the ads in kentucky reinforce that. mitch mcconnell is running as the anti obama candidate and games as the anti mcconnell candidate. you've got a circle there and the ads, the barrage of adds is really all about the negative. that's the feeling people are taking away. >> experts told you kentucky is a value voter's state with democratic economic principles. what does that mean? >> people have complicated feelings about the role of government and how it should play a part in improving people's lives and helping them. should government be hands-on or hands-off? we talked to a lot of people who are very critical of folks who they say are taking government handouts, people who are on welfare, people who are using food stamps, but rural kentucky is really struggling. we met a lot of people down on their luck, out of work and having to rely on those very government programs. the question is, will they ultimately support those programs and will they support the democrats who champion them or will they stick with more conserva

it is hurting kentucky. i'm in this race to hopefully help give hard-working kentuckians fighting chance of actually earning a good wage and having a good quality of life, making sure that we grow the middle class, something that hasn't been a priority for senator mcconnell, whether you call him senator gridlock, senator no-show, our center shut down. >> we will talk about those issues tonight. willor mcconnell, what convince kentucky burgers that you will not side with washington over kentucky issues, and that this race is not about blocking then to obama agenda, but you have kentucky issues first? opponent just say my has been most for time trying to deceive everywhere -- everybody about her own views. she has been a delegate to the 2008 and 2012 democratic conventions when some democrats chose not to go. congressman chandler didn't go to the convention in 2012. senator manchin didn't go. senator mccaskill didn't go. made major efforts to try to deceive the people of kentucky about her own views and where

libby casey went to kentucky. the outmany come in kentucky could determine who holds the balance of power in washington. thousands of people worked the miengs anmind but jobs are dryi. libby casey reports. >> in eastern kentucky, generation after generation of coal miners have done the hard, dirty, dangerous work of extracting what they call black gold. >> every young boy wants to be like his dad. i see my dad come home from the mines every day and just fell right into it myself. >> reporter: pride like coal runs deep here. clyde buster bennett iii known as buster. >> we go over it under it around it. >> c. d.'s family has been in coal for over a century. will this be here for you in ten years? >> we'll be lucky to still have five years. >> most mines have shut down gone idle or bankrupt. c rmd calls it a war on coal. >> seems like everyone wants to get on the band wagon on environmental issues. clean air clean water act, production down, income down about 70% from where we were before obama came in. which means w

eastern kentucky, western kentucky, i-66 and 69. these are projects that the senator should be fighting for. of that is factually accurate. the biggest problem we have in the country that affects kentuckians in a dramatic way is this job killing obama administration, which my opponent supports. they have crushed the economy. this is the slowest recovery after a deep recession since world war ii. normally when you have a deep recession, you have a quick bounce back. it did not happen this time, and the reason it did not happen is because all of the government excess we have experienced in the obama years has been particularly acute in our state with the war on coal. the congress in the first two years of the obama administration, when it was entirely controlled by the president's party, obamacare, dodd frank and all the rest, could not give cap and trade through the congress. now he is trying to do it through the epa. this is an administration created depression in eastern kentucky. giving barack obama another vote in the senate, con

bill clinton was the last democrat to carry kentucky. andarried kentucky in 1992 in 1996, when hillary clinton ran for the president upon stress nomination, -- president's nomination, she destroyed obama in kentucky. a strongon name is name in kentucky and we did recent polling on president clinton's favorability and it was about as high as any politician we have seen here. >> mitch mcconnell first elected in 1984 and his i faced tough reelection battles, why? has almost performed as a republican state, it has a strong democratic voter registration. also -- being in the position that he is in, he is the guy that says, no and washington and the democrats have been able to use that to kind of hurt his reputation. he does not come across as isable, especially when he the guy was up there blocking every piece of legislation that is pushed or they try to push through in washington and i think that is over the years worked on his reputation and harm town. >> senator mcconnell and alison grimes have been on a number of occasions. they kentucky

of kentucky. it remain one of the most popular yo youtube vit yields. it speaks to his refrance for sport and sent i wantality. all of that is crucial to understanding voter perspectives in the senate race and expected to be one of the most expansive in united states history between mitch mcconnell, one-of the most powerful senatorsn and alson grimes. kentucky's secretary of state. libbicase casey spent several days in kentucky covering this campaign. libby, what jumped out at you in terms of overriding issue among kentucky voters? >> reporter: people in kentucky are talking about two things: the economy and jobs. our team visited eastern kentucky. now, this is coal country, central appalachia country where the economy has been hit the hardest by the decline in the coal industry. some counties have 12% unemployment. even though they hear talk about the economy improving nationally and kentucky's is improving, jobs are betti getting better. they are not feeling it. >> that's a big focus. people are

he just gave you washington speak versus someone kentucky through and through. someone once promotion of his wants-- someone of who promotion of his party. i believe the filibustering effort that mcconnell led against the recent bill this year to actually reduce the sing-along debt facing our student is wrong. we have to have a senator that ,000izes we have 360 students been crushed by string along debt. i set across a woman who made the right decision and went to studentas she is making loan payments and bigger than her mortgage. he will not even consider allowing debate, let alone a vote on refinancing. >> do support senator warren's legislation? >> i support a bipartisan legislation. it is supported by countless republicans to make sure we are putting kentuckians, especially our students and graduates first. they deserve a senator that wants to back them. >> it is not supported on a bipartisan basis at all. it passes the debt to the federal government which under the obama administration, the debt has exploded. allave added more debt than the presidents from

washington isn't working for kentucky. and it's due the gridlock, the that ction and partisan he champions from infrastructure to education, to agriculture, to manufacturing. it's hurting kentucky and i'm in this race to hopefully give hard working kentuckians a fighting chance of earning a good wage and having a good quality of life, making sure that we grow the middle-class the right way. something that hasn't been a priority for senator mcconnell whether you call i him senator gridlock, senator no-show or senator shutdown. >> we'll talk about those issues tonight. senator mcconnell, what can you say tonight that convinces voters that you will not side with washington. and that this is not your ascension in blocking the obama agenda but you have kentucky issues first? >> well, let me just say that my opponent is trying to deceive everybody about her own views. she's been an active democrat all along, a delegate to the convention. senator mccaskill didn't go. she's made major efforts to try to deceive the people of kentuc

it will be kentucky's possession. let's check the play. >> gary: i think it was illegal -- they went fast. did mississippi state have too many men? i thought it was an illegal formation. i think they have too many people in the backfield. one of the receivers should have been at the line of scrimmage. >> referee: offside. results in a first down. >> verne: 2:48 to go. the captioning on this program is provided as an independent service of captionmax, which is solely responsible for the accurate and complete transcription of program content. cbs, its parent and affiliated companies, and their respective agents and divisions, are not responsible for the accuracy, or completeness of any transcription, or for any errors in transcription. closed captioning provided by cbs sports division >> gary: saw a lot of throws high in the back of the end zone. look for blake bone, number six at the back of the end zone. >> verne: second down. there is the change. >> verne: quarterback draw. towles. touchdown. >> gary: that's going to

when they came in, and of course they'll loved in kentucky. he carried kentucky both times he ran. if she runs, she's got a heck of a chance of carrying kentucky. that energized the democrats all over the state, and it really sort of pumped everybody up. you know, in this close a race, if we turn out our vote, we win. >> what about that? i keep hearing turnout, everywhere i go in the midwest, that it's turnout. what turnsz them out. what will turn out a kentucky voter? >> i think the clinton will help. it's energizing people a little beyond what you usually see. i think all these television ads paid for by the koch brothers and everything else, all these billionaires who want to tell kentuckians how to vote and not live here and not worry about it when it's all said an done, i think that's starting to get to people. >> they're tired of it? >> yeah, i think this message of obama, obama and that's all allison grimes is, i think people are tired of that. i think they're starting -- how come he's not talking about anything he's done or wants to do? where does he want to take this count

to kentucky coal. americans are worried about what the future holds. >> i thank the lord for my job every day. >> even in louisiana's bustling oil patch. >> one of the best jobs that i have ever had. >> workers fear that washington is aiming to shut them down. >> you take away the oil industry, you're going to have people back in the horse and buggy days. >> concern about middle class jobs. it's the issue that may decide this november's election. >> i'm not on the ballot this fall. these policies are on the ballot. >> right now, "fox news reporting: american payday -- the big squeeze". >>> the election is almost upon us. and with the house of representatives firmly in republican hands, and the white house of course off the table, everyone's focus is on this side of the u.s. capitol. the u.s. senate. the republicans' magic number is a gain of six seats. anything less, and democrats remain in control. so both sides are fighting it out in state after state, realizing the national implications of those loc

i have a kentucky grandmother. kentucky eliminates these issues so well. and joined the confederacy, general brantley starts heading passes to the slaves, because -- theves have slaveowners have refused lincoln's offer. what about john mosby? what about a former racist democrat like john logan? they feel this to limit keenly, too, don't they, about keeping the war going on? >> what they would have done, there is a headline in the national inquirer that says "linkedin declares the war again -- lincoln declares war again. i am skeptical. certainly in the time that peter mentioned, but by the fall of --6, there was no question untiltrikes me, even february of 66, it is hard to distinguish what johnson does or what lincoln would have done. except that he goes farther then lincoln high exam thing landowners from the proclamation. talked ably with some of the problems about the movie. but to me, the real crime of the lincoln movie is that it suggests what i think is a truly pernicious view that lincoln would have, you know, embraced the south and would have embr

kentucky. >>> the coal industry employs less than 1% of kentucky's workforce, but has been of enormous economic importance, and the economy is a big driver for the voters. in the elections, working class elections are not feeling symptoms of a recovery, despite data telling us the economy is improving. chris smith is a contributing editor. and he spent time on the ground in kentucky. read about it in "american derby", he joins me now. you saw the coal piece. >> right. >> you point out that it employs less than 1% of the kentucky workforce, but it's a hot-button issue in the campaign, and they why? >> sure. there's numbers and emotion. coal has an enormous cultural resonance in the state. there are reasons for that. the coal industry over the years has spent a large amount of money promoting that idea, you know, you can get a licence plate in kentucky that says, "coal keeps the lights on", you know. the industry has done a ter if ig job of demon -- terrific job of demonizing the president. the piece you ran made a point of showing na natural gas is more the villain than the president ha

in other states in kentucky? >> we have the state exchange that works. they ex-handed medicate. we also have a co-op, one of the 23 in the country. their rates are very good. benefits are very strong. national network and it has helped our pricing in the state. and the income in the state of kentucky is pretty low. that means our citizens qualify for very nice subsidies through the exchanges. >> how satisfied are pool when they get their coverage through connect or obamacare? >> i was listening to the piece before, medicaid i'm not familiar with. the biggest things we see is the coding for the bills is offer wrong. that's no the doctor's office that is doing that incorrectly. >> it's very user-friendly than the national website for the affordable healthcare act and allows consumers to browse the different packages before signing up. is that correct? >> that's correct. in kentucky the application process, after that they get to look at the different sections they have. >> how do you think connect would have worked

but grimes is running in kentucky. what's she doing so far away from home? well, she wants to unseat incumbent mitch mcconnell, the most powerful republican in the senate. the gentry democrats want that too. she needs their money and clout. but there is a problem. while their money can help, their agenda can really hurt back home. >> the election this year will hinge largely on energy producing states where there are still some democrats there. and they're having to run in an atmosphere where many people believe that after the election president obama will sign all sorts of measures that will really go after the energy industry. >> reporter: which brings us to kentucky, an essential seat in the fight over the senate. we'll look into the battle over coal country when we return. when you only have one hand you're not doing anything as fast as you used to. do you need help? [doorbell chime] what is that? swiffer dusters... and it can extend so i don't have to get on the step stool. it's like a dirt magnet, just like my kids. i think swiffer definitely gave me s

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 he can scoop votes out from under grymes. >> i'm a life long democratic, but i share his values. >> the parties have nothing told with the value of the people in kentucky to mitch mcconnell. >> joining acinal for more on this race, michael shore in los angeles. >> the shoes are in demand. >> he's a no-legged dog, tony. [ laughter ] >> michael shure, the latest poll, what does it show? >> this sample happened just after bill clinton blew through kentucky. a lot of the energy that the democrats counting on getting, they're getting from bill clinton in places where the president can't go. i'm not so surprised that it's tightened. i do think that allison grymes had a really tough time that in debate, the fact that she was not able to say whether or not she vo

he rode in the kentucky mountain laurel festival parade. >> we have a depression here in eastern kentucky created by the obama administration. >> there was no question who he blames for the problems there. >> the president made it clear during his campaign back in 2008 that he was going after coal, and he's followed through on it. >> the president has responded to the problems of mcconnell's state. earlier this year, he announced a new ergonomic initiative, spotlighting five communitiincl. >> your country will help you. remake your community on behalf of your kids family by family, block by block. we call these communities promi promisers. >> they were made to provide seed money for new kinds of jobs. but tony felosi, the director for harlan county, told us more than nine months after the president's announcement, his office has yet to see any money from the federal government. >> if president obama does not turn the promise zone into promises kept zones, then you're talking about communities disappearing, people that have been here for four, five, six generations. for 150 years, gone. wh

. >> the war on coal is not just a war on eastern kentucky. it's a war on the whole state. >> and in the marked race of the midterm elections, it may come down to this -- which candidate loves coal more? >> i am the pro-coal candidate in this race! >> to hear the campaign rhetoric, coal is the engine that drives kentucky. but the reality on the ground tells a different story. coal is an industry in ruins. a decline decades in the making. was it a good living? >> oh, yeah. i made right at $100,000 a year. >> $100,000 a year? >> yes, sir. >> that's a good living. >> i consider it was. and i did say was. >> what happened? >> well, i went to work one day and got my -- what a lot of people calls layoff slips. but mine read our jobs was eliminated. so i take it that won't be anymore. those jobs won't be anymore. >> deep in the heart of coal country lies harlan county, kentucky. frank dixon has lived here his entire life. he's worked in mining since he was 19. but in december of 2012, his job was eliminated. now he's on food stamps. >> when you work

coal employment in eastern kentucky's now at a historic low. more than 7,000 jobs have been lost since 2008. >> the thing that hasn't happened at an adequate rate is the diversification of the local economy. >> reporter: university of kentucky economist and poverty expert james ziliak says a vicious cycle is at work. like other persistently poor areas, eastern kentucky's high school and college graduation rates are lower than the rest of the country. so, few other industries increasingly in need of highly skilled workers have located here. >> i think the recognition has come at this point in time that coal, it's not going to be the engine of job growth going forward. >> reporter: there are many reasons for coal's long decline--increased mechanization, a dwindling coal supply, the low cost of natural gas and stricter environmental regulations. >> ...while the e.p.a. and bureaucrats try to kill kentucky's coal industry. >> reporter: the job losses are a hot topic in the senate race here. republican incumbent mitch mcconnell has tried to capitaliz

a group of terrific history of kentucky coming out of confederate kentucky. and the dean of kentucky tudies said kentucky waited to secede until after appomattox. cultural affiliation with the south. the terms of that and the oddty that a state where more people fought for the united states than for the confederacy only elected confederate officers to statewide office in elections of the 1860's and 1870's and in many ways until the end of the century is something that puzzled people for a long time. there are all kinds of different ways of connecting it especially to the problem, the association of emancipation with the northern war aim. kentuckyians were hemmed in. that is partly why lincoln waits to do the proclamation to make sure kentucky won't be in a position to create problems. and it is too late to fight for the confederacy. i think many people their sympathies start to shift to the confederacy. luke harlow has written a really interesting book just out which is about the role of religion in this and that oddty that along with these cultural affiliati

kentucky, $127 million. my record speaks for itself. i am an independent thinker that does what i do for the people of kentucky. i am not bought and paid for by the koch brothers or any others. >> senator mcconnell? >> speaking of what we say in private meetings, secretary grimes said she would go to a fundraiser harry reid sponsored for her in washington and tell him how important it was to -- >> and i did that. >> she went to the meeting, never mentioned a word about coal to harry reid. this is the harry reid she will vote for to make majority leader of the senate if she goes there. that will be her first vote. he is the guy who said coal makes you sick. she will enable him to be the leader in the senate which will guarantee we will have no votes on coal. >> senator grimes, did you mention coal in that meeting? >> senator mcconnell, you and your henchmen, the koch brothers, can put out $16 million in nasty ads, but i can speak for myself. i have strong words regarding senator reid on an energy philosophy i believe that he is misguided

colorado. >> what about kentucky? >> so put kentucky on hold for a second. everybody's focused on greg orman right now and the problems pat roberts is having in kansas. if that goes from red to blue, right now you're back to 50/50. that's a possible scenario. in iowa remember last week we talked about joni ernst. >> she was up four points last week. >> yes. but earlier today it was around two points for joni ernst. say she takes iowa, back to 52-48. i think last week you said -- >> i'm going here. >> 53-47, corey gardener. >> i said 52 or 53. north carolina, kay hagan still in the lead. >> colorado had a debate earlier today, mark udal and cory gardener. in kentucky right now, okay, you mentioned this race. this is mitch mcconnell and allison lundgren grimes, the real clear politics average is about 4 or 4.2 points. there was a poll that came out earlier today in the bluegrass poll that puts her up by two points. >> i would argue that's an outlier. >> could very well be. and to back up your point, mcconnell's been in the lead on the two polls prior to the on

kentucky is kentucky. the south is the south. what is happening across the country the tide is returning. they know what is wrong with the party. >> will it work? >> you know i hope that people sort of get past the facade get past the cute little commercials and log at people's record. if women take the opportunity to look at the records of those people who are running they would know whether or not really if that candidate is foregleam the commercial was on his record. >> talking about richard sells. >> that's not kentucky. >> in general in terms of all candidates it is important for us to look at their record not just the month before it's time to pull the lever or it's important to see, have these people been on our side? >> all right. behind the headlines: both parties say young, unmarried women will be crucial in deciding many close races. we spoke with two young female strategists - one from each party - to hear what they would be doing to woo this critical voting bloc. republicans have a longstanding problem appealing to y

it's a big industry in kentucky. when the democrats say we'll support coal and yet we ask them are you going to vote for harry reid when you get up there? they say, yeah, i got to vote for harry reid. if that happens, we'll never get any relief. this kind of, i think, blows the truth away here and lets you know, you know what, it looks like even though they say one thing in public. in private maybe they aren't so supportive. >> basically all admitting she's just lying. and saying well, you can't say you're against coal in kentucky. >> think about where her money comes from. talk about $100 million in this race, it's coming from hollywood, people who would shut down the coal industry. and really it's a big deal in kentucky. our economy's really suffered. we have some counties with 20% unemployment. mining jobs are actually pretty good paying jobs. you can make $75,000, 85,000 a year sometimes just out of high school. >> she keeps saying in this race i'm not barack obama, but she'd vote with harry reid. how big a probl

on my side, but i must have kentucky. if republicans can't win kentucky, in this year with all the factors go in there their on popularity, the president, things abroad, things at home not looking good, and with a fairly weak candidate, grimes' response is preposterous, the idea that people can't be forced to disclose the vote in the ballot box, there's a constitutional requirement that you not disclose it. you simply ridiculous, and that you would double down, i really do think is a sign of how much of a rookie she is. i'm not surprised at the dncc pulling out. there is a race they're not going to win, but the fact that it's close indicates that republicans are doing a lot worse this year even though they're getting a majority than they should be doing. >> all these models, this is how it looks for the major modeling of whether the republicans are going to pick up the senate, the washington post is the most aggressive, 95%, new york times, 72, 538, now take a look at week astandard, jay cost. a definiti and it's safe to

he rode in the kentucky mountain laurel festival parade. >> we have an impression in kentucky created the obama administration. >> there was no question who hu blames who took the blame there. >> the president made a claim in 2008 he was going after coal and he followed through on it. >> the president has responded to the problems of mcconnell's state. he announced a new economic initiative spotlighting five communities including one in kentucky. >> your country will help you remake your community on behalf of your kids family by family, block by block. we call these communities promise zones. >> the program was sold as a way to retrain unemployed miners and provide seed money for new kinds of jobs. but tony pelosi the director of economic development for harlan county tells us more than nine months after the president's announcement, his office has yet to see any money from the federal government. >> if president obama does not turn these promise zones into promises kept zones, you are@k0v talking about communities disappearing. communities disappearing for 4, 5, 6 generations for 15

that's ky for kentucky. say the word, obamacare, dixon bristles, though he's covered by it. >> do you like obamacare? >> whoo. um, i don't have an answer to that. sometimes -- >> i do recall at least one patient who said, well, i don't want it even if it is free, because he didn't like president obama. >president obama. >> reporter: dr. sharron colton works at the clinic in everetts, kentucky, which treats about 70 patients a day. they come from all over coal country, and with connect, more people are able to pay for their care, and new patients are seeing a doctor for the first time in years. >> do you feel like your patient understands what connect is versus obamacare? >> they probably don't. they may not, i think some of them are just happy to have insurance, and however they got t. they're happy about t they don't look at the politics. >> reporter: but the term, obamacare, is poison in kentucky. a poll conducted in may found that 57 perfection of kentuckians surveyed disliked obamacare, but when asked ab

>> kentucky connect is a website. it was paid for by 200 some-odd million dollar grant from the federal government. the website can continue. but in my view, the best interest of the country would be achieved by pulling out obamacare root and branch, and let me tell you why. >> you would support the continuation of -- >> it's a state decision. >> you would support it? >> i think it's fine to have a website, yeah. >> i think that's what you call in objective terms, bs. anyway, obamacare is kentucky connect. steve bashir made that obvious point on our own show. take a look at the governor. >> is obamacare, as implemented in the state of kentucky, basically called connect, ky for kentucky. in other words, you can't get rid of one, without getting rid of the other. they are one and the same. >> that's exactly right. you get rid of the affordable care act and everything else falls apart. >> jim, why is he doing this? going after alison, let's be fair. why is mitch hiding from the obvious truth here? >> one word, it's obama

the clinton factor in kentucky? >> well, you know the clintons are clearly the most popular surrogates everywhere across the country right now. they have a really big history ad with kentucky. you may recall they're very close family friends. there's a longstanding history there. but they spent a lot of time there, secretary clinton performed well in 2008 and they reflect the values of kentuckians. growing the middle class, jobs, the economy, and they're really the perfect surrogates to have in there at this time. >> i'm putting a couple cars out in front of the parade on this one, it seems to me like the clintons would like to get rid of mitch mcconnell if hillary's ever president of the united states? >> well, i think that's probably true. bill and hillary clinton have done a brilliant job in this midterm. they've gone to races and places where they can make a difference. they've made a difference in kentucky, i give them a lot of credit for standing up against the conventional wisdom, saying, we can win this race

, where a resident kentucky is getting the care, looks the care, it's not called obama care in kentucky, but he doesn't like obama care. what do you think the biggest success is of obama care, of the affordable care act, what it has been to date. >> proponents will point to the fact that 7.3 million signed up and paid for premiums, you have 8 million folks on the medicaid expansion. millions of adult children, up to 26 are on the parents health services plan, a lot of parents like that. you can't be discriminated if you have a pre-existing condition. there's no life-time caps on the coverage or annual caps. proponents, including democrats, are pointing to those saying these are the things that people like. >> how do the republicans walk that back? >> what they say is subsidies are not necessarily a bad idea. do you have to award them to family of four with income up to $92,000. maybe that's too generous. >> this business about providing care for older children or those that have pre-existing conditions, can republicans walk that issue back. >> they accept the provisions and say they sho

. >> the war on coal is not just a war on eastern kentucky. it's a bwar on the whether or nt he will state. >> and in a marquee race, it may come down to this. which candidate loves coal more. >> i am the pro-coal candidate in this race. >> to hear the campaign rhetoric, coal is the engine that drives kentucky. but the reality on the ground tells a different story. coal is an industry in ruins. a decline decades in the making. >> was it a kbood living? >> oh, yeah, i made right about a hundred thousand dollars a year. >> a hundred thousand dollars a year? >> yes, sir. >> that's a good book. >> i consider it was. and i did say it was. >> and what happened? >> i went to work one day and got what a lot of people calls layoff slips, but mine read our jobs was eliminated. so i take it that that won't be anymore, those jobs won't be anymore. >> deep in the heart of coal country lies harlan county, kentucky. frank dixon has lived here his entire life. now he's on food stamps. >> when you work every day and go from not working, it's just you don't kno

political reporter perry baken is live in kentucky right now. right out of the gates, kentucky. grimes needs the momentum in the race sho shift. ast last night. it's the lead in the coverage again today. was she able to sort of do to mnl canal what she needed to this? >> it stays status quo. last night was the two f of them citing their talking points beside each other grooichls wasn't very clear on voting for obama. although after hearing larry pressler, maybe she fits in with the candidates of the year. her new thing yesterday was to say this is the sanctity of the ballot box. nobody who should say who they're voting for. grimes herself has talked about voting for hillary clinton. in 2008 during the primary. so you have that challenge. it's just not clear the debate moved much. and it looks like mcconnell is narrowly ahead. and grimes needs something to change that. right now the local coverage is all who she voted for. >> turning to arkansas quickly. we saw an aggressive mark pryor last night. what were your takeaways from that? give us a sense of how pryor did? >> he's known

is it causing serious illness and a new poll finds that 57% of likely kentucky voters thinks it's time for a change from senator mitch mcconnell and that was before senator mcconnell called the most popular talk radio show in kentucky today, the host of that show is here to tell us how that went. >>> less than four weeks to go till the midterm. candidates looking for a comeback running out of time sparring in virginia, north carolina west virginia. >> president obama said every one of his policies are on the ballot this november. >> republicans are trying to -- >> constantly trying to make this a race about president obama. >> i'm not barack obama. >> the most high-profile senate race in the country. >> the hot senate race happening in the bluegrass state. >> which force is actually more powerful in the state. >> kentucky's secretary of state alison grimes. >> i know it's not easy being a candidate. >> serving notice she was -- >> senator mitch mcconnell. >> mitch mcconnell. >> mitch mcconnell. >> mitch mcconnell. >> the run of his life. >> a couple of weeks ago mitch mcconnell's campa

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obama's extremely unpopular in kentucky. he did not carry the state in either presidential election, and of course mcconnell being astute political strategist knows it's a good idea to use him in the race. so he uses coal as sort of shorthand for president obama in general. and he is trying to tie allison grimes as closely as he can to the president. but she is pushing back saying she disagrees with him on coal issues and on gun issues and a few other things. she is talking about mcconnell's service in the senate for 30 years, and arguing it is time for new leadership. >> why is it in a state of kentucky and mitch mcconnell has had tremendous power in the senate and helped his state, why is he in such a tough race this time? >> well, you know, there's a phenomenon we have seen in many states where there's fatigue for the incumbent. and mcconnell has had close races in the past. people think of it now because of presidential elections as a red state, but it may surprise a lot of viewers to know that kentucky also elects democ

we'll talk to the congressman from kentucky. and we'll bring you a powerful story in this month's documentary series wounded, the battle back home produced in part by the wounded warrior project. but now, to my conversation with senator elizabeth warren we discussed a threat of isis and the midterm elections. but first, we talk about the pearls of payday loans that so many service members take out just to make ends meet. >> thank you so much for joining us in "taking the hill." >> so glad to be here. >> ma'am, one in ten troops have taken out the high-interest loans. as a former army officer, i saw so many soldiers and their families get crushed by the predatory lenders. there's even a case where there's a south carolina service member who took out a $1,600 loan and had to pay back over $15,000. >> yep. >> now, you've been a fierce consumer advocate for the military families. you know where does your passion come from? >> you know. all three of my brothers served in the military. my oldest brother was career military. 288 combat

communities all across america like northern kentucky. thank you very much. >> thank you very much, senator mcconnell. senator grassley, you haven't made your statement and then senator klobuchar would also like to make an opening statement. >> i think since you described the situation very well, i'm going to start out at the middle of my statement and refer to something that you and i learned about the existence of a database by doctors maintained by purdue pharmaceuticals. purdue markets oxycontin, one of the most abused prescription opiates. the database allegedly contained information about doctors who engaged in reckless prescribing practices. during my investigation revealed many state medical boards as well as the center for medicare and medicaid services didn't know about this database. we encourage these organizations as well as dea to contact purdue about it. as a result, the information is now in the hands of authorities who could take action against irresponsible doctors. the purpose of this hearing is to learn more about what