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A man died in an explosion in Braamfischerville, in Soweto, on Thursday.

He just finished serving a one-year prison term for his role in a mining explosion that killed 29 people. despite that, he's gaining in the polls against his two republican rivals ahead of the election tomorrow. he's doing it with ads like these. >> mitch mcconnell created millions of jobs for china people. while doing so, mitch has gotten rich. in fact, the china family has given him tens of millions of dollars. one of my goals as u.s. senator will be to ditch cocaine mitch. >> you heard that correctly. he called the senate majority leader cocaine mitch. and he says that he has a so-called ch...

Molestation could run on a winning ticket in a republican primary. it would have been absurd to think a man who doesn't even live in west virginia who was incarcerated for a mining explosion that killed 29 people could run successfully on a republican ticket. a year from now, noah, what are we going to be saying about a republican candidate running in another special election potentially? i mean, where is the bottom here? >> that's a very depressing question. i don't honestly know the answer to that. >> but it's a logical question at this point. >> you could say the chips fell in the right pla...

>> even donald trump jr. tweeted, reject blackenship no more fumbles like alabama. we need to win in november. msnbc's garrett haake is on capitol hill. reminding people the say blackenship who served prison time for his role in a mining explosion that killed 29 people, but to capitol hill, how worried are senate republicans that he could hurt their chances against joe manchin who is a vulnerable incumbent. >> reporter: very worried. another incident you could have a roy moore problem for senate republicans. they remember that loss keenly did not intervene aggressively and it was a three-way t...

>> i have an issue when the father-in-law is -- is a wealthy person and there is a lot of connections to some of the brass if you will in china. >> my father-in-law is an american and who lives and works in new york and i don't have any comment about ridiculous observations like that. >> you said some harsh things about mitch mcconnell. >> i haven't said anything harsh to other people that is not said more harshly about me. >> reporter: senator republicans biggest concern, he recently got out of prison. the former maszi energy ceo was convicted of conspiracy to violate mine health and safety s...