republican, took over as governor and started those programs again. >> describe your relationship with edwin edwards. >> when i first started in politics as the gunmen, i had run for their constitutional condition to rewrite our constitution in louisiana. i was 28 or 29. i worked with edwards, who had called for that constitutional right. i was a proponent of what he was trying to do. i thought it was the right thing to do. over the years, we grew far apart. the issue was corruption. the issue was money and politics. i thought that the governor of louisiana did not need to take unlimited checks from the oil companies and from the chemical companies and the toxic waste companies, and those that abuse the air and water. edwards and i -- falling out is a polite way of saying we became political adversaries at that point. when he ran for reelection the third time, a congressman from louisiana, bob livingston, republican congressman from louisiana, jim brown, secretary state, and i decided independently to run against him, and five of us, with a guy named speedy long, those six of us ran in that election

the only governor to do it a change to a republican and faced reelection against david duke and edwin edwards, one of the most infamous races in american history they had more money than i and were more politicians than i. the polls show that my changing parties cost me six points. i lost by less than a point in a heartbreaking election, but i learned a lot. i learned that if i make a major move like changing parties, i have to do it soon enough that people will understand it over time. i did it with about six or seven months in that campaign. that was my dad, my mistake and i learned that a couple of times that timing was important that's not why i run. i am the only guy who considers running who has been both a congressman and a governor and i like that experience, but more importantly, i am one of several guys running who built his own company. mine is a community bank whose payroll who's, a business plan for the market and capture it i put all that together with the belief that we ought to limit the money that politicians accept. and i believe this is the kind of campaign america needs no

gets all odds, as you can remember, a guy named edwin edwards. better known guys than me. i took no tax money. i ended money in a corrupt state. it was breathtaking, some said. and i won that race. four years later having lowered the highest unemployment rate in america, which was over 12%, to less than half that, 6%, having balanced the budget four years in a row, having cleaned up air and water, having started a trust fund to repave our highways, feeling pretty good about myself, i changed parties midway through my term, the only governor to do it, i changed from a conservative democrat to a republican and faced re-election against david duke and edwin edwards, one of the most infamous races in american history. they had more money than i. they were maybe more skilled politicses than i. the polls showed that my changing parties cost me six points. i lost by less than a point in a very heartbreaking election. but i learned a lot. i learned that if i make a major move like changing parties i have to do it soon enough that people will understand it over time. i did it with

now they are accused of murder. 48-year-old edward and edwin burnt told police their mother collapsed in january while they were watching football on tv. she apparently died three days later, the day after her 89th birthday. neighbors believed the twins are mentally disabled and did not fully understand what was going on. a neighbor asked the twins about their mother last week. >> hollered at them and said, hi. haven't seen you guys in a while. you all doing all right? yeah, we're doing fine. how is your mama? oh, she's fine. >> the twins were arrested on monday and charged with murder. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch," stocks were up today in asia. ashley morrison is here in new york with the latest on that. good morning, ashley. >> good morning, betty. small gains for asian markets. both tokyo's nikkei and hong kong's hang seng edged up 0.2%. today, wall street will get the very latest on retail sales and the fed's latest check of the economy. on tuesday, stocks sank. the dow lost 118 points, its worst day in a month, while the nasdaq fell 27. >>> the price of oil is dropping. trading to