and that's why we need a person like luther strange. we need him. u've got to get out and vote. . [ cheers ] . >> president trump: you know i think if everybody in this room gets out and votes, luther, youa win, easily. [ cheers ] . >> president trump: you've got to voechlt just get out and vote. got to get out and vote. vote. got to get out and v so luther it is not in washington to serve the special interests like a lot of people, even the way he handled that thing with me, he didn't ask me, you've got to do this and that. what did he do? he got better. let's say he was difficult. went quid pro quo. he just treated me great. and i called him. i said do you want me to help you? he couldn't believe it. he said why? i said because you gave me the coolest answer i've had in a long time. that's why i'm here. he didn't ask me. time. that's why i'm here. he didn't ask me. [ cheers ] . >> president trump: the only mistake he made, i shouldn't say this, it was a mistake, he said sir, we have a venue that holds a thousand people, i said l luther, that's no g

luther strange has conseedceded defeat. this is a significant blow to the president who cast his vote with luther strange. the president deciding to go with the establishment candidate luther strange who had worked for years in washington as a lobbyist while many of his own base and many of his most prominent supporters like steve bannon like sarah huckabee -- excuse me, sarah palin, did go for roy moore. talked about draining the swamp. but president trump made it clear that his support for luther strange came out of a sense of loyalty, that luther strange had shown he would be a loyal foot soldier in the senate, willing to vote the way the president wanted to advance his agenda, to vote out obamacare. but he wondered aloud strange right there, whether it was even smart to get involved in this race and said it could be a major embarrassment to him if strange lost. strange has now indeed lost. the white house grappling with that embarrassment. >> up on the stage behind you we have him up, is steve bannon. and this is steve

luther strange 45.4%.te majority leader mitch mcconnell because they strongly backed luther strange. train to the president treating congratulations on his this republican primary win in alabama. luther strange started way back and ran a good race. moore is a former state supreme court justice and is emphasized he would unify the party. he said that in his big dirty speech. >> together we can make america great. we can support the president. don't let anybody in the press think that because he supported my opponent that they do not support him and support his agenda. [inaudible conversations] meanwhile in his concession speech, luther strange thing to the president. >> the president took a chance. he didn't have to come down. that is what loyal friends do. sometimes more than politics. sometimes it's about more than a friendship come in just a common goal to make the country better. cheryl: more will face jones for special elections in december for the senate seat held by attorney general jeff sessions. la

luther strange is facing an uphill battle. just days before the runoff against a washington outsider. this is the man senator strange is up against. formal bama chief justice roy moore. it's one of the most of unusual senate races ever. here with me tonight as we await president trump. gregg jarrett, dr. sebastian gorka, and the ceo of american majority, ned ryun. harlan, why is the president picking someone who is perceived as an establishment type as opposed to the outsider? >> mr. strange is not a creature of washington. he has only been in there for a short period of time. he's the former attorney general of alabama. he has a successful track record. he voted in line with the president overwhelmingly since he has been in washington. president trump wants loyal soldiers in congress to defend and further his agenda. that's what mr. strange is promising to do. trish: what is concerning mr. gorka is mr. strange is also loyal to mitch mcconnell. that's the concern from folks like and sarah palin and others who have come out full

luther strange has been shooting up in the alabama polls since my endorsement. , vote today for big luther. vice president mike pence had a rally last night for strange. meanwhile former white house strategist steve bannon was also in alabama rooting for strange's opponent roy moore. bannon saying a win for moore would be a win for the populism that elected president trump. former white house deputy chief of staff to president george w. bush karl rove. strange currents running through alabama. i'm confused. bannon on one side saying that trump will regret his support. i have pence and the president on the other. straighten it out, karl. what does an outcome mean? >> full disclosure. i'm a volunteer with american crossroad senate leadership fund supporting strange. this race is going to be close. moore leads in the polls but he led in the first round. in fact, the polls suggested luther was going to run third and moore might even take it all with more than 50% in the first round. the president as appearance on friday night and vice president's appearance last nigh

we are here tonight for luther strange. i'm here for two. here for luther, and i'm here, it's a friday night, i really do love the people of alabama because you've treated me so well. in fact, i said -- i don't want to speak negatively. i said if i lose this election, maybe i'll end up moving to alabama or kentucky or, like, some states, nice to go or people love you and you love them. it's special. here's what happened. here's what happened. but we'd never want to lose, despite that. we don't want to lose. because we have a great agenda and -- by the way, we're doing a lot of work. forgetting a lot of stuff done. they hate to admit it. we have a supreme court justice, judge gore goresuch, how aboutg called your second amendment, remember that? if crooked hillary got elected, you would not have a second amendment, believe me. you'd be handing in your rifles. you would be saying, hear, hear, here they are. you would be turning over your rifles. [crowd chanting] you got to speak to jeff sessions about that. so here's what happened with luther.

luther strange has been a reliable vote for him.e's right to take on congress. 7.5 years of talking about obamacare? watching these senators weasel out of it? peopleng across the country, its pitchfork time. >> jeanine: it is. when you have the oval and senate and congress?op david clarke, to not get anything done, that's a signal that the establishment is looking to get rid of donald trump. they are not looking to support him. >> [laughs]na >> that's precisely what is happening right now. people that are two-faced about this. the g.o.p. about we know where the dems stand on this thing but within the g.o.p. in public they might talk about how they are for tax reform or market-based health carek systems -- infrastructure, rebuilding, law and order in those sorts of things but they are really not inside. they are really not pushing. that's what the president needs. he needs people to help push this agenda through to congress. they're just not providing the heavy lifting that they need to do. >> jeanine: larry elder, i want to move on

friend, to go out get a family member, get the whole family and bring them out to vote for big luther strange. got to vote for him. >> [applause] >> president trump: big luther. >> dagen: trump, taxpayers, tuesday. the final countdown is on in an alabama runoff race between two republicans. one, the president is backing and the other the president is not and if gary b. smith is right taxpayers who want their cuts better watch this one closely. hi everybody i'm dagen mcdowell, this is bulls & bears. along with gary b., the bulls & bears this week, john layfield along with emily deshin ski. welcome to all of you. gary b., why should taxpayers care about how this one turns out? >> well, dagen i think it's very simple. unless the congress is stacked with people who think like trump , not an ideal log, a deal maker or 500 odd deal makers no tax legislation will get through i think people were thinking that donald trump was maybe a next ronald reagan, you know, a sunny straightforward optomist that had very conservative beliefs but he's shown for better or worse he's willing to change with the wind

and luther strange is pushing back on that.e's what he told fox news this morning. >> i can assure you, steve, if i were part of the problem, the president wouldn't be down here campaigning so hard for me. last night we had the vice president here. i've been in washington less time than the president has. and we have become friends, personal friends. we have the same goals, same agenda. >> so luther strange is saying, forget that mitch mcconnell and those guys back me, i'm not part of the swamp. >> that certainly was the message from the president on friday saying, this guy just got to the senate, he barely knows mcconnell, he's being unfairly branded as an establishment candidate. and that was his argument, that he's with me and that he isn't really this guy. but certainly, the audience there on friday was packed with people cheering and screaming for donald trump, but not necessarily for luther strange. >> so this brings up the question about 2018. because if you don't live in alabama, why should you care about this race? bec

establishment republican candidates. >> i want you to listen to what donald trump said would happen if luther strangeost this race. >> if luther doesn't win, they're not going to say we picked up 25 points in a very short period of time. they're going to say, donald trump, the president of the united states, was unable to pull his candidate across the line. it is a terrible, terrible moment for trump. this is total embarrassment. >> not quite, but, look, this is what the president just tweeted. he said congratulations to roy moore on his republican primary win in alabama. luther strange started way back and ran a good race. roy win in november. the first words out of my mouth tonight was donald trump's candidate, the president's candidate loses and steve bannon's candidate wins. he was sort of right. >> in many ways this was an unnatural fit for him, for donald trump. he would normally back the insurgent. instead he backed the establishment candidate, so that's another thing he can blame mitch mcconnell for, which he will no doubt do. but he will jump on this bandwagon. as dana was talking about earl

defeating senator luther strange. and about the u.s. senate, today the republicans there admitted they do not have the votes for the latest attempt to repeal and replace obamacare. over at the white house today, alongside the visiting spanish prime minister, trump announced he will go to puerto rico next week. puerto rico is, tonight, unable to sustain life for all of the 3.5 million americans who live there. and we'll get a live fort worth there later on in this broadcast. but today the president talked about how appreciative puerto rico has been for the federal government response. >> i'd like to take a moment to send america's hearts and prayers to the people of puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands. it's the most difficult job because it's on the island, it's on an island in the middle of an ocean, it's out in the ocean. you can't just drive your trucks there from other states. we are unloading on an hourly basis massive loads of water and food and supplies for puerto rico. and this isn't like florida where we can go right up the

senate leadership spend $9 million to elect luther strange. it's a huge investment. not just because strange is the incumbent, but the choices here, you either have luther strange or you have the rebel radical that is the cause of nothing but trouble. >> how much does it help the republican persuade the senators to go along with him when he is backing someone like luther strange? is there a connection where it helps him? >> the average person would think no, but anyone who spent time in washington, it's probably at the margins. luther strange is one of them. i think you have to remember that the senate is a very exclusive club. democrats and republicans, but yes, certain people don't like mitch mcconnell. at the end of the day, if you support someone who is not incumbent, he could do that to me. it helps the margin. do i think it gets susan col ups to vote for him? no. i need to mention this. if you go back, i will be very interested if luther loses. the trump decision support strange. i assume mitch mcconnell was involved, but moore is a trump-like candidate that if

please stay. >> i'm a volunteer with the super pack that was supportinglu luther strange and tonight roy moore won fair and square and whooped him well. i thought luther's concession speech was really sort of classy and good for him. it is a testament to the sort of folk hero status of judge moore who for 30 years has been a fixture in alabamafo politics. twice removed as supreme court justice. first time as peter doocy pointed out in response to putting the ten commandments on the judicial building grounds. the other time for basically saying alabama officials shouldn't live up to the gay marriage supreme court decision and made him a very strongs figure in the religious community, in the social conservatives, christian conservatives and you see thativ tonight.t. virtually every rural county of alabama is carried by moore and by big margins. strange has supporters in huntsville in the north and birmingham in the center and runs reasonably well in the far southern state among mobile. rural people voted strongly for him. focus groups that super pack ran, interested in those focus group

i have to tell you this story because we are here tonight for luther strange. ere for luther and i am actually here for friday night, i really do love the people of alabama because you have treated me so good. [applause] said, i don't want to speak negatively, i said if i lose this election, a b i will end up moving to alabama or -- maybe i will end up moving to alabama or kentucky or some state where people love you and you love them. it is special. here is what happened, here is what happened. but we never want to lose, despite that. we have a great agenda and by the way we are doing a lot of work, we're doing a lot of things. supreme court justice, neil gorsuch, will say, how about a thing called your second amendment? remember that? [applause] crooked hillary got elected you would not have a second amendment, believe me. you would be handing in your rifles. [booing] you would be turning over your rifles. [chanting] you have to speak to jeff sessions about that. [applause] so, here is what happened with luther. list, 10 names of people that are absolute total

interestingly, luther strange said that he needed to be in the senate as a bull work for the president against the likes of senate majority mitch mcconnell, which is strange, if you will, because luther strange has been receiving millions of dollars in support from senate leader -- senate majority leader mitch mcconnell's super pac. but the president last night did make it clear he needs luther strange in the senate to help advance his agenda. here's what he had to say at that rally. >> i call up the different people, well, mr. president, could you have dinner with my wife, myself, my family, my kids, my cousins, my uncles. and i'd like to talk to you about it. okay. so come over with the family, pictures all night. now i call luther strange, i say, oh, i got to call this guy. and he's a no, right? and i say, senator, i need your help. i said i got to get your vote on health care. he says you've got it. >> reporter: well, now he may not even need luther strange's vote on that bill because of the announcement by senator john mccain that he would not be supporting it. but clearly it was

in this case, i support luther strange because luther strange i think has done a great job up here inhe short time he's been in the senate. secondly, he's a friend of mine for 35 years. he and his family. and i believe that there's a good choice here. i know roy moore. i have nothing against roy moore. but the people will make that decision today and i think it's going to be a close race. we'll have to see today. it depends on who turns out. if it's a big turnout luther will probably win. if it's a small turnout, moore will probably win. >> senator, much of the attention of the country over the last few days has been about the nfl and rules about kneeling or standing during the national anthem. that's been the focus of much of the country and the president of the united states, much of the suffering in the united states over the last few days has. puerto rico. 3.5 million americans living without power, without water, communications are down. what needs to be done to help the people of puerto rico? >> we should do everything in our power to help them. it's a real disaster there. they'

not so much with luther strange. >> that's interesting. let's look at roy moore, who seems a lot like mr. trump on some issues. he has a controversial past in alabama but is still popular among many republicans there. so why did mr. trump not back him? >> well, i have to think that mitch mcconnell, you know, the majority leader -- the republican majority leader of the senate went to mr. trump and said i need you to back mr. strange, he's our guy. we're throwing $15 million his way, help us out a bit. there's a lot of alabamaians in the trump administration. i have to believe the president was given bad information. because like him or hate him but in a primary roy moore is hard to beat. >> your sense is he has it in the bag. >> we looked at the polls done earlier, they were done by a reputable polling company, they have moore up by 10 points. now, that's going to narrow some. everything here is going to depend on turnout. i spoke with the secretary of state earlier today and he said they expect between 12, 15% turnout. which means some 200

the establishment favorite luther strange. vice president mike pence following suit telling moore we are for you after campaigning for strange less than 24 hours earlier. president trump had openly wondered whether he had chosen the wrong candidate while campaigning for strange last week. >> i might have made a mistake. if luther doesn't win, i will they will not say we picked up 25 points in a short period of time. they're going to say, donald trump, the president of the united states, was unable to pull his candidate across the line. it is a terrible, terrible moment for trump. this is total embarrassment. >> reporter: moore's victory a blow to establishment republicans. a super pac affiliated with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell had funneled millions of dollars to tv ads targeting moore, fearing he will be a headache on the hill and taint fellow republicans with his extremely conservative views. as chief justice, moore was twice removed, including being suspended for going against the supreme court's ruling on same-se

we have a winner and alabama come outside or roy moore beating senator luther strange by nearly ten points despite being outspent 10-1 and despite president trump campaigning for senator strange. even though his guy lost, analysts say the president may come out the winner too since he and moore are of the same drain the swamp cloth. this was echoed in his victory speech last night. >> together we can make america great. we can support the president. don't let anybody in the press let you think that since he supported my opponent but i do not support him. in support his agenda. >> sandra: meantime, president trump raising moore's victory tweeting this is morning. spoke to roy moore of alabama last night for the first time. something really great guy who ran a fantastic race. he will help to make america great again. and there you have it, what did you make of all of this? >> judge napalitano: they are both friends of mine, chief justice moore and senator strange. i was very strongly in the moore can't because i'm the antiestablishment type myself. i think the president made a mistake by vio

vote for senator luther strange. tough on crime and border. will never let you down. also quote, ruther strange has been shooting up in the alabama primary polls since my endorsement. finish the job. vote today for big luther and also from the president's twitter feed, alabama, get out and vote for luther strange. he has proven to me that he will never let you down.

ned, explain to me why the president is supporting luther strange. >> you know, i actually don't knowe came to that decision? and, trish, you know me, i've been a strong and ardent supporter of the president before the primary was over, on this one i will have to agree to disagree. he finds himself otherwise occupied by alabama. the thing for alabama, it is referendum on mitch mcconnell's leadership i would argue, lack thereof, pushing for the america first agenda. when we talk even just about this health care debacle taking place right now, mitch mcconnell has shown a strange inability, that i believe is intentional, not pushing forward the america first agenda. i said it before, i say it again, mitch mcconnell would rather reign in hell than serve in heaven. when president trump going to alabama, sarah palin saying drain the swap. you have to drain the swamp. you can not create a protected class of swamp creatures. the thing trump will realize, he has put himself opposite of grassroots, at the same time, many of us are still strongly supportings him on variety of other things. trish

luther strange, tweeting just in the past minute "alabama is so lucky to have a candidate like big luther strange. smart, tough on crime, borders and trade. loves the vets and military."

let us give a welcome to senator big luther strange. ♪ senator strange: thank you, huntsville for beingere. hold on just a second. are you ready to support our president tonight? thank you for being here. this is an exciting night. maybe the biggest political rally for a senator in our city's history. you're making this possible. thank you so much. [applause] senator strange: i am so honored that my friend, president trump, is taking the time to come to the great city of huntsville to campaign for me. [applause] senator strange: in my short time in washington, we have worked together to fight the establishment and take on the issues he promised to solve to make america great again. let's talk about fixing the immigration system. i love that build the wall chant. that is fantastic. the president is going to talk about what he is doing to fix the economy and create jobs, to bring back jobs to this country. ways we have not seen in years. we are in the defense capital of the world. let us give our military a big hand. [applause] senator strange: my opponent says the president is out of tou

president trump a moment ago wrapping up a speaking engagement wrapped up at the rally for luther strangesident trump explained why he is supporting strange in the primary run on tuesday. president trump touched on a number of big issues including putting america first. take a look. >> i i will always defend america's interests above all else. i'm here for you. i am not here for global interest. we are not here for the rest of the

he was tweeting just this morning saying alabama get out and vote for luther strange. has proven to me he will never let you down. the president said that luther has been loyal to him and why he has endorsed him but we have steve bannon backing roy moore. this contentious figure kicked off the state bench here twice in alabama that's also running but the larger issue that people like mitch mcconnell are worried about is if roy moore wins tonight it will create problems for republicans in 2018, kate. >> yep. the cascade of primary challengers that would come, that's the fear. caitlin, great to see you and thank you so much. voters at the polls right now. while they're voting let's do some more talking. joining me right now scott jennings a cnn political commentator former special assistant to george w. bush and former campaign adviser to mitch mcconnell and david a consultant to republicans and democrats in the state of alabama chairman of the maury consulting group. david you worked on republican and democratic campaigns in the state. what does the special election com

again, luther strange sort of the republican establishment candidate member. mitch mcconnell senate candidate leader. roy moore, very controversial. he won tonight pretty convincingly. a big part of his message was the idea stick tattoo mitch mcconnell, stick it to the republican establishment. with that in mind, there's news tonight out of tennessee. bob corker, he's not going to run again in 2018. one of the issues corker had been contending with is he'd run afoul of trump. trump had lashed back at him. there's the prospect here if corker ran in 2018, is he going to have to face that same type of republican base tonight in alabama sided with roy moore over the incumbent there, luther strange. so instead bob corker, he's not going to run. and again we talk so much in 20150, 2012 about the republican base, about these tea party up risings in a number of parties that year and a number of primaries the republicans haven't won. that term isn't in our politics as much, but i think that anti-establishment spirit that caused the republican establishment so much grie

roy roy moore, luther strange. president trump supporting luther strange, tweeting just in the past minute "alabama is so lucky to have a candidate like big luther strange. smart, tough on crime, borders and trade. loves the vets and military." president is heading down on friday. the polls in alabama, roy moore and luther strange at 35.4. molly, this is something. >> i think a lot of people think this has a lot to do with donald trump supporting one candidate over the other but i think people are forgetting how much fatigue and anger there is over the governor bentley situation. he had an affair with a staffer and used government resources to cover it up. people feel luther strange with two involved with that. he promised he would investigate bentley. no investigation happen. i think that's a more telling issue dividing people. donald trump coming into campaign for him will probably be huge. he is well loved. we will see what happens. >> bret: it's kind of look at the bannon versus the other part of the party. seb

you, luther strange knows the true source of america's strength -- it's god, it's family, and its countryand luther is going to be taking lovefor a man that you all -- what's his name? huh? senator jeff sessions. you love jeff sessions. he's doing a good job. doing a good job. been very busy watching the borders. you are going to be so impressed with what we're going to do in washington, but before we begin, i want to send our thoughts and prayers to the people of texas and louisiana and georgia and puerto rico and the virgin islands and all of the other communities that have recently been ravaged by storms and by floods. i called the other day, i spoke to your governor, i said how are you doing, and she said we have about 17 million people that just entered alabama for shelter, and you took such great care of those people. you really did. i said, governor, you are the fastest-growing state anywhere in the world this week, but it was -- you really did. you did a great job, and your governor is doing a great job, too, by the way. when one part of america hurts, we all hurt. that has been a

, according to donald trump, in the rally he had in alabama on friday, he said he was backing luther strangeould come up to him and say, "i will support you if you do this or that for me. " donald trump said luther strange didn't ask for anything. he said he had donald trump was not back, and supported him 100%, and donald trump was repaying that loyalty. that is why he is down there. but it is interesting to see all of these folks who are normally big donald trump supporters on the other side. nigel farage, who had campaigned for donald trump during the last presidential election, he is there tonight as well, in addition to the quys tonight as well, in addition to the guys that our regular basis. extraordinary. 0ne extraordinary. one person we haven't seen down there was ben carson, you have a cabinet member also now coming out against the president's pick and supporting roy moore. that was pretty remarkable as well. donald trump made a bit of a mention to that on friday. he said there were people in his administration has appointed roy moore remarkable that appointed roy moore remarkable t

beating his rival luther strange backed but the president and mcmcconnell. it could spell trouble in the midterm elections. also, president trump defending his response to the hurricane in puerto rico and brushing off claims that he was distracted by his feud with the nfl. the president now says that he will travel to the hard-hit island negatives week. >>> after another staying defeat on obamacare, president trump is hoping to deliver on awe different campaign promise, tax reform. the president traveling to indiana to lay out his tax plan. we will ask lawmakers if the plan is truly reform of the tax system or just a tax cut. >>> the irs now sharing information with special counsel bob mueller about key trump campaign officials as he investigates possible tax and financial crimes. this as we learn mueller's team could start interviewing white house staff this week. we have all the news covered. live in montgomery, alabama. what a big hit down there. >> it really was. moore won with a resounding 9.2% of the vote, a significant blow for the president who took

roy moore up against the incumbent luther strange.resident supporting luther strange, they are voting tonight. we will have results we assume in a couple of hours, it may be a few hours. what does it say about the president's base and what it means back your? back with our panel. bill, i want to start with you, this comes on a day when republicans announced they were not going to vote on repeal and replace, the graham-cassidy bill because they didn't have the votes. another loss, another try that fails. now they turn to tax reform. what you think this says about the president's base? speak of the base in alabama i think will behave in a way that a lot of people would not suspect, people say that from space always listens to what he recommends, i don't think they will listen to what he recommends. i think they're going to go with a guy who is like trump as opposed to the guy from blakes. i think it will go with three more. i think he's going to win and people like the sound of what he's doing an end what he sayin saying. i think this w

the biggest applause lines, when the vice president came to birmingham last night to rally for luther strange, came with the vice president said that if strange gets a term in the senate, the wall will get built. one of the major white house priorities, the administration needs strange for a period >> alabama, make no mistake about it, president trump and our entire team are just getting started. our president needs luther strange back in the united states senate so we can finish the job. >> senator luther strange voted first thing this morning and is also telling alabama republicans to be wary that he is irritated with his party's leadership still struggling to repeal and replace obamacare. >> i will tell them publicly and i told them privately, we've got to fulfill our promises. i am the one out here taking the brunt of the failures to keep their commitments, i can understand the frustration, i'm the most frustrated person in the senate, believe me. >> last night the challenger judge roy moore rallied in hope and whipped out a gun at 1.2 make a point that the nra's endorsement of strange sh

the president made it clear why he was supporting luther strange saying it was all about loyalty. at that same rally and almost the same breath the president wondered allowed with senator strange standing not too far away whether he'd made a mistake supporting senator strange. the president presumably now trying to come to terms with that embarrassment. the president also said that no matter who won this race that he would support him against the democrat doug jones. snoor all right. tha . >> quite a show last night in alabama. of course there's still a democratic challenger to contend with, but this is really interesting about what it says, i think, for the republican establishment. already shaken over the past year and now what message does this send? >> well, when you have both president trump and mitch mcconnell going -- donald trump went down there to campaign in fact, for senator luther strange, now outgoing so he really put his muscle kind of behind him but i think this is actually ultimately a bigger deal for mitch mcconnell, both moore and strange had talked about their --

luther strange has gained mightily since my endorsement but will be very close.e loves alabama and so do i." strangers in a fierce showdown with alabama state supreme court justice roy moore. with more actually holding a slight lead right now and most polls. in the final debate last night, strange talked of his connections with the president. >> we have developed a close personal friendship. we both come from the same background, the same mission, the same motivation to make this country great again. we are both people of accomplishment. we are both people who have taken on tough issues. and we sort of bonded. before some high-profile senators are blasting strange as being part of the d.c. swamp which they believe has been trying to undermine the president. pale and campaigning for more last night. >> the president needs support to keep the promise is elected him. so we are sending trump one who has our back, not mitch mcconnell. make no mistake, big luther is mitch mcconnell's guy. before an interesting dynamic going on here. i love your thoughts off the top. it

the president made it clear why he was supporting luther strange in a rally on friday saying it was all about loyalty. at that same rally and almost the same breath the president wondered allowed with senator strange standing not too far away whether he had made a mistake wading into this race. he said that if strange lost he would suffer a major embarrassment. the president presumably now trying to come to terms with that embarrassment. the president also said that no matter who won this race that he would support him against the democrat doug jones. christine, dave? >> thanks for that. roy moore's win not the only body blow for republicans. a tennessee senator bob corker announcing he will not seek a third term next year. once considered a key trump ally he traded insults with the president during the august break, but president trump had encouraged him to run for re-election in 2018. his decision to retire creates the first open senate seat of the 2018 election cycle. >>> president trump intensifying and publicizing his personal involvement in the growing crisis in puerto rico. he's

if mitch mcconnell and dc establishment can spend 30 million to protect luther strange and loses by double digits, nobody is protected anymore. heather: let's take a look at the final tally, luther change 4.51%. won by 44,000 votes. did you expect it to be that wide of a margin and what does this say, a lot of people were saying that it was bannon versus president and bannon won this round? >> you know, this is -- i do think it's about trump voters saying, listen, president trump we love you but we love roy moore more. the second point is, i had been calling for 5 or 6-point roy win. i saw the numbers yesterday and bumped it up to 10 or 12. i think it would have been 15 minutes if president trump had not come town and rallied on behalf of luther strange. rob: it certainly was a healthy victory. >> it was one of those things if you saw the poll numbers and look you realized that roy moore was going to win. only thing i needed is to understand how much he was going to win. rob: i have to ask you real quick, i was trying to figure out the time, it must have been a request more mcconnell or fa

why did he throw his support behind luther strange?friday president trump was in alabama and he articulated that the reason he supported luther strange. at a time of need when he was trying to push obamacare repeal through, luther strange stood up and voted in line with the president. and he's a big believer in loyalty. he's proving that we don't have to agree on every issue. but as long as you have my back, i'm going to have your back, even if you are an underdog like to luther strange is in this race. kennedy: a lot of people are saying the president picked the wrong guy. a lot of his supporters see roy moore as the anti-establishment twawter. did the president screw up? >> we are not going see perfection this sides of eternity. but he's a very loyal guy. but people on the grounds are looking at this with a corrupt former governor, and i would argue an equally corrupt d.c. senator. and they are looking at it as a referendum on mitch mcconnell who failed to push through any policy on the america first agenda. this inability has been i

i am here tonight to ask the good people of alabama to send luther strange to the united state senatehe can defend your interests and fight for your values and put america first. go out and get out the vote. [applause] why do i like luther? asked, do you mind if i go for the other candidate? they may not have a job on monday, but these are my friends. i have already gotten rid of a few of them. they are good people. the first go around on health care, i said, for seven years, we have been hearing repeal and replace. for seven years. repeal and replace. say, president trump sat in the oval office. phone, screaming at people for weeks. they gave me a list of 10 people that were absolute no's. 10 republican senators. -- johnmccain was not on the list. totally unexpected. repeal and replace. campaignin, his last was all about repeal and replace. he decided to do something different. that is fine. we still have a good chance. we're going to do it eventually. with luther, we will. we're here tonight for luther strange. i am here for him. it is a friday night. i love the people of alabama. [

vote for luther strange. also tweeted, luther strange has been shooting up in the polls since my endorsement. alabama get out and vote for luther strange he's proven to me he'll never let you down. big luther, as the president like to call him got hammered. and the president someone who has access to his twitter account deleted the tweet. we got ahold of them before they slipped down the memory hole. the president has been accused of attempting to rewrite history is now attempting to unwrite it. whether it's a pride, sales of habit and turning lemons into lemonade. another example, the president today on senate republican's latest failure to replace obamacare. >> we have the votes on green cassidy but with the rules of reconciliation we're up against a deadline of friday, two days, that's just two days. and, yes, vote senator, we have a wonderful senator, great great senator, who is a yes, vote but he's home recovering from a pretty tough situation. >> he's referring to senator thad cochran. he tweeted earlie

vote for senator luther strange. tough on crime and border. will never let you down. also quote, ruther strange has been shooting up in the alabama primary polls since my endorsement. finish the job. vote today for big luther and also from the president's twitter feed, alabama, get out and vote for luther strange. he has proven to me that he will never let you down. #maga. but even before president trump's candidate went down last night, donald trump was questioning his choice. >> i might have made a mistake, and i'll be honest. i might have made a mistake. >> and today he sought to dust the whole messy episode under the rug with this tweet. spoke to roy moore of alabama last night for the first time. sounds like a really great guy who ran a fantastic race. he will help to #maga. why does any of this matter? the issue of donald trump squaring off against steve bannon's candidate. and roy moore has said things so controversial and outside the boundaries of civilized discourse even in the time of trump that we can't show you his past comments on september 11th, birtheris

the president deleted some of his tweets saying the people should get out and vote for luther strange. what we are really seeing is him distance himself of an endorsement of somebody that did not win in alabama. >> he has not distanced himself from the twilight dating, but has distanced himself from strange. >>> an attempt to kill the u.s. defense secretary, james mattis. the taliban claims it fired rockets where he was on an unannounced visit. mattis was not hurt nor was anybody else in the u.s. delegation. barbara starr at the pentagon for us. barbara, exactly what went down here? >> let's start with the most important thing, john. secretary mattis had actually left the airport when this rocket attack happened. some 40 rounds hitting the airport. the taliban claiming they were behind it and claiming they were after mattis, but he was long gone. he's on a trip to afghanistan visiting troops and talking to commanders about the security situation there. 40 rounds hitting the airport. what does this really mean? what it does show us is the taliban still has the capability to move muniti