election everyone is talking about right now. will embattled senate candidate roy moore defeat doug jones. you're going to find out how the people of bama vote. our special coverage starts tomorrow 5:00 p.m. eastern in the situation room. that's it for me, thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. erin burnett out front starts right now. out front next, breaking news, roy moore versus doug jones. all eyes on bam mark as president's trump and bama are now in the game. this historic election literally hours away. trump abusers banding together asking for congress to investigate the president. is this trump's #metoo moment. good evening, i'm erin burnett out front tonight.

breaking news, down to the wire, it's the final hours of the stunning senate campaign which has exploded on to the national stage. roy moore, doug jones. it's incredibly close. for jeff sessions old senate seat tomorrow in alabama. there are dualing rallies. you can see everyone's already gathered there. people just starting to gather there. electing either moore. this is going to be historic either way. you will get either a child molester or jones, who would be the first democratic senator in decades. roy moore is joined on stage with steve bannon. moore virtually disappearing from the campaign trail, in the days leading up to the election. and doug jones, the doors at his rally just opening now, both candidates tonight dangling the possibility of a surprise guest as the nation watches. and the current and former

presidents are dualing it out in the trenches in this race too. >> this is president donald trump, and i need alabama to go vote for roy moore, we're already making america great again. i'm going to make america safer and stronger and better than ever before. but we need that seat. we need roy voting for us. >> president obama also recording a robo call saying, this one's serious. doug jones is a fighter for equality, for progress. doug will be our champion for justice. get out and vote bama. i want to begin with alex at the jones rally in birmingham. i'm going to start with kayleigh at the roy moore rally there. this is the first time we've seen roy moore in nearly a week, and really everything is on the line for him tonight. >> he's going to open us up in prayer. >> reporter: that's right, this event has been promoted as the

drain the swamp rally, if you can see the signage behind me, that's the message this campaign wants to resonate. as they walk past the literal swamp this campaign has built with fake alligators. they'll walk into this barn and hear the rhetoric, i'm told the plan is for moore to ask the voters of bama to stand with him, to make america great again, and to stand up with him against judicial tyranny. now, he will make the case that he is better equipped than anyone else to work with donald trump to achieve his agenda. to ensure that conservative judges are appointed to the united states supreme court. moore will acknowledge that he believes the supreme law of the land isn't the constitution not with judges. as we've seen over the course of this campaign, moore's anti-abortion stance so important to so many conservative and christian voters. moore's base in this state that he's looking to activate tonight. moore not the only voice we will hear tonight, we will hear from

former white house chief strategist steve bannon. bannon's message will be his own. >> we'll check back in with you. alex, obviously the doors are just opening, people are going to be coming in there over the next hour, as the rally gets ready to begin. how confident are jones supporters in his campaign right now, do they think they can pull this out against what so many have predicted? >> the supporters in the campaign themselves really do have a bit of a pep in their step. spending the weekend barnstorming across the state. this was already going to be a very competitive race. and then these allegations against roy moore came out and it turned into a tight race. i was speaking with a senior campaign official earlier today, he said their internal polling is showing that they are ahead of the roy moore campaign, they are not taking anything for granted. they know that they need every vote they can get. there is an argument to be made,

we haven't seen moore, he has this passion and base of support, he will turn out no matter what. doug jones needs every vote he can get, and there are votes for the taking. they have been targeting moderate republicans in particular, women as well as the african-american vote, which will be so absolutely crucial in this race. in this final stretch, we have heard doug jones all weekend taking aim at roy moore, accusing him of fleeing the state over the weekend, saying the fact that he hasn't spoken with alabamas is an insult to alabama. that's been headlining his final arguments here. now, as we mentioned moore will be back on the campaign trail tonight, with steve bannon opinion who is doug jones's response to steve bannon? none other than nba legend charles barkley who was born not more than 15 miles from her, erin? >> thank you very much. charles barkley has spoken out

in favor of conservative causes and candidates coming out in favor of the democrat obviously, and now, our senior political analyst mike preston. michelle holmes, she's a member of the al.com editorial board who has endorsed jones and said moore is unfit to serve. mark, as i said, though, history will be made, right? you will have an accused child molester elected to the senate, or alabama will send its first democrat to the senate since 1882. >> if judge moore were to win tomorrow, he's going to come to washington under such a dark cloud that really the chapter in history's not going to be finished, because republicans are going to be put in a difficult position. you're going to see immediately an ethics probe, looking into the allegations that his accusers have said, including the 14-year-old -- the then 14-year-old who said she was molested, the 16-year-old who said she was attacked by judge

more in his 30s. you're right, if am dids are able to win this seat, this will be a little bit of wind at their back, going into the 2018 midterms, but i'll tell you what, nobody really knows what's going to happen tomorrow. >> what are you seeing on the ground? >> we're seeing voter turnout in early voting, much higher than that 18% that we saw during the primaries. we're seeing an energized campaign clearly on both sides, we're also seeing early signs, six times the number of early votes cast in tuscaloosa county, which is a county known for having a popular democratic mayor. which indicates that this election is still very up in the air. >> you're saying six times the turnout so far in tuscaloosa? >> it's going to be significant. jonathan martin is on the ground now. as i said. you heard what michelle just said. early voting, tuscaloosa up,

these are anecdotes, we'll see what happens. you have these dualing rallies from what you are seeing, are you hearing any undecided voters? >>. >> there's not a lot, i have to say, it's much more a matter of turning out the bases of these parties, and the reason why that tuscaloosa vote is so encouraging, that's the home of the university of alabama. a college town. a lot of students are democratic voters. i've been in birmingham the last couple days. which has been the biggest city in the state in jefferson county. doug jones needs a huge turnout here, and just talking to a few voters today downtown, i can tell you that there is an eagerness to get out and support doug jones. there's a contempt for roy moore in this city. the question, though, is, is that vote margin going to be large enough in birmingham, for

jones to offset moore's rural margin. >> you look, the controversial conservative. coming to back the democrat tonight. richard shelby, republican, now a long time ago, he was a democrat, the senator -- the sitting senator came on by choice, right? he could have said nothing yesterday. he decided to come on cnn and say he will not vote for roy moore, here he is. >> this is president donald 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 yesterday and say that, does say something. but doug jones has this going against him now. >> 50% of alabamans describe themselves as republicans, 43%

say they're conservativconserva is a good boost for roy moore. will people who find his conduct to be despicable, will they just not show up? >> what are you hearing in terms of, michelle's talking about with early voting? she was mentioning tuscaloosa specifically. the overall numbers for the state, i want to make sure i mention this again. it's pretty shocking, the primary turnout was 18%, jonathan. 18%. the runoff between roy moore and luther strange was 15%. that's horrific, not many people are voting, when are we going to see something totally different tomorrow? >> well, that's the challenge for doug jones, is that he's got to juice turnout up above 25% overall to have a chance. there are a lot of voters in this state, who have no use for roy moore. the challenge for jones, a lot of them are not enthused enough to show up for an election on december 12th.

a state that mark knows very well, which is kind of the precise opposite of alabama, which is his home state of massachusetts, there was a special election there, where the republican won, and you had similarly unique circumstances, a weakens democratic candidate running, and a republican that caught fire at a time of great energy. i think there are some similarities here, i would say the challenge is even moore here to win in bama for a democrat. >> what's your feeling for tomorrow night. how long of a night will it be? >> different way to count? >> i've been through many newsroom elections, i don't think this is anything we're going to be able to call. all of the people right now who are casting scorn on alabama. i hope they turn their prayers to alabama. >> thank you very much. and thanks very much, you've obviously been covering this for us all the way through. >> thanks to all three of you. >> more breaking news coming out right now.

gop leaders, they're not going to commit to giving roy moore any committee assignments if he wins. this is a highly unusual move. we have breaking details next. the white house claiming under eyewitnesss who back up the president's denials about his alleged assault and harassment of women. who are these people? and breaking news, the suspect in the attempted terror attack in new york city, had at least two devices and a surveillance camera caught the moment one of them exploded. the suspect pledged allegiance to isis. i saw the change in rich when we moved into the new house.

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panera. food as it should be. breaking news, republican leaders won't commit to giving roy moore a seat on any committee, even if he wins this race. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell would not say, if republican conferences would welcome moore into the weekly policy lunches or get him committee assignments. this is a highly unusual move. it comes as republicans have been openly fretting about what to do if moore wins like this. >> roy moore will be the gift that keeps on giving for democrats. it will define the 2018 election, and to think you can elect roy moore without getting the baggage, roy moore is pretty naive. >> out front now, amy kramer, co chair for the women of trump

pack, and paul begala, amy let me start with you, you heard senator graham, his words, there is no winning with roy moore, mitch mcconnell now saying whether moore will be included in weekly policy -- >> there's no winning with roy moore. >> i don't think it's his choice, i think it's the choice of the people of bama, we're going to see tomorrow what they decide. that's the thing, erin, part of this race is, the people across the country are tired of washington, and the party leade leaders sticking their nose into all these races across the country. >> the point is, if he wins, it's bad for the republican party. >> senator graham's point was, there's no win. >> if roy moore is who the people of bama choose, that's who's going to go to washington

to represent them. i don't think it's -- to think, what are we if all of a sudden you elect somebody, and somebody in washington can say, no, we're not accepting them. i think that's a very dangerous sign and we don't have to go there. i would direct people to center to senator shelby. he's an alabaman, most popular politician in the state. i did not vote for roy moore, that creates a permission structure, far removed from what people in washington think. to republicans in bama to say, i don't have to be for roy moore

out of party loyalty, the most loyal republican in our state has said he's not for roy moore, that's the most important issue in this election. >> he doesn't come out and do national television as a rule. amy, a pro trump pack, the america first project, sent a 12-year-old girl to interview roy moore today, i wanted to play a clip of it. >> what do you think of a really good senator? >> following the constitution, adhering to principle and not going to get elected again, not trying to stay in office for 30 or 40 years. you're there to serve the people. >> given the allegations moore is facing. >> that was an interview with a 12-year-old girl. my question to you is, given he's facing allegations of molesting a 14-year-old girl,

why did he do this interview? was this purposeful to talk to a 12-year-old girl? >> i'm sorry, erin, i didn't hear the interview, i apologize. i think that the people are going to decide this race, in that these are allegations exactly as you said, and if there's something criminal there, it needs to be tried in a court of law, not in the press, i truly believe -- >> you can't do that with sexual assault, that's the law? >> everyone has that right. >> i'm not going to try to reiterate that dispute. our courts do not support that at this time. >> that's the first i've seen it, heard about it. at first i thought, it was a sting, some left wing group or something. that's so appalling, it's so shocking that roy moore, who is accused and presumed innocent, but still, the fact that he's accused of sexual assaulting a 14-year-old girl would sit down and do an interview with a

12-year-old, when he's not talking to any journalists. it's like he's rubbing alabamans noses in it. i know i've been accused of child molestation, but i'm going to give an interview with a child -- words fail me, and i'm usually a blabber mouth. >> it was purposeful. he's not doing interviews, he hasn't appeared for a rally in a week. it was purposeful. >> it's insulting and shocking, there's a lot of people really bothered by these -- a lot of republicans in bama, not just his political enemies or washington people like me. my mother and father-in-law lived in alabama for years. i love that state. i hate how people are running him down because of this election, this is an insult to people of bama, and i can't believe roy moore did it. >> amy. >> yeah, i didn't -- i missed the piece that you played, i'm sorry, we're having problems. i go back to you're innocent

until proven guilty about he's been out there in the public. people know him, and they're standing behind him. i go back to, in fact, if there's something criminal, he needs to be tried in a court of law, not the press the people are going to decide tomorrow what they choose. >> you can't try it in a court of law at this point. you either believe all the many people to the washington post alone, who said these things or you believe roy moore. >> doug jones, we've heard the president of the united states donald trump come out, he gave a robo call. president obama came out and did one for doug jones. doug jones is acting like he had no idea that president obama made a call on his behalf.

here he is. >> i know there have been a lot of robo calls i don't know what's being used. the only one i know that's for sure been recorded is the one my wife gives. this race is about alabama, it's about alabama it's about alabama. >> interesting paul that he doesn't even think that barack obama is a plus for him that he would rely on that. he's stayed alabama true the whole way through. according to our reporting earlier this evening. i think anyone would love to see an auburn guy up there on the stage tonight? >> we'll give you the final word, amy.

>> i'm always happy to see an auburn grab on the stage tonight. i think what this race is going to come down to. the voters have a lot more on their mind. they're going to weigh all this information when they go to the polls tomorrow, it's preposterous to think they can't make the decision themselves. they're going to be voting on the economy and our borders and some of the social issues that are big in the state of alabama. i think this is a conservative state, and they will choose roy moore tomorrow. >> we'll all be here 24 hours from now. we'll be almost there. trump accusers uniting against the president, calling for congress to investigate one of the accusers calling for an investigation who's going to be out front next. a failed terror attack in the heart of new york city. nails sent flying from an explosion. the suspect claiming he pledged allegiance to isis.

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the white house on defense tonight, pushing back against at least 15 women who have accused him of assault. sarah sanderson was asked eight different times of the allegations. and she dismissed them. why the president and not the

women should be believed. >> this took place long before he was elected to be president. the president has denied any of these allegations as have eyewitnesss and several reports have shown those eyewitnesss back up the president's claim. the president has firsthand knowledge on what he did and didn't do. >> and sao do the women that were there. the white house, they are still struggling with this issue, it's an issue that has gone away. >> there's been one person that's been left out of this national conversational reckoning if you will. over sexual harassment and misconduct. that's the president himself, he went through it a year ago, such a different time in this moment and movement if you will, today was really the first time that these allegations have come front and center, really close to the oval office, close to the president. sarah sanders, the white house

press secretary was defending and asking these questions, again and again and again. he denied these allegations, but also again and again the voters knew all this, and gave their judgment during the campaign. but, of course, it is a different time. it is a different moment of this, but at the end of the day, i was struck by -- in the pretty aggressive questioning here on a difficult topic for sarah sanders. she didn't -- she knew what was coming to her, she does have empathy and the white house does have empathy for any of these victims or accusers, but she again defended the president. so strikingly different. the white house responds in the -- one of the top ranking women in this administration, the ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley who said these women should be heard. >> that is for sure, thank you very much jeff. out front now, a former miss usa contest an the.

donald trump personally inspired each woman prior to the 2006 contest. you talked about this personal inspection, and you said it was the dirtiest you felt in your entire life. tell me exactly what happened? what did he do? >> so we were at trump towers doing the media tour in new york city. and he lined all 51 of us up, and i thought it was going to be hi, how are you? nice to meet you, that type of meet and greet thing. it was not. it was him going down and one by one looking us over like we were pieces of meat and he was trying to decide which piece of meat he wanted. i was hoping that would be the end i wouldn't have to deal with him any more. on finals night when i'm sitting in hair and make-up getting ready in just my robe, he comes walking backstage and i'm so startled, like what are you doing back here? we're a bunch of women getting ready for a beauty pageant that we've been working toward.

>> in a robe. >> why are you back here? and then i saw him walk into the dressing room, just like he has bragged about on howard stern in the audience for anyone and everyone to hear. he brags about this, it's not that i'm accusing him, i'm simply verifying what he himself has said. >> so when you hear sarah sanders today, coming out of the white house, highest ranking woman there. saying this woman has empathy for women like you, empathy. >> it's funny they say they have empathy, first they call us liars, which one is it, and if i'm a liar i'm just verifying what he said. >> right, and i -- it's actually interesting you say that, she said there's eyewitnesss who back up his claims. as you point out, you're one of 51 people sitting there. >> exactly. >> they found this woman, katie

blair, they told tmz during a miss teen usa contest she didn't see trump come backstage. as you point out, this is something he has admitted in his own words on howard stern, let me play that for those of you who have not heard him admit it himself. >> i'll tell you the funniest is that i'll go backstage before a show, and everyone's getting dressed and ready, and everything else. no men are in there. i'm allowed to go in because i'm the owner of the pageant, and i'm inspecting it. i want to make sure everything is -- >> when you hear that? >> it's so disgusting. so disgusting that he brags about, and people are coming at me saying, you're lying, you're lying. he's bragged about it. >> there's no question about it. >> as you point out. sarah sanders has said you're a liar, and these other 15 women are liars. donald trump has called you and others liars again and again during the campaign. here he is.

>> every woman who lied when they came forward to hurt my campaign total fabrication. the events never happened. never. all of these liars will be sued after the election. >> the stories are total fiction. they're 100% made up. they never happened. when you looked at that horrible woman last night, you said, i don't think so. i don't think so. >> she would not be my first choice, that i can tell you. man. you don't know, that would not be my first choice. >> watching your face listening to that. >> you know, the ridiculous thing is, that for him, it's not like a -- you know, he -- i didn't -- it's not like he was sexually attracted to me, it was

that he felt powerful and he felt like he owned me, i was his property. and so it's very different then -- because people that are protrump will say, there's no way he would want to sleep with you. he wouldn't touch you, some of the other women have gotten very nasty messages. i've received nasty messages. i'm like, it's not about sexual attraction first of all, besides the fact that i was miss north carolina usa, i wasn't exactly ugly, i had a panel of people that said i was pretty. but the important thing is, that it's his power and dominance and treating people like property that's so disgusting. >> and sam, you have come out and spoken about this. and you're speaking again about it now. that takes a lot of courage. >> and you have taken a hit for this, right? >> yes. >> what has happened to you, in terms of what people are saying and doing? >> i think it's important for people to understand, you are taking a personal attack on your

reputation, your life, and your career to speak. >> yeah. so last year whenever he was elected president, it was just so disheartening that the women in this country didn't collectively say no, we will not accept that behavior, we will not tolerate it, we will not vote for it. they didn't say that. they said, doesn't bother us. and that hurt. woman to woman, that hurts. because every woman has experienced that situation at some level. they experienced the inappropriate comments, people touching you, they've experienced that, and for them not to believe other women is very disheartening. and so when i was first asked to come back out and talk about it all again in this new movement and everything my first response is, i don't want to go through all of that again. and then when i heard that they were gathering all of us

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breaking news, the polls about to -- hours away from opening in alabama, entire nation watching, as you see these rallies going on right now. the roy moore rally you're seeing on your screen. roy moore is going to take the stage on that stage you see there moments away, here is what early speakers are saying tonight for him. >> they are trying to destroy this man. i said, they're trying to give judge roy moore a high-tech lynching. >> never. never let the media tell you how to vote. [ cheers and applause ] they hate you. they hate you and hold in contempt everything you hold dear, including your way of life and your precious christian faith.

go vote for roy moore tomorrow and take somebody with you when you go. >> as we said, judge moore is going to be coming on that stage. kaley, we had a couple clips. the early speakers getting ready to introduce judge moore, they're saying this is all about hate for roy moore and christianity. >> we have the lynch mob, we're waiting for roy moore, also for steve bannon. you have heard local leaders, some volunteers who have come from out of state carry on the message, we have heard before from steve bannon, this event very similar to the one that bannon and moore teamed up for last tuesday in fair hope, where you heard bannon say that the powers that be want to destroy roy moore, they want to take the voice of his supporters away. that's the message you hear carried tonight with such strong rhetoric, by these others that are met with rousing cheers from the hundreds of folks inside this barn.

the most peaceful rhetoric, i can tell you i heard was from a local pastor, who said, this is not about roy moore or doug jones, this is about the people in this country knowing that the people of alabama believe in god. the goal here, as we knew, to activate roy moore's base, conservatives and christians. >> kaley, thank you very much. roy moore about to take the stage to make his push. how is this going to turn out. could doug jones pull out of victory in deep red alabama. that is the question, when you look at the state of alabama, what would it take for jones to win. something a democrat has not been able to do. >> extremely difficult for doug jones as the map fills in tomorrow night, to pull off what would be a stunning upset in what's become a rubery red state. this is the re-election of richard shelby. 64% for the republican, 36% for the democrat. let's look at presidential

races. donald trump won the state, 63% of the vote, hillary clinton under 35%. go back in time, mitt romney 61, president obama 38. even in 2008. the his toric election of the first african-american president, john mccain wins with record african-american turnout. that gives you a little bit of history of the challenge facing doug jones. let's come back to 2016 in that shelbey race and look at it, let's remember this, tomorrow's not a presidential election, it's not even a regular senate election. it's an off year special election in the middle of december, turnout will be down. what does doug jones have to do? this is using the shelbey map in 2016. younger voters, college educated women, and especially african-americans, doug jones needs skyrocketing african-american turnout above 25% of the electorate tomorrow. they have to come out in big numbers and support him by a larger margin than they did in 2016. just like we saw in virginia

last month, in the off year election, democratic base turnout must be way up. that won't be enough, you expect roy moore like richard shelby in 2016 to win these small rural counties and win them big. watch the percentages in these counties tonight will the trump voters come out, doug jones needs a lot of them to stay home, he needs democratic turnout to be up. he needs republicans in the rural area turnout to be down. even if that happens, it might not be enough. 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 drinks 12 diet cokes a day, and jeanne moos has the report on that.

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talking. brynn gingras is live. let's start with the devises. what are they saying? what they were intended to do, how serious they were? >> yeah, erin. we know there were at least two devices on this 27-year-old suspect. of the one that detonated, we know it was a 12-inch-long pipe. it had black powder in it, a battery, wiring, it also had those nuts, bolts, and screws. had it gone off the way he had intended it to, it would have done serious damage. i got a closer look at the video you were showing the viewers at the time it detonated. i talked to law enforcement sources. it just so happened, there's no one walking next to him at the time the bomb went off. because of that, there weren't more serious injuries, only to the suspect himself, erin. >> pretty mirakulous when you think about it. and obviously, he did survive. what is he saying? i understand he's talking. >> yeah, he's -- much of this is being learned from him, while he's in his hospital bed. investigators are talking to him. there's really two important

things. one is his motivation. he has told investigators from a source i have learned that his intentions were because of the recent israeli actions happening in gaza. and a second thing is he has pledged his allegiance to isis. the next thing investigators do, of course, is take this information and go with it. and see, does he have social media accounts connected with isis. did he travel overseas? and of course, one of the major things they are doing tonight is wanting to talk to family members, in particular, a brother who he most recently did some electrical work in this area of the port authority not long ago, to get more information of exactly what his intentions were. >> thank you very much. and next, a much lighter note. jeanne moos on donald trump's obsession with diet coke. coffee roasters sumatra reserve. let's go to sumatra. the coffee here is amazing. because the volcanic soil is amazing. so we give farmers like win more plants. to grow more delicious coffee. which helps provide for win's family. all, for a smoother tasting cup of coffee. green mountain coffee roasters.

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president trump has a big time habit of diet coke. here's jeanne moos. >> whether he sucks it up through a straw or drinks it straight out of the bottle, the presidential diet is afloat in diet coke. >> 12 diet cokes, right? >> 12 cans per day, according to "the new york times." that even followed him to japan, where an attendant wearing white gloves waited with a tray bearing the beverage. some rallied in defense of drinking one dozen diet cokes a day. but we asked the nutritionist author of "read it before you eat it" what 12 diet cokes daily could do to a body. >> it fills you with bubbles. you get a lot of bloat. the enamel on your teeth. there's also caffeine. what else is it replacing? there's a good chance he's not drinking enough water.

>> but think of all the exercise the president gets pushing the button on his desk so a butler brings him a coke. the soda was at the center of a mini controversy back in the spring. trump can't even bother to use a coaster at the resolute desk for his hourly coca-cola injection. hey, coasters are for wimps, not he men like the one the women ogled in that old commercial. you can't say the president isn't self-aware. he once tweeted, i have never seen a thin person drinking diet coke. after a few more pokes at coke, he tweeted, i'll still keep drinking that garbage, but 12 a day? >> maybe he should dilute every one of his diet sodas down with some sparkling water to try to wean himself off that habit. >> or he could try this. president trump has a little habit. of rearranging things in front

of him. maybe he should just keep moving his coke farther and farther until it's out of reach. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> and i notice how all the other ones were water, his was coke. thanks for joining us. "ac 360" starts now. good evening. it's election eve in alabama tonight. both candidates making their last-minute pitches to voters and it's a stark choice. voters are deciding between republican roy moore and democrat doug jones. former president obama with a robocall for jones. president trump weighing in for moore. >> we need roy voting for us. i'm stopping illegal immigration and crime. we are building a stronger military and protecting the second amendment and our pro life values. but if alabama elects liberal democrat doug jones, all of our progress will be stopped cold. >> that call, the president's earlier endorsem