Find out where the candidates stand on the major issues and the next problem the governor will address first tonight on governors debate 2015; the runoff. Good evening, i am beth courtney. Thank you for joining us. We have a 40 year tradition of contributing to the democratic process and we continue that through the debate and other public forums. We welcome the entire audience this evening. Thank you. I am berry erwin, president of the council for better louisiana and thank you for joining us. Our debate features candidates in the runoff for louisiana governor. First state representative John Bel Edwards and state senator david vitter. Thank you for joining us. Kelly spires is one of the questioners and jeremy is here from editor and publish of lawpolitics. Com. Tonight we will dive into issues and topics of great importance to the citizens of louisiana. A drawing was held earlier to determine the order of questions and closing statements. The format is to encourage a dialogue between
We start this morning with breaking news a worker for caltrans hit and killed and now there is a possibility that the driver was drunk. We are live with the latest. Reporter yeah. We are here at the scene of that deadly accident which is 580 westbound near lake shore or lake shore boulevard. We are joined right now you may have seen one of the chp officers who has been monitoring, george smith. If you can walk us through it. Yeah. The vehicle was traveling on westbound 580. Eastlake shore. Vehicle lost control and struck a worker. Reporter as i understand it that vehicle was westbound on i 580, went across all lanes of traffic at one point. Thats correct. The vehicle lost control. Veered to the right. Struck the wall and went back, across all lanes to the left and went into the Construction Zone and struck a worker. Reporter and did the driver stop here at the scene . Is he in custody . The driver was put under act for suspicion of driving under the influence. Reporter one other aspect
The amazins are now National League championships. We have Team Coverage this morning. Reporter the mets win the pennant. I mean let that sink in for a minute. The mets are going to the world series. They didnt waste any time putting the pressure on the cubs. Great to see duda breaking out of the postseason slumber. This threerun shot in the 1st inning set the tone for the entire game because the next batter, he also sends one out of the friendly confines. The mets score four in the 1st and batted around and then in the 2nd, duda comes up and does it again, another twoout hit. Great sign for the metsful we will be needing his bat in the world series. And can you believe it . Daniel murphy did it again, he hit another home run, this one in the 8th inning, his sixth straight postseason game with a homer which is a new major league record. Drop the mic, daniel. Mets up 83, they sweep Chicago First world series in 15 years. Fifth in franchise history. 83 is the final. Game one of the fall
40caliber gun clip in the water but still searched for the murder weapon. Authorities are searching for reasons how a career criminal could be let out of jail again and again. There are some people that have to be in prison. And we need to work harden to ensure that they get to prison and more importantly that they stay there. Reporter now, a spokesman for the criminal court system actually says that howard was in his words a perfect candidate for that drug program that commissioner bratton was so critical of. In the meantime howard is out of the hospital in custody still being questioned by police. Live in east harlem, dick brennan, cbs 2 news. Officer holder knew his job was dangerous. But he was passionate about it. He was starting to plant his own roots in this country. Cbs 2s Hazel Sanchez reports from far rockaway, queens where officer holder called home. Reporter Police Commissioner bill bratton and mayor de blasio spent time at the family of randolph holder to pay their respect
Miners. Down almost 3 10 of 1 . Keep an eye on miners. Watch severin schwasygentia. The merger deal could happen as soon as today. Back to you. Heidi in lets go to hong kong to see how the asian markets are performing. Idi it was another negative session and asia. Gains, but byce the end of trade, the nikkei managed to hang on to positive territory. 1 . Nikkei 225 up broadbased selloff into the end of the week. See gains out of those japanese markets. The pharmaceuticals have seen a rally today. Particularly when it comes to Cancer Treatment drugs. Is up 7 . 86 . Airlines is up it was the chinese story, the case of the missing billionaire ceo. We have been in a trading halt all day today. That stock is still up over 30 . It is a developing story. Weve seen this play across a notd sentiment in terms of knowing what is going to happen, what regulators are looking into, and where that next low will land. Back to you. Guy what a story. China has buffett of gone missing. In the markets, we