kong, tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters held a defiant rally after the government told them to clear the streets. the rally remain

senator that will fight for them. >> as we mentioned earlier, the latest head to head polls, give cassidysistent but not overwhelming leads, in the so-called jungle primary down there, another republican and several others are also on the ballot. >>> if you're interested in joining me for a google plus hangout, join me at 2:30 p.m. to discuss the midterm elections. sent me an e-mail for more details. it's a chance to interablgct wi me and others about the hottest races and the hottest issues. >>> the president seems to have more ammunition to use against democratic candidates in red states. issing. so my buddy here is going to help me find it. here we go. woo who, woah, woah, woah. it's out there somewhere spreading the word about america's favorite potatoes: heart healthy idaho potatoes and the american heart association's go red for women campaign. if you see it i hope you'll let us know. always look for the grown in idaho seal. if you're suffering from constipation or irregularity, powders may take days to work. for gentle overnight relief, try dulcolax laxative tablets. ducolax provid

because when you look at the polls of the cassidy vs. landrieu, the expected runoff, he's ahead by three points. so really, manna seems to be pulling most of of his votes from cassidy. >> it's not over until it's over but we'll watch to see if there's a runoff. alexis, thanks for being on. >> thanks for having me. >> california's san joaquin river, it has bigger problems than just the drought. pan. >> california's san joaquin river irrigates the bread basket. bringing water to arable land but the river is in trouble. >> on a late summer day this family is fishing for river along the san joaquin river. chances are they won't catch anything. the second largest and longest river is dying. topping the list of the most endangered rivers. >> it's really low. >> to find out why, i met with conservation expert john kane. >> the reason the river is in such bad shape today it simply does not get enough water to be a healthy river. >> why is that? >> it doesn't get enough water to be a healthy river because so much water is diverted for agriculture

louisiana it's 4.5 in a head-to-head matchup between cassidy and landrieu.likely to be republican victories albeit louisiana takes until november. excuse me. until december. you touched on colorado. and bill made the point that you have unaffiliated, you know, decline to state, voters that don't identify with either party. that's right. they've cast a lot of ballots. given gardner's lead udall would have to take 63b@ ofbxdt(fá t in the ballots in order to even up and erase the republican advantage. i'm beginning to feel increasingly better about tend to have a largerop percente of hispanic voters. hispanics are about 14px ÷ of t electorate, theg voters. the closer you get to 14, thex÷ you have it at 7, 8, çó9, 10, 1 maybe on the upper side, it tends to have a gardner lead. turnout is going to be down just afá littl% bit from its share of the electorate. bottom line is i agree. >> where are you with iowa? and where are you with alaska? those are two of my picks. /a early voting there is going very well. i mean, the democrats are leading, but they're leading

there is no path for cassidy to get 50%. he is hoping to be conservative enough to make sure they show up and vote. this is an uphill battle. louisiana is a pretty republican state in general. it's becoming more so i think as the years wear on. landrieu's challenge is, does her family brand trump the national democratic family brand. look where the national democratic party is when it comes to where she wants to be in representing the interest of louisiana. they are kind of in conflict. that has been a struggle for her. she has the gavel. that should be get out of jail free card politically in louisiana. there questions about whether she has the influence to decide what to vote on wiand will she t stuck. >> she will get national high profile support. chuck todd, you are doing terrific work out there. appreciate you taking the time. >> it's fun. >> appreciate that man. he meets candidates and voters on the meet the voters on nbc news.com and follow the hash tag where is chuck? >> we are illustrating how they show this mid-ter

mary landrieu having a very tough time against bill cassidy. poll that we've seen, has cassidy up by seven points in louisiana, and there's the real clear average, a little bit tighter gap but still cassidy well ahead. your thoughts on those two. >> well, north carolina is actually a red state or a sort of red-purple state that i think the democrat might hang on. kay hagan has had a lot of help with a lot of money from outside groups as well as her own fundraising, and they really hurt thom tillis hard on education so-called cuts that his legislature made. but he has, he has come back strong. i think a lot of the stuff on national security he's been pushing in his ads, so this one really will come down to the wire. the louisiana one is interesting. of course, louisiana is sort of an open primary that we're having in november, so if neither candidate gets 50% -- which is looking likely -- they'll actually go to a december runoff. the interesting thing here is looking at those poll numbers, you have to wonder there's a second republican candidate

migratoria beneficios para inmigrantes indocumentados y lo mismo dijo el congresista republicano bill cassidyajes tiene confundidos a latinos. >> esta semana congresista demÓcrata sacó un anuncio donde enfatiza su lucha contra la migraciÓn ilegal. el anuncio indica que la migraciÓn ilegal pone en peligro nuestras comunidades pero en colorado donde analistas dicen que el voto hispano es importante se ven avisos de republicanos hablando a nuestro idioma. pero hablan de todo menos de migraciÓn y que piensan los miembros de ambos partidos sobre estos anuncios polÍticos? >> no es una polÍtica de partidos. >> hay un problema de publicaciÓn en esencia estamos en el mismo nivel. >> cuÁl será el impacto de estos anuncios en el voto latino? no solamente en estas elecciones sino tambiÉn a largo plazo. >> los republicanos han aumentado su ventaja contra los demÓcratas. republicanos tienen una ventaja de 11 puntos sobre los demÓcratas. un 52% de los votantes dijo que preferÍa que las elecciones del prÓximo 4 de noviembre resultarÁ en un congreso liderado por los republicanos y un 41% se mostrÓ a favor de

mary landrieu is facing a tough re-election battle against bill cassidy.sidy also reacted to landrieu's interview on fox news. >> i wish she'd focus more on policy instead of insulting it. we're going through the political process to make and change our constitution and we're called racist. we're not racist. we just have common sense. >> joining me tonight on a rapid response panel, political analyst and contributor, and also msnbc contributor and director at lehigh university. dr. peterson, sometimes the truth hurts. what's wrong with what mary landrieu said? >> if anything, this is an understatement. do a quick history lesson. transatlantic slavery was developed in the south. jim crowe laws born in the south. they were the dixie crats. think about the history of lynches. and look at the criminal justice system in the south today. look at police brutality today. look at the eroding public system today. think of all the efforts by republican legislators to end early voting and disenfranchise largely elderly and african-american and latino voters. what she

congressman bill cassidy and rob maness. elizabeth crisp of "the advocate" gave us an update. >> joining us from louisiana this morning is elizabeth crisp. she's the capital news bureau reporter there for "the advocate" to talk about the senate race between democratic incumbent mary landrieu and bill cassidy, the republican. there's also the independent candidate, rob maness, who's running as well, and several other on the ballot. louisiana senate race according to the latest poll is headed toward a run-off. do you agree? >> that's what it looks like right now. and, you know, that's the kind of game plan that i think that the campaign is taking, even though -- you know, he's not the incumbent but he's very much running an incumbent's race. the next debate is tomorrow night. that's one of only two debates he's participating in leading up to this. because it's going to be very interesting. >> yeah. and i misspoke before. rob maness being a republican as well. nine candidates total on this ballot. what's going on that it's head

the other candidate has not gotten close to cassidy. i really expect it to be landrieu and cassidy. host: that debate is tonight live on c-span2, 8:00 p.m. eastern. last week, senator landrieu decided to replace her campaign manager. why? guest: there are a couple different ways you can look at it. the republicans and say it's a sign of desperation. on the surface, it looks that way. you change your top manager of your campaign with just a few days to go before the election. landrieu after the debate last week likened it to a baseball game where she is bringing in her closer. ryan burnie is somebody she has worked with in the past. it's somebody that has worked for her brother, mitch landrieu, the mayor of new orleans. he is a specialist at getting out the vote. that is what democrats need where democrats are not all that excited to go out and vote. landrieu needs to get those people to the polls. it's a combination of the two theories, really. she has done all she can do with tv and she does need to make sure her voters get to the polls, but on the other hand, if you think your guy

but tom cassidy later proved in marketing and lobbying that he liked that name predator and he chose it for both of those uavs. so as i say in my book, if necessity is the mother of invention, war is another necessity. and as with many technologies, especially aviation technology, gave birth to the predator and innovations that made it revolutionary. the war in bosnia and the difficulty of finding what was bombarding sarajevo led to the development of the second drone called predator, which in fact was a derivative of a smaller less capable uav designed called the max 750. in 1993 the ca bought two of them from general atomics and then he went to california to seal the deal with the cia director who had known him for years. and that's about the same time after conversations, the undersecretary of defense created a program to develop an unmanned aerial vehicle for the military. he stipulated as if he fluids in the six months of contract. to make that possible he adopted the idea that he had come up with. and in january of 1994, the defense department gave him the very first such contr

bill cassidy is a doctor. he should know better. i mary landrieu, and i approve this message, because i will always stand up for the women of louisiana. senator landrieu, i voted for you before. but when you voted for obamacare, i knew i had made a mistake. plans, bigls health rate increases, and still you refused to repeal it. >> you just try to scare us with nonsense about social security, medicare, and veterans. >> we are voting for bill cassidy. >> he will stand up to barack obama. this message because i'm with you, and i am fighting for you. >> i mary landrieu, and i approve this message. >>we all build companies that employ thousands of louisiana and's. america am a louisiana got billions. >> to rebuild after katrina and rita. >> we got over 50 deepwater drilling works. chairman of the energy committee. >> we can't afford to leave that. >> that's why we are all with mary. >> in louisiana, you will learn to be tough. one moment of weakness, the alligators could he will live. when i get to washington, i will stand up to big spen

in front of cassidy. it is unlikely that either front runner will earn the majority necessary to avoid a runoff. cassidy, the congressman from the sixth district has the edge in the runoff. asked to choose between landrieu and cassidy, the republicans lead 48% to 41%. int runoff taking place december. mary landrieu first elected to congress in 1997 up for reelection. globe, the boston democrat attack ads aim to save the senate majority. we told you earlier about jerry who says likely voters will be whiter and older. the democrats in this last week are going after the older voters. they have launched several ads in the last week in key senate races. aimed at older voters who cast ballots in large numbers in the midterm elections and tend to support republicans. here is the ad the senate democratic campaign party is running in iowa. [video clip] talk about relying on social security and joni ernst talks about privatizing it. extreme, she so would risk senior's retirement on the stock market, ending the guar

could her comments widen the gap in cassidy's favor? hate talk among some of the people who are offended are describing her words. what is the strategy? >> when i heard the comments i thought this is taken back because it made no sense about the women. i reached out to four or five democratic friends and either thought what she said was wrong. i am not kidding you. they are very smart people and they said what she said is true. >> you have lived there. >> i went to lsu where she made the comment. maybe someone might have a problem with what she is not saying and that is she was the decide vote on obamacare. and she is leaving out the president preside president'serating is is just as bad in the north and south. >> i think she is saying how much of a vote obama gets in the northern sates versus southern states. i don't think what she said helps her and i don't think it is necessarily correct and i don't think people -- are there people that don't like obama because they are racist? absolutely. but there are people all over that don't lik

but tom cassidy who proved as as marketing and lobbying said he liked both and broadcasted them brother. as with many technologies, especially aviation technologies, war created the necessity that gave birth to the predator and the key invasions that made it revolutionary. the war in bosnia and the difficulty of finding serb artillery led to the development of the second drone called predator, which in fact was a derivative of a smaller, less capable, uav abe had designed called the nat 750. in 1993, the cia bought two nat 750s from general atomics to use in bosnia. the man to the right is abe and to the left is thomas tweet n who was the cia's deputy director of operation and went to california to seal the deal from jim who had known abe for years. at about the same time, after conversations which jim, under secretary of defense for acquisition john deutsch created a program to develop an induranced airmanned vehicle for the military. -- indurance -- they stipilated it must be finished within six weeks -- endurance -- they came up with a advance concept technology developments. known a

senate, incumbent senator mary landrieu and the leading contender bill cassidy had been fighting for people in the middle of louisiana a state where oil and gas reign supreme. >> i worried about that when i first moved to lake charles 44 years ago, i had a lot of failures, we didn't have a lot of money. >> steve jordan is ceo of central crude, based in lake charles, louisiana. >> i'm happy to be an energy producer. >> reporter: his company specializes in transporting crude oil and natural gas, and in an age of new extraction techniques like fracking, business is booming. his 28-year-old son george handles day to day operations as the chief operating officer. >> because of the success we have had, we now employ over 250 people and that make mess really proud. >> one of those is richard johnson, in only two years, he's worked his way up from driver to field supervisor. >> this is one of the best jobs that i have ever had. it means a lot. you're able to take a vacation to hawaii, you're able to buy a new vehicle every five years, buy a house. you're able to raise kids. >> reporter: lake

wednesday more campaign coverage between incumbent mary landrieu and republican congressman bill cassidy and gop challenger retired colonel rob mancas. the majority winning the election. if a candidate fails to get 50% of a vote, a runoff will take place. you can watch wednesday's debate live at 8:00 p.m. eastern on cspan. you can also post your kmerpts on facebook and twitter. and right after that,-- also on cspan. >>> be part of cspan's 2014 campaign coverage. to get debate schedules, video clips of key moments, debate previews from our politics team, cspan is bringing you over 100 senate house and governor debates and you can instantly share your reactions to what the candidates are saying, the battle for control of congress, stay in touch and engage by following us on twitter at cspan and liking us on facebook, at facebook.com/cspan. >> next remarks by former new york mayor michael bloomberg and commerce secretary penny britsker. this is about 20 minutes. >> good morning, oveveryone. i wanted to thank president obama and penny pristger to host this ground breaking event. with over 20