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,

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

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 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

moore five years ago when he almost beat roy moore? i'll tell you one lucky part of approaching this election that way is that we're told that madson county where huntsville is, that's sometimes relativelierly reporter sometimes able to turn the vote around quickly, in which case madison county may give an early indication what is going on and how roy moore is performing compared to 2012 when he squeaked out a win. the last thing i'm watching for tonight is the same thing everybody is watching for, african american turnout. if you want to know how this race is going to go and look at it in realistic terms, not just where people are turning out and voting, you need to know who is turning out to vote. you need to know in particular the proportion of the electret that is african american. if you want to know like the range of possibilities of what they might mean in terms of the outcomes tonight, take for comparison sake what happened in 2012. if you want to know what is possible for african turnout, 2012 is a presidential election year.

endorse roy moore. and republican after republican i talk to who are, i guess, probably fair to say in the establishment, or in the non-steve bannon wing, are hoping that if doug jones, the democrat, wins, that this could be an early stake in the heart to steve bannon and those who are trying in the next election year, next year in 2018, to go after incumbent republicans over and over again. that's very important point to watch tonight on how steve bannon and his forces do. >> a real wrestling between the bannon wing of the republican party and the establishment wing. >>> coming up, does the democratic party stand to gain no matter who wins in alabama tonight? we'll talk to the chairman of the democratic national committee ahead. directv has been rated number one in customer satisfaction over cable for 17 years running. but some people still like cable. just like some people like wet grocery bags. getting a bad haircut. overcrowded trains. turnstiles that don't turn. and spilling coffee on themselves. b

moore more than roy moore needs mitch mcconnell? >> that's a great question. the sorry and said fact is that i think that mcconnell's shift in his position, as you recall he was with speaker ryan on this and they were in lock step in republican leadership, and then he shifted to that convenient position saying let the people of alabama decide. so i think that at the end of the day, mcconnell is looking at votes. which is hell of a message to send the american people that the vote is worth more than the character of the people in the senate. >> the president fully supports roy moore. the rnc followed him. i want you to listen, this is republican senator lindsay graham, what he said earlier today about a moore victory. >> roy moore will be the gift that keeps on giving for democrats. it will define the 2018 election, at least 2018. 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 w

moore, 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,

roy moore. 48.1% for doug jones. it was a bigger lead just a while ago. so it's come down 72%. once again 72% of the vote is in. let's go over to john king. this is going to be exciting. it's by no means over. >> by no means over because of what we're missing. jefferson county, birmingham and the suburbs, we're told a lot of votes so far are from the city. look at the big margin here. if this margin holds, more than 230,000 votes right there just in jefferson county alone -- >> it's up by 56,000 votes alone and that margin is still standing. >> it stays anywhere close to that, there are more than 23,000 votes just right here in jefferson county alone. we've been talking about mobile county slowly all night, finally up to 28% right now. it stays like this, doug jones can make up in this. so there are votes to be had. bakari was talking about earlier what's called the black belt. it's called the topsoil. you do have a great african-american belt here, you can assume that's going to fill in blue. i

and look, roy moore is a very polarizing figure. i couldn't speak for what roy moore does. does he say things that are outrageous to most of us? absolutely. but there are people in alabama and i would dare say in the united states that agree with roy moore. while most do not, there is a hard core constituency that believes who he believes. >> as someone who knows alabama politics is he going to win? polls are close but in national election we saw people wouldn't say would vote for roy moore and maybe will. >> what we're seeing is he's moving ahead in the polls. speak to people privately, there's strong support for roy moore. i would not be surprised. i would be surprised if doug jones won. i wouldn't be surprised if roy moore won. >> do you think any of these -- if you look at poll numbers purely, seems like since the allegations by a number of women have come forward, numbers have gone down. you still think he's going to win but closer probably than ordinarily would be for democratic candidate in the state of alabama, do you think the allegations have hurt him or do you th

>> 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

and this idea that somehow that roy moore is an outsider, roy moore's been running for office or holding office since 1982. >> ed -- >> the issues never came up. >> i can tell you why it never came up. i did the campaign when governor riley ran against roy moore and we beat him two to one. the reason this didn't come up is because roy moore was out there saying such crazy stuff that you didn't need to look into his background. >> that doesn't pass the smell test. >> that is the case. >> ed -- >> it's why he lost -- it's why he lost two to one. >> roy moore was twice removed as chief justice in alabama. the second time, a -- basically, the court in alabama, a number of judges unanimously believed that he was being misleading, not credible. and essentially lying. so, if his credibility has already been questioned by sitting alabama justices, which, i don't really think are representatives of, like, a left wing fringe -- >> no. >> does that raise any questions for you about his credibility? >> look, but we have lots of candidates that have credibility issues, right? we have lots of people t

trump, and i need bama to go vote for roy moore, roy moore is the guy we need to pass our make america great again agenda. >> i couldn't vote for roy moore, i didn't vote for roy moore, i wouldn't vote for roy moore, i think the republican party can do better. >> do these voices matter? somebody like senator shelby? is that going to matter to people at the last moment to hear that? >> i think it will matter to a lot of people in alabama. there are some for whom it won't. i think senator shelby and his long track record should carry some weight in alabama. >> that was a specific thing in the last moments here, the last hours for richard shelby to come out and do that, with a man he may end up having to serve next to, he wanted to come out and say something, obviously, longstanding senator from the state. >> we should note that richard shelby was known for doing television interviews. certainly not national television interviews. keeps to himself, focuses on the issues that are important in alaba alabama. the banking industry, that was his focus, but by and large nor him to come out yest

the robocalls starting today. >> if roy moore's campaign and roy moore truly felt emboldened 100%, it would have been roy moore who spoke to chuck todd on friday. it would be roy moore barnstorming the state rather than doug jones. so i don't think roy moore feels as emboldened as we might think. they're trying to play the game here, run out the clock if they can run out the clock. he is obviously in the lead, but he seems to be in a little bit more hiding than you would normally find a candidate, a senate candidate in the last couple days before election day. >> laura, i know you heard his campaign manager saying he doesn't think there's going to be an ethics committee investigation if moore gets elected. is there any doubt the senate will take some sort of action, laura? >> i really don't think they will. you heard what orrin hatch said about this, which is we let the people of alabama decide. he said i think it will settle a lot of questions if the people of alabama elect roy moore, which is to say basically, if you have enough votes, if you can win, then it expunges any kind of se

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

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

for roy moore. i can't vote for roy moore. >> the allegations are significantly stronger than a denial. >> this is donald trump on trial in alabama. somebody's not telling the truth. and it's not judge moore. >> so you are calling leigh corfman a liar? >> she's not telling the truth. >> do you remember everybody you dated? >> i don't. >> welcome back from the south. >> we're so far south, we're north, as the joke goes. >> welcome back to "kasie dc." joining me now, msnbc political analyst, heidi, former rnc strategist kevin mclaughlin and research fellow at the hoover institution lanhee chen. thank you for being here tonight as we continue this conversation about roy moore. and kevin, i did this the to you the last time you came on the show. you obviously were very involved in trying to get republicans elected to the senate. the nrc has split from the rest of the party and said no way are we going to support roy moore. what happens if roy moore wins? you said you think he's going to win. do you stil

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

if, and it's a big win. >> sean: if roy moore loses it will be because of roy moore. he has been notorious in running very close statewide elections. last election the statewide supreme court 52-48. in alabama that's a close race for republicans. >> i understand that. this is going to be nationalized to a rejection in part of trump because he came in did the robo call and rally in pensacola. it will embolden the democrats rest assured. >> sean: will it be that joe concha or be that even with trump's help he couldn't pull him over the finish line because of all the news and information we have been discussing for a long time. >> all the news and information we have been discussing for a long time. if roy moore ends up losing in this case, this will be an election that was decided ultimately by one news outlet and that's "the washington post" when they did this story a couple of months ago. if this story doesn't come out, race already called roy moore wins in heavily republican state. the story was never debunked. "the washington post" did good solid vetting in terms of

roy moore offcou rse a transformative moment. roy moore offcourse is not a perfect candidate. many flaws. a lot of people have written in a different name from that on the ballot paper. i suspect a lot of those will be republicans. like the senior senator of the state, who the how many of those rule conservatives in christian conservatives in north also stayed away. the huge turnout from the black community in cities like birmingham, montgomery, further south across the royal band were some of those black communities can be found turning out in bigger numbers than they did for barack obama in 2012. —— rural band. quite a historic day for alabama. one that will take some time to digester, but one which will have repercussions across the country from here on in. just on that point, i should mention that mr trump has tweeted: we shouldn't underplay what a turnaround this is. we were saying in 2014 republicans won the senate seat with 97% of the vote. just last year seat with 97% of the vote. just last yeaertrump won the seat with 97% of the vote. just last year mr trump won t

so get out and vote for roy moore. do it. do it. >> it will be alabama that decides whether they want roy moore to be one of the two who are the voice for alabama in the senate and we'll see what happens next week. >>> good morning, everyone. >> i'm victor blackwell. good morning to you. in just a few hours president trump will head to the opening of the mississippi civil rights museum. there's resistance from several calling the president's visit a mockery of the civil rights movement. >> trump's visit to mississippi comes just hours after campaigning for roy moore, an accused child molester. roy moore raised more eyebrows this weekend. >> they attempt to discredit the multiple women who accuse moore of pr suing them as teenagers. >> we want to get right to cnn white house reporter caitlyn collins who was at that rally. the president not holding back. >> reporter: certainly not. he gave his full endorsement to roy moore last night and that didn't come as a surprise to anyone because we've only seen the president grow louder

and democrats saw that roy moore -- with roy moore as an opponent, there is charles barkley. they saw this as a place that they could try to compete, even though this is a state that starts with a and ends with labama. if they pulled it off tonight, this will be a huge shot in the arm for the democratic notion that democrats can compete anywhere in the right circumstance something very important, which is built from scratch. doug jones had to build that operation himself. >> good point. >> defunct. it's pretty amazing. >> you hear this from southern -- you hear this from southern democrats, particularly southern black demonstrates which a, we are a big population. and b, we can get close even with no resources. if you give us a lot of resources and some national momentum, you'll be surprised what we can do. >> i want to go back to steve at the board. >> jump in, howell. go ahead quickly. >> i want to jump in with a little inside baseball. i've known joe trippe since he was the boy wonder of the mondale campaign in 1984. and the ads he put up for doug jones throughout this cam

. >> think you can eelectric roy moore without getting the baggage. >> they're trying to give judge roy 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,

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:

favor of roy moore? >> there are many of us that are not. the rnc is not engaged in that race. our party is big enough to have disagreements from the part -- from the top. there are other ways to move this country forward. lifeprove the quality of of the average american but there will be disagreements within the party. wins, youmoore represent the head of that campaign committee, he wants to see an ethics committee and vote on expulsion. where are you on that? >> the constitution requires, if see him andhave to then there will be an ethics investigation. we will have a greater opportunity to look into all of the issues, allegations, and even talk with some of the folks that were witnesses. that will give us a clearer picture. thear as i can tell, allegations are significantly stronger than the denial. i will let my decision be made of thebrats -- breadth investigation. spent $30 million down here trying to beat him in a primary and then the fake news from the washington post services. judge roy moore wi

our next guest campaign for roy moore. congressman, tell me about the rally on what you wanted voters to hear and alabama from you personally. >> it was a fabulous rally. the people were wonderful, i have such an affinity with the folks there. people need to know that washington does not know what to do with a man whose motto, duty, honor, country, is the principle that if he goes in like i was four of the arguments ten commandant statues, i look up there and i see moses holding the ten commandments and the supreme court courtroom and they are discussing whether anybody else can have a monument and it is outrageous but roy moore is so principled, we've heard from a man in vietnam with him, a fellow officer said he talked into what he thought was a bar and turned out to be a brothel, he said we shouldn't be in here and got out there. washington doesn't know what to do with a man with principles like that, shame on any republicans that will listen to somebody that would wait 38 years to disparage a honorable man that dedicat

if roy moore wins, alabama loses. is this about doug jones or roy moore? it is more about the negatives of roy moore, but you know what, doug jones is an awesome quy~ know what, doug jones is an awesome guy. whether roy moore wins or loses, it is an important political story. if he wins, it will wreak havocin story. if he wins, it will wreak havoc in the republican party. if he loses, alabama will elect a democrat, yes, alabama. in a year of political shocks, that would be a big one. the president has already weighed in on the voting: whitney hillier in alabama, republican strategist and friend, ronald christie. —— with me here in alabama. what is it mean for the republican party and the president if roy moore wins this election? —— ron christie. it would be catastrophic for the republican party, an individual who has said racist things in the past, removed twice from his post as chiefjustice of the supreme court, this is moving america backwards, the republican party is trying to get more younger voters and voters of colour, this ta kes voters and

so get out and vote for roy moore!|j mean, get out and vote for roy moore!” mean, i literally broke down in tears over all of this. this republicans can't bring themselves to vote for roy moore. they've defected to the democrat doug jones. it's because i'm republican. it's because i'm a christian. it's because i'm a christian. it's because the party that i belong to does not support people like roy moore. alabama was a great battleground of the civil rights era. this is also climactic and defining. it has become so much more than a senate race, the battle for the soul of the republican party between the establishment and more radical populist forces. a test of whether any allegation is disqualifying in modern—day public life here. and it's an the indication as to the extent to which donald trump has changed america's political culture. in this age of opposites could this republican state to democrat? straightaway and live now at the rally in birmingham, alabama, where the new democratic senator for alabama doug jones is expected to appearany alabama doug jo

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

. >> this guy's screaming we want roy moore. he's right. >> days before the special election, the president throwing his full support behind the controversial alabama senate candidate. >> i think they're afraid that i'm going to take alabama values to washington. i can't wait. >> as more republicans walk back their earlier rejections. >> it's a numbers game. i want republicans to maintain control. >> the race is tight. what happens if moore is elected? will he face an ethics investigation? and possible expulsion? or will republicans stand by him for the sake of passing their agenda? we're one on one with moore's chief political strategist. >>> on capitol hill, lawmakers already taking action on sexual misconduct accusations. >> we need to draw a line in the sand. say none of it is okay. none of it is acceptable. >> now, three days. three resignations. is this just the beginning? and can this momentum translate into lasting change? >>> plus, violence after trump's decision on jerusalem. president trump fulfilling a campaign promi

what does this mean for roy moore? and i guess i'm asking how much of the vote do you think is malleable and susceptible to being lobbied by an appearance or two from the president? >> it's hard to know specifically where the vote stands because alabama is not a market that's usually competitive. that said the most recent surveys do suggest that moore has the advantage and this is why donald trump's trip is so critical because donald trump imself still, unlike in many states, has an approval rating over 50% in the state. and here is where i think some were surprised tonight and that is that we were definitely expecting him to go after doug jones. were we expecting him to doubt, put into question the verasty of the accusations against roy moore and go after the accuser? well, that is what he did and that heeds into what is happening in alabama and the reason roy moore has been able to stay afloat and because far too few people actually believe the accusations against roy moore and so here you have the president now with

your thoughts on roy moore? >> i think that it further advances this effort to see a rise in bigotry in our society, a rise in all that this movement that we support was against. theurther demonstrates inconsistency. it further demonstrates that the principal or the values the people suggest that they stand with theirnsistent actions. i have been listening to conversation about whether this is a value versus interest discussion in the support of roy moore. your values should never be in competition with your interests. should oh support your values. at any point that they depart, then your values should win out at the end of the day. so anyone who could be -- who could take advantage of children, anyone -- i am the father of a little girl and have another little girl on the way. i can't imagine supporting someone who would ever take advantage of a young child. amy: derrick johnson? >> you look at the state of alabama. they have not come to grips with the fact they're being used under a level of fear mongering of

roy moore did not concede. he wants to see if this quote will get within the half percentage point between the two primary candidates. if it does, that could trigger a recount. he told folks tonight it's not over, he was going to wait for that and wait to see. as they disperse on their side, many of them believing it is unresolved. we will see because it doesn't look like the boats are moving in that direction. there are a lot still to come in and counted, so we'll let you know. with started drones when income of the balance of the power in the center gets tighter. 51 whatcom, 41 democrats. what happens now? a lot on the agenda. let's check in with chris stirewalt, the fox news politics editor coverages see where we go from here. again, there are so many things that are not passed, we still have to get tax form done, but immigration, there are so many other things, probably a supreme court confirmation next year, and that one vote margin gets that much tougher. >> what do you know? >> shannon: i'm just saying.

senate and roy moore are they willing to do that. that's the question. >> and speaking of republican senators, let me play you what richard shelby had to say today. >> republican, i had to vote republican. i wanted to vote republican. i understand where the president's coming from. i understand we would like to retain that seat in the u.s. senate, but i tell you what, there's a time that 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. >> so charlie, shelby said he's obviously reached his tipping point does he have the clout in alabama to get rank and file to follow his example and write in a candidate other than roy moore? >> well, first of all, think about how extraordinary that is to have a sitting u.s. senator make that statement the sunday before the election, an election that looks like is going to be on by roy moore. he's going to be sitting next to roy moore relatively shortly. t

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

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roy moore will always vote with us. vote roy moore! so certainly, hallie, the president coming out strong for roy moore. we heard that again last night with steve bannon, just taking on the establishment as he mentioned, within the next hour or so, we expect roy moore to vote himself riding in on his horse named sassy. you can't make this up. >> it's going to be -- it's going to be a moment. gabe gutierrez in mountainbrook, thank you. you'll be plastered all over the network all day along with steve kornacki looking at the data for us. steve, we talked yesterday about how the polls are everywhere, up in the air, it really is a crapshoot at this point who will be on top. but i want to talk about the coalitions that you think doug jones or roy moore needs to put together in order to pull out a win. >> yeah, let's take a look at it. it's sort of old fashioned. forget the polls now, we'll see who votes, where they vote and who they vote for. let me show you this is, this is what it looks like when they have an election in alabama. nobody r

moore totes the roy moore line. he's got a history of being a rebel and preferring to make headlines rather than voting with the party. >> tracy james, josh moon, thank you both so much. >> thank ya'll, appreciate it. >> we're going to be covering much more still ahead live from alabama on this special election day. morning joe will be right back. if yor crohn's symptoms are holding you back, and your current treatment hasn't worked well enough, it may be time for a change. ask your doctor about entyvio, the only biologic developed and approved just for uc and crohn's. entyvio works at the site of inflammation in the gi tract and is clinically proven to help many patients achieve both symptom relief and remission. infusion and serious allergic reactions can happen during or after treatment. entyvio may increase risk of infection, which can be serious. pml, a rare, serious, potentially fatal brain infection caused by a virus may be possible. this condition has not been reported with entyvio. tell your doctor if you h

. >> roy moore has never served our state with honor. >> they want to destroy judge roy moore. you know why? they want to take your voice away. >> president trump declaring jerusalem capital of israel. >> i'm concerned about the threat of terrorist reaction. >> we will always keep the safety and security of americans paramount. >> the president's son set to testify before the house intelligence committee today. >> i want to know about his relationship with wikileaks. could the vice president b have been the only senior person in the dark on this? >> he thinks there's nothing to it. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> good morning. welcome to your "new day". the white house defending president trump's support of alabama senate nominee roy moore. the president's endorsement of an accused child molester forcing republicans to pick between controversial candidate and their principals. former trump strategist steve bannon rallying for more, slamming establishment republicans again. accusing mitt romney of hiding behind his religion to avoid serving in stree

roy moore's political strategist said this on abc about president trump's campaigning for roy moore and making a robo call as well. >> this is donald trump on trial in alabama if. the people of alabama vote for this liberal democrat, doug jones, they are voting against the president they put in office at the highest level. it's important for donald trump and if they can beat him, they can beat his agenda. >> that's the position of the roy moore camp. what will the impact of president trump be in this race? >> i think it doesn't hurt. it helps because it's a deeply red state. what i'm saying is in contrast to mr. young is that it will move the needle some and give some republicans covered to vote for a man they didn't want to see in office in the first place and it will give his supporters even more pervor to get out and vote and they will show up. this is about numbers at this point. the moore campaign's internals are showing 7 to 8-point leads over doug jones who knows what's real. this is a tough election. >> in the final stretch here, we have richard, the senator who represented alab

president trump has outright endorsed roy moore. he's told his aides improvemently that he thinks roy moore's statement that these accusations are not true matters, that he takes roy moore at his word. if he's around in the senate every day and making comments and showing behavior that republicans, including those in the white house are going to have to answer for, it really complicates the political calling lulls. andrea: one thing i do think is becoming apparent is that we're in the middle of a cultural revolution and we don't know what the rules are. rumente marcus has a thought-provoking column in the "washington post" suggesting that there is a lack of proportionality with al franken and some of the others, especially considering the possibility that roy moore is going to get elected >> that's part of the conversation, are we able to make distinctions between million dollars and felonies? where does the line be crossed to the points where you have to be fired, lose your seat, pay the ultimate price and is there anymore superb i

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

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

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

campaign on behalf of roy moore. if he had gone to alabama trump's support in the state would have made the difference. they made the mistake of traveling down to alabama to campaign on behalf of strange. then when strange did reflect that primary, i -- so now that there's still a chance that roy moore could lose on tuesday i think the white house wanted to preserve the option of arguing that it's not president trump's fault. >> i want to saturday ort of mo what's been going on this week. roy moore though, still hanging on. and it appears the gop voters support him, at least some of them. and of course the rnc does now. the president himself facing several allegations of sexual misconduct from several women. roy moore as well, but those who seem to deny and deny saying i have not, are not facing these same repercussions. can this continue to work in the midterm? are we seeing a reckoning in washington and what are the implications here? >> well, it's unclear how far this is going to go. clearly the democratic party w

moore. >> republican roy moore facing off with democrat doug jones. both parties fighting for voting, sending in big time reinforcements. steve bannon rallying the faithful. >> they're trying to shut up president trump and roy moore. they're trying to shut you up. >> former president obama making a last-minute robo call 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. >> 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. >> 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. >> this group of lifelong christian conservative republicans -- >> how are you? i'm kim. >> he

>> hey, neil, well, judge roy moore is here. he actually mingled with the crowd much to their amusement. there were a lot of cheers. now he's back in the war room with all of his close