he claimed the obama adminstration is killing the coal industry with regulations. our fact-checkers found-- this claim is an incomplete explanation of what's happening in the coal industry. glenn is not wrong that new regulations have hurt. they've made things harder for coal companies. but the other thing that's killing them-- is something glenn said he's in favor of-- competition from other kinds of energy. glenn pushed bennet on his support of the iran prisoners a ransom. here was bennet's response. in this case-- according to our fact checkers-- bennet hasn't been listening to republicans talk. and this needs context. "ransom" implies the money was given only for the release of prisoners. it's true the united states paid iran 400 million dollars, and delivered on the same day as five hostages were released. it's important to remember the u.s. owed iran 400 million dollars. but it was used as leverage in the exchange. that combined with the timing-- leaves room for politicians to debate this point. if you want more factchecking of the senate debate-- go to 9news

he claimed the obama adminstration is killing the coal industry with regulations. 9news fact- checkers found -- that's not a "full picture" of what's going on in the industry. new regulation have made things harder... ...but the other thing that's hurting the coal industry-- is one thing glenn said he's in favor-- competition from other kinds of energy. most notably-- cheap and abundant natural gas is outcompeting coal. and it's been too much for coal this morning it's still unclear whether glenn support's his party's presidential nominee-- donald trump. over the weekend he withdrew support for him after audio leaked of him making crude comments about women. but he then went back on that monday and said he supported him. when asked where his support was last night-- here's how he responded. glenn went on to say he's extended an invitation to trump to have a conversation-- saying he quote wants to know what is in his heart. there are more debates to come from 9 news. we'll host two more on channel 20. the next one - a week from today - will cover ballot questions. then on october 20th -