mitch mcconnell doesn't care about women. he cares about getting votes and he only wants to talk about women when it's an election time. out of an election, where are his policies that help us. >> will this draw women to the polls, we might want to make note of the fact that all the women in the ad were white. that's the vote he needs, the white married women's vote that traditionally goes republican. >> list all those issues, a recent poll, the number one issue for kentucky voters both male and female is jobs in the economy. can't lose sight of that. also you talk about him trying to reach women he's been working on it throughout the campaign, that's why he was ahead with women at one point. he's got a great surrogacy program and 54% of his staff is women. he has one one of the highest percentages in washington, d.c. and lot of these issues are more complicated than i think we're making -- like pay equity issue. mitch mccontinental is republican -- >> how is -- we're talking about jobs and the economy. in order to have a str

i haven't decided. >> her vote, anyone but mitch mcconnell. >> just get mitch out. we'll take anybody else. at the end of the day, i think i'm going to vote for the lesser of two evils and vote for allison. i don't want to necessarily call her evil, but i don't know if she's the best representative. >> with that lack of enthusiasm, both campaigns biggest challenge may be getting voters to the polls at all. >> the kentucky race, republicans hope to take the senate in two weeks. that makes the kentucky race a must-win. that's because the incumbent, minor leader mitch mcconnell has been the leader of the republicans for the senate. a poll suggestion the race is a dead heat among likely voters and since there is not a lot of difference between the two on the major issues, perception has become the battleground. who represents kentucky best. with the president's low approval ratings, grymes has had to work hard to distance herself. >> i'm not barack obama. i disagree with him on guns, coal, and the e.p.a. mitch, that's not how you hold a gun. >> mitch mcconnell is hoping

mitch has washington working for him and not for us. >> i am mitch mcconnell and i approve this message. our single rhymes said it is not about her support for barack obama. >> i am not barack obama. 60 obama said a vote for alison is a vote for his policies. >> i am not the ballot but are these policies are on the ballot. every single one of them. >> of obama needs grimes and kentucky needs mitch mcconnell. chris i'm alison lundergan grimes -- >> i am alison lundergan grimes and i approve this message. >> we learned mitch mcconnell skipped hundreds of messages -- meetings. but he found time for a lobbyist fundraiser. [indiscernible] the rest of the time, he has created a gridlock. 30 years is long enough. chris the media calls her ads false and misleading. she is attacking on attendance. as a senate leader, mitch does not just serve, he can appoint leaders made the sure kentucky' voice is heard. attendance,nell's 99%. alison grimes, no experience. >> i am mitch mcconnell. we had a technical problem with the kentucky senate debate and will try to bring you the entire debate in a minute

mitch mcconnell knows it. and that's why he had that bizarre word salad as you called that. >> part of me also wonders if what's happening is a fairly sophisticated calculation by people who now understand that it isn't going to be repealed or it's very unlikely that they can get away with repealing it. and so the stakes say those 500,000 people feel gridlocked. >> e y yes, i hear you on that. i guess i go back to the raw. there is no way, and this is why repeal is a bizarre and bogus promise for anybody. now, this is what republicans were fearing. if you let it get implemented, you'll let them take it away. particularly in a state like kentucky that has a very poor population. >> i think there's an expectation that because of the political difficulty of taking people's health care away, there will be political upside for the democrats that are itch leapted. >> the theory of the case on this, you actually have to have a political party. >> they say 43 times in the house. >> i'm talking about the democratic par

waging their own ditch mitch campaign. >> 30 years of mitch mcconnell i don't think we could take anymore. >> cross says there's so much money and noise that kentuckians aren't hearing much real debate. >> people say they are getting most of their information from television. they're getting a lot of misinformation when it comes to politics. >> it gives them an edge. >> we'll get more from lobby in just a minute. but first, where does the kentucky race fit with the larger control of the senate. let's bring in mike viqueria with more on that. mike. >> well john cyber me metrics, r just saber rattling in the air, they only need six seats to do so, a reversal of six seats. there are about 11 of them in play at this point. two of them in moofn montana ant virginia, those are gone to republicans in all estimations and so is south dakota, although there is a late charge by a third party candidate. kentucky is one of the ones, they need another three of the eight. one of the ones they are counting as republican. if it goes wobbly, there is a recent poll that the mcconnell poll had in the margin

mitch mcconnell knows it. and that's why he had that bizarre word salad as you called that. >> part of me also wonders if what's happening is a fairly sophisticated calculation by people who now understand that it isn't going to be repealed or it's very unlikely that they can get away with repealing it. and so the stakes say those 500 500 500,000 people feel gridlocked. >> e y, yes, i hear you on that. i guess i go back to the raw. there is no way, and this is why repeal is a bizarre and bogus promise for anybody. now, this is what republicans were fearing. if you let it get implemented, you'll let them take it away. particularly in a state like kentucky that has a very poor population. >> i think there's an expectation that because of the political difficulty of taking people's health care away, there will be political upside for the democrats that are itch leapted. >> the theory of the case on this, you actually have to have a political party. >> they say 43 times in the house. >> i'm talking about the democ

mitch mcconnell knows it. and that's why he had that bizarre word salad as you called that. >> part of me also wonders if what's happening is a fairly sophisticated calculation by people who now understand that it isn't going to be repealed or it's very unlikely that they can get away with repealing it. and so the stakes say those 500,000 people feel gridlocked. >> yes, i hear you on that. i guess i go back to the raw. there is no way, and this is why repeal is a bizarre and bogus promise for anybody. now, this is what republicans were fearing. if you let it get implemented, you'll let them take it away. particularly in a state like kentucky that has a very poor population. >> i think there's an expectation that because of the political difficulty of taking people's health care away, there will be political upside for the democrats that are -- ->> the theory of the case on this, you actually have to have a political party. >> they say 43 times in the house. >> i'm talking about the democratic party. every one

mcconnell. >> mitch mcconnell. >> mitch mcconnell. >> mitch mcconnell. >> the run of his life. >> a couple of weeks ago mitch mcconnell's campaign started hearing this on the number one radio show in the state of kentucky -- >> 18 days ago i got the yes from the mcconnell people saying he's going to come in, we just need to work on the date which made me say, all right. let's go. we'll have them both on. >> it's on. >> for 13 days i heard nothing. after grimes came on, they were listening, of course, they sort of attacked what she said which they should do. here's what happened. they heard grimes on the show. they heard that i might ask difficult questions, they decided not to do it and they thought i would just let it go. >> kentucky radio host matt jones told his listeners the mcconnell campaign wouldn't call him back and accused him of lying for saying senator mcconnell would come on the show. then this week a new bluegrass poll without grimes ahead of mitch mcconnell, 46-44 with 7% undecided and found that 16% of voters could change their minds and that 48% of likely kentucky vo

grimes kentucky needs mitch mcconnell. >> verse, we learn mitch mcconnell skipped hundreds of committee meetings. where was he? he did not show up to vote on he foundding on days time for a lobbyist fundraiser and was on two tv shows. jobs, buteeting on spoke on china's great achievement and the rest of the time he created gridlock. >> the media call her ads false and misleading, but alison grimes keeps attacking, now on attendance. she must not understand that as senate leader, mitch does not just serve on committees. he can appoint committee members, making sure kentucky's voice is heard. it's a power grimes won't have. as for mcconnell tossed attendance -- 99%. -- no experience, false and misleading attacks.

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this week's bluegrass poll has allison games ahead of mitch mcconnell by two points. it's so close, it's within the margin of error and the race for senate in kentucky i go setting records. it's on track to be the most expensive senate race in u.s. history and more than half that money is coming from occupied the state. here's libby casey. >> these are serious times. >> everywhere you go in kentucky, political ads blast the airwaves. on t.v. alone, people from kentucky have sat through almost 500 hours of political commercials. 500 hours of mid slinging, self promoting and skeet shooting for just one race, the tight battle between republican senate leader mitch mcconnell and allison grymes. >> how much did an ad like that cost? >> last week, we spent about a million dollars and this week $1.1 million. >> running those ads requires massive sums of money, half coming from groups outside kentucky with no connection to the campaigns. in fact, it's impossible to even trace millions of those dollars. louisville political operative scott jennings agreed to pull back the curt

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their first name, mitch says it's not his job to create jobs. and that's a grimes campaign line, they have been pushing hard, rest okay a comment the senate made. and mcconnell supporters say alison is going to support obama. she will ab rubber stamp. >> that's something that mitch mcconnell's campaign is trying to tie her to as a democrat. so those messages are reverbrating. the question is: will people feel motivated by election day to go out and vote, or will they just feel frustrated and turned off by this whole process. >>ays's libby casey reporting from washington. libby, thank you very much. >>> elections in america are not just for lawmakers. many local and state judges are also on the ballot. just a few years ago, three iowa supreme court justices lost their retention races after ruling in favor of gay marriage. money is a factor in these campaigns and fears are growing about justice for sale. ali velshi reports. >> we need a governor. >> 8 serious % of our governs have to stand for election. this is turning judges into fundraisers, hav

>> i'm mitch mcconnell and i approve this message. >> i think she disqualified herself. i really do. >> the republic said yesterday that grimes is running the worst senate campaign of the year. you think she'd be getting blown out. but here's the thing, she's not at all. she heads into this debate basically in a tie with mitch mcconnell in a state that barack obama lost by 23 points in 2012. what does that say about mitch mcconnell and what does it say about voters and how they feel about the powers that be in washington and the modern campaign? your response, jess, to this not answering the question? at one level, it is preposterous. she's running as a democrat. people say who they voted for. and then it's just like she's not going to say anything that could be used in an ad. >> i think republicans are trying just as hard as they can to make this a referendum on president obama. and alison is trying just as hard to make sure that this is a referendum on the incumbent who is on the ballot, which is mitch mcconnell. so she is not going to say who she pulled the lever for

she eds in to tonight's debate basically in a tie with mitch mcconnell. so what does that say about mitch mcconnell and what does it say about voters who generally feel about the powers that be in the modern campaign. >> i think republicans are trying just as hard as they can to make this a referendum on president obama. and alison is trying just as hard to make sure that this is a referendum on the ballot, who is mitch mcconnell. so she is not going to say who she pulled the lever for in a private voting booth. and he is not -- >> [ laughter ] >> and he is not going to say what he wants to do to raise the minimum wage and gender discrimination in pay, whether climate change is real. >> what you just did there was a graceful pivot. i think it's the gracefulest plotting pift to talking points. >> we are not arguing whether or not a pivot was graceful enough. there are issues that actually mattered to kentucky families that she is willing to talk about and he is dodging all over the place. and that is why she has kept him as close as she has in the polls. >

anyone but mitch mcconnell. >> let's get mitch out. we'll take anyone other than mitch. and at the end of the day, i think i'm going to vote for the lesser of two evils, and vote for alison, and i don't know if she's necessarily evil, but lack of representative. >> getting voters to the poll at all. allison grimes continues to try to distance herself from president obama. last week, she wouldn't reveal whether or not she voted for him, something that mitch mcconnell is trying toy make a big deal out. in the polls, it shows mcconnell with a slight edge, but it's so minor that it's basically a dead heat. and it deifies the conventional business in washington that says that mcconnell can win this. and it shows him with a slight edge among women. that's a surprise, and it deifies past surveys, so it shows that allison grimes, now more than ever, needs to get women on her side, john. >> libby casey, thank you. >> . >> tonight, we have learned that washington post editor, ben bradley, has died. his coverage of the watergate scandal has led to president nixon's resignation. he

mitch mcconnell and harry reid are running the senate. i promise if i was running the senate, we would have had the vote. >> bihe thinks that's the probl. >> even show she supports the pipeline and she's the chair of the committee, that's not enough. >> she was the top vote on the keystone pipeline. she was unable to get that. she also said her first move to get harry reid as senate majority leader. why would you make your first vote for him as opposed to someone favoring our state? >> even if she hadn't gotten every vote she wanted, landrieu's influence has won her some real successes. in addition to opening up more area for drilling, she also helped get one of the few export terminals for liquefied natural gas through washington's regulatory maze. >> i helped walk it through when the country was, we're not sure. i said, what do you mean, you're not sure. >> the plant on the sabine river employs about 400 workers. it will soon support 600. >> why would they give up when we have the power for this country that recognizes the future? i'm p

whoever it is, harry reid or mitch mcconnell. you trust them to give you those four votes up or down, if that's the deal up front? you trust them to hold it? >> well, it would be talking to more than them. you'd have to talk to several members of the caucus on each side. now it's possible there will be an independent caucus. if we have four independent united states senators. there are two there now, maybe one from kansas and me, we could have a caucus of our own. anwork with both sides. you know, the two independent senators who are there now have been very effective. you may disagree with bernie sanders, but he got the veterans bill passed in record time. and also i think angus king has been a very effective and powerful senator. i want to be a powerful senator for south dakota. we need a powerful senator to stand up to the burlington northern railroad. we need a powerful senator to get better air service into sioux falls. our native american reservations are an embarrassment. i'm embarrassed and ashamed of that pine ridge is i

betsy in colorado. >> caller: hi, mitch. i am a former hoosher. thank you for bringing your business skills to purdue. it's fantastic to see the progress. i have a 12-year-old so if you could just hold those rates now, that would be help fful. i'm looking for ways to inspire her to want to come to purdue. tell me about innovation and technology and things that would get my 12-year-old excited about purdue. >> first of all, i hope all young people -- i hope all the 12-year-olds in america are interested in technology and in science. this is where our future will have to be built. we really need every young person possible at least conversing with these topics whether they build a career in technology or not. secondly, we need more women. we're working hard on that in engineering and the scientific discipline. so really excited if your 12-year-old daughter is looking that way. you know, here at purdue, we have a long tradition in engineering and in science and one of the proudest in the world and students come from all over the world because of it.

harry reid and mitch mcconnell are running the senate. i promise you if i was running the senate we would have had a vote. >> bill cassidy thinks that's is the problem. >> she is been ineffectual in the energy committee. the only thing she is gotten through are president obama's appoint tee. >> even though she says the things that support the industry, she is chair of the senate energy natural resources committee you say that's not enough. >> the top priority wausz getting a vote on keystone pipeline she was unable to do that. she is also said her first vote will be for senator harry reid's reel lek as senate maorijority leader why make the first vote for him as opposed to someone favoring our state. >> even if she hasn't gotten any vote she wants it has won her some real successes in addition in opening up more area for drilling she helped get expert lick wide natural gas through washington regulatory mains. >> i helped walk the permit through when the country was, we are not sure. we are not sure. what do you mean you are not sure? >> t

he has run from the very beginning against mitch mcconnell. the diminishing power of leadership is the only glimmer of hope. but winning is still very difficult even on a local level when you're a third-party candidate. >> especially looking at the fact that most of these candidates don't win. however, they can change the way that the two parties communicate to voters. when a significant number of voters vote for an independent or libertarian that's the message to the party heads in washington that there is this group of untapped voters who aren't happy who they could reach out to. one thing that we've seen republicans do is try to reach out to more young libertarian-leaning folks. there is a sense that lots of people don't like either parties, and that parties should be courting them. when people vote for a third party or independent candidate even though they're unlikely to see that candidate in office it sends a message. >> we see libertarian hero rand paul trying to douse the hopes of libertarian line candidate in north carolina. >> he wan

host: that was grimes at against mitch mcconnell. living you an idea of the tone and that senate race. for more of our coverage, go to the website www.c-span.org. of you to getll an idea of what it is like in your state. to show you from "the washington times" this morning. this is coming from a video released by project veritas. features party and coney based campaigners for mrs. grimes saying, once she is elected she won't be beholden to the coal industry which is treasured in appalachia. i really don't think her heart is 100% and backing coal, but she has to say she is because she will not get a huge number of votes in the state if she doesn't. she has got to get in there first and say what ever she has to say, that is the way the political game is played. mrs. grimes has gone to great lengths to be that claim. she will not stand up to president obama or the epa. the video itself includes a clip of mrs. grimes offering to stand up and fight for what keeps the lights on in kentucky. goes on to say that the campaign could not be rea

harry reid and mitch mcconnell are running the senate. i promise you if i were running the senate we would have had a vote. >> reporter: her leading republican opponent, bill cassidy, thinks that's the problem. >> she's been ineffectual as chair of the energy committee. the only thing she's gotten through are president obama's appointees. >> reporter: even though she says the things that support the industry and she is chair of the senate energy and natural resources committee. you say that's not enough. >> she said her top priority was getting a senate floor vote on keystone xl pipeline. she was unable to do that. but she's also said her first vote will be for senator harry reid's re-election as senate majority leader. why would you make your first vote for him as opposed to voting for someone favoring our state? >> reporter: even if she hasn't gotten every vote she wanted, landrieu's influence has won her some real successes. in addition to opening up more area for drilling, she also helped get one of the few export terminals for liquef

whoever it is, harry reid or mitch mcconnell. you trust them to give you those four votes up or down, if that's the deal up front? you trust them to hold it? >> well, it would be talking to more than them. you'd have to talk to several members of the caucus on each side. now it's possible there will be an independent caucus. if we have four independent united states senators. there are two there now, maybe one from kansas and me, we could have a caucus of our own. and work with both sides. you know, the two independent senators who are there now have been very effective. you may disagree with bernie sanders, but he got the veterans bill passed in record time. and also i think angus king has been a very effective and powerful senator. i want to be a powerful senator for south dakota. we need a powerful senator to stand up to the burlington northern railroad. we need a powerful senator to get better air service into sioux falls. our native american reservations are an embarrassment. i'm embarrassed and ashamed of that pine ridge is

harry reid and mitch mcconnell are running the senate. i promise you if i were running the senate we would have had a vote. >> reporter: her leading republican opponent, bill cassidy, thinks that's the problem. >> she's been ineffectual as chair of the energy committee. the only thing she's gotten through are president obama's appointees. >> reporter: even though she says the things that support the industry and she is chair of the senate energy and natural resources committee. you say that's not enough. >> she said her top priority was getting a senate floor vote on keystone xl pipeline. she was unable to do but she's also said her first vote will be for senator harry reid's re-election as senate majority leader. why would you make your first vote for him as opposed to voting for someone favoring our state? >> reporter: even if she hasn't gotten every vote she wanted, landrieu's influence has won her some real successes. in addition to opening up more area for drilling, she also helped get one of the few export terminals for liquefied na

harry reid and mitch mcconnell are run the senate. i promise you if i were we would have had a vote. >> her leading republican opponent bill cassidy thinks that's the problem. >> she's been ineffe ineffectua. she said her top priority was getting a senate vote on keystone xl pipeline. she was unable to do that. but she's also said her first vote will be for senator harry reid's re-election as senate majority leader. why would you make your first vote for him as opposed to voting for someone favoring our state? >> even if she hasn't gotten every vote she wanted, landrieu's influence has won her some real successes. in addition to opening up more area for drilling, she also helped get one of the few export terminals for liquified natural gas through washington's regulatory maze. >> i helped walk the shenier permit through when the country was, we're not sure. we're not sure. what do you mean you're not sure? >> the shenier plant construction on the sabine river, about an hour away from lake charles, employs 4,000 workers. when up and ru

if mitch mcconnell wins and the republicans are able to pick up six seats, mitch mcconnell is the new majority leader. >> it will be words the money, chris smith, contributing editor of "new york" magazine. >> next year, russian president tried to silence him. but we speak to his challenger, from afar. >> this saturday, a horrific outbreak. >> the death toll from this epidemic could be much higher than anyone knows. >> the search for answers. >> 8000 people are already dead, mr. president. who should answer for those people? >> who brought cholera to haiti? >> so you don't have to explain yourselves? >> no. >> "faultlines". al jazeera america's hard-hitting, >> today, they will be arrested. >> groundbreaking, >> they're firing canisters of gas at us. >> investigative documentary series. watch the emmy award winning episode: "haiti in a time of cholera". saturday, 7:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> russian president vladimir putin turned 62 on tuesday. some classically minded supporters marked the occasion depicting vladimir putin as a greek hero hercules. instead of tacklin

alison lundergan grimes and mitch mcconnell faced off in a debate. the democrat was understand fire for refusing to say how she voted in the last presidential election. >> why are you reluctant to give an answer on whether or not you voted for president obama? >> bill, there's no reluctansy, it's a matter of principal. our constitution grants in kentucky the constitutional right for privacy at the ballot box, you have that right. i have it. the secretary of state, i'm tasked with overseeing and making sure we are enforcing all of our election laws. >> the most recent polls in the kentucky senate race show mitch mcconnell with a 3-point lead. this election year an interesting idea is catching on. a group wants to remove money from poll terks, worried -- politics, worried politicians are focussed on fundraising. >> me and my bodies want to take your tax dollars and hand them to the copies and lobbyists that bank roll the campaign. >> reporter: in politics money happiness. >> you and your husband could max out. >> it's spent like never before. >> i don'

mitch mcconnell breaks the fourth wall. the giants haven't broken the royals spirits, looks like they're breaking their backs. but first it is one week until election day. we will be up all night. mark, what do you think the chances are that by the time we go to bed, we will know which party controls the u.s. senate. >> what have we been doing all day, playing with maps and clocks. there are two things we have determined about election day. one is the chances that we know republicans have the majority, if they can -- get the majority are pretty small. the democrats chances of keeping the majority are greater than most analysts put odds on realized. >> very precise odds. >> let's go to our wall. we think about election night in terms of the map. another way to start thinking about it is the clock. the poll closings are when races can be projected, when in theory voting stops. we start in contested races in georgia. 7:00 eastern time. georgia and new hampshire. georgia everybody agrees going to a runoff. a republican held sea

as a senate leader mitch doesn't just serve on committees. he can appoint committee members making sure kentucky's voice is heard. it is a powerful thing she will not have. 99%. allison grimes, no experience, false attacks. >> i approve this message. coverage of the kentucky's in a debate between mitch mcconnell and allison lundgren grimes monday. >> in oklahoma, james lankford is running against connie johnson for the state open u.s. senate seat. this is a special election. tom coburn is retiring. this comes to us courtesy of oklahoma state university. >> oklahoma state university, i'm a professor of political science here. it is my pleasure to moderate the u.s. senate debate. this has been a joint effort between the is league of women voters and oklahoma state university. let's introduce the candidates. and jamesnson lankford. [applause]

building again on what bob was saying earlier, mitch mcconnell has voted against raising the minimum wage 17 times. they're going to see someone who's going to fight for them and their families, by not raising unemployment, minimum wage. being an independent voice, that's alison. >> we'll have to have you back to talk about arkansas. i hear that's closer than what the polls are saying? >> it is. >> good to have you with us tonight. appreciate your time. thanks for joining us on the ed slowp. >>> coming up, maine's governor tries to turn lapage on his health care record. democratic challenger, the congressman from maine will join us live from portland, keep it here. calling winter an "underserved season". and before he quit his friend's leaf-raking business for "not offering a 401k." larry knew the importance of preparing for retirement. that's why when the time came he counted on merrill edge to streamline his investing and help him plan for the road ahead. that's the power of streamlined connections. that's merrill edge and bank of america. if yand you're talking toevere rheumyour r

the same goes for mitch mcconnell. senator mcconnell appeared on , on a sportsently radio talk show, and he also appeared before an editorial board last week, and on both occasions, he was asked about global warming and whether or or he believes it existed weatherman is because of it. his answer was, i am not a scientist, i do not know, so it is going to be interesting if he sticks with that line and it grimes attempts to hold his feet to the fire on that. >> live now from richmond, virginia, a date -- a debate edtween mark warner against gillespie. to the people's debate. in the race for one of virginia's u.s. senate seats, the candidates will answer questions about the ishares the voters of virginia -- about the issues the voters of virginia face. we will try to plowing new ground tonight. but introduce you to the candidates. joining us tonight democrat mark warner and his challenger tonight republican ed glaspie -- ed gillespie. you can join a live conversation about the debate on twitter. here is a look at the guid

take a look but senator mitch mcconnell is doing with what the president have to say. >> i mitch mcconnell and i approve this message. >> alison grant says this election is not about her support for barack obama and she his failed policies. >> i am not barack obama. >> but obama himself said a vote for allison is a vote for his policies. >> i'm not on the ballot this fall but make no mistake these policies are on the ballot. every single one of them. >> obama needs grimes, in kentucky needs to mitch mcconnell. >> host: ben wilker? >> guest: there's a big difference between press of obama being on the ballot and his attempt to repeal the affordable care act me on the ballot, attempt to gut protections for clean air and water being on the ballot. those things are. when you look at polling about the affordable care act you find over one support in both parties for things like protection for people with pre-existing medical conditions to get health insurance. guaranteeing employer coverage and birth control. things with broad bipartisan support. you add the word obama to the program and called

we have the use it -- this administration, mitch mcconnell has failed to see he has a role in all of the jobs that have been lost. it happened on your watch. been there 30 years a you do not want to take any responsibility. and the lack of benefits our miners and families are having to fight for. that is wrong. pass whats did not the president is doing. we defeated it. when your party controlled both of the house and senate by large majorities, it was a barack obama wore on the coal industry through the epa. congress did not do any of this. we defeated it. >> that is the story and a complete context was w cannot read one line of the cbo report. you have to read at. the his resume shows is only person washington has been working for is not to the people here in kentucky or eastern or western kentucky looking to have it there economies further developed, the only person benefiting is mitch mcconnell and the millionaires and billionaires on his bankroll. >> or do you want to respond? >> go ahead. >> we mentioned this before that andross, a columnist , and i've professor been teaching a

for mitch mcconnell top zip codes are all washington, d.c. same goes for grimes. her top two cities, washington and beverly hills, california. >> libby you have more coming up tomorrow. >> a comb town that's trying to improve its economy on its own. not waiting for politicians to help. >> libby casey in washington, thank you very much la crumbholtz is executive director of a nonpartisan research group that tracks spending. sheila welcome. >> thank you. >> where does this money come from, for kentucky? >> that's a very good question. we can see where the money comes from going to the candidates' exaints an going to some of the -- campaigns and going to some of the outside, exp superpc accounts we have absolutely no idea who is bank rolling their campaign in this race. >> money will keep flowing right up until election day? >> oh, absolutely. so it will reach a fever pitch in the next days and weeks. already we have seen tens of millions, nearly $25 million in this race, tens of millions, hundreds of mlz overall -- millions overall croot the country almost exclusive

he has run from the very beginning against mitch mcdonnel mcconnell. the diminishing pow of leadership is the only glimmer of hope for independence when they get to washington, but winning is still very difficult even on a local level when you're a third-party candidate. >> i think michael is making a very important point. they can change the way that the two parties communicate to voters. when a significant number of voters vote for an independent or libertarian that sends a message to the party let's in washington that there is this group of unstopped voters who are unhappy. one thing we see republicans do very obviously is try to reach out to young more libertarian leaning folks, especially rand paul talking about prison reform and changing the way we approach united states intervention. there is a sense that there are people who don't like odometer parties and they're battleground and the parties should be courting them. so whe when the people vote for a third party, it absolutely sends a message. >> we see rand paul trying to douse the hopes of li

what did you find, mitch? >> reporter: well, we saw mayor nutter was in santa barbara, california, at a conference, we were told he's on city business. this as some of the biggest names in philadelphia politics was here at city hall to discuss ebola and the city response. the health commissioner was here, so were members of the city council. the mayor isn't in town today. should mayor nutter be here to be a part of this discussion? >> i think mayor nutter has competent, capable commissioners that are better prepared than he is to deal with any emergency. >> reporter: it didn't seem to bother council member curtis jones, both answered the biggest of questions. if the worst-case scenario public health emergency happens in philadelphia, who is in charge? >> i guess our health department. >> reporter: if the worst-case scenario happens in philadelphia, who's in charge? >> the health commissioner. >> reporter: the new city health commissioner is dr. james buehler. he was peppered with questions from the council. >>

what is the deal with all those corvettes behind mitch mcconnell. it's a good question. kentucky is the home of the corvette museum. who knew? well, i did after yesterday. what's a better backdrop for a guy who admits to being dull is rev up the points even if he's not driving up the corvette. i don't know if it's going to work, but the cars with beautiful to behold. meanwhile, hold tight. see this nice lady, some call her the market's mom because she always keeps them calm. well, don't look now, but mom is about to cut the apron strings. neil: well, think or swim because she's now taking the someoneys off. janet yell inmaking it official, no more fed help. no more bond helping. no more qe one, two, three. no more qe. you're on your own, guys. that's what he's telling all you wall street guys. how is that going to go down? >> get used to it. now, we can get back to normal markets. we haven't had normal markets in five, seven years. and also you'll see more -- neil: this has been propelled by this. >> greatly. and i will say you'll see more corporate bankruptcies. corpora

the last month we seen steady lead for mitch getting away from grimes. she has run a very good race. do i think she's right on coal? no absolutely. she's wrong. is that the position you would smartly tell someone to take or to take if you're running? yeah, probably. and i think all the gun stuff, and i don't agree with barack obama on coal, i think they are smart politic moves but is it going to be enough. mitch mcconnell has been incredible in that state. >> there's a reason he's gotten reelected several times. >> and not at an ideology level. he brings home the bacon. and buries $20 million in an appropriations bill and $50 million here. this is a part of the country massively dependent on that kind of thing. 52% of all the income that comes into their county is coming from a government payment, ssi, disabilities or medicare. he's not an idiot saying let's get rid of that. you look at his ads they look like ads from if democrat. >> the irony. >> exactly. they are running in the opposite direction. grimes is making 4her look like republican, shooting st

sure seems mitch has washington working for him and not us. the democratic senator campaign ad is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> i'm mitch mcconnell and a prove this ad. >> i'm not barack obama. >> but obama himself says a vote for alison is a vote for his policies. >> i'm not on the ballot this fall, but make no mistakes, these policies are on the ballot. every single one of them. >> obama needs grimes. and kentucky needs mitch mcconnell. >> i'm allison lundergren-grimes. >> first we learned mcconnell skipped hundreds of committee meetings. where was he? he didn't show up to vote on troop funding, the farm bill and va on days he found time for a lobbiest fund-raiser and was on two tv shows. skipped a vote on job but toasted the chinese president for china's great achievement. the rest of the time he created gridlock. 30 years is long enough. >> the media call her ads false and misleading but alison grimes is attacking on attendance. she must not understand mitch doesn't just serve on committees, he can appoint committee m

this is something mitch mcconnell essentially the vowed to do. provisions to gut the environmental protection agency's new regulations on power plants there if that happened, the president will either have to veto spending bills and shut down the federal government, or allow the air protections to be gutted and potentially signal and acceleration of climate change and the deaths of thousands and thousands of people due to increased air pollution from power plants. this is a terrible choice, something we should not be choosing between as a country. it is literally what he wanted to do, is republicans take the majority in the senate. host: ed from georgia. caller: just two things because this guy is all over the board. anyway, number one, he started talking about money. his organization is really george soros's money. he keeps mentioning koch brothers like it is a code word. my second point is, just the other day, grimes in tennessee, who is running against mitch mcconnell in kentucky, her staff was caught saying that voters are suckers and she is

maybe it's enough to say mitch fights for kentucky. >> maybe this isn't a bad idea. i'm mitch mcconnell and i approve this message. >> when you think mcconnell from kentucky, you think muscles from brussels. wait, no you don't. poles show mitch mcconnell leading by four points, meaning the man whose wikipedia page proclaimed him the first openly underquinn member of congress is turtle. he may be the most powerful man in congress in just one week. >>> just ahead today, john kerry called last week's attack a terrorist act. can western nations truly guard against future lone wolf attacks? that is next on now. ah! come on! let's hide in the attic. no. in the basement. why can't we just get in the running car? are you crazy? let's hide behind the chainsaws. smart. yeah. ok. if you're in a horror movie, you make poor decisions. it's what you do. this was a good idea. shhhh. be quiet. i'm being quiet. you're breathing on me! if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. head for the cemetery! what if we finally had that

but i think mitch will win in kentucky. you said that she had disqualified herself, her opponent by saying she wouldn't tell people whether she voted for president obama or not. i think he will -- >> i meant that voters might think that at the time. but to go back -- change in leadership is important. >> i think mitch will win. he will be the leader. >> should he be the leader? >> i think he should. here did. >> the two of them shut down the senate. you done believe that in. >> here is the important point. by changing the majority, having the house and senate working together and working with the president, we can solve problems. the biggest problem is jobs and the economy. we need to give it a shot in the arm. let's do tax reform. let's do something on energy. let's improapprove the keystone pipeline. these things could happen. >> on the issues that matter the most to american people on jobs, racing minimum rage, equal pay, stop sending jobs overseas, helping kids pay for college, the republicans have said no on each of th

mitch mcconnell has six members up in 20 scheen are up in blue states. democrats will start putting in all these amendments that will embarrass them and they will run tv commercials off them. it will be a total free for all. there's no way he can order pup process and protect the members at the same time. add into that, you have oversight of the president that they'll be doing. confirmation of judges that they'll be talking about. confirmation of cabinet officials, potentially a supreme court justice. then you have these sorts of people running for plays will be doing their own amendments and their own bills. >> this is question, before you do that. isn't the goal to show how much you hate obama? >> just outhate obama? >> anything that shows your hatred. to try to undermine for the nth time. >> the only thing every member in the senate agrees upon, you're talking about a senate that is hugely diverse. very moderates like susan collins in maine. eastern conservatives line jeff sessions in alabama. the only thing they agree is they want to repeal obamacare