contessa brewe reports tonight from waynesburg, pen >> reporte jim popler is passionate about his '54 chevy and about coal mining. four generations of coal minors in his family. >> why would you shut down a coal mine that makes so much money, in this area? >> reporte emerald mine closed last year. laying off close to 300 workers. it's a trend nationwide. in the last five years, 30,000 coal jobs gone. the percentage of electricity generated by coal, down to 31%. a 14% drop. at the debate this week, trump used hillary's own words against her. >> hillary cli wants to put all the miners out of business. his message is simple. >> coal, clean coal, clean coal. we're bringin it back. big league. >> i'm a democrat, but i'm not voting f. >> reporte why? >> because she came right out and said, she's going to shut us down. trump said he's going to come and help the coal miners. >> clinton supporters say she and president obama deserve the blame. >> it's been the switch from power plants going from coal to natural gas that has cut into the indust. >> clinton may not need the pennsylv coal countie

arm instead -- armistead, who had elections, may have been in waynesburg as early as 1775 as the militia mustered its capital. nevertheless, armistead assisted until he moved on to run the southern department and late 1777. at the ripe old age of 23, we them armistead junior was given a promotion and became the new commissary of stores for the commonwealth of virginia. we them received a salary of 300 pounds per year plus expenses and expenses for one servant appeared we believe that servant was james. was theg that james assistant for weimar armistead and the public store which operated out of waynesburg until 1780 helps us to understand how james may have continued the marquis do love yet. as william's servant, james surely would have accompanied him as james courtney did the -- as heexcuse me coordinated the move of the province for from waynesburg to richmond and the late spring and summer of 1780, but his record ofes that most if not all william armistead's family was living in richmond and had the slave with him. four of the slaves were over the age of 16, and one of them may have

billion proposal to retrainoal miners for other industries just doesn't really sit very well here in waynesburgaid off coal miners are now working at the local career center trying to find jobs for their former co-workers. i mean, this is a town that relies on coal incomes, restaurants, stores that sell work boots, new car sales, if coal miners suffer, everyone here suffers. trump's simple message that he'll bring back coal persuades even long-time democrats. >> if hillary clinton gets in, she said first thing she's going to shut the coal mines down. known fact. so it's a gimme who i got to vote for. i said do you have a campaign one person say they're going to shut you down and one say they're not going to, they're going to help you, there's no choice who i got to vote for. >> clinton may lose this former democratic county, but she's counting on support in pennsylvania's big cities where bigger more liberal populations and good turnout on election day really could cement her victory in pennsylvania. the recent polls in this state show she's leading by 8.5 points, but here in greene county it l

in fact, in little waynesburg, a tiny town here, the shops along main street depend on the income fromhese coal miners. they support four jobs with their earnings from the mines. for every miner. when the miner suffer everything from the sale of steel toe boots to new car sales suffers. >> hillary clinton is saying i don't want to leave coal workers behind. i'll put $30 billion towards retraining them and moving them to new jobs in clean energy industries. do you buy that? >> no, i don't. >> why not? >> i don't buy that? >> you're talking political b l bull. if hillary clinton was standing here, i would stand up and turn my back to her. >> but you're a democrat. >> i know i'm a democrat, but she's a liar. >> well, the miners really like that trump digs coal. that's a simple slogan. you see it posted on campaign buttons and t-shirts around town. in fact, the local businesses pump trump. you can see the support in the yards around town. you would be hard pressed to find a hillary clinton campaign poster around here or any boost in newly registered democrats. >> i think it's been - it's a