Also ahead this monday, the risks and rewards of private Space Exploration after two recent accidents raise new questions. Ifill plus, rare 1960s recordings from bob dylan and the band holed up in a barn, are released for the first time. Dylan described it. He said, its the way music should be made with the windows open, a dog lying on the floor and your friends the basement just doing what you want to do. Woodruff and, a West Virginia teenager campaigning out of her dorm room hopes to become the youngest person ever to serve in a state legislature. One of the biggest problems is people my age get their high school and College Education here and then they leave because they cant get a good paying job and so i want to be a part of making sure that my generation stays in West Virginia. Ifill those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff american hopes of having moderate rebels in syria prevail against the Islamic State group have suffered new setbacks. The rebels lost a series of towns over the weekend to yet another group, linked to al qaeda. And today, fighters from that same militant group massed near a crossing at the turkish border. The crossing controls a key supply route. Ifill the Islamic State group kept up a campaign of atrocities against a sunni tribe in iraq today. An iraqi official said 36 men, women and children were lined up and publicly killed in a village in anbar province. The militants have slain more than 200 people from that tribe since friday. Woodruff theres been another large cyberattack, this one targeting the u. S. Governments top security clearance contractor. The Associated Press reports the breach at u. S. I. S. Went on for months before the company noticed. It compromised the private records of at least 25,000 workers at the department of homeland security. Ifill korean auto makers hyundai and kia will pay a record 100 millionpenalty to settle claims they inflated gas mileage figures in the u. S. A Justice Department investigation found the companies violated the clean air act. Attorney general eric holder. Because they used inaccurately low numbers to demonstrate compliance with emissions standards, conducting tests in the way that did not reflect good engineering judgment. Hyundai and kia calculated higher fuel economy and lower Greenhouse Gas emissions than the vehicles actually have. Ifill the two companies denied any legal wrongdoing. They said federal rules for gas mileage testing are complex and hard to interpret. Woodruff falling gasoline prices boosted u. S. Auto sales last month. Chrysler reported a 22 bump for its largest october gains since 2001. Japanese automakers nissan and honda reported their best u. S. Sales ever for the month. Only ford had a sales decline, down two percent. Ifill regon woman who sparked new debate over decisions about dying, passed away in portland, oregon, over the weekend. 29yearold Brittany Maynard ended her life on saturday as she had said she wanted to by taking lethal drugs. She had terminal brain cancer. Maynard had moved to oregon to take advantage of the states death with dignity law. Woodruff magliozzi, cohost of nprs longrunning car talk show,died today of complications from alzheimers disease. The weekend callin show Went National in 1987, combining car repair advice with the quick witted banter of magliozzi and his younger brother, ray. If i had my own law of marriage and it is more important to be happy than to be right. Now you may know that youre right. I mean, im always right. When my wife and i have an argument, im always right, but being the clever fellow that i am, i never try to prove to her that im right. And she thinks that im a dummy, that im always wrong, but she loves me. laughter well, i tell ya everybody else thinks youre a dummy, too letting you in on a little secret as long as i know im always right, i dont have to tell her that woodruff the brothers retired two years ago but the show returns in reruns. Tom was 77 years old. Ifill its been more than 13 years since the 9 11 attacks, and today, the newly built one World Trade Center opened for business. Its built at the ground zero site where the twin towers were destroyed. This time lapse shows the new building under construction over eight years, at a cost of nearly 4 billion. At 104 stories, it is the tallest building in the United States. Publishing giant conde nast was the first tenant to begin moving in today. Woodruff wall street failed to gain any traction after lackluster reports on manufacturing in china and europe. The Dow Jones Industrial average lost 24 points to close at 17,366; the nasdaq rose eight points to close near 4,639; the s p 500 lost a fraction, to finish at 2,017. And oil prices closed below 79 dollars a barrel in new york, the lowest in two years. Ifill still to come on the newshour. The high stakes of kentuckys costly senate race. What races to watch on election day. Separatist rebels in ukraine name a new leader for their breakaway republic. The future of private Space Exploration. Rare recordings of bob dylan from the 1960s. And, a College Freshman runs for office in West Virginia. Woodruff on the eve of election day 2014. Candidates from one end of the country to the other, scrambled to reach every voter who could put them over the top. Races for the u. S. Congress and for one third of the governors, along with thousands of state level contests are on the ballot. But nowhere is more at stake than in the 36 campaigns for the u. S. Senate, where republicans have a chance to take the majority away from democrats. One of the most closely watched involves a sitting senator who could get a big promotion if that happens, and if hes re elected. Its the bluegrass state and its where i spent this weekend. What i found is, in a year awash in negative campaigns, it doesnt get much more negative than kentucky. After six years weve seen the slowest recovery since the great depression. These people have run the country into the ground and they need to be stopped. applause were tired of somebody who is just interested in self promotion and self preservation, and stopped being a Public Servant when he was only worried about his own job instead of the jobs here in kentucky. Woodruff its a scorched earth race, pitting the second most powerful republican in washington, Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell, against a hardcharging 35yearold democratic challenger, kentucky secretary of state Alison Lundergan grimes. About the only thing both camps agree on is that theres a lot at stake. But clearly more so for mcconnell. With a real chance that republicans may the majority in the senate, he stands on the cusp of an even bigger job. A prize many republicans can already taste. Thats why we need to elect Mitch Mcconnell as the next majority leader of the United States senate. applause but theres a wrinkle, despite the five terms under his belt, or for many, because of them mcconnell is not viewed favorably by most kentucky voters. Hes extremely unpopular. Woodruff university of kentucky Political Science professor, stephen voss, says mcconnells critics are made up of two very different groups. We have democrats, liberal democrats, theyre not happy with him for being the g. O. P. Leader. But then he has voters on the right who want him obstructing the president , and when he finally stitches together a compromise, theyre angry that he didnt stick to principles and didnt hold the line. Woodruff voss says the most conservative voters zero in on his role shaping a lastminute bipartisan budget deal last year. Mcconnell himself acknowledges his unpopularity. You get targeted, if you are the leader of one of the parties, harry reid had the same thing in 2010, you become a target of the other side. Woodruff whatever the reason, kentuckys only democratic congressman, john yarmuth, concedes theres someone on voters minds here this year, whos even more unpopular than mcconnell. Mitch mcconnells disapproval ratings are extremely high. Hes been upside down for several years. People are not happy with him, theyre not excited by him. I hate to say it, because i support the president , but if it werent for president obama, i think hed have no chance at all of being reelected. Across kentucky, there are a lot of people who are irrationally critical of the president. Woodruff irrational or not, the president has been mcconnells main target, more so than even grimes. Who are these people . In the white house theres a bunch of College Professors and Community Organizers telling us how to do things. They think they are smarter than all the rest of us. And starting tuesday, well be pushing back against that thing applause woodruff mcconnell says a vote for grimes is a vote to enable the president. Grimes has the tricky job of fending off criticism and keeping her distance from mr. Obama. Its just another falsehood that Mitch Mcconnell has put out. It shows he has no record to run on. They know my record, they know my work. An independent Problem Solver that will put the people of this state first. Not the millionaires and billionaires that Mitch Mcconnell has bought and paid for by. Woodruff grimes, the daughter of a wellknown figure in kentucky politics, has been taken seriously because she raised more money than any democrat ever has in the state. And because shes been able to remain competitive in the polls. Shes also been helped by long time family friends, who unlike the president , are highly popular in kentucky. Both bill and Hillary Clinton returned to kentucky in the closing days of the campaign. Woodruff prompting mcconnell to take a swipe at them as well. I was amused that Hillary Clinton said businesses dont create jobs good grief laughter theres not a dimes worth of difference between obama democrats and clinton democrats. Woodruff grimes, whos refused even to say whether she voted for the president , in our interview avoided mention of obama, and praised the clintons. They were here because kentucky is clinton country, despite what Mitch Mcconnell might believe. Under president clinton we had the largest economic expansion that this nation has ever seen. It was the jobs president coming to endorse me. The jobs candidate. Woodruff it may be a preview of coming National Democratic divisions as 2016 draws closer, if a split develops between clinton democrats and president obama. But for now democrats are on the same page, invoking issues like a higher minimum wage. Raise the minumum wage applause woodruff whether its enough to push grimes over the finish line in kentucky is another matter. Some voters are attracted to the idea that mcconnell could be moving to a powerful new position. Michael brennan heads a company that makes coal mining machinery. We have a unique opportunity in the state of kentucky to have the leader of the senate, and that doesnt happen very often. He can do very good things for this state. Woodruff but others, like estelle bayer, say theyre tired of having a senator who is known for blocking change, rather than encouraging it. If you dont get anything done in 30 years, we dont need you. We need somebody new and fresh and intelligent. Somebody who is willing to work with other people. Not just obstruct. Woodruff mcconnell and outside groups supporting his campaign have raised and spent a record amount of money almost 55 million swamping by better than two to one the impressive haul raised by grimes. In the closing days, his tv spots are visibly outrunning hers. Political scientist stephen voss says the ads helped bring many kentucky republicans who dont think mcconnell is conservative enough, back under his tent. These are people who are mobilized voters, who turn out. So forced to choose, once they show up at the polls, Mitch Mcconnell is ideologically closer to them far closer than grimes could be. Woodruff but those who want mcconnell to take on president obama, may be surprised to know what he says his priority will be if republicans do win control of the senate. If the Senate Changes hands, you become the majority leader. Is it mainly then about overturning the policies of the obama admin . Its a combination of things. First we need to look at potential areas of agreement. The president , for example, has called for trade agreements. I wish he would send them up. The president has talked about how outrageous it is that we have the highest tax rate in the industrialized world, i agree. Woodruff that talk of compromise may appeal to wavering voters in the middle, who arent yet sold on grimes. Even democratic congressman yarmuth says she has been hurt by waiting too long to introduce herself to those voters who were open to an alternative to mcconnell. She was hit with the situation of trying to establish a campaign, raise money and do all those things before she could do it. Woodruff consequently, the onslaught of mcconnells negative tv ads have taken a toll, with only hours to go before polls open on election day. Ifill for more on the tightening Political Races and what to be watching on Election Night. We are joined by amy walter of the Cook Political Report and stu rothenberg of the rothenberg political report who will be part of our Election Night team. Kentuckys interesting to watch. Where is the momentum in this race tonight, amy . What are you watching . The momentum seems to be shifting to republicans especially in the last week and were even seeing movement in state like georgia where its been a very tight race. Some new polls out suggesting Republican David Perdue may be opening a digger lead, getting closer to 50 , the the magic number you need to avoid runoff in that state. I still think its close. You still see in the polling and talking to folks on the ground, the feeling is this momentum is moving now to republicans. Ifill what are you seeing . Agree. I think judys piece is excellent because it focused on a race where early on it was a candidate who wanted to nationalize and another who wanted to localize and the whole argument about Alison Lundergan grimes is no legislative record, candidate for change, good contrast with an older washington figure, somebody associated with congress and d. C. And, for a while, was running ahead of them. But as voters focused on the general election, they focused on the larger picture, not just the candidates, but what it meant for kentucky and coal and barack obama and thats when the race turned. Ifill take that it theory and let it play out someplace else like candidate where an older candidate the running against an older incumbent and pat roberts isnt doing nearly as well as Mitch Mcconnell so far. True, but its about internal struggle within the Republican Party in that state as opposed to a choice between a democrat and a republican. In fact, the candidate running against pat roberts is an independent, so its not quite as clear. But he has been shown to make that race. Gwen, you picked the exception at the that proves the rule. In that race the republican pat robert made the race about himself. Mcconnell didnt do that. Mcconnell kept the focus on the president and grimes and the beating grimes and the president. Perdue made the race about himself and is trying to turn it around and in the final days is saying its all about barack obama i same with North Carolina. N income with is another place where democrats tried to localize it. Did a great job early on. As the race focused on the president , the numbers shifted i ifill kay hagan, North Carolina, seems to be solidifying a small lead. No, each one of the states is different. The difference with North Carolina is president obama won it once, mitt romney won it once, its a swing state now. Ifill we can talk about the senate. New hampshire, colorado, kind of slippery here at the last minute. They are. These are place where is the president did well in the past but the big difference is this is not a 2012 electorate. Not only are the same kind of people showing up but the kinds of people supportive of the president in 2012 are soured on him. So no enthusiasm in the democratic states even where obama carried. Ifill and gene shaheen in New Hampshire . The race tightened. Apparently the voters in New Hampshire are not certain about scott. I would put my nickel on shaheen but closer than expected. Ifill a lot of the populations in southern New Hampshire are people who have moved there. New england, the governors races there have turned out to be surprising. They have. Republicans do well in new england. Believe it or not, for governors races. Many times its because voters there want to put a check on a democraticcontrolled legislature and republi