this is the 2018 tennessee governor debate. your local election headquarters will continue to tonight tennessee governor debate. we are live from the campus of belmont university in nashville. i'm the evening anchor in knoxville and we want to make sure you know tonight is the final debate before the novembe. let's get right to the introductions tonight. we want to introduce you to the two gentlemen came to be tennessee's next governor. the former national mayor karl dean and also on the stage businessman bill lee. let's meet the panel of journalists will be asking questions tonight. bob mueller. christina rankin. richard ran some. we want to let you know were broadcasting tonight spade live all across the state of tennessee and want to welcome in our view is tonight from memph memphis. for those of you at home follow along on social media using the # tea and golf debate. now, let's go ahead and run through the important rules for tonight's debate. there are no opening statements. candidates will have 30 seconds foreclosing. ma

maken come up together, tennessee not only a better place for all, but tennessee can lead the nation. i would be honored to serve as a leader of the great state of tennessee. thank you very much. moderator: we think both candidates for being here, and we think the university of memphis for their incredible and allity, the refresh staff here, and the president for his hospitality in welcoming us tonight. we want to thank our partners, , theommercial appeal league of women voters, who provided an invaluable service in helping us brainstorm our questions tonight, along with our colleagues at the commercial appeal. i think the economic club of memphis who are supporters of us this evening. we invite you to stay with w wyncs five for more -- more election coverage. early voting in tennessee begins october 17. thank you for joining us. good night. [applause] >> great job. >> thank you. announcer: now, i look at the u.s. senate race in virginia with democratic incumbent tim kaine, and republican car restored. the talked about foreign affairs and defense policy in a town hall cohosted by libe

they are a job killing tax on tennessee businesses. walmart is about to put prices up on a whole range of products because of the tariffs, that will hurt people in tennessee as well. they need to be dealt with on a one-on-one basis not by taking an ax to them. it makes no sense to slap tariffs on canada or something. i talked to people in the automotive industry when they are worried sick about this. i trust this information from our company a lot more than what's coming out of washington. >> thank you governor. >> thank you. when i talk with our farmers and our producers and our manufacturers, they are all very concerned about this unlikely so. i am not a fan of tariffs and never have been. china has had a trade war on us for decades. if we are in a trade war, forgiveness seeks, let's make sure we witness. i hope we get these tariffs over and done with because they are not good for tennessee. when you talk with swabian farmers, cotton farmers, when you talk with those producing court they express anxiety. one of the things we've been

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announcer 2: in the tennessee u.s. senate race, marsha blackburn and phil brotherson participated in the last scheduled debate before election day. there in the race to succeed senator bob corker who is retiring. they talked about a number of issues including gun control, health care, and immigration. tonight, all eyes on tennessee. from two sides of the aisle. the only democratic politician with a fighting chance. go head-to-head on one stage. dubbed the most important senate state -- senate race in the country. paul's show a dead heat. is too close to call. tonight, your chance to hear from the candidates in their final debate before election night. your local election headquarters welcomes you to tonight's tennessee debate. we are broadcasting live from the bigger center on the university of tennessee campus in knoxville. wam evening anchor for etienne in memphis and i will be your guide this evening for this presentation. let's go right ahead and introduce you to the candidates who are running for u.s. senate. form

and soybean, saying they are hurting tennessee businesses and workers and tennessee farmers. while for you, congressman, last week, president trump unveiled his new nafta plan called usmca, this is designed to help tennessee dairy farmers and other workers. congress still needs to vote on this. do you support this idea? does it do enough to offset the harm that the tariffs are doing, and does it do enough for tennessee? mr. bredesen: i certainly support it. i think it is more of a rebranded nafta more than anything significantly different. it does advance the issue somewhat. the important thing is that it does not address in any way the steel and aluminum tariffs. they are vastly more influential on the economy of our state then -- than the dairy and other things are. we have spent 30 plus years, starting with lamar alexander, building up a strong automotive industry with a lot of employment here in our state. and these really are threatening that industry. when you hear from leaders in this state in the automotive industry, they are scared to death about what this is going t

you are watching the tennessee senate debate and we are broadcasting live all across the state of tennessee. #tn senate debate. we are back in a moment with more questions for the candidates. welcome back to the tenant -- tennessee senate debate in knoxville. i want to remind you to follow the # tn senate debate. kirsten.d to >> will start with a question about immigration. the president implemented a zero-tolerance policy for border security as a way to reduce the number of illegal immigrants coming into the united states. it included family separation. we know right now, several hundred children remain separated from their parents. do you believe this is an effective thing to discourage illegal immigrants from coming into the united states. >> no, i do believe it was an i think itool, amounted to child abuse. i think it was a stain on our country's reputation. it is the sort of thing that will be studied in future years by students as an inappropriate. of american history. i hope we can reunite those children as rapidly as possible. strongly inry controlling our borders, there is no quest

theou are watching tennessee senate debate and we are broadcasting live across the state of tennessee. #tnmind you to follow the senate debate. background information as well as live updates. we are back in a moment with more questions for the candidates. the tennesseeo senate debate. we are broadcasting live from the baker center on the campus of the university of tennessee in knoxville. i in the evening anchor for watn. i want to remind you to follow that #so you can get live updates on each of the questions we are about to ask. we are going to start this next half hour a question about immigration. the president implemented a zero-tolerance policy for border security as a way to reduce the number of illegal immigrants coming into the united states. the policy included family separation. we know several hundred children remain separated from their parents. was an believe this effective tool to discourage illegal immigrants from coming into the united states? gov. bredesen: no, i do not believe it was an effect of tool. -- this might or might not have been amounted to child abuse. it

you just said you lived in tennessee in 2016 and 2017. he said repeatedly your husband is a permanent resident of tennessee. you cannot be the permanent resident of another state and illegal take a homestead exception. you must by law register your vehicles here. this is about honesty and transparency. it is about paying your fair share of taxes, just like the rest of the voters in the district and the state of georgia. >> you have a rebuttal. ms. mcbath: representative handle, when my sun was murdered in jacksonville, florida, i brought him home here to marietta. he is very 15 minutes from my house. for you to continue to accuse me of being disingenuous and not paying taxes and not living here in this district, i guess i would assume i have to expect in the that from a career politician like you. >> that concludes our second round. this is the debate between candidates for the georgia 6th congressional district. we will not go back to the panel to ask questions to the candidates. until we run out of time. ask a question and offer a rebut

barbara plett usher, bbc news, tennessee. the man booker prize has been won by anna burns for her novel milkman. it is a coming—of—age story set amid the civil conflict in northern ireland. the prestigious literary prize is awarded each year for the best original novel written in the english language and published in the uk. lebo diseko reports. the 2018 man booker prize for fiction goes to anna burns for milkman. it is one of the most important and famous book prizes in the world, anna burns looking overjoyed and a little overwhelmed, making history as the first northern irish writer to win. she drew on her own experience of northern ireland during the period known as the troubles, writing a coming—of—age story seen through the eyes of an 18—year—old girl who is being pursued by a member of a paramilitary organisation. and, while the judges said her book was simply marvellous, the writer herself seemed quite taken aback to have won. i'd like to acknowledge all the great writers who were on the shortlist and longl

i changed it to tennessee for 2016-2017. i switched it back. made the decisions and i switched it back. i have lived in georgia since 1990 and diligently paid taxes for every year i lived here. rep. handel: if i may, recently cobb county revoked the homestead exemption for the mcbath family, and she has just said twice that she did indeed live in tennessee for two years while taking a homestead exemption. that is not proper, nor legal. mrs. mcbath: i have no idea what representative handel's talking about. i made the family decisions are needed to make with my husband in 2016. 2017, i switched it back. for her to continue to dampen the confidence of people in this district, as i said, she will do or say anything. this is the same playbook we saw before. rep. handel: i would be delighted to show you that letter after the debate. >> ok. this is for both candidates. why did each of you believe you represent the needs and wants of women more than the other candidate? congresswoman, would you like to start first? rep. handel: i reject the premise of

millions of tennessee people are dying. why would she do that? this man is trying to get it out of control and i know why she did it. she did it because of the money for the big pharmacies. now the american people are paying foran it. >> host: can i ask what you think of claire mccaskill specifically? >> guest: testament is destroying every partt of our government, education, epa, you name it. he is destroying it. to quickly jump to the point, one interesting thing i will note is that she asks why would anybody support her. one thing i will point out partly because i do some work relevant towo this, one of the reasons marsha blackburn has had strong support in tennessee yalonda but i think some people participated as marsha blackburn is a rare republican who has a decent amount of support from within what we call the heentertainment industry. you obviously have nashville and memphis in n tennessee and a muc industry. marsha blackburn has been by far the most powerful persuasive, vigorous and aggressive defender of the industry against all sorts o

senate in tennessee remains surprisingly close. it appeared to be swinging away from bredson and to marketsa blackburn. but now a virtual tie with bredson leading by one point. it may have something to do with the celebrity endorsements bredesen has received. cal perry just sat down with one of those stars and joins me now live from tennessee. >> reporter: this country as you know has such a rich history of social commentary and activism in its music especially when we're so plitolitically divided. we had a chance to sit down and talk to him why politics is so important to him but also why this race in tennessee is so important. you are a writer at a time in which there's not a lot of song writing going on in the main stream. the politics or i should say the social commentary lend itself to the music or does the music lend itself to the social commentary? how did that all shakeout? >> the people i grew up listening to, the people that influenced the work i do were never afraid to talk about those kinds of things. bob dylan and bruc

i am running for a senate seat to run in tennessee. reporter: the popular former goveor talks about his personal brand as a politician who gets things done rather than h party. >> ♪ reporter: that pitch is aimed sqrely at disaffected republicans. but in our outside of ar nashville, the is pretty important. >> ♪ reporter: this is lewisville's annual fair. it's trump country. still, there is some impatience with partisan shouting matches in washington. tennessee is an interesting o tewhether a political moderate has appeal r in this hylarized climate. it's crucial because a democratic win here is key to helping the party take control br the senate. and that's a deaker for many. >> i love donald trump. i think america is bac a run right now. dthink we're being respec all over the world. reporter: phil, what do you think of him? >> a nice guy. i ain't voting for him. reporter: but he's somebody that might get things >> he will only get done what his party wants him to get done. >> with the extreme conservatis and liberals, a moderate i

and the singer took aim at the senate race in her home state of tennessee. specifically the republican candidate. "as much as i have in the past and would like to continue vote for women in office i cannot support marcia blackburn. her voting record in congress appalls and terrifies me." blackburn is currently a member of congress in the house. >> it is striking to see a celebrity endorsement that goes into detail, doesn't just give a slogan, gives an explanation. >> reporter: swift says blackburn voted against equal pay for women. she also disagrees with blackburn's stance against gay marriage and locations for lgbtq rights. "these are not my tennessee values." >> taylor swift has 112 million instagram followers. this is very taylor swift in that it was careful, it was considered, it was her controlling her own message. >> reporter: jo levy of "rolling stone" magazine says swift's public "me too" moment likely influenced her message. >> in real life she was talking about the one-year anniversary of a trial in a sexual assault case in which she was touched w

barbara, bbc news, nashville, tennessee. laura: well, what would you say chicken dinne came from a lab? that's what scientists in calirnia are working on using the cells of animals instead of killing them. they sayhe technology could help end hunger without destroying the planet. but wouldou eat it? well, the bbc's james cook had a go. reporter: is this the future of food? here in silicon valley, scientists have taken cells plucked from the feathers of a chicken and they're using them to grow meat in this high-tech laboratory which means the chicken i am about to eat is weirdly stl alive. >> so there we have it. our just chicken nuggets, with a little bit of chipotle ranch dipping sauce. >> dip it the sauce. take a bite. >> it's really tasty. t tes like chicken. >> it is chicken. yeah. >> the taste is similar. the physicality, the feel of it in y different. slightly >> right. there are ways we can work on getting it together. there is, like i said, finding thrgs in the animal kingdom 3-d printing scaffolding so there is a lo

but tennessee has a very unique problem. because it's disproportionate share funding is capped in federal statute so tennessee has got a very unique problem that the state hospitals are willing to come up with the money to bring the federal money down. >> $1 trillion cut in medicaid to rural america? >> we're already suffering under, underpayment as it is, and particularly in primary care and even worse, so, in mental health. $1 trillion cut would be devastating to us. and i think we would see even more physicians and nurse practitioners exiting rural areas. i think it would be tragic. >> somebody, i think it was mr. glaus mentioned that medicare reimbursement rates are about 65% of costs. which i understand to be true. >> comment on that i was speaking in doctors, burlington community health center, they were telling me that medicare was the highest that they got. not good, but better than medicaid, better than blue cross, blue shield, which were much lower. thoughts on that, mr. levine, is that accurate? >> no in our marke

turns out several state schools have big contracts with nike, including university of tennessee in memphis, etsu, do -- university of tennessee, university of memphis, etsu, do you believe the state should step in on this issue and perhaps mandate ending contracts with companies like nike when they take a political stand? mr. dean. mr. dean: no, i do not. i don't think the state legislature or governor should mettle to that degree in university policy. my sense is efforts that have been done recently especially with something that's important to me which is diversity in treating people with respect and dignity and being inclusive where the legislature becomes concerned about diversity efforts at the university, that is not helpful. i think when we hire really good people to run those universities and we pay them well, we should let them do their jobs and not

barbara plett usher, bbc news, tennessee. the man booker prize has been won by anna burns for her novel milkman. ireland. and published in the uk. lebo diseko reports. for milkman. making history as the first northern irish writer to win. girl who's being pursued by a member of a paramilitary organisation. the writer herself seemed quite taken aback to have won. who were on the shortlist and long list with me. thank you. your support. i know you are out there somewhere, carl, and thank you. my goodness. i think i'd better stop, thank you. thanks. the milkman was one of six books on the short list. it was described by judges as experimental. in a dystopian future but drew on belfast‘s history of conflict. nominee in man booker history. who presented the trophy. in prize money. but the boost to her career is perhaps even more valuable. before, including salman rushdie and dame hilary mantel. lebo diseko, bbc news. finally, another winner for you. year has been revealed at a gala in london. london. image of two monkeys in chin

the plan was to move the army of the tennessee to the left, crossing the tennessee river twice. in the process, it rains. it is november 1863. you can imagine what a tennessee november looks like, feels like. and it breaks the bridges. part of sherman's's army is over on the other end of the line with hooker. another part of the army is in the front, and another might as well be on the moon, for all the use it will be. completelyk's reshuffled on the eve of battle, but grant goes out it makes it happen anyway. in three days of incredibly dramatic fighting, the siege of chattanooga is lifted. coincidently, since i'm director of the macarthur memorial, i have to throw in douglas macarthur's father arthur plants one of the first flags over missionary ridge, the center of the confederate line, and later earned the medal of honor. if you want to understand douglas macarthur, what inspires him, study that. in many ways, what drives him is emplar,her as an ex planting the 24th wisconsin flag on missionary ridge. goes a long way to explain what drives, inspires douglas macarthur. but th

ginia he's in lansdown virginia and in chattanooga tennessee brian joyce host of the brian joyce show on talk radio on w g o w f.m. john what do you make of the warnings of mount china. you know i look any any serious threat to our election system needs to be taken seriously and i think in terms of the question of whether it's a diversion there's been so much news lately if you haven't noticed i'm not sure that anything's going to be a diversion at this point there's just too much going on i mean the kavanaugh story and what not so i don't know whether it's a diversion from the rest investigation the rest of us to geisha is way in the back burner anyway so i think it's some we should take seriously like we should any threat to our election system right and. i think john's probably right about that i know in the trump administration i'm sure it's a combination of both i'm sure it's probably a legitimate threat i'm sure a lot of this is also smoke and mirrors but to john's point really at this point of the game there has been so much that has come out the past couple of weeks especially

doesn't get any tighter than that in tennessee. the latest realclearpolitics average looks like this, as you can see, jonathan serrie live in tennessee tonight with the story. a tight race, jonathan. >> it is, indeed. freedom hall was packed with a friendly crowd listening to president trump took the states just moments ago. although this is mr. trump's first rally in the tri-cities area, it is his sixth rally in tennessee since he became his bs campaign for president. part of the reelection campaign, campaigning for senator marsha blackburn. she is trying to fill the senate seat being vacated by fellow republican bob corker. a competitive race against former democratic governor phil bredesen. encouraging high voter turnout here in rural and conservative east tennessee is going to be crucial. it's going to be a crucial strategy for the republican party and mr. trump's visit is a major part of that tonight. tomorrow president trump plans to hold a rally in southaven, mississippi, where he is campaigning for republican senator cindy

the plan is to move the army of the tennessee across to the left, crossing the tennessee river twice and in the process, the rains come, november 1863, you can imagine what it tennessee november looks like and feels like and, breaks the bridges. so, part of sherman's army is over on the other end of the line with hooker and another part is in the front and another might as well be on the moon for all the use it will do. the deck is completely reshuffled on the eve of battle. but, grant goes out and makes it happen anyway. in three days of incredibly dramatic fighting, the siege of chattanooga is lifted. >> i have to throw in here as the director of the memorial, douglas macarthur's father, arthur, plants one of the first flags on missionary ridge and earns the medal of honor later for leadership under fire. if you want to understand douglas macarthur to study that action because in many ways, what drives him is his father as an example are in this moment of an 18-year-old grabbing this flag on missionary ridge goes a long way to explaining what drives and inspires douglas macarthur.

. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> support for president trump remains strong in tennessee. that is good news for republican blackburn who is widening her lead against democrat phil in a race to fill the senate seat there. peter doocy takes a closer look. >> republicans have one more day to campaign about kavanaugh before mid-term voters learn his fate. >> i would vote yes on brett kavanaugh. >> and tennessee congresswoman blackburn is not the only one. the democrat she is running against said he would vote yes too. he said i was prepared to say yes to his nomination prior to dr. ford's coming forward. i am missing key pieces of information, i am still a yes. blackburn leads and her led has grown. bredes bredes bredesen. >> they want presidency confirmed. -- they want brett kavanaugh confirmed. theyatched this character assassination play out. they are horrified as to what that could mean for their children or their siblings or their spouse. >> the tennessee is to replace a retiring senator. a senator sticking around gets more attention from blackburn. >> chuck schumer said

let's look at tennessee first, we mention it coming in, if we put that pool up here, guys the tennessee senate poll. marsha blackburn in a statistic tie with phil bredesen, 47-44 is her lead there. steve i mentioned there was a "new york times" poll a few days ago, last week that had a spread of 14 points for blackburn. what's going on in tennessee? >> the time link in that poll is particularly long. we seen four polls basically this month in tennessee. blackburn by five, blackburn by eight. blackburn by 3. it's tough to say you take the 14 and the three and say something major has happened or say i think over the summer is we seen bredesen's popularity was trumping his party label and since we are in, kavanaugh, maybe that was the event inevitable. i think we have seen this trend toward what you call political gravity asserting itself. bredesen would love to see it 14-3, it's still tennessee. >> amy, this was never a 14-point race, sometimes those polls just happen, you go into the field. you get a certain as you know better than anybody, but this was never a 14-point race, bredesen on

both candidates are household names here in tennessee. marsha blackburn, a congresswom congresswoman. in the deep red state of tennessee with a lot of support for president trump, if democrat phil brettison wants to win, he's got to convince some republicans he's the right one for the job. >> reporter: a surge of voters early in nashville, tennessee. >> you cast your vote for phil brettison. the governor vying for votes. he will have to pick up votes. voters like business owners. >> how much thought and time did you give this decision? is it something you've been wrestling with? >> i've been wrestling with it since the fall of 2016. how many days can you get up and say wow, wow. did that really just happen? >> do you still consider yourself a republican? >> no. >> reporter: and not a democrat either. he says in the mid term election he'll be voting on character and track record. >> he's a former mayor of nashville. if it weren't for his reputation and business, he wouldn't have done as well as he have so far. >> reporter: he says many of

. >> lily, what about the senate race in tennessee, what are your plans for that? >> yes, this is what i'm glad you said. marsha blackburn got up there taking money. we all know this, he took our campaign money, marshall blackburn doesn't care about the working black people, the crime rate in tennessee is outrageous, people are dying every day in memphis every day, she is not saying a word. people need help, older people need healthcare but marshall blackburn is going to reap what she sows . >> okay lily, we will have to leave it there . >>. since the women's march and we are now seeing it resurface, is the color divide. , black women vote heavily democrat. you look at white women . >> what you have is women of color is saying, why are you guys so divided, so when susan collins voted for brett kavanaugh, that made this all flare up again and once again, women don't vote for things because they are women but on party. but that's what they're getting at, the women's movement, how does race affect how we feel about ourselves and our policy as women. the other thing to

president trump still is very popular in tennessee. evy bit as popular he was on election day, and the idea that she's embraced president trumis really quite true literally. you see her campaign ads and there's an image of her embracing the president from one her his first ralli on her behalf. he's definitely thrown his support behind her.w has been heree in tennessee. will be here a third time between now and election day. definitely she's tying herself to president trump and portraying herself as the ly to him. >> woodruff: indiana, brandon smith, a different situation and comic incumbent ejoe donlly, but he's tried not to be -- not to distanmself too much from the president. >> no, not at all. in fact, you will hear joe donnelly say more than almost anything else he votited wh president trump 62% of the time. he's a democrat but he knows he's in a relatively republican state here in indiana, so he portrays himself as a really consvative democrat or an independent sort of lawmaker who, as he puts it, votes with gothe president when i

it is interesting in tennessee v. garner and a lot of the seminal police use of force cases, there is no mention of race. right? it is just some suspect, some person by name, and we are not necessarily taking into account the effect that that had on the way that the interaction progressed. so we want to bring in some of what we know more now about the both explicit and implicit, is at play in so many of our discretionary decisions and the criminal legal system, including those decisions about who to arrest, who to stop and frisk, who to search. so when we think about the science around implicit bias, this often unconscious kind of snap judgment reaction that we all have around a variety of issues and traits, but we think about what we know about implicit bias against african-americans, we know that a number of studies have shown there is a vast majority of white people that have implicit bias that is negative towards african-americans, and that in some studies there's about half to a majority of black people, so it is

senate race in tennessee. representative marsha blackburn currently serving in the house against the former governor build reticent -- bill brett us in -- she put out an attack ad against the governor. [video clip] >> i voted filled brett us and for governor. i cannot support him -- >> he supports a obamacare. >> he opposed trump's tax cuts. >> he gave crooked hillary tons of money. >> now washington democrats are behind him. >> i cannot support him for center -- senator. >> i just can't do it. >> i am marsha blackburn and i approve this message. host: to georgia, this is savanna. go ahead. caller: good morning. yes, i am savanna, from georgia. not from savannah, georgia. years old currently receiving my masters degree and i am 100% voting republican. i have been voting republican for a long time and surprised that people are supporting stacey abrams when she is not even campaigning in her own state. she is campaigning in other states because she knows she cannot get george and support. host: what is it about

what do local voters think of that. >> todd pyro having breakfast with friends in tennessee. please don't talk to me. we have a wild rowdy crowd in johnson city. we begin with karen. you love the speech, the best thing to happen to america. >> safer borders, the economy is booming, jobs, and awesome man. >> he loved the speech, you voted for trump be grudgingly but are thrilled with the results, why? >> he wants to drive down medical costs and the economy has picked up since he has been in there. >> reporter: now we go to our host with the most. michelle, you're the owner, we appreciate you happiness, you say the speech was awesome. why you say that? >> really believe trump is doing great things for our country and excited to see what else he is going to do for us. >> reporter: we appreciate you having us here. we will have an amazing morning. i don't think i can overstate how crowded at 5:30 this diner is. we typically don't have this. this is awesome. rob: sounds good. thanks. jillian: he lost his eyes in therapy. it is 36 minutes after the hour. christine ford's testimony

. >>> tight race in tennessee right now. we're going to look at the trend in the polls for the senate race there. it really is face nascinating. could it offer a glimmer of hope for democrats. the democrat endorsed by pop star taylor swift. does she get in credit? i'm alex trebek here to tell you about the colonial penn program. if you're age 50 to 85 and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three p's. what are the three p's? the three p's of life insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. a price you can afford, a price that can't increase, and a price that fits your budget. i'm 65 and take medications. what's my price? you can get coverage for $9.95 a month. i just turned 80. what's my price? $9.95 a month for you, too. if you're age 50 to 85, call now about the number one most popular whole life insurance plan available through the colonial penn program. it has an affordable rate starting at $9.95 a month. no medical exam, no health questions. your acceptance is guaranteed, and this

he goes back to tennessee, where he becomes a celebrity, and his story just rises and rises. hollywood thinks this is such a great opportunity to make a war story. playsld war ii gary york alvin york in the movie sergeant york. >> i just want to point out where york had captured those german troops. >> we are now above the village. we have several hills facing us. each a was fortified by the germans. neutralizing the 82nd division. heroic moments, being able to go downhill with 132 german prisoners. it's supposed to be one of these hills. people think about the one we are facing right now in the distance. but it's unclear which one it is. >> tonight on afterwards. fox news guest analyst and member of the trump 20 campaign media advisory board on her book mad politics, keeping your sanity in a world gone crazy. she is interviewed by a representative of texas. >> is president donald trump crazy? >> crazy like a fox. i believe noxious and dutch i believe narcissism is a spectrum , and most of us who put ourselves out there in the public i have an unusual sense of confidence. if

in this week you know fellow tennessee in the mega-star taylor swift close a sensation yes when she took to social media and endorsed democratic candidates did she. keep this in the house list of many reasons why she could not support republican marsha blackburn was read in tennessee how old to move play out. well she has how many a hundred and twelve million something followers on instagram there's already some numbers out there that this led to a spike in one hundred sixty six thousand new voter registrations but again larry the key is who votes ok it's very easy it's much easier to register to vote but we see time and time again election after election cycle where millennial is despite all of these polls and indications that. millennialism the younger generation is fired up at the end of the day they just don't vote in the numbers that older more conservative voters voted and so i think it's wonderful what taylor swift is doing it's certainly great to see young voters energized they half to vote otherwise it doesn't make a difference. john wood back and brian joyce thank you so m

plus, the tennessee farmers who do not support the president. >> the tariff trade issue was the one reason i did not support trump. >> republicans trying to dodge the health care record. >> this is ridiculous, honestly. do you have anything to talk about, like the caravan? >> when "all in" starts right now. good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes. we are learning more tonight about the passable mass assassination attempt against some of the most prominent members of the opposition political party as well as credit ticks of the president and the major news organization. law enforcement works to identify the culprit, the president is warning the victims they better change their ways. more on that in a moment. >>> first, the latest, officials now say that at least ten suspected explosive devices have been found, devices made from pvc pipe which x-rays indicate likely contain shrapnel and a timer. the devices may have been mailed from florida and that at least some of them could not have exploded due to flaws in their construction. it is not clear at this point whether or not those flaws w

taylor swift on instagram this past week, weighing in on the tennessee senate race. has a ton of followers, trying to tell young people everywhere, not just in tennessee, get out and vote. texas long shot trying to beat ted cruz in texas needs young voters to come out, came out on a skateboard at a rally. we might have video of that. there you go. this is the challenge. the big numbers favor the democrats overwhelmingly, to turn this from a blue ripple or small blue wave into a blue tsunami, they need to motivate people who traditionally do not show up in midterm elections. can they? >> they're certainly putting money, trying to do so. dccc, house campaign arms $25 million specifically trying to target unlikely voters, minorities, young people. they know they have an issue here and want people to show up. beyond young people, though, big concern they have is latino voters right now. there are about a dozen house republican districts where the population of latinos is above 20%, up to two-thirds of the population. and this is halfway to the numbers they need to the ma

at a campaign rally in tennessee, president trump blasted democrats accusing them of trying to destroy brett kavanaugh. >> they're trying to destroy a very fine person and we can't let it happen. >> reporter: but earlier in the day, the president reversing his initial order strictly limiting the scope of the new investigation. are you saying your white house has put no limitations on -- >> no, my white house is doing whatever the senators want, no, no. my white house will do whatever the senators want. >> reporter: overnight "the new york times" reporting kavanaugh was questioned by police after a bar fight in 1985 accused of throwing ice at another patron. press secretary sarah sanders calling the story kick louse on twitter. this as more people who claim to know kavanaugh come forward leslie martin-ragsdale, a classmate at yale law. >> you can't be mad or not vote for someone for supreme court justice because they drank in high school but he's lying that he did it legally. >> i was surprised at how vocal he was about the fact that he likes beer. and he's had a little bit of difficult

so that shows marcia blackburn doing something there in tennessee. president trump had gone down there for her. now, senator corker, who has declined to get involved in the race and doing a fund-raiser for blackburn, what do you think will happen? >> when this was a local race between a popular governor and popular republican congress woman it was going to be a close race. tphoeut's become nationalized. you saw that debate where marcia blackburn was talking to much about chuck shumer and hillary clinton. i think taylor swift did a huge favor to republicans in that race. we want this to be a national race. exactly. she was not helping the governor by having a national celebrity like that weighing in on this race. >> dana: let me give you a quick last word on tennessee. >> tennessee is a state a democrat has not won since al gore in 1990. the fact that we are even competing in tennessee shows the favorable environment for democrats. i think nevada and arizona are the places with prime pickup possibilities for democrats. tennessee and texas are much har

and the people of tennessee are paying attention. by the way the people in nevada hope you are paying attention. dean hell hears slight lead in the polls, that's an important seat. marcia blackburn, friend of show, squaring off against the phony that we exposed tonight, she is in a tight race in tennessee. blackburn with a slight edge. the house of representatives, we've been telling you 10 congressional districts, this will decide the balance of power in washington, d.c. do you want nancy polo lowsie as your speaker -- pelosi as your speaker? these are the house districts that will define the election results. arkansas, second district, where republican incumbent french hill in a serious battle with democratic challenger clark tucker. in iowa, their first district, republican incumbent, rob blum, freedom caucus member, at risk of being overtaken by democrats, one of the best opportunities to snag a seat. if you are in that district you need to vote. let's stay in iowa where the third district is absolutely in play. david young has a

steve: president was in johnson city, tennessee last night. he weighs there on behalf of congressman marsha blackburn running for the u.s. senate. a vote for her is a vote for me. he taking aim at democrats trying to undo brett kavanaugh. >> the democrats only know how to obstruct, demolish and destroy. to hurt anyone to get their way. like they are doing with judge kavanaugh. [crowd boos] >> then they want to take a lot longer with the fbi. by the way, if we took 10 years, they would want more time. dianne feinstein. [crowd boos] >> she had this letter for months. and she didn't reveal it until everything was finished. then she revealed it and then she says we want more time. they have been trying to destroy him since out first second he was announced. they know judge kavanaugh will follow the constitution as written democrats want activists left wing judges who will totally rewrite your law us. erase your borders. it's a little harsh but i think i will keep it democrats are the party of crime. how does that sound? it's true. brian: anyone wh

moderator: the next question is from -- tennessee: from tennessee. moderator: from tennessee. and this is for lawrence. tennessee: during the 2018 session the legislature passed -- but not allowing or requiring schools to implement sexual abuse prevention or education. it was up to each district this to decide how to prioritize this issue. children are most vulnerable to sexual abuse between the ages of seven and 13. they face long-term health consequences from substance abuse to depression to suicide. given the prevalence of the problem and the cost down the line, should this matter be left up to districts, or should the state become more involved in the prevention of sexual abuse? mr. struempf: i believe that we need to have some set of standards. the states should be involved in creating a standard and mandate the safety of our children. safety and education of our children is the most important. we would need to provide funding. there are some viable ways to provide funding. we have to work to build our education system. with sexual prevention, but adding art back in. comp

he has been well respected and loved, moderate democrat in tennessee. how do you see this race shaping up. >> he may be a moderate but he's attached to a party which is anything but moderate. he can try as hard as he wants to run away from chuck schumer but chuck schumer is getting the press and the democrats on the judiciary committee, and phil brett is and is a recipient of voter animosity among swing voters and independents and republicans are more energized in tennessee but it is interesting, i heitkamp, claire mccaskill at 42%, joe donnelly at 43% and one thing we look for is where is an incumbent on the 50% threshold, the chances of them being able to regain those 7 points and get reelected are pretty far-fetched, not likely they will be able to return to washington no matter how they vote on this. >> i want to have you touch on the indiana race because joe donnelly, the incumbent came out as a no on friday, then they worked out a deal to have a 1-week delay for the fbi investigation and he seemed to say i will wait for the fbi and see what happen

the story begins in tennessee. alvin york was born there just a few miles south of the kentucky border. that's an important part of the story. the big star there pointed out. you can see it is a large family. things are going well for alvin york. but his life takes a fateful turn in 1911 when his dad is shooting a mule in the blacksmith shop and a mule kicks his dad in the chest and his dad dies. york finds himself in charge of the family and he can't handle the pressure. he's the oldest son left. he has to run the farm oversee , the hunting, run the blacksmith shop and he can't handle the pressure. he starts spinning out of control. it's a pretty tough situation here because he goes from being in a respectable family, his dad had a great representation. william york, his nickname was judge york. if there is any legal case in the valley, he wasn't a judge, he was just a good upstanding christian man. if there was a legal case or debate between neighbors they , bring the case to william york and he'd even judging it