>> ♪ >> start with breaking news tonight. you've heard stunning allegations of sexual misconduct against alabama gop senate nominee roy moore. four women have come forward. the washington post reports the youngest was just 14 when she says a 32-year-old moore initiated a sexual encounter with her. >> tonight there are calls from both sides of the aisle for moore to step aside on the ballot in that special election. see the run down on the side of your screen, one of the stories we're talking about tonight at 6:30. let's go back to roy moore. this story broke via the washington post a couple hours ago. the woman said the encounter happened in 1979 when he was

32-year-old assistant district attorney. he's the republican nominee in alabama for a u.s. senate seat. three other women in the story also claim moore pursued them when they were between the ages of 1618 which is outside the early ages of consent and he was in his 30's at the time. >> roy moore gave a statement to breitbart called this completely false described the article as a "desperate political attack against his campaign by democrats and washington post." poll numbers have moore with an 11-point lead over doug jones. mitch mcconnell says if these reports of sexual contact with under aged girls is true, roy moore should drop out of the race. he's not alone. other republicans are also responding in a similar manner. >> well, i don't know -- it's a devastating nasty story. if the revelations -- if that's true, i don't believe there would be anyplace for him in the u.s. senate. >> just with regard to those stories are appalling, just

that roy moore is mentioned because we covered this story as he ran for senate, he was not the chosen candidate of the republican establishment. the president was backing luther strange who continues to hold that seat and there's talk tonight that luther strange could theoretically mount a write in campaign if he want to. it has been successful in the past, alaska lisa murkowski won that seat by a write in in 2010. a lot of ramifications from this. >> far from over. >> russians offered to send five women to then -- i guess i was going to say then candidate trump but donald trump was not a candidate in 2013. >> civilian trump. >> so there's this report they were going to send five women to his hotel room into months moscow.it came out during a meeg with schiller. he was approached by a russian who made the offer. he says he and mr. trump laughed about the offer and the two were aware of the

he was in moscow proceeding party for the 2013 miss universe pageant. >> the highly anticipated tax reform bill. budget office estimates it would add about $1.7 trillion to the deficit over the next decade and would make some middle class families pay more money. >> jim kline is president of the benefits council. we have the house plan come out a couple days ago. now we have the senate plan out there. what's the bottom line. what should people know about the difference between these two plans. >> well, i've learned after a number of years in this business it's better to be a pessimist and be pleasantly be surprised than be an optimist and then be sadly disappointed. so far the news is very good. the house committee did pass out a bill today. we haven't actually seen the text yet of the senate bill. we're supposed to see it later tonight. they put out a two page sort of overview of it. and at least as it relates to americans health and retirement benefits, it seems

okay but we have to see the actual language of course. >> we certainly know with the previous bill with the little information that we do have that some of the nonpartisan reports that were looking into how it would affect families found that a lot of middle class families start off with a smaller percentage and then over that 10 years a larger percentage of the middle class would see their taxes go up. certainly not something any of us want to do. how do you think this is going to play as it moves through congress? >> well, i mean, as a political issue of course, it would be of great concern and there will be completing evaluations of it on both sides of the aisle no doubt. and of course what you have to look at here is the entire package and see whether or not in fact the distribution will be equitable across people of all income levels. >> there was a lot of talk about various deductions that would make it, would not make it and the latest plan released by the senate the mortgage interest deduction sticks around but other things like student loan deductions d

incremental tax deductions would go by way side in the manner of simplifying everything. are those issues going to be deal breakers for some people out there? i know the state and local tax deduction for republicans in high tax states like new york, new jersey, connecticut, that seems to bet e >> you know, i think that when -- when all is said and done the bill will pass in the house but probably we'll see some changes to it, the so-called managers amendment between now and next week but the senate is up for grabs and there will be a lot of horse trading going on to wrestle up the number of votes needed to get it over the finish line. >> we know the president said he would like to have this finished before the end of the year. what do you think are the chances of that happening and if it does with all of the folks that we know who are going to be not running for reelection and the folks who were just recently elected, what sort of effect do you think that will have on passing this. >> the republicans very much want

want to do it before the first of the year. obviously those members who have announced that they're retiring have a lot more freedom to vote their conscience and whether that's in support of a bill that they, you know, think may not be ideal or the other way around but people will be able to, you know, not have to answer to the kind of political pressures that otherwise would be there. now obviously the vast majority of members of congress in both houses are running for reelection and so the political as well as the substantive elements of this matter. >> for some of those candidates it's wcwr, who cares we're retiring. thank you. >> thank you. >> ouster of republican mayors in two cities. cities. critics say it could serve as a warning sign to larry hogan. fitz w

>> to say about all of this? he has been well liked pretty much by -- he's made some moves that both sides of the aisle have been appreciative of. >> people pleaser. >> yes, there you go. thank you. >> reporter: we're talking about a governor whose approval ratings are in the 60's. 65 to be exact. that's pretty good. and, you know, heading into election year, that's where you want to be. the governor will tell you we are not in an election year and he's -- he's right. it's 2017 right now. election year is next year in 2018 but the point is this. the democrats in maryland saw what happened not only in virginia but looked at what happened in new jersey, and they also saw what happened in these legislative races that we were talking about so much in virginia and they're saying this. larry hogan, you're next. you know, we had a news conference with the governor today. he was asked about this; whether the election results that we saw last night with strong showings by the democrats were a pbl

him heading into election. the governor has a different take on this. from his viewpoint he says, no, what this is -- what you saw is an engaged electorate, an electorate that is paying attention to what is going on and there is increased participation. aren't the governor says that's a good thing. listen to how he put it. >> well, you know, it was obviously, you can, quite a interesting election and people came out in large numbers. it was interesting that ed gillespie got more votes than any republican candidate in the history of the state of virginia, hundreds of thousands more than bob mcdonald did but there was a massive turnout. i think republican turnout was up 14.2 percent and democrats were up 18.2 percent, so it's obvious that the electorate is engaged and energized and coming out to the polls but i can't really speak to all the individual candidates or what the -- i'm not really a political pundit, you know, but, you know, it

was interesting to watch the results. >> reporter: you know, and keep in mind in virginia, democrats, you know, really did try to make an effort and -- which bore out now when we see the results of linking ed gillespie to donald trump. that's going to be a little harder in maryland. governor larry hogan has been his own man since he came into annapolis and it's been pretty clear if governor larry hogan is tied to any politician, it's to governor larry hogan. so, the trump-hogan connection is going to be a little harder to make. but make no mistake, jim and shawn, democrats in maryland are going to try to make it. >> hey, fitz, he's got a lot of democratic challengers who are going to be going up against him once we do get closer towards the primary season. >> reporter: uh-huh. >> you know, he's doing well he with both sides. how do you think those guys -- i mean, we know they're going to probably use that trump thing but it won't work

what are well expecting as we move forward towards that? >> reporter: well, you know, you've got about a half dozen democrats right now that are in this race or some considering still getting in. that gives what any candidate wants, and that's time to let the other side play out and see what themes are playing and which ones are not. so, the big advantage you have on being the incumbent in this race is not having to go through a primary fight and not having to battle several other candidates that are all vying for a nomination. the governor is right when he said today the election is next year, and it is. he's not in full campaign mode right now but you can guarantee they are watching this democratic primary very, very closely 'cause ultimately whoever emerges from that democratic pack is going to be the person they have to go up against in the general eletion. >> a lot can happen between now and then. we'll be covering that, too.

house republicans say they're ready to fix daca but activists have other plans and demands. we'll break that down when 5 at 6:30 comes right back. >> ♪

>> ♪ >> welcome back. it has been more than two months now since president trump announced the end of the daca program. today students from our region and dreamers from all across the country gathered for what they call a permanent solution before the end of the year. >> ronica cleary is live on the hill with more from the protests we saw around d.c. and around the country today. hey, ronica. >> reporter: hey, jim and shawn. i am here with six daca recipients, six dreamers from our area. they're students here in the district. they are from maryland and d.c. we're going to speak with a few of you. you were nice enough to come back out. you were at the protest today that ended at the capitol. what's your name? where were you born? and tell me why you wanted to be a part of today's protest. >> my name is claudia and i was born in bolivia. i was part of the action today because we were

clean dream act. we are demanding a clean dream act. >> reporter: what does clean dream act mean to you? how is that different from what you think might be considered. >> right. so, we mean -- when we say clean dream act we mean no enforcement. we don't want our community to be criminalized. we don't want our parents to be deported and we don't want any more detention centers built. >> reporter: let's come over here. one of the things that we talk about a lot when we talk about daca it was a deferred action program it's still only temporary, it's a two year program, you had to keep reapplying. was that really a solution that was a good solution? i mean, could this potentially end in something that might be better for you? tell us are name first and where you're from. >> i'm gershin from elf salvador. i was born in el salvador. i'm from the d.c. area. it was a program by executive order and it's a great thing. it gave -- let me come out and

it gave me where i can study here. >> reporter: you said come out. let me bring you into the conversation. we were talking about that -- the chant you hear a lot, undocumented and unafraid. tell me why you feel unafraid and why you can be a part of this? do you feel comfortable answering that? how about -- who wants to answer that. >> i'll do it. so, when i was growing up, i felt very uncomfortable and i felt the shame of being undocumented. i knew you a undocumented but i was unhappy being undocumented. when i started to organize, i became -- i came to terms with myself and when i say that i'm undocumented and unafraid is because i'm living my reality to the fullest. >> reporter: thank you so much. we appreciate you coming out sharing your story and being with us. as a human side to this debate and dialogue that they are having on the hill right now, jim and shawn as you said this happened two months ago. the congress has four months to come up with a solution within that six month window that the president gave them so we

>> it's one of those topics. >> reporter: back to you jim and shawn. >> it's one of those topics where you have support on both sides depends what factions you're talking to. new controversy surrounding whether the anthem will be sung at all? we're going to explain this when 5 at 6:30 comes right back. >> ♪ >> ♪♪

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nente. thrive. ♪ >> ♪ >> that is still one of my favorite versions. >> my gosh, absolutely. >> 1990. >> is that when that was. >> 91 during the gulf war. >> super bowl. >> yes, i loved it. >> we know the national anthem has been under the microscope. california's naacp chapter wants to get rid of the anthem altogether. it says the lyrics are racist. >> fox's william largeness has details. >> the naacp are referring to lyrics most of us don't know

of a third verse that talks about slavery. francis scott key wrote the lyrics. here are the lyrics the naacp finds offensive. "no refuge could safe the hire ling and slave from the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave." >> it's still there. it's still offensive. the words are still there. i would say we don't use that third bar. we don't readily hear it so why not just take it out. >> reporter: however historians strongly disagree about the lyrics and here's why. hire ling and slave refers to black slaves liberated by the british. some of whom fought against america. now the key, those blacks were percentaries and traitors. that doesn't mean the song celebrates slavery say historians. the british also manipulated blacks with a false promise of freedom and elsewhere lyrics refer to blacks and

fighting for the states as free men. >> it's a song. keep it original. i mean, it's like messing with somebody's picasso art because you didn't like how her nose was too big. >> reporter: right now the naacp needs a member of congress to sponsors their bill to kill or change the national anthem. in los angeles, william largeness, fox news. >> i'm wondering how many people who are outraged by it had no concept of that third verse until somebody realized it. >> i think that people -- i mean, i didn't know until i went and looked it up and i read the third verse so there are different takes in history or from different historical perspective on how to understand that third verse. >> yeah. >> so, i don't know, you know, it's interesting. we'll see if congress decides to take it out. >> that was the california branch of the naacp. we reached out to the naacp office in baltimore and we've had no comment. >> according to the department of homeland

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many cases trying to fit back in our world back at home. a veteran of the iraq war took a cross country trip to help with his healing. >> i went to new jersey, to maine, to new york, to pennsylvania, to ohio. >> reporter: he traveled throughout the midwest and great plains. >> to colorado, to wyoming, to montana, to washington, to oregon, california. >> reporter: a 15,000-mile journey to reconnect with his marine buddies. >> i didn't want to wait until we were 60 or 70 so i made the effort to do it now, see each other make sure everybody was doing okay and really, you know, just do a check on them. >> reporter: wade span is a 34-year-old iraq war veteran who grew up in burke, virginia. >> this is wilkinson who i visited in new jersey. we were good friends. >> reporter: wade says he suffered a traumatic brain injury in fallujah in 2004 when his unarmed humvee was

>> all of us got blown up together actually about a month after that photo was taken. >> reporter: now 13 years later, and still suffering from posttraumatic stress span says he decided to reach out to his marine buddies to ask some questions. >> i didn't go into like hey what's the most traumatic thing you experienced but more like what brings you happiness, what advice would you give a veteran coming out of the military nowadays. this is my best friend from the marines, john staples. >> reporter: wade says he found him living in youngstown ohio. hadn't seen each other in 11 years. >> it was powerful. you know, he was emotional, i was emotional. he's -- it was good to see him. i know he's still needs to get some help and needs to get some care. he just needs to be more willing and understanding that we're there for him and that he deserves it. >> reporter: throughout his journey, wade says he also experienced a great sense of loss. >> this is lieutenant childers grave site in wyoming. >> reporr:

lieutenant shane childers, the first casualty of the iraq war. >> lieutenant childers was in our battalion, alpha company, happened about 400 meters to my right during the morning of the invasion of iraq. you know, personally, that left an endearing mark in my life. when i was in colorado i made a decision to drive up north to wyoming where he laid to rest. >> reporter: some of the gravers he visited were of those who lost the war with himself. >> sometimes you get emotional. >> reporter: one took his own life in 2008. >> as marines, we're not supposed to quit and i felt like, you know, he turned his back on us but i can't put myself in his shoes and i can't say let that bring me

the reason why the gw grad left his job in i.t. sales last year to embark on his three month odyssey. >> it felt me with purpose and filled me with an understanding that, you know, i might be looking for help and searching for meaning and purpose, but other guys are searching for it, too. >> reporter: something for all of us to think about this veterans day. in falls church, virginia, bob barnard, fox5 local news. >> and i hope he found that meaning and purpose he was looking for. >> absolutely. >> it's a process. >> unless you have been or walked in their shoes you don't always know what they're going through. >> right. >> and so i'm glad that he found a way that works for him. >> yeah. >> certainly we appreciate his service and his sacrifice. >> and reminder of course we do have veterans day this weekend. we'll be observed a lot of people on monday,. >> thank you guys so much for joining us tonight on the news at 6:30. the news continues tonight on digital on fox5dc.com. >> and we're

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