could be a few democrats, maybe some of thome up for re-election in tough races, red states like mark pryor of arkansas, or kay hagan of north carolina. we haven't heard from her yet. but it looks as though democrats and republicans frankly behind the scenes are pretty confidence that this is going to go through. >> this is a compromise that sailed through the house of representatives. but with every compromise, you're going to end foo people on both sides unhappy with

anyway, i'll move on to mark pryor here. resting that tom cotton took a stand in defense of his opponent. >> yeah, look, the fact is here it's interesting to hear cotton come out and defend pryor because the nrsc is pretty dug in on that line of attack saying, hey, you know, mark pryor had previously said that the bible is not a rulebook to legislating, which is pretty typical d.c., you know, finding a piece someone had said, using it against them, and now saying this guy wants to tout religion. tom cotton took that completely off the table and said, we're not going there, not going to get sucked into what maybe he saw as a trap. >> let's talk about the strategy for mark pryor. obviously, we know what part of the country he lives in and represents and why the ad certainly might be seen as a wise strategy in his state. but it is an interesting one. >> well, some evangelicals are certainly an important block of voters there. the thing that it automatically reminded me of was the last arkansas candidate running for office who us

and it could turn on mark pryor in arkansas. take a look at his new ad. >> i'm not ashamed to say that i believe in god and i believe in his work. the bible teaches us no one has all the answers, only god does. and neither political party is always right. this is my compass, my north star. it gives me comfort and guidance to do what's best for arkansas. i'm mark pryor, and i approved this message because this is -- >> that's pretty remarkable. one of the most endangered democrats in a red state. actually being targeted by mike bloomberg's mayors against guns campaign to the distress now of bloomberg's allies in the democratic senate who think they could, if they're going to lose the senate, it could be because pryor goes down. >>, no i don't think there's a biblical verse that says, let's there be silence. but in keeping with the theme of that, we've managed to get some silence. i think obviously the challenge a lot of these senate democrats are facing right now, particularly in those red states, is this unpopularity with obama

i'm mark pryor and i approved this message because this is who i am and what i believe. >> the nationalreally not a rule book for political issues. the committee's communications director wrote so is the bible mark pryor's compass providing the guidance to do what's best or is it not a good rule book for political issues and rules in the senate. guess it's which mark pryor you ask. they write that is an incredibly bizarre and offensive e-mail from the press secretary. we should all agree that america is better off when the public officials in both parties have the humility to seek guidance from god. marco rubio's pack is spending six figures promoting the military service and conservative beliefs. they have to go to our special guest, joe scarborough. thank you for coming in and visiting the program. >> i'm kind of nervous. >> have we given you something to talk about? >> get to the point. >> boy, he said he had to show courage. >> a lot of courage to run that type of ad. i'm not afraid to admit. a lot of courage to run that? arkansas when you are in political trouble. i don't know how

i am mark pryor, this is who i am in what i believe. host: reverend lynn, appropriate? guest: completely inappropriate. this is a terrible way to start a campaign. trying to interject religion in multiple ways. we do not look to holy scripture to make outlook policy in washington or in any state capital. we should be looking to the commonly shared values of the constitution. there are really good ones there. and not act like anyone's holy scripture, including the bible, is a kind of ethical road map through all of the issues. it is inconceivable to me that senator pryor or any of his colleagues could decide policy on syria, edward snowden, obamacare, based on some kind of facts he would gain from his christian bible. and then apply them to the complexities of this life. that is not what the bible is. he is perfectly in his right to talk about his belief in jesus christ. when he seems to tie that as a guide to its public policymaking, he is making a very big mistake. constitutionally and personally. host: dr. land? guest: it is a totally appropriate ad. he is running for

others especially those senate if you're running in the senate if you're kay hagan in the south or mark pryor in arkansas then you really got worried because public wants health care they do want health care and you know you have a majority who think this is still a bad idea they think it's confusing if you dig into that a little bit i still think people want it to be successful and the reason why this is such critical days is you know you look at any of these entitlement programs once they become part of the firmament of the entire state then you can't take away people are going to give up. and i think that's what they're counting. what we have when you discuss edmund burke i guess we've always had it what. would you say if you're looking at this country right now we have an unpopular president unpopular congress who's popular. yeah i really am stuck they want to see formidable american figure who most politically would say yes i think there are some governors who have that. they may not have it on a national scale i think chris christie has some of that. you know i think there are some gove

i am mark pryor, this is who i am in what i believe. host: reverend lynn, appropriate?tely inappropriate. this is a terrible way to start a campaign. trying to interject religion in multiple ways. we do not look to holy scripture to make outlook policy in washington or in any state capital. to theld be looking commonly shared values of the constitution. the really -- there are really good ones there. like anyone's holy scripture, including the bible, is a kind of ethical road map through all of the issues. it is inconceivable to me that senator pryor or any of his colleagues could decide policy on syria, edward snowden, obamacare, based on some kind of facts he would gain from his christian bible. and then apply them to the complexities of this life. that is not what the bible is. he is perfectly in his right to talk about his belief in jesus christ. when he seems to tie that as a guide to its public policymaking, he is making a very big mistake. constitutionally and personally. host: dr. land? guest: it is a totally appropriate ad. he is running for senate and was the

into the 2014 election, this is definitely going to be a liabilitfor democrats like kay hagan, mark pryorbecause they know that americans are going to hold them accountable and liable when it comes to the midterm election. charles: to michelle's point, you don't want to talk about obamacare, but the governor's race is only about 24 hours awwd have been a democratic victory due to what have been part of obacare. this is a draconic problemor the president. >> i'm not going to say that it's not a problem. but to the point of this, not being able to bounce back, i run campaigns for a living and we put the republican party in the grave because of the shutdown. the poll numbers willis we have ever seen. the greatest thing that ever happened was the affordable care act. is the ac a problem? i'm a democrat, i'm the first one to say that the rollout should have been better. >> the rollout is just the beginning. people are very unhappy right now. not becae of eir premiums. many have not seen the premiums. they're upset because they can't access the website. wait until they see their emiums. people

red state democrat mark pryor. >> yes. even a so-called fact checker knows the president's promise you can keep your health care plan if you like it was the lie of the oh year. marc pryor said he just learned that but he voted for obamacare and for the very regulation causing people to lose their health insurance. i gesds he didn't know or understand. >> didn't he regurgitate the same talking points as the president is this. >> absolutely. he's been saying for four years it would help you. if you liked your health insurance you could keep it. i guess he didn't know or understand and the people of arkansas realized he's directly responsible for up to 50,000 arkansas getting higher deductibles and co-payses. >> your race is one of the most important to watch in the election year. all that's said and done here but the bottom line is the president just will not budge, won't make significant changes. one delay after another. a lot of it is lawless. i don't think he can issue edicts and change provisions of the law the way he ha

this from democratic senator mark pryor.nother democrat in a southern state in a tough reelection battle. this has been getting a lot of attention on youtube. let's watch. >> i am not ashamed to say i believe in god and his word. the bible teaches us no one has all the answers. only god doug -- does. neither political party is always right. this is my compass, my north star. it gives me comfort and guidance arkansas. is best for i am mark pryor and i approved this message because this is who i am and what i believe. this race will get a lot -- a lot of attention. an important democrat seat, one republicans think they can recapture. what is the at all about? the values ofg to arkansas. if you're going to run for youic office in arkansas, should probably stand next to god and be right on guns. those issues matter to a voter to matter what your party affiliation is. candidate for the senate does not make an ad like this unless they believe they are vulnerable on issue that matters to the constituents. if people do not believe m

mark pryor and marc begich in alaska. the other interesting thing is remember this, this is not the end of the democratic exposure on this. the four red state senators running for re-election who said the same thing. i have chronicled in my column how they said the same thing the president said and are trying to get out of it. in 2010 the republicans picked up six seats in the senate. they picked up four of those seats in states barack obama had carried two years before. only two were in states john mccain carried. this means next year purple states like new hampshire, michigan, minnesota will be a difficulty where you have -- >> franken, shaheen -- >> and an open seat in michigan. there is a new poll. >> senate race, the gop leads there. how do you feel about the candidates now? we have had problems over the years with picking the right candidates. achen was a disaster. hurt the whole party. murdoch didn't help either with his comments. >> we have a way to go but i think the quality of candidates is significantly better

. >> and coming up in 2014 are, you know, the key senate fights, which right now you've got mark pryortial of losing the senate. >> right. the reason why the playing field looks so favorable for republicans, we're talking about arkansas, alaska. you look at louisiana, north carolina. north carolina is actually the most democratic leaning out of all the state and president obama lost it in 2012. looks good for republicans right now, but we have almost a year to go. >> mark murray, that's why we love politics. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." follow the show online and on twitter @mitchellreports. tamron hall has a look at what's next. >> hello, andrea. coming up, several developing stories in the next hour. first, india's foreign min stir demanding the united states drop a case against a diplomat that was strip searched. we'll have the latest. >>> plus, a judge decided just a few hours ago that the suburban detroit man who admits to shooting and killing unarmed teenager renesh amc bribe will stand trial for second-degree murder. we'll talk with nbc legal analy

in one release mark pryor release said pryor's deciding vote for obama care cut from medicare including nearly 5.4 billion collectly from arkansas. it's a familiar line of attack that was litigated and litigated and litigated and discredited in the last election. >> when congressman ryan looked into the camera and attacked president obama's medicare savings as "the biggest coldest power play," i didn't know whether to laugh or cry. that $716 billion is exactly to the dollar the same amount of medicare savings that he had in his own budget. >> that's always been a problem for republicans on this line of attack. house republicans tell us that they are not looking at the medicare attack line. they want to continue to highlight individual stories when it comes to health care. stories about canceled plans or higher costs. here's what we know they are not going to do. they are not going to walk away from the issue. it's too potent of an issue for the base and what they believe swing voter concerns are when it comes to how government managed this. you can tell the republican party without the

think you will see increasingly the red state democrats and mary landrieu and mark bag itch and mark pryorgns about anything else besides obama care. when that comes up, keeping a safe distance. >> i want to bring up a quote and it's a blind quote from somebody who turned down a job from the president and said to some extent you are seeing the clinton effect. why take the risks of worging in a second obama administration when you can make $300,000 and work for hillary. this is a democrat saying this. a blind quote, here's the thing. it's stunning to read and not stunning to hear. >> it's not stunning at all in the fact that it's the way washington thinks. if you told me the president would not pass gun control, of course not. immigration we thought was something where there was potential for movement. part of this is the republicans. there is big policy visiting the republicans. that's driving this. they passed a tax increase with the president, but in general not a lot moving. things are going to move on and they are looking and talking about hillary clinton and what's going to happen the

alaska, obviously begich in trouble, arkansas, mark pryor, south dakota retiring senator and idaho, which is actually solid gop. you do have four states where you could test this as a ballot issue but a turnout mechanism theoretically for democrats. >> yes, you could see it. obviously as you pointed out, alaska and arkansas would be the most important places where you could see that happen and have interesting dynamics. alaska you don't have as huge a population. when you have a boost in turnout and off year, that could matter. arkansas used to be a blue state. obviously republicans have made tremendous gains there and that will be very important. >> have you to figure clintons are going to go in and play a little bit. just a little bit. robert, are republicans cognizant getting away from president obama aspect, they want to national liz but on a state level, this minimum wage issue actually holds some danger for them. >> that's true. i think republicans are aware of that. right now it's not acceptable within most of the republican party to really be articulating a new position on minimum

number four might be the toughest hold possibility for the democrats there, democratic senator mark pryor to struggle there. republican tom cotton may be the best recruit for the republican side that they found. coming in at number three for us is maybe the linchpin race. if democrats hold louisiana, the path for the republicans to get their six suddenly is totally blocked. this has been among the most contentious races we've seen in this off year already. republicans have to figure out if bill cassidy can get through and make it to the finals before he gets beaten up. he's also had some fund-raising problems. at number two, florida governor. let me just put it to you this way. it's rick scott, it's charlie crist, well-known figures. in 2000, bush and gore competed in 12 swing states over a 90-day period. combined they spent $130 million. 14 years later in one state race, you are going to have two candidates spend close to $200 million on one race. think about that. >>> finally, there's kentucky senate, which apparently is so big and so hot that it's not on my board, but this has got it a

. >> which candidate running for the united states senate, kay hagan, landrieu, mark pryor, begich, tellwhich one of these candidates that's running in one of these big senate races is going to run on obama care? who? >> any of our candidates will run on the fact that a young adult can stay on parents insurance. >> insurance companies have already said they're going to provide it. >> strong debate between the two chairs of the political parties here in the united states. don't forget, crossfire airs weeknights 6:30 p.m. eastern only on here on cnn. harry reid is one of the staunchest supporters of obama care. why is he letting some of his staff opt out of buying insurance through the new health care exchanges? according to chris frates, reid is the only top congressional leader to grant exceptions to some of his staff. lisa day jordan has been tracking congress's own health care decisions and certainly helped with the story. how is harry reid able to do what he's doing and why is he the only congressional leader that has made this decision? >> he is the only of the top four congressional

when you look at what's going on in a state like arkansas, with senator mark pryor a vulnerable democrat and the party has coalesced around one candidate. they're in agreement there's not going to be an interparty fighting. but other states like kentucky with mitch mcconnell, georgia, where you have these really, really extremist tea partiers who have said really controversial things and they have some decent democratic candidates. so you look at someone like john cornyn who has a primary reason in the home state of texas and he was called a liberal 27 times. he was ranked the most conservative senator and he was called a liberal 27 times. >> it's so interesting mitch mcconnell gets backed into a corner because kennect has done so well for the uninsured in kentucky. if he comes out and says anything great about obama care and the good people of kentucky now insured, the tea partiers will go after him like nobody's business on that. but it's interesting to see what direction the wind will go on that one. when we look at paul ryan and we talk about on a national stage, suzy, let me ask you

we had video from mark pryor, the senator from arkansas talking about him. and once you -- he's called the, what, fightingest man in the united states senate? let's find out what that means. >> in 1930, he was elected as arkansas's governor but was immediately selected to fill a vacancy in the u.s. senate. robinson held three political roles within the span of two weeks. robinson was the last senator chosen be i the arkansas state legislature before the implementation of the 17th amendment that established a collection of senators. -- the direct election of senators. in the senate, robinson took on leadership roles including majority leader following his death in 1937, had dei introduced a resolution authorizing the acceptance of his portrait as a gift to the senate. the portrait was later presented to the senate by robinson's widow and friends. >> what did it mean about the fightingest man in the senate. >> general demeanor. he was ginn to rages. -- first of all, he was a large man. he was given to raises -- to rages. face would turn scarlet. he would beat

trying to to have a narrow focus on obama care, to put pressure on blue state senate democrats like mark pryor mary landrieu. there's new sites they're coming out trying to hammer that message to independent voters in blue states. >> if they do that -- let's go into the heart of it. michigan and california and new york -- stranger things have happened in new jersey. doesn't the gop -- i'm not asking for an opinion, more for political take. does the gop understand that one of the key questions for obama care is that it's helping sick people? the so-called pre-existing conditions people? that that was one of obama's big starting points. his plan is flopping. the republicans can help the needy, help the safety net, can help the sick. wouldn't that be a reach-out right there? >> reporter: that's exactly right. you're trying to see republicans trying to reach out to voters who understand that obama care has problems but they're still skeptical of the gop. so the gop has to come up with a message that's broad on obama care. and they're doing it right now. it's not just about raising heck about the p

mark pryor in arkansas. he's another democrat in a state where romney won by a lot of points there as well. he -- his poll numbers have been down. he's running as a pretty strong house republican whose name is tom cotton. that's probably the most vulnerable incumbent democrat on the map. also look at louisiana, mary landrieu, in alaska, north carolina, kay hagan. those are democrats running in states where romney won and obamacare and president obama are very unpopular. >> as we look at the other side, republican incumbents who might face the most serious challenges. who are they? >> the most serious challenge is mitch mcconnell and he's really the only republican i can see losing next year. even he i would say is a favorite. but mcconnell's approval ratings are low. voters there when -- i've been there a few times in the cycle already and voters there seem like they are tired of him. even republicans say they would like to see -- he's been there in the senate so long and he's kind of become a symbol for the

. >> ifill: and in arkansas mark pryor reasons this is an interesting state, arkansas used to be a democratic state. it has been trending republican. he's not very popular rit now but he tried to distance himself from the president as much as he can. there is the poer with of incumbency of course, he is running against a freshman republican house member, not necessarily that popular but he is running ated that is tom cotton. >> ifill: now there is also an off chance that georgia might enter in the debate that is an open seat. >> you have chambliss retiring and one of the dem 2k3wr59-- democratic stars of the national party this year, is michelle nunn. they think she request raise a lot of money. the daughter of a former senator, well-known, the woman being at the top of the ticket. at the same tim there is an interesting governor's race happening with jimmy carter's grandson running. and so maybe that's going to be too big name democrats that could help things. and republicans have a very intense primary in that senate side. multiple candidates fighting it out. and that could end up helping t

, these polls are the scariest for red state democrats, people like mary landrieu of louisiana, mark pryor-election in 2014. remember, as we turn the page and we get to this new year, it is an election year, and you will start to see that play out in primaries. a lot of the talk is about the civil war, supposedly, in the republican party, and there's no doubt there is one. there will be a big push about the way the republican party goes. but there may be a push and pull within the democratic party as well, and these polls may drive the party one way or another. martha: yeah. i mean, and you wonder what kind of pressure those democrats might put on the president or do they, as you're saying, just pull away and say i, you know, recommend we delay? i don't know how -- you can't put this genie, this toothpaste, whatever you want to call it, back into the bottle because the president tried to get insurance company insuranceies to comet pr people -- to continue policies for people, and it wasn't too successful. i'm going back to that main issue, because they don't appear to be trying to change a

we know there are some indications she's supportive of senator mark pryor, but also allison grimes, jeanne getting a sense maybe that she's going to have a competitor, scott brown from massachusetts. >> yes, who just moved to new hampshire, so -- >> how much of an impact could hillary clinton have, particularly on getting women candidates elected? >> well, she already is having an impact. she's had an impact for years and years, but her -- secretary clinton's work, particularly in empowering women and girls across this country and across the world has motivated women to step up and run for office already. it's one of the reasons i think we're seeing so many women stepping up now. i think we're going to see more and more. depending on what she decides to do, her legacy is that she's motivated a lot of women candidates. i think what we'll see already is such strength in so many of our emily's list candidates that we're going to have a really interesting 2014. it's going to be about women's leadership once again, just as '12 was. >> stephanie schriock. >>> today's tweet of the day comes from

could be a few democrats, maybe some of thome up for re-election in tough races, red states like mark pryor of arkansas, or kay hagan of north carolina. we haven't heard from her yet. but it looks as though democrats and republicans frankly behind the scenes are pretty confidence that this is going to go through. >> this is a compromise that sailed through the house of representatives. but with every compromise, you're going to end foo people on both sides unhappy with various aspects of the bill. one of the biggest complaints you're hearing from the left and the right? oh, well, starting on the left, certainly some of the biggest complaints you go to the far left are that in this doesn't have unemployment insurance, the extension for long-term unemployment recipients. that's a big problem. but interestingly, some of the democrats who are most squishy about this are those more conservative and they are concerned this doesn't do enough to address the debt and deficit, which is some of the complaints we heard on the republican side, too. but what is really different on the republican side whi

. >> the other dynamic among democrats is that i mentioned mark pryor, who is probably one of the most endangered democrats. >> from arkansas. >> from arkansas, very tough race, he's a yes, i'm told by democratic sources that you're probably going to see the most on the left because they're very upset, like house democrats were, that unemployment benefits have not been extended in this. we will probably see some of them hang back, make sure there's a comfortable approval tomorrow and maybe some of those will be able to vote no in order to vote their conscience. >> 1.3 million people who get unemployment benefits who have had unemployment benefits for longer than 26 weeks, they will lose their unemployment benefits unless some separate piece of legislation goes through. gloria, that doesn't look very likely. >> no. harry reid, you know, the leader in the senate, says we're going to take this up as soon as we get back in january. but that's not good enough for a lot of democrats who say wait a minute, you know, we still have some of these automatic spending cuts in place, we don't like t

because we're going to be hearing a lot about them -- mark begich, mary landrieu of louisiana and mark pryornsas, all four of them say they're glad they voted for the bill, they still think the bill was the right thing to do, but that's not stopping them from saying things that are critical about the rollout and from proposing some of the very delays that we've been talking about this morning and that have happened in the last few weeks. those senators have been taking the lead in advocating for, but their gamble, of course, is that by -- come the election time, those problems will be behind the country, and the voters will be starting to take a new look. jon: and as i recall, four of them are democrats representing states that voted for mitt romney the last time around. david hawkingings, thanks for joining us today. >> thank you, jon. jenna: new developments now overseas in the political crisis gripping ukraine. the three top opposition leaders there will now sit down with the country's president, this after weeks of sometimes-violent demonstrations against the government's decision to rej

look at mark pryor's ad where he talked about the bible and he doesn't have all the answers, only godell, if you don't have answers, why are you running for office? >> but flip it around, though. there has to be some -- to an elected official who sincerely believes in higher power, practices their faith, there has to be some civic value in that too, right? maybe professes -- >> as americans for the most part, we're taught not to talk about religion with other people in general. like why is it okay to -- >> politics and religion -- >> we're not supposed to talk about -- >> would be out of business. >> would be out of business, but most americans probably don't talk about religion on a regular basis. why is it that's the one place that we're supposed to talk about it all the time? even though it is a divisive issue, no matter what, even if you're someone that is 20% that has a nonaffiliation, you probably have some kind of, like, spiritual, higher power, belief, and it is probably not the same as someone else's so we tend to not talk about it, which i also, like, why does it have to be

mark pryor. i want to know your handy cap but how involved are the clintons?ng out and doing some campaigning. obviously it's good for hillary clinton to get in the state in advance of 2016, rebuild her name recognition, but it's also important for them to have a friendly senator in the state. who wins this race is up for grabs. it's still fairly early in the cycle but pryor is very, very vulnerable on a lot of the issues that democrats are vulnerable on nationally. >> the clintons want to really focus on their legacy and a lot of their candidates from people who work for them. it's important to them. >> absolutely. and they had a pretty good 2013. bill de blasio who ran her 2013 senate campaign and terry mcauliffe holding on to not only the seat. you can expect to see bill clinton a lot but tom conton is a war hero, young, you get him in there and he could be there for life. >> thanks for coming in. >>> coming up we'll look back at some of the memorable moments of the year in sports. stick with msnbc. severe severe chronic plaque psoriasis to another new styl

the runway construction, markings and of course the tragedy injury and killing of a young girl by the fire department. >> and we haven't even touched on the culture. i know in pryor crashes before, the korean culture of deference has played in and i don't know whether they're going to get to that in this instance or not. can you give me about 20 seconds or so on whether this is still a problem in 2013? >> absolutely. still a huge problem. the u.s. hazarded it with crew resource management. but i worked the kal crash as well. and there the culture was a real problem. and in some cultures they just will not challenge their superiors. and fortunately for us in the cockpit, we don't have a problem with that. americans challenge everyone. other cultures, they just will not. and here it could have been a very fatal mistake. >>> >> moving on to another top news. pope francis getting quite an honor. chrissened "time's" person of year. they say he is a, quote, superstar poised to transform a place that measures changes by the century. that would be the vatican. which says that the pope does not look for honors but is happy if his message is simply received. >>> the revere

mark: and it didn't look good for the raiders. raiders rookie quarterback matt mcgloin, was pulled in favor of terrelle pryor after just four pass attemptsthe first quarter. marquette king from his own end zone pont is blocked and antonio palin recovers for the touchdown giving the jets the 20-30 lead. marcel reece, delivered a big-time greeted the 63 harder to open the third quarter to make it 20- 10. --yarder. but the raiders go down 37-27 jets. this is the raiders 13th straight loss and the eastern time zone. major league baseball's lawyer say in a court filing that the oakland athletics' request to move to san jose was actually turned down in june by commissioner bud selig. that decision just coming to light in a statement filed friday in u.s. district court in san jose part of a lawsuit filed by the city against major league baseball. " mlb denied athletics relocation request on june 17th, one day before this lawsuit was filed, " " on that date, commissioner selig formally known as the athletics ownership that he was not satisfied with the club's relocation proposal. " an el be defined san jose and its suburbs in santa clara county