how does he fit in with mississippi? i could go over this but how does he fit in? jessica dean is out front. reporter: a high-stakes senate race mired in racial tension got even more charged with the discovery of nooses on the state capitol grounds. an apparent protest against racist overtones in the election with signs reading we are hanging nooses to remind people that times haven t changed. we are prepared for it. reporter: the race took a turn earlier this month with a video in which republican incumbent senator cindy hyde smith appeared with a reporter and used this phrase to describe her devotion to him. i would be on the front row if he invited me to a public hanging. reporter: the fallout happened quickly with mike espy, who s african-american, seizing on the comment, calling it reprehensib reprehensible. i don t know what s in your heart but we know what came out
to give the accused a chance to defend themselves. well, he said it was preposterous he should sue, he should thinking, just given the climate right now particularly al galegations of this level an people coming out and a real advocacy to listen to the acc e accusers as well as the accused. we have heard from steve wynn saying it s preposterous. this is not a time in which the president of the united states should address it, particularly this is a good friend and someone who s part of the finance, you know, wing of the rnc. again, i think it should be addressed at some point. i think it s too early right now. i would say to steve wynn, if he didn t do this, then he needs to sue. the best way to get to the bottom of this is put people under oath. when you have this kind of situation where none of us really know what happened. again, if it s true, it s reprehensib reprehensible. the workplace has to be a secure
uss ross, a destroyer on a scheduled port visit to istanbul. the secretary of the navy visiting the sailors on the ross labeling the assault reprehensib reprehensible. the attackers, members of an ultra nationalist group called the turkish youth union, angry at what it calls american imperialism. they shot the video and released it for all to see. the group used the bags in an apparent reference to a 2003 incident in iraq when u.s. forces detained a group of turkish soldiers putting hoods over their heads. the navy is taking a look at security procedures for future port calls and working with the turkish authorities on that. but the navy and the u.s. embassy in turkey are quick to say this will not affect the u.s. relationship with turkey. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. we turn just north of turkey and more russian troops are pouring into ukraine. nato has confirmed they ve
that makes my head explode is senator cruz. what he did to mitch mcconnell and john cornyn was r reprehensib reprehensible. but your other guest was right. you do have some default deniers and some folks who think it wouldn t be so bad, you know. let s pay a few bills and so forth and so on. but if we default, it s not just a it s not a big deal. you know, thank goodness for mitch mcconnell and john boehner who don t take that view in the face of some pretty stiff chrissism. steve you know, my go ahead. my newspaper, the courier journal as a jr. liberal editorial page, but his vote on the debt ceiling elicited a very, very kind editorial in his favor. yeah. well, let s go back to what ted cruz said. we just heard him say this. the single thing that republican politicians hate and fear the most, that is when they re forced to tell the truth.
so, that was the night that people said they saw him grabbing the staffer s breasts. and then the next day, he was harassing lobbyists. that was wednesday and thursday. by friday, wisconsin media was buzzing. calling bill kramer at home. by the time papers were out, wisconsin leaders issuing statements calling his behavior reprehensib reprehensible. then voted to strip him of his leader job. the aide that he allegedly groped, did file a claim.