>> shannon: how are you feeling? you sound better. as the cold going away? >> bill: no, it's getting worse. >> shannon: that's it for us. >> jon: a fox news alert on a big day for president trump's legislative agenda as mr. trump is about to head to indianapolis where he will outline a sweeping proposal of taxes for individuals and corporations, it is a plan the president says he's going to help middle-class families and jump-start the american economy. good morning to you, i'm jon scott. >> heather: i have a feeling that everyone says that. i'm heather childers, think you for joining us. the president is said to breakdown the plan for rewriting the tax code. he's expected to call for a simpler system, fewer tax brackets, itemized deductions,

along with a cut to the corporate tax rate to stimulate economic growth. >> if we do this, we will create millions of new jobs for people and bring many, many businesses back to our shores. we will become a competitive nation again. we won't see companies leaving our country, firing their peopl people, and going and selling their product back into our country with no taxes and no retribution. it's time for both parties to come together and do what is right for the american people and the nation that we all love. >> heather: chief white house correspondent john roberts is live for us with more details. john, can they all come together? >> will see, heather. i should point out that they're laying the sod for the construction project behind me, so fingers crossed they're getting to the end of all the noise behind us. we'll see if congress can come together on this.

the president believes he can get bipartisan support. it's one of the points will be making in at 2:00 hour this afternoon at that speech at indianapolis where he will lay out his proposals for tax reform. let's put it up on the screens you can follow along. the president will create three tax brackets, 12%, 25%, and 35%. 12% is a 2% rise from the current 10% for the lowest income earners, but the white house insists that people will pay zero tax on more of their income and that will offset that as well. increasing the state of deduction there. $12,000.24004 married couple will also mean they'll get more money back in their pocket. we're told this morning that the average single income family will get back about $1,000. the corporate tax rate will be reduced from 35-20%. we are told that as a redline for the president. he's not going to accept a corporate rate higher than that. the past corporate rate for a lot of small businesses will be reduced 25%.

people who had those type of businesses right now pay tax, a personal tax income rate. there will also be an increase in the child tax credit that will be determined. the president says it will be more than that. they will also eliminate the so-called marriage penalty, eliminate the death tax, eliminate most itemized deduction, but it will keep the mortgage and charitable deduction. the president making clear that this is not a tax cut for the rich. and fact, by limiting many of the deductions, the highest earners will come out about even even though their marginal rate goes down and the president is holding out the possibility that the very tippy top income earners may end up paying more. he met with the ways and means committee yesterday and laid out his driving principle. listen here. >> first we must make our tax code simple and fair. it's too complicated. second, we will cut taxes tremendously for the middle class. not just a little bit, but

tremendously. third, we will lower tax rates were businesses to create more jobs and higher wages for americans. finally, we want to bring back children's of dollars from overseas. what this money invested right here in america. >> again, the president believes in get bipartisan support on this pair the scenario where he doesn't think he'll get again support was health care to bring back our favorite reference movie the princess bride, the graham-cassidy act is now all dead, not just mostly dead pure the president is holding out hope that he might revisit it again, tweeting out this morning, we will have the votes for health care, but not for the reconciliation deadline of friday after which we need 60. get rid of filibuster rule. then the president sending out this mysterious tweet saying with one yes vote in hospital and very positive signs from alaska and to others, mccain is out, we have the health care vote, but not for friday. we did a little digging, the

person in hospital he's referring to is mississippi senator 's thad cochran. many people didn't know he was in the hospital. he seems to have something of a plan. we should point out the last one didn't work out very well. >> heather: interesting that we're talking about bipartisan approach. i have to say, john roberts, we did not know you are a fan of the princess bride. >> the princess bride and "star wars," metaphors for everything. the "star wars" metaphor for steve bannon, like obi-wan kenobi said, if you strike me down, i will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine. it seems bannon is living up to that. >> heather: you could go on and on, think you so much, john. >> jon: will have to work some princess bride quotes in my reporting from now on. president trump is congratulating roy moore on his republik in victory victory friday night, i'm sorry victory

last night. i'm not sure where i got that. roy moore beat luther strange by ten points. strange thing to the president for his endorsement while roy moore says he supports president trump. >> i want to think the president of the united states. [applause] the president took a chance, he didn't have to come down and campaigned for me. that's what will friends do. sometimes more than politics, sometimes it's about a friendship, a common goal to make the country better. >> together we can make america great. we can support the president. don't let anybody in the press let you think that because he supported my opponent i do not support him. in support his agenda. [applause] as long as it's constitutional. >> jon: joining us now, michael shearer, thanks for

being here. i want to lead with the headline that your paper put on top of your article. it says more wins republican senate primary, dealing blow to g.o.p. why is this considered a blow to republicans? >> because the established party towards the end of this race, white house advisors on the president have been speaking some kind of coherence. they want to fill the body in the senate so they can more ably control to win things like tax reform, when things like obamacare repeal and replace come up. it's easier for them to wrinkle the votes they need to get things through. roy moore ran against that establishment and he has promised to be a very disruptive force, well along the lines of someone like senator rand paul or ted cruz from texas. there is millions of dollars that were put into this race by

very deep-pocketed republican groups to try and prop up strange, to try and stop more and in the end that failed. >> jon: it was such a weird race. steve bannon was supporting roy moore while the president was supporting luther strange. >> it was very strange. and alabama, the support for the president was never in debate. as you showed in those clips, both roy moore and luther strange had only nice things to say about the president, both promised to support the president's agenda. what happened was as a strategy, luther strange latched onto the president's endorsements as a way to win votes in alabama. and the end, they didn't think a vote for moore was a vote against trump. they thought you could support trump and support moore at the same time even though trump was campaigning for his opponent.

when the president went down to campaign, he hinted is that as well. he said i'll come back and support moore. he also said he may have made a mistake. >> jon: if you are mitch mcconnell and your political organization has dumped $9 million into the race supporting luther strange and all that money is gone now, that's not a good sign. >> it's not an particularly heading into 2018. we'll have incumbents facing this same type of challenge in the primaries. in 2014, mitch mcconnell and his team were at large and have been so very successful at beating back what we call tea party challengers. it's the first time that an incumbent has lost that he's gone all in on. we're going to have replays of this, the steve bannon and antiestablishment crowd campaigning against mitch

mcconnell and leadership in washington. >> jon: the favorite ended up losing its primary, democrats are probably reacting with glee, but if there is this antiestablishment fervor out there in the country, it could bite the democrats as well. >> it could come of the democrat are dealing with it as well. you saw that in the primaries last year with the bernie sanders insurgency. the democratic party is not quite divided in the same way that the republican party is, they still remain more coherent, but and policy debates, you have a little disagreement and i'll have to find a way of crating a message in 2018 that unifies everyone from joe manchin of west virginia to elizabeth warren in massachusetts. >> jon: roy moore is against a lot of the same things. he likes the building of a wall, he likes a more cohesive

balanced-budget approach, he likes instructor military. why would the president automatic we not support a guy like that? >> i don't think it was automatic. i think the president had a relationship with luther strange and he was getting advice from people around o'connell to get involved in this race. we were other parts where moore did not support the president. moore said he would vote against graham-cassidy, the obamacare repeal and replace bill that died this week which the president supported. the president made a lot of ways a few weeks ago when he made a deal with democrats. moore said he is more disposed to supporting a government shutdown. the broad agenda is supported by moore, there's a possibility in the coming months where when trump wants to get a bill through the senate, he is not going to have to deal with

people like cruz and rand paul, he's might have to deal with moore's vote as well. >> jon: when you have people like moore and strange, as are to work them into a conversation about politics. michael shearer of "the washington post," thank you. >> heather: or and more strange, right? some brand-new information about o.j. simpson with the parole board now says it did not consider when making a decision to free him. plus, we are live on capitol hill after lawmakers are getting ready to tackle tax reform. they reveal a new plan months in the making. >> we will cut taxes tremendously for the middle class, not just a little bit, but tremendously. the opioid my doctor prescribed for my chronic back pain

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all well president trump gets ready to speak about tax reform at an event in indianapolis just a few hours from now. some details of the plan emerged yesterday when the president personally appealed to house lawmakers to get behind this proposal. >> our plan is based on four very crucial principles. first, we must make our tax codes simple and fair. it's too complicated. people can't do it. american taxpayers waste 6 billion hours each year complying with the tax code under our plan. the vast majority of americans will be able to file their tax return in a single page without extra record-keeping and all of that paperwork. so we're going to make it very, very simple. it's called simplification. >> jon: joining us now, republican senator john cornyn of texas, the senate majority whip. it's good to see you today.

the president likes a simple vacation, what do you like about this proposal? >> more families can keep their paycheck and spend that money on things they want rather than have the government take a big bite out of their paycheck. it will literally lower the cost of living for all americans across the board. simplification is an action bonus. >> jon: what do you say to the charge that is a tax break for the rich? >> it's just not true. that is predictable that our opponents will say that, but it's not true. we want to do is make sure everybody who pays taxes sees a reduction and their tax costs and increases their take-home pay. we want to boost the economy in the process, create incentives for investment and job creation

which are going to benefit the vast cross-section of middle america. >> jon: every time that we have the tax code we have because so many lobbyists and others get their fingers on the tax code and make it so complicated because everybody wants their own slice of the pie, how do you avoid that from happening? >> you are exactly right. that's why it's become so complex and that's why rates have gotten higher to generate the income with so many of the deductions and credits and other things which i call the budget in our tax code which needs get cleared out. we hear people talk about base login, we're talking about reducing those so we can bring down rates for everybody. this has to happen every couple decades or so. the last time we did this was 1986 because right now, the tax code has become so complex and

filled with deductions and credits and the like that is a product of people working through their lobbyists on capitol hill, that we need to reduce rates for everybody, eliminate those deductions and subsidies as much as possible and get the economy growing again. this will be the best economic stimulus i think we could possibly pass here in washington, d.c. >> jon: the proposal is to take the corporate tax rate down as well. do you think you can get that pass and through both houses of congress and if you do, what does that mean for the economy at large? >> right now, we are not competitive because where the highest tax rate in the world. other countries have learned that if they lower rates and their more competitive, they can attract businesses that will literally move from the united states to places like ireland and elsewhere where the tax rates are lower.

ultimately, this benefits everybody by keeping those businesses here by having that investment here, creating those jobs, and helping to grow our economy rather than compete around the world because we have the highest tax rates in the world. >> jon: the idea being if you generate more economic activity, you generate more income to replace the taxation that is lost? >> no question about it. we need to get our economy growing again. it's been pretty anemic since the great recession of 2008. now it's roughly 1.8, 1.9%, which is too low even to generate enough jobs to get full employment and a lot of people have simply given up looking for work because it hasn't been available. what we would like to do is get the economy going again, get people more take-home pay and that will benefit all americans. >> jon: i'll give you 30 seconds here to make your best

pitch. you've got a few million americans watching right now, what is your best pitch as to why they should like this proposal? >> we want a simple tax code that will put more pay in your pocket when you take it home and it will reduce were cost-of-living so you can spend your money on your family, not have government spend it for yo you. this is really all about pursuing the american dream. >> jon: a senator john cornyn, republican of texas, good to have you on. thank you. >> heather: money in your pocket, always good. i like that. coming up, one week after hurricane maria devastated puerto rico, some of the victims say they received little to no help after more than 3 million people on the island are without power or water. we'll have a lab report from san juan. attorney general jeff sessions announcing the justice department will get more involved in free-speech complaints on college campuses. what the associate attorney general for the justice

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>> jon: right now, new information on some crime stories we are watching. court action for the suspect and the deadly shooting rampage of the tennessee church this weekend. he is accused of killing a woman in the parking lot and wounding six others inside the church. an arrest in a bizarre murder case in florida that dates back more than a quarter of a century. police picked up a woman in virginia and they say dressed up as a clown, walked up to a home, and fatally shot the woman who answered the door. that was a 1990. detectives reopen the case three years ago. the woman they just arrested had gone on to marry the man whose wife was murdered.

a new disclosure concerning what might be an oversight regarding o.j. simpson's parole weeks before he is said to be released from a nevada prison. the parole board's hearing officers said the panel did not consider o.j.'s 1989 misdemeanor conviction for spousal abuse because the case was not listed in the national clearinghouse of fbi crime data. they say it's impossible to know whether that might have changed the board of decision. >> heather: gregg jarrett told us about that several times. justin, some strong reaction to response from attorney general jeff sessions speech at georgetown law school yesterday. he announced the justice department will begin ramping up its report of those who sue public in every cities. >> they decide what is offensive and what is acceptable. the university is about the search for truth. not the imposition of truth by a

government sensor. speech and civility codes often violate what are called the first action of the first amendment. which is that as a general rule, the state has no power to ban speech on the basis of conflict. >> heather: rachel brand's associate attorney general for the justice department and she joins us now with some more insight. thank you for joining us first of all. >> thank you for having me. >> heather: let's get right to it happening. there's a group of georgetown university professors and they come together and signed a letter saying it was hypocritical of the attorney general in light of what's happening with free-speech and the conversation around the nfl, the attorney general was on "fox & friends" earlier today and he answered that. let's hear it had to say. >> i do, i think people should stand, it should be a formal

rule. they should have make a decision. they should be able to say to the players, if you are on our field and our game, paid by us, you should respect the flag of the national anthem. >> heather: he think they should stand. what do you think? wasn't hypocritical talking about free speech and giving this speech of the same time while this is going on? >> i think this is a great example of the public debate. this is the kind of issue that we want to have one side of the issue, another side of the issue, all views aired. we want to talk about preaching a college campus. there are attacks on free speech all across america. whether it's berkeley, the republican college in michigan where students are put in jail for or students at the university of utah. we want to shine on that really important civil rights question.

>> heather: the point you just made, i found an interesting the phrase the attorney general had for that, he called it the heckler's veto and that's when any group threatened to protest, threaten to disrupt a speech and as a result, their invitation is withdrawn, some thing like that. do you think that free speech is under attack or is conservative speech under attack more? >> when any of you a shout out, that's an attack on free speech. lately we are seeing more cases where conservative views are being shut down, but it's not as much is a problem for us as a liberal view is shut down. speech and should be protected when it's unpopular because eventually everybody is going to be unpopular. >> heather: he also made a point that of 33% of public institutions have some sort of speech code that constricts freedom of speech in someway, he pointed out the boise state, they have one in idaho, the university of south carolina has

one as well. then the question is, who determines what is appropriate speech and what is not? we run into that area. >> right, professors in college and ministry shares are grading a situation where anybody that makes someone feel comfortable or offended is shut down. everyone is going to say something in their life that offends somebody, but everyone needs to be protected in their right. >> heather: people say that some speech does not deserve to be protected. and also, the announcement that the doj is prepared to do more, what exactly is the justice department prepared to do? >> just yesterday, we filed a case against a public college in georgia. this is a case where a college had a very small free speech permit. a student made somebody feel uncomfortable and a school official came and said to him

you cannot speak. he sued the university and we filed a brief explained to the court why that violates the first amendment. we are going to do more of those cases, we are actively working on that now. if you will know of those cases, it would help to bring them to our attention. >> heather: rachel brand, thank you for joining us. >> jon: the next step in the health care battle now that the g.o.p.'s last ditch effort to repeal and replace obamacare has collapsed. and republican senator lamar alexander is pushing bipartisan talks, what he hopes lawmakers can accomplish and why they're facing a tight deadline. also, hurricane ravaged puerto rico now facing critical shortages of food, water, and fuel some survivors essay the recovery effort is a do-it-yourself kind of thing. we are live and of the areas affected. >> we don't have water, we don't have lights. let's take a look at some numbers:

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devastation leaving nearly all of 3.4 million people on the island without power and most without water. >> i sat in my bathroom. i have a bathroom that doesn't have windows and i stayed there and i had to rescue my neighbor because he cut his hand, so i had to give him first-aid. we stayed in the bathroom all through the hurricane. it was really, really, really hard. >> jon: garrett tenney is live in puerto rico. >> we are now on day seven since hurricane maria hit. despite an abundance of supplies coming into the country, most folks we've spoken to set at this point, things are not getting any better. right now, we're just west of the capital.

you can see there are still long lines of folks to get a little but of gas who have been waiting here for hours. this area was one of the hardest hit by flooding and you can see and some of the neighborhoods we were at earlier today that the side streets are still covered by a foot of water or more. and some places, that's a week later. this man is staying home to protect their belongings they have from looters while his wife is staying in a shelter while they wait for help. >> it's incredible, but we are alive. there are no words to describe what we've been through. it's very difficult. it's incredible. but we are alive. >> well most of the country is still waiting on help, we are hearing countless stories of neighbors and strangers reaching out to help each other with the

very things they lack like food, water, and cell phones to call family members and see how they're doing. >> people have been extremely kind. i was walking around with an empty water gallon and 70 came out of a yoga business and let me fill it up at their place. people are being very generous with food and such. i've been surprised by the generosity. >> communications continue to be a major issue and a major point of frustration for folks. i spoke to one woman this morning who said it's been nearly two weeks since she's been able to speak with her brother who lives in the western part of the territory and she said all she wants more than anything is to speak with him to let him know that she is okay and to make sure that he is doing okay as well. >> jon: while matt, on believable. garrett tenney, thank you. >> heather: this justin on the battle over health care.

lamar alexander restarting bipartisan talks to stabilize health insurance markets and bring down premiums one day after the g.o.p.'s last ditch effort to repeal obamacare. simon rosenberg joins us. let's get to at john roberts talked about at the very beginning of the news, this just crossed about four hours ago, a tweet from president trump where he said with one yes vote in hospital, and very positive signs from alaska and to others, mccain is out, we have the health care votes, but not for friday. david, i'll let you start with this. what is he talking about and where the chances of the bipartisan group coming up with a plan? >> they have an obligation to the american people to pass a health care plan. let's hope the president is right and the votes are starting to get there to put a system in place for something better than obamacare.

we know that is a disaster. as i just said, we have an obligation to the american people to make a better health care system then the direction we are going, just as congress and the president has an obligation to give tax cuts to americans as we campaigned to do last year during the election and that will jump start this economy. tax cuts and a better health care system. luckily, that's what we're focused on. >> heather: it sounds good, but we've been focused on that for a while. these specific groups we're talking about, their health committees and they've been working on this plan ever since july when the initial folder repeal collapsed. what do you think about their chances? >> there's been similar efforts in the houses well. there democrats and republicans meeting, but i'm optimistic. in the short term, the administration has to be very careful to not make it look like

they're sabotaging sabotaging the current system. if there isn't a new system in place, all of us must make the current system work and make sure his money people get health insurance and by cutting the length of time for stopping the advertising, if there is a big drop in the number of people with insurance, that's going to be on the republican party as opposed to having something better. my hope is that these efforts in the house and senate bear fruit in that we make some improvements going forward. >> heather: rotten fruit. as we just said, conservatives will be disappointed if this remains the law of the land. at the same time, what if republicans continue to oppose it? what will happen moving forward with elections? >> as we just saw and the alabama senate special, voters are looking for results out of

their republican congress and we have an obligation to pass it. i will say that it's somewhat of a chuckled to hear simon talk about how somehow republicans are being charged and given the blame for health care collapsing when insurer after insurer leaves their state because they can operate under obamacare. the number of daca shortages only gets worse the best thing that can happen to this health care system until new legislation is put in place is that government governors nk tom price to create a better system than what we are getting under obamacare. >> heather: you are fired up for sure today. amen simon, thank you very much. >> jon: the taliban claims responsibility for an attack in afghanistan, firing off rockets and grenades. ahead, the high ranking u.s. official who is the apparent target of that attack.

plus, boats rushing to this man's 8 out of he paragliding ran into some power lines. why he was able to keep a clear head and make sure no one else got hurt. >> i heard a bang. three bangs and i was late, that seneca transformer going off.

>> jon: crazy and dangerous scene in st. petersburg, florida, as a paraglider flies into some power lines knocking out power to more than 30 homes. the man who happens to be a firefighter was able to keep his composure, urging folks to stand back despite this. >> can't feel your legs at all? >> no. >> jon: he was hospitalized and treated for burns. no word on his current conditio condition. >> heather: justin, defense secretary james mattis the

failed target of an attack and afghanistan. >> through our partnership, we will suffocate any hope that al qaeda or isis or the taliban have of winning by killing. i want to reinforce to the taliban of the only path to peace and plug legitimate sea for them is through a negotiated settlement. reconciliation is a solution to the conflict innocent as they realize they cannot win with bombs, the sooner this will end. >> heather: as many as 45 rockets landed right where secretary mattis landed. conor powell is live with more. >> that attack on the international airport lasted

more than five hours. manus was never in any real danger. he had arrived hours before the attack began and had already taken a helicopter over to the presidential compound to meet with afghan president. he was long cleared out of that area when the attack actually began, but the taliban said they were targeting the secretary of defense and they managed to do some damage to the overall compound and infrastructure. there was a weapon depot that caught fire, several planes were also slightly damaged. there are reports of the afghan media that there were some civilians outside the airport there were also injured as well, although that's not fully confirmed in terms of how many were actually injured. the big question is did the taliban get off that secretary mattis was coming to afghanistan to launch this attack? he was in india the day before, it's been a common for u.s. officials to visit afghanistan when they're in the region and when that big plane landed,

there was a pretty good reason to think the taliban knew that he could be in the area and they were waiting to see if a big plane was coming. it appears this was some type of inside job, still, it was a serious attack on a place where the security is very tight generally because it is not only the civilian airport, but it's also a military airport. secretary mattis' trip to afghanistan came just after president trump announced he was going to send an additional 3,000 american troops to the country to join the 14,000 that are already there. secretary mattis pledged to

continue american support to battle the taliban and also strengthen the afghan government. >> heather: planned or not, that timing was right to close for comfort. thank you very much. >> jon: dozens of people still missing in mexico more than a week after that powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake that killed more than 300 people. now officials they are announcing they are about to call an end to search and rescue efforts. a lab report from mexico city just ahead. reminds me of how geico has been saving people money for over 75 years. hey, big guy! come on in! let me guess your weight! win a prize! sure, why not. 12 ounces! sorry, mate. four ounces. i've been taking the stairs lately. you win, big guy. sorry, 'scuse me! oh, he looks so much more real on tv. yeah... over 75 years of savings and service. get your rate quote today.

>> jon: right now and mexico, searchers are exhausting their rescue efforts and winding down as crews detect fewer signs of some drivers in the rubble of collapsed buildings. this more than after a week of care that powerful 7.1 earthquake struck there. jonathan hunt is live in mexico city with the latest. >> in a televised address to the nation, the president of mexico has now confirmed what we

reported yesterday on fox news and he told us in fact yesterday that the search and rescue operation will not wind down until every single body has been pulled out of the wreckage, every single missing person has been accounted for. in the meantime, there is a huge effort going on across mexico city to assess the structural damage to thousands of buildings. part of that effort is a u.s. team from the los angeles county fire department. i spoke to chief dennis cross about that effort earlier today. listen here. >> is hugely beneficial because if not, those people would not be able to return and resume their normal lives. we can assist with more than just the rescue and life-saving mode. we are honored to do any of that and anything they've asked us to do. >> chief cross also paid tribute

to the way the mexican government has welcomed and coordinated an international effort in terms of the search and rescue operation here. listen again to chief cross. >> it makes everybody realize, when we got out of our trucks four days ago answer walking through this job site, we received applause and gratitude, people hugging and kissing you, it makes you realize it's one big world and we are all in this together. >> chief cross emphasized once again to us that you should never underestimate the human will to live. he said miracles do happen. there is still the faintest of chances that somebody could be alive beneath the rubble.

>> jon: is there any way to quantify or categorize how much debris they still have to go through? how many of these pancake buildings have they been able to search? >> there are four ongoing search and rescue operations. f our cameraman can do a little push into the one behind us, you can see just how much rubble there is there. tons and tons of it at this site alone. the problem may have is they cannot go inside sideways or underneath. it is civilly too dangerous. they have to remove all of that rubble from the top layer by layer. it is a painstaking operation and a very difficult one and that's why there is still a long way to go before they will recover everybody that might be in there. we understand there could be as many as 20 people still unaccounted for in this building alone. >> jon: so many people who still need to get answers out of that earthquake. jonathan hunt, thank you. >> heather: coming up new in the next hour of speed to anyone, the president's plan for a border wall coming closer to reality. construction crews are now working on some prototypes. we are live on the u.s.-mexico border. plus the massive debris left behind by hurricane harvey.

we've got this debris still going on, it's enough to fill 125 football stadiums and it may also be a health hazard. what's being done to haul it all away.

>> jon: we are back in an hour, "outnumbered" starts now. >> sandra: fox news alert, a big blow to the republican establishment heard loud and clear. christian conservative roy moore winning over luther strange. he's telling his supporters who will help make america great again, despite the fact that president trump stood for his rival. this is "outnumbered," i'm jenna smith. with us today, harris faulkner, the editor of townhall.com katie pavlich. former state department spokesperson under president obama, marie harf is here, and today's a #oneluckyguy, fox news senior judicial analyst, judge andrew napolitano and he i