this is also a man who is the chiefjustice mr moore. this is also a man who is the chief justice of mr moore. this is also a man who is the chiefjustice of the alabama supreme court ‘s, who was rebuked seven removed from office twice. the president of the us would endorse the candidacy of this individual, who i think lacks the moral conviction to hold public office... i would pounce on this and start using that to make political ads for days and weeks and months to come. i'm surea days and weeks and months to come. i'm sure a few democrats have had that idea as they run into the

>> i've interviewed mr. moorerobably 15 or more times during his career and i also recently interviewed doug jones on our show and judge moore invited them both back for what i called a final argument and mr. jones do not accept our invitation. mr. moore did and simply i just asked they know me and i've been around a long time and all will be fair with everyone. i was shocked, not shocked, but let me say i'm surprised at how cold he was. really. this has been a firestorm for the moore campaign and they were quite calm and somewhat relaxed and that was good for us. not something i was expecting. arthel: i want to play a couple of clips from your interview and let's talk about that. play the clip. >> i have written cards, graduation cards, i have known families, i've known a lot of people throughout my life but these allegations are completely false. i did not date underage women. i did not molest anyone. arthel: of course, you are sitting there with mr. moore and how did you feel? did you feel he was being sincere

and then mr moore tweeted this...ical analyst ron christie, former advisor to president george w bush. there you have it. the president of the united states endorsing a man who has been accused by eight women of sexually harassing them, one was only 11! years old at the time. how does that look for the president?m looks good for the president and president's supporters in alabama. the political optics of this i think are breathtaking. these are very credible allegations of these women had and have brought forth against mr moore. this is also a man who is the chiefjustice mr moore. this is also a man who is the chief justice of mr moore. this is also a man who is the chiefjustice of the alabama supreme court ‘s, who was rebuked seven removed from office twice. the president of the us would endorse the candidacy of this individual, who i think lacks the moral conviction to hold public office... i would pounce on this and start using that to make political ads for days and weeks and months to come. i'm surea days and wee

mr. trump himself if moore wins tonight? ron: the stakes couldn't be higher. mr. trump will take a short victory lap, but if he is seated, roy moore will be a constituency of one. he will be shunned by colleagues in the united states senate, will move quickly to expel him. mr. trump originally backed mr. moore's opponent and now he has swung around to vote for the more eventually go conservative -- evangelical conservative person. it also gives the democrats a much stronger chance of retaking the united states senate by saying that the republicans willing to seat some roy moore gives them a lot to run on next year. katty: ron christie, thank you. the results will come in in a few hours time, and republicans in washington will be watching very closely. the prospect of roy moore, who says he is antiestablishment, openly feuding with senior members of the republican party -- the prospect of him arriving in congress and capitol hill and having to work alongside republicans frankly terrifies a

we have a poll out that says mr. moore supposition points over his democratic opponent, in that poll, it says that among mr. moore's supporters, 56% say they were more likely to vote for him after you said he should quit the race. what do you make of that? >> well, look, people in alabama are going to decide a week from tuesday who is send to the senate it's up to them. it's been pretty robust campaign with lot of people weighing in. the president supported something different earlier in the process. but in the end voters of alabama will make their choice. >> dickerson: should that be the final word, the white house when asked about the president's accusers said, voters heard about the president's accusers, they voted for him anyway end of subject shouldn't that be the case with roy moore? >> well, look, i'm concerned about the senate. and if we have two investigations going on right now, senator franken and senator menendez might be another one depending on people who are in the senate. and it will be up to the people of

several women have accused moore of sexual misconduct. mr. trump, who also faces allegations of misconduct, slammed moore's opponent and urged alabama voters to elect more. that election set for tuesday. >>> at least one fire related death has been reported in southern california. firefighters working around the clock to combat six blazes. they made progress friday with the liberty fire that's now 90% contained and the creek fire now 70% contained, but strong winds expected through sunday could fuel the flames of other fires. >>> the u.s. recognition of jerusalem is israel's capital. it's led the to more violence on the streets friday. palestinians clashed with israeli forces in jerusalem and in the west bank. four palestinians were reportedly killed in gaza. officials say three of the deaths were from israeli air strikes. israel says it targeted hamas after projectiles were fired at israeli territory. >>> the united nations now says at least 15 peacekeepers were killed thursday in an attack in the eastern part of congo. the u.n. secretary gen

down here and debate me, mr. moore. >> debate me in this massage chair. or debate me here, on the carousel. i will debate you anywhere in this mall if they let you in. so if you are a republican and you have to vote for a dude named roy, write in the other roy on december 12th. the one that's allowed in the gaston mall. >> trevor: roy wood, jr., everybody, we'll be right back. ♪ music playing

mr. moore denied them. and he is not going to quit. now the people of alabama get a say. if mr. moore is elected he will be seated under the law. he has to be. somebody will file an ethics complaint, chris. that's just a fact. then there will be a full-fledged investigation. people will be talked to under oath. and the senate will get to vote. i try not to rejudge the facts. i haven't endorsed anybody in the race. don't intend to. it is up to the people of alabama right now. some of my colleagues have. they have weighed in on both sides. that's their business. i have never trouble paddling my own canoe. >> if the president had said i looked at the accusations. and you had the woman who was 14, a teenager at the time who said moore assaulted her at her place of work or behind it, i've looked at them. i don't buy them. i'm with roy moore. that's not what he is saying. these troubling questions don't matter as much as having somebody who agrees with them. >> what i want is somebody who backs america. now, who did what to woman, i don't know. if this gets this far through an ethics i

endorsing roy moore he said and initially that if the charges against judge moore were true that mr moore judge moore rather that he should withdraw from the race and then he was convinced that he needed a back room war by none other than mr steve bannon who this morning i don't think woke up very you know he didn't he wasn't sleeping easily last night let's put it that way and last night he lost lot a. out of power he lost the power to be a kingmaker and if the reports are true that donald trump is now going to be freezing out mr bannon he also lost power and terms of access to the president which we all have to remember proximity to the president is what it's all about when it comes to washington d.c. but i'd like to add one more name that i noticed didn't go down to alabama to campaign and that's hellery rodham clinton the doug jones campaign did not deploy her to try to drum up african-american support or support among white women who might have been offended by judge moore and i think that's really telling that maybe the clinton era. the sun on the clintons have set and doug jones kn

republican leadership come out against him senate senate majority leader mitch mcconnell he if if mr moore had been elected was planning an ethics. investigation my short hot take on this is that republicans dodged a bullet that they didn't have roy moore coming to the senate to dog them between now twenty eight thousand and twenty twenty not only with these allegations of you know cruising shopping malls and sexually assaulting teenage underage girls but also that we know judge moore to be a loose cannon once he became a senator who knew what was going to be flying out of his mouth for the next two years you know larry when i was on the show previously i'm was never a fan of judge moore i thought it was a mistake for alabamans to you know elect him to represent republicans in this senate race and as i say at the end of the day i think that this is going to turn out to be a blessing for you know washington d.c. republicans robin there are some serious who said the democrats secretly wanted more wind and they would have had him to kick around all year to the twenty eight elections he would

alabama, richard shelby, chose to go on national television yesterday to say he couldn't vote for mr moorehe accusations of sexual harassment were just too compelling. i want to reiterate again, i did not vote for roy moore and i would not vote for roy moore and i would not vote for roy moore. i think the republican party can do better. the president however does not agree. this weekend he recorded a robocall — essentially a telephone phone marketing message — in support of mr moore. ryan moore is the guy that we need to pass our make america great again agenda. roy is a conservative who helped me steal this country back on track after eight years of the obama disaster. get out and fought for roy moore. eight women have accused mr moore of harassing them. one of them says she was just 14 at the time. this weekend, mr moore denied those charges again. ido i do not know them. i have had known counter with them. i have not molested anyone. i do not know why they are saying it that it is not true. let's get more now from politico's national political reporter — gabriel debenedetti — who's in b

percent of white female voters in alabama do not believe the accusations and are planning to vote for mr moore let's take a listen to what moore said about the women who are accusing him of sexual misconduct when they were teenagers take a listen they said these women do had not come forward for nearly forty years but they waited thirty days before this general election to come forward. if you don't believe in my character. don't go. there kay i mean when he says they of course he's referring to you guys the washington post with your reporting on that fourteen year old and he also mentions the word character what does character mean in american politics today. well it certainly means less and less than it did before voters are much more polarized it king of our party almost without fail especially when it comes to federal elections for president or united states congress they're a little bit less polarized when it comes to state offices governors things like that but when it comes to selecting one vote out of one hundred senators people tend to do the math that a republican vote is going to vo

mr moore had been pressed to drop out of the race for the senate.used of sexual misconduct by nine different women, including two who say he assaulted them when they were teenagers. mr moore denies those claims. we wa nt we want people that are going to protect your gun rights. great trade deals instead of the horrible deals. and we wantjobs, jobs, jobs... so get out and vote for rory more. do it. do it. -- get out and vote for rory more. do it. do it. —— roy moore. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the great walls of china — and the street artist adding colour to shanghai. john lennon was shot at the entrance to the dakota building, in the centre of new york. there's been a crowd here standing in more or less silent vigil. and the flowers have been piling up. the 14th ceasefire of this war ended at the walls of the old city of dubrovnik. this morning, witnesses said shells were landing every 20 seconds. people are celebrating the passing of a man they hold responsible for hundreds of deaths and oppression. elsewhere, people have been gatheri

one is they say that mr. moore is a man of moral character. they say the allegations, there is no proof of them, but there's proof that mr. moore has a long track record of standing up for traditional values even what it has cost him something. they believe in him. the second is the timing. they say, look, these are 40-year-old allegations, he has run for office several times, but only coming out now as he is about to go to the senate. they think it is a smear campaign and his opponents. laura: interesting. special elections it is always about who gets the vote out. what are you finding the very divisive issue of abortion -- how is that resonating down there? barbara: i think abortion is the reason this race is close, because you have roy moore, who is very antiabortion, very pro-life. normally he would do quite well in this state. that is the position of two thirds of the state. but then these allegations have made that support less certain. the race is tightening. but then you also have doug jones, who is very pro-abortion, or pro-choice. in

it is very clear now that mr. moore is not stepping aside. he is the candidate and on the ballot. the election is in one week. the president has stated -- he has made statements on this very clearly and i would refer you to the president's own public statements. everything he said about roy moore is there for everybody to see. the important thing is let the people of alabama decide their election. leader mcconnell has expressed that on a sunday show this weekend. >> bill: thank you for your

mr moore had been ahead in the opinion polls, even in some polls, right until the end.arty, including donald trump who was a cheerleader for roy moore, even though he didn't greatly go to the state of alabama to campaign on his behalf. he nonetheless was vocal on twitter in expressing support for the formerjudge. well, this result therefore being seen as an indictment on donald trump as much as it is on the unsuccessful candidate therein alabama, roy moore. we will return to the story later in the programme with more reaction from alabama. the us government says it's prepared to offer north korea an "unconditional" first round of talks in what appears to be an olive branch from the trump administration regarding the isolated regime's nuclear weapons programme. however, secretary of state, rex tillerson added america would first require a "quiet period" without fresh nuclear or missile tests on pyongyang's part. stephen mcdonell has the latest from seoul. since the most recent north korean ballistic missile test, washington appears to have softened its stance. the trump

mr. moore's opponent in the republican primary race because he knew mr. moore would lose in the general election. and he insisted that he endorsed mr. moore later only because i feel that i have to endorse republicans as the head of the party. with us here tonight, david wigle for "the washington post" and in palm beach gardens, florida, correspondent garrett haake. so interesting, dave, to hear the president talk about roy moore saying he had to endorse him as the head of the republican party when not only does donald trump often talk about the republican party as they and them and republican leadership and republicans in general distanced themselves from roy moore. >> they had. the president proved an exception to that by sticking by him by as far as we know disbelieving some of the accusations made against moore. i think based on the experience in the 2016 campaign memory and what it was like to be accused and the president endorsed moore when republican internal polling suggested that moore to pull the election out and a bit convenient for him to say h

is up 6 points over democratic opponent doug jones:in the poll it says that among mr. moore supporters, 56% say they were more likely to vote for him after you said he should quit the race. what do you make of that? >> people of alabama decide a week from tuesday who they want to send to the senate. up to them. pretty robust campaign with a lot of people weighing in. the president i of course supported somebody different. earlier in the process. but, in the end, voters of alabama will make their choice. >> i think the body can regulate itself. you know, at the end of the day, when he comes to the senate if he does. i think an investigation ethics investigation would be a smart thing to do. we'll see what the ethics committee decide as to whether they look at behavior before he came into the senate, does that matter if they do. what did they find. weave will s we will see. >> could you have him be a senator? based on what you heard. be okay with him being a senator. >> we can't stop him from being seated. if there was an investigation in all six members of the committee said

mr moore has been enthusiastically backed by president trump. 4,000 firefighters are tackling severalrning out of control north of los angeles. one person is known to have been killed while trying to escape the flames, and more than two hundred thousand people have been forced to leave their homes. in venezuela, president, nicolas maduro, says the country's main opposition parties won't be able to take part in next year's presidential election. mr maduro made the announcement after sunday's polls to choose mayors in more than 300 towns and cities were boycotted by the opposition. he said only parties which took in the mayoral polls could contest the presidency. translation: on the translation: 0n the other political parties have disappeared from the political map and today they have disappeared completely because a party that has not participated today and has called for the boycott of elections cannot participate any more. that is the criteria constitutionally ruled. i as head of state support them. they will not be able to participate and they will disappearfrom able to participate

beverly indicate that is she added that to remind herself of who roy moore was and when and where mr. moorebook. >> okay, so that is all represent -- allred's explanation. the moore campaign is using this as evidence to discredit all of her testimony, they're calling on nelson and allred to turn over the year book to independent third party so that it can undergo unbias handwriting analysis, back to you. arthel: thank you for the update. eric. eric: doug jones, today he's mobilizing his supporters to try and turn out out the vote and has stinging words for his opponents, strong statement for why the voters in alabama should cast ballots for him and they pointed directly at those allegations against moore that have so far dominated this contentious contest. >> roy moore has never, ever served our state with honor. i damn sure believe that i have done my part to ensure that men who hurt little girls should go to jail and not be in the united states senate. we are we are we are joined by peter doocy who is in alabama, peter, good evening. >> good evening, eric, big part of the doug jones strat

obviously this plays into the alabama election, what's happening with mr moore?at? we know that the president and the gop is doubling down for mr moore, we know the republican national committee has stepped up their funding to the candidate for the senate in alabama, and we do know that president trump will be in pensacola, florida, which is actually only 20 miles away from the border of alabama so they share the border of alabama so they share the same media market so he's going to be in pensacola, florida, tomorrow, giving a campaign style rally, which many believe will be donein rally, which many believe will be done in an effort to try to bolster roy moore's efforts to win that seat next week. so i think when you look at what's taking place with their support of an alleged paedophile, i think democrats believe that going into next yea r‘s think democrats believe that going into next year's elections, this will give them a leg up, particularly when you look at many generic polls right now showing that democrats are actually beating republicans for the house of

mr moore has been enthusiastically backed by president trump.sition parties won‘t be able to take part in next year‘s presidential election. he made the announcement after voting ended in polls to choose mayors in over three hundred towns and cities. he said only parties which participated in sunday‘s vote could put forward candidates for head of state. translation: the other political parties have disappeared from the political map and today they have disappeared completely because a party that has not participated today and has called for the boycott of elections can‘t participate any more. that is the criteria that the national constituent assembly has constitutionally and legally ruled. and i, as head of state of a constituted power, support them. they will not be able to participate, they will disappear from the political map. later, president maduro said the ruling socialist party had won more than 300 of the 335 mayorships being contested. 0ur correspondent katy watson visited a polling station in the north of the country, and sent this r

democratic candidate, doug jones, addressed his final campaign remarks to wavering supporters of mr mooreote with their conscience not political allegiance. we have heard so many people that have decided, well, you know what, i am not going to worry about the fact that roy moore has been kicked out of office twice, i'm not going to worry about the fact that he took money from a charity, and you know what, i believe these women, but, you know what, my party is more important. it is time. i think we will see it tomorrow, that the majority of people of alabama say that it is time that we put our decency, our state before political party. i think it's time that we say no more to putting people down, that we say no more to treating people as second—class citizens. we say no more to discriminating against those that are the least fortunate among us. it is time that we say no more. doug jones therefore the democrats. we go live to alabama now. joined by gabriel debenedetti from politico magazine. this area is strongly republican. that is absolutely right. it has been a bizarre campaign. the fact

we are told of migration minister mr moore's solace about the problems that we're facing and about rumors that even more housing containers are on the way one day. he confirmed more containers will be brought in as many as it takes. to get for them then he begins to make it have justice the prosecutor told me that asylum seekers are protected by no but we're not and if i fire another warning shot i'll go to jail but refugees can do whatever they like that there will always be there. if things continue like this we could soon have violent confrontations between refugees and local residents more until now we've been tolerant about the fast and things like that you know we're lucky there's been no violence yet but it's just a matter of time it. was trying to escape violence he doesn't want to be lumped together with those who break the law he wants to leave this islands but for now that's just a dream it's not allowed to board. the ferry to athens. that's still just an idea but others already have plans. for the fence at the ferry dock every evening a last attempt to escape from an island th

we are told the migration minister mr moore solace about the problems that we're facing and about rumors that even more housing containers are on the way one day. he confirmed that more containers will be brought in as many as it takes. then they begin for them then he figures i can have justice the prosecutor told me that asylum seekers are protected by no but we are not and if i fire another warning shot i'll go to jail the refugees can do whatever they like get the was that there was a big. event how to use the making of if things continue like this we could soon have violent confrontations between refugees and local residents more until now we've been tolerant about faffed and things like that you know we're lucky there's been no violence yet but it's just a matter of time. trying to escape violence he doesn't want to be lumped together with those who break the law he wants to leave this islands but for now that's just a dream is not allowed to board the ferry to athens. so. don't come. yet so i would just. like to have a huge bay waiting for more. so . so we're blogging. from the si

bill britt has an interview coming out sunday with mr. moore. m wondering, does roy moore, on the campaign trail, repeat some of the things he has said in the past? because it seems like his spokesperson doesn't really want to talk about them or was unaware of some of them, i'm wondering, are they still in his sort of stump speech at all or are these just random things he's said over the years that he doesn't continue to talk about? >> anderson, thank you for having me on. you know, here in the south, we generally -- we will take our crazy people down and put them in the parlor or put them on the front porch, we rarely put them on television. and look, roy moore is a very polarizing figure. i couldn't speak for what roy moore does, does he say things that are outrageous to most of us -- absolutely. but there are people in alabama, and, i would dare say, in the united states, that agree with roy moore. while most do not, there is a hard core constituency that believes what he believes. >> as someone who knows alabama politics, do you think he's go

. >> mr. moore reached over and began groping me. and putting his hands on my breasts. i tried to open my car door to leave. but, he reached over, and he locked it so i could not get out. >> reporter: the gop establishment quickly condemned moore. and pulled its support. >> i believe the women, yes. >> if he cares about the values and people he claims to care about, then he should step aside. >> reporter: despite the allegations, he refused to leave the race. >> i'll quit standing when they lay me in that box and put me in the ground. >> reporter: just 12 days after those reports first surfaced. a lifeline from the white house. >> i can tell you one thing for sure. we don't need a liberal person in there. a democrat. jones. >> reporter: then a week ago. the top republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell, also reopening the door. >> do you believe that judge moore should be in the senate? >> i am going to let the people of alabama make the call. >> reporter: and by the middle of the week, moore was back in the good graces of some republicans. the rnc putting money behind

. >> i've made my position clear on mr. moore but it's not up to me or the president. it's up to the people of alabama. >> also digging in h is a committed moore opponent, mitt romney. he tweeted it would be a stain on the gop and on the nation. other victims are courageous victims. no majority is worth using our integrity and honor. >> mitt romney has lost his courage or doesn't care about truth anymore. america's reawakening was led by donald trump not you, mitt. >> the washington post has -- within the polls margin of er r error. >> the president said to attend the opening. mississippi civil rights museum. >> that border alabama without every actually being in the state before the election. >> a series of new twists in president trump's constantly shifting legal strategy. he opened with a tweet saying he knew michael flynn lied to the fbi before he fired him. an assertion that raises questions about obstruction of justice. trump's personal lawyer john doud claimed he drafted that tweet then offered another defense that the president cannot obstruct justice because as

mr moore, mr moore. why won't you answer any questions? what would you tell your accusers? ccused by eight women of sexual assault and harassment, including one who was 14 at the time. even the staunchest of republicans had deserted him. but now this hugely controversial figure is ahead in the polls, just, and defiant in the face of many who said he should have stepped down. we are alabama, we are republican. and we're not going to stand by and let other people from out of state and money from california control this election. wow! alabama has not elected a democrat as senator for more than a quarter of a century. and the fact that doug jones is still in the running shows just how unpredictable this race has become. we say, no more to discriminating against those that are the least fortunate among us. it is time, folks, that we say, no more! donald trump has also faced allegations of sexual harassment, and for several weeks he declined to publicly back the republican candidate in alabama. but eventually he overcame his reticence. i think he is going to do very well. we don't

would lose in the general election and insisted he endorsed mr. moore later because i feel that i have to endorse republicans as the head of the party. with us is national political k correspondent for "the washington post" and garrett hang. thanks for being here. it's so interesting, dave, to hear the president talk about roy moore and say that he had to endorse him as the head of the republican party when not only does he talk about the party as they and them, but republican leadership and republicans in general had distanced themselves from roy moore. >> they had. the president had proved exception by sticking by him by disbelieving the accusations made about moore based on his experience in the campaign. his own memory of what it was like to be accused of these things. the president endorsed moore at a time when the polling suggested that moore was going to pull the election out. it's convenient for him in retrospect to say moore never had a chance. >> moore is taking a play right out of donald trump's playbook. if the election does not go my way, c

mr moore had faced allegations of sexual misconduct with teenage girls, allegations he'd consistentlymeans the republican majority in the us senate now stands atjust 51 to a9, as our north america correspondent nick bryant reports. amidst all the noise and rage of american politics, it's worth remembering elections are often decided in quiet suburbs. that was true in alabama, where moderate republicans didn't turn out for their party's radical, scandal—hit candidate, and where many don't much like donald trump either. it's a rejection of donald trump. tracy james is a lifelong republican, who yesterday went democrat. it was also a protest vote against the president. i do think donald trump has a problem in the republican suburbs. you don't know what's going to come out of his mouth next. you don't know whether we're going to go to war with north korea. you don't know if he's going to insult a woman in congress. i think they're very uncomfortable with that. modern—day democrats aren't supposed to win in staunchly conservative states like alabama. it hasn't happened here for 25 years. n

come across in the national politician he for people to connect and therefore he was no matter what mr moore be in the twenty fourth in the election you know since then he hasn't had much luck in the provincial elections either inside bottom and he's he's he's attempted to make an impact but it's not been consisted of but now there is you know he's tried to transform himself in recent months particularly with what's happening in particular with the good up election so you know can he deliver i think within good rock in a sense will be the litmus death ok editor of quartz india thanks for your insights a story from rural france now historical fittings are in high demand as wealthy bias seek out vintage floors and doors for that building projects but the craze can also be a destructive force some french villages saying that cultural heritage got it the first time but draw a living a came to this house or rather what's left of it his heart sank the matter of his one villain francis champagne providence has been battling for years against sentries old buildings in his town being sold off in the.