russell pearce has been a power in this state. he's now gone. and so his defeat sends a ripple effect not only across the state, but i think across the nation. because many people have tried to mimic what he does and use that as a call per to keep themselves in office or get elected. it was a resounding message, and for those of us in arizona that feel that decency should take over, it was a really good night. >> the man replacing russell pearce in the senate is not a democrat. he seems like a mainstream republican. his name is jerry lewis. is this being seen as a progressive victory? or is this really more about russell pearce, almost beyond partisan politics? >> i think almost beyond partisan politics. it's about, you know, senator-elect lewis is a republican. he's a moderate, he's a pragmatist. but there's a level of civility to what he brings to the table, which has been missing in arizona politics since the extreme wing of the republican party took over. you know, without russell pearce, i don't know what jan brewer's going to do. she's got

you know, without russell pearce, i don't know what jan brewer's going to do. she's got no one to take direction from. russell pearce was the architec1 of all this debacle we're having with our jo%mqi%q%9 w3 and so his defeat is a domino effect. and many people in this state are going to have to reconsider, that they can't use those same á politics, those anti-immigrant politics to covdc up the fact that there's a legacy of failure. so i think the people in arizona are looking for solutions, they're tired of the rhetoric, it hasn't worked, and they're tired of the reputation this state has acquired as a consequence of people like russell pearce and the policies that he promoted, and é@ unfortunately got passed through this legislature.u >> u.s. congressman raul grijalva, democrat of arizona. thanks very much for joining us tonight, sir. thanks for being here. >> thank you, rachel. appreciate it. "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell, lawrence will be breaking down tonight's çó republican presidential de0a+q and here among other things, yesterday's elect

sot russell pearce, derrotado en arizona i am thankful.. estoy agradecido por todas las batallas que ganamos, somos las envidia de la nacin, 34 estados han seguido nuestros pasos y eso me da mucho orgullo, declaro pearce sot steve montenegro, legislador republiano son grupos izquierdistas que estn ponindole un blanco a un senador conservador que si hizo la sb1070, pero una vez mas tenemos que acordarnos que son blancos de izquierdistas en toda la nacin que quieren deshacerse de los valores de familia conservadore s..... hoy los que lograron derrocarlo mandaron un mensaje muy claro a los republicanos en la legislatura: sot randy parraz vamos a ver quien va a ser el prximo presidente del senado y si es una persona igual que russell pearce vamos as pelear tambin contra esta persona porque nosotros queremos un cambio. sot brenda rascon, voto por lewis russell pearce no ha hecho nada por la comunidad tenemos muchos problemas en la comunidad y el simplemente quiere perseguir a los inmigrantes.... a pearce lo remplaza un republicano, director de e

i think clearly it would be russell pearce. if you think about it, people come in this presidential season. many cases, it was third. the first place they would go is to see sheriff joe. of course, then miss bachmann wanted to go see russell pearce. people are trying to tap in to that very negative, divided sentiment that seemed to

russell pearce seen as having an eight point lead. jerry lewis, you should know is also a republican but he is a republican who has denounced what russell pearce and governor jan brewer did to arizona's image with the papers please legislation and denounced it something to akin to alabama 1964. at this point, this race is not being called by the associated press but it 100% situation with jerry lewis defeating the state senate president. in kentucky, steven beshear was challenged by david williams and they rejected the challenge and re-elected with 99% reporting governor beshear won it handily, 56-35%. and jack conway faced his own republican challenger, todd p'pool, and he got support from celebrities. rudy guiliani giving endorsements but with 99% reporting, jack conway beat todd 55% to 45%. in indianapolis, republican mayor, greg ballard keeping his job against melina kennedy. mayor ballard getting 51% to democrat kennedy's 47%. and annise parker facing five different challengers, the first ever openly lesbian big city mayor in the

russell pearce seen as having an eight point lead. jerry lewis, you should know is also a republican but he is a republican who has denounced what russell pearce and governor jan brewer did to arizona's image with the papers please legislation and denounced it something to akin to alabama 1964. at this point, this race is not being called by the associated press but it 100% situation with jerry lewis defeating the state senate president. in kentucky, steven brashear was challenged by david williams and they rejected the challenge and re-elect re-elected with 99% reporting governor beshear won it handily, 56-35%. and jack conway faced his own republican challenger, ed ed t o popaol, and he got support from celebrities. rudy guiliani giving endorsements but with 99% reporting, jack conway beat todd 55% to 45%. in indianapolis, republican mayor, greg ballard keeping his job against melina kennedy. mayor ballard getting 51% to democrat kennedy's 47%. and annise parker facing five different challengers, the first ever openly lesbian big ci

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yesterday arizona state senator russell pearce at this point best known for offering the state's s.b. ten seventy papers please immigration bill was recalled by voters it was a historic event for the state the first such recall and a son a sign of the anti immigrant rhetoric and legislation has gone too far and won't be tolerated but it's still a far cry from the comprehensive immigration reform that this country needs and the recognition that this is a human issue one that divides families in fact we've reported to you before that under the obama administration four hundred thousand people a year are now being deported but what happens to those that are left on your report by the applied research center is found that at least five thousand one hundred children whose parents are detained or deported are currently in foster care around the u.s. through freedom of information act request they found that almost one in four people to port in the last year was the mother or father of a u.s. citizen and unfortunately reunification of the family is often not a success let's find out more abo

was this just about russell pearce? was this a tug-of-war in the arizona republican party? what did we learn here? >> yeah. i do think that this had a lot to do with pearce himself. i mean, the law is still there, and it was one individual recalled. he didn't run a very good effort against the recall. i don't know that he took it very seriously after what happened in wisconsin. it's interesting to see republicans this year. they saw what happened in wisconsin and decided, ah, it didn't work out bad there. so we can rest on our laurels and got swept away because they got too comfortable. >> i can't figure arizona out in the sense if john mccain weren't the nominee last time, democrats would have tried for it. demographics are changing just like nevada, in the region out there. you would think, the governor gets reelecteded, obama campaign would say, nah. but if you look at graphics, why not? >> there wasn't much difference on the issue of immigration. the big difference was in tone and pearce had personal issues scandal, money, all those things. a big lesson from last night

. >>> the president of the arizona state senate, russell pearce was defeated. he lost the support of many fellow republicans. >>> jerry sandusky, the former penn state football coach charged with sexually molesting eight young boys, has been temporarily barred from being alone with his three grandchildren. meanwhile, sandusky's old boss, head coach joe paterno, is fighting for his job. paterno's son says his father has no plans to step down but a board of trustees is appointing a special commission is being appointed to investigate. drew levinson has more. >> reporter: students rallied outside the home of penn state football coach joe paterno tuesday night. they greeted him like a rock star. >> it's hard for me to tell you how much this means to me. i -- i -- you guys, i've lived for this place, i've lived for people like you guys and girls. >> reporter: despite the admiration of students, the 84-year-old coach is battling to hold on to his job. >> i hate to see joe go like this with the. legacy that he has instilled. >> reporter: paterno's former assistant coa

. >>> russell pearce was defeated. he lost the support of many fellow republicans. >>> jerry sandusky, the former penn state football coach charged with sexually mow lessing eight young boys has been temporarily barred from being alone with his three grandchildren. meanwhile, sandusky's old boss, joe paterno is fighting for his job. paterno's son says his father has no plans to step down but a special nittany lions. drew levinson, cbs news, state college, pennsylvania. >>> in other news, the man accused of masterminding the attack on the "uss cole 11 years ago will be arraigned today at guantanamo bay prison. rahim has been confined at jeted cia prisons and gitmo for nearly a decade. he is accused of training the al qaeda suicide bombers who ran the "cole" with a boat carrying explosives in 2000. 17 sailors were killed and 37 others wounded. >>> a new greek government will be announced today in the wake of the european debt crisis. prime minister george papandreou agreed to step down. italian prime minister silvio berl

. >>> russell pearce was defeated. he lost the support of many fellow republicans. >>> jerry sandusky, the former penn state football coach charged with sexually mow lessing eight young boys has been temporarily barred from being alone with his three grandchildren. meanwhile, sandusky's old boss, joe paterno is fighting for his job. paterno's son says his father has no plans to step down but a special commission is being to investigate. drew levinson has more. >> reporter: students rallied outside the home of penn state football coach joe paterno tuesday night. they greeted him like a rock star. >> it's hard for me to tell you how much this means to me. i -- i -- you guys, i've lived for this place, i've lived for people like you guys and girls. >> reporter: despite the admiration of students, the 84-year-old coach is battling to hold on to his job. >> i hate to see joe go like this with the. >> reporter: paterno has taken eat heat for not going to police after a graduate assistant told him he saw sandusky assaulting a

and yesterday arizona state senator russell pearce at this point best known for authoring the states as the ten seventy papers please immigration bill was recalled by voters it was a historic event for the state the first such recall and a son assigned the anti immigrant rhetoric and legislation has gone too far and won't be tolerated but it's still a far cry from the comprehensive immigration reform that his country needs and the recognition that this is a human issue one that divides families in fact we reported to you before that under the obama administration four hundred thousand people a year are now being deported but what happens to those that are left on your report by the applied research center is found that at least five thousand one hundred children whose parents are detained or deported are currently in foster care about the u.s. they're a freedom of information act request they found that almost one in four people to pour in the last year was the mother or father of a u.s. citizen and unfortunately reunification of the family is often not a success so let's find out mo

pearce response to the controversial immigration law was defeated yesterday in a recall election the vote was widely seen as a referendum on tough measures against undocumented immigrants >>just how many people joined credit unions as part of bank transfer day that number coming up next and if you are considering taking a second job for the holidays what you need to know to keep your first job and balance both. and coming up in the lunch break we have the neelys their money from big banks to smaller institutions as part of last weekend's big transfer day. on saturday alone an estimated 40,000 people switched to credit unions. the grass-roots initiative is protesting rising fees at bank of america and other major banks the banks changed their minds on those fees but resentment still lingers consumers are urged to transfer their money to credit unions and smaller banks which usually have lower fees ... if you are considering layaway programs this christmas season read the offers carefully. purdue university professor richard feinberg warrants some programs including fees and refund res

and yesterday arizona state senator russell pearce at this point best known for authoring the state's s.b. ten seventy papers please immigration bill was recalled by voters it was a historic event for the state the first such recall and some a sign of the anti immigrant rhetoric and legislation has gone too far and won't be tolerated but it's still a far cry from the comprehensive immigration reform that this country needs and the recognition that this is a human issue when the divides families in fact we've reported to you before that under the obama administration four hundred thousand people a year are now being deported what happens to those that are left when you report by the applied research center is found that at least five thousand one hundred children whose parents are detained or deported are currently in foster care around the u.s. they're a freedom of information act request they found that almost one in four people to pour in the last year was the mother or father of a u.s. citizen and unfortunately reunification of the family is often not a success let's find out more

russell pearce being elected out of office in the recall election and now you have jerry lewis in place but when you really look at jerry lewis his track record and his stances on political issues he's also extremely conservative and he also has similar stances when it comes to immigration policy when you look at mississippi yeah this is if he decided to reject the personhood amendments but at the same time they have so many issues when it comes to prosecuting women who give birth to stillborn babies or when it comes to tightening their voting laws for instance they need to have state approved identification for people who want to participate in elections who want to actually go out there and vote and some people will say like oh that's that's a reasonable thing to ask for except when it comes to the poor and certain minority groups it's very difficult for them to have access to identification or proper identification to vote so there is an issue there so it's symbolic in certain ways because it shows that maybe the country isn't as radical as some people thought it was but at the same

russell pearce being elected out of office in the recall election and now you have jerry lewis and place but when you really look at jerry lewis his track record and his stances on political issues he's also extremely conservative and he also has similar stances when it comes to immigration policy when you look at mississippi yeah mississippi. decided to reject the personhood amendments but at the same time they have so many issues when it comes to prosecuting women who give birth to stillborn babies or when it comes to tightening their voting laws for instance they need to have state approved identification for people who want to participate in elections who want to actually go out there and vote and some people say like oh that's that's a reasonable thing to ask for except when it comes to the poor and certain minority groups it's very difficult for them to have access to identification or proper identification to vote so there is an issue there so it's symbolic in certain ways because it shows that maybe the country isn't as radical as some people thought it was but at the same time y

pearce the guy who came up with some of the ten seventy and you know made his. made his chops trashing immigrants got rich got to go to red out of office in arizona so why do republicans . still hang on to this agenda or why do you believe you know it seems like you know twenty twelve is going to be. i would say so i mean those are indications look at the last election there was a bloodbath for democrats democrats lost over sixty seats in the house they lost a bunch seats in the senate governorships over six hundred seats and state legislators right because i think because nobody was paying attention everybody figured. this let's go back to lesser people pay attention to these these elections that are off year that aren't presidential election years this is something that a lot of people did show up to vote in ohio to repudiate obamacare and and they did vote in the states that made to feel senate bill five be repudiated obamacare but this is two states that have gone on record to repudiate ing obamacare a vote of the people into this incident it was this fight

russell pearce being elected out of office in the recall election and now you have jerry lewis in place but when you really look at jerry lewis his track record and his stances on political issues he's also extremely conservative and he also has similar stances when it comes to immigration policy when you look at mississippi yeah mississippi decided to reject the personhood amendment but at the same time they have so many issues when it comes to prosecuting women who give birth to stillborn babies or when it comes to tightening their voting laws for instance they need to have state approved identification for people who want to participate in elections who want to actually go out there and vote and some people say like oh that's that's a reasonable thing to ask for except when it comes to the poor and certain minority groups it's very difficult for them to have access to identification or proper identification to vote so there is an issue there so it's symbolic in certain ways because it shows that maybe the country isn't as radical as some people thought it was but at the same time you

. >> the incumbent, russell pearce. the self-proclaimed father of the anti-illegal immigration movement who has pushed some of the toughest immigration laws that arizonans and the nation has seen. the challenger, jerry lewis, an educator in mesa, ir answer zo na. and both say that the fiscal conservatives and are members of the mormon church but there is a major difference. immigration. >> politicians who continue to talk tough but never do anything. arizona, we're going to do something. >> all all for securing the borders and for the rule of law. >> lewis, a leader. lds church says his tough anti-immigration laws do not line up with the faith. >> i had no political ambitions that i was asked before some friends of mine to do this but i felt for a long time that we needed better representation of our city and our state and our party. >> but they are split between the candidates. polls show they are in a dead heat. >> latinos are being asked to support another republican in order to recall senator russell pearce. i think

. >> 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, statehouse bureau chief for ohio public radio and television. she's been covering the high profile ballot measure campaign from columbus, ohio. karen, it's good to see you again. first of all, remind us how this measure ended up on the ballot. >> well, this is the latest chapter in a story that started back in 2010 when republicans swept every office on the statewide ballot starting with john kasich as gern. and when governor kasich came into office he made it pretty clear that he was a little bit concerned about the power that the unions that represent state and local workers had in terms of bargaining and in terms of getting benefit packages and sala

. >> 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 ati 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, statehouse bureau chief for ohio public radio and television. she's been covering the high profile ballot measure campaign from columbus, ohio. karen, it's good to see you again. first of all, remind us how this measure ended up on the ballot. >> well, this is the latest chapter in a story that started back in 2010 when republicans swept every office on the statewide ballot starting with john kasich as gern. and when governor kasich came into office he made it pretty clear that he was a little bit concerned about the power that the unions that represent state and local workers had in terms of bargaining and in terms of getting benefit packages and sa

. >>> russell pearce conceded a recall election, the first recall of a city lawmakers in arizona history. >>> and this picture of ohio's governor john kasich says a lot after voters overwhelmingly repealed a new law. he said he heard their voices and will consider his next steps carefully. the huge victory for labor is giving republicans pause because swing state ohio is still crucial for 2012. >>> doug sizemore with the cincinnati aflcio labor union. good morning. >> good morning, chris. thanks for having me on many this morning. >> iwaiting in line to vote. a double-digit victory for your side. what do you think the message is that voters were sending? >> well, the message was loud and clear, and we saw it leading up to election day with the support we had with the community and just across the board of saying no on issue two and repealing senate bill five. >> so let me play for you a humble governor kasich, because he says he's gotten the message. >> well, it's clear that the people have spoken. i've heard their voices. i understand their decision, and frankly, i respect what people h

and in arizona, republican state senator russell pearce who wrote a controversial immigration law was defeated in a recall election widely viewed as a vote on tough measures against illegal immigrants. >>> air force investigators say there was serious misconduct in the handling of remains of the nation's war dead at the mortuary in delaware. the findings come after a year-long probe into allegations of wrongdoing made by whistleblowers. the air force says it's improving procedures at dover but admits the mortuary staff failed to maintain accountability while processing remains for three service members. >>> you've probably heard it on your radio or television, this is a test. this is only a test. for the first time ever, a test of the emergency alert system will be made nationwide. it will happen at 2:00 p.m. eastern time today. previously the tests had been conducted by states and local communities. the system has its roots in the cold war and allows the president to address the nation within ten minutes from any location at any time. >>> now let's head to atlanta. check in with rob

the arizona senate president, russell pearce, when he was recalled. he's out. in michigan, republican paul scott, chair of the state's house education committee was recalled after he voted to cut education funding. scott also reported stripping collective bargaining for schoolteachers. that went down. in iowa, democrats retained control of the state senate. this was a big fight when former television anchor liz mathis beat her republican opponent by a 56-44 margin. and in maine, the middle class defeated a republican effort to restrict voters' rights. same-day registration. they beat it back in maine. and over in new jersey, the coattails of the big guy, well, it didn't help any of the republicans he endorsed last night. they all lost. in mitch mcconnell's state of kentucky, democrats won big. democratic governor steve beshear trounced his republican opponent to win re-election. john kasich is crying in his beer after americans killed the bill. arizona, michigan, iowa, maine, new jersey, and ohio all have radical right-wing republican governors who have absolut

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with all due respect, the sheriff probably russell pearce, however the specialized in telling people you have every right to be afraid and those are the people who are responsible for your fear. i think people across the country are willing to tap into that. i think in many ways,. i like gen. i do not think i voted for her. but i like a fine. she was reluctant to sign 1070. issues convinced by her advisers that if she did not sign or go along with it, she would never get the nomination. at the time she made that judgment, she was running third or fourth in the polls in her own party primary. once she signed 1070, she had a free the ticket ride at disneyland back at the governor's office. [laughter] >> tom, you are a friend of congresswoman gabrielle of difference. you have known her for a long time. you have worked on her campaign. is she in any way a typical arizona politician? >> there are many kinds of political leaders in arizona. but i will say this. i was a journalist for 10 years, a daily newspaper reporter. it is absolute enough money to give indication of your -- it is absol