Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
OFF IN DOWNTOWN L.A.
THANKS.
NOW WE MOVE TO LOUNGES --
LOUISIANA, WHERE REPUBLICAN
SENATOR DAVID VITTER MADE HIS
FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE TONIGHT
IN A WEEK.
WE -- HE WENT UNITED GROUND
AFTER BEING CAUGHT UP IN THE
D.C. SEX SCANDAL.
HE IS ONE OF THE SENATE'S MOST
CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS.
HE HAS LONG CAMPAIGNED FOR
STRICT FAMILY VALUES, DEFENSE OF
MARRIAGE.
LAST WEEK HE ADMITTED
IN A
STATEMENT HE'D MADE SOME SERIOUS
MISTAKES.
TONIGHT THE SENATE AND --
SENATOR AND HIS WIFE SPOKE FOR
THE FIRST TIME SINCE.
THE STORY FROM CHIP REID.
>> DAVID VITTER, ACCOMPANIED BY
HIS WIFE MADE HIS FIRST PUBLIC
APPEARANCE TODAY SINCE ADD
MIDDING ONE WEEK AGO HE'D BEEN
LINKED TO AN ALLEGED
PROSTITUTION LINK.
>> I WANT TO OFFER MY DEEP
SINCERE APOLOGIES TO ALL THOSE I
HAVE LET DOWN AND DISAPPOINTED
WITH THESE ACTIONS FROM MY
PAST.
I AM COMPLETELY RESPONSIBLE AND
I'M SO VERY, VERY SORRY.
>> WHEN DAVID AND I DEALT WITH
THIS PRIVATELY YEARS AGO, I
FORGAVE DAVID.
I MADE THE DECISION TO LOVE HIM
AND TO RECOMMIT TO OUR MARRIAGE.
TO FOR GIVE IS NOT ALWAYS THE
EASY CHOICE, BUT IT WAS AND IS
THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR ME.
>> WENDY VITTER ALSO HAD A
MESSAGE AS A MOTHER --
>> OUR MARRIAGE IS STRONGER
EVERY
DAY.
BUT FOR OUR CHILDREN.
AND NOW I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO
YOU AS A MOTHER, AND I HOPE YOU
WILL UNDERSTAND.
IT'S BEEN TERRIBLY HARD TO HAVE
THE MEDIA PARKED ON OUR FRONT
LAWN AND FOLLOWING US EVERY DAY.
AND YESTERDAY, THE MEDIA WAS
CAMPED AT OUR CHURCH.
>> VITTER'S PHONE NUMBER WAS
FOUND IN THE RECORDS OF DEBORAH
JEANE PALFREY, THE SO-CALLED
D.C. -- D.C. MADAM, WHO
PROSECUTORS SAY WAS A
PROSTITUTION OPERATION CATERING
TO PROMINENT WASHINGTON TONIANS.
>> WENDY AND I DEALT WITH THIS
PERSONALLY SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
ICON FRONTED IT IN CONFESSION
AND MARRIAGE COUNSELING.
I BELIEVE I RECEIVED FORGIVENESS
FROM GOD.
I KNOW I DID FROM WENDY.
>> VITTER, 46, A FATHER OF FOUR,
IS ONE OF THE MOST CONSERVATIVE
MEMBERS OF THE SENATE.
>> AND WITH A GOOD DEAL OF
SADNESS IN HER
VOICE, WENDY
VITTER SAID IN MOST FAMILIES,
THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED