vitter walked right into it. ( cheers and applause ) it turns out that john bel edwards doesn't even need an opening to bring up the prostitution scanned, even when vitter tried to get him on his state business association rating, edwards still brought up prostitution. >> john bel has a lifetime rating from that organization of 27%. when i went to school, that wasn't just an "f." i thought you got more points for putting your name on the test. >> i give 100% to my wife. that's who i give 100% to. senator, you ought to try. >> trevor: you gotta admit, guys, that is a skill. there is no subject that edwards can't steer back towards prostitutes. "sure, maybe i'm soft on crime, but you know who i'm hard on? my wife." ( cheers and applause ) everything you throw at this guy, i bet even in a debate if the moderator was like, "john bel, are you worried you might slide in the polls?" "i'll tell you what won't be sliding, my penis into a prostitute." ( applause ) okay, all right, all right, okay, guys. i think we've had enough fun. it's time for us to get a little bit more serious. syria. now,

john bel edwards and myself who could not offer more starkly different voting records and political philosophy and therefore directions in which we would lead the state. it is pretty clear that john bel edwards wants to talk about anything but the future. he wants to talk about anything about those records and philosophies and where we would lead the state. that is because his campaign is built on a myth that he is some sort of conservative and we don't differ much on the issues when we absolutely do. so, i humbly ask for your vote and support and ask you look on the key issues and how we differ on job creation. his ranking is at the bottom of the barrel. on education my support of charter and accountability and reforms and john bel has the opposite record supporting the teachers's unions not parents, families and children. >> thank you. mr. edwards? >> i want to thank the veterans. we are on the eve of veteran's day and i want to thank them for the service of the country. when i decided to serve the country nobody asked if was a democrat or republican. which candidate is best able to lead the

we are talking about an ad released by democratic state representative john bel edwards, which compares situation that almost dumped david vitter's career. is this smart politics or a new low? >> reporter: democratic state representative john bel edwards slamming opponent republican senator david vitter for his prostitution scandal eight years ago. >> john bel edwards, who answered our country's call and served as a ranger. or david vitter, who answered a prostitute's call, after he skipped a vote honoring 28 soldiers who gave them lives in defense for our freedom. >> reporter: vitter apologized for being linked to the scandal after his number showed up on a list. >> i want to offer my deep and sincere apologies. >> reporter: he survived and was reelected, but now it's coming back to haunt him. this ad aired last night. >> david vitter chose prostitutes over patriots. >> reporter: john bel edwards' commercial is a disgrace for those of us that live by the honor code. vitter released an ad, painting edwards soft on crime, which edwards denies. political analysts believe edwards may have

in two weeks he'll be running off against a democrat named john bel edwards. not to be confused with john not bel edwards. now, the first big surprise in that southern governor's race came when the first poll came out after that runoff match-up was set between john bel edwards and david vitter. the first poll after we knew it was going to be those two guys showed david vitter losing to the democrat in that race by 20 points. that was southern surprise number one in that race. john bel edwards' family is here tonight. [ laughter ] but the southern surprise number two in that race actually came today. and this one blew me away. i never would have expected this. but today one of the other republicans who'd been in the running for that race for governor, who ran in the primary is actually the current lieutenant governor of the state. he's the republican lieutenant governor under bobby jindal. today he came out as the republican lieutenant governor and he made his endorsement in the governor's race and he endorsed the democratic guy over david vitter. the republican

as far as i understand it, john bel edwards has announced he'll recut the ad the same way taking that image of the gravestones out of the ad. is that what the exchange was about there? >> it's deeper than that. part of the exchange was they didn't mention it. someone did write a letter, the mother of someone who died in combat wrote a letter complaining about the imagery, the use of the gravestones in the background. what you heard in the exchange was the fact that john bel edwards is bringing this emotional topic up that vitter doesn't want to discuss. because every time that scandal is mentioned, it reminds voters of a period in his life that he would like to have erased from his political biography. unfortunately for dade vitter is an issue that constantly gives john bel edwards a platform to attack david vitter on. he's very uncomfortable about this. he would like to move attention away from this as much as possible and keep it away from the that. he won't be able to. >> i know the race is all the more impressive as you get closer and closer to it. nice to have you with us tonight

this ad aired last night. >> david vitter chose prostitutes over patriots. >> reporter: john bel edwards' commercial is a disgrace for those of us that live by the honor code. vitter released an ad, painting edwards soft on crime, which edwards denies. political analysts believe edwards may have run the ad out of concern that he could lose the race. >> edwards could have had the race locked up but he could have overplayed his hand here. >> the edwards campaign stands by the video. the national republican party is watching all of this very closely. the gop has recently picked up a number of statehouses in recent years. louisiana is another key state, as the party tries to expand its reach and, of course, also win back the white house. this is going to be a big talker nationally. >> kristen welker, thank you. >>> let's talk to dylan for day three of rokerthon. >> day three. now, it gets tough for the one and only mr. roker. al, i know you're in spokane, washington, right now. you've made your way. my brothers were stationed in outside of spokane. i'm very familiar with the area. tell us wh

manera constante desde el los votantes de luisiana eligieron este fin de semana al democrata john bel edwards vencio al republicano david vitter. con su triunfo se convirtio en el primer candidato democrata en ganar unas elecciones a gobernador de luisiana desde 2003. las autoridades de luisiana dijeron que al menos 16 personas recibieron impactos de bala durante la filmacion de un video musical en un parque de nueva orleans.el tiroteo ocurrio cuando cerca de 500 personas, entre ellas muchos niqos, se habian reunido en el parque para la filmacion.se cree que comenzo como una discusion, posiblemente entre integrantes de bandas de delincuentes, pero uno de los involucrados disparo en contra de la gente. los heridos fueron trasladados a hospitales. argentina da un giro politico con el triunfo de mauricio macri poniendo fin a 12 aqos de kirchnerismo .y conoceremos la dramatica historia de un mexicano que fue deportado a su pais despues de ser victima de abuso laboral en estados unidos. presentadora: la primera gran nevada llegÓ para 20 millones de residentes en el oeste del paÍs, se causÓ estrago

. >> john bel edwards served as a ranger in the 82nd airborne division. prostitution call minutes after honoring 28 united states soldiers who gave their lives for our freedom. >> reporter: in 2007 vitter apologized for being linked to the madam scandal after his number showed un on a client list. >> i want to again offer my deep sincere apologies to all those i have let down. >> reporter: vitter sr. drived d was re-elected, but now that past is coming back to haunt him with this latesaend airing last nighttdurdng the w >>dly watched lsu/alabama football game. >> david vitter chose prostitutes overtpatriots. >> reporter: the campaign and veterans for vitter lashed out saying john bel edwards' commercial is a disgray to those of us who actually live by the honor code. it's the latest shot in a bitter battle. vitter rently released an ad some believe that vitter may have run the ad concerned he could lose in the state. >> many believe that edwards had the race locked up but could have overplayed his hand here. >> a letter was sent to the vitter campaign prohibiting me tmbers of the milita

. >> a brand-new governor, democratic state representative john b john bel edwards defeated vitters. he becomes the first democrat since 2008. his opponents was ahead at one point. during re-election he announced he would not seek re-election. bobby jindal's term is limited after eight years in office. >>> whether or not strategy with isis is working. >> to talk about this, moderator chuck todd. good to see you. >> how are you doing? >> we touched on it earlier, seems almost the president is having to explain everything all over again, jr statement, are they credible, legitimate, we've seen real change here. >> ultimately i think this is the the president's biggest probl problem. the strategy pursuing, i think the president lost credibility looking like he took the isis threat seriously because of comments you brought up, jv and so forth. you are going to hear what leon panetta, head of cia, he's got specific ideas in there. biggest thing, attack on france is an attack on all. if you have that you have command structure. while ideas are good, tactics aren't working because there isn'

after an eight-year drought, democrats have taken back the governor's mansion in louisiana, john bel edwards david vitter last night in the runoff. he will replace governor bobby jindal who was term limited. >> i have communicated once again to both the chairman of the joint chiefs as well as secretary carter that i expect that we get to the bottom of whether or not what you describe has been happening. >> that was president obama responding to the pentagon's investigation into allegedly bogus intelligence reports on isis. those reports apparently giving a falls back tour of the reality on the ground, that the u.s. was making more progress in beating back the terrorists than it really was. joining me to discuss this, retired navy captain chuck nash, fox news military analyst. good to see you. >> nice to see you, arthel. >> let's start here. how big of a deal is this, and what are the ramifications and also why did this happen? >> well, if it's true, and we don't know that yet -- that's why there's going to be an investigation -- if it's true that somebody was cooking the intelligence books,

john bel edwards, he answered our country's call and served as a ranger in the 82nd airborne division. or david vitter, who answered a prostitute's call minutes after he skipped a vote honoring 28 soldiers who gave their lives in defense of our freedom. david vitter chose prostitutes over patriots. now the choice is yours. >> that is a tv ad currently playing in living rooms across louisiana. less than two weeks to go to the state's gubernatorial runoff democratic state representative john bel edwards is going after his opponent republican u.s. senator david vitter for his role in a prostitution scandal. in 2007 vitter apologized for what he called a very serious sin after he was linked through phone records to a d.c. madam. today vitter offered a rebuttal to his opponent's attack ad with a political ad of his own of course. >> 15 years ago i failed my family but found forgiveness and love. i learned that our falls aren't what define us but rather how we get up, accept responsibility, and earn redemption. >> next, political ads in the gop presidential primary also getting harsh. alan

state representative john bel edwards is the new governor-elect winning what is one of the most astoundinguthern politics in years. he took david vitter to task over the d.c. madam scandal in 2007 and won 56-44%. edwards will be the first democratic governor in the state since 2008. immediately afterwards vitter announced he would also vacate his senate seat when his term ends next year, setting up a race to fill that vacancy. >>> and the future of a mississippi house seat came down to the luck of the straw on friday, that's right, thanks to an arcane law and an improbably deadlocked election, tied it exactly 4,589 votes each, two candidates for the state legislature were forced to literally draw straws to determine the winner. as the "new york times" reports, luck smiled on democratic state representative blaine eaton, who drew the longer three inch green straw, giving him the victory, and blocking the gop from having a super majority in the house. now that's some luck. >>> let's turn to business now where the health care industry is set to announce a history making merger between pfizer

louisiana state representative john bel edwards handily defeated republican united states senator david vitter in a yesterday's runoff, with 56% of the vote. it was the first time since barack obama was elected president that a democrat has won a statewide election in louisiana. edwards will replace incumbent governor bobby jindal, who is stepping down after two terms. instead, the state of >> the dress judy garland wore playing dorothy, the blue and white gingham dress to sell for around $1 million. one of 400 items of hollywood policemen ra bill ya to -- mem ra bill ya to sell. as the busiest travel season begins, we'll have more antiterrorism efforts in europe. i'm alison stewart, have a good nightly. captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: lewis b. and louise hirschfeld cullman. bernard and irene schwartz. judy and josh weston. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the citi foundation. supporting innovation and enabling urban progress. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. corporate funding is provid

john bel edwards who answered our country's call and served as a ranger in the 82nd airborne divisiono answered a prostitu prostitute's call minutes after he skipped a vote monitoring 28 soldiers who gave their lives in defense of our freedom. . david vitter chose prostitutes over patriots. now the choice is yours. >> man, i mean i hardly -- like i can hardly even believe that happened in the world. so let me ask you this, john. so given that you can make -- that someone can make an ad prostitutes over patriots in this case, is this actually a story that can be bigger? is this something about how democrats can run in the south? or is this really just like if you're running against a guy who answered a prostitute's call instead of taking a vote -- >> well, democrats didn't beat him in 2010 when a lot of this information was out there so there are certainly things to replicate the profile of the candidate, forming of third parties to match all the republican third parties being very aggressive against vitter. i think that ad needed a disclaimer of -- strong words to follow -- probably b

representative john bel edwards - a democrat - won the race for governor. he won a hard-fought battle against republican senator david vitter. . "we came up short tonight...let me rephrase that. i came up short, you all were fabulous. thanks so much for your passion and dedication and your love and your hard work. " i'm going to be the governor of all the people." and i'm speaking to everybody in louisiana right now...whether you voted for me, or whether you didn't...or whether you didn't vote. i'm going to be your governor." " edwards' win marks the first statewide victory for democrats since 2008. minnesota's governor is asking the family of a black man killed by police to meet with federal government lawyers. u-s department attorneys are expected to fly to minneapolis to investigate why officers shot 24-year-old jamar clark. video here shows mass protests outside the city's police station. clark's death is gaining attention because two officers shot him while handcuffed. federal and state authorities are refusing to release video of the shooting, because

a democrat will replace him.yesterday, voters went to the polls -- and state representative john bel edwards won a hard-fought battle against republican senator david vitter.edwards becomes the first democratic governor to be elected in the deep south in 12 years. we'll have a final look - - at a chilly forecast - - next.and zach hanley - is standing by - with your - it's the time of year - when a lot of families - love to load up the car - and drive around - looking at - christmas* lights.and if you get a chance - you may want to put - 14-89 valley view drive - in coralville - on your list.it is an amazing** - sight. tonight - - dave bon-sen - and his wife roxanne -- flipped the switch - - to make their house glow - - in holiday charm - - just like they have - - for the - past - 25** years.a lot of work - but dave says it is worth - every minute. "i don't have any "i don't have any other way of doing these types of things to help other people i consider it kind of like my ministry to bring people joy this time of year." year."dave measures it in smiles - - and you're thinking about the elec

john bel edwards faces off against republican senator david vitter ahead of the state's runoff election november 21st. the debate is hosted by louisiana public broadcasting. our live coverage begins in just a moment here on c-span2.

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democrat john bel edwards winning the runoff election beating the republican david vitter. will replace republican bobby jindal. this is the first statewide win for the democratic party in louisiana since 2008. >>> a fire-breaking out in chicago, injuring five people, including a police officer. the 100 story building includes offices. the fire burnedÑo for about a hf hour before being put out. i'm lauren green. now back to "red eye." back to d eye. >> welcome back. it is time to find out what we got wrong and what we missed. hi, andy. rye hi, tom, how are you? >> good. >> excellent. let's go straight to your boy donald trump. i agree that trump doesn't want a database of muslims in the country. he was asked should there be a database of muslims in the country. he said there are systems beyond database. that's not enough for him. >> rube yes got into a similar thing. >> the rubio thing is dumb. >> it is inserting a story and seeing if they react -- react to it or. >> i like what you said what trump should have said. any chance you will jump in the races? >> no chance at all

john bel edwards brought in 56% of the vote defeating long-time u.s. senator david vitter, a republican who finished at 44%. vitter held the seat for a decade and was re-elected after a 2007 prostitution scandal. vitter says he will not run again when his seat comes up next year. >>> i watched when the world trade center came tumbling down. and i watched in jersey city, new jersey, where thousands and thousands of people were cheering as this building was coming down. thousands of people were cheering. >> welcome back to "hardball." defending his call for the surveillance of mosques, donald trump said on saturday he remembers thousands of people in jersey city actually celebrating the 9/11 attacks as they took place in 2001. it is the latest in a pattern of alarmist and controversial rhetoric we have heard from trump since the paris attacks. when he was asked about it on abc yesterday, he dumbled down. >> the police say that didn't happen and all those rumors have been on the internet. did you misspeak yesterday? >> i saw it. >> you saw it with your ow

john edwards is also leading the money race by 10 to 1. since this runoff campaign started, which was november 2nd, john bel edwards has now reportedly raised1.5 million in contributions. in contrast, david vitter in the same time period has raised $130,000. so $1.5 million to $130,000. nobody knows until they count the votes and louisiana still looks like a red state, but this governor's race is so far not going the way people expected it to. watch this space. >>> why would you then bail out rich wall street banks, but not mom and pop, not -- >> i would -- >> you just said -- >> no, i didn't say that. >> they were talking about what you would do with depositors. would you let these banks shut down? my argument is going forward, the banks have to reserve the capital, so that the people who own the capital start pressuring the banks to not take these risky approaches, ted. but at the end of the day -- >> you said you'd abandon philosophy and abandon principle, but what would you do if the bank was failing? >> i'll tell you what, i would not let the people who put their money in there all go down. >> so you would bail them out? >> no. as an e

voters elected democrat john bel edwards over republican senator david vitter who was badly hurt by hisostitution scandal. edwards is the first democrat elected governor in the deep south in 12 years. vitter announced he will not seek re-election to the senate. >>> this week was a chance for former sec tafr of state and democratic front-runner hillary clinton to display her foreign policy chops in the wake of the terror attacks in paris and mali. in our latest fox news poll, clinton maintains her commanding lead over her rivals in the democratic field. we're back with the panel. let's start with clinton who gave a foreign policy speech this week in which she certainly talked tougher than president obama about how to take on isis but didn't give a lot of specifics about how she would actually be suffer. here she is. >> our goal is not to deter or contain isis, but to defeat and destroy isis. >> kerstin, whatever clinton says, if the world is still a mess a year from now, won't she be blamed for her role in the obama foreign policy? >> certainly people will try to blame her. what she'll d

. >> the choice for governor john bel edwards answered our country's called and served as a ranger there the 82nd air born division. or david vitter who answered a prostitute's call minutes after he skipped a vote honoring 28 soldiers who gave their lives in defense of our freedom. david vitter chose prostitutes over patriots. now the choice is yours. >> whoa. >> hugh and glen have seen it. mark and rachel have not. >> i love louisiana. the best attack ad before this was out of louisiana four or five years ago which was a coroner's ce where they acacally acted out a or or movie where a coroner was accused of selling body parts with igor. >> i wanted to fact check it. they're saying he chose prostitutes after patriots not over. >> politico would give that a half true. i have to leave it there. that'ssll we have for today. we'll be back next week because if it's sunday it's "meet the press." do you think when you are president you'll be paid as much as if you were a man-male... this is one of the jobs where they have to pay you the same. but there ararso many examples where that doesn't ha

university of new orleans, showing their bottom-line result is that david vitter is trailing john bel edwards by 22 points. this is a red state, but the republican candidate's behind by 22 points. and look at this. look at his numbers specifically with african-american voters in louisiana. david vitter is behind among black voters in his state 90-5. that is not a typo. and that comes as david vitter has been making an appeal to black voters in his state. he made a stop yesterday at southern university, which is an historically black college in baton rouge. senator vitter was asked while he was there about a controversial campaign ad he's run this year, in which he accuses his democratic opponent of wanting to release dangerous thugs from prison into louisiana. here's how that went. >> david vitter yesterday at southern university telling the african-american audience there that they should go read the dictionary. did i mention he's losing the black vote in his state, 90-5? early voting has already started in louisiana and this is a deep, deep red state, but you know what, anything's possible.

john bel edwards brought in 56% of the vote defeating long-time u.s.enator david vitter, a republican who finished at 44%. vitter held the seat for a decade and was re-elected after a 2007 prostitution scandal. vitter says he will not run again when his seat comes up next year. in a row. but we have a plan. (exec 2) when our customers are on hold, let's up their satisfaction with some new hold music. ♪ (exec 2) that's glenn from the mailroom. he djs on the weekends. (exec 3) sorry, who is it? (exec 2) it's glenn, from the mailroom. he dj'ed bill's wedding. (exec 3) he what? (exec 2) he goes by dj glenn, he works way downstairs. (exec 3) what'd he say? (exec 2) glenn, from the mailroom! (vo) get rid of cable. and upgrade to directv. call 1-800-directv. tand that's what we're doings to chat xfinity.rself, we are challenging ourselves to improve every aspect of your experience. and this includes our commitment to being on time. every time. that's why if we're ever late for an appointment, we'll credit your account $20. it's our promise to you. we're doing

john edwards is also leading the money race by 10 to 1. since this runoff campaign started, which was november 2nd, john bel edwards has now reportedly raisedlion in contributions. in contrast, david vitter in the same time period has raised $130,000. so $1.5 million to $130,000. nobody knows until they count the votes and louisiana still looks like a red state, but this governor's race is so far not going the way people expected it to. watch this space. you total your brand new car. nobody's hurt,but there will still be pain. it comes when your insurance company says they'll only pay three-quarters of what it takes to replace it. what are you supposed to do, drive three-quarters of a car? now if you had liberty mutual new car replacement, you'd get your whole car back. i guess they don't want you driving around on three wheels. smart. with liberty mutual new car replacement, we'll replace the full value of your car. see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual insurance. >>> why would you then bail out rich wall street banks, but not mom and pop, not -- >> i would -- >> you just said -- >> no, i didn't say that. >> they were talk

democrat john bel edwards was elected governor of louisiana on saturday, he defeated republican senator vitter by a 12-point margin. he will succeed bobby jindal and is already stressing a departure from his predecessor. he said expanding medicaid in louisiana is among his highest priorities. louisiana has a long history of unique elections, this one was certainly no different. edwards made the election about character. he highlighted his own military background and compared it to vitter's 2007 prostitution scandal. as you can see here in edwards prostitutes over patriots ad. vitter did try a hail mary, attempting to shift the race to the syrian refugee crisis, but it didn't work for him. up next, the how. how the pentagon views isis. stay tuned. you get used to sweaty odors in your car you think it smells fine, but your passengers smell this... eliminate odors you've gone noseblind to for up to 30 days with the febreze car vent clip break out the febreze, and [inhale/exhale mnemonic] breathe happy. i found a better deal on prescriptions. we found lower co-pays... ...and a free wellness

john edwards is also leading the money race by 10 to 1. since this runoff campaign started, which was november 2nd, john bel edwards has now reportedly raisedmillion in contributions. in contrast, david vitter in the same time period has raised $130,000. so $1.5 million to $130,000. nobody knows until they count the votes and louisiana still looks like a red state, but this governor's race is so far not going the way people expected it to. watch this space. introducing metris, the mid-size van from mercedes-benz. it's got small-ability and big-ability. towing-ability and stowing-ability. rack-ability and hvac-ability. it's fully customizable and sized just right to give you cupcake-ability, entourage-ability... ...garage-ability and even afford-ability. starting at $28,950. available in cargo or passenger. from mercedes-benz. to stir up the holidays, before earning 1% cash back everywhere, every time and 2% back at the grocery store, even before they got 3% back on gas, all with no hoops to jump through, daniel, vandi, and sarah decided to use their bank americard cash rewards credit card to sweeten the holiday season. that's the spirit of

john bel edwards or the republican, david vitter, lost in this case.se circumstances in the south they were never going to win. >> if democrats could only replicate this. if they could always have a pro-gun pro-life veteran run against a guy who cares more about hookers than he does about his job then the democrats might be able to do better. >> i don't think the hooker thing hurt him because he's been -- he was reelected to the senate. >> we can take governor mrs. seriously than we take the senate vote. >> and bobby jindal hurt him too. he began running for president the minute he was in the governor's seat and that probably didn't help him. >> i want to double back on what we were talking about earlier. i took a shot earlier but we have to realize we're changing in a way that we have to be more responsible. we are more scared than we were since 9/11 and we trust our institutions less than we did since 9/11, we trust each other and with social media we have the ability to ghettoize ourselves, to only listen to the views we already agree with and demon