sitting senator, that's kirsten gillibrand of new york, and yesterday on this network called for his resignation. she was somebody that would come to my office begging for campaign contributions not so long ago and would do anything for them. what does he mean by that exactly? the backdrop is the alabama election. it is today and polls have been open for one hour and any moment the democratic candidate, doug jones, will cast his ballot. roy moore set to arrive at his polling place on horseback. kaitlan collins are in montgomery. alex, to you first. the mood on the ground is what? >> reporter: there's excitement and a flury of activity going on here in mountain brook because we are waiting for doug jones to show up any moment now to cast his ballot. i think there's an overarching sense it's here and we finally get to vote. this has been a long and grueling and often bitter, divisive and ugly campaign. everybody from the candidates to the media to the voters themselves are ready to see this election actually happen. anybody who is going to be voting today is going to be particularly pa

obviously kirsten gillibrand is one of them. but despite the fact you have more than 50 democratic women now in congress calling for some kind of an investigation into donald trump. that is just a nonstarter. and so there is the continuation of the discussion about these claims against the president, particularly in the context of this me too moment you're seeing. so it is an intersection now of a number of different and critical headlines here in washington and frankly reverberating throughout the country. >> all right. stay with us if you can, i know you have to get back to the white house. but i want to bring in ashley parker, msnbc contributor and white house reporter for "washington post" and get your take on what you make of this back and forth? >> sure. i mean, it's a couple things. one thing that is very striking with this president is that he will basically go up to the line in what he's willing to say. and then not quite cross it. so in his tweet about senator gillibrand, there were a lot of insinuations. it seems very

this is the tweet from the president with regards to kirsten gillibrand. it's coming up here in a second. just remind our viewers and listeners what he said about the senator from new york. lightweight, total flunky for chuck schumer, someone who would come to my office begging for contributions and would do anything for them. we don't really have to dance around it. it's very clear what the president of the united states is implying. >> yes, it's not a dog whistle, it's a bull horn. >> right. >> again, this is what we've come to expect from trump. this is his shtick. in a sense, i think it's not only to her point, it's not only that a lot of voters excuse it, i think there's a lot of voters who like it. >> they like that? >> well, i think they like ticking off liberals. >> i think it's part of the entertainment value people got. there are voters who told me they voted for donald trump because he was entertaining and he felt like someone who had a hot hand and was fun to watch. there's american society's looking at this saying he's a really funny guy, you

. >>> president trump taking aim tonight at senator kirsten gillibrand, after she said the president should resign, amid allegations of sexual misconduct. what the president tweeted about her today. tonight, she's calling it a sexist smear. and the president is asked, what did he really mean by those words? >>> also tonight, abc news now learning that president trump's legal team is now pushing the attorney general jeff sessions to appoint a second special counsel to now investigate the fbi agents working on the russia probe. >>> the new york city subway bomber. what he posted on facebook right before he boarded that train. authorities say the bomb was already strapped to him when he boarded in brooklyn, headed for times square. >>> the school bus erupting into flames. the driver and a student killed. >>> and the winter storm tonight. temperatures set to plunge. up to a half foot of snow in many places. >>> good evening. as we come on the air in the west with breaking news tonight. and the nation now fixed on alabama at this hour. the polls have now closed. the voters have decided in

i want to congratulate kirsten nielsen who was just confirmed yesterday. it's been had a long wait. we're waiting for a lot of others all of you are waiting for people or most of you are waiting for people to come in and help i know from the stand point trade we're waiting for a lot of our trade representatives to be approved they just don't want to do it. the democrats just don't want to give us those people they delay them as long as possible they take every sickle minute th that they can take it's not right i would like to congratulate our new second of homeland security. kirsten, good luck i'm especially thrilled to report that the senate passed massive tax cuts and reform. you know about that very well. you've covered it for the most part accurately which is surprise for you folks, but that's okay. we're on the verge of an historic victory that cuts taxes for the middle class, for businesses, brings back probably in excess of $4 trillion as you know, we've been saying $2.5 trillion for years. well, that number has greatly expand, and we'll be bringing back in excess of $4 trill

tonight the target of those words senator kirsten gillibrand who called on the president to resign is fighting back. our white house correspondent kristen welker has details. >> reporter: facing accusations, president trump lashing out at kirsten gillibrand today. the first female senator calling on him to resign tweeting, lightweight senator kirsten gillibrand a total flunky for chuck schumer and someone who would come to my office begging for campaign contributions not so long ago and would do anything for them. gillibrand firing back -- >> it was a sexist smear attempting to silence my voice. and i will not be silenced on this issue. neither will the women who stood up to the president. >> reporter: senator elizabeth warren accusing mr. trump of slut shaming her colleague. the white house defiant. >> your mind is in the gutter, you read it that way. obviously talking about political partisan games that people often play. >> reporter: there is increasing speculation senator gillibrand is eyeing her own bid for the white house in 2020. she's become one of the most outspoken voices ag

kirsten, this is for you.ational republican senatorial committee, he weighed in after the jones election and said this. tonight's results are clear. the people of alabama deemed roy moore unfit to serve in the u.s. senate. i hope senator-elect doug jones will do the right thing and truly represent alabama by choosing to vote with the senate republican majority. >> yeah. i mean that's ridiculous. >> is that a joke tweet? >> that's not -- i mean he's a democrat. he was elected, you know, as a democrat. he's going to be a democrat and most of the people who elected him were democrats. so that's wishful thinking. >> you think he'll moderate himself and ever maybe vote with some republicans? >> i mean i don't know. it depends on if the republicans come up with something that i think is appealing to democrat . i don't think democrats are just opposed in principle. i think it's what they've been coming up with are any programs that democrats feel comfortable getting on board with. i think if they wanted to work with

kirsten gillibrand.olved to a gun loving democrat from upstate new york to one of the far left member of the senate. this is calculated. she sent out this tweet. the president took the bait. it's tiresome to hear strong women, say she is a victim. it defies belief. i am disappointed as a woman. i would like to see her stand up and give as good as she gets. if you google trump and gillibra gillibrand, the number 1 thing that comes up i am fighting back against trump and donate here. >> laura: running for president in 2020. gillibrand is ambitious. that's fine. she will run for president. i think this was coreographed from the beginning. tag trump with roy moore. how do you stand up as a strong woman. the second someone says you are full of it, this is sexist. trump said the same thing about mitt romney. >> i think these words take on a different context talking about a man who abused by 20 women of unwanted sexual advantage. that's the current sitting president of the united states who tweeted those words

. >> kirsten edwards alexander looks at the world with a sophistication and grace well beyond her ten years. >> i'm like, that is very grateful that most people wanted to help me. >> reporter: they wanted to help this child with cerebral palsy after learning that last thursday her walker had been stolen from her folks yard. stolen and scrapped. >> i think that it's good that they have been arrested 'cause it was extremely hard not having a walker because if i don't walk i'm going get tight back here. >> reporter: there have been arrests. 51-year-old leland watson and 49-year-old donald kale of new castle have been charged with felon thee theft. a neighbor's security camera captured a white truck stopping in front of kirsten's delaware home thursday and one of the men tossing the shiny blue walker into the back. >> we received an non muss tip from the citizens and that led to the officers, patrol officers for last night able to make the apprehension. >> reporter: but the walker was destroyed. >> so you had to come all the way up here, pick it up and walk all the way back down here. >>

kirsten gillibrand, this was an early christmas gift for her.undraising and it is good for her. also, kirsten gillibrand has incredible consistency and track record in fighting sexual abuse and standing for victims. let's remember just a couple weeks ago she was saying that bill clinton should have taken harder consequences. she stood up against her colleague, friend and partisan al franken. so this is a woman for whom this is not a partisan issue or political issue, it is a real issue. it is a conviction and a principle. it's also true to donald trump has a long record of mysogeny, sexual harrassment. he's got over 12 women on the record accusing him of such. we heard him on tape boasting of such in his own voice. both of them have a long track record which is why he should not continue digging this hole. >> i want to ask you if the pendulum has swung too far. that's at least the theory of angela ramsey. she was a democratic candidate for the third congressional district in kansas. she dropped out of the race after news emerged that there was a

and kirsten gillibrand had an interview this morning, and she tied together the victory last night and then the tweet yesterday about she would do anything for money. listen to what she says. >> it was a sexist smear intended to silence me, and i will not be silenced on this issue, and i heard the testimony of many accusers and i have heard them and he should resign, and congress should do an investigation. we need accountability. women are not going to be silenced right now. as we saw in alabama, women will not be silenced and african-american women will not be silenced and they came out in numbers. >> i guess, simone, specifically, in the narrow sense, do you think this me too moment, this moment of reckoning will be important politically in the elections next year? >> absolutely. i think it will be important because we are not going to escape this conversation. lawmaker after lawmaker, operative after operative, they are going to go on the record talking about sexual misconduct and assault, and it was absolutely a sexist smear and was disgusting and did nothing good for donald trump

kirsten gillibrand was the first to put out her press release and went through a very long explanation about a moment of reckoning for friends and colleagues and that this is something that they have to do in order to make sure that someone else should serve, that if her words that doesn't mistreat women. julie, thoughts? >> well, this, of course, comes on the heels of another allegation against franken this morning. it feels as though the pressure had just grown to the point where these democratic women, i think it's notable that the first seven or so we heard from were democratic women felt like this was just unsustainable and they couldn't stand by as these allegations continue to drip out. i think it's interesting we've not heard from chuck schumer yet, the democratic leader. i think there's going to be a lot of attention and pressure now that so many of his colleagues and again so many female democratic senators have come out and taken this step. putting it in the broader context what we've seen over the last two months, i was struck this morning in looking at the "time" magazine

listen carefully, a president who would all but call senator kirsten gri kirsten gillibrand a whore isit to clean the toilets in barack obama presidential library or shine the shoes of george w. bush. more now from jeff zeleny at the white house. >> president trump has injected himself querly in the middle of the sexual harassment once again going after senator kirsten gillibrand of new york calling her a lightweight who would quote, do anything for political contributions. this prompted an uproar by what the president meant by do anything for contributions. white house press secretary sarah sanders said this at a white house briefing. >> only if your mind is in the gutter would you have read it that way, so no. >> so sanders pushing back on the fact there was any sexual inuendo intended by the do anything remark. but as for senator gillibrand she reacted strongly to the president. saying that president trump simply could not talk like this to democratic senators or others. >> it was a sexist smear attempting to silence my voice. and i will not be silenced on this issue. neither will t

this time senator kirsten gillibrand who called what he said about her a sexist smear.he white house is pushing back saying it wasn't sexist at all, in fact, blaming anyone who thinks that for having a mind in the gutter. joe johns is live at the white house with more. joe, what's the story? >> reporter: well, chris, the controversy over the president's tweet that got the most attention was an insult that was contained in the things he wrote there indicating that senator kirsten gillibrand, one of the most prominent female officeholders in washington, d.c. would come begging to his office for contributions and would do anything for them. that was construed by the president's critics as containing sexual innuendo, especially given the fact that the president had used that kind of language before. the position from the white house press secretary was pretty simple, that people were reading things into the president's tweet that simply were not there. listen. >> i think all of your mind is in the gutter if you have read it that way. it is obviously talking about political

. >>> president trump taking aim tonight at senator kirsten gillibrand after she said the president shouldresign amid allegations of sexual misconduct. what the president tweeted about her today. she's calling it a sexist smear. and t by those words?toght, abc news nowt president attorney general jeff sessions to appoint a second special counsel to now investigation thei probe. >>> the new york city subway bomber. what he posted on facebook right before he boarded that train. authorities say the bomb was already strapped to him when he boarded in brooklyn headed for times square. >>> the school bus erupting into flames. the driver and a student killed. >>> and the winter storm tonight. temperatures set to plunge. up to a half foot of snow in many places. >>> good evening. and it's great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. and the nation fixed on alabama tonight. the voters set to choose a new senator in a special election there. the results could have a profound impact in washington and across the country. republicans hold a razor thin majority in the senate. and the message this could

outrage from kirsten gillibrand. >> it was a sexist smear attending to silence my voice. i will not be silenced on this issue. widelyhe nation's most circulated newspaper. this morning "usa today" with a scathing editorial saying trump is not fit for office and "the president who would all the calls senator kirsten gillibrand a whore is not fit to clean the toilets in the barack obama presidential library or to shine the shoes of george w. bush." >> many people see this as a sexual innuendo. what is the president suggesting? >> i think the president is very obvious. this is the same sentiment the president has expressed many times before when he has exposed political system. >> what is he alleging what happened behind closed doors with her? >> he is not alleging anything. there is no way this is sexist at all. >> press secretary sarah sanders insisting the tweet was not sexual. >> if your mind was in the gutter, would you have read it that way? senators calling for his resignation. in the house, more than 100 democratic representatives all signing on to a letter saying "w

. >> on cnn yesterday, democratic senator kirsten gillibrand took it a step further. >> president trumpgn. these allegations are credible, numerous, i've heard these women's testimony. and many of them are heart breaking. >> president trump responding this morning on twitter calling the senator a light weight and a flunky who would do anything for campaign contributions. today the president refused to clarify. >> thank you very much. >> what did you mean when you said that kirsten gillibrand would do anything for a campaign contribution? >> sarah sanders did clarify saying the tweet was not an innuendo. >> i think only if your mind was in the gutter would you have read it that way. >> gillibrand not buying it. punching back at the president. >> it was a sexist smear attempting to silence my voice and i will not be silenced on this issue. neither will the women who stood up to the president yesterday. and neither will he the millions of women who have been marching since the women's march who stand up against policies they do not agree with. >> many of her colleagues with strong words fo

we told you about kirsten alexander and the theft of her walker. walter perez is live now from minquadale. they have the suspects, we they able to find the walker? >> we found out that the walker was already sold for scrap and destroyed. and a strange twist. that the suspect allegedly returned to the scene of the crime the night before they were arrested. >> 51 leeland watson and 49-year-old donald kale are the s&ps in this case. they are accused of stealing the walker of 10-year-old kirsten alexander who has cerebral palsy. >> i wish i could walk now. but i can't. so -- that is how i feel deep inside. >> britney murray kirsten's mother says she is sure that the police have the right men because they actually came back to her house last night. >> they wanted to apologize for taking the walker and didn't know it was a child's walker and didn't know it wasn't scrap basically. >> investigators say it was not scrap before but it is now. >> we found out that the walker was taken to a scrap metal yard and since recycled. >> britney says that the thieves

as for democratic senator kirsten gillibrand the president says she would, quote, come to my office begging for campaign contributions. not so long ago and would do anything for them. the president, though, not explaining what he meant by that last part. >> meanwhile, and perhaps not coincidentally it is election day in alabama. at long last, we will find out if roy moore, the republican nominee, who has been accused of molesting a 14-year-old girl, will be elected to the u.s. senate. the democrat, doug jones, voted moments ago. we're waiting to see roy moore make an appearance today. we are also waiting for house speaker paul ryan to face reporters. will he address the calls from women in the house to investigate the president for sexual misconduct. we're following these developments from washington, and alabama. want to start there, it is election day. kaitlan collins on the ground. kaitlan? >> yeah, that's right, john. we're going to see roy moore any minute now go cast his vote in this election and as you know from the primary and the runoff, he and his wife kayla, ride in on horseback.

he's like, it's me against kirsten jillen brand. are saying, who's this he's fighting with today? why is he building her up by accusing her of this? >> you hinted at it in your question. he sees in senator gillibrand and in senator elizabeth warren potential 2020 and he wants to define them on his own rough terms at this early stage. >> wow. what do you make of that, c:f stephanie? you're a smart pol. do you think it's smart of him to build them up because he thinks he can beat them? >> no, i don't think most of the things he does as very smart, to be fair, he's not. i think it is how he is doing it that is so disgusting. i was outraged this morning as we all were -- >> did you hear it as elizabeth warren heard it? basically accusing -- >> yes. i say to the press secretary as well, i mean, sarah surely heard that it way too. >> why did she say your mind's in the gutter? >> because she has to defend. but we all know what he said. because he's a bully. and he's really good at using this coded language. and as he goes after senator g

here's a little bit of what kirsten gillibrand wrote on facebook. said, while senator franken is entitled to have the ethics committee conclude its review, i believe it would be better for our country if he sent a clear message that any kind of mistreatment of women in our society isn't acceptable by stepping aside to let someone else serve. now, we also heard from senators claire mccaskill, macy that rowno, macy haszen. all senate democrats and women who are now saying that senator franken should resign. and just to remind you of some of the reporting that we have covered over the last couple of weeks, at least two of the women who have come out actually came out sharing their stories for this first time on cnn, describing actually a kind of pattern of behavior that sounded familiar with other women's stories. this kind of, you know, engagement or conduct where they said that senator franken either during when he was a senator or prior to that would put his hand, you know, in inappropriate places. one woman that i spoke to last week, an army vetera

outrage after president trump sends a tweet mocking senator kirsten gillibrand that many label a sexist smear. this morning, the senator hit back. >> he is a bully and he's been attacking different people across this country. i'm not going to be silenced. >> we begin with a stunning upset in alabama. democrat doug jones is the projected winner this morning in the state's special senate election, defeating republican roy moore. but at this hour moore is still refusing to concede and president trump lashing out on twitter. i want you to stay right there because i have a stellar team here to break it down. but first i want to take a listen to both doug jones and roy moore after the race was called late last night. >> folks, i've got to tell you, i think that i have been waiting all my life and now i just don't know what the hell to say. i am truly, truly overwhelmed. but you know, folks, and you have all heard me say this at one point or another in this campaign, i have always believed that the people of alabama had more in common than to divide us. >> when the vote is this close, then it'

the president tweeting: "lightweight senator kirsten gillibrand, a total flunky for chuck schumer and someone who would come to my office "begging" for campaign contributions not so long ago and would do anything for them,

según el congresista adriano espaillat y la senadora kirsten gillibrand, de no lograrse la aprobación que apoye a los soñadores, la tarea, para el año entrante será más difícil, es por ello que es tan urgente que el dream act se logre antes concluya el 2017. sot sen kirsten gillibrand democrata ny "there are members of the senate republicans that stand w dreamers, even the most conservative so im hopeful that we will hold the line and be able to pass the dream act as part of our years end budget bill" bloquear el presupuesto federal a cambio de la estadía de los soñadores no será tarea fácil. actualmente los republicanos controlan ambas cámaras en el congreso y por el senado, aprobar el presupuesto y por ende el dream act requiere de 60 votos, solo hay 48 demócratas, 12 republicanos tendrían que votar unirse a la bancada demócrata, no obstante hay optimismo. sot angela fernandez - coalición del norte de manhattan " la fecha ultima para votar por un presupuesto para que el gobierno siga funcionando es el ocho de diciembre, y estamos poniendo mucha presión para que oficiales electos ten

daughter relies on. 10-year-old kirsten edwards alexander of wilmington has cerebral palsy. she says without her walker she's only able to move around by wheelchair. >> it just makes me very disappointed as a child that a grownup would take my walker. >> reporter: home surveillance video from last thursday shows a white pickup truck stopping in front of her home on rodney drive within a minute of kiersten and her mother pulling out of the driveway. a man dressed in what appears to be construction gear loaded up the walker and left. a neighbor who wants to remain anonymous captured those moments on her home cameras. >> it looked like a scrap metal truck like if they were scrap metaling through the neighborhood bit looked really suspicious because she left and then he pulled up. >> reporter: now kiersten and the her family are hoping the 3-foot tall royal blue custom walker will be returned. >> it's very hard to not walk right now because i love walking. >> reporter: and new castle county police are investigating this case.

i would be blessed if the state voted for me again. >> senator kirsten gillibrand. thank you for joining us from washington. >> thank you. the #metoo movement began in hollywood. as the award season begins. it will be the first time in decades without the larger than life influence of harvey weinstein to. day the hollywood foreign press association, announced its golden globe nominees. and actor gary oldman has been nominated for best actor. for his incredible performance, as winston churchill in "the darkest hour." in this clip we see britain's iconic war time leader saving the world as we know it, by staring down the nazis refusing to surrender to hitler. >> now is the time to negotiate. >> when shall the lesson be learned. you cannot reason with a tiger when your head is in its mouth! >> all was nearly lost in 1940 as plucky britain stood alone against monstrous tyranny. another year before the united states entered the ward to defend pratzed oldman's -- pratz praised oldman. oldman tells me about disappearing into the role. after hundreds of hours in the makeup

they -- as kirsten gillibrand said, she believed the women.ey called on him to resign. >> how many times can you keep repeating, i'm sorry, i didn't mean to do it, what have you. john, where do you think republicans should be on this? can they credibly call for frank -- franken's resignatioresigna? >> there are certain issues in this country that there would be unanimous opinions, all standing up as one, criticizing this behavior on either side of the aisle. there are some things that transcend politics, and certainly harassment, public affairs, denial, a lot of the things we're seeing on the news today we should be standing up as one. there was a lot of condemnation of moore. just like with franken, it hasn't been universal. but a lot of republicans did step up and criticize moore, and i'm glad to see the same thing is happening with franken. >> i think that it's pretty universal now with franken. >> it's very universal with franken. i would say yes, it's true, a lot of the republican establishment did criticize moore. what's a little differe

senator kirsten gillibrand, good to have your perspective. we appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> also on this busy wednesday morning, for the first time, we are now seeing some of the anti trump text messages that led to an fbi agent's removal from the russia investigation. nbc justice correspondent, pete williams, has that story. hey, pete. good morning. >> hoda, the e-mails were handed over to congress tuesday night, just as the deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein prepares for today. some e-mails demonstrate why he should appoint another special counsel to investigate robert mueller's team. the e-mails were exchanged between peter struck and lisa page. the two were romantically involved. sent between august 2015 and december 2016, most were exchanged before either party secured its nominee. but many were critical of donald trump. one reads, god, trump is a loathsome human. on july 14th, struck wrote about trump, it's clear he's capturing the white, poor voters who the mainstream republicans abandoned. in other message

accused of stealing the walker that belonged to kirsten alexander. who has cerebral palsy. >> wish i could walk now, but i can't. so -- that is how i feel deep inside. >> kirsten's mother britney says she is certain that those are the two men responsible. >> they came to apologize for taking the walker and for it not being scrap. >> we found out that the walker

i'm back now with kirsten powers, scott jennings and barri weiss.oral flattening. >> okay. sow thought it was political jujtsz y jiu-jitsu. you thought it was amazing. but here's what i've found in my short time on this earth, my 25 years. >> you're looking very good. >> that is a joke, as you can tell. i think democrats are maybe playing for the moral value and the moral high ground. and they're playing sort of oh, well, this is wrong. republicans are just playing sheer straight politics. they just want to win. they want to have roy moore because they want to get their agenda -- >> but they're thinking one step ahead. the democrats are thinking long-term strategically. and there's a difference. >> you think they're playing long-term chess -- symbol ii. >> i think the republicans have to own a pedophile and not only a pedophile if you believe the accusations but also a theeocrat who believes muslims shouldn't serve in congress. they own this person now. >> a lot of this got -- you were here. a lot of this didn't matter during the election and a lot

you fired back at kirsten atlibrand -- he fired back kirsten gillibrand. at least 56 lawmakers in the house of call for congressional investigation into the sexual misconduct accusation against them. this morning, trump tweeted -- "lightweight senator kirsten oh i want to bring cecille richards into this conversation, president of planned parenthood federation of america and the ceo as well. as you listen to samantha and rachel, some of the 16 women who have accused donald trump, and then see what he is tweeting today, attacking the senators, particularly the female senator of the five who are calling for him to resign, with sexual innuendo in his tweets, your thoughts? think samanthat is extraordinarily brave and the other 15 women because you can see now why women don't come forward. obviously, it is time for an investigation of donald trump. the fact he is in fact going after women i think is going to embolden women. todifficult as this is experience, the outpouring of women now supporting each other and telling their stories is like nothing i've ever s

and goes after kirsten gillibrand, it's outrageous. more episode of him being unpresidential. >> and him being him. >> keep in mind, i don't think there's anything sexist about it at all. >> oh, for the love of god. >> absolutely not. >> how did you take it when he said she would do anything for campaign donations. >> let me finish. that has nothing to do with sex. november 17th, "new york times" has an article saying people, places, and things trump has offended by twitter. and none of those people are claiming oh, it's sexist, and none of the businesses have closed down and none have felt -- they felt attacked, but that's what he does. he's tough on twitter. >> wait a minute. what about the megyn kelly comment, which many people did interpret in a sexist way? >> well, i'm -- i think that was an unfortunate comment, but i'm saying on the gillibrand thing, it's not sexist. he's just puxing back. remember, this is a woman who owes her whole political career to bill clinton, and she said he should have resigned. >> does it matter if a gu

he in fact was giving money to democrats like kirsten gillibrand flot that long ago in the 2010 campaign cycle midterm election he gave $4,800 to her. of course she was the senator filling in the clinton seat. so reminds us of a few thing. but if any one thinks this is bad politics for gillibrand, she is raising money, her fundraising committee sent something out, not certainly bad politics because elevating her. she is one of the many, many democrats in this town and across the country who have their eye on the 2020 campaign, brooke? >> you are correct. jeff zeleny. thank you, we'll look for you in the briefing. >> former judge road in on his horse named sassy to cast his ba ballot. accused of sexual assault from teenage girls decades ago. and he has full support of president trump. but no matter which senate candidate comes on top, it would fly in the face of the norm. if roy moore wins you would have accused sexual predator sitting in the u.s. senate, and pitting the president who supports moore against republican leadership who have been muling moore haste expulsion. on the flip side

is kirsten gillibrand owed an apology because of the misunderstanding from the president's tweet this morning? many people think it is about a sexual innuendo. were not inur mind the gutter, you would not have read it that way, so no. openter: what he said was and it was not mind in the gutter. sarah: he is talking about political, partisan games that people often play and the broken system he has talked about repeatedly. this is not a new sentiment or terminology. he has used it several times before. as i said a few minutes ago, he has used it referencing men of both parties, in fact. i think if you look back at the past comments he has made, it was very clear what his reference was. reporter: looking at this issue with the system, the president gave almost $8,000 to senator gillibrand over the years. his daughter also gave for $2000. what specifically did they get for these contributions? sarah: i think oftentimes what you do, you are getting access. a member of congress will take your phone call, will take your meeting. something asiving a businessman that the president may or may

target is senator kirsten gillibrand, who started calling for president trump's resignation over the's the tweet from the leader of the free world, lightweight senator kirsten gillibrand, a total flunky for schumer, and someone who would come begging in my office for contributions not so long ago and would do anything for them is in the ring fighting against trump. this morning senator gillibrand was asked on the "today" show whether she interpreted the tweet as a sexual reference that she would trade sexual favors for campaign cash. here's what she said. >> certainly that's how i and many people read it. and it was certainly just a sexist smear intended to silence me. i'm not going to be silenced on this issue. i've heard the testimony of many women, numerous accusers. i believe them. and he should resign for that. >> in response, the "usa today" editorial board wrote an editorial that included this line. a president all by called her a w.h.o.re who are sign the shoes of george w. bush. joining me is the editor of "usa today." >> the language in this editorial is searing. i'm wonder

i'll let you go first, kirsten, because the gop member here. focus on jared kushner and the russia investigation. is he too much of a liability at the white house at this point? >> i mean yes, of course. he and several other members who are under investigation who have been mentioned who have been making statements to the media, donald trump jr. included are, however, they are close family members to the president. this president operates unlike any former president with his loyalty to his family as far as that's concerned. we all know the ridiculous portfolio he was given to solve world peace, middle east peace, et cetera. just way too much for any one person. obviously everyone in the white house and many administration officials and gop members know that he is not necessarily a member of the administration who is doing the most work politically, but he is definitely in danger and i think that it's both him and donald trump jr. who are going to be next up insofar as what they have said to the fbi if they have been completely honest and the fl

this would help roy moore lose. >> the kirsten gillibrand tweet? >> yes.way 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, a lot of people from all walks of life found that tweet disgusting. and decided to vote for the democrat in alabama. joining us now is the publisher and co-founder of real clear politics tom bevan. >> tom, a couple of things. first of all, polls. they're worthless. you look at a poll that has -- >> wait a minute. >> you have jones up nine poin

also senators kirsten gillibrand are calling for the president to resign.s now personally attacking her, calling her, in this tweet, a light weight and a total flunky. here is how she responded to this today. >> it was a sexist smear attempting to silence my voice. and i'll not be silenced on this issue neither will the women stood up to the president yesterday and neither will the millions of women who have been marching since the women's march to stand up against policies they do not agree with. >> also trying to discredit his accusers saying these are false accusations, from the president, false accusations from woman i don't know or have never met. we go to the white house to our senior white house correspondent jeff zeleny. you are in the room now. as i mentioned sarah sanders, it was extra tense at the briefing this time yesterday, when she was asked right out of the gate about these multiple trump accusers, these women coming forward. doesn't the president's tweet contradict her response from yesterday when she pointed out eyewitnesss refute what hap

here to react kirsten haglund, a conservative commentator.lieve that rosie o'donnell's tweet in answer to paul ryan's totally non-political message about christmas, it will be taken seriously? >> it is completely ridiculous, david. especially a time of year we're trying to chill and relax with our families and enjoy something none political, right? let's keep it thatç way. what is so eminently ridiculous and honestly frustrating, did rosie o'donnell read the tax bill? i wonder if she did. she is going offnancy pelosi's very heightened rhetoric and hyperbole, describing the tax bill a apocalyptic, et cetera. everyday americans who will actually be benefiting very much from this bill in the thousands of dollars, 9,000 dollars cumulatively over the next 10 years, are just hearing this, thinking well, gosh it must be a horrible bill and we're not getting the truth. david: don't let the facts get in the way of rosie o'donnell argument. one person that is political, he didn't make any bones bringing apogees's name, bernie sanders who said the foll

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sitting senator, that's kirsten gillibrand of new york, and yesterday on

before i get to that, did anybody want to respond with what kirsten said.ening when it comes to al franken. >> i think it's a genuine reflection of the values and morals of these senators on the democratic ticket, on the democratic side who have called for his resignation. what i am worried about is that right now, the punishment, punishments are supposed to fit the crime. right now, we're seeing the same punishment for sexual harassment, sexual assault, rape, and my fear is that in punishing all of these things the same way, we're actually devaluing the things that are much, much graver. that's my fear. because this is way beyond just al franken and roy moore. you know, you see someone like leonard, a 77-year-old guy who's been a veteran host for years. many of your viewers might not know who he is. he's escorted out of the building because of inappropriate conduct. he has no idea what he's even done. that's where we are though. that is why -- >> which one's -- and people are going to start turning a blind eye, at least, you know -- >> that's my fear. >> c