Welcome to our debate tonight, sponsored by lsu. Welcome to the candidates. They are senator Mary Landrieu him a congressman bill cassidy, and colonel rob maness. Each candidate has one minute to respond to questions with a followup and some discretion of the moderator. The order of the questioning was predetermined by random drawing. We will introduce our panel of questioners as we go along beginning with great meriwether. Good evening. Americans are worried about the threat from isis. And what point would you support american troops on the ground in the middle east . Thank you for that question, and thank you for moderating. Thank you for showing up again. It is good to see you facing the voters finally for this hour. We look forward to talking about your record. I believe that isis is a very serious threat, and i believe that we have to do everything we can to eliminate that threat. We have air strikes now to work with our partners to take out that threat. I would be open to other m
Join us on facebook. The question we are asking is which party should control congress. Stories to read tonight, including this from alex earns from politico. Theird that voters made final please on monday. He said that public polling and manypetitive races are in the tossup category. Onublicans remain confident their prospects of extending their majority in the house of representatives. Mitch mcconnell says that victory is in the air. Tomorrow evening, our live coverage of the returns. We will go into the morning. Results. Ave the you can follow our coverage online and we welcome our listeners. Up next, we want to show you the Louisiana Senate race. Maness is the republican candidate. Runoff if no to a candidate receives 50 tomorrow. We want to thank all of our cable and broadcast partners who allowed us to share with you 100 debates during the season. Days, voters enter the polls in a race that could decide the control of the senate. Tonight, the major candidates face off in the race
Well, troops returning from Ebola Response centers in west africa are now subject to a quarantinelike policy. Medical workers are not. The policy was announced by defense secretary chuck hagel yesterday. Civilian quarantine is in part due to pressure on government officials not to impose one. The administrations response to not wellcrisis was thought out in the speaker said he did not know why the military had to be part of that response at all. Well hear more from secretary the jointchairman of chiefs, martin dempsey, later this afternoon. The issue has come up in a number of debates. More coming up tonight. With five days until the election, we started in illinois where incumbent governor pat quinn is facing republican businessman bruce rauner with recent polls showing that race. N a dead heat moving to the race for new york governor, incumbent democrat andrew cuomo is facing a republican and two independents. Here are some of the ads that new yorkers are seeing. One. 2. 3. 4. 5. Sev
They fail to stand up criticize them. Your response . The Washington Post has made it clear that the cdc budget has been cut. Lets be honest with the american people. That is not true. It is a false narrative. The congressman has a little less time. Im going to move on. These two folks in washington both voted for a continuing resolution that gave the president the ability to deploy 4000 americans into these ebola hot zones. They are willing military uniforms and they are going to get infected. They need to start taking responsibility, both of them, and all of their colleagues, to what this president is doing and holding him in check to keep him from hurting the american people. Thank you. All right. Lets move on. Next question. I am part of the first generation of americans who may not achieve the same standard of living as their parents. That is a very frightening concept will stop what is the role of government in ensuring Economic Prosperity for my generation and future generations
And that we need to take back our government from the big money that controls it and put it back on our side again. Fraverageely, both Political Parties are just beholden to big money. Harry reid and Mitch Mcconnell have given us probably the most dysfunctional got in a generation and they need to step aside. I would like to chalingeng mike tonight to not vote for Mitch Mcconnell if he is elected because i believe they have both failed this country greatly and it is time for us to find some new leadership. The people of south dakota deserve more than bids as usual. Out of time. Im not one of them. Thank you, sir. Mr. Pressler. Its your opportunity for an opening statement. Im senator larry pressler, independent candidate for the United States senate. I run as an independent to end the poisonous dispute between republicans and democrats. South dakota needs a powerful senator. And as an independent i could bring back my seniority to the United States senate. I have served three terms in