cory gardner, who heads up the senatorial committee, tim scott and many others take the other side of that. it we don't need to have him here. the voters are going to decide on tuesday, but i think what they are going to have is an ethics investigation and what we've been doing on my committee's we've been hearing the voices of the women in the victims. every woman has a story. jeff sessions says he believed these women and i think if roy moore doesn't underperform like he has in the past and he's here, he will be facing the ethics committee. >> chris: i want to ask you directly, does it work bother you as a republican congresswoman to see president trump and the republican national committee supporting roy moore? >> congresswoman comstock: it doesn't represent me, i don't think it represents most of the republican women as well as my colleagues like senator tim scott and others in cory gardner have made clear. >> chris: democrats move fast this week to push both john conyers, your fellow congressman from michigan, and al franken,

please welcome republican senator cory gardner. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. >> jimmy: yeah. now senator, you voted for this bill, but a lot of people have been saying that all these scribbles were impossible to read. >> well, to be perfectly frank, it's a lot clearer and more straightforward than what people are saying. >> jimmy: okay. then can you please tell us what those changes said. >> absolutely. one example is article 19, section b, which clearly states that our tax bill will significantly lower taxes for agripolental redudicratic convorpulations. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i'm sorry, lower taxes for what? >> it will lower taxes for all ambula-rental chromosomatic compulnacations. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i have no idea what you just said. >> well, it's very straightforward. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: fine. can you give me another example? >> sure. article 273, section d, very plainly indicates that any individual may claim a a deduction for interest paid on accumulated combustn >> jimmy: accumulated combustion muffins? >> ch

cory gardner stood firm. mitch mcconnell stood firm.cognize that they stood by the power of their principles. >> cory gardner is the captain of the team that just lost a seat that should have been won. >> when we come back, a skalthing editorial from u.s. toda today attacking president trump. >>> back now with my political dream team. i want to read from "usa today" putting out a scathing editorial against the president. i'm going to read part of it. it says, with his latest tweet, implying a united states senator would trade sexual favors for campaign cash, president trump has shown he's not fit for the white house. words used about men and women are different. a president, who would all but call senator kirsten jillen brand a whore, is not fit to clean the toilets in the barack obama presidential library, or to shine the shoes of george w. bush. ed? >> i'm not the only one that has a gutter mouth, right? >> apparently the rest of america. look, this was just ridiculous. it was disgusting, and it should be appalling, shocking, and just

mitch mcconnell hand cory gardner, the chair of the republican campaign committee, said just 2 1/2 weeks ago, that he should not be in the senate. what happens yesterday, you know, we need a vote for tax reform. we need a vote for -- we need votes. that's disgusting. the idea that mitch mcconnell walked back his claim that roy moore should not be in the senate and gave the president permission somehow to do the same thing you should be ashamed of yourselves to suggest that because al franken put his hand on a women's ass that roy moore should also be in the senate. >> oh. >> sorry. >> i never said that. >> you should be ashamed of that. >> i never said that. >> it's cable kaibl. don't act like that hurts your feelings. go on. >> i'm ashamed on national tv you use that language. from the very beginning -- >> we. let me be clear, let me be clear, you can actually say that word on cable. >> it's okay to say -- >> that's not what al franken did. the picture shows something different. back to the -- >> i'm not defending al franken but you shouldn't defend roy moore. >> i'm saying in the peopl

cory gardner is head of the senate campaign committee. does cory gardner get blamed by the bannon part of the republican party and the right for having withheld support for roy moore, even after the rnc jumped back in and steve bannon went down there and did his act? >> well, mitch mcconnell made sure that steve bannon's name was in that first press release that went out from the fund that he is also controlling. and, joy, this is a devastating night. as it stands at this moment, anyway, for steve bannon and donald trump. >> i have two texts from republican friends. steve bannon is in both of them. the long knives will be out for steve bannon. he specializes apparently in one thing, losing elections. putting up people who cannot win, who draw democrats to be more excited to come out on the other side, and to be blustery in fighting the establishment. he claimed he was going to defund mitch mcconnell and the establishment republicans. he has gone down in ignominious defeat tonight. he is be nothing but embarrassed. he is not going to have

among them, the chairman of the national republican senatorial committee, cory gardner, who said royve the support of the senatorial committee. we will never endorse him. we won't support him. gardner notably has led the call for the senate to expel moore if he wins on tuesday. meanwhile president trump will hold a campaign-style rally in pensacola, florida, later today. why pensacola? maybe he wants to visit joe and his -- no. it is less than 20 miles outside of alabama and shares a media market with mobile, allowing trump to reach alabama voters without having to cross state lines. >> yeah, it's a -- >> that's so cowardly. >> yeah. hey, vaughn, how you doing. >> joining us from pensacola -- >> so, vaughn, it's good to see you. you are now officially in god's country, in pensacola, florida, the rid neck riviera. also we like to call it l.a., lower alabama. so it looks like it's raining today, but what are you expecting? >> reporter: yeah, that cloud over alabama seemed to come down to your territory down here, it followed me in. what are we expecting? we don't expect roy moore here

cory gardner was adamantly opposed to roy moore. the statement he released after your victory. quote, i hope senator-elect doug jones will do the right thing and truly represent alabama by choosing to vote with the senate republican majority. it went with president trump by 8 points. do you need to consider voting with republicans on some issues? >> of course i do. look, jake, one of the problems in american politics right now in my opinion is that everybody thinks because you're a member of one party or another you're going to vote a certain way. that should not be the case. it shouldn't ever be the case. i'm going to talk to people on both sides of the aisle, try to figure out what i think is in the best interests of my state and in the country. now, don't expect me to vote solidly for republicans or democrats. i came up with senator howell heflin from alabama many years ago. he always said to do the things he does he does what's best for his constituents. i don't think republdemocrats s count on my vote for everything. i'm going

cory gardner, i spoke to this morning, in his role of the head of the nrse, saying not only has theiroy moore not changed, he said flatly it will not change. so there's some real tension probably in that room on this very issue, particularly on roy moore. >> all right, appreciate that correction, because i didn't have the list of who was in the room so the leaders were not there. let me play elaine chao, who is in the cabinet, and was questioned this morning about sexual harassment. >> i just wanted to know if you've had a me too moment. >> of course. i think that's the dirty little secret that a lot of women have held for a long time. many of us, especially i think the -- in the years past have experienced it. but the environment was very different. >> would you tell us a story? >> the person is still here, still around. i mean -- >> all the more reason. >> things change, times change. and it's not worth my while to go back and revisit those negative moments. i will fight for other women. and i will stand up for other women. but, you know, of your own, you got to let it go. >> now, t

you still have cory gardner in the national republican senatorial committee opposing roy moore. the rnc followed the president's lead no doubt about it but most republicans still very uncomfortable with this candidacy. >> i think we've mentioned in the segment, there are a few bills being kicked around on the hill that want to address sexual harassment on the hill specifically and the process of making claims. has anyone gotten any indication that the president is interested in signing a bill like that if it came to his desk? >> he certainly hasn't indicated that he thinks that this is a moment that he wants to capitalize on by signing a piece of legislation. that being said, as he prepares to go down and campaign essentially for roy moore today. >> right. >> i do think it will be tremendously difficult and he may, in fact, be put in a position of having a veto overwritten if he refused to sign a bill like this. in the end i think it's a -- this is the sort of legislation that he would be likely to sign even begrudgingly so if legislation does make it to his desk. >> yeah. harke

and colorado's cory gardner, roy moore will never have the support of the senatorial committee.won't support him, wolf. that's what phil's talking about. a lot of republicans have already created a very chilly atmosphere for this man. >> certainly have. could the senate actually, tom, refuse to seat him amid all of this controversy? or is it actually possible for him to be ejected? >> reporter: now it's down to the rules. under the rules, they must seat him, if he is legally elected. they have to swear him in. they could immediately launch an effort to investigate him and vote to throw him out. perfectly legal. it would take two-thirds of this chairman voting to throw him out, wolf. and this is an exceedingly rare thing. this happened back in the civil war, when more than a dozen democratic senators were thrown out for supporting the confederacy. it has not successfully happened since then, even though they've tried it many times, most recently with bob packwood and john ensign. they both stepped aside before the investigation was done and the process was complete. but here's th

. >> but moore -- colorado's cory gardner sticking to the position he laid out last month saying he beliefs moore's accusers and added if he refuses to with draw and wins the senator should vote to exp el him because he does not meet the ethical and moral requirements of the senate. many other republicans not thrilled with working side by side with moore. >> i still think it's unfortunate. we're going have a tough enough time in the coming years and being the party of roy moore is not going to help. >> i've learned long ago voters don't want to be told from washington who to vote for. i've made my position clear on mr. moore but it's not up me tore the president. it's up to the people of alabama. >> then this, digging in as a committed moore opponent. mitt romney tweeting. it would be a stain. no vote, no majority is worth losing our honor and integrity it. >> not not shying from a fight, moore responded either mitt romney has lost his courage or doesn't care about truth anymore. ironically the hashtag drain the swamp appearing on that. "the washington post" says doug jones up by 3 points w

. >> ben sass and cory gardner expressed condemn nation at different times as well. >> we will get healthblicans tried to repeal and replace obamacare and received insufficient support, removed the bill, regrouped and were left reeling after a repeat defeat. >> the motion is not agreed to. >> the most dramatic was john mccain. >> he promised to repeal and replace obamacare. they had no major legislative victory all year until december. a $1.5 trillion tax plan passed with a partial repeal of obamacare, handwritten edits and no democratic support. a white is you premist rally in charlottesville, virginia began with a torch-lit march around a confederate monument. one of the white supremacists rammed his car into a crowd, killing 32-year-old heather heyer. the president initially failed to call out the white supremacists. >> there is blame on both sides. >> strong conservatives condemned his response. >> what are trump did today was a moral disgrace. >> passionate demonstrations filled the streets and nationwide symbols were vandalized or officially removed. it was more than a catch phrase.

. >> my winner is cory gardner the senator from colorado who refuses to let the republican senate committeeallegations against him. he said roy moore will never have the support of this committee. good for somebody to do the right thing. my loser is gloria allred. misrepresented what was written in the year book. never seems to, to be interested in facts and could be a loser in anything public. >> bret: thanks. when we come back, notable quotables. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ for those who know what they're really building. always unstoppable. . . but i can tell you how you slept. i'm the new sleep number 360 smart bed. let's meet at a sleep number store. if yor crohn's symptoms are holding you back, and your current treatment hasn't worked well enough, it may be time for a change. ask your doctor about entyvio, the only biologic developed and approved just for uc and crohn's. entyvio works at the site of inflammation in the gi tract and is clinically proven to help many patients achieve both symptom relief and remission. infusion and serious allergic reactions can happen during or after treatment. entyvio may

the national republican senatorial committee's cory gardner. >> he's great. >> paul ryan.ls say. i'm not endorsing this guy. he doesn't belong in congress. that demonstrates a way in which republicans can navigate this thorny area. turnout is down across the board. there is a tsunami coming and republicans know it. >> what does it take, heidi, for republicans to understand that the tsunami is coming. but perhaps they want to get a little gut going and go with their gut like, perhaps, senator shelby did. >> it's impossible not to read this, when you look at those huge shifts, as a repudiation of trumpism. i also want to give credit where credit is due here. is there anyone among us who doesn't think that we wouldn't have a senator moore today if it hadn't been for these brave women who came forward and told their stories, who were on the stage there, as the results came in, crying with doug jones winning? and the free press, which helped them share those stories. i think this is a testament to those women, a testament to the first amendment and a testament to just how much

cory gardner is holding a line on that and the rnc has gotten back in the ring to back moore.eople are saying moore, while the voters will decide sort ofs answers to the questions and the very stern statements of he has noplace in the senate. jeff flake is the only person who is still very, very much saying i don't think there is any role he should be playing and writing checks to his opponent. mitch mcconnell criticized his candidacy and this is up to the people and they are bracing for what they think may actually be the next step. if roy moore does win, they committed to putting him before the ethics committee. they are going to neutral territory as the president is going all in for roy moore. that's a movement and a shift. >> the ethics process is not only establishment swampish, what happens if you succeed in that, you are back to the prospect of maybe we lose a seat. >> i don't know that they have the cuts to expel him to be honest. would they have if you have mcconnell talk about it's up to the voters. he wanted him to step aside and will they have the guts to expel him

cory gardner was out there to make it clear he doesn't believe roy moore belongs in the senate.e believes he should be expelled. this is a small, this is a sliver of republicans standing up to roy moore. we have seen mitch mcconnell say the voters are going to do whatever the voters are going to do. mimicking what donald trump is saying, but republicans are staking out a moral high ground, but it may get lonely. >> and we have more on this moment. here's what he had to say. >> we need a real culture change. we need to recognize this is a pervasive problem that women face, not just here in congress, but through every industry. and this really is a watershed moment and needs to lead to lasting and positive change. >> so you cover the hill, that's one thing to say this is a watershed moment, and it's another thing to do a watershed moment that is not necessary to make it a watershed moment. folks on the hill, what are they prepared to do? it seems case by case. >> it is, there's a process on the hill, but it is convoluted and secretive in terms of -- actually, filing the complaints

. >> cory gardner from colorado said the republican senate campaign committee was not going to get into the race. they were not going to support moore. the rnc broadly did but the senate campaign did not. that's a problem on day one. >> jesse: are you saying it becomes like a north carolina bathroom problem or people start pulling out of conferences, they start pulling out of the all-star game. >> juan: you get a lot of sports they wouldn't play. the come back to shelby, he technically would be the one who would lead roy moore down to swear him in. it ain't going to happen, i don't think. >> kimberly: jesse is more concerned about the launch of politics. whether or not he has a lunch buddy. >> jesse: it is going to be moore at one table. >> kimberly: i think that table is getting bigger. >> dana: bret and martha will update us throughout the night as the votes are counted. thanks to you both for joining us. >> jesse: it >> it was quite a . >> dana: the family of the accused manhattan subway bomber is outraged that law enforcement. wait until you hear this. next. >> greg: the family of y

the senator from colorado -- >> laura: cory gardner is like open borders, free markets. >> you are soh mcconnell is the senate majority leader. >> laura: ted kennedy and chris dodd who i actually like as a person, i mean, a lot of rolling around on the floor in the restaurant with 20 something -- let's be honest here. the democrats tethered themselves to democrats who were all over the place morally for years and held them up as the lions of the senate. the great lions. let alone someone who died in chappaquiddick. let's not talk about the moral barometer of the country. >> i can't believe that laura would sit here -- >> laura: i say prayers there every time i go. father, son and holy spirit. >> was that a 14-year-old girl. >> laura: is it a life? she's dead. i care to celebrate christmas this year. >> how about a 16-year-old who said -- come on, laura! >> laura: the democrats stood by a kennedy. right? dead. couldn't swim a mile across the chappaquiddick. >> is ted kennedy on the ballot? >> laura: he ran how many times. did you vote for him when he was running for president? >> no. l

close to throwing the senator out on expulsion, you have to go back to the civil war, senator cori gardnerd he will refer >> let's talk about tax reform. state and local taxes which affects all of us living in this area, do you think republicans will come around and dave i want to ask you do you think then maybe democrats could support this tax plan but yes, you'll get a bill. here want i predict. at tough one, they can't do this bill with republican votes, ryan and mcconnell and trump say you can. i'll stick to what i said in the beginning, the only way to do this sadly is with democratic votes, that i have to reach out to bernie sanders and nancy pilosi, i think overall we got the to get corporate tax cut through they will end up sacking the bracket on personal income tax side >> you don't think, 22% >> i think they will get 20% on corporate. you might get it down to 18 depending on what kind of -- how much >> i don't think anybody talking about 18 >> depends. >> i haven't heard that. >> you hear the sticking point is the state and local deductions, do you think that could bring democrat

senator cory gardner from my home state of colorado here, who's head of the senate committee if he's elected, he should be excelled. senator ryan. senator shelby, just last night or the last couple of days was very significant when he said alabama deserves better. nikki haley commended the courage of the women. and then ivanka trump who said there's a special place in hell for people like roy moore. and on this one, don, i'm with her. >> i have to ask you, mark, because not all of those people, and some of them have stood firm, as you said, but some of them have also said, well, but the people of alabama, the voters of alabama should make the final decision here. some have said flat out step aside. >> well, that's the convenient shift to not take a firm position. say, it's local control. let the local people speak. but that's just a fade. that's why i commend the people who stood firm and not taken that easy position, as others have, because i really think that if he's elected -- i think if he's elected, he's not going to get expelled. i think the republicans are going to fold and th

that is why you see people like cory gardner and others saying that he is not their candidate. they are not supporting him. if somehow he came through this, there is the ethics committee for an investigation. >> how much in all honesty is this sudden push this week, a successful push to get al franken to resign? was it about allowing the democratic party in the senate to climb back on the moral high ground in anticipation of roy moore likely being elected to the u.s. senate next week and being able to from your perspective politically and in a pure way go after republicans for that? >> i see it in a different way because this settled into an ethics investigation. senator isaacson and the senator who chaired the committee publicly stated in a press release this was in an ethics investigation in the franken cases. that's where it was going to be going into the moore and doug jones election. instead additional allegations came forward and that started this cascade of cries for resignation and ultimately senator franken as he said decided he couldn't keep serving our state in the w

and cory gardner have made clear. >> we have also learned that vice president, mike pence will soon best at the presidents request. vice president will meet with the leaders of israel as well as palestinian leaders to try and talk about the us decision to relocate the embassy to jerusalem last week as well as trying to work towards achieving that ever elusive peace deal. and he will go to a more wintry washington. it should be arriving back at the white house sometime between seven or 8 o'clock. maybe a little later. quick update. palestinian authority has said they will not meet with the vice president mike pence. in fact the office has issued a statement saying that he will meet with leaders including the addition presidents. and he regrets he says that they decided because of this decision not to meet with him. but still on. >> thank you for the update. >> if i do not know better i did not think there is anyone running against me because you do not see roy moore out anywhere! >> with just two days until a special alabama senate election, attorney general, jeff sessions latest polls

colorado's cory gardner specking to t sticking to his position.e believes moore's accusers, if he refuses to with draw he should be expelled. >> many other republican senators not thrilled with the idea of working side by hide with moore. >> i still think it's unfortunate. we're going to have a tough enough time in the coming years, and being the party of roy moore is not going to help. >> i've learned long ago that voters don't want to be told from washington who to vote for. i've made my position clear on mr. moore, but, again, it's not up to me or the president. it's up to the people of alabama. >> roy moore in the u.s. senate would be a stain on the gop and on the nation. the leigh corfman and others are victims. >> move fought back. either mitt romney has lost his courage or doesn't care about truth anymore. polls showing a dead heat race. washington post has moore's democratic opponent doug jones up by three points. >> the president said to attend the opening of the mississippi civil rights museum, which mean's he will be in two states borde

. >> judge moore, senator cory gardner said as soon as you get to the senate, he wants you expelled.at will you do? >> we will take this up when we get to the senate. >> we take those problems up when we get to the senate when we win. >> i am joined now by nbc news' vaughan hilliard, he is outside where row moore is holding his election party, vaughan, you were here for weeks. you seen the ebbs and flows, you got a batchful of voters you have been talking back and talking to. have you seen any change in sentiment over the last 48 hours? >> reporter: i think, chuck, be pointed out is high turnout across the state. not only are we getting high turnout throughout these counties, but there is suggestions that we seen numbers outpaced general elections here in the state in the rural county, roy moore is bank on republicans coming out, turning the vote. the interesting things we will be looking at, chuck, is those /l counties the question is whether republicans will come out to vote at all or sit home hesitant to vote for unalleged pedophile and unwilling to vote for a democrat doug jones

remain in office until november, working with republican senators john mccain, ben sasse, and cory gardnero have expressed condemnation of trump at different times as well. >> we're going to get a health bill passed. we're going to get health care taken care of in this country. >> reporter: republicans tried to repeal and replace obamacare. received insufficient support. removed the bill. regrouped and were left reeling after repeat defeats. >> the motion is not agreed to. >> reporter: the most dramatic courtesy of republican john mccain. >> we promised to repeal and replace obamacare and we failed. >> reporter: the gop had no major legislative victory all year until december. >> merry christmas, america. >> reporter: a $1.5 trillion gop tax plan passed with a partial repeal of obamacare, handwritten et cetera, and absolutely no democratic support. a white supremacist rally in charlottesville, virginia began way torch-lit march around a confederate monument. one of these white supremacists rammed his car into a crowd, killing 32-year-old heather heyer. the president initially failed to cal

cory gardner can say, no, the senatorial committee is not an arm of the administration.nd we're not supporting the senatorial candidate. so that again plays up to jeremy's point, this friction within the party. >> they were saying again today, i do not support roy moore. i do not think he should be the representative of our party and she's thinking carefully about all those female voters in the suburbs of northern virginia who have to make a choice this time next year about who they're going to support and it doesn't behoove her to come out in support of roy moore. >> she's in a difficult position. >>> i want to bring in former alabama governor don siegelman. he was the last democrat to hold that office in the state. governor, last time you were here, you says it was anyone's guess how this ends. that's probably still true but where do you put the state of this race tonight? >> i can tell you who is going to win this race. >> tell us. >> women. women. women in alabama throughout america and even throughout the world have been toucheded, not by stars falling on alabama bu

. >> mark, can you understand why cory gardner and the senator from colorado think roy moore ultimately if it's in the republican hands, it will do damage to the republican brand? >> well, many people have said these are very troubling allegations. and many asked for judge moore to leave the race after they first surfaced. he did not do so, which really there's nothing we can do to force him to be able to do that. but what we're seeing is really playing out on a policy level for all of the voters in alabama. and we're seeing it, if you can't have a candidate to win enough votes to take a very difficult situation in this case, you have to work on the overall message and strategy. >> mark just highlighted and i don't think he realized he highlighted it. republicans right now, donald trump and everyone from top down are putting policy over the moral fabric of the economy. what does the republican party stand for? more specifically, what do white evangelicals in the country and throughout the south stand for when you can turn a blind eye to someone charged credibly with p pedophilia and pre

will remain in office until november working with republican senators john mccain, ben sasse, and cory gardnerl get health care passed, we'll get health care taken care of in this country. >> reporter: republicans tried to repeal and replace obamacare, received insufficient, removed the bill, regrouped, and were left reeling after repeat defeats. >> the motion is not agreed to. >> reporter: the most dramatic courtesy of john mccain. >> we promised and failed. >> reporter: the gop had no major legislative victory all year until december. >> merry christmas, america. >> reporter: a $1.5 trillion gop tax plan passed with a partial repeal of obamacare, handwritten edits, and absolutely no democratic support. a white supremacist rally in charlottesville, virginia, began with a torching of a monument. one white supremacist ran his car into a crowd, killing 32-year-old heather heyer. the president failed to call out the white supremacists. >> i think there's blame on both sides -- >> reporter: even strong conservatives condemned his response. >> what trump did today was a moral disgrace. >> reporter:

. >> it doesn't represent me, i don't think it represents republican women as well and cory gardner. >> so what is the problem for republicans if he wins or if he loses? >> i think this is the lulu's. i would love to have a republican vote in the senate. i would hate to lose a seat but there were other things that come into play. and the thing is fundamentally and i say it an opinion, and about i am very uncomfortable with 30-year-old men with young teenagers. it's as simple as that. it doesn't get more complicated. i don't put politics into it. i don't put vote counts it as much as i want to win a vote for capitol hill. it's a moral equation. having said that and i wish he had dropped out. if he wins, i think republicans cannot unseat him. he cannot throw him out. because this is now been adjudicated by the people of alabama. and they know the facts, is on last-minute surprise. if they have all these matters to consider and i hope that's my opinion. it's up to the people of alabama. but i do like this at all for the future republicans. >> harris: i'm just marveling at how you condem

. >> roy moore, if he wins, you reference the nrc, the head of that campaign committee, cory gardner of colorado, your companion there, he wants to see a tax on voting expulsion. where are you on this? >> i think the constitution requires us to, a, if he wins, and still an if he wins, if he wins we'll have to seat him and there will immediately be an ethics investigation. we'll have a greater opportunity to look into all the issues, the allegations and perhaps even talk with some of the folks who are witnesses. that will give us a clear picture. i've always said that so far as far as i can tell, the allegations are significantly stronger than the denial, and i'm going to let my decision be made by the breadth of information and evidence i'm able to review during that process. >> there is a few campaign elements being used here. doug jones is trying to fire up african-american voters, and he has this mailer out, and i know you don't have a tv screen in front of you but i'm going to describe it to you. it's an african-american male with a skeptical look on his face and it says this. th

. >> cory gardner, and i'll say, if he wins, i'll go ahead and unseat him. clear message this guy does not belong in the senate. >> he has said he doesn't belong in the senate. >> follow that through with a commitment to action. if he wins he will support not only putting it before the ethics committee, but not seating him. >> the clearest way to expel someone is go to the ethics committee and get a clear finding of what's come out in this election which is, of course, very troubling. >> we'll take a quick break. continue this discussion ahead. also ahead, more charges could be coming against campaign figures indicted in the mueller investigation. the latest when we continue. you can do it. we can do this. at fidelity, our online planning tools are clear and straightforward so you can plan for retirement while saving for the things you want to do today. -whoo! aleve direct therapy. the only remote controlled tens device that's drug free, wire free for deep penetrating lower back pain relief. and now get aleve direct therapy. available at walmart. sarah destr

and in particular between republican leadership in the senate and mitch mcconnell and cory gardner, thed the president of the united states. and that's not going to change when roy moore gets to washington. but one question that a lot of people are going to be asking is do these republicans like mitch mcconnell who called for moore to drop out of the race, called for him to be expelled from the senate if he won the race and were seated, are they going to stick by what they said previously? or are they going to say, well, voters voted, we respect the voters in alabama and the choice that they made and we need his vote on important policy issues. that's an open question. we'll have to see how republicans react, if he actually wins. >> and david swerdlick, the former president, barack obama, he did a robo call for the democratic candidate, doug jones. how much of an impact could that have? that obama robo call? >> and just real quick, wolf, on that trump robo call, right, he talked about eight years of the obama disaster. talked about a five-point drop in unemployment. 150% increase in the

cory gardner, the head of the senate campaign arms, said they would never endorse roy moore and stood steadfastly against him. he was certainly not looking forward to a 2018 in which all of the senators up for reelection had to distance themselves from roy moore, but not too much. it was going to be this awkward, horrible dance they were all joined up to go through. they would have to answer for his comments constantly. yeah, i think there's probably a sigh of relief going on here for a lot of people. it certainly makes it harder for the priorities and sends a really bad message for them about a wave coming against them and 2018, but at the same time, on a day-to-day basis, i think their lives just got easier. amy: it is astounding 63% of white women voters voted for roy moore. tarana burke is the founder of -- me too movement, quoted partf her tweet -- hopope e nineneomen who accud roy moore feel some vindication tonht. ee worldld heardou. we believed you. #metoo." but 63% of white women voters in .labama did vote for roy moore but this astounding 98% of black women voters voting for

. >> senator cory gardner said as soon as you get to the senate, he wants you expelled. what would you do? >> we'll take it up when we get to the senate. i think they should go out and vote. we have a tremendous turnout. the nation is watching this. we have international people from overseas, different nations here today. this is a very important day for our country, our state and for the future. >> are you prepared to face an ethics committee? >> we can take those problems up when we get to the senate when we win. >> judge, what do you say to those who accuse you -- mrs. moore, what's the last month been like for you? >> well, you saw it. judge moore, kayla moore -- former judge, i should say, because he was twice taken down by the people of alabama, speaking of alabama voters, for what he did as a supreme court justice there. jackie speiers, sorry for that. >> that's all right. >> let's talk about election day and the calls for the president to now face allegations into his past. he would certainly argue that the. he would say it was all done in 2016 and can be dealt w

. >> senator cory gardner, republican from colorado, already asked him to join the republican caucus. any chance of that happening? >> i don't think that is going to happen but i do think he'll join some, you know, caucus to bring people together. >> joe trippi, this is quite a feather in your cap, as well. congratulations.oe >> a lot of good people worked on it. it was a great team. i am proud to have been a part of it, really, it was amazing. >> go to see you. safe travels. shannon, back to you. >> shannon: doug mckelway live with the doug jones campaign on a winning night for them. with that win, the balance of power in the senate gets even tighter for republicans, 49 democrats, what happens now? tax reform, they'll probably get that done.? but let's break it on the fox news politics editor chris stirewalt.at good to see you tonight on a busy night, sir. i want to read the president's tweet that we just got and he says, "congratulations to doug jones on a hard-fought victory. the write-in votes played a very big factor. a win is a win. and therepublicans will have a shot and anothe

. >> what's interesting -- a chairman, cory gardner is already saying that he hopes doug jones will do right thing and just start voting with the republicans in the senate. we have no indication that that would actually happen, but he's trying. >> laura: that's funny. peter, thanks so much. fox news -- the anti-trump texts by peter strzok that led to his ousting from the bob mueller special council team. two heavy hitters weigh in on that. we will talk to dershowitz and ken starr, stay with us. your insurance company won't replace the full value of your totaled new car. the guy says, "you picked the wrong insurance plan." no, i picked the wrong insurance company. with new car replacement™, we'll replace the full value of your car plus depreciation. liberty mutual insurance. ♪ let out your inner child at the lexus december to remember sales event. lease the 2018 nx 300 for $319 a month for 36 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. >> laura: okay, is it time for an investigation of the investigation? bob mueller's team is looking pretty tainted among these revelations about bru

i blame two people, cory gardner and mitch mcconnell pulled the money out. the primaries are a race where the fight in the primary can be amongst candidates. luther strange was backed by mitch mcconnell and donald trump. once he lost -- by the way, they spent a lot of money to beat mo brooks. once he lost, they should have backed roy moore. >> whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. so you're in the camp where you're okay with a child molester in the senate? >> well, no. i think you said to say alleged child molester. what i said was five weeks before an election, bill kristol knows from campaigns that they throw everything they have at a guy. what i said was get through the election and back the republican and then go and do the ethics committee and find out -- i don't have any reason to know if the women were telling the truth. >> oh, come on, come on, all these women made this up? >> sir, there were 30 people who corroborated their stories. it's absurd. it was excellent reporting and it's true. anyway, the voters spoke and the voters said what they were going to say. >>

the chairman of that committee, senator cory gardner, says that he should be expelled if he wins thell has said that he would face an ethics investigation. if he wins there is no guarantee that he would be allowed to stick around. they do have to seat him under the constitution. i think a lot of republicans think that he should step aside. they called it a mistake for the rnc to support the campaign. flake, the senator from arizona, donated $100 to doug , to show howmocrat disgusted he is with this latest by the the president. to clarify, here, senator mcconnell saying with regard to al franken that he does not keep -- does not believe that he can effectively serve the people of minnesota any longer. talk about the bench that minnesota has when it comes to replacing senator franken. it's a: -- steven: democratic state, democratic governor. maybe he could name the attorney up there. but i think we are just starting to hear some names. tim valenti used to be the governor of that state. there could be some names on the .epublican side as well i think it's going to take a few more hours