good morning to you. i'm francis in for tamron hall. this is "newsnation." we begin with the investigation into a massive rocket explosion along the virginia coast. right now a team of nasa and faa investigators are on the ground in virginia. they are trying to figure out why an unmanned rocket exploded moments after lift off last night. search teams are collecti i debris at the launch pad, surrounding beach and water. it could be seen and heard for miles around. take a look at the video taken from an observation area near the launch site. the mission was run by a commercial company hired by nasa. it was carrying 5,000 pounds of cargo all of which was lost. along with a rocket and the capsule. the total loss? $200 million. luckily no one was hurt.

in cape canaveral. the launch of another rocket this one carrying a gps satellite into orbit will go ahead this afternoon. joining me via skype jay braarb are. thank you for being with us. we're in the early stages of the investigation today. what are investigators looking for. how long could it take? >> first of all, the investigation could go for months. i hope it doesn't take that long, but obviously the most suspicious item when you look at the video you see the explosion start and the first stage of the rocket. that is where the two main engines, the aj 26 russian engines are. these engines were built in the 1970s. they were mocked by aerojet and refurrished in this country. three years ago, one of them caught on fire when they were testing. it earlier this year, one blew

up on the test stand when they were testing it. that's the obvious suspect right now. the aj 26 engines. the atlas 5 that you refer to, francis, that will be launching at 1:21 this afternoon going into space has russian engines, also, but they're more up to date rd 18 engines. they're not the same at all. that will be taking off going into space. also, important for people to know even though they lost one of their commercial carriers here with orbital science, they still have a spacex who has been very successful in placing in docking with and delivering cargo to the space station. also, the russians have their own progress rocket. it docked this morning carrying 2 1/2 tons of food and supplies about two hours ago. there's plenty of food, water, oxygen, supplies on the international space station for

well into march possibly april or may. without deliverying anything. >> i would think a fire and blowing up some of the commitment recently would sent some red flags. i'm sure that's something they'll look into to. thank you for that perspective. to politics now. the headline from our nbc news first read team plenty of uncertainty with less than a woke to go. new polls this morning in key races for control of the senate. david purdue leads michelle nunn by three-points but that contest appears to be headed for a runoff in january if no one in the three-person race gets a 50% of the vote next week. a new hampshire republican and former massachusetts senator scout brown hold a single point lead over jean shaheen seeking a second term. in kansas a huge race here.

independent greg orrman has a two point late over senator pat roberts. in iowa jonni ernst has a lead over bruce braley. big name republicans and democrats are out today. marco rubio just appear at the rally in iowa for ernst. and hillary clinton will be in iowa later today to campaign for bruce braley. time to bring in our political panel today nbc news political editor mark murray. huffington post managing editor, and editor at large and msnbc political analyst joan walsh. all three we're heading up. six days to go. we thank you for your time here as we try to break this down. mark, let's start with you this morning. a new washington post shows americans expect the gop to take control of the senate by a margin of 13 points. so break down what you're seeing

today. >> i think that sentiment is probably about right. i think all the promost caters think the republicans have the advantage. there's the possibility that democrats can hold on in these tight competitive senate races right now. in some ways it's almost a tail of two electorates now. you look at the national polls that are out there, it seems that republicans are on the precedence of a wave election. when you look at the other contested states, we're talking about the contested senate battle grounds, there are so many close contests. we often see in past elections often time the toss up close contest break in one direction. it's very possible a lot of elections allow democrats to have good news come election day. it's just now time for people to start counting the votes. >> absolutely. and again leading up to this with days ahead. let's hear what mitt romney had to say in an interview today on morning joe about the gop's prospect of taking control of the senate. >> everything is about getting more senators elected for my

party so we can have a house and a senate that can pass bills. >> do you think that will happen? >> i do but it's close. it's hard to predict. we'll pick up a lot of seats. do we get the majority or not? i don't know. if we do we'll end gridlock. we'll pass bills. >> right. we're talking about ten close calls here. in some cases by five points or less. is the bottom line most of the races are too close to call. what do you see happening? >> they are too close to call. we may not know who controls the senate until december or january if the race is in georgia and louisiana go into a runoff. right now it really is the republican's sort of election to lose. they haven't had any big gaps like they did in the last election with todd akin and the legitimate rape comment. i think democrats have done a solid job in putting many of their republican counter parts on the defensive. you see in georgia david purdue has to keep answering questions about his outsourcing comments.

right now it's just still too close to call in a lot of races. >> a lot can happen in the six days that is left. anything can happen in short of a misstep that you talked about. joan, what is key for next tuesday? turn out? >> i think turn out is key. we're seeing a lot of early voting but election day matters. and the republicans have done something very unique that mark talked about. two electorate. we have a midterm electorate where republicans are narrow castly mainly to white voters. democrats are still playing the field. trying to get in the south, white working class voters who may not like the president as well as really emphasize black and latino turn out. it's tough. it gives more advantages in the 2016 in the presidential races but it's a tough sell in at lot of these states where they're tieing need red state democrats to the president. and they're squirming in different directions. >> speaking to that, let's talk about where the president is. where he is not as far as the campaign trail. he campaigned last night for the

democratic candidate for governor of wisconsin, mary burke who is challenging republican governor scott walker. let me play the president's remarks. >> in 2012 republicans here in wisconsin repealed a statewide fair pay law. think about that. just like i don't understand why somebody would be against somebody having health insurance, i don't understand why would you want to repeal a law to make sure that women are treated fairley on the job? that's your platform? that's your agenda? earlier this year, it don't make no sense. >> let's run down where the president will be. heads to maine tomorrow, rhode island friday, michigan saturday, and pennsylvania and connecticut on sunday. all but one of those appearances will be for candidates for governor. he'll make just one appearance in michigan for a senate candidate. mark, it seems like a clear deliberate move. >> yeah, it is. one of the reasons why senate

contests are usually more federalized races. in some ways it makes sense for him to play in a gubernatorial race where the issues aren't necessarily what you're going to do in washington, d.c. more what you're doing in your nation's capitol. and the president being in milwaukee yesterday that's to turn out democratic voters. there's a reality the president isn't as popular as 2012. his approval ratings is in the low 0u. that often doesn't make you an asset. the democrats are trying to pick and choose where he can be an asset. they're putting him in places like milwaukee last night and going forward where he can turn out the democratic voters. >> republicans have made president obama the central key issue when it comes to the race. we've seen the distances of the democrats here. how difficult is that going to be for some democratic candidates in the days to come? >> i think it is difficult. i think, you know, mary will rely on the president. because african-american turn

out was very high. it's above other cities. it's important to her. it's going to come down to whenever side can motivate their base. the president does that in milwaukee and wisconsin generally. not so much other places. >> so much to watch. t thank you so much for your perspective. developing now secretary hagel has signed an order that all u.s. military returning from west africa will be put under a 21-day quarantine. the pentagon said they will undergo a controlled monitoring regimen when had been recommended by the joint chiefs of staff. earlier this week, the army put a small number of soldiers returning to their base in italy on a 21-day quarantine. just over a thousand u.s. troops in liberia are there supporting efforts to combat ebola. up next more on the quarantine controversy and the nurse who described her

treatment under quarantine inhumane. she's vowing to defie quarantine in a different state. >> you know i don't plan on sticking to the guidelines. i remain apal pauled by these home quarantine policies. >> she could face legal action. and in ferguson. new details that could possibly shake the ferguson police department. lost and found. the father who vanished from the denver broncos game was finally located more than 100 miles away. he's okay but it's raising more questions this morning. you can find the team on twitter @"newsnation." alright guys. the usual. double wings, extra ranch. we need to do something different. callahan's? ehh, i mean get away, like, away away. road trip? double wings, extra ranch. feels good to mix it up.

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a quarantine fight first with new jersey governor chris christie is taking on officials in maine. kaci hickox returned on friday said she will not obey maine's 21-day home quarantine. in an interview on the "today" show she said she won't be bullied by politicians. >> i adopt plan on sticking to the guidelines. i remain apalled by these home quarantine policies that have been forced upon me even though i'm in perfectly good health. if the restrictions placed on me by the state of maine are not lifted by thursday morning, i will go to court to fight for my freedom. >> and joining me now here in studio is nbc's kate snow. we're hearing state trooper is sitting outside of her home here. what are officials saying? >> she's in far northern maine in this small town. there's a state trooper outside the home now. it's a home she shares with her boyfriend. we're not sure what the trooper

is doing there. the state police have said they don't want to comment on what action they may or may not take. here is what we know. the governor's office is working with maine state health officials telling us they're going find the legal authority to enforce the quarantine. they hoped she would voluntarily comply but clearly she intends to challenge this quarantine. >> out of new jersey but not home free. the state of maine now wants nurse kaci hickox to stay in quarantine at home for 21 days but her lawyers say she'll fight that. health officials in maine wouldn't comment specifically on her case but said they could order a quarantine if it came to that. >> we will pursue the necessary legal authority to enforce the quarantine. >> overnight hickox and her boyfriend returned to the apartment at the college town of fort kent some neighbors have been concerned about having them there. consequentidently look who else was in maine tuesday night. new jersey governor chris christie campaigning for maine's

republican governor. christie, whose rule sent hickox to a quarantine tent for three days isn't backing down. >> it looks like you have to defend this in court. >> whatever. get in line. >> without mentioning christie by name, president obama said states imposing strict quarantines could discourage doctors and nurses from going to the front lines. >> i want to make sure every e policy we nut place is supportive of their efforts. if they are successful we're going it have to worry about ebola at home. >> earlier the president spoke with amber vitamnson who is bacn dallas. she is the one traveling on two airports. of the 163 people vinson came into contact with 2 1/2 weeks ago, no one has gotten sick which is part of why most in the medical establishment say strict quarantines are unnecessary.

ebola is very hard to transmit early on. doctors say as days go by the amount of virus in the body grows leading to symptoms like vomiting an diarrhea. as you get sicker you're more and more contagious. at the white house later this afternoon, the president said to meet with health care workers on the way to west africa or just back. he's making a big show of saying we've got treat these people well. we have to have the right policies in place. he doesn't want people to be scared to go over to fight ebola in the first place. >> sure. governor christie saying bring it on. i'm standing by this. how about the governor of maine. she's home there now. we have a state trooper sitting there which speaks volumes. >> we haven't directly from the governor yesterday. governor christie was with him last night campaign for him. they are both republicans, obviously. he has said in a statement, as i said before, they're going do something to stop her and make sure she complies with the protocol in maine. we're trying to find him in

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we're just back from texas to check on the effort. what you found in texas is fascinating and interesting. what did you find? >> we found this sunday at a lot of local churches an effort they call freedom sunday commemorating the freedom summer marches 50 years ago saying it's unfair. it's a community often feeling targeted but we're going to get out and vote and educate people. those having trouble under the new rules, which many say are confusing. let's take a look. >> if you came to praise god my god said make a joyful noise. it's sunday morning in southwestern dallas. pastor frederick douglass hans is getting his 12,000 member congregation ready to worship. and ready to vote. >> i say freedom sunday. i need do you clap like you're

appreciative of the fact that you have the right to vote. >> several churches across texas are heading from the pews to the polls and invoking the 1964 freedom summer campaign for a new freedom sunday to counter texas' strict new voter id law. >> people feel the schroeder id l -- voter id laws are targeting them. >> no question. black, brown, and poor people find themselves without the id that the state now requires. even college students. there's something wrong. okay, my gun license is okay but not my college identification? >> just weeks before the election, a lower court threw out texas' voter id rule but the supreme court reinstated it while the case is on appeal. dissending to the ruling justice ginsburg said it was likely a unconstitutional poll tax.

leading a congregation of 30,000, he agrees. >> it shows that few people violated the right to vote. it's a needless law. >> a democratic protection voter effort in the state and fields calls all day and ready for a new law. >> we assembled and built the voter protection program. it's the largest, most coordinated. making sure that every eligible voter will be out there. >> we've the help available others say texas has made voting too hard. >> i've gone twice to get the voter id card. she come back we're out. you have to wait until next week. >> there's no way to determine how many others face similar problems. texas isn't counting. joaquin castro wants the feds to audit the impact. >> how many people were turned away because of the new requirements? >> others including vincent hall

a 56-year-old who voted sunday in dallas said gop efforts and voter suppression could have the opposite effect. >> it's something being told you can't that makes you want to get out and do it. >> and i heard that from several voters we did talk to at the early polling locations saying this makes me want to get my voice heard. but there's a larger legal question here over whether this rule is even legal. >> that sense it may not be -- where does the case go? it may make the way back to the supreme court. >> that's something people get frustrated with. a lower court and said it is discrimination. it is unfair. the reason why texas' law looks so much worse for them. as we reported they're only taking certain kinds of id. there doesn't seem to be a real reason, a legitimate reason to say a state-issued college id doesn't say who you are. unless you're trying to target certain people and distort the election outcome. they only said the law can stand

while it make the way through the appeal. ultimately the supreme court may have the final word and could overturn the law. what is messed up, if they do we'll have had an election using it even if it was discrimination found later by the court. >> exactly. you think about, you know, six days away for this election here and lot of people the frustrations they've expressed saying i want my voice. i need my voice out there because the piece of paper i have here i can't. >> it is tough. and justice ginsburg's dissent got a lot of attention. she pointed out up to 600,000 texans who are eligible voter need to get the eye additional id there are people who live two hours away from the place to get the id. if you don't drive, it becomes a burden. >> it is a whole another country. thank you so much. we appreciate your being here.

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he was found more than 200 miles away from his home at the k mart hire. police say at least part of the way he walked here. the broncos fan who vanished from last thursday's game reappeared. six days later, 100 miles away in pueblo, colorado. denver police tweeting late tuesday no foul play suspected as for how paul got to pueblo, local police say he walked. when asked why he told police i got tired of watching the game. kiterman never cared much for big crowds last thursday when friends offered him and his stepson tickets to what would be their first ever broncos game, they didn't hesitate. >> we were super surprised of how big it was 75,000 was a lot to be around. >> the perfect day, perfect situation. there's nothing to be wrong. >> at halftime kiterman, his

stepson, and a couple of friends got together for the picture. minutes later kiterman disappeared without a cell phone and with only $50 cash. completely silent from the third quarter. police helped jared make missing person fliers. paul wasn't seen for five days until tuesday when pueblo police say he was spotted wandering around a local k mart parking lot. the mystery of the missing bronco's fan solved in a way no one could have expected. and the family among those baffled by what happened they are asking for privacy. denver police say it is fortunate he was found at all and safe. they say that the city gets up to ten missing persons cases every day. >> fascinating case. thank you. boiling hot lava is getting closer but homes in hawaii's big island. that tops our look at stories

around the "newsnation." the lava flow burned the first building in hawaii. up to 50 homes are in the path. the rock is about 300 feet from the nearest home and could cross the main highway as early as friday. there are reports of a shake upcoming up to ferguson's police department in the shooting death of unarmed michael brown in august. local and federal officials say chief thomas jackson could resign as early as next week. chief jackson denies the report. if i resign, it will be my choice. the police department also denied the report. officer darren wilson who shot brown could resign as well. there could be a full scale take over of the ferguson force by the st. louis county police. and former baseball player recovering after accidentally shooting himself at his home in las vegas. police say he shot his left-hand

while cleaning a gun. his fiancè said he didn't know it was loaded. doctors told him he will never have full use of his hand again. turning now to born in the usa series. we highlight american business success stories. today we're focussing on a dmaen is no stranger to the spotlight. it's a beloved staple of those already in the limelight harlem ha haberdashery has been open for two years. it's been called as one of the best places to shop in the city. it's a retail expression of guy woods' custom clothing line. some of the stars to wear the label are jay-z, alicia keys. the company has deep ties to the

harlem community having launched a social nonprofit that gives back to their historic neighborhood. joining me now is shareen wood. thank you for being with us. congratulations on two years of your store. 20 years of designing for your husband. >> thank you for having us. >> this is great. your husband began designing about 20 years ago under 5,001 flavors. so many people want the design. they need the first spotlight say who are they wearing? and how does that happen with your husband? >> well, we started the company 5,001 flavors 22 years ago and primarily are a custom clothing company that caters to celebrities, artists and entertainers. one of our first clients was uptown records and we did a cd cover and wound up working with a great group of people.

>> once that starts i'm sure it's like hey where did you get that, what are you wearing? >> yeah. our business basically was a referral based business. you carry not just 5,001 flavors but other designers. finding those new designers out there whom we may not know. >> we do. usually the celebrities that we work love unique designed outfits. they have the cool brand, it's about who we are. and we knew that our client had the red carpet moment. they're not celebrities but they offer the unique designs. most of our designers at harlem haberdashery are young and emerging designers. that are new and don't have a

lot of distribution in other stores. we have our own signature line there. we cater to people who have, like i said, they're own red carpet. >> it sounds nice who are you wearing and then these celebrities say guy woods. that's got to feel awesome. >> it is. and i would like to say every customer is their own brand. we work with each customer to create a look good for them. >> it's fascinating you house your building here malcolm x's former home. >> yes. we wanted to open up the store we knew we had to be uptown. guy and i are from harlem. it's legendary fashion, history, and the people we love in harlem. we wanted to style harlem haberdashery in a brown stone. it's like coming into our family. our designers are family members of our fans and followers are

family members. we definitely are part of a family. >> i'm sure that's why people love it. you stay with the community. with everything you're doing and how busy this business keeps you you also have time for to scare reach out for others. i think there's two or three organizations here that you're involved with. you also have elegant for the prom which collects hundreds of used clothes there for teens when they go prom. >> yeah. we feel we are a family brand. family owned and operated. we feel like when you into our store you come into our family. family takes care of family family. it's important for us to give back to harlem. we have new initiative called

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candidate cory gardener. he's narrowly leading mark udall. he released this yesterday touting his endorsement from the denver post and other newspapers. >> newspapers say mark udall is running an obnoxious, one-issue campaign. >> trying to frighten voters. >> it is an insult. >> it has backfired. >> the denver post says gardner's election would pose no threat to women's rights. >> cory gardner made clear he won't support bans on contraceptions. >> and senator udall is firing back after a campaigning boost for former president bill clinton at rallies monday and yesterday. he sat down with rachel maddow and had this to say about the race. >> when you look at this race, you look at the case i've been making. this is a serious choice that coloradoans have right now. are we going to move the state forward or go backwards? i think it's so wrong for the state. >> joining me now is host of

msnbc's "up," with a closer look at how this race could shape up. always good to get your perspective when it comes to this, steve. >> let's start with the obvious bad news for democrats. as you say, mark udall, running for reelection, state democrats really hoping to hang on to. what you're seeing here is the average of all polls taken in colorado right now. and you're seeing mark udall, the democrat losing by a little bit more than three points. that's significant when you're talking about the average of all polls. that's the bad news for democrats. whenever your party's behind, you're going to say the polls are wrong. there's a reason for that. i want to show you what that reason is. so go back here and see the battleground. inside colorado here. we have to go back to 2010 to show you this. this is the last time a major competitive senate election was held in colorado. in the year 2010 and what you see here is michael bennett the democrat, he was an appointed incumbent.

very close race. 48-46. 2010, that's the republican wave year. the tea party backlash. all of that, you know, states all over the country were turning red. colorado state blue. the amazing thing about this race was, for the final month of this campaign, there were 11 polls taken in colorado. in none of those 11 polls did michael bennett, the democrat lead. he did not lead in a single poll in the last month and won on election day. how did he win on election day? this is basically the rosetta stone. they want to replicate this this year. they think they can prove the polls wrong. i want to highlight a couple places. in this circle. denver and the suburbs around denver. and this is el paso county. where colorado springs is. the air force academy, focus on the family, very conservative. this is the republican heart of colorado here. this is the democratic heart of colorado here. so when udall talks about defying the polls when his campaign talks about defying the polls, there's something specific they're looking at. two things, one, take a look at

this, this is suburban jefferson county. just outside of denver. and you see the numbers here in 2010 mirrored what happened statewide. 48-46 for the democrats. so can they replicate that? can they -- the suburban voters turn against the republican? if that doesn't happen, they need to turn it out in denver. 190,000 voters turn out in denver. bennett won 3/4 of the vote there. so election night, that's where to be looking. coming in the suburbs with republicans defecting? or is it coming from denver with higher turnout. one of those two things is going to have to happen if the democrats prove the polls wrong again. >> fascinating to see that reminder in history here. and especially if history is going to repeat itself, you might take that same map and that same breakup and may apply again. steve, thank you very much. you can always watch "up with steve kornacki" on msnbc. there is certainly a lot going on this morning, and here are some of the things we just

thought you should know. an investigator in charge of the review of the secret service prostitution scandal from 2012. resigned after he came under suspicion of patronizing a prostitute himself. government and administration officials confirmed to nbc news the "new york times" report that david neelan stepped down in miami in august after a woman came forward and told sheriff deputies he paid her for sex. he told the "times" the allegation is not true. he's not commented yet to nbc news. he did not work for homeland security or the secret service. the white house says it is investigating what appears to be a cyber attack that hit its computer network. the network gets threats on a daily basis and while assessing a recent threat, they found what they call activity of concern on an unclassified network. however, they stress, there's no evidence classified files were breached. this attack was said to be much more significant disrupting the system for several days, and those are the things we thought you should know.

now to our newsnation gut check. a lot of responses to yesterday's topic. we asked you if you agree with a group of students at the university of california berkeley who are asking the school to cancel bill maher's invitation as commencement speaker. their change.org petition has gathered over 3,500 signatures. 75% said they should not rescind the invitation and 25% said they should. steven m. writes the entire point of college is to hear all perspectives, including ones that are controversial. l and rose says berkeley campus is the founder of the free speech movement in the 1960s. an educated person must not suppress opinions but listen to all views and decide which views they prefer to accept. this is not a simple speech. this is a commencement service. and students have a right to not want to sit and listen to someone speak at the graduation if they find this person offensive. and cheyenne agrees, listen to

the students, it's their commencement, not yours. and be sure to check out today's gut check online. find out more at newsnation.msnbc.com. and that does it for this edition of "newsnation," i'm francis rivera in for tamron hall. tamron's back here tomorrow. up next, kristen welker hosts "andrea mitchell reports." [ female announcer ] we help make secure financial tomorrows a reality for over 19 million people. [ mom ] with life insurance, we're not just insuring our lives... we're helping protect his. [ female announcer ] everyone has a moment when tomorrow becomes real. transamerica. transform tomorrow. never miss a chance to dance...

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