. >> caught on tape, staff members of allison lundgren grimes. this is not pretty. we'll check in with kentucky start rand paul. and later tonight, "hannity" exclusive piers morgan joins me as we continue straight ahead. >>> welcome back to "hannity." we are less than 30 days away from the election day 2014. one of the most highly contested races taking place in the state of kentucky. mitch mcconnell is battling democrat allison lundgren grimes to hold onto that seat. back with us to break down what that race means for the balance of power in the u.s. senate, america's newsroom, the "hannity" big board room -- >> oh, i thought it was the billboard. >> are we going to fight over the name of this? >> check the trademark on that, sean. what i wanted to do, last week we talked about what is -- the whole story come early november is the balance of power on the senate side. so we put a what-if scenario into play here. all these 16 states lit up. you got a 55-45 majority. republicans need to get six seats. so what i wanted to do tonight was take all the races head-to-head

allison grimes, no experience, false attacks. >> i approve this message. coverage of the kentucky's in a debate between mitch mcconnell and allison lundgren grimes monday. >> in oklahoma, james lankford is running against connie johnson for the state open u.s. senate seat. this is a special election. tom coburn is retiring. this comes to us courtesy of oklahoma state university. >> oklahoma state university, i'm a professor of political science here. it is my pleasure to moderate the u.s. senate debate. this has been a joint effort between the is league of women voters and oklahoma state university. let's introduce the candidates. and jamesnson lankford. [applause]

and if he loses to opponent allison lundgren grimes, not only will it be a stunning personal rebuke, mean the gop won't take the senate. grimes, who comes from one of kentucky's prominent democratic families, came out swinging. >> together we will take this fight to mitch mcconnell and hold him accountable for his 30 years of failed leadership. >> meanwhile, mcconnell is giving as good as he gets. >> she's a partisan's partisan, she's been practicing party politics since she learned to talk. >> and the race will turn to a great extent on the economy, and who can convince voters they'll help the state get through recent tough economic times. there's no place that the struggle to get by is more deeply felt than in harlan county with a population of nearly 29,000, it's in the heart of kentucky's coal country. >> my grandfather worked in the coal mines back in the 20s and 30s. and he among others worked hard underground. and they fought for the miners to have good benefits, wages. >> frank dixon was a coal miner for 30 years. >> the miner operators-owners didn't want the union brought in.

allison lundgren grimes. and this is a 30 second spot.mitch o'connell thinks i'm barak obama. this is the same guy who i thought basketball players were u.k. and attacking me on coal after doing nothing while we've lost thousands of coal jobs. he even said it is not his job to bring jobs to kentucky. i'm not barack obama. i disagree with him on guns, coal and the epa. and mitch that is not how you hold a gun. i'm allison lundgren grimes and i approve this message. >> she gets a freebie from us. i'm hearing the democrats need to stand and fight. what if they all had stood in unison and supported the president? would this race have long ago been over? >> the race in kentucky would have been over. and i think the republicans would be in a much stronger position now. listen, elizabeth warren from a state where obama is still reasonably popular, massachusetts. and elizabeth seems to have surged ahead. but here -- the overall point is this. the elections on the midterm are closely tide to the president's coat tails. is president is in trouble t

next up, democrat allison lundgren grimes is -- some of her own campaign workers say, they were caught on under cover camera. watch this. >> you can't be a state wide politician and con tell coal, you can't, you're not gonna win. >> she's saying something positive about coal because she wants to be elected? >> riling. >> and in the state of kentucky, if you're anti-coal, you will not get elected, period. >> i mean i really don't think her part is 100% in backing coal, but she has to say she is because she will not get a huge number of votes if she doesn't. >> i mean there were several of them, we only had time for a couple. but there were several and it was a common theme, she needs to stay what she needs to say to get elected, even though she probably doesn't believe it. isn't that politics today? and that's what everybody knows, that's why there's such dissatisfaction and low poll numbers when it comes down to people's belief and trust in politicians. you have someone saying, i'm not going to listen to what's going on in d.c., or listen to those people, the other politicians, i'm jus

watch how allison lundgren grimes did it. >> i'm not barack obama.isagree with him on guns, coal, and the epa. hold athat's not how you gun. mitch mcconnell wants you to think i'm barack obama. >> with that and she is grading distance with barack obama, also taking aim at mitch mcconnell. she is doing it with the barrel of a gun at her side, something you could argue might lay in a place like kentucky -- play in a place like kentucky. >> any of these ads really resonating with voters, or are they like you when you went through these ads, they are saying enough already? thate polling shows americans say they hate these ads, they don't want to see anymore of them, but they still work. in the final month of the campaign 52 percent totally negative against the other candidate. only 26% positive in terms of the senate races, which are the most important right now. >> peter cook, you ought to get a medal for sitting through all those ads. let's look at how investors will be affected by the results of tuesday's midterms. the chief political strategist at po

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you've got democratic candidates like allison lundgren-grimes and michelle numn who refuse to say his name, had i think is a huge manages take. so they refuse to say they even voted for him. >> i blame the democrats for not having the courage to stand up and face issues like gun control, immigration reform. running away from every important issue until after the election. >> all i have to do is sit back and listen to a liberal like alan blame democrats. i mean, it's -- >> mike, there was good news about unemployment this week. will that help democrats with regard to the economy? >> i don't know that people are going to pay attention. let's face it, the ebola thing is front and center, and americans have short attention spans. this is an issue that really hits home. people are concerned about their safety, and watching an administration's failed response. >> they overhype -- >> look at this poll. here's another poll from fox news. what poses a greater threat to americans? isis or ebola? 50% say isis, alan. 27% say ebola. i still don't know if that's good news for democrats or republica

you have a lot of people talking about allison lundgren-grimes who she voted for in the last election>> did you vote for president obama in 2008 and 2012? >> you know, this election isn't about the president. it's about making sure we put kentucky back to work. i was actually in '08 a delegate for hillary clinton. i'm a clinton democrat through and through. i respect the santty of the ballot box and i know the members of the editorial board do as well. >> i don't think that the president is on the ballot. as much as mitch mcconnell might want him to be. it's my name. >> it's a long 30 seconds to avoid answering that question. we should make note it was in a louisville courier journal. it was one of the live stream events there. talk about the reaction and you think there's going to be fallout because of that. >> she could have given a much better answer than that. she could have said something along the lines of i'm a democrat. you know who i voted for in '08 and ye2012. here is why. and why you should be against republicans. part of being a politician and a successful one is being ab

as you see here, in kentucky, mitch mcconnell and also allison lundgren grimes had momentum, but at one the democrats pulled their money. and also here in arkansas where mark pryor is having a hard time answering questions about whether or not the obama administration is doing a good job on ebola. ebola and isis, big national and international issues that are playing into these local campaigns. aaron? >> tracie potts on the hill for us. thank you. >>> and ed gillespie is getting a boost from jim gilmore. the super pac is also paying for radio spots in support of the gop senate candidates joni ernst in iowa and scott brown in new hampshire. they are spending in the low six figures for all the ads. >>> this week we could find out the result on the human remains found during the search for missing uva student hannah graham. remains were found saturday in al albaramarle county. the location is just a few miles from where jesse matthew, the man charged in graham's disappearance, once lived with his mother. matthew now faces new charges from an attack that happened in fairfax county. a grand

. >>> it was debate night in kentucky monday, but democratic senate candidate allison lundgren grimesa -- >> this is a matter of principle. our constitution grants here in kentucky the constitutional right for privacy at the ballot box. >> it is a matter of principle, standing on principle rather than answering the question. >> i'm not going to compromise a constitutional right provided here in kentucky in order to curry favor on one or either side or for members of the media. >> and you won't answer that question tonight? >> again, you have that right. senator mcconnell has that right. every kentuckian has the right for privacy at the ballot box. >> her awkward response marred what was otherwise judged to be a strong debate performance against mitch mcconnell. joining me now msnbc contributor and deputy managing editor at bloomberg politics. welcome both. chris, first to you. she had said previous she voted for hillary clinton in the primary back in '08. so how does she explain asserting this constitutional right, not coming up with a more graceful answer? >> well, look. is this the

then other races we are watching in kentucky, challenger allison lundgren grimes who hat one point had against the senate minority leader, now democrats are pulling out from ads there. and we are also looking at arkansas where democrat david pryor had a hard time answering whether or not the obama administration has done a good job dealing with ebola. ebola and isis are what they are talking about out in the districts. as we look at the numbers this morning in the ten tightest senate races, in all but two of the races the republicans are tied or they have the lead. >> tracie potts on the hill for us. thank you. >>> i'm angie goff at the live desk with breaking news. a string of pennsylvania schools are closed after another reported sighting of alleged cop killer eric frein. the entire pocanos school mountain district is closed according to an alert posted on their website this morning. this after a late friday night sighting of frein. this is not the first time this has happened. the schools were closed for days after frein allegedly gunned down two police troopers in september. i'm an

the interpretation is the party is giving up on allison lundgren-grimes beating mitch mccobble so they're the party money out of that state and putting it somewhere where they think they can win. >> that's true, although it was interesting that today, i think, it was, the democratic senatorial campaign committee actually walked that back a little bit and said tler going to continue to spend some money on polling. so i'm very curious to know the flurry of phone calls that might have gone back and forth after that announcement. but you're right. the read is okay, you're suggesting that perhaps this race is no longer viable, winnable, we've got to put our resources elsewhere. you have to give alison lundergan grimes a lot of credit. >> she helped change the narrative from what it's been for the past week which is, you know, alison lundergan grimes refusing to say if she voted for the president. it certainly wasn't the home run that she needed. i think and then, of course, we spent the last two days talking about the dsc pulling out of the kentucky. i think tonight she got the boost she neede

a debate there between allison lundgren-grimes and mitch mcconnell takes place tonight.re the stakes tonight? >> well, one of the bigge applae lines ernst got when she declared that harry reid would no longer be the leader of the united states senate after she won her race. so curiously the name is banded about with great frequency here in iowa. most republicans know who he is and know the stakings in the election. so when you look at the kentucky race, people are watching it. because, of course, the republican leader who might be the next harry reid, if you will, is in a tight race there. so the insiders here are watching it. one other thing i might say about the romney and ernst push for early votes what has happened to republicans in the past is they have pushed for early votes from people who were already going to vote for the republican candidate. the test for this year's early voting on the ground here in iowa is if republicans are able to find unlikely voters and bring them in. that's what democrats did in 2012 for the obama campaign. they went out and found unlik

hampshire senator seemed to distance herself from the president while kentucky senate candidate allison lundgren-grimesif she voted for the president. >> did you vote for president obama in 2008 and 2012? >> you know, this election isn't about the president. it's about -- >> i know. >> it's about making sure we put kentucky back to work. >> having the president come would not be helpful? >> well, the president is dealing with a lot of cry cease in the world right now. i expect him to be in washington. >> joining me live now mark murray. as we know, the president's approval numbers are down, but he is still the big fund-raiser bringing in more money than anyone else in his party at this point. at least there is some part of that party that wants to bring in the cash. whether they want to stand alongside the president or not. so what is the strategy here? especially wednesday? >> well, tamron, president obama was told a long time ago and when asked how he ended up helping senate democrats and other campaigns this cycle people said just raise money. that is a reality of a president who is facing an approv

what's going on is you've got democrat candidates like mary landrieu, like allison lundgren grimes in kentucky who was even running ads until a couple of days ago on the immigration issue being against the immigration issue until latinos and other grant groups started protesting. so let's be clear eyed on what we're doing, where we are and why it's happening. and i would say the same thing on the republican side. there was this impetus to get immigration done after 2012 because we got shellacked and then we got shell-shocked by the idea that 71% of latinos had voted for the democrats, for president obama. so, yes, that was the big motivator. and, again it didn't happen this year because of politics. so it's important we be honest and clear with this and where we are because it's time that we stop being political pawns in this biggest chess game by both parties. this is an important issue, it's important not just to the latino community, the immigrant community, it's important to the country, to national security, to the economy, to modernizing what is a decrepit immigration system. it

i think allison lundgren-grimes is a great candidate. she has done very well.race the president if kentucky. he lost by 25 or 30 points to mitt romney. but you can stand up for you who you are. you can say the president has done some things i like and some things i don't like. that's what i believe. that's what you got to do. if we don't win on next a week from tuesday, which i think we may still, i'm not giving up on that, if which don't, it will be because people didn't say who they were him you can't allow your race to be about president obama. you can't get out of that by saying, oh the president is not on the ballot t. president is on the ballot t. republicans have done a great job putting him on the ballot. you have to show backbone, that's what people want more than anything else? . howard, you are right, i want to say, republicans that run away from this person or that person, i say you give voters a chance to vote for a real democrat or a fake democrat, tail vote for the real democrat every time. it's the same thing. >> i hate to say that, harry truman

. >> in kentucky, allison lundgren-grimes did have a campaign event and she did embrace the presidentas the wrong president, watch this. >> kentucky, welcome to a man who is family, to me. who is the job's president, here to endorse the jobs candidate. he didn't stop working after he left the white house, no he's tried to clear the way in washington for kentucky to have a new senator. >> not the president now. she used bill clinton. >> well bill clinton has been remarkable. in his efforts to make sure that voters understand the clear contrast and choice that americans have. which is, for democratic candidates like allison lundergan-grimes, who focuses on jobs, education and health care and getting the economy turned around. and mitch mcconnell who said, and who has supported a government shutdown a year ago, costing our economy $24 billion and predicted if he gets the majority, he'll do it again. >> but why not use president obama instead of bill clinton. >> she hasn't even said she voted for him. that would be a big jump to support his policies when she hasn't voted for him. >> she s

democrats are not going to put any more money into allison lund grant grim-- lundgren grimes campaign. is that thauz because she won't say which way she voted? >> no. i think it's because she's unlikely to win. they're transferring the money to georgia where they have a chance of at least winning the race and forcing a runoff. did allison grimes answer it the right way? of course not. it was too clever by half, and this has been an issue nor for many days because she wouldn't say the obvious. everybody knows she voted for obama. she should simply have said in the beginning i'm an elected democratic official. i voted democratic as i usually do. it's my obligation to my party. that's it. you know, you take the hit, you move on. but the fact that she's refusing to answer it i think adds to her problems. >> i'm going to run another is very clear that missate in grimes is putting as much distance as possible between herself and president obama. roll tape. >> you've said that you were a clinton democrat. and i'm curious about what in your mind separates a clinton democrat from an obama demo