>> whether you're a democrat, liberal, or conservative, roy moore does not need to represent the state of alabama. >> there's a special place in hell for all the establishment that doesn't have trump's back. >> roy moore will be the gift that keeps on giving for democrats. >> this is about a republican party that's been torn apart. >> it is time that we take a road that's going to get us on the path to progress. >> president trump should resign. these allegations are credible. they are numerous. >> if they were willing to investigate senator franken, i think it's only fair that they do the same for trump. >> the president has addressed these accusations and denied all of these allegations. >> they only believe women who accuse men when those men happen to be democrats. >> announcer: this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. the long and bitter alabama special race for senate is now in the hands of the voters. in less than an hour, polls will open in alabama.

the verdict of the voters, whether it will be roy moore, with all the ugly accusations, or doug jones, a democrat, he would hope to be the first democrat elected in that state to the senate in 25 years. >> meanwhile, the white house, on the defensive, over sexual misconduct allegations against president trump. 56 democratic lawmakers are asking a house panel to investigate those claims. some democratic senators go as far as saying president trump should resign. the white house, though, claims they have eyewitnesses who can disprove the allegations. though there's only two of them and their stories and circumstances are fishy. so, we have it all covered. let's begin with cnn's alex marquardt in alabama, where doug jones will be voting in about an hour. what's the scene there, alex? >> reporter: that's right there, alisyn. doug jones expected to vote just after the polls open around 7:30 local time at this baptist church. he really has the bigger challenge today.

he needs to get as many voters out here as possible. now, alisyn, this was always going to be a very competitive race that got even tighter after these allegations came out against roy moore. but roy moore, he knows that he has this core base of support that will turn out, no matter what, even if it's a chilly day in mid december for a special election. the big question is turnout. secretary of state here in alabama predicting that turnout will be between 20 and 25%. that may sound a little bit low but it's actually a little bit higher than previously expected because of all this extra interest. this is really the name of the game. this is what we'll be watching so closely today, that turnout number. >> republican roy moore and democrat doug jones making their final pitches to voters, ahead of one of the most unpredictable elections in alabama's history. >> it is time that we put our decency, our state before political party. >> i'm going to tell you, if you don't believe in my character,

don't vote for me. >> moore bringing in a number of out-of-state conservatives, including the president's former chief strategist, steve bannon. who riled up the crowd by attacking republicans, who have been critical of the accused child molester, even appearing to take a shot at the president's daughter, who told the ap last month there's a special place in hell for people who prey on children. >> there's a special place in hell for republicans who should know better. >> bannon also naming names, calling out the state's most prominent republican, senator richard shelby, who told cnn sunday he did not vote for moore. >> state of alabama deserves better. >> reporter: and former secretary of state and native alabamian condoleezza rice, who issued a statement urging voters to, quote, reject bigotry, sexism and intolerance but did not mention either candidate.

k kayla moore insisting her husband is not a bigot. >> fake news would tell you we don't care for jews. one of our attorneys is a jew. >> reporter: doug jones is working to shore up much-needed support for african-american voters teamed up with basketball hall of famer charles barkley, who had this message for his home state. >> at some point, we have to throw a line in the sand. we're not a bunch of damn idiots. >> reporter: also getting a boost from former president barack obama and former vice president joe biden, who both made robo calls after president trump did the same for moore. >> go vote for roy moore. >> reporter: letting the president do much of his talking for him in the past few days, alongside very few select interviews, shunning the national media. instead, appearing in a political action committee ad, interviewed by a 12-year-old girl. >> what do you think are the characteristics of a really, really good senator? >> following the constitution.

just adhering to principle. >> reporter: moore, defending his near total absence from a campaign trail in the final week of his heated race, saying he was visiting west point, his alma mater, with his wife. >> here i am, once again surrounded by this gaggle of media, which i've come to love and enjoy, and roy moore was not even in the state of alabama over this weekend. >> reporter: now doug jones has a busy day after voting this morning, he will then visit five polling stations to greet voters. roy moore has a much lighter day. he will be voting on horseback, his trustee steed is named sassy. he will be heading down to the firestation in his hometown of galant to cast his vote. >> i don't know why the name of that horse makes me smile so much. >> alex delivered it with a straight face, which i appreciate it. great reporting. >> he's cool. let's bring in cnn political analyst david gregory and john "sassy" avlon. david gregory, when you look at

this race, what's going to be the determining factors for you? >> well, i think it's democrats having to beat the odds. i mean, this has been nationalized as if this is a vote for president here down in alabama. i mean, look at every major figure in the party is very involved. and drawing this line in the sand in alabama. but it's an incredibly conservative state. you're going to have low turnout. democrats are not used to being organized in this fashion to really get out the vote in this way. so i still think it's going to be very difficult for a democrat to win. but this is an unusual circumstance. republicans have been torn asunder by this guy, whose views are repugnant to most americans, straight from the sexual misconduct against him. it's really astonishing that we are where we are, that the president was silent for a while, major republicans in the country said we're not even going to seat this guy if he's

elected. and now everybody is behind him. so, it's a stunning turn of events. and it is a test, despite how difficult it will be for democrats, it's a test to how organized they're going to be against this new strain of the republican party led by steve bannon, led by president trump. that's what's on the table today. >> you know, john, we rarely talk about the opponent, doug jones. he hasn't come on our show. though we've extended an invitation, as chris has pointed out. he's hardly a left wing fringe candidate. he was a u.s. attorney, fought all these sort of landmark civil rights cases that, you know, he's not a left wing -- >> no. >> -- by definition character. >> not a hippie activist by any stretch of the imagination. he prosecuted the birmingham six bombings in the 1990s, decades afterwards, took courage lifelong -- republicans are calling him soft on crime is

ridiculous and he has tried hard to say this is about alabama. i don't want to nationalize my profile. this is about people of alabama choosing the person over the party. because roy moore is just too extreme. look, roy moore is a polarizing figure, not only nationally, but even in alabama circles, even in alabama republican circles. it is unprecedented over the weekend you saw the senior senator shelby from alabama saying i couldn't bring myself to vote for him, condoleezza rice releasing a statement yesterday. it may be a cliche but it's true. the only poll that matters is on election day. this race looks a lot tighter. this is a state president trump won 2-1. by all accounts, this race is tight and that, itself, is fascinating. it will be a question of motivation as much as organization. >> david, we look at roy moore's history, he has never run for senate before. state-wide races have been limited to being a jurist.

he got tossed off the supreme court because he refused to let the constitution supersede his own feelings about his faith when it came to the ten commandments. they rewarded him for that and put him back on the court there. so the question becomes, what is the level of tolerance when it comes to roy moore? as you mentioned earlier, he has a lot of things to answer for, david, but the answer has been given by the alabama people on him before, up until these allegations of sexual misconduct. >> that's right. and, look, there's every reason to believe that this could be a race that is not about what the race is about. it's not about focusing on his character and allegations of sexual misconduct. it's not going to focus on the fact that he said things were better during slavery, wants to get rid of every amendment after the ten or that his wife ridiculously talks about we know a jewish lawyer who works with us, so we're fine with jews, despite the fact that her husband suggested that all jews are going to hell as an evangelical orthodox christian.

come on. it's true that if voters want to make this about abortion, you know, they can hang their hat on that. if they want to make it about forgiveness, they can hang their hat on that. if they don't like elitists from washington or people telling them how to vote, they can hang their hat on that. they can be certainly independent minded, independent of anything of any substance that he said and make this choice. and perhaps that's where we're headed. >> and one important thing. southern politics loves to rail against washington. there is a deep urban rural divide, which we need to pay attention to in turnout as well as culturally. southerners hate being stereotyped. it's a source of deep frustration. and a lot of folks more independent minded say this is a validation of the worst stereotypes that folks have been trying to climb out from under. >> that's not a question. that's a fact. roy moore is a human bundle of attributes that are all

disparaging, that are used as slights of people from the south. it's just a fact. you check through every one of the things he says. you don't have to embrace homosexuality. that's your right in this country. but to liken it to beastiality, to say it should be illegal -- >> david you did a good job of summarizing kayla moore, roy moore's wife -- i don't even know what to say -- statement about how they're not anti-semitic. it bears repeating. we'll play it again. >> fake news will tell you that we don't care for swroous. i tell you all this because i've seen it all. i want to set the record straight while they're here. one of our attorneys is a jew.

we have very close friends who are jewish, and rabbis, and we also fellowship with them. >> david, how did you hear that? >> well, i mean, i think it kind of speaks for itself. i think she was in how she appears, which could not be more patronnizing. >> how close are you with someone if you fellowship with them, by the way? >> well, you can be close. actually, obviously, they absolutely could be close. i think what she's responding to is a criticism that her husband made of george sorros. >> right. >> when he talked more generally about people who don't accept god in the view that orthodox christians don't believe that jews don't accept jesus christ as our lord and savior and, therefore, we are going to hell. that is a theologically rigid view. that's not the type of person you're necessarily going to fellowship with. just the nature of this -- you know, it was a distraction and, again, i think it speaks for itself. >> i fellowship with david

gregory at lunch and he ate almost all the rock shrimp. >> that's for sure. >> i know that you two fellowship on election days sometimes. >> that's true. he bought a beautiful bottle of wine and we believe he took it home with him. open question. will not be decided today by the voters of alabama. open question. >> on that note, david gregory, john avlon, thank you very much. more than 50 female democratic lawmakers called upon a house panel sexual misconduct allegations against president trump. this, as the white house fights back, saying they have eyewitnesses to prove that these claims are false. cnn's joe johns is live at the white house with more. what do we know about these eyewitnesses, joe? >> good morning, alisyn. the fact of the matter is the me too movement has already taken its toll and some real power players in washington politics and given the history it was only a matter of time before questions about the president's

treatment of women entered the conversation, especially because this is an issue that hit a fever pitch during the campaign. more than 50 female democratic lawmakers calling for a congressional investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct against president trump, insisting in a letter to the house oversight committee that the president's accusers cannot be ignored and referencing mr. trump's own words. >> when you're a star, they let you do it. you can do anything. >> whatever you want. >> grab them by the pussy. >> 14 women have come forward, accusing the president of sexual assault, accusations that the president has repeatedly denied. >> the events never happened. never. all of these liars will be sued after the election. >> reporter: three of those women also calling for congressional investigation into the president's behavior. >> this was serial misconduct and perversion on the part of mr. trump. >> we are not holding our president accountable for what

he is and who he is. >> reporter: white house press secretary sarah sanders dismissing the allegations. >> this took place long before he was elected to be president and the people of this country, at a decisive election, supported president trump. >> reporter: sanders also claiming eyewitnesses have backed up the president's accounts. >> the president has denied any of these allegations, as have eyewitnesses. >> reporter: a white house official pointing to two reports when asked by cnn to provide specifics of the eyewitness' accounts. the first, new york post article citing a british political activist put forward by the trump campaign to refute swreska leeds' account that mr. trump groped her on a flight. making claims about the sexual conduct of politicians. second new york daily news article citing miss teen usa 2006 katie blair who reportedly

told tmz she never saw mr. trump backstage during a beauty contest but blair was not present at the 1997 miss teen usa pageant where trump was accused of walking into dressing rooms while contestants changed, something trump later bragged about to howard stern. >> i'll go backstage before a show and everyone is getting dressed and changed and everything else and no men are around and i'm allowed to go in because i'm the owner of the pageant. >> reporter: calling for president trump to step down. >> president trump should resign. these allegations are credible. they are numerous. i've heard these women's testimony and many of them are heartbreaking. >> reporter: intense questioning in the briefing room, as sarah sanders and the white house message team come to grips with how to handle the resurgence of this issue. they have been critical of journalists and media coverage so far today.

we do expect to see the president, as he signs the national defense authorization act. but the white house will be watching closely, of course, to see what happens in the alabama senate race. chris and alisyn, back to you. >> as we all will be, joe. thank you very much. a new tweet to read for us? >> yep. the president tweeting a few minutes ago, despite thousands of hours wasted and many millions of dollars spent, democrats have been unable to show any collusion with russia. now they are moving on to the false accusations and fabricated stories of women, who i don't know and/or have never met. fake news. >> well, just to be clear, three women -- three of the accusers came forward yesterday and had a press conference. democrats are responding to that. >> right. and, look, a lot about this -- this is what the president does. he attacks what he doesn't like. that's his perogative. still allowed to be done under

the first amendment, for now. he has his timing wrong. the accusations of the women came out before the investigation into the russia situation, in earnest. and this is republican-led at every level. bob mueller, we assume he is being objective and fair and nonpartisan. lifelong republican. every committee in play, every subcommittee in play is led by republicans. so, that's what this process is about. as for the i don't know and/or have never met, i don't know why he needed both of those qualifistic qualif qualificati qualifications. but clearly wants us to know it wasn't true. if they have people who say i was there, these allegations aren't true, they should be offered up and vetted by the media, same as the accusers are. >> if roy moore wins, will his controversy stick with republicans for years to come? that's what lindsey graham has suggested. we'll ask former governor who may now have a senate seat in his sights. that's next. whoooo.

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we're covering the alabama vote on cnn because it has become a nationalized election. it is a special election for the senate. you've got roy moore, the judge, controversial figure with all these sexual allegations against him and you have doug jones. the question is whether or not a democrat on any level could be acceptable to the alabama voters. a win would allow republicans to keep their slim two-seat majority. that's become an overwhelming concern for the president of the united states. some republicans, like senator lindsey graham worry that a win for moore could be a loss for the party. here is his rationale. >> 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. >> joining us now is tim pawlenty, former governor of minnesota. good to see you, governor.

>> good to see you, chris. >> merry christmas to you and your family if i don't see you again. >> thank you. >> you are not voting but if you were, would roy moore get your call? >> i don't think it's even a close call. this is an accused serial child molester. >> the president of the united states says you are cuckoo, that you have to vote for roy moore, not doug jones. he has denied the allegations and he is right for the state of alabama. do you disagree with the president? >> you have the right to write in another republican candidate. that may not be successful in terms of election victory but in terms of the values and perspectives that i hold and other people hold, i don't think you put into the united states senate a credibly accused serial child molester. >> how do you explain the position of the president? >> i don't. i think that's -- understandably, the republicans, some of them, want to make sure they get another seat in the senate and it's about retaining and maintaining political power. i'm not willing to put my personal values to the curb for

political power. >> let's just flush that out a little bit. roy moore says didn't happen. i didn't do it. why isn't that good enough for you? >> well, as you mentioned earlier, chris, what do you do about these things in the case where the court system isn't available to the accusers because time has lapsed or other reasons, as presented against a politician. the court, if you will, the forum, if you will, is the election. this is how it's getting heard. this is how it's getting prosecuted, litigated, processed. people have to make their own decisions. for me, like i said, i don't think it's a close call. >> now, does your hardline view on this, if that's what you're going to call it -- some would say it's a reasonable view -- is it because you're contemplating whether or not to run in a presumed special election for al frank even franken's seat up in minnesota? and his allegations are front and center. >> i don't think that anybody who understands the grassroots policy would say taking this

position is necessarily popular with that group. i don't think you can assign political motives to it. >> how about that, will you make a run for the seat if franken steps away? >> i'm politically retired. if that changes, you will be the first to know. >> i would love that, by the way. that would be an early christmas gift. by the way, do you think franken should resign? >> he said he's going to resign. i think he did the right thing, unlike some of these other cases, there's not a dispute about what happened. there's pictures of him involved in some of the accusations and some of them occurred after he was in office. it's a little different than some of the other fact patterns here but, yes, he did it the right thing. >> when we say if, do you think he will step away? >> he announced he's going to. >> i know what he announce buddy it was a little unusual, right? >> i think it would be odd if he didn't now. everybody is assuming that he's going to. it would be quite a dramatic development if he changed his mind. i suppose he could, technically, but doubt he will. >> what is the message to your party? the seats matter. i don't need to tell you this,

governor. you've been involved with your party for a very high level for a long time. the margin is so slim. it seems to be that the calculus is roy moore may have personal attributes we're not crazy about. but he does seem to back the trump aenda. we would probably be able to count on his vote and we need it. >> sadly, we have gotten to the point where no matter how bad our red tribe or blue tribe leaders may be, we're saying they're better than the tribe's other leaders, because the other side is worse. i understand that to a point. but, look, this is the party of abraham lincoln. this is the party of teddy roosevelt. this is the party of ronald reagan. i grew up and did everything i could for this party, chair of the college republicans back when i was in college and i'm sad -- my heartbreaks for my party. it's in a sad condition. when you think about the virtues and values and leadership and decency of reagan, of teddy roosevelt, of lincoln and others, i think we have to step

back and search for the soul of this party and put some decency and values back into it. otherwise i think it will have a very unfortunate future. >> what is your response to steve bannon who says there's a special place down south for republicans like you, who won't back roy moore? >> you know, i think if their party is going to focus on unity, he should focus on unity as well t doesn't seem like that's what he does. >> where do you think this all ends up? what's your guess about what happens today? >> politics is a marketplace. elections are a decider. you're going to get the decision. but the pendulum swings. these things correct over time. they may not correct in one moment or in one two-year cycle. over the arc of time, as martin luther king said the arc is long but bends toward justice and eventually things readjust. >> those were wise words. we'll see how they're made manifest in these current times. governor, it's always a pleasure.

merry christmas to you and your family. remember that early gift you gave me. look forward to hearing from you. >> merry christmas to you as well. >> alisyn? >> we do have it on tape. four senators calling for president trump to resign. one of those senators makes his case here next. ♪ ♪ ♪ for those who know what they're really building. always unstoppable.

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four democratic senators calling for president trump to resign over multiple allegations of sexual assault and harassment against him. president trump has denied all the accusations and the white house dismisses the claims as old news. >> the president has addressed these accusations directly and denied all of these allegations. and this took place long before he was elected to be president. and the people of this country, at a decisive election, supported president trump and we feel like these allegations have been answered through that process. >> joining us now is democratic senator jeff merkley, one of the senators calling on president trump to resign. good morning, senator. >> good morning, alisyn. >> what did you think of press

secretary sarah sanders' explanation for why it's time to move on? >> it's totally insufficient. we're at a national conversation about sexual harassment both in the workplace and in life and certainly no one has a worst record than the president of the united states. and i think these individuals need to have a form in which we can hear each of them in a clear fashion, and if the president sa says, well, hey, i've got people who can discount these things and he invents some individual from halfway around the world to do so, we can listen to them as well. >> what is that forum that you're suggesting? >> i would like to see there be a hearing on capitol hill. if there's not, republicans are unwilling to have this conversation about the president, then we should hold a shadow hearing with the democratic caucus. >> is this why senator al franken had to resign? was there some conversation that took place last week that said, al, if you resign, we can then,

with credibility, call for president trump to resign? >> no. no, not at all. i don't -- i didn't hear that conversation from anyone. i would certainly think that that would be a stretch in any case. realize that there's a way to apply pressure within the senate community but it's much harder with the president. i think we should give full opportunity for these women who the president completely discounted and said are completely inauthentic, unbelievable, never happened. i think it's only fair that we give them a full chance to tell their story before the american people. >> even before you hear all their stories, even before this hearing that you describe, you're calling for president trump to resign. and, let's face it, the chances of that seem nil. so, what is this exercise? >> well, it's fundamental accountability. that's what it boils down to.

>> but is this an exercise -- i hear you. i understand what you want. in a utopian world, you want everybody to be accountable. i get it. it does feel as though you and your three fellow democratic senators, this is -- i mean, is this a publicity stunt? there's no chance that the president is going to resign. that's not how it works. a democrat calling for him to resign is not how it works. >> alisyn, there were over 40 senators who said it was the right thing for senator franken to step down. but if you believe that that's the case, wouldn't you also believe that it's the right thing for the president to step down, who has far more serious set of stories? he has grabbed women's butts, breasts, genitals. he has bragged about it. he has bragged about it in a variety of forums. it's just a horrendous list of treatment of women and this is why if you called for franken to step down, don't you also have to say it's the right thing for

the president to resign? >> so do your republican senators share your feelings? >> well, we'll find out. >> but have you had any conversations with them? >> no. i haven't heard any of them share this a couple of them did join the conversation about asking or saying that it was the right thing for senator franken to resign. i would think that it would be a good question to ask those individuals if they share the same feeling about the president. i would hope they would. >> it seems as though the system, right, as far as we've heard it, in terms of members of congress, who are accused of sexual harassment and/or assault, there's a house ethics committee. so it seems as though that's where the investigation happens, that there is this kind of process in place. so can the house ethics committee -- are you calling for the house ethics committee to investigate the president? >> well, i would certainly welcome such a thing if it was an authentic investigation. i don't have a great deal of faith that under republican control there would be such a

fair consideration. but if they were to shock us all, that would be just fine. >> okay. in the meantime, are you calling for this shadow hearing, this shadow investigation that can be led by democrats and are you getting any traction for that? >> well, i'm just suggesting it starting yesterday. we'll see if there's any traction. my colleague, kristen gillibrand is calling for an investigation. i agree with her. that would be terrific. if the republicans do not respond and hold such an investigation, let's take provide a forum for all of these women to make their -- to tell their story, to make their case to the american public. >> so, senator, about of we let you go, what's your prediction for what's going to happen in alabama today? >> i am certainly hoping that the state of alabama here in the year 2017 does not define itself by electing a child molester to be their u.s. senator.

>> we shall see what happens. senator jeff merkley, thank you for coming in with your perspective on all of this. chris? jimmy kimmel, back on late night and bringing in a special guest, his newborn son. he got emotional again. he's bringing up another issue. what is it? we have it for you next.

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here is the snowfall right now. 47 degrees at laguardia and it is raining. this weather is brought to you by purina, your pet, our passion. one alberta clipper after another. here is the first one. enjoy the morning in the big cities. by this afternoon it's much colder. and there goes the next storm system for tomorrow into wednesday, thursday and friday. this will bring much colder air into the region. so, we're going to be from the 40s to the 30s in many spots for morning lows in the teens. there's the snow for detroit, also for buffalo, erie. there's even some spots in new hampshire that will pick up a foot. high tomorrow in new york only in the 40s. morning lows even in chicago in the teens with windchill around zero. >> chad, i've got a good one for you. >> go ahead. >> have you ever done a polar plunge? >> i have. jamestown, rhode island.

>> how cold was it? >> i couldn't feel my legs. >> chris is going to -- >> i could barely get back in the car because my legs were numb. >> i did a polar plunge this weekend for this charity out where i live called heart of the hamptons. i go in. i was struck by the pain in my feet. and i didn't understand why my feet hurt so much instead of the rest of me. i looked it up. it turns out that the blood rushes to the most vital areas to keep you alive and that's why i had the agony of defeat. >> oh, wow. >> man. >> that was a long way to go. >> all about the setup. >> i don't even go in the ocean in the summer if it's too cold. >> there's shark in most atmospheres. >> that's the upside of no emotional depth. >> that's right. >> see you tomorrow. >> chad, thank you. police say the man who detonated a pipe bomb at the new york city port authority was

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>> it doesn't take a doctor, four liters of diet coke a day -- >> what does that do to somebody, seriously? >> when you break it down into cou caffein content, for example, and i don't know if he is drinking coffee or more sources of caffein, and if he had an underlying heart -- >> is there anything in the guidelines, in the sdm. >> isn't there other stuff in diet coke that doctors wouldn't recommend having 12 a day. >> people don't want calories, right, and president trump has tweeted about this himself in the past, he never has seen anybody skinny drinking diet coke, and so it goes out and

starts to forging for sugar later on. >> fake sugar. >> right. a fake product because it's all chemicals. nobody, the makers of coka cola would recommend the liters. >> this is from a fan of the president, and -- >> a solid source. >> this is not somebody making it up. on trump force one, there were mcdonald's, kentucky tried chicken and pizza and diet coke. >> right. >> sanjay, as a doctor, what does this mean to you? >> well, so much of the food -- it's obviously really bad food and saturated in fats, and these are sandwiches that have 121

chemicals in them, and they are fake food and not real food in terms of what he's eating. if somebody does this occasionally, i guess it's not that concerning. the sense that i got was he was doing this on a regular basis. >> his doctor's letter said there was no metric of fitness -- >> astonishingly excellent. >> yes, astonishingly excellent. he takes a cholesterol lowering drug, and yet he's still eating this amount of saturated fat in the day, and he has had a calcium scan, and it was sort of the in the moderate risk category. this is something that any doctor would recommend he not be eating to try and reduce his risks. it's a terrible diet. there's nothing you can say that is good about this diet and no doctor will recommend a diet like this. >> the president appeared to have slurred speech. do we have that?

let's listen to this. >> god bless you. god bless israel. god bless the palestinians, and god bless the united states. thank you very much. thank you. >> as a doctor, anything you see there? >> well, it's interesting. obviously you see the difficul y he has forming words, and i was watching him walk to his seat, because if somebody has difficulty with their speech the first big concern is he having a tia, and he was doing fine, and he pulled the table out with both hands, and this was something inside of his mouth, dry mouth, they say, or a misplaced tooth. he was speaking about 11 minutes fine before he got to that po t point. >> he is going to have a

physical, and we will see if they release that. >> bill clinton was famous for a similar sort of diet but this will be good information to get. >> good to talk to you. >> always a pleasure. >> thank you. >> so fit. >> i try to practice what i preach. we are following a lot of news. >> it's difficult to drain the swamp when you are up to your neck in alligators. >> i think you can elect roy moore without of the baggage -- >> it's time we put our decency before political party. >> i ask that congress investigate mr. trump's history of mr. trump's sexual misconduct. >> the white house's excuse is this has been asked and answers, but it has not been.

>> the suspect pledged allegiance to isis. good morning, everyone. welcome to your "new day." it's tuesday, december 12th, 8:00 in the east. polls are now open in alabama's special election. will voters elect the republican who is accused of child molestation, and has been endorsed by president trump, or elect doug jones who would be the first democratic senator from alabama in 20 years. >> and more than 50 democratic lawmakers are asking for an investigation into claims against president trump. the president claiming he doesn't know or never met any of the women making accusations, calling their stories