and so that's -- that's what i plan to do is vote for the republican nominee roy moore. >> kay ivey this afternoon. democrats, meanwhile, taken plenty of shots at roy moore and at the president. the firestorm engulfing senator franken has them reels as well after a news anchor shared this photo saying franken kissed and groped her while sleeping during a uso tour in 2006. franken has since apologized and welcomed a senate ethics investigation into it. his actions reopened deep wounds inside the democratic party. specifically over its handling of past sexual assault allegations against former president bill clinton. democratic senator kirsten gillibrand told the "new york times" she believes bill clinton should have resigned overish the lewinsky affair. remember, gillibrand currently holds the senate seat in new york vacated by hillary clinton. one of the clintons' closest confidants is livid with senator gillibrand calling her a hypocrite for accepting endorsements and money for the clintons over the years. here's gillibrand in an interview airing this sunday responding to those criticis

. >> reporter: on friday, alabama's republican governor kay ivey says while she has no reason to not believe his accusers, she still plans to vote for moore, to help republicans keep their majority in the u.s. senate. >>ly cast my vote december 12th. i do believe the nominee of the party is the one i will vote for. >> reporter: not all women are convinced. in moore's hometown some soft scrutiny welcomed. >> i think it's an important issue. i think the truth needs to be dug out. there are things that have been known here for years and years that have gone unchecked. >> reporter:while the white house is pushing back on claims that president trump stayed silent against the allegations of moore. >> he said if the allegations are true, he should step aside. he weighed in when he supported the rnc's decision to withdraw resources from the state of alabama. >> reporter: moore's opponent democrat doug jones, not mentioning his opponent by name butting a only ining all the attention paid to this race? i think for all women, we're at a tipping point in this country that we are seeing and we ar

alabama's republican governor kay ivey didn't mince words on her position friday. >> we need to have a republican in the united states senate to vote on the things like supreme court justices, other appointments the senate has to kerm and make judicial decisions. that's who i plan to vote for, the republican nominee roy moore. >> curiously, puttous a supreme court wish list even though there be no currencies on the court. would the white house be pleased if moore won? here's sarah huckabee sanders' answer this afternoon. >> obviously the president wants people in the house and senate that support his agenda but as i've said and as the hatch act provide hibts me from going further, we think this is something the alabama voters should decide. >> and the candidate himself it attacking almost everyone in the american political landscape, except president trump. >> with all my heart i believe that mcconnell and the establishment are in cahoots with the democrats to stop this campaign. they have taken a calculated risk for two years with a democrat, trying to elect another republican in tw

the governor, kay ivey when asked directly said she had no reason not to believe the accounts of the women, but ultimately, unless the republican party in alabama were to decide that roy moore is not their candidate, he's going to appear on that ballot. >> reporter: exactly. just this afternoon the governor said herself, she said at this point based on the facts she snows she herself would vote for him pap 21-member committee and the last couple days talked to a few. defiant. unless tliz irrefutable evidence they won't go against the will of the voters who decided roy moore over luther strange just a month and a half ago. the account we just got is graphic. talking about black and blue, covering up makeup wounds. the alternative at this point, one other name, nothing to back this up, but bob rile aa arileya former governor. a probable write-in with the name notability to be put forward as a potential write-in candidate. voters seem to be left with at this point is doug jones, a democrat. a u.s. attorney who prosecuted two klansmen in the 1963 bombing at the 16th street baptist church

alabama republican governor kay ivey says she believes them but that won't change her vote. >> there's never an excuse for or rationale for sexual misconduct or sexual abuse. it bothers me! >> governor, do you still plan to vote for roy moore? >> that's what i plan to do >> moore's opponent in next month's special election, democrat doug jones, is leading in the latest polls. his campaign has raised about a quarter of a million dollars a day since the scandal broke last week. >>> president trump is catching a lot of heat tonight over his different reactions to the accusations against judge moore and senator franken. trump ripped the democrat but has remained silent on the republican. here's the white house response today when asked about past sexual assault allegations against the president. >> senator franken has admitted wrongdoing and the president hasn't. i think this was covered pretty extensively during the pain. we addressed that then. the american people i think spoke very loud and clear when they elected this president. >> press secretary sarah sanders says the allegations of

. >> reporter: governor kay ivey now says sending a republican to the senate is more important even though she has no reason to disbelieve moore's accusers. >> there's never an excuse for or rationale for sexual misconduct or sexual abuse. it bothers me. >> reporter: but many of the former judge's supporters reject the claims outright viewing them as washington political attacks meant to sway next month's special election. >> they don't like anything alabama does because they don't like christians. >> reporter: and some believe there's nothing wrong with an older man dating a teenaged girl older than 16 provided they have her parents' consent. >> i would say you have to think of the times, the culture. it really doesn't bother me. >> reporter: a cultural and political divide with the republican senate majority hanging in the balance. two sources tell nbc news that moore's opponent, democrat doug jones, was raising about a quarter million dollars a day after this scandal first broke. a new poll out tonight shows that moore is trailing jones among women by 26 points. lester? >> gabe gutierre

strange says he intends to serve out the term, and governor k iv through coldwater at that -- governor kay ivey through cold water on that. host: what is the potential political fallout from republicans in washington trying to control what happens in alabama? guest: this has allowed roy moore to take a similar position that he did during the republican primary, where he is making mitch mcconnell kind of his number one enemy, saying in press conferences, calling on mcconnell to step on, accusing him of trine to steal the election from the people of alabama. it is interesting that you see the same playbook coming out again. it was effective during the primary we will see how effective it is in the general. republicans on capitol hill saying about president trump not publicly speaking himself? through a spokesperson, they have given statements. but himself -- not on twitter, not before cameras, not talking about these roy moore accusations. guest: it is interesting. i am sure republicans would acknowledge that it would help with the president were more forceful in his remarks. an interesting dynam

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there has been some talk that kay ivey, the governor of alabama, might be able to postpone the election to give them more chance to get rid of roy moore. however, a senior republican in alabama told me today the governor does not have the power to do that absent a major weather event. >> and the senate ethics committee if he does get elected, they can in fact investigate this once he's elected and in the constitution there's mechanisms to expel members of congress if necessary and they could. >> mitch mcconnell could not seat him. >> there's ways but that becomes very ugly because you're going against what the people of alabama want and that presents a whole other set of problems. >> you all three set tight, i'm talking with each of you in just a little bit. >>> coming up next, the other breaking story of the day, president trump talks to russia's vladimir putin about election meddling. what he says the russian president told him and whether the president believed him. >>> meanwhile, we've been monitoring vice president pence at a veterans event at arlington national cemetery. here's a

. >> reporter: on friday, alabama's republican governor c kay ivey said while she has no reason to not believe his accusers, she still plans to vote for moore to help republicans keep their majority in the u.s. senate. >> i will cast my ballot on december the 12th. i do believe the nominee of the party is the one i'll vote for. >> reporter: but tnot all women are convinced. in moore's hometown, some of the scrutiny welcomed. >> i think it's an important issue. i think the truth needs to be dug out. there's things that have been known here for years and years that have just gone unchecked. >> reporter: meanwhile, the white house is pushing back on claims that president trump stayed silent about the allegations against moore. >> he said if the allegations are true, he should step aside. he also weighed in when he supported the rnc's decision to withdraw resources from the state of alabama. >> reporter: moore's opponent in the alabama senate race, democrat doug jones, not mentioning his opponent by name but acknowledging all the attention paid to this race. >> i think for all women, we're

so is the governor kay ivey who said today she'll vote for moore despite the accusations against him. >> are you gonna be proud of your vote for roy moore? >> every alabamian has a right and duty to vote and i'm proud to vote. >> and do you believe any of the women who have brought accusations against roy moore? >> i certainly have no reason to disbelieve any of them. >> tom, we heard the governor there, she says she has no reason not to believe the women but she made it clear she'll vote for roy moore. >> she want as republican in the seat because she wants republicans to hold a majority in the senate. we have heard from other alabama officials and voters here in the state. whether or not roy moore acted inappropriately for them he's the republican with the best chance of winning. >> tom, thank you. there are two major fires to report on tonight. the cameras a short time ago near philadelphia revealing some residents of a senior living facility are still unaccounted for tonight. that fire burning quickly through the buildings overnight. an urgent effort to get 160 people out. neighbo

. >> reporter: and speaking of political power, alabama's governor kay ivey reiterated today that she intends to set aside her misgivings and vote for roy moore next month, anthony to, help the republicans ensure their control of the u.s. senate in washington. >> mason: dean reynolds in birmingham tonight, thanks, dean. we have an update now on jeff pegues' reporting from last night. the senate judiciary committee has asked the president's son-in-law, jared kushner, for documents regarding a backdoor russian overture and a dinner invitation during the 2016 campaign. jeff has learned this came from two russian nationals who wanted to meet with mr. trump. sources say kushner declined the invitation but failed to disclose that fact to the committee. one day after house republicans passed a tax overhaul, the senate version cleared committee today on a straight party-line vote. this followed 25 hours of debate that got heated at the end. here's chief congressional correspondent nancy cordes. >> this bullcrap that you guys throw out here really gets old after a while. do it right at the end

say that they believe the women and yet they will still vote for roy moore including our governor kay ivey you believe these women, then what you're saying is that if you're voting for roy moore, you don't mind that he's a child mole molester. and we're saying look, that is not conscionable. if you believe these women, you have to vote for doug jones or not vote at all. >> kyle, that was one of the dynamics analysts were looking at out of the 2016 election. we were playing some of the tape from "access hollywood." that those who just want a change also made secondary the very issue of sexual harassment based on that and that you would see a similar dynamic i guess which is happening right now. kyle, it says in the editorial board -- the op-ed here, the election is a turning point for women in men think about this alabama? >> you know, the polling shows that men have not moved on this race as much as women have. but look, at some point it's just a matter of credibility. and roy moore's credibility, if you don't believe the women, go read roy moore's book. in his book he talks about when he

they are thinking about asking the governor kay ivey to delay the election. she says no so far.hen mitch mcconnell says if he is elected to be we will expel him on an ethics charge. this is getting nasty. >> kimberly: the president declining to make a statement today, greg. still giving a little bit of air and room to this for roy moore and his team to try to do something compelling. >> greg: when he said it takes time to work out these allegations, he's actually right. if this were in a court, an actual court, you would have time to prepare for this. in the court of public opinion with an election, you don't have the luxury. you have to rush to judgment because you have another option. that makes me feel bad. i don't feel bad for moore. i feel bad for the alabama voters for having a hard time with this because we put this whole issue, this whole scandal. he's either a pervert or she's a liar. the fact is, there are other options involved. one of them is its true. the bottom line is, a voter can think this news dropping 40 days before an election is no coincidence. they can thin

alabama governor kay ivey says she will vote for him. >> we need to have a republican in the united states senate to vote on things like supreme court justices, of what the senate has to confirm and make major decisions. and so, that is what i plan to do. to vote for the republican nominee, roy moore. >> again, even others tremendous pressure on roy moore to get out of the race from republican establishment types in dc, there is no indication that he plans to do so. julie. >> all right, peter, thank you so much. meantime, democrats turning on bill clinton. one senator even saying the former president should have resigned during the monica lewinsky scandal. this coming as many powerful men across the nation are being accused of taking advantage of the position. in making unwanted advances on women. in hollywood they have been at least 53 men accused of sexual misconduct. in washington, alabama senate candidate roy moore and senator al franken accused of going too far. now people are changing their position going decades back. to the bill clinton scandal. garrett tenney joins us now from was

you have one group of republicans personified by the governor of this state, kay ivey, who say i believe accusers but i think it's important we vote for roy moore for policy purposes. we have republicans in washington, most republican senators in washington saying i believe the women accusers and roy moore sheet or step down or if he does get elected, should be expelled. now we have a third version which is the president saying well, i don't know who to believe. the women, that was a long time ago. roy moore says he didn't do it and we should vote for roy moore because his opponent is a liberal, and don't deny me another seat in the senate. it's really unclear about what impact this is going to have in the race where you are having at the same time the president is talking, the women who have accused roy moore going on television in their own right, including most recently yesterday one of the women, the woman who was 14 years old, going on "the today show" and telling the story. so this is really taking this to different political level but for voters in alabama, they've also seen and h

kay ivey, the governor, alabama republican party stayed by his side. find it bizarre but it's true. the national republican party understands this will be hung around their neck's for all time and they understand will be damaging to them. >> kimberly: we don't have time to run the sound bite but let's talk about the reaction, what you thought of the women of "snl," they came out to support al franken in light of these allegations. >> dana: i have mixed feelings about that. if they weren't coerced into signing their names onto something or intimidated into signing their names on something or let's say you didn't sign it and you were intimidated that way, i'm not for that. at all. i don't think that's right. i'm also concerned, this idea that if you deny it, then you're going to be fine. conyers did the same. wait, what about, there's actually a settlement. oh, right, that's what you're talking talking about. if you are a woman who feels like you've been wronged and something bad happened to you, why would you come forward? because if you know the man is

we heard from kay ivey, who said vote for roy moore. whether that ultimately seeps into the electorate, only time will tell, there's 18 days until the election, roy moore had no public events today, he hasn't had any public events over the weekend. he hasn't said anything to the media outside of sean hannity a few weeks ago. he did speak with breitbart reporter over the weekend, and we'll play a sound bite from that, and i caution calling it an interview because it was more an opportunity for roy moore to more broadly discuss the allegations against them. here's one of the bites. >> they brought up matters supposedly of a sexual impropriety, which never happened, never would have happened and never would have been brought up because -- but to detract this campaign from arguing the issues with mightily affect our country. >> reporter: meanwhile the executive committee of the young republicans of alabama, katie, have reneged and pulled their endorsement of roy moore and said if he's not able to convincely argue against allegations that ar

as for the alabama governor, kay ivey said she's not going to delay this election. she also said she does plan to vote for roy moore. back to you, wolf. >> sara murray over at the white house. thank you. >>> there is also breaking news in the russia investigation. a source is now telling cnn that the special counsel robert mueller is trying to arrange a talk with the british publicist who set up the 2016 trump tower meeting between a russian lawyer and donald trump jr. our justice correspondent jessica schneider is here with more. jessica, jared kushner attended that meeting, paul manafort, who has since been indicted. he also attended that meeting. >> that's right. it was that publicist rob goldstone who actually first pitched the meeting to donald trump jr., promising that it would deliver dirt on hillary clinton. which trump jr. says never actually happened. investigators want goldstone, who is overseas, to come to the u.s. to talk to the special counsel. now this is an invitation to talk and not a subpoena and no date has been established yet. neither goldstone'

discussed under this scenario, brought up by two different white house officials, would be for governor kay iveyto appoint jeff sessions to what had been his seat when it becomes vacant. mr. sessions remains highly popular among alabama republicans but his relationship with president trump has waned since he recused himself from the investigation and the role that russia played in the campaign. i don't know if that's wishful thinking by some inside the white house or i know the justice department is a privately that sessions has no interest in going back to his senate seat. whether he has a say, we don't know. >> it's interesting that came from two white house sources. it's interesting that the department of justice said sessions has no interest. this is a plan that only works if sessions wants to go back. it's true that republican leaders do need to think about the republican voter. i don't know if they find it as persuasive that it's okay to give the seat up to democrats, as republicans here in washington think. i don't think people are that committed to roy moore but they are probably committ

kay ivey has no plans to reschedule the senate elections though roy moore as months of campaigning before doug johnson added that drop of allegations of impropriety. an article in the "washington post" was more he inappropriately touched a little grow and this is politically motivated. >> if i know my brother like i know him, and no these are false accusations and they'll be proven later. just turn this election. >> meanwhile, voices are mounting for roy moore to step aside and those calls are coming from both sides of the aisle. listen. >> always going to be one or two issues are individuals that may be outside the scope of the average. but i think all deductions, all of the areas, the 15%, 10%, all%, all those areas have tax cuts are not that important, making sure overall middle americans get that. >> obviously that was the wrong soundbite here religious conservatives still remember when moore was alabama's chief justice refused to remove a 10 commandments monument a court order to remove a 10 commandments on you meant he had installed in the state supreme court when so many of the rel

you vote for him but then we'll expel him from the senate and kay ivey will be able to appoint a republican so we still get the seat. at some point the republican party nominated this guy and the republican party is going to have to stand or fall by -- they might have to lose a seat. i guess i feel like the punishment here is you lose the seat if you nominate roy moore. >> and here is the truth of it. you lose the seat in 2018. you get it back in 2024. >> exactly. when it goes back on cycle. >> the special election. that's right. because the democrat is not going to hold that seat but for a hot minute. so that democratic by the way -- >> all of that grief. >> democrat doug jones, a career prosecutor, prosecutored the kkk that murdered those four girls in the birmingham church. a very credible person who now stands against someone who has now been accused credibly twice of molesting a child and attempted rape on a 16-year-old. reza aslan and michael steele, great to have you both. >>> tonight shocking new revelations about a secret correspondence between donald trump jr. and wikileaks during

on that point, alabama's republican governor kay ivey today. >> reporter: did you find the women's words to be trustworthy, what they told the paper? >> why wouldn't it be? i mean, i don't know. anything can happen. we just got to get more facts. >> folks, this isn't a phenomenon isolated on the right. democrats don't have clean hands either, look how they treated kennedy the affairs or monica lewinsky and it's much bigger than politics. when did people get so brazen admitting there is no true north on their more's compass and when did it start pointing in the most convenient direction? joining me, covering roy moore's race all along. welcome back to the show. >> thanks for having me. >> how much is the alabama republican party unified 5ir7ar roy moore right now? >> most of the folks came from moore's strongholds in rural areas, and in the, in the wire grasp. what the appear thinks is a great question. the alabama republican party has pretty much gone radio silent over these allegations. we've also reached out to legislative leaders to see what they think, and some endorsed moore. they h

but it's a very difficult situation when you have governor kay ivey, a republican woman, saying she'ste for roy moore. mitch mcconnell has sway but not enough sway to change this race. >> he's viewed as part of the washington establishment. >> the fact that this is a calculation, we're talking about something of such a different degree. you talked about all of the past scandals, you talked about the monica lewinsky situation which was clearly an improper relationship. but we're talking about children. we're talking about multiple allegations of the abuse of children, and the fact that it's even a question i think speaks to the position that the republican party finds it's in morally. this should not be a question, and the fact that people are struggling with whether or not they should continue to support roy moore for reasons of party, politics, power and tribe is incredibly disturbing. >> is the president silent on this, robert costa, according to your reporting because of his own past? and why did he jump on al franken then so quickly, because that made it inevitable that people wou

this morning we heard governor kay ivey reiterate the fact although she believes his accusers she wille for him because she wants to see the republicans hold the majority in the senate. >> sorry to interrupt. do you believe most women believe that, that's going to be the mentality of many women there in alabama? >> there are a couple of issues that are in play here. i think that's one of them. this desire to see the republican party because of its policies, because of judges remain in power. the abortion issue is also under current. moore is anti-an abortion. doug jones says he supports women's choice. and that matters. >> we also brought in al franken into the topic of sexual harassment. will that reason nate in alabama and has the senator handled the issue well? >> i think al franken second apology where he said he was disgusted and a shamed by his own behavior, i think that was the right thing to do. i think it was disgusting and shame full behavior in that picture. i'll say i don't think it makes sense to having this discussion of ray moore who is serial sexual predator at best, ve

and you have folks like governor kay ivey in a pretty difficult situation saying we believe the women we're also going to vote for roy moore as the republican nominee. as accusations will pile up, i think that will get more and more difficult by the day for republicans in alabama, activists, grassroots types, et cetera. >> you mentioned the "access hollywood" tape, the president has invited renewed scrutiny after blasting senator al franken on twitter. does the white house have anything to worry about or do you think trump has already weathered that storm? >> well, it's hard to know. we do know he weathered many accusations that came out after that "access hollywood" tape, pretty vivid accusations. he denied them, said he was going to sue the accusers. he never did that. but he said he was going to and people seemed to believe him or at least enough people seemed to believe him, that he withstood them. so i think the president is in a difficult spot. he's not saying anything about roy moore, he is saying things about al franken. when sarah sanders was asked about it, he said the diffe

. >>> breaking news, republican governor of alabama kay ivey admitting she has no reason not to believeg senate candidate roy moore of sexual misconduct. that includes a 14-year-old girl who says moore initiated sexual encounter with her and another high school girl who claims moore grabbed her by the neck and tried to force her head onto his crotch. governor ivey says she will still vote for roy moore. >> i certainly have no reason to disbelieve any of them. i do believe that the nominee of the party is the one i'll vote for. i believe in the republican party and what we stand for and most important, we need to have a republican in the united states senate to vote on the things like supreme court justices, other appointments that the senate has to confirm and make major decisions. >> kyung lah is foreign policien from. this is sort of painful to hear that logic being worked out comes just hours after moore's wife kayla spoke at a rally today. and she is defiant that her husband is being wrongly accused, right? >> yeah. she was flanked by women and she came out swinging. she repeated ve

. >>> the latest now on the roy moore controversy, alabama governor kay ivey says she has no plan toe the date of the december 12th special election. and this comes on the heels of the big victory for democrats on tuesday. joining me now fred yang, democratic pollster with heart research. very good to see you, but i want to ask you just given the culture, the history of alabama specifically, what do you think on moore's chances in that senate race? >> look, you'd have to say even with the very tumultuous week he's had it's a state that is -- that has been republican for a while. it's going to be a very uphill fight for democrats but look, you know, polls even before this incident showed that jones was within striking distance. look, i think the -- the thing about public opinion polling is you -- you know, you want to measure things when things are calm. clearly, this has been a bad week for roy moore. the polling i'm seeing shows that the race has tightened. i think, you know, can doug jones win, that's something we have to see in a week or so w n when -- when things if they ever do

alabama voters, that's something we're hearing down here in alabama from the republican governor kay ivey as well. she earlier said she would vote for moore. it has shifted to now she wants the facts to come out and we want alabama voters to decide that eventually. we expect to hear from her at an event in the montgomery area. the event that just wrapped up was women for roy moore. several dozen saying they didn't believe the allegations. you just played some portion of the speech by kayla moore, roy moore's wife. all this as we're hearing more about the accusers that have come out against roy moore, nine in total so far from flirting to sexual assault. tina johnson claims she was 19 years old when she was at roy moore's law office trying to settle a custody case. this morning she spoke with megyn kelly. take a listen. >> he asked me, did i have two small girls? i said yes. he asked me their ages. i told him. then he proceeded to ask me, did they have my eyes? it was already uncomfortable when he started mentioning the two girls. bells went off. my mother got up and walked out first. and

. >> reporter: alabama governor kay ivey said today she has no reason to doubt moore's accusers, butns to vote for moore in the december special election. meanwhile, at the white house, press secretary sarah sanders repeated this line about president trump's view on moore. >> he weighed in and said if the allegations are true, he should step aside. >> reporter: the president himself focused on democratic senator al franken of minnesota. and this photo showing franken seeming to grope a sleeping woman in 2006. that woman says franken also forcibly kissed her. overnight, mr. trump said the picture of franken "is really bad," and "to think that just last week he was lecturing about sexual harassment and respect for women." how does that square with the sexual misconduct allegations against the president himself? sanders responded. >> senator franken admitted wrongdoing and the president hasn't that's a very clear distinction. >> reporter: franken has apologized and expressed remorse. but at the minnesota state capitol today, political pressure from a fellow democrat, state auditor rebec

is reporting this hour that two white house officials are floating a plan to get alabama governor kay ivey to immediately appoint attorney general jeff sessions to the senate seat if the senate votes to expel him from the chamber should he win the election next month. it's remarkable that two white house aides are speaking to the times this afternoon about removing sessions from the cabinet to solve the moore crisis. trump is known to have soured on sessions and his attacks on the ag and justice department are unprecedented. sending him back to the senate would be the proverbial two birds with one stone political play. welcome to 2017. let's get right to our reporters and guests from the white house. kristen welker in washington. correspondent for "the new york times" magazine, mark leibovich and evan shore. evan mcmillan, a former chief policy director for the house of representatives and most recently an independent presidential candidate. zerlina maxwell, now director of progressive programming for sirius xm and tara set meyer, republican strategist and former communications director to

the conversation with the governor of alabama, kay ivey.ity of these women and am still voting for roy moore. some people say there's every reason to doubt it, false, made up by the republican establishment and democrats athtd the "washington post," but to actually say, no reason to doubt them, but that's not going to make a make a different decision and by the way, her opinion matters more than most in this. >> there's not been a democrat elected to the upper chamber in alabama since '92 i believe. >> unbelievable. good to see you. thanks. >>> good afternoon. i'm ali velshi. as craig says, moments away from the white house press briefing. the questions will once again likely focus on sexual assault. president trump took to twitter to share thoughts on senator al franken say ting the al fran frankenstein -- spelled wrong -- president trump however did not tweet about the embattled

its steering committee met last night an decided to continue roy moore as the nominee and kay ivey reaffirmed that the special election will remain on december 12th. despite this, roy moore's accusers aren't backing down either. tina johnson first told her story to a major alabama publication, al.com, explaining she was 28 years old going to roy moore's law firm to sign over custody of her 12-year-old son to her mother and roy moore was married six years. today in an exclusive interview with nbc news, tina johnson explained first time on camera what she said happened once she got up to leave roy moore's office. >> and then, we eventually got up to leave and as we did when i -- my mother went first and then when i got up and went out he grabbed my behind, just hard. i was in shock. and i was so humiliated and sickened. i didn't do anything. and that's what i regret. i just got out of there. speeded up a little bit and got out the door as quick as i could. >> okay. story number one. story number two, leann 2003don told her story and one was minnesota democratic senator. she says both she and fr

kay ivey has no reason to disbelieve the accusers but she wants a republican in that seat. >> she won'tmove on roy moore because moore has a rabid base. i found i like rick, and i enjoy spending time with him. and talking with him. i thought his answer was kind of peculiar. basically he's setup a situation where you can vote for moore even though you abhor what he's done because it's a safe thing because the senate will then throw him out. so you don't have to feel responsible for putting roy moore in the senate. there's no guarantee the senate is going to throw roy moore out. and i think that's a way of making voters more comfortable in casting a vote for moore. >> hey, let me play you something, kerstin. we say while the president is ignoring the morality of the situation, he knows that we are in a moment of culture change right now. he knows it. he said it today. let's play some of the sound where the president is talking about why he thinks about the revelations of the conduct that needs to be stopped is good for women. >> mr. president, what is your message to women? this is pivota

alabama's governor kay ivey saying she plans to vote for moore, even though she has no reason to doubt accusers. the main reason saying that he could add conservative values in the senate. where should the line be drawn between political goals and morality here. >> #writeinnicksabin. for 35 years, allegations are made, they're true or false, sometimes they're false and we find that out later. you have to go with the preponderance of the evidence standard as a layman or as a lawyer. i believe the accusers of judge moore. i could not vote for him based upon the "washington post" story and subsequent corroborating narratives between different individuals. it was the leigh story at the very beginning i thought was perfectly reported by "the post." so i believe his accuser and therefore i would not vote for him pause i think sexual assault is a disqualifying charge when you believe there is a preponderance of the evidence for it. for the same reason i want al franken to resign. that's the bottom line. >> okay. you do want him to resign? you think that the two are one in the same? they are c