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Injuring the other. Richard branson, the billionaire founder of virgin, is expected to be on the scene today, too. Joining me from mojave, california, is jacob rascon. Whos expected to speak at this News Conference . Reporter as promised, the ntsb is here. Theyll probably be here for a few days. Theyre here to look into exactly what went wrong. Also expected on site today, Richard Branson himself here to be with the team and looking into what kind of a setback that will be to the program in general. Fridays test flight was the first since january. It was meant to test a new engine and full mixture, what was supposed to happen was spaceshiptwo would be carried up to about 45,000 feet and then would separate from the mothership, a rocket would then propel it even higher and it would be in suborbit before gliding back to earth. It appears what happened yesterday is that at the moment of separation, only minutes after there was some sort of explosion. One of the pilots, were told, was able to parachute out in time but was badly injured. His injuries are described as moderate to major. The other pilot was not able to make it out alive. There are several debris fields within a two to threemile area. Theyre working on securing that debris field yesterday. As promised, the ntsb is here today. Richard branson, as i said, will also be here looking into what went wrong. As for the program itself, the ceo of Virgin Galactic said yesterday that they owe it to the pilots who were flying to keep moving forward. And that is what they will do. And, again, any minute when they come up here, the ntsb, well bring it to you. Jacob, how long have the ntsb officials been there on the scene and given that this accident just happened less than 24 hours ago, how much are they able to learn so far . Reporter i know. They got here they said they were going to get here about 7 30. We saw them show up about half an hour ago. But they could have gotten in last night. But what theyre going to do is provide probably a briefing on what they expect to be doing today. Theyre going to go out to the site, what theyre going to be looking at, what sort of things theyre looking for. Jacob rascon, thanks so much. Earlier today, i talked with captain mark kelly and asked him what drives test pilots to take such incredible risks. Theyre exciting jobs, theyre challenging jobs. And there are a lot of people out there that like a challenge. And for a pilot, one of the greatest challenges is to test a new vehicle. And in this case, test a vehicle thats going to go into space. Space shuttle only flew 135 flights. There were no prior test flights before the first flight fts1. For me, being a test pilot and having the opportunity to fly the Space Shuttle was an incredible experience. So these guys that are climbing in spaceshiptwo, this might be the highlight of their career, to have this opportunity. And theyve prepared incredibly for this. And the Engineering Team behind those folks is really top notch. Virgin galactic can figure this out and they can recover from this. They can move on. Its a little bit of a setback for the time line. But theres nothing here that theyre trying to do that is impossible. So im optimistic. That was part of my conversation there with captain mark kelly. Well keep our cameras and eyes and ears on that particular News Conference by the ntsb in the mojave desert. Once that gets under way, well be moenitoring it and bring you the latest. Police in Southern California are searching for several men suspected in a hitandrun accident which turned halloween tragic last night. Three 13yearold girls were killed as they were out trickortreating. Those girls, including twin sisters, were struck by a car in a crosswalk outside an Elementary School in santa ana about 30 miles outside of los angeles. Joining me now with more, Nbcs Joe Fryer whos in l. A. The car was abandoned near the scene do they have any idea who the driver was . Reporter at this point, still not sure who the driver is and possibly one or two passengers seen getting out of the car and abandoning that car with the driver. So they are still searching at this time. Of course, they are trying to figure out whos responsible for hitting and killing these three trickortreaters, three teenage girls, all 13 years old, who were hit near an Elementary School last night. It was in santa ana, california. Thats in Orange County, about 30 miles south of los angeles. Police do believe the suv was going at a high rate of speed. They want to try and figure out who these folks are. That vehicle, the suv, was found not too far from the scene, about 800 yards away. But by that point, the suspect and possibly one or two passengers had fled. They are still searching for the person. The vehicle had significant frontend damage. No one was inside when they found that vehicle. Thats why police are trying to get anyones help possible. Its unclear at this point if they were able to check the registration on the vehicle, if it matched the possible suspects or if that has not led them to any clues yet. We hope to learn more throughout the day. As you mentioned, the vicks, three 13yearold girls, two of them were twins. Neighbors say the third girl was friends with them. They lived in the neighborhood where this accident happened. So word spread quickly through this tightknit neighborhood. Friends and relatives were notified fairly quickly and there was a good deal of grieving at the scene late last night. I cant even stand this story. Do you know, joe, in the case of the twin girls, were they the only children in that family . Im just thinking as a parent. I cant even stand this news. We dont know at this point if they were the only kids. I did read a report in l. A. Times that said one person had shown up at the scene after the accident who was identified by neighbors as an older sibling which leads us to believe they may have had other siblings. But not sure at this point. The whole thing is just horrific. Joe, thank you so much. Lets go to the weather. Heavy snow hitting North Carolina right now. It is all because of an intense upper level storm and the weather channels mike seidel has more on the unusual Winter Weather from sugar mountain, North Carolina. Reporter typically on the 1st of november, wed be talking about wind and snow and cold like this in north dakota. But were in North Carolina, believe it or not. And its been snowing and blowing since about midnight last night. So far, about 6 inches on the ground here. South of here in the smoky mountains, in tennessee, theres 17 inches of snow. The roads there in the National Park are shut down. Theyve had i40 shut down at the tennessee North Carolina line because of the snow and the wind. Were here at the ski resort at sugar mountain, 5,300 feet at the top. Although the lifts arent rolling right now, theyll likely be on tomorrow morning at 8 00 a. M. 22 degrees right now. And the windchill is only 4 above zero. And weve had snow earlier than weve seen on record in south carolina. Columbia, south carolina, did that this morning. Lexington, south carolina, 4. 5 inches of snow. Outside of greenville, south carolina, reports of thunder snow. And 26,000 customers are without power. Again, wild weather across the mountains of North Carolina and tennessee. Will tame down later on tonight. But many areas in the southeast and down south will see frost or freezing temperatures sunday morning. But then a nice recovery to more typical early november weather with temperatures in many spots back in the 60s by the early part of next week. Alex, back to you. I hope youre getting paid extra today, thank you, mike. In other news, at least 50 people are dead in the latest mass execution by isis militants in iraq. The victims were tribesmen and women from the Village North of ramadi. The Washington Post reports this morning that Justice Department Officials Say it is highly unlikely that ferguson, missouri, Police Officer Darren Wilson will face federal civil rights charges in the shooting death of michael brown. The paper writes, the d. O. J. Is reluctant to acknowledge it does not have a case because tensions are so high right now. While the grand jury continues to consider possible criminal charges. A d. O. J. Spokesman said the case is still open saying, quote, this is an irresponsible report by the Washington Post based on idle speculation. And tech giant amazon just released a new report on diversity at the company. Turns out its overwhelmingly white and male. 63 of its employees and 75 of its managers are men. Inside the u. S. , 60 of amazon workers are white as are 71 of the managers. The tech giant says its working to bring more women and minorities into the fold. It is the moment a lot of people have been waiting for, dallas nurse nina pham recently declared ebolafree, reunited with her dog bentley. Nbc news correspondent Kristen Dahlgren joins me with more. Big smiles about this story. When did it happen . Reporter it happened this morning. After more than three weeks apart, nina pham and her beloved king charles spaniel are finally together again. Workers gathered to say goodbye to the pup. Despite his fans, bentley clearly missed his mom and pham returned the sentiment. I feel like bentley reentering my life is yet another reminder of hope and encouragement for me moving forward and if you willing my life to its fullest with my best friend at my side again. Reporter its been a whirlwind week for pham who got to visit the white house after being declared ebolafree. And pham says shes already preparing for bentleys Second Birthday Party later this month. Bentleys care in quarantine didnt come cheap. A dallas spokesperson say taxpayers spent tens of thousands of dollars to care for bentley. But donations and grants should cover much of the cost, especially after everyone sees that video. I know, we are a nation of pet lovers. Thanks so much, Kristen Dahlgren. Were going to take you back to mojave, california, where the ntsb is beginning their News Conference on the Virgin Galactic plane crash. Lets take a listen. I intend to have a press conference later today after the people have started the investigative process to reveal what we have learned thus far. And i will intend to do that regularly to keep everyone apprised of the information that we have gleaned in our investigative process. So please check the website, ntsb. Gov and our twitter feed, ntsb to find out exactly when and where that First Press Conference today will occur. So having just arrived this morning, we dont have any substantive information yet. But if you have any process questions, id be happy to take them. Thank you for coming to cover this event. How different is this event [ inaudible ] the question is, how different is this investigation from the typical investigation that the ntsb does . This has many similarities and some differences. It has some of both for us. What are some of the differences . Some of the differences is that this was a space launch vehicle and this would be the we participated in the launches of the challenger and the columbia. But this will be the first time we have been in the lead of a space launch that involved persons on board. Is there a black box in this vehicle . The question is, is there a black box in this vehicle . Im not sure of that yet. Well find that out probably today. Any further questions . What altitude did this mishap occurred . The altitude of the mishap, i dont know that information yet. Well find that out very quickly because this was a this was a test flight. And test flights are typically very welldocumented in terms of data. And we may get some video feed. We may have lots of evidence that will help us with the investigative process. And we appreciate that. That will make our job simpler and make us able to find out not only what happened but also more importantly why it happened so we can make recommendations to try to prevent it from happening again. Do you know if you have any [ inaudible ] the question is, do we have any telemetry . And we dont know that yet. We have somewhere between 13 and 15 investigators. Is that a standard size for the size depends on the complexity of the mission. Because this has new peaks for us, we want to make sure we covered all of the bases. Thank you very much for coming. Well have our press conference this afternoon. Thank you. When we were told that Richard Branson would be coming to that podium, he clearly isnt doing that right now. You were listening to the ntsb acting director who said they have about a dozen ntsb investigators on scene to try to figure out the complexities of what has happened. But it is an interesting and a unique position for the ntsb to be in. It is the first time theyre taking the lead on a crash of this sort. This was a space launched accident. They dont have the telemetry. They just got on scene within this last hour. Theyll have a News Conference later on today and put together as many of the nuts and bolts and whats happened. But this is an investigation that will certainly take a lot more than just this day to come to a conclusion as to what happened. Well stay on top of the news and well bring it to you as we get it. Down to the last days of campaigning before the midterm elections. And Steve Kornacki will join me to talk about how it could all come down to kansas. Ent, will you outlive your money . Uhhh. No, that cant happen. Thats the thing, you dont know how long it has to last. 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There were two dueling issues i noticed on the road. The frustration and dysfunction of washington. And i think people looked at it from their own political points of view who they blamed for the dysfunction. And the second is the uneven economic recovery. That was Nbcs Chuck Todd appearing on up with Steve Kornacki. Three days until the midterm elections. As we enter the final weekend of campaigning, at least seven senate races are within three points or less. Let me bring in Steve Kornacki, most of up by the same name there. With a welcome to you, first of all, big picture, steve, how do you think this is going to play out tuesday . Well, lets take a look. We have the big board here. Lets put it to use and pull up the Senate Battleground map. You mentioned those seven states where its particularly close. But we have a battleground here, the states in yellow were considering the Senate Battleground. Thats ten, a total of ten of them where there is at least some degree of suspense heading into tuesday about whats going to happen. The red and the blue are states where one party clearly has an advantage over the other. In this battleground were talking about, seven of these ten are states that some control. Three are seats that republicans control. This is all about two different magic numbers to keep in mind as these results come in tuesday night. The republicans, their numbers, 51. If they want to get control of the senate, they need to get to 51 seats. From this battleground weve identified, theyd need to win six of those yellow states to get to the 51. For the democrats, they start with 43. Add in two independents because right now thats Bernie Sanders and king who are already in the senate and caucus with them, which gives them 45. If they can get to 50, joe biden is the Vice President would break any tie in the senate. The democrats need 50 at their magic number, republicans, 51. Talk about kansas. That one seems to be really close. Yeah. Kansas, close. Its one of the most fun races this year. You dont see this too often. Taking a look at the numbers in kansas, you see the average of the polls right now in kansas. It shows that greg orman, hes an independent, theres no democrat in this race. The democrat dropped out. Democrats are betting on orman here, leading pat roberts less than one point. Pat roberts, the republican, has closed this gap. If we were showing you this a couple of weeks ago, orman would have been ahead by a much more substantial margin. Roberts has rallied Republican Voters and telling them basically, you may not like me that much, but you dont want to have a Democratic Senate. You want a republican senate. If thats what you want, you have to be with me. Hes brought his numbers back up. But its not enough to move ahead of orman. Looking a real nailbiter in kansas. Do we have a sense with whom orman would caucus if hes elected . The democratic bet is it would be with them. They think it will be with them. The republican fear is it will be with democrats. Theyve spent this campaign treating orman as a democrat telling voters, dont blooif him when he says his mind isnt made up. He will be with the democrats. The issue is if the republicans are already over the top by the time it comes time for greg orman to decide, people say, hell probably join the republicans anyway because he wants to be with the majority party. If his vote is decisive and the difference between the Democratic Senate and a republican senate, hes the wild card here. Whatever calculation he decides to make obviously most people are expecting its more likely to be democratic than republican. But he could surprise people. Absolutely. Georgia and the deciding factor there and how much you think that ones going to go to a runoff. Thats the key question. We can look inside georgia, pull up the polling average there. David perdue, the republican, 0. 3 Percentage Points separating nun from perdue. But hes stepped in on the issue of outsourcing from his business background. Georgia, the state right now, the recession lingering more in georgia than in any other state. So those comments have hurt him there. You dont see in this chart right here, theres a libertarian candidate getting about 3 or 4 of the vote. If that candidate keeps both of these candidates under 50 , theres a runoff in this race. But heres the twist on the runoff because of a court ruling, federal elections in georgia, you have to wait a real long time for a runoff. The runoff wouldnt be held until january 6th, 2015. To give you a sense of how far out that is, the new senate, the one elected this coming tuesday, will convene on january 3rd. So this, this race could still be unresolved when the senate is seated next year. Talk about the president as well. He hasnt been invited to campaign in a number of these battleground states were talking about. Nationally speaking, how hard is that to manage for the Party Overall . Yeah. Its interesting. Hes not been in Senate Battleground states, the president basically absent. Hes in michigan this week where the democrats will win by about 20 . He has been used in governors races, some competitive governors races. I want to show you why. His home state of illinois, theres a barnburner of a governors race going on. Pat quinn tied with bruce rauner. This was a razorthin race in 2010. What youre seeing, the story of illinois, its all red. There are 102 counties in illinois. 98 of them in that election in 2010 voted republican. Pat quinn became the governor because he was able to win this one big. This is cook county. This is chicago. This is cook county and three much smaller counties down state. He won four counties total in the entire state. What that translates into, as many as an amazing set of statistics. He won by 123 votes in a small county, 166 in a small county, 1,300 in another one and then 500,000 in cook county, all of that sea of red out there was against the democrats and against pat quinn. But because of one county where chicago is, because he won it so overwhelmingly, he was able to offset all those losses and barely win. So the calculation that the Quinn Campaign is making here is, president obama, where is he extremely popular in this country . Chicago. Cook county, illinois, his home stays. Even if the suburbs who have sort of turned on obama a bit dont like him coming in, they say, were losing the suburbs, we need this kind of number out of cook county. And president obama can get us that kind of number. So theyre bringing him in there to do that. Thats why. Clearly, steve, you own the information and the telestratte. Youre good with that. Thanks so much. Be sure to watch steve every week, including tomorrow morning, 8 00 a. M. Eastern here on msnbc. What does life look like when it gets back to normal in one small town . An awful lot like halloween. Up next, how the capture of a suspected cop killer allowed these kids to enjoy their trickortreating. S perfect. You know what . Plenty of guys have this issue, not just getting an erection, but keeping it. Well, viagra helps guys with ed get and keep an erection. And you only take it when you need it. Good to know, right . If ed is stopping what you started. Ask you doctor about viagra. [ male announcer ] ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. Do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain; it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. Side effects include headache, flushing, upset stomach and abnormal vision. To avoid longterm injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than four hours. Stop taking viagra and call your doctor right away if you experience a sudden decrease or loss in vision or hearing. Ask your doctor if viagra is right for you. Pennsylvania is breathing easier now that fugitive eric frein is in custody. One trooper was killed, another wounded. U. S. Marshals captured frein in an abandoned airplane hangar. Sarah dallof joins me with more from blooming grove, pennsylvania. The kids were able to get out there and enjoy halloween after his capture. Reporter they were, alex. Halloween up until he was captured had been canceled for safety concerns but it was reinstated just in time. Kids able to go trickortreating and the annual parade able to go down main street. It wasnt just the holiday. It was this fear, this unease hanging over residents shoulders during these 48 days. We had schools canceled. Residents were asked not to leave their home. Throughout pike and monroe counties today, the word here hearing is relief. People have to get on with their lives. I was just glad the whole thing was over. I didnt like what was happening to people or how people were acting. It was putting a lot of stress on the kids because theyre afraid to go to school. They kept Closing School all the time. Reporter and theres a huge outpouring of support for the men and women of Law Enforcement who gave so many hours during these 48 days searching for eric frein. In fact, theres posters, banners and signs throughout the city all reading thank you. One right across the street here at the Police Barracks says, way to go, psp. Sarah dallof, thank you so much. How Climate Change may play a role in tuesdays election, thats coming your way after a short break. You get used to food odors in your kitchen. You think it smells fine, but your guests think it smells like this. sound effects febreze air effects works instantly to eliminate odors youve gone noseblind to. 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His long day of doing it himself starts with back pain. And a choice. Take 4 advil in a day or just 2 aleve for all day relief. Honey, you did it baby laughs welcome back to weekends with alex witt. Slow and steady but still dangerous. Hawaiis kilauea volcano continues to erupt today. Lava creeping to the nearby town of pahoa. No mandatory Evacuation Order has been put in place yet. Nbcs Hallie Jackson joins me now. Reporter heres the latest from the leading edge of the lava flow here in pahoa. Its essentially stalled. Almost no flow activity over the last 24 hours or so. So the lava right now, the front edge of it is still about 480 feet back from the street behind me here. You can see where the roadblock is. National guard members making sure that access is limited to this road. If folks who live here have to get out, they want to make sure they can do that easily and without a lot of people or cars blocking their paths even though a lot of people have shown up to pahoa to see this natural wonder for themselves. The lava is about a half mile back from the areas main highway. Thats the next critical piece of infrastructure that will be affected. Officials have constructed a couple of alternate roads. Theyre finished two and are working on a third, keeping a close eye on that. Thats the next key thing that might be impacted by this lava. At this point, theres still a fair amount of activity upslope from the leading edge. Things like breakouts. No mandatory evacuations yet. But theyre staying in close contact with folks to keep them abreast of where the lava is and where its headed. Rain wont stop the lava flow. Its simply too powerful. About 2,000plus degrees fahrenheit. Thanks for that. A new talking point for republicans is raising eyebrows on the campaign trail. Theyre claiming theyre not scientists when they are confronted with questions about Climate Change. Joining me now is kate shepard, environment and Energy Editor for the huffington post. I want to play you some sound of republicans avoiding the issue of Climate Change. Here it is. Im not a scientist. Im interested in protecting kentuckys economy. Im not qualified to debate the science over Climate Change. Im not a scientist. Were going to make sure we take care of our environment. I dont know the Science Behind Climate Change. I cant say one way or another what is the direct impact. Im not qualified, i dont know. Why are they doing this . I think this is a really interesting evolution, if you will, on this issue. In the past, republicans would say, i dont think Climate Change is happening. Then they say, its happening but we dont know if human activity is causing it. Sol im not a scientist is this new development that theyre able to sort of skirt the question as to if its happening and whos causing it and talk about the policy issues underlying it. Its an artful dance around the science that theyre trying to do here. And i can understand that they dont want to go specifically on record so they can be targeted. But do you think there is a political downside to avoiding this issue . Absolutely. If you look across the country, voters care about this issue. Its not their number one issue. But a lot of voters care about Climate Change and think we should address it and are looking for candidates who will. I think they dont appreciate it when a candidate sidesteps the issue like this. It will be really important in the future that they figure out a better answer than that. Do you think, then, this is just some sort of an election season strategy . Do you think theyre going to be more concrete with perhaps their contrarian thoughts or however you want to characterize that after election day . I think what were seeing here is a response to the fact that young voters, africanamerican and latino voters, women voters, they all care about this issue. And candidates are responding to that. They know they have to shift. This is beginning to shift in that direction. And i think well see people in the party who are coming around to sort of more reasonable positions on the science going forward. Do you have any concerns that while theyre avoiding the topic now, it means theyre going to try to avoid further debate or discussion . Well, if the republicans take over the senate, im sure the epas carbon rules will be something they go after in legislation. But this is sort of, i think, opening a talking point for them to avoid the science part of it but still go after the regulations. Do you think this strategy theyre using somewhat lessens the importance of Climate Change as sort of a political issue . No, i dont think it solves the problem for them. I think this is theyre going to be continuing to be asked about this. I think this is not going to be a Winning Strategy for them going forward. But well see. Yes, we will. Kate, thank you so much. Up next, billions of dollars are being spent to woo voters for the midterm elections. But will all of that money really pay off . [ highpitched ] nailed it [ normal voice ] youre right, that was really easy. I know, i told you so. On progressive. Com, you can compare our progressive direct rates with our competitors rates, so shopping is easy. You dont sound like flo. [highpitched] yeah, i do. [ clears throat ] who you talking to . [ normal voice ] what . Whats on your hand . Noth my wedding ring. [chuckles] symbol of our love and understanding. Comparing rates for you. Now thats progressive. [ highpitched ] nailed it were taking you right now to Richard Branson, the owner and founder of Virgin Galactic airways. Lets take a listen to what he has to say about that dramatic crash yesterday in the mojave desert. We are determined to find out what went wrong and are working with the authorities to get that information. It is too early for me to add any details of the investigation at this stage. Weve always known that commercial space travel is an incredibly hard project. Weve been undertaking a comprehensive Testing Program for many years and safety has always been our number one priority. This is the biggest test program ever carried out in commercial aviation history, precisely to ensure that this never happens to the public. The bravery of test pilots generally cannot be overstated. Nobody underestimates the risks involved in space travel. Commander Chris Hatfield is amongst those who sent moving notes of support in which he highlighted the nature of space projects. He wrote, as a former test pilot, crashes and sadly even deaths were frequent. It is a known part of the business. Little solace but reality, pushing the bounds of knowledge and possibility comes with unavoidable risk. In testing the boundaries of human capabilities and technologies, we are standing on the shoulders of yesterday we fell short. Well now comprehensively assess the results of the crash and are determined to learn from this and move Forward Together as a group of friends and a company. Weve been touched by the overwhelming support coming not just from the Space Community but the world at large. If i could hug every Single Person whos sent messages of love, hope and understanding over the past several days, i would. The Space Community sticks together and there have been touching messages of solidarity from nasa, even from the International Space station, xprize, our customers, the media, the virgin family and many, many thousands of people all over the world, inspired by the vision of commercial space travel. Of all the moving words shared with us, a quote from the astronaut, lisa nowak stood out, of course risk is part of space flight. We accept some of that to achieve greater goals in exploration and find out more about ourselves and about the universe. We do understand the risks involved and were not going to push on blindly. To do so would be an insult to all those affected by this tragedy. Were going to learn from what went wrong, discover how we can improve safety and performance and then move Forward Together. I truly believe that humanitys greatest achievements come out of our greatest pain. This team is a group of the bravest, the brightest, the most determined and the most resilient of people. We are determined to honor the bravery of the pilots and the teams here by learning from this tragedy. Only then can we move forward, united behind a collective desire to push the boundaries of human endeavor. Thank you very much. Is it fair to say the dream lives on . Its fair to say that all 400 engineers who work here and i think most people in the world would love to see the dream living on. As i say that we owe it to our test pilots to find out exactly what went wrong and once weve found out what went wrong, if we can overcome it, well make absolutely certain that the dream lives on. [ inaudible question ]. The ntsb will be doing regular press conferences over the next month. Im not allowed to comment at all on any aspect of the spacecraft, the rockets and anything to do with it. Its the ntsb that will be commenting. And to be honest, i find it slightly irresponsible that people who know nothing about what theyre saying can be saying things before the ntsb makes their comments. Can you tell us about the pilot who died and the one survivor . Notified the family members yet somebody later on will give you more details on that. [ inaudible question ]. No, the pilot worked for scaled, not for Virgin Galactic. And i never met him. Whats the future of Virgin Galactic right now . We would love to finish what we started some years ago. I think pretty well all our astronauts would love us to finish it, would love to go to space. I think millions of people in the world would love one day to have the chance to go to space. And this is the start of a long program. Ive spoken before of once we got this program off the ground of offering pointtopoint travel. In the early days of aviation, there were incidents and then aviation became very safe. In the early days of commercial space travel, there have been incidents. And then we hope that one day, the test pilots will enable people to be able to go to space safely. And that is our wish and desire. Richard, whats your message to those who have paid the seats, who wanted to be on those journeys . Whats your message to them today . After what theyve seen over the last 24 hours . We have had numerous messages of support from the people who the astronauts who signed up to go with us. We even had somebody sign up specifically to become an astronaut yesterday in support of the program. So i think that theyve been patient to date. I think most of them will be patient longer. We may lose one or two. But it didnt look like it. Anybody who ever wanted a refund would be able to get a refund. We havent used the money. We decided weve always decided its best not to use the money. It just gave us the confidence to do the program knowing these people were so committed. [ inaudible question ]. Im afraid thank you very much for being here. Im being pulled away to go and see the 400 people who work here. Thank you very much for your time. So there you are, the founder and owner of Virgin Galactic airways, the notable Richard Branson, expressing some cautious optimism about the dream living on and his intent to bring space travel in a low orbit form to tourists around the world, to go forward as long as the investigation finds out what happened yesterday and is able to allow the company to correct that problem before moving forward. Again, cautious optimism there. But clearly the passion that he has and the heartfelt sense of appreciation for the bravery of test pilots throughout history as well as through this Extraordinary Program that hes putting out there. He certainly demonstrated that. Well stay on top of that. As we get more information about the investigation and its results, well bring it to you here on msnbc. 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Joining me now, msnbc. Coms Senior Editor beth fouhy and emily cohn. Beth, first to you, what is the conventional in all the years ive been covering campaigns, theres a strong feeling about whats going to happen the following tuesday. Generally speaking, republicans are probably going to have a good night. But the polling is so close in all these states and all these states with Competitive Senate races. Most are red states. One would assume the republicans would be running away with the campaigns because of the president s relatively low popularity. And yet in most of these states, you see democrats Still Holding their own within the margin of error and all the polling. I think we can say its probably going to be a pretty good night for republicans but i think democrats will have some surprises going in their favor. Emily, the Washington Post has this new article im looking at about the flood of political ads, including these two here they are. Im joni ernst, i grew up castrating hogs on an iowa farm so when i get to washington, ill know how to cut pork. Mitch mcconnell wants you to think im barack obama. Mitch thought duke basketballs were uk or whos attacking me on goal . Political advertising is expected to reach 2. 4 billion. How much of an impact do you think this is going to have on these close races . When you have so much money on the air waves and you have some of these markets, theyre so oversaturated, that you cant advertise anywhere. You have to have an ad that cuts through. In iowa, we didnt think it was going to go republicans way. Bruce braley was raising money and thought he was going to just coast through. And thats certainly not happening. And it all started with that ad about the cutting pork. It got joni ernst noticed. Same with Alison Lundergan grimes. Her holding the gun in that shot was saying, im not the National Democratic party. Im a different democrat. Speaking of the democrats, beth, theres a vulnerable democratic senator, Mary Landrieu of louisiana, defending the comments she told to Nbcs Chuck Todd. To be honest with you, the south hasnt always been the friendliest place for africanamericans. Its been a difficult time for the president to present himself in a very positive light as a leader. Its not always been a good place for women to be able to present ourselves. Its more of a conservative place. So weve had to work a little bit harder on that. But the people trust me, i believe. Really, they do, to trust me to do the right thing for the state. This latest poll shows senator landrieu seven points behind her republican challenger. Beth, talk about the dynamic at play in that state. The landrieu name is a popular and widely known one. How will these comments play out . Its a popular name in louisiana. But everybodys sick of incumbents and people who have been in politics for a long time. The landrieu name might cut a little bit against her in louisiana right now. But she made the controversial comments to suggest the president isnt popular in the south because of his race or that women have a problem in the south. Those are really scary comments to be making. And certainly are going to invite some backlash. But shes trying to gin up her base in louisiana to come out for her. And her base are democrats. And democrats in that state are largely going to be africanamerican and younger women. Shes trying to bring those folks out. She has to. Emily, if the republicans do manage to get control of the senate, do you think that ensures a couple of more years of gridlock in the congress . The likely will be slim. Mitch mcconnell has to deal with legislation coming from the house side thats not going to be something that a lot of his vulnerable members in 2016 like. Just like this cycle where a lot of democrats were running in states that president obama was very unpopular, next time around, a lot of republicans are running in states where democratic president s do really well. So his caucus, his vulnerable senators are not going to want to deal with a lot of that house agenda. Beth and emily, thank you, ladies. Teachers are often considered overworked and underpaid. But some jarreeducators in calia are receiving salaries and perks only some can dream of. Yogurt tastes best. Definitely that one. That ones delicious. Its yoplait what . I love yoplait the other one is chobani. Really. I like this one better. Yoplait wins again take the tasteoff for yourself. For over 19 million people. [ alex ] transamerica helped provide a lifetime of retirement income. So i can focus on what matters most. [ female announcer ] everyone has a moment when tomorrow becomes real. Transamerica. New information in the crash of a pioneering spacecraft how will the tragedy affect civil space travel . Arctic blast. A snowy assault comes with recordbreaking bonechilling cold. Thats a cat call nightmare. That video featuring a woman being sexually harassed on new york city streets is now triggering threats against her. Well talk to her about it. Three days to go, a renowned expert on u. S. Elections makes his bold midterm predictions. And a tearful reunion, a former ebola patient and her lovable bentley. Good day to all of you. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. Heres whats happening. Breaking news this hour, virgin founder Richard Branson just spoke a few moments ago at the site of u. S. s crash of the Virgin Galactic spaceshiptwo in which one pilot died and the other injured. In testing the boundaries of human capabilities and technologies, we are standing on the shoulders of chance. Yesterday, we fell short. We will now comprehensively assess the results of the crash and a determined to learn from this and move Forward Together as a group of friends and a company. Joining me now from mojave, california, nbcs jacob rascon. We were listening to Richard Branson along with you, it seemed very poignant. But hes being very cautious moving ahead. Did you get that sense, too . Reporter yes, a very somber Richard Branson, determined to figure out what went wrong. But he said, yesterday, we fell short. He said safetys always been the number one priority. In fact, he had to be rushed away from questions to go speak, he said, to the 300 to 400 employees of Virgin Galactic who work here in an Office Warehouse just beyond where we are now. He was very somber in the words that he spoke. He said anybody who bought a ticket who would want a refund would be able to get that refund. He also said that he believes that most who have bought tickets and the engineers will have their full support behind the project. He even said, somebody signed up just yesterday in support of the project. He said, weve always known this was the most difficult project. We have known that there would be risk and in part accepted some of that. But he was very solemn in the way he spoke about the project. Did not comment on the investigation. But as you and i were listening to that, he said, yesterday we fell short, he knew it. He meant it and you knew he meant it when he said they were going to get to the bottom of this and try to overcome it. You could feel the somber nature there. You mentioned the investigation. And you had made the point that the ntsb, the acting director of which, spoke at a News Conference. Were they able to give too much information when they did that newser . Reporter no, they were not. They said it was the first of this kind. We knew that, we asked just to make sure. They said, this would be the first time the ntsb would conduct an investigation into a space launch in which there were people on board. Something that they have never been the lead on. They have been involved in other space launches. But never like this. They said they had brought 13 to 15 investigators because of the complexity of the crash site and what was involved there. And as we asked Richard Branson about the investigation, he said that he would not be able to comment on that but said rest assured, we will get to the bottom of what happened. Jacob rascon, thank you so much for that. Parts of North Carolina are getting hammered with several inches of snow and then in chicago, the waves on Lake Michigan got so high, they flooded streets on lakeshore drive. The weather channels mark elliot has more on the nations forecast on the first weekend of november. A couple of different stories were watching today, the main one in the east is the cold. And, again, sunday morning, freeze warnings through much of the deep south. This is a cold air blast that you are definitely going to notice. Tomorrow morning, 31 in montgomery. 33 in atlanta. Near the freezing line through much of north georgia. Monday morning, a little bit of moderation down to the south but still plenty cold and plenty below average as well. Still a cold air blast youll notice. Theres been a lot of snow so far. Look at this, mt. Leconte, 17 inches of snow. 3 to 5 additional inches of snow before this storm system is completely done. Into the northeast corridor we go, its cool here, about 10 degrees below average, in the mid to upper 40s through much of new england. By the time we get into tomorrow, near 40 in burlington, 48 in new york city and snow on its way across the northeast. Temperatures cold, snow across northern maine. Alex, back to you. Good for skiers, thats for sure. Developing news today, police in Southern California are searching for several men suspected in a hitandrun accident that turned halloween tragic last night. Three 13yearold girls were killed as they were trickortreating. Those girls including twin sisters were struck by a car in a crosswalk outside on Elementary School in santa ana, 30 miles outside of los angeles. Joining me now is Nbcs Joe Fryer from los angeles. I understand police have located a car that was abandoned near the scene. What about a driver . Reporter thats what theyre searching for at this point. About 800 yards from the scene, police did locate an suv. Some witnesses thought they saw a driver, possibly one or two passengers running away from that vehicle. The vehicle did have frontend damage. Police are pretty sure that is the vehicle that was used. But theyre still trying to find the people responsible. We know today that police are trying to find any Surveillance Video from businesses in the area that might have either spotted or captured the hitandrun or perhaps what was happening before or what was happening afterward to try and get a better description of the driver. Also the Orange County register is reporting that police have been able to trace that suv to a registered owner. They checked the address where that car is registered. The owner has since moved. Whats unclear at this point is whether that vehicle was actually driven by the owner. So thats one thing police are trying to figure out. This all happened just before 7 00 last night. It actually happened in front of an Elementary School. The three young trickortreaters were struck and killed. Police say the vehicle that hit them was going at a high rate of speed. And there were a number of witnesses who saw this. Shortly after the accident, they did find that suv with a significant amount of frontend damage. Now theyre trying to find out whos responsible. As for the victims, two of them, teenagers, twin sisters, the third person, police say, was their friend, also 13 years old. This happened in the neighborhood where the girls live. So people pretty quickly found out about it. And there was a great deal of emotion near the Apartment Community where they live in the wake of what happened. Alex . Just a devastating story. Joe fryer, thank you very much. In other news, the Washington Post reports this morning that Justice Department Officials Say it is highly unlikely that ferguson, missouri, Police Officer Darren Wilson will face federal civil rights charges in the shooting death of michael brown. The paper writes, the d. O. J. Is reluctant to acknowledge it does not have a case because tensions are so high right now. While a grand jury continues to consider possible criminal charges. A d. O. J. Spokesman said, however, the case is still open saying this is an irresponsible report by the Washington Post based on idle speculation. It is the moment a lot of people have been waiting for. Dallas nurse nina pham recently declared ebolafree reunited with her dog bentley. Kristen dahlgren is joining me now with more. Kristen, when did this joyful event happen . Reporter hey, alex. It happened this morning after more than three weeks apart. Nina pham and her beloved king charles spaniel are finally together again. A crowd of Animal Services workers gathered to say goodbye to the pup who had become something of a social media star during his 21day quarantine. Despite his fans, bentley clearly missed mom and pham returned the sentiment. I feel like bentley reentering my life is yet another reminder of hope and encouragement for me moving forward and fulfilling my life to its fullest with my best friend at my side again. Reporter its been a whirlwind week for pham who visited the white house just after being declared ebolafree. And there are more good things to come. Pham said shes already preparing for bentleys Second Birthday Party later this month. Bentleys care and quarantine didnt some cheap. Taxpayers have spent tens of thousands of dollars to care for the pup. But the hope is that donations and grants should cover most of the cost. I think the first image a lot of us had of nina pham was that selfie of her and bentley. Back together again. Its all good. We like that kind of happy news. Thank you so much for bringing it to us. Despite early voting, a Top Democratic Party leader accuses the gop of trying to keep people from voting on tuesday. A republican response next. And fighting for control. Who will win the senate . Elections expert larry sabato will tell us. Have enough money to live life on your terms . I sure hope so. With healthcare costs, who knows. Umm. 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Is your Network Ready . The fundamental difference between the two parties is in this election that democrats are encouraging more people to be a part of the democratic process while republicans continue to sort of throw up barriers at every turn. I feel confident that we at the dnc are running ads in a number of states, in 14 states across the country, to make sure folks know there is an election on tuesday. That was part of my conversation a bit earlier today with dnc Deputy Communications director lily adams. Lets get reaction now from the National Press secretary for the Republican National committee. Kirsten, with a welcome to you, how do you respond to what you just heard . Of course, thanks for having me on. I really like lily. Shes very good at her job. But this shows just how desperate the democrats are right now. We heard a change in their rhetoric over the last couple of weeks. It coincides with what were seeing on the ground in each of these senate states. Its because theyre starting to come our way, were going to do very well on election day, i think. Its interesting that the exact opposite of what lily said is true. Weve been saying for over a year now that our goal as a party is to expand the electorate because we have to as a republican party. We need more voters in our party and not fewer. So weve been spending a lot of time in new communities that we havent been in for a very long time and really focusing on turning out voters, low propensity voters, people who dont usually vote. We are saying to them, please come out and come vote early. Okay. Democrats have criticized republicancontrolled state legislatures for enacting measures they say suppress the voting, that includes eliminating or reducing early voting. Now you have 34 states with these voter id laws. But the New York Times reports with a fiveyear investigation by the Bush Administration back in 2007, it turned up virtually no evidence of any organized effort to skew federal elections. So the question has to be asked, are republicans trying to suppress the vote in any way any place . Not at all. Not at all. We actually, like i said, we want more people to come out and vote. Our entire strategy for the midterm elections has been getting low propensity voters to turn out early. I completely disagree with that assessment from the dnc and with your question. But why arent republican state controlled legislatures or republican legislators in general, why are they pushing these voting policies . I think that we have to take a look at each state and ask them and ask the governors and ask the state legislatures why that applies in their state. Every state has to look at their electorate and what makes the most sense. I dont think having a blanket conversation about this democrat versus republican is really productive at this point. All i know right now is that we are three days from an election and the Republican National committee is working on turning out low propensity voters, people who havent voted for a long time, out to the polls and turn them out early. Heres Something Else from the times. Early voting numbers appear to look good for the democrats in the states of colorado, iowa, georgia and North Carolina. Voters who sat out back in 2010, these voters are more diverse, democratic usually, they include a pretty strong showing from africanamericans. So do you think this may be a challenge posed to the gop . Actually, i just got out of our meeting where we went state by state and got an assessment from the data that were getting from each of these battleground states and i think that we feel very good about where things stand. I think that the democrats, yes, that is their strategy. After election day, i think what were going to hear from them is they didnt get enough of those voters to go out to the polls that they need. And actually we are cutting into their normal lead with early vote. And actually doing it ourselves because weve changed our strategy. So its a very interesting dynamic right now. I think we feel very good about where things stand as we head into the polls. Normally were down considerably with early voters at this point. And were just not seeing that right now. Not surprisingly democrats will blame republicans for gridlock on capitol hill particularly with the gop holding the house. Do you think anythings going to get done if the gop holds both houses . I think we have more of a chance of getting something done. The key obstacle for us was harry reid because he was doing Barack Obamas bidding and obstructing things from going to the president s desk. So i think that thats actually been our central narrative from the rnc in a lot of these Senate Campaigns is lets make sure to fire reid. Lets make sure to get his obstructionist view of running the senate out of here is we can start having a conversation with the president. And i think at that point well see what happens on tuesday but at that point, this president is going to have to reevaluate how he starts working with members of congress and with republicans in general, something he has not done in his entire tenure as president. Speaking of the president s desk, why should the president not use his veto power because republicans did not embrace policies and initiatives that he tried to embrace . Is there any Common Ground anywhere . I would certainly hope so. We would like to be at the table. He hasnt been at the table. Part of this conversation is a little premature. Lets see what happens on tuesday. I think we feel very good about us holding the keeping the house and taking back the senate. And we very much look forward to working with the president and trying to figure out how we start moving things forward, starting to get rid of this stagnant economy, get unemployed americans back to work, things that harry reid and president obama havent been working with us on. And i think that a lot of these races out there in the midterms have been run against the president s policies. Hes going to have to take a real look at tt way hes operated the last six years and come back and sit down at the table with us. Id love to have you back, kirsten, and well talk about it on the other side of tuesday. Thank you. She was the target of cat calls. Now shes getting threats. Whats life been like for this woman since she was revealed in this sexually harassing video . [ male announcer ] tomcat bait kills up to 12 mice, faster than dcon. What will we do with all of these dead mice . 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Joining me now for her side of the story is shoshanna roberts here in studio. Thank you for being here. I appreciate the smile on your face. But this has to be worrisome. Tell me about these threats. People have threatened me, my physical safety, my as a result of my religion, my involvement with this video. And i left believe with an inspirational message that im passionate about. Im an actress. I took direction from an inspirational director, in my opinion. It was something you did. You were directed. But im concerned just for you, your safety. How are you dealing with all this . I have support from all f of my friends and family. Im being told that the loved ones that i have are proud of me. And that speaks volumes. The majority of the feedback is positive. We are getting thank yous. We are getting you enlightened me, i wasnt aware of this. And people who have said, you are living my life, because this happens to me all the time. Talk about how we should handle street harassment and even online harassment, in your experience. Im sharing my story. Everyone reacts differently. Sometimes i am indifferent. Other times, im walking down the street on a regular basis interacting with people. Its all situationspecific. You have to read the nonverbal cues. You do. Some of these videos have come under fire because they have shown the cat callers, if you want to call them that, many of them nonwhite. What is your response to that . Was it a certain part of the city you were walking in or this is where you were every day . Was it typical . I walk all over. Im a very active person. Im in the swing dance community. I do rock climbing. I walk all these places on a typical basis. Soho, harlem, midtown. We went to places with a lot of pedestrian traffic. The more people youre around, the more times it happens. Yes, it happens all over the world. Yes, its happened to me in pittsburgh, among all places. But there are guys out there and theyre saying, if a simple hello some of these guys would say hello or hey do you consider that harassment . Its all situationspecific. I consider each specific person talking to me differently. One person might say, hi, hello, and they have respect in their voice and other people can use the same exact words but can make it harassing by the tone of their voice. Say a guy genuinely wants to talk with you. Do you feel someone has the right to do that because they see a pretty girl walking down the street . Im just sharing my story. Its all reading the nonverbal cues. I walk down the street saying hi, hello, theyre not saying hello to other people behind me. But its all during the video, i had nonverbal cues that said i didnt want to be talked to. Its just a matter of being aware of your surroundings and seeing if someone is making eye contact with you, if someone is smiling, but then they escalate it so quickly. Maybe a sense of respecting peoples privacy yes. Respect is a big thing. People can approach you with respect or they can approach you without respect and use the same words. Speaking of the privacy, the privacy of personal space i remember that one guy came up to the video and he followed you for five minutes. Yeah. Would you have ever considered talking to him . Did you say anything i dont recall you saying anything to him. I did not say a word. That was creepy, that one. Slightly, yes. I agree with you. But i also think a little of an understatement. Just in terms of my reaction. I was scared out of my mind, using words i cant say on air. Well, that person clearly violated your personal space. Yeah. Everyone has a different sized bubble. The proximity to which you can get in someones space and approach them with them feeling comfortable, its different for every person. It might be half a foot for me. It could five feet for someone else. Yeah. Unfortunately this brings up memories of Sexual Assault in my past. And i relive moments of that or i just dont even hear them half the time. Its an extraordinary video you bring to us. I certainly appreciate the conversation that youve started for a lot of people who need to have this conversation. I want people to know that its happening this frequently, even if someones aware of it, they dont know the frequency. Best of luck. And take good care of yourself. Thank you. It is a pay grade for educators that pay surprise you. And one pennsylvania community, ghosts and goblins signals a return to normalcy after a terrifying time. Over 12,000 financial advisors. So, how are things . Good, good. Nearly 800 billion dollars in assets under care. Let me just put this away. How did edward jones get so big . Could you teach our kids that trick . By not acting that way. Ok, last quarter. Its how edward jones makes sense of investing. Ring ring . Progresso its ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. Its our slow simmered vegetables and tender white meat chicken. Apology accepted. Im watching you soup people. Make it progresso or make it yourself welcome back to weekends with alex witt. Its 32 past the hour. Now here stateside, northeast pennsylvania is breathing a sigh of relief, the first weekend of november, they even celebrated halloween as fugitive eric frein is in custody after a manhunt that took nearly two months. I cant even explain what im feeling right now. This is awesome. We are so proud of our Pennsylvania State police, their hard work. All the children, we were afraid to go outside. We were afraid to do anything. So this is amazing. We were waiting for this day. U. S. Marshals captured frein thursday in an abandoned airplane hangar. Nbcs sarah dallof is joining me now with more from blooming grove, pennsylvania. What is Law Enforcement saying about how this guy was able to evade them for two months . Reporter they stress this is an ongoing investigation. But theyre beginning to learn more about how he did that. They say he utilized abandoned structures like the airplane hangar and unoccupied homes finding food in those homes in order to survive. He also we know had hidden caches of supplies in the woods. They say it wasnt one of the numerous tips they received in the end but a sweep of the area that finally net t eric frein. He surrendered meekly, they say, put his hands in the air and followed their commands. No shots fired. He was taken into custody in the handcuffs of the plan belonging to the man he killed. He was arraigned on nine counts yesterday morning including firstdegree murder. Prosecutors say theyre going to seek the death penalty. Meanwhile, a community breathing a sigh of relief here, halloween had been canceled out of safety concerns. It was on yesterday. Kids trickortreating, the annual parade back as scheduled and hunting season back on. This really has had a huge impact on the community here. At times, they werent able to return to their homes because of roadblocks. Other people not allowed to leave their homes as tactical teams swept those areas. This is a Long Time Coming for the people here and a huge outpouring of gratitude to the men and women of Law Enforcement who put hours in to capture eric frein. Sarah dallof, thank you so much. Lets go to vote 2014. Its on overcast day on capitol hill this afternoon. Three days until the midterm elections. At stake is control of the house and the senate and 36 statehouses. Joining me with his predictions is larry sabato, good to see you, my friend. Great to see you, too, alex. Thank you so much. Lets talk first about the senate question. The big question, really the only question, do the democrats hold onto the majority . They have a one in three chance of doing it. I think that one in three chance is the socalled biden majority, that is a 50 50 tied senate with the democratic Vice President breaking the tie. Two out of three chance, the republicans take the senate. Why . Because the map is so favorable to them this year with most of the key contests in small, relatively rural republican states. And i think beyond that, just the math. They have so many ways to get to 51. Democrats are on the defensive. And its going to be much more difficult for them to get to 50. They have one advantage. Because of biden, they only have to get 50 seats. The republicans have to get 51. There are a bunch of races we could talk about. Two in particular are kentucky and colorado that are interesting. Give me the outcome of what you expect to see there. Well, i think Mitch Mcconnell has always been favored mainly because in kentucky, the president has low 30s approval. And one of the very best indicators of how a senate race is going to turn out, especially in this kind of year, a sixth year itch year is where the is the stands in job approval in any given state. So i would say mcconnell there. And in colorado, its certainly closer. The edge has to go to the republican, gardner. Democrats have hope for two reasons, though. The first is the allmale balloting, which will increase turnout among hispanics, among young people, among those who maybe are not that interested in the election but because they get a ballot at home being a registered voter, it makes it easier for them to vote. And its also true that democrats across the country and in colorado and places like iowa in particular have a better get out the vote voter id mechanism than the republicans do. Checking out the house right now, theres no expectation at all that the gop is going to lose the majority. Do you expect them to cede any seats to the democrats . The democrats will pick up a few seats. There are some exceptions to the rule here and there. Overall, we expect republicans to pick up upper single digits. Theyll get back to about where they were after the 2010 election. Remember, they lost some seats in 2012. Alex, this is so critical for people to understand. Its just the eternal theory of surge and decline. A party does well in one election, declines in the next or the next couple. The democrats did extremely well in 2008. Declined in 2010, surged again in 2012, declining in 2014. Well, 2016, ill let other people figure that out. I was going to ask you a question about that. Dont you want to answer . Hang on a second. I want to get to statehouses. 36 governor seats in play. Any expected big shifts there, party shifts . Yes. I dont know if the Overall Party balance will shift that much. I think it will go a tick or two in one direction or the other. But theres going to be a fair amount of change in governorships. You have 11 close races, more than in the senate where there are nine close races and theyre in both parties. Ill be surprised if you dont have five or six incumbents lose. Youve had one lose in hawaii in the democratic primary. Florida fascinates me. Its very close. Its hard to call it. But i do think crist going into tuesday appears to have a little bit of an edge, maybe some of it was due to fangate, governor rick scott, the republican, objecting to the fan on the podium there for governor crist at the debate. That was funny. There are other great ones. Pennsylvania, thats another one that democrats will take over, a big state. Republicans are going to do well with their incumbents. I think theyre going to win in wisconsin. I think theyll win in michigan where they have republican incumbents. So its going to be a mixed bag. But those races, alex, are actually more important, in my view, than the senate races. Larry, i was told i have to go. But since i went there. With 2016, you say the midterms arent an accurate predictor. Is that because its too far out and so much can happen . Thats part of it. Two years is four political lifetimes. Think about how much 2010 predicted 2012. Most republicans thought president obama was out. We know whats happened. Okay. Larry sabato, thank you for being brief with that last answer. I appreciate that. Thanks a lot, alex. Joining me with more on this is the political reporter for the New York Times. Nick, welcome. How does what youre seeing compare to larrys crystal ball predictions . I could hear the interview. I dont have a crystal ball the way larry does. But im saying a lot of the same things he is. There are some fascinating senate races in this cycle. There are so many close ones. And whats most surprising to me we can talk about it some more if democrats have a chance of holding the senate, its going to run through kansas and georgia where it was hard to believe they would even have a chance six months or a year ago. Interestingly yesterday you tweeted that republicans have a good shot at capturing more blue territory, especially in new england. Why . Its a great question. What we saw in 2010 and 2012 to some extent was republicans making big gains in these Old Industrial and kind of strongholds for democrats in the midwest, the union strongholds of the midwest. And what we see now is a return to the pattern in the northeast that held for a long time, which is that a moderate republican can win a statewide race there. It was true for a long time. It seemed maybe that in the last couple of cycles the northeast was going to become kind of like the south, a oneparty area, as far as statewide offices. But were seeing now in massachusetts, in maine and rhode island some pretty good chances for republicans to take or hold some of those governors mansions. As larry was saying before, its hugely important. State government controls a lot of politics sorry a lot of policy and services. They are the farm team for president ial candidates in most cycles. So a party that is doing well in holding governors offices is going to have a lot of sway and ability to make their vision felt at the state level and thus around the country for all kinds of people. I know that larry didnt think these elections will be a proxy vote for 2016. But with regard to the senate, do you think that perhaps especially in the real battleground states like colorado and kansas that we were talking about, do you think they may be . Its an important thing here, a lot of the senate races in this cycle, as we had said before, are in red territory. So theres a huge question about the majority. But also more long term, if democrats in some of these red states can hold on for this cycle, theyve got six more years to go. And in the next cycle, 2012, democrats expect to have Hillary Clinton on the ticket and a very strong candidate, the map is going to be a lot better for them. It will be mostly on territory that they have a better chance of winning or Holding Senate seats in. And the same goes to some extent for the house. In this cycle for the republicans, its about can we take this one cycle thats really good for us and run the score up because were going to be on defense in 2016 if we dont have the best candidate to go against Hillary Clinton. How much are you surprised by whats going on in the senate race in georgia, nun and perdue . Typically its a red state. But theyre predicting its not going to be decided maybe till january. And youve got the nunn name. This is a pedigree name in that state. What are you thinking about that state . Shes raised a lot of money. Shes been a very good candidate and she has that name recognition. And this is also a state georgia was won by bill clinton in his first campaign. It is in the south, it is a red state. But its also a metropolitan state. A diverse state. A growing state. Theres a lot of immigration into the state. Its changing rapidly. The question is, will that influx, especially of hispanic voters, and will the rapid Political Organization of the states black voters in the last year or two be enough to carry her over the edge . She has to get to that 50 to avoid the runoff. And its not clear if she can get there. Might not happen till january and then imagine if thats the vote that makes the difference, we could be waiting until january. Good grief. Nick, well be talking again with you. Thank you so much. Of course. Be sure to watch the best election coverage in the business tuesday night right here on msnbc. 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I would hope the net is cast wider for the images. If im faced with an indepth story about Social Security going bankrupt or a car chase, id watch the car dhachase. Whats it like to direct your wife . Is there pillow talk at home . We work closely. She reads my screenplay. It was a continuation of our n constant collaboration. It was great to have your wife there at work. I loved the film. Im not living in los angeles doing local news anymore, but have you heard from locals there . Are they, like, its not real or dont want it to be a real representation . Every local in the film was a local in los angeles. They sense it was something thats being done, but they always imagined it was the other station doing it and not theirs. No some ways, i think they were glad to have it looked at. A lot of people going into journalism want to do a good job. If Something Like this can bring up the topic, they like that. 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