cindy highsmith, she is definitely a much better choice.f chris mcdaniel where the republican in this race, i would say espy stood a very good chance of winning. >> interest. maybe voters knew that. perhaps mississippi internalize some of the lessons from the isle emma senate race. >> for sure. mike sv is a moderate. a centrist crap. he represented the state for six years in congress. he is a known commodity. better than expected race. >> i think it is great. you want these political races to the interest. it really pushes the candidates and the issues. we should all be so lucky. the take away is the troubling racial and mississippi too much and too painful to overcome right now? >> the past is not even pass. this is the reality for in the south. fifty years ago we are still living with it when you see the debate about where did cindy highsmith go to high school, you go to terms that the single most powerful issue in american politics today remains just as it has been for the last decade and that is great. >> places like mississippi that hi

a special senate runoff election he's held two rallies drum up support for republican senator cindy highsmith has been accused of making racially insensitive comments john hendren has more from tupelo. a century and a half later in the deep south state of mississippi the civil war still holds the power to divide it's there in the confederate soldiers hat that republican senator cindy hyde smith dons in a facebook photo it surfaces in the comment she made about public hangings here were five thousand black men were lynched in the postwar reconstruction liberal. in the uk. and it shows in the efforts that have effectively stripped black residents from voter rolls a move hyde smith applauded. her . big campaign donors including wal-mart and major league baseball have asked for their money back yet those gaffes might still not be enough to cost tide smith the election her rival in a tuesday runoff election for one of mississippi's two u.s. senate seats is mike espy president clinton secretary of agriculture he is an african-american who's offered a tepid response to those racially changed comment

welcome toning and the senate debate 2018 with republican senator cindy highsmith and democrat mike sp. have jeff and courtney and jackson and caleb. the canada's have chosen at random the order for the opening and closing statements. and you will take the first question. they will let two minutes to answer east and one minute for rebuttal. candidates may have an additional 30 seconds to respond to questions. the league of women voters will take care of our time and we want to get right to our. >> thank you. to our timekeepers, to the senators, thank you for green to the debate. and to the audience thank you for doing that. thank you for participating in this debate. and i appreciate you. we at thanksgiving coming up and we hope you shared with your family. about the issues. my approach is mississippi first. mississippi over party, over person i do not care how powerful that person may be. anyone run over you. and youre senior --ial security and medicaid we wanted to stay here. infirmed we want to what you you have need. if you have a pre-existing condition we want to make sure you are

republican cindy highsmith in mississippi faces off against democrat mike espy in a runoff.ississippi has not sent a democrat to the senate since 1982. de-smith has been accused of racism after saying she would attend a public hanging. we will take a closer look at this story with our political panel in washington in just a moment. global news 24 hours a day, on air and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. david: thank you. the midterm elections are supposed to come to an end tonight when the polls close in mississippi for the senate runoff. it should have been a slamdunk for the republican candidate, but after some campaign struggles, democratic challenger mike espy has made the contest closer than an unexpected. todd, republican strategist and co-author of the great revolt, inside the populist coalition reshaping america. thank you for being with us. kyle you have a crystal ball. ,what is going to happen? espy were if mike to win, it would be a more surprising outcome than

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reporter: [inaudible] president trump: so cindy highsmith is a spectacular woman. she's a great senator. she came in, she's done a fantastic job in a short period of time. she made a statement which i know that she feels very badly about it, and it was just sort of said she's a tremendous woman , and it's a shame that she has to go through this. i think she's going to do very well. i really believe she's going to do very well. i've gotten to know her well. she's the person that loves the people of mississippi. she loves the people of this country. she's going to be a great senator. i'm going to do two events in mississippi on monday. i'm doing one near let's see i'm doing one near jackson, i'm doing one in the gulf coast, and we're going to do one in tupulo, so we might do three, but i think tupulo is definite and gulfport is definite. cindy is a tremendous woman who truly loves the people of mississippi and our country, and i think she's going to win. reporter: [inaudible] president trump: ivanka can handle herself. these are all in the historical records there wa

emma: cindy highsmith one reelection.y a you -- an unusually small margin. her victory gives republicans a 53-47 edge in the senate. president trump suggests he may cancel his planned meeting with vladimir putin with the competition with ukraine. he tells the washington post he is waiting for a report on what happened. he planned to meet at the g20 summit in argentina. retired justice anthony kennedy knowledges political fundraising is a problem but defense --defends he cannot keep companies from -- he spoke of the david rubenstein show. >> we have to address it some other way. if they see money coming in from the campaign, they should vote against the candidate if they do not like it. full interview tonight on the david rubenstein show. that is at 9:00 p.m. on bloomberg television. global news 24 hours a day, on-air at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts, in over 120 countries. this is bloomberg. alix: thank you. fed chair jay powell speaks later today. the fed needs to be more aware of

cindy hyde smith. she is running for senate in mississippi. highsmithe headlines after making a joke about public hanging. she also wants put on a confederate hat while visiting a museum for jefferson davis. president trump will travel to mississippi to enjoys -- endorse hyde smith. we need her in washington is what president trump said. >> that i would not be willing to accept an apology. this is the second time it has happened. there's more information about this person. >> charles johnson apologized a few months ago after supporting a republican super pack. that time johnson said he did not realize the group was making racist robo calls.>>> obesity may be to blame for about 1/4 of asthma cases in children. that is according to a new study from duke. 500,000 children were tracked. those classified as obese have a 30% higher risk of developing asthma. children overweight have a 17% increased rate of risk of asthma. researchers say the discovery could lead to new drugs targeting bone marrow cells so they don't feed bone marrow. >>> a new part of the bra

cindy hyde-smith and mike sb. we begin with secretary. >> thank you. to our panelists, to our timekeeper, to senator highsmith, thank you for agreeing to the debate. thank you for the audience listening in, and thank you for participating in this debate. i appreciate you. have a thanksgiving to enjoy the lord's bounty. tonight, we are here to discuss our approach to the issues. i will just tell you my approach. my approach is mississippi first. that means mississippi over party, over person. i don't care how powerful that person might be. it means i will not let anybody run over you. , it'st gets to the issues when you think your social security and medicaid might be threatened. if you live in mississippi, we want you to stay here. we want to make sure that you have prescription drugs. in this race, everyone is talking about qualifications. i'm the most qualified candidate in this race. and servedngress four times. --e served as the segregated secretary kerry -- secretary of agriculture. i work with everyone. i will serve you, not judge you, and i will be independent. i'm not going to vote anyone 100% of the

highsmith, who is the incumbent will face. democrats are really drawing attention to some of the recent comments that cindy hyde-smith has madehat is what they are kind of honing in and focusing on, however i don't know if this race will end up being as competitive as people are trying to make it out to be. there were two republicans who ate up a lot of the vote. you had cindy hyde-smith, who was the leader, not reaching the 55% threshold, but also daniel not reaching 60% of the vote. without him in the picture, you can see how her chances are a lot better off on november 27th. >> mark: you don't think there is anything to this theory that a lot of formerly red states are starting to purple a little? that's the democrats' theory on how texas, georgia, and maybe even mississippi, in the medium-term election cycle down the road, things favor that i'm here >> we will find out in 2020. it is really hard to tell. this is just a bad election cycle for republicans. i remember in 2009, "time" magazine did a cover and said "endangered species for republicans," and republicans won the house, 63 seats in 2010. then in 2012, republicans

senator highsmith was competing for the republican vote -- senator cindy hyde-smith was competing forepublican vote, a recent poll had her at 38%. 12% short of the majority needed to win the seat. speaking of the senate, tweets from other members who ran yesterday including senator claire mccaskill in missouri, who lost her seat. "thank you to so many who worked so hard and i am grateful for missouri for giving me the opportunity to serve so many years. i am taking a few days off. i am looking forward to what is around the corner. corner." the we will keep you updated on other races yet to be called. boyle, democrat from pennsylvania, thanking the president for his gracious message earlier. saying "we could not have won this without you. , compared to the special elections, it looks like those were predictive. democrats, outperformed by eight points in the special elections. last night they won the house boat by nine points." e by nineuse vot points." choosehe democrats could legislation to help move america forward. "if there is good reason to impeach trump, he should be impeached. i

cindy spye-smith and mike e former, clinton official. president trump will be rallying in mississippi on monday. gulfport onn monday, rallying for senator highsmith. -- hyde-smith. let's hear from the independent line, edward in new jersey. go ahead. caller: good morning. i get so fired up listening to c-span. this morning especially, it is like thanksgiving dinner. [laughter] caller: quickly, before my comment, a couple colors are calling in, and we are like having dinner talk around the table. it is such a shame saying that we don't need another blackface running for president. that is such a shame. after our civil war, the civil rights movement, and president elections,ng two that is disgusting. we disagree. election,e 2020 bernie sanders should run and be the nominee. if not him, someone as progressive as bernie sanders. i say no to moderates. there is no war authorization, so no to moderates. aggressive's only for democrats. progressives only for democrats. host: one of those people who has been called a progressive, senator from california kamala harris. here is what she has had to say. [video clip] the leading cause of bankruptcy in our co