three need to it knowledge before i go any further, the greatest political consultant in the world, joe trippii know you are tired of seeing my ads, but they were all joe, he showed me the way. jeff turner showed me the numbers. of the campaign, giles perkins. had his own issues to deal with over the summer, but this campaign, and what he has done, whenever the history is written about alabama politics, remember those names, giles joe trippi, and doug turner. we have come so far. and the people of alabama have spoken. [applause] that this have said campaign have never been about me, it has not been about roy moore, it has been about every one of you and your sons and daughters area it is all of the -- sons and daughters. it is about the volunteers who knocked on 300,000 doors. it is the volunteers who made 1.2 million phone calls around the state. [applause] doug: it is the volunteers that make sure we knew. it was every community. i keep hearing about the different communities in this state. the african-american community, thank you. [applause] doug: my friends in the latino community, thank

over the greatest political consultant in the world and joe trippi. i know you're tired of seeing my abs but they were all joe's work and he should show me the way done turner who've been friends for so on if you know me the member of the old man the one that i call the hero doc of the campaign charles perkins was charles. charles his hand his own issues to deal with over the summer but this campaign and what he has done is whenever the history is written about alabama politics remember those names just perkins dog attorney joe trippi was there are so many there are too many people here i want to just say this. folks we have come so far we have come so far and the people of alabama have spoken they have said. was i have to say that to each other. this i have said from the very beginning this campaign has never been about me it's never been about roy moore it has been about ever. you want to view everyone who want your sons and daughters if it's all of those volunteers that knocked on three hundred thousand or eighty fifth pottier who made one point to

what i think is more likely to happen in 2018 is not what my friend joe trippi said.oe was describing alabama. it isn't that you will have a lot of republicans, ari, who will end up voting democratic. what you will have is a fair number of republican who is are fed up, who are turned off, who have had enough and they will not vote. >> right. >> that's where they're going to be. >> yeah. i mean, james, we talk so much about turnout because turnout wins elections just like defense wins championships. ask your dad. that's what dads always say. when you look at what larry is saying, disaffected republicans who may not love the democratic option but after two years of trump chaos, they are just not in the mood. >> yeah. we should distinguish of swing districts versus heavily republicans versus heavily democratic. alabama is not a swing state. trump won alabama by 28 points? but if you -- so virginia is very, very different. the reality is that the democrats have an opportunity to galvanize a base that's interested in making change politically and changing seats in the hous

i was just speaking to the senior strategist for the jones campaign, joe trippy. he was saying that they are ecstatic as they see these votes come in. they feel very good about their chances. they have previously said this was going to be very close. it was going to be a coin toss. now with all these new numbers coming in, they're feeling extremely confident. they know they have this lead. they think they will keep it. here in this room as well. you can hear it, jake. >> alex in birmingham, alabama, at the doug jones democratic campaign headquarters. let's go to katelyn collins where judge moore's campaign headquarters is located. obviously a lot more quiet where you are and an mc just a minute ago said they're doing a lot of praying there in montgomery. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, jake. it might be the opposite of what we just heard from alex marquar. it's actually grown quite quiet from the last time i spoke with you. and roy moore had come through the room, shaking hands, taking pictures. and now we're seeing those numbers grow closer and closer and see jo

acknowledge before i go any further i have all the greatest political consultant in the world and joe trippi was here to our to see him miles floor but they were all joe's work and he should show me the way done turner who've been friends for saw was tell me the number. and then the one that i call the hill.

acknowledge before i go any further, i have one of the greatest political consultants in the world in joe trippi seeing my ads but they were all joe's work and he showed me the way. doug turner we have been friends for so long showed me the numbers and then the one that i called the yoda of the campaign, charles perkins. [cheers and applause] charles has had his own issues to deal with over the summer but this campaign and what he has done whatever the history is written about alabama politics remember those names. doug turner charles perkins in joe trippi. i want to just say this. folks we have come so far. we have some -- come so far and the people of alabama have spoken. [cheers and applause] they have said to each other and as i've said i have said from the very beginning this campaign has never been about me. .. different communities in the state. [cheering] my friends in the latino community, thank you. [cheering] we have built this everywhere we have gone we have had that same energy and excitement. at the end of the day, this entire race has been about dignity and respect. [cheering] thi

paid homage to a really key guy who happens to be a familiar face to a lot of fox news viewers, joe trippi, the mastermind behind his campaign. congratulations. >> thanks, we had a great team,i wonderful night. >> what made this work? >> look, i think the country really is looking for people to bring the country together and stop the division in washington and i think doug jones spoke to that, finding common ground.d. a lot from his speech tonight, finding common ground, trying to work together across party lines. you know, there's not a lot of that going on in washington and he is going to try to do that. i think people in alabama wanted to do that. >> you are not of the mind that it's the sexual harassment that ruined this. there were polls in the early summer that showed it was a dead heat. >> i'm not saying it didn't have anything to do with it but we were in a dead heat. we were down one point long before "the washington post" stories or allegations came out. it certainly didn't help, you know, moore has always had some trouble in the state.s it worked against -- almost against what p

history is written about alabama politics, remember those names, giles perkins, doug turner and joe trippi. there are so many -- there are too many people here. i want to just say this, folks, we have come so far. we have come so far and the people of alabama have spoken. they have said we -- [ cheers and applause ] they have said to each other that this, i have said from the very beginning this campaign has never been about me, it's never been about roy moore. it has been about every one of you, every one of you and your sons and daughters. it's all of those volunteers that knocked on 300,000 doors. it's the volunteers who made 1.2 million phone calls around this state. it's those volunteers to make sure that we knew, it was every community. you know, i keep hearing about the different communities in this state. the african-american community, thank you. [ cheers and applause ] my friends -- my friends in the latino community, thank you. to all my jewish friends, happy hanukkah. we have built this everywhere we have gone. we have had that same energy. we've had that same excitement. at th

history is written about alabama politics, remember those names, giles perkins, doug turner, and joe trippyhey have said... they have said to each other

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 them. with that when met, the balance of power in the center gives 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. good to see you tonight on a busy night, sir. i want to read the president's tweet that we just got done he says, "congratulations to doug jones on a hard-fought victory. this be 21 votes played a very big factor. the win is a win and the republicans will have a shot and another short period of time. it never ends." in the meantime, they will have a democrat in that seat. >> that was a very gracious tweet. especially, since, i

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 them. with that when met, the balance of power in the center gives 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. good to see you tonight on a busy night, sir. i want to read the president's tweet that we just got done he says, "congratulations to doug jones on a hard-fought victory. this be 21 votes played a very big factor. the win is a win and the republicans will have a shot and another short period of time. it never ends." in the meantime, they will have a democrat in that seat. >> that was a very gracious tweet. especially, since, i

history is written about alabama politics, remember those names, giles perkins, doug turner, and joe trippy! folks, we have come so far. we have come so folks, we have come so far. we have come so far and the people of alabama have spoken. they have said... they have said to each other that this, i have said this from the very beginning, this campaign has never been about me, it's been about eve ryo ne never been about me, it's been about everyone of you. everyone of you and sons and daughters. it's all of those volunteers that knocked on 300,000 doors. it's the volunteers who made 1.2 million phone calls around the state. it's those volu nteers around the state. it's those volunteers who made sure that we knew. it was every community. you know, i keep hearing about the different communities in this state. the african—american community. thank you! my friends... my friends in the latino community, thank you! to all of myjewish friends, happy hannah —— happy holidays! we have built this everywhere we have gone, we have had the same energy and same excitement. at the end of the day, this enti

to acknowledge before i go any further, i have the greatest political consultant in the world in joe trippi. i know you're tired of seeing my ads. but they were all joe's work. and he showed me the way. doug turner, we've been friends for so long, showed me the numbers. and then the one that i call the yoda of the campaign, giles perkins. [ cheers and applause ] giles has had his own issues to deal with over the summer. but this campaign and what he has done, whenever the history is written about alabama politics, remember those names, giles perkins, doug turner and joe trippi. there are too many people. i think want to say this. folks, we have come so far. we have come so far. and the people of alabama have spoken. they have said -- [ cheers and applause ] they have said to each other

and joe bold en. trippi, let's start with you. where am i going wrong here? you heard the angle, president trump not where he needs to be in poll numbers. polls say 32, some say 38, 35. but it is not where he wants to be obviously. do you think that president trump can bring his numbers up, don't make any cracks they can't get any lower, they can. if he can bring his numbers up next year with some of these initiatives. going to the people, selling this message. >> i thought you nailed it in terms of some of the things he needs to do like get rid of -- i would go further and not some of the twitter but just about all of it. he often gets in his own way of his own accomplishments. he has had them but then the next day he tweets something or attacks somebody and i think that really gets in the way of his message. you're right, the mainstream media jumps on that and makes him pay for it. but they would make any president pay for doing some of the things that he does. >> laura: the velocity of the attacks on the

joining us are mollie hemingway and joe trippi. new york times quoting six unnamed officials who attended a meeting with the president or briefed on the meeting, the president reportedly said haitians all have aids and nigerian immigrants won't go back to their huts. rex tillerson and others deny this. it seems like a classic confrontation. the white house calling it lies. mollie: the "new york times" used two anonymous sources. two for the haitian immigrants. one who was in the meeting, one who was not. people who didn't feel con fir dent enough in their claims to put their names behind it. then you have general mattis, general kelly, secretary nielsen and the white house saying that's not true. it makes you wonder what the standard is in getting something like this published. howie: it's always fascinating to me. if you assume the sources did tell this to the "new york times,'" we can debate. but some number of people continuing to leak against the person they presumably work for or work with. >> that's why they are going to stay

>> well, he knew what -- lou: joe trippy is an old friend. a great strategist. >> he knew he was going to do it and i said on this show, they have to get 95% of the african-american vote out, and they did. >> did you tell him to do that? >> i didn't tell him to do that. i didn't think he could do it. and christian wright didn't turn out the normal numbers. and the candidate didn't campaign the last couple of weeks there. didn't have the money or the resources and washington was against them. >> mitch mcconnell, the establishment. >> and shelby. >> he can look up every day for the next three years and when he cast his vote, he can know that his vote is being offset by a nondistinguished candidate that got elected yesterday. lou: i don't think it bothers him a bet. >> the history of roy moore in alabama is even when he has won two statewide races, it has been by close margin. >> won by a landslide. >> all the attacks from the media and then the right in look about the same size as the margin. so it was just a bridge too far. too many things and

joe trippy said this morning what they are aiming at, what the jones' campaign is aiming at in terms of the african american vote is ambitious. they hope for mid 20s in terms of the percentage of the overall electret that is is african american. quote, we have built the biggest get out the vote structure in the state of alabama. he said african americans would have to represent a percentage of the electret in the mid 20s at a minimum. that is ambitious. the last presidential race for which we got numbers with an african american president running for e reelection is 28%. jones trying to get to mid 20s. as a general matter that should be seen as an unobtainable number for a special election like this. we know from the jones' campaign trying to get to the mid 20s. the 5:00 p.m. exit poll data came in tonight and updated exit poll data came in around 8:00 and it turns out that the proportion of the black vote is not just higher than what the jones' campaign was hoping for, according to the first wave of exit poll data, the portion that turned out today in alabama that's african american

joe trippi, headed howard dean's presidential campaign. public affairs and armor press secretary for roy blunt. i'm going to start with you, how hungry do you think the lawmakers on capitol hill will be to get to the answers? sometimes you see these things come up, you go through the holidays, you come back, will this to? >> i think if you are looking at this entire investigation, i think it's got off the rails. i talked to some people on capitol hill today, some of >> ryan's staff, congress has oversight and there are several committees looking into this and they gave me assurance they are not going to stop. i think we will continue to see congress looking into this. >> harris: there are thousands of people who work at both these agencies, this is problematic because they were looking at something. we thought it was getting a special look for my special prosecutor. >> first of all, those thousand people are keeping us safe and doing a lot of good work and they deserve to have our respect and be treated not to be crossed with a broader bru

history is written about alabama politics, remember those names, giles perkins, doug turner and joe trippi. there are too many people. i think want to say this. folks, we have come so far. we have come so far. and the people of alabama have spoken. they have said -- [ cheers and applause ] they have said to each other that this i have said from the very beginning, this campaign has never been about me, it's never been about roy moore. it's been about every one of you, every one of you and your sons and daughters. it's all of those volunteers that knocked on 300,000 doors. [ cheers and applause ] it's the volunteers who made 1.2 million phone calls around this state. [ cheers and applause ] it's those volunteers to make sure that we knew. it was every community. you know, i keep hearing about the different communities in this state. the african-american community. thank you! [ cheers and applause ] my friends, my friends in the latino community, thank you! [ cheers and applause ] to all my jewish friends, happy hanukkah! [ cheers and applause ] we have built this, everywhere we have gone. w

. >> 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, back to you. >> shannon: doug mckelway live with the doug jones campaign on a winning night for them.do with that win, the balance of power in the center gives even tighter for republicans, 49 democrats, what happens now? tax reform, they'll probably get that done. republicans hope so. but let's break it down with fox news politics editor chris stirewalt. good to see you tonight on a busy night, sir. i want to read the president's tweet that we just got done he says, "congratulations to doug jones on a hard-fought victory. this write-in votes played a very big factor. a win is a win and the republicans will have a shot and another short period of time. it never ends." in the meantime, they will have a democrat in that seat. >> that was a very gracious tweet.t. especially, since, if you recall, after his prefe

but to your point, joe trippy ran doug jones' campaign. joe trippy ran howard dean's campaign.ial sum of money toward the end of the campaign. that's what it was spent on. >> when president trump tweeted yesterday and we were on the air, i felt in my gut this would help the democratic doug jones. this would help roy moore lose. >> the kirsten gillibrand tweet? >> yes. it was basically a vote away from the republican party, and a vote away from trump and a vote away from roy moore. it was too disgusting. it was over the line. any woman in alabama that was close to the fence or on it at that point walked away from the republican party. at least temporarily. >> suburban women will be around in the fall of 2018. >> so are young voters and black voters and hispanics and all the people that donald trump has kicked around for the past 11 months thinking that that was somehow his pathway to victory. it's his pathway to 33%. it's his pathway to defeat. it's the republican party's pathway to extinction. >> yeah. and by the way, i shouldn't discriminate. i think a lot of really good men,