and there's a new south in virginia. virginia is now a swing state. virginia especially its northern suburbs around the washington area where i understand the turnout is pretty strong, that's terry mcauliffe, the democrats' territory. i think the government shutdown clearly hurt ken cuccinelli, the republican who is identified with the tea party. and identified with antagonism to government. antagonism to the federal government used to be a watch word of virginia as well as the rest of the south. virginia is now a mixed state up for grabs. tea party candidates are going to have a hard time winning in a state like virginia. >> and, david, the exit polling taken by voters as they left the polling places today showed no big love nor the tea party. >> no. 43% of the people who were polled today say they opposed the tea party. if you look at all the big issues that animated the political debates over the last couple months whether it was cultural wars like abortion or the government shutdown, we see a very strong reaction to this electorate against the con

governor of virginia in 2013. good to have you with us, sir, if you would bear with me first because i want to clarify that maga hats are not racist. what i said was that the president should denounce people in hate crimes while wearing maga hat that is misrepresent him, so that's what i want to clarify, thank you, sir, for allowing me to do that. i mean, yeah, people -- everybody's emotions are on high. governor northam, can he survive this, the virginia black caucus amplifying for him to step down. >> right. and from people not from virginia you should realize what is going on, tuesday is crossover, all the bills have to get from the house to the senate and vice versa and tomorrow is one one of the biggest budget days of the entire year when committees come out and the governor is right in the middle of that and here he is looking back at med school yearbook trying to decide whether he's on these pictures on his part of the page. you know, larry said comments ring true with me in terms of stretching credulity bu

yes, we're going to compete in virginia. and we really -- >> women together, a growing minority or a strong minority population and a growing highly educated population with more and more college. we saw that showing up in the numbers. more college grads voting this year than last year. and that's tough. >> but ralph did well. for a democratic candidate among white men, he did well with noncollege educated voters. >> carried white women. >> so he actually -- >> he talks like south africans when it comes to politics. you're not laughing. >> anyway, we do -- it is what it is. >> did you win or lose tonight? >> we did lose tonight. here is how i look at it. we still got a supreme court justice that we got passed. and that's like six or seven governors. >> okay, this year? >> well, it was -- >> back before tonight. you are baghdad bob tonight. to say you guys won. >> i didn't say we won. >> john brabender, thank you for coming on and being the guy in the barrel tonight. and congressman gerry connolly. you predicted the whole thi

virginia is virginia. a swing state for a reason. this is as virginia goes. so goes the nation. it's ben that wen that way for decade. when you look at the last two weeks. you can on one hand, look at the result tonight. and say the minute, ken cuccinelli was nominated. he was going to have problems in northern virginia. problems in suburban counties. i can tell you, i will give you two results tonight. i know steve schmidt will love this. and henrico county, richmond, suburban county, mcdonald won the county. 56-44. mcauliffe will win it 52-39. fairfax county. mcdonald won fairfax county, 23009. mcauliffe, has a lead. not all vote is in. 58-37. ken cuccinelli could not appeal to the middle of the look tore rat, suburban voters. he came close. there is still a very strong republican base in virginia. he worked the base. this is his entire last two weeks of the campaign was about turning out the base. and hoping that there would be a lack of enthusiasm for terry mcauliffe. when you look at everall turnov turnout. when you look at the lack of money. a lot of national donors. sat o

. >> hello, virginia. >> what a great virginia welcome. >> then battleground virginia. with the state's democratic senator mark warner and former congressman republican tom davis and courtship of the american woman. gender politics with a top republican woman in congress kathy mcmorris rogers. dman bash and dan balz. i'm candy crawley and this is the state of the union. >> al qaeda is on the path to defeat and osama bin laden is dead. >> up against criticism the president's approach has been too hard on friends and too conciliatory to enemy sfwls the president's policies throughout the middle east began with an apology tour. >> tomorrow's debate the last before the election will focus solely on foreign policy. it's certain to include the specific, including the who knew what when questions surrounding the murders of four americans in benghazi to the big picture debate over america's role in the village. joining me to the debate is bill richardson and newt gingrich. i want to get to that. but first i want to get just your remembrances of senator george mcgovern who died

northern virginia suburbs, 60% of virginia voters. say abortion should be legal. there's a lot of advertising, direct mail, radio spent on this. 67% of those breaking for terry mcauliffe. the republicans will say the health care issue worked. democrats will say they managed to push ken cuccinelli out of the mainstream. want to take a quick look at new jersey before we move on. chris christie will say i'm the new republican national model. why? no gender gap. he won among women and men. he improved his standing even though he lost african-americans he split the latino vote. look at that. chris christie's going to make the point. look what happened to john mccain. look what happened to mitt romney. i can be competitive in the swing states where latino voters matter. quick footnote. would he make a good president? people of new jersey think yes. anderson, as we quick guard into chris christie, the voters were asked who would you pick between hillary clinton and chris christie. by a narrow margin they said we'd take hillary clinton. >> we'll wait to hear from chris ch

people refer to in virginia what they call the virginia way. it's a sort of sense that people go into elected office out of a gentlemanly sense of public service. and that people just don't do this kind of thing in virginia. it's not new jersey. it's not illinois. and they will be choosing jurors who likely have that impression of the state. and so, whether that means they're more likely to give the governor the benefit of the doubt, because they like him and they think of him in that way, or if that means that, you know, they're shocked by this, and more likely to hold them accountable. we'll just have to see. >> rosalind, can you tell prosecute indictment who has been cooperating with prosecutors in terms of them building this case? there's a few people who are referred to by their initials, johnny williams, the star scientific ceo is obviously one of them. are there other people who are referred to in this case, or who obliquely turn up that you can tell have been cooperating? >> it's pretty clear that the governor's staff has been interview

john mccain lost virginia. mitt romney lost virginia. donald trump lost virginia. >> nine? >> we lost by five against hillary clinton? >> nine? >> the point is this. you asked about what happened to this candidate. we already had a tough situation, at a minimum a purple state and another red state. it was uphill for us. the fact of the matter is, i don't think i talked to senator scott this morning, a chat with tim scott. >> south carolina. >> senator. he told me -- i said what do you think? his answer is, you have to embrace the president's agenda. not necessarily his style and his delivery. >> oh! >> i don't like your drift here. >> wait. wait. what ed gillespie did, he is a great guy. he tried to get the middle lane to use the overused cliche to cherry pick some issues he thought would do well with voters and didn't utter the president's name. >> any argument is legitimate i suppose. republican congressman scott taylor representing virginia beach called last night's vote a referendum on president trump and others in his party. >> i think, you know, when you look at the r

i want to put west virginia first grade i want to put west virginia's back to work. i want to stand up to barack obama. i would be honored to have your vote. >> thank you, senator. our first question this evening. it will be addressed by mr. jenkins first. it has to do with energy. as you both are fully aware, cole has been a big topic in this campaign. you both have stated your commitment to supporting coal. i want to put that into context of overall energy policy. we do each police expired to us what kind of energy policy you think the nation should have and what specific steps you would take as a congressman to stew the nation towards that policy? senator jenkins. is an energynia state we are proud of our coal history. we have made the manufacturing base of this country based on coal fired power plants. we have fueled america. we have 90% of the energy and west virginia that is coal-fired. we do have an oil and gas exposure and is well we need to do both. call as well as oil and natural gas and west virginia. we have a unique opportunity to lead the country and en

i will defend the west virginia community banks and west virginia credit unions. we need to have a full financial system in the state that does not include big banks. it includes the ability to get a car, get a mortgage, go to school. i have looked out for our community banks and credit unions and west virginia and i will stand by that. >> your response? >> congresswoman capito said she voted twice against the bailouts. she is correct about that. they came knocking and she voted against the bailout. they kept coming and they kept coming and they knocked again and not only did she open the door, she left the door wide open and voted twice to give our taxpayer dollars to those ceo's in the form of those bonuses. that is the distinction. i gave back $3 million and gave it back to the taxpayers. the congresswoman is giving money to the ceo's. let's talk about west virginia. west virginians are suffering. they deserve a pay raise, too. why don't we increase minimum wage? i am for increasing minimum wage for west virginia workers and not worrying about the pro fits of w

that virginia race, i'll tell you what, i'm going to be watching the virginia race. ron paul went to virginia yesterday and said you'd be crazy to vote for the libertarian candidate. i don't know. that race in virginia may be closer than we think, but all eyes i think in the republican party, at least, on alabama to see whether the chamber and joe ricketts and others make a difference. what time is it? >> "morning joe." stay tuned for a very special election day issue of chuck todd's "the daily rundown." >> it's llama time. >>> come on. that music. doesn't it give you tingles? voters are voting. so are candidates. like terry mcauliffe in virginia. in a few minutes we'll talk to his opponent, ken cuccinelli, as he stumps in the final hours. and we'll have the latest on chris christie's garden party to re-election. also this morning, independent turned republican turned dehn charlie crist will talk about his new party in his bid for his old job. history says he's got a tough feat to pull off. >>> plus, big votes in big cities today. new york's battle is just one of abo

back to that virginia race, chuck. i did just have one question for you, mentioning the importance of turnout, are you hearing anything from either from the mccauliffe side or the cuccinelli side, what they're taking from what they saw today? anything anecdotal or -- >> no, other than talking to the republican campaign, cuccinelli's in particular, the numbers purchased at level. there was a lot of nervousness monk republicans who were not -- who thought turnout was going to crater at the end, that there wasn't going to be motivation. so there's going to be a little hand wrichking, a little second guessing, considering we know no matter what happens tonight, this is a very close race, the governor's race, there's a lot of republicans who sat on their hands and didn't give the muffin they normally would have given, ken cuccinelli would have had more money, would he have been more competitive? a lot of republicans believe, it doesn't matter because northern virginia is the blue part of the state. it's blue only by default

. >> the mountains of west virginia have provided generations with jobs in coal. but on january 9th, 2014, the state woke up to an example of the costs of it's industrial economy. a tank containing a chemical used the process of coal production had leaked its contents into the elk river, just a mile upstream from the largest water treatment plant in west virginia. >> water is scarce following a warning from west virginia's governor, do not drink, bathe, cook or wash clothes using tap water.., >>...chemical leak, a chemical used to clean coal, leaked from a storage facility... >>...the states health department says the water was contaminated with a potentially harmful chemical, mchm... >> a federal investigation is on-going - but this spill was just the most visible of many incidents in west virginia - where, in the past decade, the coal industry has recorded thousands of water violations. fault lines has come here to find out how the state's main industry affects its most vital resource. >> little testing have been done on the chemical that leaked from these tanks

virginia republicans welcome to the top of the ticket as picked by virginia republicans. your guy for governor is very out there, but trying not to be. your guy for lieutenant governor is very out there and does not care. your guy for attorney general, that would be mark obenshame. ava state senator who was noted for once fleeing the senate chamber, running away, to block the confirmation of a judge who is gay because he is a judge who is gay. is also known for a 2009 bill that would have required women in virginia to report a miscarriage to the police within 24 hours. so they can investigate it? yes, virginia republicans you nominated that guy to be the top law enforcement official in the state. and he is supposed to be the one from the establishment. virginia's republican ticket is quite a spectacle. former republican party chairman michael steel says of them, quote, the republicans i'm talking to are saying, what the hell are they doing down in virginia? is this 101 ways to lose an election? still, though, virginia's new republican nominees have been out touring the st

virginia? now that we're seeing all this external money coming into this race, is it that big of a deal? in the last two presidential votes, virginia's popular vote matched up with the national popular vote. so what happens in virginia broadly, especially in the beltway, but broadly is seen as belweather stuff. the idea that republicans are now facing a state wide sweep and all state wide offices going into the democrats, it would ring a lot of people's bells all around the country. joining us now for the interview, the mark herring, he's the virginia state senator and nominee for attorney general in the state. thanks for being was in the governor's race, the lieutenant governor's race in virginia, your colleagues are way out ahead in those races, your race is closer. why do you think that is? >> well, i think that a lot of attention has been placed on the gubernatorial races, we have had to start a scientific gift scandal, the federal shutdown, so i think it's taking a little bit longer to foc

there are parts of virginia that are still very southern, like southwest virginia, like south side virginia, but northern virginia, the richmond area, hampton roads and virginia beach area, these are more culturally middle atlantic. they're more like the rest of the country. >> let me ask you this. if we were to move the mason dixon line, where do you put putt it now? put it south of richmond? >> well, it would be south of richmond. there would be skwigley lines all over virginia. they're still southern in character and nature. it's the urban areas that dominate. really the two-thirds to three-quarters of virginia could be classified as urban, suburban, ex-urban. they're the counties, they're the cities that run virginia. >> all right. i wanted to go more into this, but the resignation over the weekend or announced resignation seems very transactional in nature. there's a lot of fall-out here. this is a democratic state senator who is resigning. apparently some republicans have a good new job for him lined up. explain that. is this a good transactional move here? what's going on? >> well, c

virginia is a state that's influx. the political history does not tell you much about what's going to happen next in virginia because what just happened in virginia in the last election was totally unprecedented in modern history. virginia is in new territory. and then what happened after that, was still further new tertorian. still more change. it makes the change more unknowable right now. in 2009 the year after it went blue, the state decided to elect this guy, republican governor bob mcdonnell. a fairly radical conservative guy who went to pat robertson's university saying that the government should use public policy to punish cohabitaters, homosexuals, and foreign cay tors, oh my. he pulled it into republican territory with him. early this year that republican legislature came up with a fertilized egg as person bill. a bill that would ban all abortion and hormonal contraception and invee tro fertilization. the day the bill was passed through a committee, this is what the lobby of the hearing room looked like. the

ken cucinnelli will lose in virginia. right now terry mcauliffe is the next governor in virginia. in new jersey governor chris christie will be re-elected to a second term very easily. in new york city, bill deblasio will be the next mayor of new york. first time in almost two decades there's going to be a democratic mayor of new york city. bill deblaze yo will be the mayor of new york. john king is standing by. terry mcauliffe, that waste the clo -- was the closest of the major election. but terry mcauliffe eeked it out, maybe closer than some had projected. >> he eekd it out. this will be closely studied because virginia has become an important state in our national politics. it got close in the end because of obama care. no get president's health care plan and problems with the roll yut of the health care plan were at issue late in the campaign. more than half of virginia voters oppose obama care and broke overwhelmingly for the republican candidate ken cucinnelli. this is why this one got so close at the end. ken cucinnelli capitalizing on his personal opposition and voters' q

so look at these numbers in virginia, the last time virginia elected a governor, it was 2009. this was the electorate that turned out that year. republicans, 37%, democrats, 33. so that was the off-year election, the last time r tithe elected the governor where they had an advantage of four points, in 2012, it was a different story. it was a presidential election year, you got more people turning out. when you get more people turning out the electorate gets more democratic, the republicans were 32% that year, the democratings 39, so that was a seven-point democratic advantage in terms of just who turned out to vote in virginia. republicans look at a history like that and it is a pretty consistent history. and it is not hard to see them hoping that the electorate doesn't look like a presidential year. they want a smaller turnout and a more republican turnout. they want the electorate to look like the last time they elected a governor, one of these odd, off year elections. well, look at the turnout last night, it was just slightly more independent than it was by 2012, by a hair,

that's right, virginia voted today. early exit polls show three out of five voters want the confederate shach chews which have been at the heart of the governor's race left standing. all eyes are on that marquee for governor down there between republican ed dplespy and democrat ralph northam. the lt. gov. nbc news characterizing that race for governor as too early to call with the polls closed. democrats are bracing themselves for a comforting victory, where, of course, another devastating defeat. recent polling has shown northam with a slight edge but within the margin of error. gillespie, an aid to george b. push, is trying to help his establishment bonifides. if he wins, he can provide fellow republicans how to campaign in theably of trump. let's get the very latest from the race from our own steve kornacki. steve what do we know? >> well, it was 7:00. the polls closed in new jersey. we were an hour away. as you just showed. we have no actual votes in just yet. what can we show you from the exit polls? let's look at

virginia is in new territory. and then what happened after the 2008 election was still further new territory. still more change. which makes the state all the more unknowable right now. in 2009 the year after it went blue in the presidential election for the first time in 44 years, in 2009, the state decided to elect this guy, republican governor bob mcdonnell. a fairly radical conservative guy who went to pell he will advantage list pat robertson's university where he wrote his graduate thesis saying the government should use public policy to punish cohabitaters, homosexuals and fornicators. oh, my. govern mcdonnell took office in 2010 and pulled the legislature into republican territory with him. early this year that republican legislature came up with a fertilized egg as person bill. a bill that would ban all abortion, it would likely also ban hormonal contraception in virginia and it would ban in vitro fertilization. governor mcdonnell said he would take a look at that bill if it did end up coming to his desk.

i'm a virginia resident. i can tell you there isn't a place i don't go where i don't get groceries i'm not shopping where i don't hear people talking about this. governor northam practically disappeared. he saudi he was going to make it a -- he said he would make this a big issue to talk about the race. bringing this to the forefront. but he is refusing to listen and talk to people. most people want him to resign. i interviewed quite a number of people, democrats, actually. here in virginia. they want him out. we have, you know, the attorney general herring who also admitted to wearing, painting his face black, wearing blackface. distressing. now we have the allegations with the lieutenant governor. these are serious allegations. just like rachel said there is due process. we have got to wait and see what happened here in both cases. but one thing is really certain, dan, that both of the women have corroboration, they are coming forward. they are people supporting what the women have said. now the democrats a

coal from west virginia is facing competition from other states and from natural gas. and after extracting the most easily accessible coal over the past few decades, companies have turned to a faster - and more aggressive - process to get what's left: - mountain top removal. the top of a mountain is blasted off to expose the seams of coal. heavy metals that have been locked in rock for millennia are exposed to air and water. >> pretty much anywhere you see cleared areas up here on mountain tops, those are surface mining sites. chemicals like the one that leaked into elk river are used to wash the coal at prep plants like this - to separate the coal from rock and clay. the waste that is left over - known as slurry - is pumped into impoundment lakes. sometimes it's piped into abandoned underground mines. if it leaks out, slurry can be a major source of contamination to groundwater >> mining impacts ground water, period. the problem is you've got just a myriad of contaminants and contaminant routes or pathways - surface waters, groundwater, air exposures - and so all kind

the last time a republican governor in virginia tried to celebrate a confederate history month in virginia, he at least had the decency to mention slavery. gilmore included this, quote, our recognition of confederate history also recognizes that slavery was one of the causes of the war, slavery is abhorred and condemned by virginians and was ended by this war. right. this time around, governor mcdonnell cut that part out. made no mention of slavery at all. criticized for that, the new moderate seeming face of the republican party said that he did not think slavery was an important enough issue to include in a proclamation on the confederacy. he told "the washington post," quote, there were any number of aspects to that conflict between the states, obviously it involved slavery. it involved other issues. but i focused on the ones i thought were most significant for virginia. see, slavery just wasn't significant enough to mention. the civil war? any number of things going on there. slavery? whatever. a spokesman for governor mcdonnell later had to clarify that comment, telling the website ta

thank you, virginia! >> it could all come down to what happens in just a few battleground states like virginia. >> virginia, you're a battleground state. it could come down to virginia and 13 electoral votes this november. both candidates are back in the commonwealth today campaigning for votes in a place that went blue for the first time in 40 years last time around. joining me now is democratic senator mark warner. when he won, people thought it was an anomaly and was the start of a trend of moving virginia from red to purple. senator, good morning. >> good morning, chuck. >> i want to ask you about the swing -- if you were to describe why virginia is a swing state, it was the state that most closely matched the national number four years ago. how the nation went, so went virginia. why? what is the uniqueness about it that makes it match the national -- the way the national picture looks? >> in a lot of ways virginians are less partisan. we don't have party i.d. in our elections. i think folks in virgin

gingrich is polling first in virginia and he lives in virginia and he pledges to deliver vastly more signatures to get on the ballot in virginia. and he did not get on the ballot. fail. and it still looks like a newt gingrich fail. who can't get on the ballot there responds to not getting on the ballot there by letting his campaign compare the situation to december 1941. he compared not getting on the ballot in virginia to pearl harbor. you cannot get more fail on the head of this pin. no more fail will fit. except it's worse here. because we're not just talking about newt gingrich. he is not the only candidate who failed to make the ballot in virginia. although nobody else compared it to pearl harbor. it is also michele bachmann, rick perry, jon huntsman, and rick santorum. none of them qualified to be on the ballot in virginia. the only choices for virginia republicans will be mitt romney and ron paul. because they are the only two who turned in enough signatures to qualify. whatever you think of the republican candidates or republican politics this year, are these two guys a reaso

they're coming into the virginia system now. so our veterans have more choices and more access to the absolute best possible care. i want to thank congressman phil roe, senator johnny isaacson, those two people have been working so hard. senator dean heller for their dedicated efforts to get this bill through congress. is very, very tough. for reasons that, i guess i understand, but it was not easy. i will tell you that phil johnny, ending work very, very hard to get it through. and, by the way i can also say others, and even some democrats. i want to say their names, go ahead say their names. >> senator koester and representative walls were key in helping us get this done mr. president. >> see, i can do it. but people fought and they fought us hard. and now the administration is fighting for you. we are working night and day to ensure our brave veterans are provided with world-class treatment which is what they are getting, world-class treatment. by the way, again, we are here for just a little more than six months. you are see

justin fairfax will become the fifth black governor of virginia. he said, as someone whose great-grandfath great-grandfather was enslaved in virginia, this episode strikes particularly close to me. >> we're on this really reflective moment of this history in virginia, and we need to rise to the ladies of our nature. >> president trump also weighed in yesterday, criticizing northam's stand on abortion. nbc's chris bennett is in richmond with more. >>> virginia governor ralph northam says it wasn't him in that racist photo from his medford yearbook. >> i am not the person in this photo. >> you're saying you had no knowledge of this photo? >> that's right. i was in med school doing rotations throughout the state. >> it was a reversal for the virginia democrat who less than 24 hours ago, apologized for appearing in the photo. >> that photo and the racism that it represents does not represent who i am today. i'm deeply sorry. >> he said in 1984 he won a dance contest where he wore dark shoe polish on his face as part of a michael costume. >> i didn't pe

paul ryan was in virginia today. how do you think what's happening in virginia in terms of women's health at the state level, how do you think that's going to play into the presidential race there if at all? >> i think it's going to play heavily, rachel. i mean, virginia women are seeing time and time again republicans cling to an extreme right and bully an independent agency like they did today. the board of health. where these are independent people who have medical degrees and who understand what is necessary to deliver services to individuals in a safe manner. and what they saw was the attorney general cuccinelli bully them by sending them a letter saying, you know what, if you don't vote the way that i want you to vote, i may not represent you. you may have to incur legal fees. so this is going to feat the presidential race, because i'm hearing from women from both sides of the aisle, democrats and republicans, saying the republican party has gone too far. i cannot vote for mitt romney. i cannot vote for paul ry

over to the virginia senate. in recent years the senate has been kind of the brakes for this sort of legislation in the commonwealth of virginia. senate under democratic control had been a cooling off chamber for virginia conservatives really intrusive big government proposals on social issues. republicans are in control of the state senate and virginia politics watchers say the bill has a good chance in the senate. if it as passes the house and senate, the uber conservative governor will say nothing more than that he plans to take a look at it if it reaches his desk. but wait, there's more! not only are republicans of virginia moving to pass a bill that could ban birth control, they explicitly acknowledge could ban birth control, virginia republicans have are already passed in both chambers a bill that would have the state government force virginia women into having medically unnecessary, unwanted vaginal ultrasounds. that is a physical penetration of the body, ultrasound. by state order. without your consent. t

virginia. who had more slaves than any other state? virginia. every single president that came from virginia was a slaveholder. you can sit here and say that's not true but they are simply facts. >> why do you call the civil war the second american revolution? >> we're seeing the same issues. >> it was a war that destroyed the united states. >> mr. cooper, we're seeing many of the same issues today that the confederacy fought for 150 years ago. smaller government. >> like what? >> lower taxation, less imperialistic government, too. >> are you saying that the current efforts by republicans are similar to efforts by confederate soldiers? >> no, i'm not. i'm saying the issues, many of the issues, which were part of the confederacy in 1860, you still see today. >> those issues were pretty much resolved by the civil war. go ahead, roland. >> no. secession was resolved by the civil war. that was the only issue that was truly resolved. >> seceded because of slavery primarily. these are the ones that use states rights. the two biggest reasons they've us

he's running really in virginia as an obama liberal on the culture. previous democratic winners in recent decades in the state have run more as cultural centrists. i'm talking about tim kaine and mark warner. cautious on things like gun control, like the abortion issue, like the environment. but now, mcauliffe's really running on this new coalition. this coalition of young people, as kim talked about, women, minorities. does that mean virginia's changing as a state and becoming a much more democratic? >> well, by the way, terry mcauliffe is about as much a virginian as you and -- >> hey, lived in virginia for 13 years, my friend. >> i know you did. >> i escaped the beltway. you stayed there! >> he's about as -- look, he is a creature of washington it and the point about virginia politics, it's very interesting, there's northern virginia, which has a huge population, which is connected to washington, but then there's the rest of the state, which is more a southern state. ken cuccinelli will have to clean up in those areas outside of northern virginia i

he was governor of virginia when the virginia tech massacre happened in 2007. before that he was lieutenant governor of virginia. before that he was the mayor of richmond. before that he was a city councilor in richmond. he speaks in spanish. he's a devout catholic. he grew up in kansas city. his dad was a welder. he has big, ornate eyebrows which his staff tease him about and occasionally they surface in his campaign literature. the senate foreign relations committee. he played an aggressive role to get congress to debate and authorize military force against isis. he is broadly seen in democratic politics as a nice guy. he is broadly liked i think the equivalent politician in terms of democratic politics for somebody who doesn't really seem to have an enemy in the world would probably be someone like senator amy korbachar who was on chris hayes last hour. has a good reputation as a decent, solid person who treats people with respect. he just doesn't have a lot of political enemies for a life in politics. now that said, liberals wanted hillary clinton to pick s

what it means for the families of west virginia. what it means for the future of west virginia. if west virginia decides to send a senator to washington who's going to be there to fight for wall street. for those who've already made it. or what it will mean for west virginia to have a person who will get up every morning and go to work to absolutely work her heart out for the families of west virginia. i'm here because i believe in democracy. i believe in what we can do together. i believe in natalie tennant. she's going to be your next senator. make it happen. make it happen. make it happen. make it happen. >> e liz wlizabeth warren, demo surprising new campaign weapon in red states. joining us now, the capital bureau chief for the charleston "daily mail" in west virginia. when i look at west virginia, kentucky, a lot of red states where control of the senate is sport of going to be determined this year. the prevailing logic there for i don't know how long has been a democrat who wants to win west virginia has to get as far away as humanly possible from anyone who's associated