he's jason kander, this is overheard. let's be honest, is this about the ability to learn or is this about the experience of not having been taught properly? how have you avoided what has befallen other nations in africa and elsewhere? you could say that he made his own bed, but you caused him to sleep in it. you saw a problem and, over time, took it on. let's start with the sizzle before we get to the steak. are you gonna run for president? i just got an f from you, actually. (audience laughing) this is overheard. jason kander, welcome. - good to be with you. - good to see you. when did voter suppression become a thing? i mean, i know that over time there's been efforts to restrict the votes of some people, laws have changed, we hope that we're in a society where everybody is allowed to vote. but it seems like overnight it went from being a thing here and a thing there to being an epidemic. - yeah, i mean, this latest iteration, obviously throughout our history, as you mentioned, there's been different times, but this la

i think about jason kander, we've talked about jason kander who ran for the senate in missouri. here in texas there's a decorated veteran named mj hegar who's running for congress who wrote a book called shoot like a girl, it is a bestseller. these are all democrats. - right. - and i know the democrats have felt, over the years something to prove on this question of toughness in large measure, because republicans have made the assumption that democrats are weak on the military, weak on national service or military service, i just think it's an interesting level up. - yeah. - right that you now have this situation where you've got these people running-- - i think there's no reason why democrats shouldn't be a strong national security party. i think all of the ideologies and party affiliations got scrambled really, probably from the moment that george w bush decided to invade iraq. this idea that democrats belong any less in national security or are represented any less among people from the veteran world who are stepping up. i think we can finally say that's been put to bed. - th

very deep bench of people of all different ages and experiences from harrison to cory booker, to jason kanderto elizabeth warren and others, who are not old, they just have years of wisdom gained. >> martha: significance that "snl" is going after the democrats know? >> it's an obvious target, and it's a very easy target. joe biden has been with us -- he's been in washington for 44 years, and bernie sanders is a spring chicken, but he's also a communist. >> martha: we will leave it there. [laughs] thanks, good to see you! those are the options. coming up tonight, we have this as well. at least five big-name senators in just the last hour calling for roy moore to step down in the alabama senate race as a new person has come forward to accuse him of inappropriate behavior decades ago. if judge napolitano weighs in on this huge controversy in the pushback from some in the party as well. also tonight, the final details on tax reform being hammered out on capitol hill to get the plan up for a vote by the end of this week. everybody wants a tax cut, nobody is going to say no to that. republicans pro

cnn contributor jason kander and political commentator alice stewart.good to have all of you on. alice, first up, what do you think about these allegations against roy moore? how big of an impact do you think it's going to have on the race? >> look, my first television job was in dothan, alabama, and i can assure you the people there in alabama are not going to be swayed by one story in "the washington post." he's getting some positive local news coverage. i talked to the campaign manager tonight and he said, look, he's trying to be respectful to these women but at the same time they are going to vigorously fight against these claims. they say they are false allegations and people in alabama are going to see that. they are going to fight these. they have sent a strongly worded letter to "the washington post" saying this is inaccurate information and it's defamation of his character. i strongly think he should stay in the race. he says these are not true. unless they are proven true, he needs to stay in the race and he will win. people of alabama are goi

>> coming out of this chaos, maybe runs with somebody young like jason kander or joe kennedy.i think is perhaps interested in running. what's interesting about this discussion is if we had this discussion four years ago, three years before and we said donald trump was going to be the nominee, we would be laughed off. >> here is what i'm talking about. everybody who is watching this show is thinking about this stuff. but you're not supposed to talk about it. there is no doubt that people love joe biden. but they're thinking wait, there is such a thing as an age issue when it comes to football, baseball and being president of the united states. different ages. but how far can you push it? how far can you push the fact that you've got to be 24/7 ready to take on the worst question in history. what are we going to do about a nuclear war. you got to be sharp. >> i will say this, our party has not done a good job at cultivating new. >> yeah. >> leadership. younger leadership, but also more diverse leadership. >> yeah. how do you do it? how do you do it? >> i think you got to do what