cnn's martin savidge in moore's hometown. martin, breaking news here. you talked to roy moore's brother. >> right. his younger brother jerry moore. spoke to him on the telephone. and he is quite defiant. he is, obviously, in defense of his brother here. and there are a number of things. let me go through the notes because i literally got off the phone with him. he says he knows, the brother knows, that the allegations against roy moore are not true, not true at all. he knows that deeply in his heart. he knows that deepry in his faith. he's very concerned about what the impact is going to be on their 91-year-old mother hearing all of this, they worry about her and her age and health. when i asked what does he believe the motivation is with these women coming forward making the accusations they have, again, jerry moore says it's money and the democratic party implying that they are doing this because they're being paid in some way and it is for the purpose of derailing or interrupting this campaign. he says it's because his brother has been leading so far

i'm christie paul. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell.s in charge of one of the u.s. top consumer watch dog agencies. >> president trump tapped nick mulvaney to be interim chief after the director stepped down. but that sets up a political and legal clash here because the outgoing director chose someone el else. >>> jared kushner has until monday to turn over more documents to the senate judiciary committee. >> and president trump will be on capitol hill to push tax reform next week. he's meeting tuesday, in fact, with senate republicans ahead of their expected vote. but infighting in the trump administration is threatening to over shadow a major global summit. state department officials tell cnn the u.s. is not sending a high-level delegation to next week's global entrepreneurship in india. the main reason, secretary of state rex tillerson doesn't want to support ivanka trump who is leading the u.s. delegation to the event. cnn's michelle kosinski broke this story down with the details. >> what we're talking about here is the global entr

cnn's martin savidge is live in alabama.is echoing what a lot of people are saying. >> very true, richard. good morning to you. you may see that on a national scale, the republican party does appear to be stepping away from the support of roy moore. the alabama gop does not. today they got a major effort under way, it is called a state line doorknob. it is essentially to notify republicans to get out to vote or get them to encourage to vote for roy moore. that's not changing today. clearly, the local party is not changing their attitude and it is clear that the candidate himself are not changing. >> reporter: roy moore taken to a conservative talk radio making a strong denial of the accusations against him including a sexual abused of a 14-year-old girl. >> this these allegations are false. it hurts me personally because i am a father and i have one daughter. i have five granddaughters i have concerns of young life. this is really hard to get on radio and explain this as these allegations are false. >> moore said he had no r

we get more from martin savidge. >> reporter: moore speaking out on the 14-year-old girl speaking out. >> these allegations are completely false and misleading. more than that, it hurts me personally because i'm a father. i have one daughter. i have five granddaughters. i have a special concern for protection of young ladies. this is really hard to get on radio and explain this. these allegations are completely false. >> reporter: moore says he has no recollection of the most serious accuser. lee corfman. when he was 32 and she was 14, he undressed and sexually abused her. >> i don't know miss corfman from anybody. i never talked to her or contact with her. allegations of sexual misconduct completely false. >> reporter: one question looms. should moore quit or continue the quest for the senate. republicans are divided. >> if they are true, that is bad. he needs to step out of the race. >> reporter: moore is still finding support in the home state, but in washington where he hopes to take over jeff sessions senate seat, more than a dozen lawmakers are saying moore should step down if t

. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell.omorrow, is the deadline for jared kushner to hand over documents. >> they are tight find out if any meetings between the russian official and trump in the 2016 campaign. they take a closer at kushner's apparent role in the administration. >> watch dog group is slammed as a total disaster as questions swirl who is in charge tomorrow morning after the former director abruptly quit. >>> this week could be make or break. a moment for the genetic here. can the president secure a win on tax reform is a big question going into tomorrow. >>> and democrat ic senator al franken is expected to speak for the first time since several women came forward accusing him of sexual harassment. >>> kushner has been asked to turn over more documents. is kushner expected to fully cooperate this time? good morning, by the way. >> reporter: good morning, martin. yes, kushner is facing yet another deadline to turn over documents to senate investigators and all the while his attorneys have essentially been sayi

. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. >>> the clock is ticking for the president's son-in-law jared kushner who has until tomorrow to hand over material. >> they are trying to find out if he had any inappropriate contacts with russia during the 2016 presidential campaign. this as two new articles from "the new york times" and "the washington post" take a closer look at kushner's apparent shrinking role in the trump administration. >>> the president is slamming the nation's top consumer watchdog group as total disaster and questions swirling who is going to be in charge after the director abruptly quit. >>> this week is a make or break moment for the republican agenda? the question -- can the president secure a win on tax reform? >>> democratic senator al franken to speak publicly for the first time since several women came forward accusing him of sexual harassment. >>> let's begin with the russia investigation. abby phillips is joining me now live. kushner has been asked to repeatedly turn over documents to or -- or more documents i should say related to the 2016 trump campaig

. >> and i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. chaos is brewing for the agency that has one of the biggest impacts on help you safe guard your finances. >> yeah, at the stroke of midnight most likely while you were sleeping the man heading the consumer protection bureau, richard cordray stepped down. and the answer, who is going to replace him on monday? the answer to that -- depending on who you can. >> reporter: a lot of questions over who is leading the consumer protection agency and here's why. president trump tapped budget director nick mulvaney to be ahead of the consumer financial protection bure roar cfpb. richard cordray, an obama appointee formally resigned and named his chief of staff director. it sets up a political and legal clash here and the question of who is in charge when employees return to work on monday. massachusetts senator elizabeth warren who helped create the cfpb tweeted this. the dodd-frank act is clear. donald trump can't override that but the administration can appoint a current government official in

. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. dinner and diplomacy is how president trump is finishing out the first day of his high stakes asia trip. >> moments al, as a matter of fact we heard from the president as he arrived for dinner for japanese prime minister shinzo abe. sarah is traveling with the president. i understand you got new sounds from the president from moments ago. what is he saying? >> reporter: well, that's right. look. the president kicked off his grueling five nation foreign trip in a more informal way he played golf with the japanese prime minister and the president gave the issue of two issues dominating this trip -- trade and north korea. >> we are in the midst of having discussions on many subjects, including north korea and trade, and other things. and we are doing very well. we are doing very well. the relationship is really extraordinary. we like each other. and our countries like each other. and i don't think we have ever been closer to japan than we are right now. so it's a great honor. believe me.

. >> cnn's martin savidge joins us from gadson, alabama.is well known to the people of that state. do you think this scandal is going to derail his campaign? what sense have you gotten from vote sners>> reporter: you know, it's clear that those who support roy moore still support roy moore. and those that don't like him, like him even less. but it doesn't appear that it has changed the map when it comes down to the critical election, which is one month from today. you had so many people that say of course, if it's true. the problem is, we're talking about an accusation that dates back 40 years. so proof and evidence would be hard to come by. on top of that, it is very doubtful, roy moore has come out and absolutely denied any of the accusations that have been leveled against him. so trying to get past that hurdle of, if it's true. it seems that many voters will be caught in the quandary. to show you what quandary, here's one churchgoer we spoke with today. listen carefully. >> roy moore is my friend. i'm a democrat, and i'm not going to vot

>> martin savidge for us in birmingham. rtin, thank you very, very much. >>> in washington, a member of his own party is calling on democratic congressman john conyers to step down as the top democrat on the judiciary committee. this is what gregory meeks told me and poppy harlow earlier. >> i really think that probably the appropriate thing right now is he should step down as the ranking member of the judiciary committee. and be subject to this ethics investigation. >> "the detroit free press," conyers' hometown newspaper ran an editorial calling on conyers to resign. this is after accusing the dean of the house, the longest serving member of sexually harassing a staff member and then paying her to settle. conyers admits to paying but denies any wrongdoing. i want to bring in sunlen serfaty here. the house ethics committee is investigating these allegations, but congress is off so it's unclier what will be done, right? >> reporter: that's right, john. we know that congressional investigations take a lot of time often, but i

first let's go to martin savidge at the center of this brewing political storm. martin. >> reporter: good morning, john. yeah, these allegations are sending shock waves not just through this community and not just through the state of alabama, but also through a campaign. a campaign that is for a crucial senate seat and the election on that is just a couple of weeks away. it all seems to center on allegations that date back to the late '70s when roy moore at that time was an assistant district attorney here in gadsden, alabama. a number of women have come forward to say when they were teenagers, he approached them to start some kind of relationship. he was 32 years old at the time, and it appears by the stories that these women tell to "the washington post" he had a proclivity to try to start up relationships with young high school age girls. there's one girl in particular, leigh corfman you already mentioned. she is the one that makes the allegations that this goes beyond a case of a man wanting to have romance, that he had an improper and sexually charged kind o

martin savidge, cnn, gadsden, alabama. >> martin, thank you for the reporting.want to show you the reaction from this disturbing situation from other lawmakers. first, the republican member of the alabama state house who strongly supports mr. moore. >> it is disingenuous, in my opinion for 50 something-year-old women to come forward, four weeks prior to a major senatorial election, you know, one of the most 100 most powerful people in the world that we're going to elect in four weeks. and four weeks out, we have these allegations. no one in alabama has heard about. it surfaces, it just reeks of politics. if he had anything like this in his past, it would have come out by now. and here we are, right before a huge election, with national implications between a republican and a democrat, all of a sudden, this is front page news. this is headline news. and i'm not buying it. it is political. it is political at every level. >> ed henry there in an interview earlier with my colleague anderson cooper. now, u.s. senator amy klobuchar of minnesota recently released legis

. >> and i'm martin savidge. great to be with you this morning. and this morning president trump starts what has tonight the longest international trip since taking office. and perhaps his most crucial. 12 days, five countries, and multiple high level meetings with world leaders. >> but problems at home are really threatening to overshadow the trip including a russian investigation that is moving closer to the wednesday wing. president trump waking up in hawaii this morning. yesterday he visited with military leaders there and paid his respects at pearl harbor with the first lady you see there. and this morning he will leave for japan. he will meet with one of the united states top allies in fighting the nuclear threat from north korea while there. >> and cnn international correspondent alexandra field is live in tokyo ahead of the president's visit. no doubt there will be some very important conversations between president trump and japanese leaders in the coming days. >> reporter: the president himself has called this one of the moss importat im

martin savidge continues with the coverage in alabama. a stunning rebuke of the allegations. >> reporter: it is, but not out of character for him. i covered him many times on the alabama state supreme court, not once, but twice. he is a man who would take this on everything he stands for. he believes this is really a fight and a cause. this is just everything you would expect by standing up for what he believes is right. this is the courthouse. this is, according to "the washington post," the youngest at the time, 14-year-old girl, says where she first met him was inside here, on that bench. we came back to this town to look and talk to her and get her to tell us the same story she is telling to "the washington post." i knocked on her door, she wasn't home. went to where she works, they say she isn't there. she dropped out of sight and said she is aware the media is looking for her. she does not want to talk, at least at this moment. we are going continue to knock on doors and continue to dig. right now, she is dropped out of sight. >> i k

. >> and i'm martin savidge. great to be with you. >> and so this morning president trump is getting ready for his most important foreign trip. >> a 12 day five country tour to confront growing nuclear fears and re-establish u.s. power in the region. >> but likely not escaping the problems back at home including investigations that have made it into his inner circle. president trump is waking up in hawaii where yesterday he visited with military leaders and paid his respects at the uss arizona memorial. the first lady was there with him to lay a wreath to remember those lost in the attacks of pearl harbor. >> and he also took shots at some of his favorite targets. the democratic party and even his own justice department. he also vitt sizcriticized the to let bowe bergdahl avoid jail time. >>> and the russian investigation is moving even closer to the west wing. a former foreign policy adviser for the trump campaign carter page now telling cnn that he did meet with a russian official while in moscow last year. he

cnn's martin savidge is joining us by phone. he's there in alabama. martin, there was some supporters there surrounding the candidate as he walked in, but also plenty of protesters outside this library where this event is happening today. >> right. we should point out this was a previously planned event. it is scheduled around veterans day and it was put together by the mid alabama republican club. interesting because, of course, it shows you despite maybe nationally the republican party is trying to distance itself when it comes to the state of alabama and other organizations, they are clearly very tied to this candidate. also should be pointed out that roy moore is, himself, a veteran, so there is a duality to this. it's not just the fact he's been invited and he's a candidate, but it's important, as well. but the protest, that's what is striking. he's there, handshakes and smiles, questions from reporters, but the protests you heard, no moore, and signs held in indication these are likely to dodge him now for some time. even though the candidate may

i'm christi paul. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. in charge of the nation's top consumer watch dog agency. >> president trump tapped nick mulvaney to be chief of the consumer protection financial bureau after the director steps down. that sets up a political and legal clash because the outgoing director, he chose someone else. >> this comes as the president tries to push tax reform next week. trump will meet thursday -- i'm sorry -- tuesday with senate republicans ahead of their expected vote. >> monday is the deadline to register to vote in alabama. this is a close race that can see a democrat flip a seat in a deep red state. >> despite sexual harassment and sexual abuse allegations against roy moore, democrat doug jones is still facing an uphill batter to energize his base. here is cnn's kaylee hartung. >> reporter: the name dominating national headlines for more than two weeks. we know roy moore is running for the u.s. senate and his campaign is in trouble. >> they were girls when roy moore immorally pursued them. now they are wom

i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. trump is wrapping up his asian tour and dining with japanese foreign minister shinzo abe. on the top of the agenda how took deal with the nuclear threat from north korea. >> he plans to talk about trade and one he should not see eye-to-eye with the prime minister we should point out. after meeting the two allies tomorrow he heads to south korea. at the moment, a lot of eyes on new york. they are getting ready for the stis' big marathon this morning. ramping up security to make sure everybody stays safe. >> 50,000 runners and 2.5 million spectators are expected and brynn gingras is live from staten island, new york, where that marathon begins. tell us more about the security plan today because that has to be on people's minds. >> reporter: comrol. i completely. i'm looking at two helicopters in the air over this area where the runners will start running at least the first wave in an hour and a half. that is just one layer. multiple layers here in new york across five boroughs where the

martin savidge, cnn, gadsden, alabama. >>> in a new interview, saad al hariri says he is coming back to lebanon. he has been in saudi arabia since announcing he was step do you think as prime minister more than a week ago. now he says he will return to formally resign. but he also signalled that he could stay in his job. hariri's absence has fueled speculation that he is being controlled by the saudis. in his resignation speech he said he condemned saudi foes like hezbollah. here is what he says about hezbollah now. which had to adhere to the fact that the interests of lebanon is first and foremost. i am not against one party against another party. i'm not against hezbollah in the sense that it is a political party, which is what it should be. but that doesn't mean that hezbollah should ruin lebanon. >> hariri also said he is free to leave saudi arabia, and that saudi king salman sees him as a son. but one of mr. hariri's favorite events in beirut took place this weekend and clearly he was missed. senior national correspondent ben wedeman has this story. >> go! go! >> reporter: and t

. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. "cnn newsroom" begins right now and we start with breaking news. the navy has identified the three sailors kills off the coast of japan. >> steven combs, matthew chialastri and bryan grosso. barbara, what are you learning? >> well, good morning to both of you. these names now being made public by the navy according to protocol. they have notified the families and then they wait 72 hours, basically, before their names are made public so the families can at least have some time for grieving privately. the next steps are going to have to be to see if they can, quite bluntly, locate the wreckage of the aircraft at sea, is there any way they can bring up the wreckage, there that give them clues about the cause of the crash, will they find the remains of those three who were lost. it was in a very extensive search and rescue effort by both u.s. and japanese forces, according to the navy, covering some 1,000 square miles eventually of ocean. so it was a very broad, very intense effort, and,

. >> cnn's martin savidge is live in alabama for this us this morning.re hearing similar sentiment from a lot of people you are meeting there. >> that's right. >> good morning victor and christie. >> that's very true. >> supporters of roy moore do not appear and so far did not change their mind. this is of a state level and the alabama gop. statewide and let them know of the quality if you want more. in the meantime, it also appears to candidates. >> reporter: roy moore taking to a conservative talk radio making his strong denial of accusations against him, including allegations of sexually abused a 14 earlier girl in 1979. sneeze allegations are fought and misleading. more than that, it hurts you personally. aim father and i have five dpra grandmothers. i have a special b concern for young ladieladies. it is hard to get on the video and explain these. these allegations are to be false. >> moore said he had no corporation. i don't know miss cortman, i never had contact with her and it is completely false. >> one question, luke, should he continue or quit

. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell.w president trump is finishing out the first day of his high stakes asia trip. >> moments al, as a matter of fact we heard from the president as he arrived for dinner for japanese prime minister shinzo abe. sarah is traveling with the president. i understand you got new sounds from the president from momen

. >> martin savidge in alabama for us. we're going to have more on this story coming up. i want to get to the latest bombshell allegation linked to the special counsel's investigation. our senior diplomatic correspondent michelle kosinski is here. michelle, what are you learning? >> hi, wolf. this gets murkier and it's not just russia. now special prosecutor robert mueller is probing allegations that former national security adviser michael flynn and his son were involved in an alleged plan with turkey to remove a cleric forcibly from the united states and outside the u.s. legal system in exchange for millions of dollars. >> reporter: after michael flynn had been named national security adviser, weeks before the inauguration, "the wall street journal" now reports he met with representatives of turkey at new york's 21 club. flynn and his son were allegedly offered as much as $15 million to forcibly get a turkish cleric named fethullah gulen out of the united states. the turkish government blames gulen for the coup there last year. this plan, according to "the journal's" re

. >> martin savidge, we appreciate it so much.nk you. >>> we've got live pictures here from hanoi. this is the vietnam president tran dai quang. we know in attendance, secretary of state rex tillerson sitting to the president's right. also general kelly we saw walk into the room. we know after this state of welcome we'll hear from the president, of course. >> and we've heard from the president actually quite a bit in the last 24 hours particularly when it comes to russia. he, it turns out in some of the sideline conversations with president putin did discuss, president trump says, the russian meddling in the u.s. election. and he says to reporters that president putin told him he absolutely did not meddle in our election. he did not do what they're saying he did. the president was then pressed as to whether he believed president putin at the time. and at that point, president trump said, look, i can't stand there and argue with him. every time he sees me, he says i didn't do that. i really believe when he tells me that he means it

let's go first to martin savidge, who is live in alabama with the roy moore developments. martin. >> reporter: alisyn, these allegations have sent shock waves not just through a community and not just through a state but through a campaign whose outcome, i guess you could say, has national consequences potentially here. and that's disturbing is not just what's being alleged, but also the fact of who it's being alleged against and the timing. it's coming just weeks before that critical vote. it all goes back to when roy moore was an assistant d.a. right here. the trump administration responding to the bombshell allegations that alabama senate candidate roy moore sexually molested a 14-year-old girl over 30 years ago. with a nod to both moore's conservative supporters. >> the president believes that we cannot allow a mere allegation, in this one from many years ago, to destroy a person's life. >> reporter: and establishment republicans, like senator majority leader mitch mcconnell. >> however, the president also believes that if these allegations are true, judge moore will do

martin savidge is there with much more. you spoke to roy moore's brother. what is he saying? >> jerry moore is the younger brother of roy moore and i asked him, when was the last time you had a conversation with roy and he said actually an hour ago. and he, like his brother, is defiant and says that these allegations are absolutely false, that are being made against his brother, and jeremy moore is saying when i questioned him why would the women come forward when they knew they would face such a political and public scrutiny, he said, he believes that these women are either getting money or that somehow they are benefiting or directly aligned with the cause of the democratic party and the democratic candidate in this case. he goes on to then frame the rest of the conversation based upon the very staunch, very conservative religious beliefs. jerry says that all of this now is in good's hands and when i said well, you know, about these women coming forward, when he said these allegations are false, he said the truth is that they will have to answer to god, again referring to t

. >> i'm martin salve individual savidge in for victor blackwell. >>> president trump starts his longestip since taking office and arguably his most crucial. >> multiple meetings with world leaders. in just hours he's leaving hawaii to get to japan, where he'll meet with one of the united states top allies in that region, and on the agenda, of course, confronting growing nuclear fears in north korea and re-establishing power in that region. >> this trip comes after the struggles facing his administration back home, including a russia investigation that is making its way closer to the west wing. we're covering this story now from just about every angle. our correspondents and our contributors. we're going to start with cnn's ryan nobles, who is traveling with the president. ryan, packed schedule ahead for the president. >> yeah, that's right, martin. his trip has already been busy up until this point. he touched down here in hawaii yesterday and had two different military briefings, one with the leader of the pacific command and then with other military leaders. he then had a very solemn