there he is live in birmingham alabama declaring victory tonight for the first time in more than a quarteridered to be a solid red republican state he will become the junior senator from alabama in january when he is seated and this is from "the new york times" the results to give you a idea of how close they are using the results 49.5% and about 98% of the vote now reporting with a difference of less than 10,000 votes. joining us from murphy north carolina on the republican line your reaction to all of this. >> i have a sense of shock the people in alabama voted for a man that didn't serve this country and they voted against a vietnam veteran and a man of g god. i am disappointed as someone that spent his whole life serving this country in the military that he never got the benefit of being innocent until proven guilty. he was lynched by the "washington post." i'm very, very disgusted. so you did not believe the accusations put forth by those women when they were teenagers? >> no, i did not. why did they wait 30 or 40 years to come out against this man just before an election? he never ha

my colleague katty kay joined me from birmingham, alabama, for the state of the race. katty: how did it happen that a state election in alabama and the world media is down here? roy moore, who had views outside the mainstream of american politics, and now allegations of sexual abuse. but also because it has applications far beyond this state. he has the possibility of going to washington, wreaking havoc there, or we could see a democrat win in this race today , in which case that would be the first time in over two decades. either way this race is fascinating. my colleague nick bryant has been looking at the latest. nick: just when you thought american politics couldn't get weirder, judge roy moore rides to the polling station on horseback and then sets it to music. he has come to personify the polarization of this political age. to his female accusers, he is a sexual predator who molested teenage girls in his 30's. to his fans, he is a crusading evangelical, a firebrand populist in the mold of donald trump. roy moore: i want to make america great again with president t

. >> joining us now from birmingham, alabama, is nbc's own vaughn hilliard. vaughn, you've basically moved to alabama in the last month. what are your takeaways sitting here two days away from this election? >> exactly. if we're looking at statics, i think we should be looking at some of those 2012 counties where roy moore, the loss to the democrat that he was running for against chief justice but mitt romney turned around and won by overwhelming margins. for instance, tuscaloosa, a conservative town where roy moore lost by five points but on the other side mitt romney won that county by 15 points. but i'm also looking towards wednesday. in the conversation that will take place, if in fact, roy moore wins this, it's a conversation of what do the democrats in the deep south look like. the louisiana governor is the only democrat representing the deep south on a statewide significant level and some of the interesting conversations we've had with folks on the ground here, kasie, are those that are rigid in running for a republican and believing that their party's

here is doug jones's victory speech from birmingham, alabama. ♪ [applause] doug: thank you.hank you, everyone, thank you. thank you. oh my. you, i think that i have been waiting all my life and now i don't know just what the hell to say. [applause] doug: if you will indulge me just a moment. let's just get sworn in first. folks, i am overwhelmed. let me first make a couple of brief comments. i have said throughout this campaign that i thought that december 12 was going to be a historic day. [applause] doug: but i have to tell you, and you know where i am headed, december 12 has always been a dis--- a historic day in the jones family. this is, as you know, my and louise's 25th wedding anniversary. [applause] this i could not have done without her. the love, support, encouragement. earlier in the evening when she kicked me in the rear when i was down. this has been a wonderful night. i have to thank my family. my wonderful sons, my daughter, my beautiful granddaughter, my son-in-law, all of these friends back here. u.s. attorney buddies. my mom. [applause] doug: my dad, who is

senate in alabama and to give you some context you know birmingham alabama is america's fourth largest city but it is a very segregated and perhaps a segregated as states get today it's where rosa parks refused to give up her seat on the bus of course martin luther king jr wrote his letter from birmingham jail where you know these four little girls in one nine hundred sixty three a very historic moment birmingham were killed in the sixteenth street baptist church bombing so you know this election very much today was not only about a referendum on president trump but about alabama's kind of bloody civil rights history and that factors into how many african-americans voted so you know a lot of the media's attention here in america for those who might not have been as you know caught up on the nitty gritty of this election has been on the sexual assault allegations and child molestation allegations against roy and more people saying that's what helped push jones over the edge but to me it's important to pay attention to the fact the black vote the black vote in alabama was a bigger percen

creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] >> i'm jamie colby, and today i'm in birmingham, alabama, which is in the rolling foothills of the appalachians. they say that wars are fought to change maps, and this episode of "strange inheritance" is actually about a map, a very old map, and one that survives in a family whose history spans from texas to virginia and then back here to alabama. >> my name is patrick martin. my parents died in 1999, and my sister and i inherited the house and contents. we were surprised when we figured out what it contained. >> the house that patrick and his sister, peggy, inherited here in birmingham is now their home. patrick, thank you so much for having me over. >> it's our pleasure. >> patrick's parents moved to alabama from maryland and bought the house in the 1960s. patrick, an architect, returns to take care of his ill parents in 1994 but then has his own health scare. >> i had a quintuple bypass surgery here. >> patrick's heart trouble leads him to an early retirement at age 47. with lots of time on his hands, he starts rummaging through the hous

senate in alabama and to give you some context you know birmingham alabama is america's fourth largest city but it is a very segregated and perhaps a segregated as states get today it's where rosa parks refused to give up her seat on the bus of course martin luther king jr wrote his letter from birmingham jail where you know these four little girls in one nine hundred sixty three a very historic moment berman to the nitty gritty of this election has been on the sexual assault allegations and child molestation allegations against roy and more people saying that's what helped was jones' over the edge but to me it's important to pay attention to the fact that black vote the black vote in alabama was a bigger percentage of the vote than they are the population you know if when it's funny you say that we got this tweet from laura he says this wouldn't have happened without the hard work of black folks and young people of course we also saw a lot of tweets online of people congratulating and thanking really black women for voting which of course sparked a lot of conversation because they als

was what it is that i must do it for those million kids and a hundred fifty thousand here in birmingham alabama i'm not going to talk too much longer it's been a long night it's been a long campaign but i. was having let me just sorry let me i don't know are forgotten so much. for gotten so much to so many thank yous and how we feel this vote disposed i've said it before alabama has been at a crossroad road we have been a crossroads in the past and unfortunately. we have usually taken the wrong for my duties and gentlemen i was you took you are i was fifty four was you what have you what have you won t. you war you war one one zero are very personal level let me tell you and i said this is the top and i was do you mean this it seems that i want to thank each of you for helping me feel fulfilled a wife strong dream of serving in the united states senate that started off with my mentor a powerhouse when ever since one thousand nine hundred eighty five people thought had before so it was as we approach this history as we approach this crossroads we have work to do what i want to do in this story t

years from now and say and this man did all that well particular names live in the city of birmingham alabama for us hi there patty i know that you've been touring various polling stations what have people been been telling you was a star not been like. and here i am at another one this in a more affluent neighborhood where we've been doing every hour as we move because we want to get a complete sense of what's happening here in birmingham so i came to this more a fluid polling station and had the same result at a more democratic polling station they both tell me the turnout is more than fifty percent and there's still a few hours left to vote that is astonishing americans do not vote in special elections they expect maybe twenty percent of eligible voters will show up this is already more than fifty percent you don't normally see those in presidential elections so what this tells me because it's happening in both democratic and republican areas is that this is a race people are very much invested in that they very much care about and you just heard from those people talking about roy moore t

here is senate elect doug jones's victory speech from birmingham, alabama. it is happening hour. -- it is 30 minutes. ♪ [hip hop music playing] >> hold those signs up. let them see those signs! applause]d and gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to senator elect doug jones! applause]d [applause] ♪ ♪ [playing "we weren't born to "]llow ♪ >> ♪ we weren't born to follow come on and get up off your knees when life is a bitter pill to swallow you've got to hold on to what you believe believe in some kind of morals in the state of tennessee we weren't born to follow you've got to hold on to what you believe let me hear you say yeah, yeah, i yeah let me hear you say yeah, yeah, you yeah we weren't born to follow oh yeah we weren't born to follow oh yeah ♪co ♪ -- [cheers and applause] [cheers] mr. jones: thank you. thank you. thank you, everyone, thank you. oh my. i have got to tell you, i think that i have been waiting all my life and now i don't know just what the hell to say. [applause] mr. jones: let me -- if you will indulge me just a moment. [laughter] mr. jo

the early years in alabama outside of birmingham. and with the high quality stone. and then was widely recognized for this texture and here in the nation's capitall from the halls of the supreme court bin to create the best of abraham lincoln like the places that are in fused in history to time of thet of future. i was raised by a family that had a deep and abiding preference for history. and the west point graduate was killed in service in world war ii. and then to understand us sacrifice looking in the of the other side is to remember that sacrifice. they understood and that greatest generation grew strong. and volunteer troop leaders to the scouts and boy scouts createce the environment of selfless service. by the age of 39 was unable scout in representative government as they tell every young person that comes to see me that played a big difference in my life we all feel that why i wonder maybe accomplishing a little more inhi congress and then in the civics class our trip to washington as an undergraduate student at tulane to be surprised i played basketball in

. >> joining us now from birmingham, alabama, msnbc vaughn hillyard. hn, good to have you here this morning. nearing the final week of the campaign. a lot of people probably saying thank god for that. how are voters down in alabama fe feeling. >> reporter: good morning. i think it comes down to i'm glad you played the two sound bites you did t. advertisement with donald trump's words: and beverly young nelson. you have two types of republicans that need to come out if you are roy moore on december 12. republicans that will vote for you because party first. republican is needed in the senate is donald trump. seems to be arguing. and then you've got the second one, a constituency that he needs to ultimately convince that these allegations are part of a smear campaign, which he's gone on an allout offense here. defensive this last weekend making that case to voters. i want to play a sound bite. this was from two nights ago. last two nights he appeared at two different churches and made the case this is a concoction of conspiracy on the other side with an a

doing a little bit of a tour of birmingham alabama voting stations this is our second one this is a slightly more fluid area of borough of birmingham earlier we are in a predominately african-american church and in both locations the judges here tell me the turnout is much more brisk and consistent than they have seen in past elections now do want to do too much progress to katie when it comes to what that could mean but for doug jones to have any chance at all of this deeply republican state one that donald trump took more than sixty percent of the vote when he ran for president he's going to have to bring out a huge number of african-americans who tend to vote democratic and are expected to win this race and also he needs to peel away some of those more moderate republicans who many have said that they are absolutely disgusted by some of the allegations against him but still if you look at the polls they're running neck and neck so again this will come down to voter turnout french president a man well michael has delivered a rallying cry for world leaders to do more to fight climate change

back to you. >> gabe gutierrez live in birmingham, alabama. gabe, thank you.re of the report on the "today" show next. >>> developing this morning, several women will accuse president trump of sexual misconduct on megyn kelly today. the exclusive interview with three women will air at 9:00 a.m. on news 4. they will share this in a news conference -- president trump denied all of the women's claims. press secretary sarah huckabee sanders released this statement last night saying "the president addressed these accusations directly during the campaign and we have no changes." >>> it's 6:48. we're following a developing story this morning. montgomery county police are investigating how a 17-year-old ended up dead in the woods in bethesda. >> he was a student at walt whitman high school in bethesda. justin finch is live there now. >> reporter: lots of concern this morning. of course, we know psychologi psychologists, counselors and other services will be on hand at whitman high as the campus grieves the death of navid saah perr -- sepehri. he was found in a wooded

in the early 1960's my elementary school in birmingham, alabama, was segregated. by 1971 i was taking to court with three young black men to play for the state basketball championship. as our nation evolves, the traditions of the senate demand that this nation meet each new challenge armed with the will of the american people. as i watch with the rest of the country, it was on this floor that the senate restored faith in our institutions by delivering justice after watergate. it was a real pleasure for me as a lawyer later in life to get to meet fred thompson, who served in this body and was the counsel for the minority on the watergate committee and to seat role he set as a senator as well and to call him a friend. the idea that chaos, mr. president, and upheaval that we see today is unique, it just falls flat in the face of this monumental history. pundits and politicians alike with too quick and easy to talk in super laives, but chaos and change are nothing new. the senate was designed to endure and rooms of marble are built to last. studying that senate histor

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we are live in birmingham alabama where the headquarters are tonight and will have a speech coming up later this evening. the population area around tuscaloosa and montgomery alabama and we are live in the headquarters in montgomery alabama. what you are looking at right now though the headquarters in the room to listen for just a moment. >> [inaudible conversations] thank you very much. [inaudible conversations] [applause] [cheering] it will still be a little while you will watch the numbers as decline. with live coverage on c-span2 we will have the speeches when they come to the podium. 52 republicans and 48 democrats. the republicans are losing one seat and again our live camera in montgomery alabama and the headquarters and birmingham alabama. want to go to "the new york times" website to get a better sense of the votes remaining. according to "the new york times" they estimate 775,000 votes yet to be counted and you can see the heavy blue areas of population areas above worming him and montgomery and mobile alabama in the southern part of the state those are both yet to be counte

put it aside and let's do it for comeillions of kids including here in birmingham, alabama. it has been a long might come a long campaign. let me just say -- i know i have forgotten so many thank yous and how we feel. before,'ve said it alabama is at a crossroads. we have been at a crossroads in the past. unfortunately, we have taken the past. fork in the bill: doug jones thanking supporters, those who went door to door to make the night possible. roy moore's candidacy was dogged by allegations of sexual girls.uct of teenaged no reaction from the white house. - michelle: with jones' victory, republicans will have just a two-seat majority in the senate. alison: michelle, thank you. and breaking news from a to come recounted that we told you about, gunshots ringing out just outside of mcdonald's during the dinner breaking through the windows of the restaurant as families are inside. -- as families ate inside. tom rousey has been following this. tom: a very scary situation. the two men who were shot were outside, but the gunfire did not stop with them. overhear one of the bullet

the church bombing in birmingham alabama where 4 little girls lost their live dexter avenue where thousands king from selma to the state capitol in montgomery alabam that quarter million who cannot vote are ex-felons. most of them poor, more than half of them are black.-- denied the vote because of fines and court fees. fines that reach beyond their time served. diane roberts has our story >> these are the only steel bars tim lanier wants to see now. an ex- felon, lanier is building a new life for himself, a life after prison. at age 27, out of the navy, unable to find work, he was ar house and exchanging shots with police during a chase.. >> i was like -- in the nes neighborhood guys did, trying to survive or thinking this was the only way to survive, ended up catching a burglary charge and attempted murder. >> he was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole and spent 18 years in prison. out for 3 years now but still on parole, he works at garrison steele just outside birmingham, making $28,000 a year, taking home about $380 a week. it allows him to live, and pay his monthly $40 pa

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i'm in birmingham,, alabama, and christian is in london. did a senate election in alabama get not just national but international attention? there are journalists from all over the world here. it's partly because the republican candidate, roy moore, is a larger than life character who holds extreme positions and has a string sexual harassment allegations against him. but it's also because this election could tilt national politics. the republican party only has a two—seat majority in congress, if it loses this race in alabama, it'll be down to a majority of one seat. that could make it harder for president trump to get things passed, and for republicans to hold on to the senate next year. we'll have news from across alabama —we we'll have news from across alabama — we start with the latest from both camps. voiceover: one v0|ceover: one of the most red states in america has become an unlikely swing state, a democrat could win a us senate seat in alabama for the first time in over two decades, the electorate here is almost half white evangelic

nbc's von hilliard joins me from birmingham, alabama.g about the vote and polls being close. do we actually have accurate polling down there right now for a special election? >> reporter: ali, i can tell you after being on the ground here more than three weeks now. i'm not going much off the polls. one from the "washington post" showed 3% undecided. going around talking to folks on the ground, it's very much up in the air. particularly talking to republican voters still questioning whether they'll go to the polls at all. i think the significance of president trump's tweets and his endorsement of roy moore is significant because this is a republican candidate that hasn't had much on his side ever since these allegations have come out. for a republican having to actually face a challenge like democrat doug jones is significant. a democrat hasn't won a state-wide race here since 2006. but it was interesting when looking at what donald trump is saying. i've heard many alabama republicans early on when the allegations first came out iterate t

we'll bring back vaughn hillyard in birmingham, alabama, for us. what is roy moore saying?ay, we're going to want to play you this sound bite. he did about a 25-minute, what i'm not even going to call an interview. it's more of a conversation. it should be clear roy moore has not engaged in an interview with a media news outlet since dating back to this initial allegations november 9th. he has not been seen publicly since dating back to last tuesday. this is the weekend, right, before election day on tuesday. and roy moore is nowhere to be seen. so what does he do? the only time we have seen him, he sits down with another friendly host that i think we'll just let him speak for himself. this is how he's responding a month after the initial allegations. >> i know i stood for moral values, so they're attacking me in that area. i understand that. it's inconceivable to think that somebody would wait 40 years because they were embarrassed or ashamed of something. and then less than 30 days before the general election, come out and make allegations and then appear on political adv

>> nbc's vaughn hilliard in birmingham, alabama. thank you so much, vaughn. with us now, chairman of mowry consulting group in montgomery, alabama, david mowry. former deputy assistant to the president during the clinton administration, matt bennett, former senior trump campaign adviser michael r rou beano and contributor to national politics that got that exclusive interview with roy moore, beth clayton. beth, we were talking with your editor in chief, and bill was saying this vote's baked, that what we're seeing right now in these last couple of days may not move the needle much. do you believe that's the case? >> i think there are a lot of people who have their heels dug in for one side or the other, but i think there are a lot of people who are still watching both of these candidates and watching the way they behave and watching the pattern and practice of their behavior over the past few years, and they're still looking at this wondering, can they stomach roy moore in the senate for the next few years, or is it worth casting a vote for a democrat, maybe

david, cbs news, birmingham alabama. >> well the cbs evening news gets a new anchor tomorrow, jeff gore is taking over the desk and ukee washington got a chance to talk to him about the new gig and sports team loyal 'tis. >> we have room on the wentz wagon for you my friend. >> and this has been the great debate in our household since my son was born and became a sports the fan is nicole trying to get him to be an eagles fan and me trying to get him to be a bills fan i think it can coexist and mommy and daddy come from different sports background and i don't want to jinx anyone but it has shaped up to be a special year for the eagles. i'll really hoping that cop continues. >> and so do we of course jeff we'll watch jeff moore on cbs news beginning tomorrow 6:30 p.m. after eyewitness news at 6:00 here on cbs3. >> and the drug store chain cvs is buying health insurer aetna in a 6 99 billion deal merged today. customers won't see any changes overnight and the company combined will add more clinics and expand store services to include eye care at cvs tries to gets more involved in customer

david begnaud, cbs news, birmingham, alabama. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," a first in this countryn from a transplanted uterus of a live donor. dr. tara narula looks at how the procedure may help women struggling with infertility. >>> and author dan brown joins us in the studio with his latest book, "origin." that's the latest news for this monday. i'm anne-marie green. thanks for watching. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> live from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news " this morning. >>> eagles winning streak comes to an end in seattle. we'll have the big moments from last night's game. >> police made the arrest after beating death after homeless man in mayfair. >> waking un to some fog, live look from bethlehem. pretty mild, too, we'll tell you how high the temperatures will go today. >>> and today is monday, december 4th, good morning, i'm rahel solomon. >> i'm joe hold never for jim donovan. let's get a check on today's forecast with katie and meisha >> good morning, looking outside right now, lots of construction, n

david begnaud, cbs news, birmingham, alabama. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," a first in this country born from a transplanted uterus of a live donor. dr. tara narula looks at how the procedure may help women struggling with infertility. >>> and author dan brown joins us in the studio with his latest book, "origin." that's the latest news for this monday. i'm anne-marie green. thanks for watching. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com . >>> a live look outside at the bay bridge as we start this week. it is chilly out there, clear, but we have windy conditions. good morning, it is monday, december 4th. thank you for waking up with us. i am kenny choi. >> it is cold and windy out there. we have all kinds of action. >> yes. we have a crazy day out there. it woke me up, howling out there. >> you have double duty today, news anchor and with weather, right? >> i do! >> let's talk about the headlines today. here is what to expect. a live look at shows. you will probably -- san jose. you will probably feel the winds there, as well. 39 right now temperature-wise. oakland 38.

the pole also found the imagine or tiff alabama republicans think the sexual misconduct allegations against moore are false. david begnaud has more from birmingham. >> at the diner in shelby county alabama we met penny lloyd who told us that despite the allegations against judge roy moore, she will vote for him. >> he is the lesser of two evils. >> was there ever a hess nation. >> no, not after he won the primary, no. i recognize his job pretty quickly. >> penny's husband is george lloyd. he, too, is voting for moore. >> i believe that it is very possible that all of the women could be absolutely truthful. but, on the other hand, i think it is very possible that the other camp could have motivated a lot of women to do and say what they're saying. >> kayla smith said her decision is based on policies. >> there are a few of roy moore's that i agree with, but i think more -- >> allegations against mr. moore turned you off? >> i feel in the middle before this. personally i want to believe a woman when she says she was sexually assaulted but for him to come out so far later i feel that's very weirds. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has said

straightaway and live now at the rally in birmingham, alabama, where the new democratic senator for alabamappearany alabama doug jones is expected to appear any moment. a former prosecutor who helped convict members of the ku klux klan for bombing a church in a notorious racist attack. a liberal pro—choice generally a problem for conservative voters who are passionately against abortion, but he has won the special election in alabama. really a political earthquake. an overused phrase, but there's no docking at this time. he beat the republican roy moore, a formerjudge, twice removed from the bench. the first time in 25 years that a democrat has taken a seat here and it has national applications. it could put at risk the slim republican majority in the senate. it is now 51— a0 now m, in the senate. it is now 51— a0 now in, which will make it harderfor mr trump to convert what he promised —— 51- a9. trump to convert what he promised —— 51— a9. any feel it will be more possible for the democrats to control congress in the mid—term next year. it does seem to turnout has been key? yes, and the s

>> because right now, in birmingham, alabama, i can speak for us. we're tired of being played from side to side. what we have, katy, all the time is people want us, the gop wants us to come over and be a part of them. but when it doesn't go right, when you go back to the black community, you're ostracized. nobody wants you. so if the gop want to get serious and make blacks come to the gop, you have to listen to what we are saying. stop trying to pimp the black community. if you want to work with the black people, you've got to work with us. if you don't work with us, you see what will happen. the gop has a problem. >> and joe, you voted for doug jones. do you think doug jones is going to work with you? >> i did not vote for doug jones. >> i'm sorry, i thought you did. >> i did a write-in. what was the question? >> do you think doug jones will be able to work with you and your interests? >> i hope so. i really hope so. but i'm going to be reaching out to doug jones' camp because i want to talk to him. even though i'm a republican, in politics, guess

and alex is in birmingham, alabama at doug jones campaign headquarters. it sounds like people there are getting excited, alex. >> reporter: well, jake, this room has been erupting in cheers over the past few moments. they were watching you guys break down these numbers, watching cnn. you can hear those screams going up. the music just stopped. everyone very excited as these numbers come in. i was just speaking to the senior strategist for the jones campaign, joe trippy. he was saying that they are ecstatic as they see these votes come in. they feel very good about their chances. they have previously said this was going to be very close. it was going to be a coin toss. now with all these new numbers coming in, they're feeling extremely confident. they know they have this lead. they think they will keep it. here in this room as well. you can hear it, jake. >> alex in birmingham, alabama, at the doug jones democratic campaign headquarters. let's go to katelyn collins where judge moore's campaign headquarters is located. obviously a lot more quiet where you a

at 7 o'clock — beyond 100 days will be live in birmingham alabama — where in just a few hours time thepen and voters will chose between a republican accused of molesting a child and a democrat who is pro choice on abortion. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm holly hamilton. coming up on the programme: a messi draw for chelsea in the champions league — they'll take on five time winners barcelona in the last 16. drama at old trafford — as manchester city are accused of "milking" their 2—1 win over united before a row outside the changing rooms. and with all the attention on england's off—field antics down under — wicketkeeperjohnny bairstow says it's time to rebuild trust. hello and welcome to the programme. plenty to get through as always but we'll start with the european draws in switzerland with a record five english sides represented in the champions league — but chelsea appear to have been handed the hardest task of the lot — they'll face five—time winners barcelona. olly foster has more details on that and who

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he is up against the democrat candidate, doug jones, who has his campaign office in birmingham, alabama is a former lawyer who is pro—choice and once prosecuted former members of the ku klux klan. we are also expecting exit polls very shortly. the boat in the southern state of alabama is being seen as a test of party allegiances, kennett republicans hold on traditionally safe seat despite the candidate facing sexual harassment allegations? or can a liberal, pro—choice democrat turned the traditionally red state blue and reduce donald trump's senate majority to just one seat in the process ? majority to just one seat in the process? we are currently seeing live pictures of roy moore's campaign headquarters in montgomery, alabama. our north america correspondent david willis is in washington. everyone is indeed awaiting the result of this senate seat in the alabama elections. no one knows for sure if it will be rome or doug jones. nour, and the polls, as you mentioned there, closed a short while ago and according to the cable news networks here, it is too close to call at this particular

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, birmingham, alabama. >>> this is kristen welker at the white house. after a stunning rebuke, tonight, president trump trying to downplay the impact of roy moore's loss, the candidate he supported. >> how will that loss affect your agenda? >> i don't think it's going to affect it. >> reporter: still, it's a huge embarrassment for the president after backing moore's opponent in the primary, president trump supported moore in the general election, in part after his former chief strategist steve bannon convinced him to do so. >> get out and vote for roy moore. >> reporter: alabama exit polls show voters are divided in their support of president trump after he overwhelmingly won the state just a year ago. so, is the president becoming a liability? >> not only is donald trump weakened by losing a seat in the united states senate, but he put his prestige on the line for a candidate who turned out to be absolutely toxic. >> reporter: deepening gop concerns, the rift in the republican party is growing with bannon saying moore's loss has energized his war again

. >> some customers from birmingham, alabama popped in while we were there. they don't have places like this around berming ham. it's actually fairly and ma key on say their business is doing so well they'll actually be expanding soon. we started off with coffee and pastries here. did you like that picture of -- clearly that wasn't donald trump, but shirt less donald trump on the shirt. >> how do you know he doesn't have tattoos. you don't know. do you think he has a six-pack, too. >> okay. maybe not so much. the thing, the interesting thing is any time you see anything sold with the trump name on it you don't see the trump name specifically. it's trademarked when you saw the talking pen. >> which you have one. >> i do. >> it says the donald trump talk ing pen. they can move in on that. although i do believe when you look at that building with the trump name and all the flags outside i don't think the folg president will have a problem with that. i do feel that donald trump jr. is following it. any liberal that is feeling . the news continues on digital. we'l

vaughn hilliard following that for us on the ground in birmingham, alabama. thanks. and the president as we mentioned, now going all out to get roy moore elected. tomorrow, voters across alabama will start receiving phone calls with a prerecorded voice of president trump pleading with them to vote for roy moore, and jeff is traveling with the president at mar-a-lago. trump made it clear that he's supporting roy moore. why do you think he took so long, specifically in pensacola, florida to come out and say vote for roy moore? >> reporter: well, the president kept his distance at first, he hedged his bets. he didn't want to be on the losing side twice in this alabama senate race. he endorsed luther strange, the sitting alabama senator who lost in the runoff with roy moore, but as it became clear that roy moore could win, the president decided to go all in for roy moore. he endorsed him last month and then on twitter, on stage, on twitter and on stage at that campaign-style rally in south florida, just across the alabama state line. and what's interesting, too, is you k

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he's at doug jones' headquarters, the democrat in birmingham, alabama. alex. >> reporter: hi, there, jake. doug jones has had a pretty busy day, after voting early this morning on the outskirts of birmingham, he went around to different polling stations, shaging hands with the voters. now with less than an hour before the polls close, he's doing the same. once the polls close, he will come here to this hotel which is serving as his election headquarters. the campaign has a suite for him. he will be watching the returns come in with his staff and with his family. now, as for prepared remarks, what we can expect from doug jones later tonight, i'm told they have not prepared any sort of speech yet, that once the candidate here, he'll sit down with his campaign team. they'll go over what they want to say. win or lose, according to the campaign chairman, i'm told jones will go back to a theme he has been hitting pretty hard on the campaign trail, one of unity and one of working together. and then i'm told we're expecting at some point tonight, moore and jones

is live in the city of birmingham alabama for us hi there patty so what's also tonight been like. hey there julie well if you can watch you for the last few hours you know i'm taking a little bit of a tour of different polling stations here in birmingham alabama this is my third one at across the board each one all of the judges inside say turnout is really very brisk just how brisk let me put this in perspective for you an off year election special elections basically years that the president is or isn't running that many americans vote most of the political analysts when it came to this election they expected maybe twenty percent of eligible voters to come out and vote well here in this polling station they say already and the polls are still open for another three hours three four hours excuse me more than fifty percent of eligible voters have shown up in already cast their ballots and they say a lot of them are young people who've never voted before now on the surface you would think that might look good for doug jones obviously democrats tend to pull in the younger people but

ok, gabriel, thank you very much for joining us from birmingham, alabama.here. ryan christie is coming as well. he willjoin us to give analysis in this crazy race. there has been so much focus on the sexual harassment allegations against roy moore. it is worth reminding people that even before those allegations were made, he was already seen as being outside the mainstream of the republican party because of some of his more controversial positions. run through some of those. he has defied federal law twice. he was the chiefjustice of the alabama supreme court and removed from office twice. why? he openly defied the us supreme court. he said, i want to keep the ten commandments up in my office and the courthouse. they said, what are you doing? you cannot have a religious display in a courthouse. but yet to his supporters, who think he is an evangelical christian, he is very popular. these folks in alabama think, he is sticking up for us and sticking it to the federal government. he thinks on sexuality should be illegal and muslims should not serving the us c

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, birmingham, alabama. >>> now to dramatic news from the white house that has us harkening back all the way to 2004. >> i don't like excuses. in this case omarosa has to go. you're fired. >> is now. former "apprentice" star turned white house staffer omarosa manigault-newman forced out of her job according to a senior trump administration staffer even though the white house official line was that she had resigned voluntarily multiple news outlets quickly threw water on that narrative. the "wall street journal" reporting newman's departure was abrupt and that newman was "physically dragged and escorted off the campus." a source close to the white house tells nbc it was chief of staff john kelly's decision to terminate newman's employment. and an official telling us that newman was escorted off the white house grounds after trying to re-enter the residents to debate the terms of her departure. that debate seemingly never taking place. newman is set to speak out on her fire later this morning. >>> the suspect in the new york subway bomb plot made his first court a

and in the south tonight, heavy rain and flooding in birmingham, alabama, possible thunderstorms now from georgia to the carolinas. so, let's get right to chief meteorologist ginger zee tracking it all. she has the new timing tonight. hi, ginger. >> reporter: hi there, david. some of those entertainments already plagued by thunderstorms in the south. interstate 26 and 95, you can see the thunderstorms moving across there. also, 40 east of nashville could be a problem. that's all for the next 12 hours. then, the next three to five days is this storm. the wind advisories up for to 0 60-mile-per-hour gusts in parts of nevada, arizona. the winter storm advisories and warnings. four to eight inches, if you are traveling 94, north and west of minneapolis. that's tonight through tomorrow. then, by friday night, so many people hitting the roads, getting onto an airplane. memphis could be an issue you a long that warm front. you could see wintry weather in boston. but saturday night, it's new york and bolston where the winds and rain come together and i can promise you, david, that after all