so roy moore is underperforming roy moore in that very competitive 1992 race. i want to, again, it's very early on as you watch this -- as you watch this fill in, but if you're in the two headquarters, you are now calling into these places. most of this is absentee ballots and you are trying to get any intelligence you can about whether these numbers are going to stand up. another key area for doug jones, montgomery county, montgomery, alabama, of course, african-american base. then you get out into the suburbs out here. that number holds on a night when you know it's close, and you're sitting in the campaign headquarters, this is the tense time, you're looking at these numbers, if you're doug jones, this tells you i'm in play, at least for now. we'll have an interesting night. if you're roy moore, you know -- >> you see a 3% still in, but it tightened up a bit. the difference, it's getting tighter even as we speak. >> not a lot of people up here. this is just over 100 votes, but as these come out, it's just 5%, 60% in this county. the key is going to be if a,

moore by horse, but for moore,e that was not even the most unusual part. the most unusual part is roy moore took questions from the press. which as far as we can tell is the first time he's done so since the allegations first broke, more than a month ago and it isn't hard to see why he may have waited until the last possible moment to actually answer questions. >> i am not talking to acowsers. i am talking about this race, and the people in it and the allegations. we're done with that. >> judge moore, senator cory gardner said as soon as you get to the senate, he wants you expelled. what will you do? >> we will take this up when we get to the senate. >> we take those problems up when we get to the senate when we win. >> i am joined now by nbc news' vaughan hilliard, he is outside where row moore is holding his election party, vaughan, you were here for weeks. you seen the ebbs and flows, you got a batchful of voters you have been talking back and talking to. have you seen any change in sentiment over the last 48 hours? >> reporter: i think, chuck, be point

moore's voters like moore. they're unlikely to stray. doug jones' voters have been following his trajectory and movement in civil rights for many years. what's most interesting has been watching women talk to other women. jones supporters talking to traditional republican voters. and seeing these groups actually come together to some extent and make some progress in talking to each other and working through issues. if a positive trend comes out of this election, it will be that coming together. >> and joy, richard shelby when he last ran, 2016 last year, he got 64% of the vote. the democrat got 35.9% of the vote you. think of alabama as being just this impenetrable spot for democrats. but if you would compare that to, say, new york, where chuck schumer got 70% of the vote. >> right. >> and new york is capable of electing republicans statewide. >> it's a strange state. because it has a very high percentage of african american voters, which is usually an indicator that democrats should be able to win statewide. but the white vote is as pol

>> if moore loses he will have lost because of who moore is and who's back moore, not the president himself. the president is popular in alabama. in a special election the republicans will turn out disproportionately. if this were the normal republican we wouldn't be talking about this. the last time the democrats won a statewide election was in 2006, and they lost every single statewide election since then. in the last couple elections there have been a number of races in which the democrats haven't even put up somebody. neil: it's jeff session's term through 2020. >> whoever is elect ld serve through the 2020 election for the remainder of jeff sessions' seat. it will be three years. and those are going to be potent years. if the republicans keep this seat, at the end of this senate election they could be up to 53, 54, 55 seats. if they lose it they will be lucky to be at 52, 53 or 54. neil: so much more we are getting. 52-48 or 51-49. now you are beginning to understand why republicans are such a mad dash to get thanks cuts done. whoever wins in alabama may i pact where they go. and there

roy moore. the last thing to make america great agenda needs is a liberal democrat in the senate. the president wants moore to win but the republican leader of the senate mitch mcconnell obviously does not. regardless of the president's position. >> been no change of heart. i had hoped earlier he would withdraw as a candidate. that obviously is not going to happen. >> so now the party is stuck. a win means they're going to have to own moore and all of his baggage. at a moment when that baggage couldn't be more toxic in american politics. a loss means their senate majority is at risk and they still might have to own moore and all of that baggage, because of the president's endorsement. democrats seemingly have the opposite dilemma. which do they think is going to be better for them? a moore loss or a win? obviously they'd be thrilled if democrat doug jones won. dispatch john lewis and other african-american leaders to sum up the sizable minority population to head to the polls. who will anyone a

, said he wouldn't vote for roy moore and doesn't think roy moore is fit to be in the u.s. senate. this is on front of minds. football bowl games aren't happening for a couple weeks. politics is the story here come tuesday. it's quite fascinating to be in alabama for competitive u.s. senate races in the mix. >> it's the bowl game. quickly here, how is it being seen since roy moore has not been out? have his supporter who is are on the cusp here, have they seen the swing negatively? >> reporter: it's something. we have been to a lot of corners of the state and i've been reaching out to people i've been in touch with for the last couple of weeks to ask where they stand. those questions still don't know which way to go. it's interesting, some republicans said they were going to vote for doug jones despite the defiance of roy moore said they are sticking by doug jones. but what does that mean? i really don't know, rich administrate. because the steatz is so complex from the rural areas to the suburbs with more flunlt white women that doug jones is going to rely on to turnover,

shut up president trump and judge moore. they're trying to shut you up. >> reporter: former president obama making a last-minute robocall plea for jones. and president trump doubling down on moore. >> hi, this is president donald trump and i need alabama to go vote for roy moore. >> reporter: the stakes have never been higher. effective control of the senate hangs in the balance. after jeff sessions vacated his seat to become attorney general. >> if roy moore loses, which is a big if, the democrats obviously get another seat in a very, very closely divided senate. >> reporter: a victory for jones depends on suburbs like this one outside birmingham. it's become an unlikely battleground with an even more unlikely band of supporters for the democrat. >> we consider ourselves republicans for doug jones. >> reporter: this group of lifelong christian conservative republicans -- >> how are you? i'm kim. >> hi, kim. >> hello there. >> what's your name? >> that's will. >> what's up, will? >> reporter: -- says moore should not be the

moore reached over and began groping me. him putting his hands on my breasts. >> he just grabbed me from behind on my buttocks. and he just squeezed it really hard. i remember thinking i was so ashamed. i felt humiliated. >> moore has denied these allegations and for some voters that's enough. suzie has been volunteering with door knockers for the moore campaign. >> but these are allegations. and in america i believe it still holds true that everyone is innocent until proven guilty. >> kevin cavanaugh came all the way from arizona to show his support for the republican candidate. >> i'm going to give roy moore the benefit of the doubt. he has been solid for his entire political career, and nothing has popped up, there's nothing recent. so i have a hard time believing these allegations. >> but those allegations have left other staunch republicans deeply troubled. >> i think those women are the most courageous women on the planet. and i'm so proud of them. i do believe them. >> kim is a trump supporter and says she's never vot

he's behind roy moore. amanda carpeter made the point earlier, roy moore followed the donald trump play book. >> totally, deny deny, deny, deny. it's hike the "access hollywood" play book which the president has since denied that the tape is real, but it's a play book of deny, deny, deny. he knew what his base was. he knew that he had to keep them. as long as the president climbed on board, i think that was hugely important to him endorsement from trump. if moore were to win how important this would be for bannon. i think bannon and trump right now are virtually are indistinguishable. i think it's the same thing. i think trump is -- donald trump, president trump is playing out of the bannon playbook, and if roy moore wins, i think steve bannon is going to have a lot to say about nevada and arizona. and i think the president is going to listen to him much more than he would ever listen to mitch mcconnell. >> i think the president will have a lot toc say to mitch mcconnell. he's going to feel em bold understa

roy moore keeping it quiet. we have asked the campaign what will the get out the vote strategy be on monday the day before election day? will it be different from really a low impact effort today and they were unwilling to share the strategy for tomorrow with us because they don't want the jones' campaign to know what specific areas of this state they will be targeting. all that being said, there has been a lot made of how little we have seen moore on the trail last time being last tuesday in that spirited rally with steve bannon down in fair hope. we know the next time we will see him publically will be tomorrow. another event with bannon and also in south alabama. we have learned today moore not out in the public is with friends and volunteers of this campaign in montgomery for a christmas party. >> letting the president speak for him. thanks so much. thank you, as well. let's turn to president's big push for roy moore. first he held a campaign rally in pensacola, florida friday just 25 miles from the alabama

moore. senator franken spoke today after at least 32 democratic senators called for his departure and whatever you think of the senator's contrition or lack of it or any of the facts of the complaints against him, he raises a point we'll be talking about tonight, which carry as fair share of weight, giving the upcoming alabama election. are republicans turning a blind eye to their potential senate colleague and the president of the united states? today, white house press secretary sarah sanders said the voters have already decided about the president, though we have some new polling about that. as for roy moore, listen. >> weevil seen democrats forcefully call for john conyers resignation, al franken's resignation, which happened today. do republicans and does this president risk losing their moral authority on this issue, which is a huge issue right now, by endorsing a candidate like roy moore, which has now been backed by the rnc, as well? >> look, i've addressed this in depth. we think th

and rnc is supporting moore. first suspended it but got back behind him after the president got off sidelines and endorsed him. since that happened we've asked someone from rnc to come on the policeman. th -- on the program. randi kaye went to get them to talk. did they? >> reporter: eventually. trying to track down the chair. tough woman to nail down. finally caught up with her in front of the office for the rnc. i can tell you that she right away said can only answer one question, short on time. flown in from michigan for meeting with president at white house. short on time, only one question. of course we had a lot more than one for her. this is how the conversation went. when it comes to what happened in alabama, who do you believe? roy moore or the women who have come out? >> we've said all along that allegations are incredibly disturbing. if they were proven true the candidate would be unfit to serve in office. but it's up to the voters of alabama right now. this is democracy. they're going to see this play

voted for roy moore. which suggests to me they're single issue voters, they're protesting the way that the media ganged up against roy moore. but it is interesting that at least a few percent of the electorate effectively is believing all of these sexual assault allegations against roy moore but is still voting for him. that's necessarily going to be the case if roy moore ends up pulling out this race. >> the other thing when it comes to what the president was saying when he was going in there, he was talking about the larger republican agenda and moving his agenda through the congress and how roy moore will be a better vessel to facilitate that than doug jones and i think roy moore will be benefitting from that message. because it does take away from his issues and his troubles and it broadens the -- we're talking about conservative justices, we're talking about abortion. and i think that those voters would be in favor of moore and aren't going to vote for a democrat, no matter who he is. >> paul, the st

he still needs moore to happen. let's go back to alabama, and remember the runoff, we just had a short time ago between roy moore and luther strange. look at where luther strange, even as he lost by 10 points, you see birmingham, huntsville, you see over here, who are those voters? more moderate traditional voters including women. if doug jones is to pull this off tomorrow night, how does he do in jefferson county? how does he do in the suburbs of birthing ham? and we'll look at shelbey county. can doug jones get people who voted for luther strange? republicans not to stay home, but to come out and vote for him, that would be the key third part of it. democratic turnout up. and doug jones must make end roads among moderate republicans in the suburbs. we'll count them tomorrow. >> thank you very much, john king. >>> next, breaking news, the pipe bomb exploding in new york city, officials call it a terror incident. the suspect had a second device, and there's video of the explosion. >>> president trump reportedly drin

but let's look, steve bannon has lost, steve bannon brought roy moore in, pushed roy moore and roy moore stumbled. he managed to lose alabama.. still trying to wrap my head about that. another big loser are people who like the second amendment, people who don't like abortion, people who don't like amnesty. conservative voters have lost an important voice. this is not a good night. we got another one coming up in a year!ig >> shannon: [laughs] it's never over. as you all know and as the president tweeted tonight, it never ends because there is always another election. richard, walk us through your winners and losers with jones being the winner tonight. >> with jones the winner, i will add to my list. i think black voters were a big winner because they once again showed up for the democratic party in a major way. the other one is "the washington post," who was the first publication to rollout a story about roy moore and i think they are big winner tonight. the third big winner is the establishment. to go off of what bret was saying a couple of moments ago is they normally have to worry abo

and to think you can elect roy moore without getting the baggage of roy moore is pretty naive. there is no winning with roy moore in my view. >> so, mark, democrats are positioning themselves as the party with zero tolerance. they're starting to take a stand against lawmakers who have accused of them. they successfully pressured al franken, john conyers. are you concerned your party is now becoming the party of sexual misconduct? >> absolutely. senator graham is nothing if not candid. don't always agree with him, but he always speaks from the heart, and he says the tough things. and he's right about that. if roy moore gets elected tomorrow, he's going to get wrapped around the axle of every republican running next year. he's going to be the face of the republican party, he and donald trump. but i guarantee you it will just help the republican party claw its way to the bottom in 2018. >> what do you think that's going to do -- a possible roy moore victory? what will that do to women around the country? we've heard the folks in alabama, and this is religious thing and, you know,

he didn't back roy moore in the primary. he backed his opponent, and roy moore beat theincumbent. so he already lost a certain amount of credibility and strength down there. if now he were -- roy moore were to lose, and that would be the first time in 20 years or more that a republican has lost this, and the president were backing him all in, this would be a real blow and the democrats would take enormous encouragement from this. >> yesterday here in new york, there were several accusers of the president. before there was the women's march, before the me too movement, there were these dozen accusers last fall accusing the president of improper sexual behavior and in h some cases sexual assault. yesterday they took the cameras and tried to i think revive their movement and they called on the president to resign. and seriously. >> called for a congressional investigation. >> and some have called for him to resign. those accusers called for congressional investigation. i want to listen to what sarah sanders said in this remarkable press briefing yesterday. >> the president has addres

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but let's look, steve bannon has lost, steve bannon brought roy moore in, pushed roy moore and roy moore stumbled. he managed to lose alabama. another big loser are people who like the second amendment, people who don't like abortion, people who don't like amnesty. conservative voters have lost an important voice. this is not a good night. we got another one coming up in a year! >> shannon: [laughs]no it's never over. as you all know andea as the president tweeted tonight, it never ends because there is always another election.s richard, walk us through your winners and losers with jones being the winner tonight. >> with jones the winner, i will add to my list. i think black voters were a big winner because they once again showed up for the democratic party in a major way. the other one is "the washington post," who was the first publication to rollout a story about roy moore and ito think they are big winner tonight. the third big winner is the establishment. to go off of what bret was saying a couple of moments ago is they normally have to worry about the guy sleeping downstairs, but n

judge moore wants the wall. judge moore wants to lower taxes. judge moore wants a military that is strong. and that's who judge more. and our opponent, this democrat, doug jones want the exact opposite. >> so the two candidates campaigning? well, cnn's kaylee hartung looks at the last-minute push by both candidates. >> reporter: the clocking is kick do you think. the special election for alabama's junior seat in the u.s. senate. republican candidate roy moore has all hands on deck as he works to galvanize his base, conservative and christians. in this state that donald trump won by 28 points in the 2016 presidential election, roy moore is depending on him for some help. listen to a clip from this robocall that will be ringing across homes in the state of alabama. >> hi, this is president trump donald trump. and i need alabama to go vote for roy moore. if alabama elects liberal democrat doug jones, all of our progress will be stopped cold. >> reporter: this is just the latest effort by president trump to support the republican moore. it was just

so he will tweet support for roy moore and he will urge alabamians to vote for roy moore, but he doesn't want to be standing next to roy moore. the adviser tells the "wall street journal" that trump is trying to avoid the photograph. john roberts is live on the north lawn. hello, john. >> shep, good afternoon to you. the white house disabusing this is any notion of a campaign event related to the roy moore campaign and the election tuesday. i'm being told by white house officials there's nothing in the presidented prepared marks related to roy moore or his democratic opponent, doug jones. they pointed out it's 25 minutes of prepared marks and there's lots of room for the president to ad lib in there. all bets are off when it comes to the president ad libbing. let's to what hogan gibley said on "fox and friends" this morning. >> the president has a house in florida and the people of pensacola help put donald trump in office. this is a thank you to them and all the hard-working americans that this president is finally giving a voice to. >> that's what the white house is saying. let's put u

moore's asking for a recount. explain what's going on. >> reporter: well, don, the roy moore campaign is hanging on for dear life at this point with the candidate refusing to concede this election to doug jones despite it being called for him. and he came out on stage here on what supposed to be his victory night party and told his supporters to wait it out and let god take over. and he was following his campaign chairman bill armstead who had been on stage before him talking about recounts and citing the law that if the margin of victory is half a percentage point. doug jones is up higher than that, so it's unclear hew that would help. he told his supporters to go home and sleep on it. don. >> john, i have been watching you all evening. it was close, it was close, it was close and then all of a sudden doug jones is called. what happened? >> what happened, don, is profound significant democratic intensity and turn out and just enough republican doubts or you might say republican disgust. number one, you see all th

it is much larger than roy moore. whoever wins, it's not just about roy moore. the national press and media want to playing it where it is about roy moore. in alabama, it is not just about roy moore. he's what we've got. these will a gagss came out after he won. and a lot of thesegdftñ voters voting republican because of the republican agenda. not necessarily the man. >> that's why4cópç you're here. >> i'm using full names because i have multiple michelles. we see it with alabama voters. definitely or probably true is about half. and then you have probably false and definitely false. a real split which is alsoe& on partisan lines. is that, given all the reporting a and, is that problemproblematic. >> absolutely. the moore campaign has tried very hard to not make this about what moore may or may not have done. they've just tried to discredit the entire reality that these women have presented. and it is a similar play book page to what donald trump has done, in many cases. you have a reality that you don't like. /ç very. when you say that about people, there's

into moore if he got to the senate and moore has been campaigning against mitch mcconnell active i will saying that he would try and vote against mitch mcconnell as leader to have party. if moore wins mcconnell will be in a very tough spot because not only does he have a new senator that's not exactly best friend with him, but he'll have a new senator to deal with who the president has openedly and outwardly supported so it's a very tough situation for a lot of republicans and a lot of republicans in washington are watching this and cringing the whole time. they don't want a democrat to win but they really don't want roy moore. arthel: speaking of democrats u cory booker and patrick campaigning for doug jones, they are in alabama this weekend, steve bannon will be joining a drain the swamp rally on monday, you are from there, alabama folks they pride themselves on not listening to the dc people, so is there any indication that these big name backers will sway voters in anyway? >> well, i'm just here right now but from what i can tell bannon coming in is a big signal for the republican b

they know who judge moore is, and they stand with judge moore. and we're not living in a third-world nation with a dictator, so they need to back off. the people are going to speak tonight, and they need to seat judge moore and get to the business of passing president trump's agenda. >> dean young, thank you very much. i appreciate your time. >>> obviously, very, very confident, mentioning baldwin county there, michael, with a 40% turnout. obviously, usually in a special election, you're looking at 20% or so. that's one county. he's talking about a record. what do you think about the point he made about mitch mcconnell? >> if roy moore wins tonight and republicans don't seat roy moore and there is then a special election and roy moore is a candidate, he'll win by a larger margin in that special election than he wins today. >> which is pretty stunning. >> i think to michael's point, and also to dean's point, it is going to be very difficult for republicans to turn around after this election and say, we're just going to forget that this whole thing

judge moore is a righteous man. they tried to destroy judge moore like i told you they would. >> i urge everybody to get out, call all your friends. at some point we got to stop looking like i had yodiots to t nation. >>> and taking it to the top. more than 50 women lawmakers demand an investigation into sexual misconduct accusations against president trump. as the president hits back at his top critic in the senate, calling her a lightweight and total flunkie. >> it was a sexist smear attempting to silence my voice. i will not be silenced on this issue, neither will the women who stood up to the president yesterday. >>> and good day, erv veryone. i'm andrey mach he wia mitchell election that has led to the explosion of sexual misconduct allegations well beyond alabama and roy moore. today president trump under fire with his own past with a precedented twitter attack against senator justice hillenbrand. president trump today tweeting his support for roy moore and slamming doug jones as a pulpit of republican leaders

roy moore did win in that primary. do you think it's going to have ramifications for the republican party assuming he wins? >> i think it will. i think brian is right. there wi there will be a double gift. he's a gift to the candidate because he's certainly a flawed candidate. and i'm just speaking politically here. but if i was the democrat party i would say, oh, do you think he has a right to vote on this particular bill that effects women's rights or children's rights? so the democrats are not going to let this go. and i don't think republicans would either if the shoe was on the other foot. i do want to say something though, anderson, i spoke to some people from alabama today and they agreed with what bill bret just said, in their opinion the polls aren't necessarily telling the story. the polls are showing a really strong win for roy moore at this time. but i think a lot of discerning people who are having second thoughts about it. and one of the factors that's out there is that mr. jones is on the tv nonstop, and

moore a high-tech. it's time that we put our decency before political party. >> i asked that congress investigate mr. trump's history of sexual miscon dungt. >> i thought we litigated that. didn't the american people already vote on that. >> this has all been asked and answered but it really hasn't been. >> this was an attempted terrorist attack. >> the suspect had pledged allegiance to isis. >> we're not going to allow them to disrupt us. that's exactly what they want. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alice son cam rat ta. >> welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "new day," tuesday. here's our starting line. bitter alabama senate race is now in the hands of voters. two hours from now polls open in that state. will they elect accused child molester or doug jones who hopes to become the first alabama democrat elected to the u.s. senate in 25 years? the final pitch from steve bannon taking an apparent shot at the president's daughter, ivanka, saying, quote, the

roy moore did win in the primary. do you think it's going to have ramifications for the republican party assuming he wins. >> i think it will. i think brian is right. there is going to be kind of a double gift. he is a gift to the democrats as a candidate because he is certainly a flawed candidate. but i think he would abgift if he got elected. i'm speaking politicly here. but you know if i was the democrat party i would say oh do you think he has a right to agree to the head of state? does he have a right to vote on this bill that has children rights or women's rights. the democrats won't let it go. i don't think republicans would either if the shoe was on the other foot. i do want to say something, though, i spoke to people from alabama they agree with what bill just said. in their opinions the polls aren't necessarily telling the story. the polls are showing a really strong win for roy moore at this time. but there are a lot of discerning people having second thoughts about it. the one of the factors out there is t

they have been a big supporter of moores. steve bannon is a supporter of moore. there's a whole architecture that exists around this id logically that allows people to believer there's a vast majority to fabricate the accusers. today, they ran a led line about beverly young nelson, the woman there. bombshell, moore accuser admits she forged the yearbook. that is untrue. she said she put the date next to his signature. how important is it, having that kind of ideological mouthpiece doing that kind of work? >> it's really become crucial. steve bannon declared breitbart is the voice for the alt right. you have a congregating platform for the people that subscribe to the insane beliefs share their stories. look at the comment pages of breitbart. it's scary and extreme stuff but allowed them to harness around one another, amplify their voice and bannon turned it into a political action committee. it's not a news network, it's a propaganda vehicle. >> i'm going to give you the answer i have heard from republicans and some alabama folks i have talked to. >> sure. >> roy

moore stumbled. he managed to lose alabama. another big loser are people who like the second amendment, people who don't like abortion, people who don't like amnesty. conservative voters have lost an important voice. this is not a good night. we got another one coming up in the year! >> shannon: [laughs] it's never over. as you all know and as the president tweeted tonight, it never ends because there is always another election. richard, walk us through your winners and losers with jones being the winner tonight. >> with jones the winter, i will add to my list. i think black voters were a big winner because they once again showed up for the democratic party in a major way. the other one is "the washington post," who was the first publication to rollout a story about roy moore and i think they are big winner tonight. the third big winner is the establishment. to go off of what bret was saying a couple of moments ago is they normally have to worry about the guy sleeping downstairs, but now that he is n

for royld not vote moore. i did not vote for roy moore. i understand more the president is coming from. i understand we would like to retain that seat in the u.s. senate. but i tell you what, there is a time -- we call it a tipping point. and i think so many accusations, so many cuts, so many drip, drip, drip when it got to the 14-year-old story, that was enough for me. i said, i can't vote for roy moore. amy: that was senator richard shelby of alabama. a republican. or more, we go to washington, d.c., where we're joined by peter montgomery, senior fellow at people for the american way. his recent piece is headlined "there's more than one roy moore scandal." talk about roy moore peter montgomery. moore: wrote "roy history of bigotry, tourism, contempt for the rule of law." talk about the scandals around the former alabama judge. >> you are to the action did a great job outlining some of them. i think it is scandalous that we have republican party and a president supporting someone from the senate whose hold career has demonstrated such con

judge moore wants to lower taxes. judge moore wants a military that is strong. and that's who judge moore is. our opponent, this democrat, doug jones, wants the exact opposite. >> we haven't seen roy moore -- we haven't seen roy moore out on the campaign trail much this week. why is that? >> well, judge moore has been out for 25 years across alabama. and he's known by the people of alabama. he's talked to the people of alabama. and they're with judge moore. that's why i believe if we get our vote out, and we will, judge moore will be the senator going to washington on december 12th and helping donald trump with his agenda. >> you have said of the accusations against judge moore, i have known him. he's never ever said anything derogatory or sexual toward any person, any person, man, woman, ever. the kind of behavior he's accused of would not likely be in front of you or anyone else, would it? >> well, what he's been accused of is falling apart. on friday, on one of your shows, the lady sh -- gloria allred's client was trotted out there again to tell the world, he

roy moore made it out. like i said, he may not have been the first choice for many republicans in the state of alabama, but he is the one left standing in this. those statements, some of them give people heartburn. others say, yes, i believe exactly what he says. we're down to the democrat and the republican. or you can stay home or write in a name if you want to. that's where we are. >> matt, doug jones is the democrat. he has to -- in order to win, conventional wisdom is he has to turn out the black vote. he has this mailer that he has sent out to democratic voters. let me just put it up on the screen for everybody. i don't know if you can see this. it is basically a campaign ad that says do you think if a black man went after high school girls anyone would try to him a senator? and you see a skeptical young black man there. >> we were at a christmas parade and talking to younger african-americans and all were appalled that doug jones would drag race into something they didn't feel had anything to do with

to discuss messaging and options moving forward with a moore victory, today moore made is clear this round one. in his fight against the the washington establishment. he said round two he will be headed to washington to take on mitch mcconnell. moore saying in a radio interview with a local station in birmingham, if sense at leader sip -- senate leadership trying to unseat him, he will fight back. >> this is a constitutional issue, like i said, the allegations are true, that is a fact. further than that, is not constitutional for the senate to do that, you have to look at the constitution we're sworn to up hold, it delineates what the senate can and cannot do. reporter: moore said that move would be washington's way of overcoming the will of alabamaians. >> all this mess is going to be over tomorrow. if you don't believe in my character, don't vote for me. reporter: we're at judge roy moore's headquarters for the election night watch party, polls close in two hours, there is a lot of press, who is missing? "washington post," moore campaign denied access to "washington post" to this e

roy moore finally speaks out today. what he's saying about the allegations as the president goes all in. >>> and the reckoning. franken out, farnhrenthold stil in. and should the president answer his accusers? >>> and prosecuting the prosecutors, the push to discredit bob mueller and his investigation. can they withstand the onslaught? >> are you comfortable that the leader of your party is all out for roy moore? >> within the party, there will be disagreements. obviously we're seeing one now. >> how should people assess the accusers of the president? >> the same thing, is women who accuse anyone should be heard. >> so, you are calling leigh corfman a liar? >> i'm saying leigh corfman's not telling the truth. >> when it got to the 14-year-old story, that was enough for me. >> we have a president who is embracing a candidate in alabama who has ban accused of child molestation, right? >> i couldn't vote for roy moore. i didn't vote for roy moore. >> when roy moore, if he should win, goes to washington, we will always be q

look, the roy moore voters, the core roy moore voters who are also core donald trump voters voted for trump because in a lot of cases of those grievances, because of the way that they feel their culture is under attack. i think president trump was speaking to that tonight and he was trying to intertwine roy moore's fight with his own fight. and it's amazing we can say that a president of the united states essentially came to campaign for someone who's been accused of -- accuse of sexual misconduct with teenagers and yet president trump embraced that much more tonight than he has at any other point. went on a pretty long and passionate defense not only of roy moore, but also an attack on doug jones, his democratic opponent. >> they keep saying we're living in new times. i'm real tempted to believe them sooner rather than later. heidi, what does this mean for roy moore and i guess i'm asking how much of the vote do you think is squishy, is malleable, is on the move and susceptible to being lobbied by an appearance or two from the president? >> it's hard to know specifically where the vo

." >> tonight, moore controversy. >> get out and vote for roy moore. >> president trump stumping from embattled alabama candidate roy moore days before the election, moore still denying allegations of sexual misconduct, his supporters calling one of his accusers a liar which she told our reporter today. >>> plus state of emergency. >> whoa, look at this structure just completely going up in flames, embers being carried by this wind! >> hundreds of thousands fleeing their homes across southern california. ferocious wildfires jumping from mountain to mountain. dozens of race horses killed. others stampeding to escape the flames. now san diego the latest county to feel the heat. >>> and christmas made in china. inside a mega factory in china's christmas village. reported to be the source for roughly two-thirds of all christmas decorations worldwide. but first the "nightline 5." >> every morning i thought i had to make a choice. do i use a toothpaste that whitens my teeth or one that's good for my teeth? i don't have to choose. my dentist told me about new crest whitening therapy. so i tr

. >> i didn't vote for roy moore and i wouldn't vote for roy moore. i think the republican party can do better. >> the state of play on the ground is murky. can't really trust the polling. one cautions if anyone said they have a lay of the land, they are insane or lying. with us to share the reporting or insights, politico's eliana johnson. and the "new york times." it is interesting and a special electi election, you don't trust polling anyway. the 2ke78 krdemocrat has a shot ruby red state. >> we're are hearing wildly conflicting reports depending on the model and who will turn out. because this is a special election in alabama that doesn't usually have close elections, because it's nationalized to a degree we don't often see, we don't know what the electorate will look like. >> the chi shliche it comes dow turn out. about 27% of that state is african-americans. if they turn out in numbers proportionate to that in the election, doug jones has a decent chance. white voters and older married voters in terms of turn out. that gives roy moore the edge.

roy moore calling for a recount there in alabama. good morning and thank you for getting an early start with us. i'm dave briggs. >> and i'm christine romans. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east and democrat doug jones turning deep red alabama blue capping off a long shot campaign with a stunning win over roy moore in last night's senate race. moore could not overcome sexual misconduct allegations and his checkered past. >> alabama has been at a cross roads. we have been at cross roads in the past, and unfortunately we have usually taken the wrong fork. tonight, ladies and gentlemen, you took the right road. as dr. king liked to quote, the moral arc of the universe is long, but it bends towards justice. >> moore quoted scripture as he talked to his sup porters refusing to concede telling them it's not over. this campaign insisting a recount is possible depending on write-in and military ballots but alabama state republican party says it's over. an alabama secretary of state says it's highly unlikely the outcome will change. our coverage of t

what is it that you like about roy moore? or is it that you have always been a republican and you will always vote republican? , i am ally conservative, and i was on mo brooks' campaign. but when mo brooks didn't win, i switched to roy moore, because we cannot afford to send a left-wing democrat to congress, because this is ground zero. this is the direction of our country. it is a razor-thin majority in congress. we can't send another democrat. if roy moore goes to congress, he will be there to help trump with his agenda. katty: for you this is as much about not voting for a democrat for the senate seat in alabama as it is voting for roy moore. but i'm assuming there are things you like about roy moore as well. >> yes, absolutely. he is staunch conservative. he stands his ground. he is not afraid to buck the system. and we seriously need people in congress that are not afraid to stand up and say that is not what the american people want. i have been elected to do this, and that is what i'm going to do while i am here. katty:

>> get out and vote for roy moore! >> and the president pours gasoline on his own "me too" moment. >> it was a sexist smear attempting to silence my voice. >> the first results from election night in alabama when "all in" starts right now. >> one of our attorneys is a s7m >> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes and it is a very big night. the polls have just at this moment closed in the special senate election in alabama at this hour, nbc news characterizing the race there as too early to call. with polls closed we can now begin tow8u returns. we don't really have any of those yet because they have literally polled -- polls closed 41 seconds ago. there's a lot to keep an eye on as the returns come in and we begin tonight with our first fresh exclusive look at the actual exit polls for the day. joining me to breakdown the latest batch of exit poll data hot off the presses, msnbc national political correspondent steve kornacki. as this happens at 5:00, i believe? now this is the apm, this is the full day what can

for royld not vote moore. i did not vote for roy moore. i understand more the president is coming from. i understand we would like to retain that seat in the u.s. senate. but i tell you what, there is a time -- we call it a tipping point. and i think so many accusations, so many cuts, so many drip, drip, drip when it got to the 14-year-old story, that was enough for me. i said, i can't vote for roy moore. amy: that t was senator richardd shelby o of alabama. a republican. or more, we go to washington, d.c., where we're joined by peter montgomery, senior fellow at people for the american way. his recent piece is headlined "there's more than one roy moore scandal." talk about roy moore peter montgomery. moore: wrote "roy history of bigotry, tourism, contempt for the rule of law." talk about the scandals around the former alabama judge. >> you are to the action did a great job outlining some of them. i think it is scandalous that we have republican party and a president supporting someone from the senate whose hold career has demonstrated suc

there, that might be roy moore. because he has promised to arrive via horseback as he has in past elections, all the elections he has won. we will keep an eye on this. i just personally do not want to miss this moment because i don't get very often to have animals join my -- other than you doug. >> thank you. >> have animals join my show. >> thumb's up. >> i had to. i had to. let's watch this and continue the conversation but i want to keep this picture up. as we're watching. >> ride sassy ride. >> so roy moore will be arriving on sassy his horse. he always arriving on. kayla moore his wife will be arriving on horseback as well. to the gallant fire department to vote today. i think, eric beach, in this moment come up with your perfect horseback, your perfect horse metaphor for this moment is this. >> well, i own a couple horses and i can tell you one thing i never had an opportunity to take it to the voting booth but if i did it would be a great accomplishment. going back to something doug said, you know, senate maj

but president trump doubles down on his support for roy moore. >> this guy's screaming, we want roy moore. he's light. chris: we'll discuss whether this will be a political issue in 2018 and the effort to change how congresses

this wasn't just a loss for moore. this was a stinging defeat for president trump who broke with much of the gop leadership to back this controversial candidate. >> i think that i have been waiting all my life and now i just don't know what the hell to say. >> reporter: democrat doug jones becoming the first democrat in decades to win a senate seat in alabama. stunning the country by defeating embattled republican roy moore in the deep red state. >> as dr. king liked to quote, the moral arc of the universe is long, but it bends towards justice. >> reporter: the moore campaign refusing to concede. >> when the vote is this close, it is is not over. what we've got to do is wait on god and let this process play out. >> reporter: doug jones's campaign telling cnn, moore did not call jones to congratulate him. but the alabama republican party declaring the race over. >> do you expect anything other than mr. jones being the next senator from the state of alabama? >> i would find that highly unlikely. >> reporter: a source clo

and it's not judge moore. everybody in alabama's known judge moore's been telling the truth the whole time. this is absolute proof that this woman went on tv, national tv, people, somebody from california, trying to influence the elections in bm. . went on tv and told the whole world that judge moore wrote all of that. now she's coming back two, three days before the election saying, i'm wrong. he didn't write all of that. somebody is not telling the truth. it's not judge moore. we believe he's been telling the truth the entire time. this received that he's been telling the truth. >> so where do you think this story came from? this original "washington post" story? you have eight people talking about some sort of inappropriate behavior or, flat out assault. do you think these women all just made it up? the women in "the washington post" story didn't even know each other. >> well, that's a good question. the people of alabama want to know why, 30 days before an election, that people would come out of the the wo