pacific rim, the modern country of vietnam. that is our broadcast for tonight. thank you for being here with us. good night from nbc news headquarters in new york. > . in need of a win. senate republicans unleash sweeping plan for overhauling tax system. taking a look at the key differencings between the house and the senate plan. president trump arriving in vietnam for economic summit, plus a big question is whether or not he's going meet with vladimir putin on the sidelines.

good morning, everybody. it's friday. november 10. there's new pressure on the gop this morning after troubling allegations against republican senate roy moore of alabama. followed a "washington post" report where a woman claimed in 1979, moore, then a 32-year-old assistant, da had a sexual encounter with her when she was 14 years oled. she and her mother sitting outside the courtroom and struck up a conversation. offered to watch the girl while her mother went inside for a child custody hearing. one of the reporters who broke the story tells what happened next. >> after the mother went in. he got her phone number and subsequently picked her up around the corner from her house. drove her about 30 minutes away to his home in the woods twice. did that. the first time there was kissing and then the second time he took

off her clothes. he took off his own clothes. he touched her over her bra and underwear and guided her hand to touch him over his underwear. >> some pretty startling allegations there. nbc news hasn't verified the allegations. did not file a civil suit. also three other women between the ages of 16 and 18 at the time tell the post they too were pursued by moore. never coerced them into any sexual act. the women did not seek them out. the paper contacted the women individually. the senate candidate now 70 years old denies the allegations calling the report completely falls and a desperate political attack. moore's campaign says it is no surprise with just over four weeks remaining in the senate

fabrication of this kind. breitbart news accomplished ahead of "the washington post" story indicating it's a smear. steve bannon who endorsed moore, executive chairman of breitbart. luther strange responding to allegations. white house said like most americans, the president believes we cannot allow a mere allegation in this case, one from many years ago to destroy a person's life. however, the president also believes that if these allegations are true, judge moore will do the right thing and step aside. here's what we've been hearing from capitol hill. including senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. >> if these allegations are true, roy moore should step aside for all the obvious reasons. very disturbing allegations. >> it's a devastating nasty story. if that's true, i don't believe

there will be anyplace for him in the u.s. senate. >> very disturbing kwhag ing wh about. >> if they're true, step aside. >> what i heard, very serious. >> if there is any sled of truth to these stories he ought to step aside. >> would he be fit to serve in the senate if this were true. >> no, if there's any shred of truth, he ought to step aside immediately. >> most republican officials couch the statement with if these are true. senator john mccain was much more forceful saying the allegations against roy moore are deeply disturbing and disqualifying. he should immediately step aside and allow the people of alabama to elect a candidate they can be proud of.

right now moore appears to have a single digit lead over jones. luther strange, moore defeated in the the primary, is not ruling on potential write in campaign. lisa murkowski says she has spoken to strange about that possibility. when asked if strange should run as a write in candidate, fellow senator richard shelby said he would support him. strange responded thank you. a top priority for president trump and gop after several failed attempts to pass legislation. the senate proposals differs in key ways. first, it would delay a cut of the corporate tax rate until the year of 2019 while the house version would institute the change immediately. the bill would double the estate

exemption. leave the current 40% in place for any estate exceeding that amount. third the senate bill 7 bracts. house speaker ryan has this to say about the differences in the plans. >> yes, the senate bill is going to be different than the house bill. that's the legislative process. what encouraging in all of this, just as we discussed at the front end of this process, we have a framework we established with the white house and the senate and these bills are being written within that fame work. the house will pass its bill. the senate will pass the bill. and then reconcile differences. that's how the process will continue. >> house republicans moved their bill out of the committee yesterday. planning a vote on tax plan next weeks. on the senate side, gop can lose only two votes to secure the majority needed. meanwhile, white house adviser are both touting the gop plan to

cut taxes. >> you i imagine are the point person of the white house for big ceos because you come from their world. they know you. what are you hearing from them right now. >> the most excited group out there are big ceos. they all tell me how excited they are to get a tax plan that makes the united states competitive. >> do you still believe in triple down economics. >> i do. one of the big incentives on the corporate rate is at a 20% rate, companies are going to be insenteded to reinvest those profits as opposed to dividending them out. >> people believe in that. a little bit of a differing are with regards to timeline. yesterday reported thanksgiving. now it's looking more like christmas. what's the likelihood that house and senate republicans are going to be able to hammer this thing out.

one comprehensive overall tax reform bill by the christmas holiday. >> reporter: it's a bold act. we've seen with the plan that came out, there are key differences. there's a lot that core republicans disagree with on this. i think that christmas is a very precarious deadline. mnuchin has said the deadline isn't fixed. may take longer than that. unclear whether they'll be able to get it done when they want to get it done. >> see what happens there. certainly a lot of eyes on the timeline. republicans banking on this. they want the get it pushed there. you've been following the latest in health care. despite the president and republicans criticism of obamacare and their effort to repeal it. enrollment is up. how many people have actually signed up on this latest round and how does that campaign to this time last year. right. over 600,000 people signed up

this round. that was the first few days of enrollment. a really strong start. shows that republicans efforts to say that the affordable care act is dead is not just true. people are signing up in big numbers. showing it's probably going to continue. good amount of renewals. last year it was strong. showed over 1 million in the first two weeks. that was a much different plan. the final numbers aren't totally completely complete yet. strong start. >> overnight, president trump arrived in vietnam for asia pacific cooperation summit. also known as aipac. in a aippecapec.

>> i do not blame china or any other country for taking advantage of the united states on trade. if they're representatives are able to get away with it, they are just doing their jobs. i wish previous administrations in my country saw what was happening and did something about it. i am always going to put america first, the same way i expect all of you in this room to put your countries first. >> meanwhile, living large with the president's stop in vietnam is a possible meeting with russian president vladimir putin. kelly o'donnell with us. obviously the headliners have been north korea and trade. now the possible meeting with

russian president vladimir putin. whether it's an official meeting or a side meeting. what are we hearing about this? is it going to happen? >> reporter: well, at this point, sara huckabee sanders the president's press secretary say there is is no time and no plan for a formal meeting between president trump and president putin. the kremlin has suggested there was interest from the russian side. president trump himself said he could foresee sitting down with him again as he did at g20 in july. then secretary of state rex tillerson sailed there wasn't a specific set of objectives for the two leaders to accomplish so it seemed less likely. heading to vietnam, sarah sanders said no meeting could happen. at the same time, she pointed out this is the kind of conference where leaders are at the same sessions would be in attendance together. a chance encounter or impromptu meeting could still take place. high stakes involved in this because president trump had said

not only does he want china's help, but russia's help when it comes to north korea, and, of course, there is the domestic backdrop of russian interference in the 2016 election and ongoing investigation. here, in vietnam, this is a meeting of 21 nations part of an economic conference here in the asia pacific region and president trump brought the themes of trade for the united states that cared hried him thr the campaign trail. now repeating those important messages. at the same time trying to reassure partners here he doesn't expect those countries and the ceos he spoke to today and being a part of the gala event tonight that each individual leader has to look out for his on country. soften the blow of his demand there needs to be a fair review on behalf of trade agreements on behalf of the united states. first time in asia and first time in the apec summit where one of the highlights is where the leaders where a cultural

costume of the host country. that's something we'll be watching for. >> certainly. we all remember that side meeting. thank you. we're going to talk to you again at the bottom of the hour. still ahead, new bombshell allegations surface against one of the biggest names in comedy. later, president trump's body guard testifying on capitol hill. what he told congress about trump's trip to moscow back in 2013. pretty startling stuff there. stories and a check on your weather when we come back.

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lewis c.k.'s film in jeopardy. five women. >> a comedy god. he's the comedian that many other comedians look up to. >> told the "new york times" they went to lewis c.k.'s hotel room after a night cap in 2002. he took all his clothing off and got completely naked and started masturbating. we were paralyzed. she would you say wo an anonymous accuser said she allowed it to happen. because of the cult your. he abused his power. >> what came out in the the "new york times" today has been public knowledge to people in

the comedy community for years. >> reach out to representatives and got no response. the times said a publicist wrote in an e-mail he is not going to answer any questions. the new allegations following so many in just the last month. >> never seen a time in history where sexual violence, assault, has been discussed in mainstream media like it is now. i love you daddy was already controversial. everybody is a pervert. >> even contains a scene similar to the allegations now being made. >> every day it seems a new figure no hollywood is accused of just really disgusting behavior. it does seem like seems are somewhat coming apart at the seams. >> in the wake of the allegations against louis c.k., which nbc news has not verified.

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welcome back, everybody. i'm yasmin. bottom of the hour. start with top stories. comedian louis c.k. facing new allegations of sexual misconduct. five women come forward in a "new york times" report accusing the star of the instances dating back at least 15 years. nbc news has not verified the allegations in the wake of this though the new movie and late night appearance have been canceled. in the pastor of the texas church where a gunman killed 26 people earlier this week says he plans to demolish the building. spokeman for the southern baptist convention said the pastor hoped to knock down the building and turn the site into a memorial for the victims. meanwhile, viewing for some of those killed is set to be held this weekend. senate republicans unveil tax reform. introduced by the house last week. including delaying a cut of the corporate tax break until 2019.

also contains a seven bracket tax structure for individuals while the house bill contains only four. overnight. president trump arriving in vietnam for the asia pacific summit. also known as apec. delivering america first message on trade. saying we're not going to let the united states be taken advantage of anymore. the russian government has previously said there would be a meeting between trump and putin. the white house denied this morning that anything formal had been scheduled. joining us once again from pyongyang vietnam, kelly o'connell. well, it is evening here. the president will be attending the gala dinner for apec. of course, russian president vladimir putin is also a part of this conference. 21 nations represented here.

there was an expectation that there would be some kind of exchange between president trump and putin. the press secretary say there were scheduling conflicts on both sides and a formal sit down meeting, the type where you see the pool of reporters and cameras going in and taking pictures, that would not happen. however, because both leaders are participating in the event here, it is still likely they will somehow encounter each other and perhaps have what's some describe as a pull aside meeting, but the expectations were high in part because president trump has spoken a great deal about meeting not only china buzz russia's help to resolve the conflict with north korea to get them to stop the nuclear weapons program. and, of course, the backdrop of the russian investigation back home. president trump is also trying to bring a message. tough talk about trade with the united states needing to renegotiate and work with

countries to get a better package, but also saying they wanted to be mutually beneficial for the countries say semiaby i here. there is new pressure on the gop this morning after troubling allegations against the republican senate nominee roy moore of alabama. "washington post" report in 1979 moore then a 32-year-old assistant da had a sexual encounter with her when she was just 14 years old. nbc news anne thompson has more. >> reporter: the combative gop candidate and conservative christian target of sexual allegations. former judge accused of inappropriate misconduct with a 14-year-old girl almost 40 years ago. dating other teenagers, 18 and younger when he was in his 30s. age of consent in alabama was and his 16. moore says the allegations are completely false, his would be

senate colleagues offered little support. >> if that's true, i don't believe there would be anyplace in the u.s. senate. >> if these allegations are true, roy moore should step aside for all the obvious reasons. >> the most serious claims come from a girl. in a report from "the washington post." when she was 14, she says moore, then an assistant district attorney drove her to his house in the woods. claimed he kissed her on the first visit. second time he took off her shirt and pants and removed his clothes. she says he touched her and guided her hand to touch him. i wanted it over with. i wanted out. she asked moore to take her home and he did. >> we need to listen to both sides. at the same time, that hypothetical would be disqualifying for anyone in public office. >> with an 11 point lead in the senate race, moore's campaign calls the story garbage. the very definition of fake news

and desperate political attack. pointing out the paper endorsed the opponent. officials say it's too late to take his name off the ballot for next month's special election even if he stepped down. he has never shied away from a fight. most notably removed from the bench for refusing to take down a monument of the ten commandments. now fighting for a place in congress that could impact the senate majority. anne thompson, nbc news. >> thank you for that report. president trump's former long time body guard told investigators he rejected an offer for five women to be sent to trump's room. three sources present for the testimony to the house intel committee on tuesday tell nubc news that the conversation took place while trump was in the country for the mrs. universe pageant. viewed the offer as a joke. told lawmakers he discussed the

conversation with trump as they were walking back to trump's hotel room adding the two men laughed about it and that trump went to bed alone. testified he stood outside the hotel room for a bit and added he could not say for sure what happened during the remainder of the night. disputes some of the allegations made in the dossier discusses that moscow trip in particular. attorney fissued a statement we are appalled by the leaks come accident from house intel committee. outrageous the very committee conducting the leaks is itself leaking information and defaming cooperative witnesses like mr. white house and fair minded pleased that mr. hills issersch

and with mr. comey the former fbi director. and russian agents tacked with interfering the 2016 more furiously to deflect the news. about then candidate donald trump and days before americans cast their votes. according to analysis by press tweets by russian backed accounts to pivot people away from controversial stories surrounding trump. instead the account to refocus the attention on hillary clinton's campaign and the mainstream media. the ap examined more than 36,000 tweets from the tend of august of 2016 to november 10, 2016. it said several examples including when mr. trump reversed stance that former president obama was not born in the country in september of last year. the ap says that several of the russian accounts began to echo trump's false claim that it was mrs. clinton who had started the further controversy. and steve bannon continues public push to both back the

president and target those who he says are not supporting the trump agenda. the former white house strategist sat down with the "new york times" for a wide ranging interview. hitting on everything from white nationalism to control of congress. one of the first goals seeing mitch mcconnell lose role as senate majority leader. >> i think he showed us contempt for really the trump movement in those actions. yes, mitch mcconnell has to go. >> do you think mitch mcconnell will majority leader at this time next year. >> i absolutely do not. >> is that your personal mission to make that not happen. >> it's not my personal mission. it's an objective. i have an objective that mitch mcconnell will not be majority leader, and, i believe, will be done before this time next year. >> bannon also took on jeff flake calling him a phony. who he has zero respect. >> 100% because by the way they realize they think the only way

they can run is smearing you to be a racist, misogynist. >> they're chanting his name. >> you can't help it. they're doing that because they know the mainstream media. if they sit around and do what they do, nobody cares. nobody covers them. they're so tiny and irrelevant. >> bannon defended the president's response to the violence in charlottesville saying he handled it perfectly. turned to the russia investigation which he immediately called fake news. >> i think the collusion thing is a joke. i was there. we couldn't collude. we had a tough time colluding between the trump campaign and pennsylvania and the rnc. right. i mean all of our stuff is a ground game. they have some marginal guys. an island of misfit toys.

>> manafort wasn't mortgaargina >> he'll have his day in court. >> it shouldn't be lost on you my first executive decision about manafort had to go. >> you fired him. >> yes. >> from your perspective, what happened between russia and trump campaign. >> it's not relevant. the change the outcome of the election. >> oomt bannon went on to say h knows the russians are bad guys. if anyone did something wrong, they should be prosecuted for it. back with us, alayna treene. good to see you again. you have the president. you have guys like bannon, allies saying this is fake news. the whole russia probe. seems like every week we're getting more and more information with regards to russia. what that actually means and the answers some of the questions that have have come from that.

how big of a cloud is the mueller investigation right no. >> massive cloud. as we get further along with the russia investigation, we see members of inner circle being investigated. steven mueller came out he's been investigated and other people have been indicted. paul manafort. it's a big cloud. a huge distraction from the main policy goals. >> let's talk a little bit about tax reform. if the republicans were able to get tax reform pushed through, it could be huge for them. they really need this right now. especially after the election results we saw. what are the key sticking points to help this out. >> i think they really need to reconcile the differences between the house and the senate plan. there's a lot of uncertainty there. and they need to come together and agree on that first. like you said, they need this. i think that's a huge motivation for them moving forward. >> then quickly, want to look

ahead to 2018 midterms. that's the big talk. i keep referring back to that. a lot of major move there is and a lot of democrats happy about some of those results. how optimistic are democrats about taking back the house and maybe senate? midterms, 2018. may they feel like they have momentum and maintain it until then. >> the tuesday elections were maybe the first very positive signs they've seen of the presidential election last year. i think it has given them a lot of good momentum in the leadup. again, it's not a total surprise. a lot of places they won were more democratic. it's clear, but they're pretty positive moving towards the 2018 midterms. still ahead, more bad news for people in puerto rico in efforts to recover from hurricane maria. temperatures across the country. take you back.

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for the weekend. expecting drier conditions and ro look for the next round of rain and snow coming into the weekend. look at forecast for today. cold air. look how chilly it is. chicago, high temperature. of course the windchill is going to make it colder than that. windchill after really plunging forward as we work way into the weekend. feeling it here in new york and stay cold as we go to sunday as well. president trump been a freaked critic of predecessors publically clashing with barack obama and bush. mike pence have taken a very different approach. describing the amicable relationship with the two men who served in office before him. pence in regular contact with joe biden and dick cheney through phone calls and meetings during which the men offer counsel. and exchange ideas. according to each of them, the practice marks a contrast from

trump's behavior, but also that of biden and chaeney who did no forge a relationship with each other and had no contact. the association of predecessors effectively positioned him as the highest profile link to trump and the washington establishment. currently frequently at odds with it. it could also change the position for his boss. who places a high value on loyal loyalty. target of criticism from both former. one of the ufrs sthe. excused in the bribery trial of senator bob menendez speaking out about the ongoing deliberation says he feels he's not guilty. replaced yesterday by an alternate juror, spoke outside of the courthouse saying most are in favor of acquitting the senator. says he believes the trial will end in hung jury. jury has been unable to reach a verdict after four days of

deliberation. they will resume on monday. senator menendez charged with brey bribery and luxury scheme. both men deny those charges. all right, still ahead, at&t ceo fires the latest shot in its government's bid to buy time warner and global markets, a tax plan a thumbs down, those stories and others driving your business day coming up next.

you . welcome back, everybody. at&t's ceo is speaking out following the revelation that the justice department is pressuring his company to sell cnn in order to get the megamerger approved by federal authorities. carolyn, good to see you this morning. what exactly has reynold stevens been saying about this very public issue? >> reporter: well, yesterday basically at a conference in morning, the at&t ceo randall stephenson threatened to file a lawsuit with the government to debt the deal moving. he insisted he wasn't told by the justice department the company would have to sell cnn to get approval t. bottom line, guys, a lot of finger pointing as to what the justice department said or did not say

to get that merger through. also interesting news from china overnight. they are relaxing foreign other than shrngs dropping ownership caps on banks, this comes a day after u.s. president trump once again replicated calls for china of having been in meetings with his chinese counterpart xi jinping. at the same time, you are seeing that china wants to position itself as a major global financial hub. >> let's talk tax reform, the republicans have been going over their version of the tax plan if this thing gets pushed through, it could be really good for the republicans. in there the an uptick in the market with regard to this tax plan, that could also look good for the republicans on an off tick level here. how that they responding to this new proposal? >> well the markets are not taking it good as well. the markets are concerned of a delay of the potential tax

reform until 2019 versus 2018. this is why we saw a sell-off. at one point the dow was off 250 point, it recovered lower to the tune of 101 point. we were checking opening points. the dow was seen off by another 37 points and pressure on the dollar overnight. >> live for us in london, thank you. coming up next, much more on the troubling allegations against republican nominee roy moore on calls of sexual conduct. the calls calling for him to step aside and scott taylor joins his party's plan to bounce back after suffering big losses in tuesday's elections. morning joe, everybody, just moments away. . . let's go to sumatra. where's sumatra? good question. this is win. and that's win's goat, adi. the coffee here is amazing. because the volcanic soil is amazing. making the coffee erupt with flavor. so we give farmers like win more plants.

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well. meanwhile, means pelosi will head to san francisco today to discuss republican colleague's tax plan. she will be joined by congress woman barra lee and the tax plan which pelosi has previously called a quote scam. and a memorial opened in chicago honoring those who have died as a result of the opioid crisis. the wall will feature 22,000 pills, each engraved with someone who has died as a result of an overdose, the memorial will be displayed in pittsburgh, atlanta and washington, d.c. that's it for us. have a fantastic weekend, everybody. morning joe starts right now. >> good morning, it's friday, november 10th. i'm willie geist, i'm here along with msnbc deadline white house, making a rare morning appearance. >> rare? i'm always up at this hour. >> the great nicole wallace. also national affairs analyst

john heilemann and contributor mike barnacle. johnny deutsche is here, commentator susan persio. and carole lee joe and mika have day off. roy moore faces sex misconduct and a growing number of republicans calm-to-have him step aside a. woman claims in 1979, moore, then a 32-year-old assistant district attorney had a sexual encounter with a woman when she was only 14-years-old. lee corfman tells the "post" she and her mother were sitting outside the courtroom, moore struck up a conversation and offered to watch the girl while her mother went in for a custody hearing. one of the reporters told our katy tur what allegedly happened next. >> reporter: after the mother