doug jones 48.6%. it's only a 12,000 vote difference right now. 78% of the vote is in. >> and the write ins climbing up. again that brings the line you need for victory down some, and so i just want to check to see how we're doing as we're talking these numbers are going up. 85% there. still some more votes. 12,000 vets. as you get to that point right now, look, it's -- >> what about those three counties where no votes have yet been counted? are they democratic counties traditionally or republican counties? >> very interesting. >> let's go back in time to see how it did before. >> if you go back to 2012 roy moore race for chief justice very competitive but the democrat won it in a tie. it's a traditionally republican county. >> so that's one county. >> let's go back to 2017 and come out the big one in terms of dallas county, which st. selma. if you're in jones headquarters, you're thinking this is great for us. and you look over here, again a much smaller county. but truzditionally part of that black b

doug jones the winner in this race. surprising turn of events based on the results this evening could walk us through what you think happened. not that surprising if you've been on the ground in alabama. being there for the past week i got the sense from my reporting this candidate doug jones was rallying traditional democratic voters especially african-american voters in places like terming hammon huntsville and montgomery. he builds a new coalition and in spite of the president's support for roy moore and his controversies you had republicans and democrats turn out in a regular place tonight to support the jones. it's a seismic victory to win a senate seat in the deep south and to bring a 52 seat republican majority to 51 seats is a major political event. >> having been in alabama over the last week or so getting beyond the strategy by the progress they looked at this race that the "washington post" wrote the story in early november. how does that change the dynamics for democrats and for doug jones in particular? for

doug jones 48.1 i.flipped even as we were speaking. >> he's one place, we went up to 5% here. got much closer. in madison county. this is a key swing county. this could go back and forth tonight. for a democrat to be in play you want to keep this blue. it's blue at the moment but because roy moore narrowed the margin there, we're up to 12% here. we have a lot of accounting to do. most of this area that's empty, this will be blue, should be blue across here. motivate up here and down here should be in a normal alabama race would be red. judge moore has growth to be had. when we get in the urban areas we're still at 4% here. can doug jones keep anything hike those margins because it's here in tuscaloosa, more importantly here in jefferson county. then down to montgomery county and then mobile county and the southwestern part of the state where the people are. you have the urban areas and then the suburbs. that will decide it. 50 to 48. >> not eastern a thousand votes difference. let's go to jake and dana.

doug jones deserved to win that race last night. he's a fine man, was an excellent candidate, and is going to make an outstanding senator for the people of alabama. i congratulate senator-elect jones and look forward to welcoming him to this chamber and our caucus. two additional points in regard to the election that has a link to the chamber here. first, the election of a democrat in such a conservative state that hadn't elected a democrat since 199 -- that hadn't had a democratic senator since 1996 elected one in 1990, i guess, is a clarion call for bipartisanship. the american people are clamoring for us to work together, to -- and once again conduct our politics with civility, decency, and an eye to compromise. that's what doug jones represented as a candidate. it's what he campaigned on, and his election should signal to all my republican colleagues that the american people from the deepest red states to the deepest blue states yearn for our politics to function again in a bipartisan way. the election of the democrat in such a c

to doug jones' 46.8%.ain, 37% of the vote is in. jake, i'm sure they're pretty excited over there at roy moore headquarters, but it's still not done by in means. >> nothing's done. we don't know what the result will be. we should know alabama has a long history of defiance and appreciating defiant politicians. let's go to the headquarters of the moore campaign. is the mood improving at all there? >> reporter: the mood is really good here, jake. they're feeling very confident in these numbers that are coming in, even though it's still early. we are already saw roy moore, the candidate, arrive her here in the room where i'm standing just minutes ago. lots of applause. he was introduced, came through the front of the room and shook hands, was taking photos, and then he left the room. we're told by his chief political strategist dean young that he arrived a short while ag ago. he was downstairs in what they call the war room where they're looking at projection models. he was in a stoic mood we're told. officia

it was more pro-doug jones.dy not just representing and fighting for democrats but fighting for all alabamians. and doug jones represented the best of that. >> what about the potential embarrassment of having a man who allegedly preyed on teenage girls in his 30s as a senator? do you think that motivated people to take a stand? >> don, honestly, i think you have to go deeper than that. we have to remember roy moore wasn't kicked off the supreme court of alabama once. he was kicked off the supreme court of alabama twice as an elected officials. here's a person who can't up hold the constitution or the laws of alabama or the united states of america. why we as alabamians give him a third chance? >> what do you want the president of the united states to take away from this win? i'm sure you may have seen his tweet. he said congratulations to doug jones and went onto say that republicans will have another shot at the seat in another short period of time, it never ends. what do you want the president to take away fro

i'm proud to be pro doug jones. not only what he represents for alabamans and how we move our country forward for fighting for what's right in our country, doug yoens is the right guy to do it. >> congratulations on your win as mayor. thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. >> anderson, back to you. >> back now with the panel. did democrats, particularly national democrats, take this race seriously enough early enough? >> yes. and i think they took it seriously enough to say, let us not go near that state at all because if we go into that state, we're really going to screw things up. up to the point you saw doug jones, the democrat, basically feigning ignorance on whether barack obama had cut a robocall for him. later we find out that joe biden did. the robocalls are very important and very well could help doug jones win. you have barack obama trying to get out the african-american and the younger voters. joe biden came out of nowhere. the unions are very big in alabama. trial lawyers are very big in alab

and the women at 57% go for doug jones. 56% of men go for roy moore. and the winner is doug jones. let's go inside that women's vote for a moment here. and look at the, we can see within white women and black women, in white women, jones lost white women, 34-63. black women jones won 98-2. so maria theresa, on what ron was just saying, it is very clearly the women and you could say specifically, the black women who delivered this election. >> yeah, absolutely. and what you're seeing is this is what happens when you actually use the opportunity to build the infrastructure and do the hard work, which is back to basics, talking to voters, -- they are the ones that are going to change the country. not only did he point out the black voters but talked about the youth voters, recognizing that our country right now, donald trump's election was based on generational lines, and that is only going to get deeper. and as you start moving more toward the west coast you have a younger generation of young voters and african-americans and latinos coming of age who just do not like this president. t

doug jones is the u.s. attorney that prosecuted the clansman for decades got away with the 16th street baptist church bombing. some of the signs for doug jones in the senate race lists civil rights champion under his name in the seat he's running for like that's his occupation. doug jones civil rights champion vote december 12th. doug jones is white, running as a civil rights champion and got a gbackground to back it up and the biggest proportion are african american voters. one of the wild cards in this race that makes it particularly hard to extrapolate to get a beat on what might happen tonight, one of the wild cards, alabama put into place a new photo id law that went into effect after the supreme court could no longer stop them from doing things like this. it's estimate that over 100,000 registered voters in alabama now no longer have the kind of documentation they legally have to show in order to vote because of that photo i.d. law. black and latino alabamaens are twice as likely than whites to not ha

and the women at 57% go for doug jones. 56% of men go for roy moore. and the winner is doug jones. inside that women's vote for a moment here. and look at the, we can see within white women and black women, in white women, jones lost white women, 34-63. black women jones won 98-2. so maria theresa, on what ron was just saying, it is very clearly the women and you could say specifically, the black women who delivered this election. >> yeah, absolutely. and what you're seeing is this is what happens when you actually use the opportunity to build the infrastructure and do the hard work, which is back to basics, talking to voters, making very clear that three are the on -- they are the ones that are going to change the country. not only did he point out the black voters but talked about the youth voters, recognizing that our country right now, donald trump's election was based on generational lines, and that is only going to get deeper. and as you start moving more toward the west coast you have a younger generation of young voters and african-americans and latinos coming of age who ju

doug jones is going to be there. and he sounds like the kind of southern senator, southern democratic senator, who could win re-election. >> yeah. the kind of democratic southern democrat that used to exist. republicans up north. but i think one of the best things that doug jones said talking since being elected is i hope it turns alabama into a two-party state and benefits the voters of actual competition. one other thing i think is so key about this. donald trump's special form of magic, the special set of skills he seems to have only work for him. it's very clear that other people can't run this way and say offensive things and racist things and anti-semitic things. he claimed that mitt romney skipped out on vietnam. 37,000 mormons in alabama. you think they heard that? about time the republicans learned they have to run a different way to be successful. >> let's listen to what doug jones had to say about the phone calls he received, some of them are pretty surprising. >> i have received calls from so many well wi

as an alabamian, as somebody who helped deliver the state to doug jones. what do you want president trump to take away from this evening? >> well, this is a wake-up call for democrats. democrats, i told mr. jones this, and i love doug, they've taken the black vote and the poor vote for granted for a long time. it's time for them to get off their ass and start making life better for black folks and people who are poor. they've always had our votes and they have abused our votes and this is a wake-up call. we got to -- in a great position now. this is a wake-up call for democrat the to do better for black people and poor white people. >> all right, charles barkley. formerly of the phoenix suns and of course a philadelphia 76ers. thank you so much. it's always a pleasure to talk to you. a strong message there for the democratic party from charles barkley. i want to go to kaitlyn collins now who is at moore headquarters in montgomery, alabama. what is the mood there? how are they reacting? what do they think went wrong other than, of course, the obvious? >> rep

it looks like doug jones is ahead sufficiently.. this is the deepest of red states. this is republican territory through and through. this is where donald trump beat hillary clinton by a massive margin at the last general election. no democrat has a senate seat here in more than a quarter of a century. not sincejimmy carter since 1976. they have no statewide offices. here is doug jones, a pro—choice democrat, a pro— gay rights democrat, all of those issues should thoroughly disqualify him in political terms from winning office in alabama, and it looks like he has come through and beaten this firebrand, a smaller version of donald trump and his form of republicanism, beating roy moore into second place. this will send enormous shock waves, notjust into second place. this will send enormous shock waves, not just a alabama, but washington and the rest of the country. it means donald trump has the slimmest possible of margins in the united states senate. he is down to 51 against a9. that means his tax reform bill, his tax cuts, future

doug jones is a fighter for equality, for progress. doug will be our champion for justice. get out and vote bama. i want to begin with alex at the jones rally in birmingham. i'm going to start with kayleigh at the roy moore rally there. this is the first time we've seen roy moore in nearly a week, and really everything is on the line for him tonight. >> he's going to open us up in prayer. >> reporter: that's right, this event has been promoted as the drain the swamp rally, if you can see the signage behind me, that's the message this campaign wants to resonate. as they walk past the literal swamp this campaign has built with fake alligators. they'll walk into this barn and hear the rhetoric, i'm told the plan is for moore to ask the voters of bama to stand with him, to make america great again, and to stand up with him against judicial tyranny. now, he will make the case that he is better equipped than anyone else to work with donald trump to achieve his agenda. to ensure that conservative judges are appointed to the united states supreme court. moore will acknowledge that h

republicans, especially republican women, republican business people, that may be in doug jones' viewd, can be shamed into not voting for roy moore. where are you looking for them? >> doug's had a 67-county strategy. i have known doug for 20 years. doug has tremendous respect, not only in jefferson county, which is metropolitan birmingham, but across the state. they know doug has been a fighter for alabamians. he's about kitchen table issues. about economic development, about preserving access to health care, and that's why i think it's really important, the key for tonight is for doug to do well in places like birmingham, huntsville, the black belt, and then he's got, because he's had a 67-county strategy, you know, places where hillary clinton got shellacked, doug, i think, can hold his own because we have been organizing everywhere. our investments have been all across the state, and doug has built a ground game that is indeed a 67-county ground game. >> i brought this up to jake's point, which is if you get the african-american vote, that gets you in play, but you need some of the

president trump claims he knew moore would lose but he did post a rare tweet congratulating doug jonesll roy moore refuses to concede even though jones is clearly the winner. >> how clear is it? let's bring in alabama secretary of state, john merrill. thank you for joining us, sir. we know you had a long night. is it over? >> chris, i know a lot of people would say it's never over until it's over but the margin of victory for doug jones at this time looks like a difficult amount of votes to overcome as the remaining votes out there to be counted next week begin to be considered at the local level. >> what is the actual rule? i know that the state has standards for automatic recount verses an optional recount. what are the rules? >> yes, sir. chris, the recount cannot occur until after the certification occurs and that will occur sometime between the 26th of december but no later than the 3rd of january. if the margin between the two candidates is less than half of 1% an automatic kick-in provision -- an automatic provision will kick in, and an on demand recount is available. >> you hav

is doug jones a one term senator? does this represent some kind of a seat change in alabama politics? >> [laughs]na we'll see. i think it will get down to how can he work across party lines, can he work with senator shelby to get things done? if he can, i think this state will like this. that is what they wanted by electing him. certainly that is what he will try to do. washington is a tough place to do that. h h no one is kidding themselves. >> 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 th

what tilted, eric, this race to doug jones? : christine, the biggest factor was huge african american turnout. this was a big focus of the jones campaign and cnn's exit polls found that 30% of the electorate was black. now, that's a higher share of the electorate than president obama got in 2008 and 2012. so that was a big factor. the jones campaign had brought in john lewis, the georgia congressman and civil rights icon, corey booker, the new jersey center. charles barkley, the former auburn university and nba basketball store and other african american leaders to really get out the vote in key urban areas in the final days and weeks and it turned out to work. another focus of the jones campaign was suburbanites. they ended up getting just enough and that could be a recipe for success for democrats in the 2018 midterms. we've seen this now in a couple of elections in virginia and now alabama. so it could be a way that democrats could win elsewhere on the map next year. now, the other factor here is that roy moore was a uniquely

you started to see montgomery county still out there, it started to look better and better for doug jones. i had friends in the political business texting me saying it was looking better and better for jones and i can't sure whether to believe it. it seemed so unlikely. al bammer is whiter than the country as a whole. it's about 66% as a whole and the country is about 61%. they need a super surge of black voters. doug jones rolled like a perfect seven. he got a super surge of black voters, about 30% of the electorate when they are 30% of the population. they really showed up. >> that was amazing to see. a 50-50 split in his victory coalition of black and white. that's wonderful and i love what he said about unity. i have to you it's my religion that the democratic party be a combination of the two races. it's great to have a solid victory in the black belt in that part of the country. we have the cotton country. michael steel, i wanted him to join us because he is my friend and he's a republican, but certainly no roy moore republican. >> no. >> if that is even the right phrase to use. >>

young people characterized as 45 or undergoing for doug jones.ple show you have that is going to be a big boon for the democrats. neil: very interesting. it's all about whose voters from more jazzed. lee carter and kennedy. noelle, you told me over the year, those voters who are more excited about their candidate or cause will walk over broken glass to make their point. who is in this case? >> this this is a horrible situation to be in for a g.o.p. and alabama and i've said it before but i'm really irritated at governor ivy ivy. this is -- she did it by not stepping in and she actually has the nerve to say i hope i don't get in trouble for speaking out about this because i am a g.o.p. fund-raiser indicted to work with races. she said she actually, she's also let it be in some of the victims statements but yet was going to go ahead and let the alabama voters carry this through. it wouldn't be this way of steve bannon didn't create the movement to challenge luther strange in a stronghold red state. >> was she aware of these allegations? stu: this w

we begin today's show in alabama, where in a stunning upset, democrat doug jones defeated republican roy moore in the controversial race to fill the alabama senate seat left vacant by attorney general jeff sessions. with 100% of the vote tallied, jones led moore by nearly 21,000 votes, a margin of 1.5 -- 1.5%. jones addressed supporters in a victory speech tuesday night. >> at the end of the day, this entire race has been about dignity and respect. this campaign has been about the rule of law. this campaign -- [applause] this campaign has been about common courtesy and decency, and making sure everyone in this state, regardless of which zip code you live in, is going to get a fair shake. amy: doug jones' victory marks the first time in 25 years that a democrat has won a u.s. senate race in alabama. tuesday's special election was highly controversial, getting doug jones against roy moore -- an accused pedophile with a long history of racism, sexism, homophobia, and islamophobia. roy moore has so far refused to concede the race and on tuesday night called for a recount. but president do

doug jones turning deep red alabama blue with a stunning win over republican roy moore in last night's high stakes senate race. jones taking 49.9% of the vote, 1.5 votes ahead of moore who could not overcome sexual misconduct allegations that plagued him from the outset. >> alabama has been at cross roads. we have been at cross roads in the past, and unfortunately we have usually taken the wrong fork. tonight, ladies and gentlemen, you took the right road. as dr. king liked to quote, the moral ark of the universe is long but it bends towards justice. >> moore quoted scripture as he talked to his supporters. he refused to concede telling his supporters it's not over and it's going to take some time. his campaign insitsing a recount is possible. but the alabama state republican party says it is over, and the alabama secretary of state says it is highly unlikely the outcome will change. erica, what tilted this race to doug jones? >> yeah, a big part of why doug jones won was absolutely huge turnout from african-american voters. black voters made up 30% of the electorate. according to the

turnout won it for doug jones. race. >>> i'm killing time to see if we have an update. we do. jones has pulled within 3,000 votes. it's a small dump of votes that came in, but jones has moved within 1400 votes of roy moore. >> wow. that's a high school. >> we got another -- jones has taken the lead. the margin that was 817 votes. to reset with 87% of the vote counted, the democrat doug jones is now taking the lead. >> that was moment by moment last night with the rage, steve kornacki, and that was the turning point. >> you saw in the video why they call him the rage. >> the board of rage. >> we'll talk about the winning coalition for doug jones last night. we're make in mar c morial. "morning joe" is coming right back. bp is taking safety to new heights. using drones and robots offshore so engineers can stop potential problems before they start. because safety is never being satisfied and always working to be better. a wealth of information. a wealth of perspective. ♪ a wealth of opportunities. that's the clarity y

it is doug jones a one term senator? does this represent some kind of a seat change in alabama politics? >> [laughs] we'll see. i think it will get down to how can he work across party lines, can he work with senator shelby to get things done? if you can, i think this state will like this. that is what they wanted by electing him. certainly that is what he will try to do. washington is a tough place to do that. no one is getting themselves. >> 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. >> 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 come back to you. >> shannon: doug mckelway live with the doug jones campaign on her wedding night for the

it is doug jones a one term senator? does this represent some kind of a seat change in alabama politics? >> [laughs] we'll see. i think it will get down to how can he work across party lines, can he work with senator shelby to get things done? if you can, i think this state will like this. that is what they wanted by electing him. certainly that is what he will try to do. washington is a tough place to do that. no one is getting themselves. >> 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. >> 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 come back to you. >> shannon: doug mckelway live with the doug jones campaign on her wedding night for the

so congratulations to alabama's newest senator, doug jones.ongratulations, doug jones, who i assume is-- ( cheers and applause ) i guess he's one of those people in the picture. no, because, i mean, i'm not really sure what he looks like. ( laughter ) yeah, the truth is, in this race, no one really paid attention to doug jones. the only question was who was alabama going to choose-- an accused pedophile or a person allowed to baby sit? that was the only choice. ( laughter ) and you know what, you may not know doug jones, but after seeing how gracious and inclusive he was in victory, you can see why people like him. >> the african american community, thank you! ( cheers and applause ) my friends in the latino community, thank you! ( cheers and applause ) to all my jewish friends, happy hanukkah! ( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: oh, wow. doug jones is so nice, he even thanked the seven jewish people in alabama. i like that. i like that. well, this was so great to see a man, doug jones, surrounded by all that love. although, i will say, you hav

doug jones. but what does that mean? i really don't know, rich administrate. because the steatz is so complex from the rural areas to the suburbs with more flunlt white women that doug jones is going to rely on to turnover, but also the democratic turnout. there's not much of a reason for democrats in the state, at least in terms of having a competitive race to go out there and be a part of in the past, so is there a coalition enough for doug jones? i'm not sure. that's why this race, honestly in my opinion, could swing 15 points for roy moore or 15 points for doug jones. despite having conversations with voters over the last month, richard. >> it's a complex coalition that the democrat has to put together there. doug jones. vaughn hillyard, thank you. >>> and richard shelby says he already cast his ballot and it was not for judge moore. >> as a republican, i had to vote republican, i wanted to vote republican. i understand where the president's coming from. i understand we would like to retain t

doug jones is a spectacular candidate.sn't about right versus left, it's about right versus wrong. doug stands for everything that we should be fighting for. >>! here's the problem that strikes me if you're running the dnc, as you are. the democratic brand is not great in alabama. that's not a knock on the democratic party, just is the fact of the matterm÷ go in that state. what do you do when the democratic party brand is not great, but there's a huge amount of grass roots energy, a huge amount of grass roots fund-raising. you obviously want doug jones to win a race that as of the last six-$d™eeks looks possible. what do you do to help him win without tying up the national party in a way that hurts him? >p' do to helpurc+÷ candidates. that's what we did for doug. doug has a 67-county strategy. because not only does he have to win in birmingham and huntsville and mobile and montgomery and the bike belt, he has to hold his own in other counties. he can't get shellacked like prior democratic candidates got. we invested in or

i think doug jones spoke to that. there was a lot from his speech tonight, finding common ground, trying to work together across party lines and there's not a lot of that going on in washington. ing think people in alabama responded to that. >> you are not of the mind that it was the sexual harassment accusations. there were polls as far back as early summer that showed this was a dead heat. >> i'm not saying it didn't have anything to do that but we were down one point long before "the washington post" stories or any of these allegations came out. it certainly didn't help him. i mean, moore but moore has always had some trouble in the state. it worked against, almost against what people were looking for. he is seen as divisive, seen as controversial. they didn't want more of that. >> did you sense that moore was not ready for prime time? i recall a radio interview he did in early summer where the host asked him, what's your position on the dreamers. >> there was a lot of that.in i think people knew him for a long tim

i know you supported doug jones very fervently.nd what's the reaction you've seen in your state today? >> well, with i'm in awe of the state of alabama today. i am just so excited that alabamians across the state of alabama, both democrats, republicans, and independents alike, black, white, rich, poor, young, old, went out to show the rest of the country that we are the type of alabama that is an inclusive alabama and we have this coalition of folks that went across the state that worked together and got doug jones elected and i'm just excited to show the country that we are not what some people refer to as bama or backwoods, when they use that derogatory term. that we are that great state that is diverse and we're excited about the leadership of doug jones in the u.s. senate. >> well, tell me about that coalition and that diversity that you're talking about, the kind of effort that you saw last night. i mean, obviously, there was a lot of national interest. there was a lot of national money that came into this race. it's a race wi

doug jones won 40% of them.esn't sound like a big number but it's double what president obama did in 2012, the last time we had a good exit poll and among those college white women it was up to 45%. that was enough to overcome what we could call the trump coalition of older rural blue collar and evangelical whites and there was a little erosion there. finally, the trump factor. you know, over the last 20 years the votes in congressional elections have tracked how people feel about the president. 87% of the people who disapproved of trump voted democratic in virginia. that's what we've been seeing over the last 20 years, the relationship is holding under president trump and that's bad news for republicans who will be running in places in 2018 particularly in the house where he's less popular considerably than he was in alabama. >> ron has the numbers to show what happened last night. the new york papers, they just have one pohorse to sum up what happened. but this isn't just front page news here in new york or in

and i voted for doug jones. and i think that the problem is there are so many women that has -- i'm sorry. so many women that have low self-esteem, and they don't understand what it means for a man to come on to them, try to make passes at them. and they accept it. but i was raised that, you know, you don't have to accept anybody violating you. and i believe these women. i believe the women that said that he did -- that roy moore had violated them. and i believe the women that said donald trump had done it. the women are coming out now. they have been empowered. they are coming out, and they are making it known. there should never be a statute of limitation on a woman being able to come forward -- [ inaudible ] because of the fact that it takes them years for this to soak into them and to know that they cannot live with this forever. so it probably would take 20 or 30 or 40 years before you can come out with somebody trying to molest you or coming on to you in a negative way. so -- >> virginia, you mentioned the

doug jones is pro-abortion. weak on crime. military and illegal imglad. bad for gun owners and veterans. and against the wall, jones is a pelosi puppet. roy moore will always vote with us. vote roy moore. now, think about the last election. many people found president trump morally reprehensible. but they felt like he represented some of their base values. many of the things that president trump just put in here, while they may not be true, like weak on crime, do you know anything about doug jones, are not true, but will resonate with a republican in alabama. could polls be wrong? could there be more people who are going to walk in and vote for roy moore and they just don't want to admit it? >> they could be. it could be a version of the bradley effect we might call the trump effect. people don't want to be associated with that person and so they won't tell the poster who they actually vote for and then they go into the voting booth in the privacy of that moment and vote for that person. i think what we need to do is understand how trump got elected, right

jones this, and i love doug.ote for granted for a long time. it's time for them to get off their ass and start making life better for black folks and people who are poor. >> and jessica, if they don't deliver, african-american voters will stay home like they did in 2016. >> they will. and one of the things we need to look at is this incredible divide between the white voters and the african-american voters. so yes, african-american voters will stay home. and it looks like they came out more than they did in the 2008 and 2012 elections, which is the last time we had good exit polling. i think we need to have a discussion among our communities, among ourselves as to why a man who makes these openly racist comments, who talks about the fact that we shouldn't have the end of the constitution, which was in many ways designed to protect african-americans, why he still did so well with white voters. i think people are seeing this is a victory for african-americans. but i think in a way it's an indictment of many white v

voters are deciding between republican roy moore and democrat doug jones. ent trump weighing in for moore. >> we need roy voting for us. i'm stopping illegal immigration and crime. we are building a stronger military and protecting the second amendment and our pro life values. but if alabama elects liberal democrat doug jones, all of our progress will be stopped cold.

why rally votes for democratic doug jones?you've got to do is look at their records and what they stand for. you've got one person, roy moore, who is obviously a sexist, who's a pedophile, and who is racist if you depot by his statements. and you've got another who has worked diligently to make sure that voting rights and civil rights were still at the top of the agenda. so to me you are talking about two candidates that are almost 180 degrees apart. and i think we've come a long way from going back to the days of the bowl weevils in the south. and when you look at jones compared to moore, there's no comparison. it's imperative that the cbc gets involved. >> do you think with names that big, do you think it'll work? do you actually think it's going to help? >> i think it will. especially with john lewis, and there's another big name you did not mention, and that's the local congresswoman, terry sue, who has been working diligently to ensure we get a high turnout. it's still about local folks. and terry is there with john durin

if doug jones is smart, he will work with shelby to advance our state. i've done that and that would be my recommendation to doug. >> neil: any recommendation for roy moore? he's still fighting this. >> i'm not going to give mr. moore any advice. i made my case against him. the voters showed otherwise in the primary and that brings us to today. he's on his own. >> neil: what did you think of the accusations that came up after the battle for the primary? what do you through? >> the former prosecutor, they're very troubling to me. it's unfortunate that that information wasn't available to the primary voters. one of the things you can't control. that's history. but i think it made a difference in the election yesterday. >> neil: the president supported you in the primary. steve bannon did not. he thought a fresher, more rowdy alternative would be someone that is not you, associated with the establishment and he went for roy moore. how do you feel about him? >> i think he had a bad day yesterday. i was proud to have the president's support. the president's su

. >>> doug jones is already voting in alabama. and in the next hour, we'll see republican roy moore casting his own ballot after riding in on his horse, yep, his horse named sassy. and speaking of sassy, we're talking about a lot of the comments being made in the last 12 to 18 hours as republicans and the razor-thin control of the nat is at stake right now. a win for the dems could put the gop in jeopardy. we are expecting to hear from house speaker paul ryan who may be asked to weigh in on the race. plus, expert analysis on what to watch for. we'll get to the ground running right now because this is a big day, a big morning. nbc's gabe gutierrez is there watching it for us along with the rest of the team on the ground. we have steve kornacki taking a look at the polling. gabe, i want to start with you. lay it out for us, my friend. the last four hours we have seen action in mountain brook. doug jones is probably going to be there in the next hour. what ya got? >> reporter: one poll shows roy moore ahead, another shows doug jones

job doug jones has done? clearly you need african-americans on your side and he's going to need them in really large numbers. has he done enough to speak to that constituency? >> as it relates to blacks and african-americans within not just birmingham but the entire state, i've seen that message be more vibrant, louder as well as constant communication via direct mail, social media and other channels. i think to this point, tuesday, we will see a higher turnout among african-americans for a special election than we have seen in the past special elections. >> what do democrats need to do in alabama and it's still, at the end of the day, alabama is a republican state and what do democrats into he had to do to clean up their own house, in your view. >> i think we've got to find democrats not just likable but understanding the importance of listening to the voters that they want to represent if any of us take the time, it's interesting that voters have a message to relate to. i don't believe that, just because yo

this time, 15 points a margin for doug jones.untsville, a 36-point swing in favor of doug jones because they put themselves out there. they addressed the questions from the media. i think people need to give credit to the fact that doug jones was taking on really the role of actually running an operation, compared to roy moore who believes that they had just the republican name next to them, they were going to be able to take this through, brian. >> vaughn, was it a suburban myth or did roy moore spend the weekend in philadelphia at the army/navy game? >> reporter: he was gone this weekend for 2 1/2 days including that time at the army/navy game, brian. >> all right, vaughn hillyard outside the roy moore headquarters. let's go to the doug jones headquarters, the crowd exploded there a half hour or so ago, catie beck our correspondent there. >> reporter: hi, brian, the atmosphere is electric. democrats who came here tonight were cautiously optimistic, hopeful that maybe what they never thought was possible might be possible tonigh

moore has released a new video statement tonight and we'll bring that to you in just a moment. >>> doug jones' victory began as a young man observing a trial of the ringleader of the birmingham church bombers. when the sister of one of the victims campaigned for jones, i'm going to talk to her tonight. >> we have contributor frank bernie. good evening, gentlemen. as i said earlier, roy moore is out with this new video message. he still refuses to concede. >> i want to thank all of you who have stood with me in this very important battle for the future of our country. we are indeed in a struggle to preserve our republic, our civilization and our religion, and it set free a suffering humanity. and the battle rages on. in this race we have not received the final count to include military and provisional ballots. this has been a very close race and we are awaiting certification by the secretary of state. >> secretary of state did an interview last night saying he didn't think that would change anything, but if you want to go through all of this -- he certainly doesn't want to seem like he wants t

doug jones' voters have been following his trajectory and movement in civil rights for many years. what's most interesting has been watching women talk to other women. jones supporters talking to traditional republican voters. and seeing these groups actually come together to some extent and make some progress in talking to each other and working through issues. if a positive trend comes out of this election, it will be that coming together. >> and joy, richard shelby when he last ran, 2016 last year, he got 64% of the vote. the democrat got 35.9% of the vote you. think of alabama as being just this impenetrable spot for democrats. but if you would compare that to, say, new york, where chuck schumer got 70% of the vote. >> right. >> and new york is capable of electing republicans statewide. >> it's a strange state. because it has a very high percentage of african american voters, which is usually an indicator that democrats should be able to win statewide. but the white vote is as polarized in the direction of republicans as the black vote is polarized in the direction of democrats.

victory, multiple news outlets have declared a doug jones victory, doug jones has given a victory speech, and the president, donald trump, has congratulated him on his win, roy moore is refusing to concede this election. we heard from his campaign chairman, bill ar miss stead, who was citing an alabama law that requires a recount if the margin of victory is within half of a percentage point, even though it was showing doug jones up more than that. moore told his supporters to go home and sleep on it. at this point, it seems like it's a matter of time before he concedes. >> thank you very much. i appreciate that. why did evangelicals support roy moore in spite of the allegations? thank you, mr. mohler. doug jones pulled out the win. what's your reaction to this shocking result? >> well, evangelicals in alabama, don -- and it's good to be with you -- faced another excruciating situation. at the end of the day, not enough of them turned out to vote for roy moore. that's the big story here. the vacuum created by the fact that so many evangelicals did not turn out as expected and as the patte

he congratulated doug jones shortly after he got the news. saying here, congrats on the hard-fought victory. the write-in votes played a factor. a win is a win. the people of alabama are great, and the republicans will have another shot at this seat in the very short period of time. it never ends. >> so senator-elect doug jones will have to wait at least two weeks before he is sworn in as the newest senator. that is according to the alabama secretary of state's office who will have to certify the results. >> and the president there referring to the fact that >> doug jones will only be the senator in this cycle until 2020 when there's another election, of course, to fill that seat. so another battle is brewing in a few years. >> it's politics, there always is, right? >> absolutely, but a rare, rare concession for the president. >> which is surprising, given moore has not conceded yet. >> exactly. >> he decided to come forward with his congratulations. >>> we're going to move on now to demands from the president's legal team for a special couns