and the very very ugly phil bryant last night republican phil bryant won the election in mississippi to be the state's next governor unfortunately according to brian c. one two yesterday while stumping in support of initiative twenty six better known as the fetal personhood amendment brian said this is a battle of good and evil of biblical proportions and that if the person who meant it was defeated then satan wins his words and as we know today voters rejected the bus apparently sealing a victory for satan not sure how satan is going to celebrate his victory maybe by giving the governor's mansion in mississippi to a republican either way phil bryant comparing preserving a woman's right to have some control over her body to see who's winning is very curious. coming up on the big picture one republican congressman is taking the art of denial to in its early new level i'll try to set the record straight as to which it. drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions to break through that sort of if you may who can you trust no one who has you in view with a

but according to phil bryant's own logic, satan also won in mississippi last night. described the vote on a mississippi ballot measure that would have defined a fertilized egg as a person. >> this is a battle of good and evil. the evil dark side that exists in this world is taking hold.w31 and they're saying, what we want you to be able to do is to continuei0]rextinguish innocent life. you see, if we could do that, w3 satan wins.ko >> see, in the governor-elect ai --çó allegory there, what satan wants is for the ban on all abortions and hormonal birth control, it was satan who wanted that to fail in mississippi. x@=uq1"á$sqpáu)e did fail in mississippi, but a huge margin, by double digits.çó so the state's next governor has the voters of mississippi to thank both for his and for çó satan's victories in last night's qú)sissippi election.qÑi and now he is faced with the unique challenge of governing an electorate that he has accused i of voting for satan by a 16-point margin. which would be awkward. the mississippi electorate is a very conservative one.Ñi these fertil

governor phil bryant: (speaking in recorded video) the founding fathers said that every american has the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. on november the 8th, we're going to give that right to every child in america, beginning in mississippi. we'll see ya at the polls. now what we say in the law is for convenience sake, without due process, you can take that child's life. i don't believe that's right. i think this is going to be a point for us to establish a concept, and the concept will be the rights of all human beings, including the unborn. o'brien: there's no question the objective of amendment 26 is to stop abortion. campaign literature says as much, calling tuesday's election an " opportunity to cast the vote the u.s. supreme court did not [in roe vs. wade.] we can stop abortion by declaring the unborn northup: this is an alarming and extreme measure that should be taken seriously. what it does is reveal how extreme the anti-choice movement is in the united states. they would like to see the "personhood" of a fertilized egg in every single one of the fifty s

right now, current lieutenant governor phil bryant is ahead and calling the race for phil bryant.be more notable to point out that the democratic party did not even bother running anybody in three of the statewide races. tonight in mississippi. the democrats didn't run any for lieutenant-governor in the state, or for secretary of state or for state auditor. they're letting the republicans have those for free. the main reason everybody had their eyes on mississippi tonight is because of their ballot question that proposes a constitutional amendment to define a fertilized egg as a full-blown person. when the national media reported on this, they described it as an abortion ban but it's much more than that. if this were simply an antiabortion measure, there wouldn't be much suspense about the outcome of today's vote. a large proportion of mississippi voters are against abortion rights. the reason there's been suspense about this is because defining a fertilized egg as a person not only bans abortion in all circumstances, if a woman became pregnant through rape, for example, she would

governor phil bryant. he defeated democrat the first black mayor party candidate since reconstruction. >>> ohio voters rejected a new law that would restricted collective bargaining rights for public employee unions. it came after a campaign that pitted firefighters and teachers against the governor and other republican leaders. >>> we turn to the controversy surrounding republican presidential candidate herman cain. he held a news conference yesterday to deny allegations that he sexually harassed four women. we are learning the name of one of the peak users that lives in our area. john gonzalez has more. >>> this man who parked in the garage told us to leave the property and told us they have nothing toshe say. saying "that would be my preference that we go together in a joint press conference." >> they simply did not have been. >> a day after a fourth from and spoke of sexual advances in the late 1990's, herman cain held a press conference saying he does not know this latest victim. >> withdrawal from th

mississippi's governor race pits democrat johnny dupre against republic phil bryant and mississippi state legislature will be determined with republicans hoping to pick up significant ground in the statehouse there. there are many interesting state races tonight. in virginia republicans are looking to take control of the state senate. that would make complete control of the house senate and the governor's office. virginia governor bob mcdonald will join us during our election wrap-up. that's at 11:00 p.m. eastern time tonight. as will maryland's democratic governor martin o'malley. special analysis from joe trippi and karl rove. our panel will be monitoring all of the returns throughout the night and we'll have election updates on all the big races. that's all coming up but right now "the o'reilly factor." >> bill: o'reilly factor is on. tonight: >> i have never acted inappropriately with, period. >> bill: can her map cain's campaign survive the constant accusations against him? we'll have analysis from carl cammeron, james rosen, monica crowley, and alan colmes. >> you have apologized to

phil bryant was far ahead. the real political question what happens in the state house here in mississippi. democrats have controlled that, literally since reconstruction. republicans are trying to take control. we have got to pick up eight seats they are, quote, cautiously optimistic about their chances though many political analysts believe they will come close but ultimately fall short. we will find out soon. >> shepard: john, thank you. much more on the election throughout this hour and throughout the night for that matter. our man bret baier will be back with updates as the polls close across the country and then tonight at 11:00 eastern, 10:00 p.m. central time an hour long central bret and his all-star panel. have the results and break them down for you. of course, get results any time at foxnews.com. a comprehensive new report suggests that iran must be trying to assemble a nuclear weapon. why is is that? we'll tell you what we have learned about how tehran is apparently attempting to build this bomb. p

they chose phil bryant to become the next governor. he defeated the first black major party candidates since reconstruction. >>> organized later -- labour scored a victory in ohio. the rejected a law that would have restricted collective bargaining rights for public employee unions. it comes after a campaign that pitted firefighters and teachers against the governor and legislators. >>> turning to the herman cain controversy. we are learning the name of the local woman who accused him of sexually harassing her. now she is considering joining other accusers to talk about the claim. brianne carter is now live with more on this growing controversy. >> we are learning the identity of that woman. she is 55-year-old karen kraushauer. she came for just as cain decided to talk. >> the charges and the accusations are absolutely -- i absolutely reject. they simply did not happen. >> herman cain once again denied any wrongdoing as another woman steps forward with accusations cain sexually harassed her. krashauer tells "the washington post", when

he is taking the stage now ahead of phil bryant, the new governor of mississippi come the first of the year, where does this initiative go from here? trying to get it on the ballot 2012. >> bret: thank you very much. the election being decided tonight could foreshadow presidential election year. a year from now with issues and swing states involved. carl cameron is live in des moines, iowa. good evening. >> they're just now eight weeks from tonight on a cold, rainy night on the campaign trail. republicans are eager to get underway with their attempts to oust president obama they're distracted by allegations of sexual harassment against herman cain. one day after went public, mr. cain today held a news conference to denounce any and all sexual harassment charges. >> i tried to remember if i recognized her. and i didn't. the charges and the accusations i absolutely reject. >> bret: this afternoon, one of the woman who filed a formal complaint came forward and said she'd like to hold a joint news conference with other accusers to tell their side of the story and let the public hear their

phil bryant will succeed hailey barber. tough immigration law. so even though this was an off year and we are so focused, kyra, on 2012, a big election night last night. >> yes, it was. >>> well, this morning, a couple of big markets are impacting stock markets here at home. >> and the deepening debt crisis in etly is rattling the world. stocks are really taking a beating, alison. >> oh, they are. and just to give you an explanation is its's the italian bond market. i want to give you a comparison. italy's 10-year bond yield is above 7%. a comparison, look at u.s. and german bonds. you see how italian bonds are at record highs. and what this show social security that the crisis there is getting woors. it's not getting better. there's a huge question mark on whether italy can pay its bills. now, for any government to go ahead and try to pay its bills, these governments sell bonds to investors to raise money. and the higher yields that you're seeing in italy means that there's more risk. who wants to invest in a country that'

he is taking the stage now ahead of phil bryant, the new governor of mississippi come the first of the year, where does this initiative go from here? trying to get it on the ballot 2012. >> bret: thank you very much. the election being decided tonight could foreshadow presidential election year. a year from now with issues and swing states involved. carl cameron is live in des moines, iowa. good evening. >> they're just now eight weeks from tonight on a cold, rainy night on the campaign trail. republicans are eager to get underway with their attempts to oust president obama they're distracted by allegations of sexual harassment against herman cain. one day after went public, mr. cain today held a news conference to denounce any and all sexual harassment charges. >> i tried to remember if i recognized her. and i didn't. the charges and the accusations i absolutely reject. >> bret: this afternoon, one of the woman who filed a formal complaint came forward and said she'd like to hold a joint news conference with other accusers to tell their side of the story and let the public hear their

he is taking the stage now ahead of phil bryant, the new governor of mississippi come the first of the year, where does this initiative go from here? trying to get it on the ballot 2012. >> bret: thank you very much. the election being decided tonight could foreshadow presidential election year. a year from now with issues and swing states involved. carl cameron is live in des moines, iowa. good evening. >> they're just now eight weeks from tonight on a cold, rainy night on the campaign trail. republicans are eager to get underway with their attempts to oust president obama they're distracted by allegations of sexual harassment against herman cain. one day after went public, mr. cain today held a news conference to denounce any and all sexual harassment charges. >> i tried to remember if i recognized her. and i didn't. the charges and the accusations i absolutely reject. >> bret: this afternoon, one of the woman who filed a formal complaint came forward and said she'd like to hold a joint news conference with other accusers to tell their side of the story and let the public hear their

phil bryant will be succeeding. and in the battleground state of ohio, voters rejected a new law, restricting collective barg ang rights for union workers. it's a blow to republicans in a state that could prove pivotal in next year's presidential race. the obama administration is clearing the way for more oil and gas drilling off our nation's coastlines. new drill sites are planned for the gulf of mexico and alaska's coast, over the coming five years. the expansion is less than republicans claim is needed. but the white house is moving cautiously in the wake of the oil spill that contaminated the gulf with millions of gallons of crude. a grand jury brings new charges against a soldier, accused of plotting to bomb a military base. he was charged on tuesday in texas. one charge includes the allegation, that he tried to use a weapons of mass destruction. he was arrested in july. police say he told them he planned on bombing a restaurant where many soldiers eat. nba players have rejected the latest labor deal. the union

he is trailing republican lieutenant governor phil bryant in what has been campaign marked by glaringence of negative campaigning. >> i want to be able to say i got elected governor without sending out attack mail piece or a negative commercial without saying one bad thing about any opponent. >> my mom said if you talk about me, i talk about you and we sling mud and we're both getting dirty. the message is lost in the mud. >> model for national election. both candidates hope so. the big election news what happens in the house? democrats have had control since reconstruction. republicans need to pick up eight seats. while they are optimistic about their chances many analysts believe they'll fall short. bret? >> john roberts checking in throughout the night. thank you. we'll have election u updates at top and bottom of each hour and complete wrap-up at 11:00 eastern for a full hour. republican presidential candidate newt gingrich will be in the center seat shortly. but first, the attorney general on the hot seat. over operation fast and furious. [ male announcer ] in blind taste tests,

in the two gubernatorial races today, mississippi lieutenant governor phil bryant, a republican who stronglyucceed governor haley barbour. in kentucky, governor steve beshear, a democrat, easily won a second term. joining me now, congresswoman debbie wasserman-schultz, chairwoman of the democratic national committee. thank you for joining me tonight, congresswoman. >> thanks for having me tonight, lawrence. >> i want to go to the result in mississippi and the reproductive rights of women. this very clear attempt to present a direct attack on roe v. wade, being soundly defeated in mississippi. was that something you expected tonight? >> well, in mississippi, the success tonight for people who care about preserving women's access to health care, that was an incredible victory. to have that victory in mississippi sends a strong message across this country that women in this country want to make sure that they get to decide about how much access to health care they have. they want to be able to make sure that they can have the rights of reproductive choice. they don't want the government telling

phil bryant could replace me as governor. >> what about the two controversial initiatives?nning at the moment of, quote, fer tilization or cloning or the functional equivalent there of. where does that stand tonight? >> there are a lot of pro life people in mississippi very concerned about the wording. cloning is illegal in mississippi. why is it in there? what do they mean the functional equivalent thereof? does that mean inve invitro fertilization. i believe life begins at conception. there are a lot of pro life people in mississippi who voted against it today because of the ac gutierrez and thambiguity ann consequences. we would have done much better to take it through the legislature. our legislature would have taken this and smoothed out the wrinkles and th it may lose. >> sean: the legislature could pick it up in the future, i'm sure. this is interesting. we spend a lot of time on this program on eminent domain. you had initiative 31. this is important. emnaneminent i domain has run a. you have municipalities and counties that want more tax dollars. they take the home

in mississippi, phil bryant defeated democrat johnny dupree, the first african-american major nominee for governor in mississippi since reconstruction. and a couple of noteworthy mayor races. here in san francisco,y i am at right now, ed lee, he'll be the first asian-american mayor in san francisco history. and in my hometown, and michael nutter won reelection by a wide margin. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." herman cain defended himself yesterday in dramatic fashion in a late-day news conference, he denied the allegations against him by four different women. two of whom have now come forward publicly. his campaign said some of them may be motivated by financial game, or just out-and-out lying. today some of those women responded making sure their story wouldn't disappear from the headlines any time soon. sharon bialek said cain disrespected her and the other women. and karen crousher upped the ante, hoping to organize with the other three cain accusers all together. when or even if that will happen is still unclear. tonight the focus will shift back to the politi

he didn't have nearly as much money to spend as his white republican peanut, lieutenant governor phil bryantthe blanks. >> but primary voters made history by making johnny the first african-american ever to have a real chance of becoming the governor of mississippi. >> it's awesome, isn't it? isn't it awesome? we live in a place call the america that allows things like that to happen that have never happened about of. isn't that awesome? >> is it rerealistic where not much distinguishes one candidate from another. they disagree whether voters should show i.d. at the polls. those twos ideas aren't enough to motivate voters according to professor joseph parker. >> most white voters in mississippi vote for the white candidate and most black voters vote for the black governor. >> he says to win as governor, johnny would have to get all of the black votes and a third of the white. he did in town when he became the first black mayor of hattiesburg. can he do it statewide? >> if he does, it will be like moses rolling back the red sea. >> i'm here to talk to you about color, green. >> the only color

republican phil bryant has won the mississippi governor's race succeeding term limited governor haleyt life begins at fertilization is trailing in the hour. another ballot initiative would severely restrict how the government could use eminent domain to take private property. opponents say it could cost jobs. that argument not carrying much weight. republicans in ohio are celebrating one vote and mourning another. a new law limiting collective bargaining rights of public workers have been rejected. governor john kasich said the decision will cost taxpayers money. >> as far as local governments go, you know, we'll work with them to help them overcome their challenges. but let me be clear. there's no bailout coming. there is no bailout because frankly, there's no money. we are not in a position after digging our way out of a huge hole and fortunately being able to get a credit upgrade for our state, an improvement from negative watch to stable, we have to be very careful with our money because these are tough economic times, but what i will say is it's going to be very important for loc

republican government phil bryant defeated dupree, the state's first african-american nominee for governor. but the new crop of republican governors, particularly john kasich, scott walker and rick scott could be baggage for the eventual republican nominee in in the swing states. tonight eight republicans running for president meet in the ninth ke debate of the cycle right here in rochester, michigan. the backdrop, that's impossible to ignore the sexual harassment charges against herman cain with two women now publically accusing him of sexual harassment. a defiant herman cain doubled down on his strategy at a news conference in arizona. >> the charges and the accusations are absolutely rejected. they simply didn't happen. the democrat machine in america has brought forth a troubled woman to make false saaccusatio, statements, many of which exceed common sense. >> cain went as far as to say he does not even know accuser sharon bialek. almost daring opponents and the press to come forward with inconsistenci inconsistencies. >> i'm not an expert on how the brain works. but i do know that i s

mississippi's lieutenant governor phil bryant easily defeated his democratic opponent to keep the office in republican hands. >> we're going to do something very, very special. we're going to change mississippi, not because haley barbour hasn't done such a wonderful job but we're going to build on what he's able to do because you see the change comes with that foundation that has been laid. >> woodruff: in kentucky, meanwhile, democratic incumbent steve beshear coasted to a second term. >> folks, this election was never about party. it was always about which candidate could best bring this commonwealth together to tackle the challenges we have. >> woodruff: in arizona, state senate president russel pearce, architect of the state's tough new immigration law, was ousted from office in a recall election by a fellow republican in what many observers describe as a rebuke to his polarizing positions. while in virginia, republicans made gains in both the state house and senate in a state that is certain to be at the center of next year's presidential election. i'm joined now by karen kasler, st