we are currently seeing live pictures of roy moore's campaign headquarters in montgomery, alabama. erica correspondent david willis is in washington. everyone is indeed awaiting the result of this senate seat in the alabama elections. no one knows for sure if it will be rome or doug jones. nour, and the polls, as you mentioned there, closed a short while ago and according to the cable news networks here, it is too close to call at this particular point. we we re to call at this particular point. we were expecting some sort of exit polling that they are being cautious because clearly, it seems turnout has been slightly higher than anticipated in alabama. and nobody wa nts to anticipated in alabama. and nobody wants to venture at the moment anyway, as to whether roy moore, this very controversial candidate, conservative christian, facing sexual abuse allegations, or his democratic rival doug jones has triumphed down there in the deep south state of alabama. for senior republicans, this has been a terrible dilemma. they have not known whether to throw their support behind roy more in i

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you see the winner live from montgomery alabama, doug jones tonight.ylvania legislature tonight approved a controversial bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. it is currently 24 weeks. the bill passed the state senate in february and the house by a vote of 121-70 which means several democrats sided with the republic majority. governor tom wolf vows to veto the bill saying senate bill 3 is an assault on the doctor/patient relationship without medical or health expertise. women should make their addition based on consultation with their doctor and families. >> three masked men barged in and held up the store at gunpoint. it happened at the family dollar at 8:30 tonight. thieves took cellphones from the customers and ploys before robs the store and making off with $1,200 in cash. no one was hurt. the suspects are on the run. >> an "action news" investigation gave police the proof they needed to issue warrants for two sexual sexual assault squatters. police say after seeing the video of diaz and facebook vacation to miami, they had enough evid

doug jones who spoke a short while ago in birmingham alabama and in montgomery alabama we are still awaitingnortheast alabama. >> host: in your reaction to what happened in the state? >> caller: i am excited i think the right candidate won the election and it's a huge step forward for alabama that we are all bought conservative and we made the right choice tonight. i think this is a huge step for alabama to not [inaudible] >> host: go ahead i'm sorry. >> caller: a comment to a caller that called previously about how he never served in the service [inaudible] >> host: he was making reference to roy moore who served in the army. from debbie wasserman schultz on her page tonight the people of alabama did what donald trump has refused to do, reject the politics of hate and embrace a vision for the future and women deserve to be heard, congratulations senator elect that is from south florida and the former chair. another call from alabama. your reaction? >> guest: >> caller: i'm very pleased. earlier someone made a comment that there was probably a lot of illegal alien voting. i went to the polli

the republicans are losing one seat and again our live camera in montgomery alabama and the headquarters and birmingham alabama. want to go to "the new york times" website to get a better sense of the votes remaining. according to "the new york times" they estimate 775,000 votes yet to be counted and you can see the heavy blue areas of population areas above worming him and montgomery and mobile alabama in the southern part of the state those are both yet to be counted. right now roy moore is ahead. all of it live. phone lines will be open as well. the results in alabama. up next from today that national press club talking about the debate over nafta and also the farm bill and the impact it has on the farm bill debate earlier today from the national press club in washington. >> [inaudible conversations] good afternoon and welcome to the press club. i was president of the club in 2010 and cover issues for bloomberg that may explain why i've been selected for today's luncheon. we are pleased to have the speaker of agriculture and we welcome him for the first time to the national press club

abc's maggie rulli is live in montgomery alabama with the very l race and moore not giving up maggie.reporter: nydia, good morning. just one month ago a democrat winning a senate seat in alabama would have seemed impossible but the people here came out in near-record numbers for a special election and they made history. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: cheers of joy from supporters of doug jones as overnight the democratic nomineefor senate did the unthinkable turned eep red state blue. >> i think that i have beenl my life and now i hell to say. >> reporter: abc projects je after getting a huge wave of support from african-american voters young people and eunlikeliest of places fo republicans. >> i had felt emp only as re like holding my party to andard but as a is right choice. >> reporter: the rs a when allegations of sexual accusations of sexual assault against two teenaged girls when moore was in his 30's. >> at the end of the day this -- this entire race has been about dignity and respect. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: moore has denied all allegations. and while at least 1

abc news reporter maggie ruly is in montgomery, alabama, with the latest. >> fighting all my life, and now i just don't know what the hell to say. >> reporter: for the first time in a quarter of a century, deep red alabama is sending a democrat to the senate. >> we have been cross roads in the past, and unfortunately we have usually taken the wrong fort, tonight, ladies and gentlemen, you took the right road. >> reporter: doug jones beats roy moore. riding a wave of support from african american voters, young people, women, and even from the most unlikeliest of places, former lifelong republicans. >> i feel like holding my party to a better standard. >> reporter: we have shown not just around the state of alabama, but we have shown the country the way that we can be unified. >> reporter: the republicans lock on this alabama senate seat was up and bid just 34 days ago with allegations of sexual misconduct against moore were made public. including accusations of sexual assault against two teenaged girls when moore was in his 30s. moore denies the allegations. and blames them for his loss

nbc news, montgomery, alabama. >>> it's now 4:22. turning from politics to weather to see how it's shaping up in the bay area. >> hi, everybody. let's look at san jose, 280 and 17. it's quiet down here under a clear sky. in fact, brighter today than yesterday. we have a spare the air alert. there's haze, but not as many high clouds as yesterday. my accuweather highlights tonight, clear, seasonally chilly, 30s in the valleys to near 50 at the coast, and one model, one model hinting at some rain next week. at least it's hinting. up until now, it was just bone dry. a look at live doppler 7, it is clear outside and dry other than a little fog in the central valley that returns again tonight. we'll have temperatures running from 31, santa rosa, 32, 35 in n napa. upper 30s in concord and livermore. temperatures low to mid-40s for the bay, upper 40s to near 50 for san francisco and also for half moon bay. a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. temperatures inland could reach nearly 70 degrees. at the coast, we'll be in the mid to upp

nbc10 national reporter chris pallone is in montgomery, alabama, where republican roy moore will watch election results come in tonight. >>> captain roy moore! [ cheers ] >> reporter: roy moore in midland city, alabama, monday. >> we have explored the temples built by the democrats and republican party in this country and found that they have idols that do not hear us and do not see us. [ applause ] >> reporter: moore has been on the defensive for more than a month after several women came forward saying he pursued relationships with them when he was in his 30s and they were in their teens. another said he sexually assaulted her when she was just 14. moore denies the allegations and has denied knowing the women. while moore has held few public events, democrat doug jones spent the weekend holding get out the vote rallies from huntsville to mobile. finishing with one last push in birmingham. >> we've got to make sure that at this crossroads in alabama's history we take the right road. >> reporter: the former u.s. attorney's support of reproductive rights is a big sticking point for many

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abc news reporter live in montgomery, alabama, with the latest. hi, maggie. >> reporter: jessica, hello. one month ago it would have been nearly impossible to imagine a democrat holding a senate seat in alabama, but here we are after the near record number of people in alabama coming out to vote in the special election and they made history. tears of joy from supporters of doug jones as overnight the democratic nominee for senate did the unthinkable, turned a deep red state blue. >> i think that i have been waiting all my life and i don't know what the hell to say. >> reporter: abc news projects jones to win the alabama senate seat over roy moore. the lock on this senate seat was up-ended 34 days ago when allegations of sexual misconduct against moore were made public including accusations of sexual assault against two teenaged girls when moore was in his 30s. moore has denied all allegations. and while at least 19 gop senators asked him to step aside before the election, he was backed by president trump. on twitter he congratulated jones saying th

thank you for the update from montgomery, alabama.— the us secretary of state rex tillerson says washington is ready to enter into talks with north korea — without conditions. tillerson made the comments in a speech in washington dc. he added that pyongyang must be willing to change course in its nuclear and missile programmes. and if it doesn't, he said the us has its full range of military options ready. we have said, from the diplomatic side, we are ready to talking anytime north korea would like to talk, and we are ready to have the first meeting without preconditions. let's just meet, and we can talk about the weather if you want. we can talk about whether it is going to be a square table or a round table, if that is what you are excited about. but can we at least sit down and see each other face to face. and then we can begin to lay out a map, a roadmap of what we might be willing to work towards. but there seems little sign of pyongyang wanting to change course. north korean state media has since reported kim jong—un vowing to

photographed john lewis when he stepped into the bus to ride to jackson, mississippi, from montgomery, alabamand a congressman now. this is an important picture in a way because it was the beginning of 1961 freedom bus rides. the previous bus was burned and people were arrested and beaten and they set the bus on fire. i photographed people who voted for the first time in their life and they were in their 70s and that was very moving. towards the end of the selma march, people could vote and they'd vote, get a good education. if you get a good education, you can get a good job and a good life, so that was the beginning of opening the door to the new world. i'm an outsider on the inside, but you're never completely on the inside, but you can make an attempt to see and be part of another life. many of the issues bruce davidson documented are still making headlines today, as are those captured in the photos of elliott erwitt. he's the child of russian parents who emigrated to the us. in the 1950s and ‘60s, he travelled to the soviet union and to cuba. the pictures he took there revealed the person

abc's maggie rulli is breaking it down for us this morning in montgomery, alabama. later in the d ahead.. minnesota governor mark dayton says he'll announce his choice to replace outgoing senator al franken. senator franken announced his resignation last week after he being accused of improper conduct toward more than half a dozen women. today's announcement will will end days of speculation about whom dayton would send to washington and also whether the person intends to run for the office or be special election in november 2018. right now another headache shaping up along metro's red line. after track work that saw weeks of delays and closures... riders were finally ready for some relief. but now -- as tom roussey shows us -- a broken communications cable... is going to cause more trouble when the system opens in about half an hour. :32-:35 a man in police morning after a bizarre traffic backup along route 28 near the dulles toll road tuesday evening. come take a look at this video from a man who was stuck in traffic. police say another man who was involved in a c

i want to go to kaitlyn collins now who is at moore headquarters in montgomery, alabama. what is the mood there? how are they reacting? what do they think went wrong other than, of course, the obvious? >> reporter: well, jake, as you can guess, the mood is downright gloomy here because just half an hour ago, they were expecting to win and roy moore's chief political strategist looked at me and mouthed, we're going to win. so quite a change in tune here in this room. we did hear from the moore campaign chief of staff, eric hobson. he got on stage just a short while ago and acknowledged that some people like cnn were calling the race for doug jones but said they weren't ready to concede the race yet. now calls and text messages to campaign officials have gone unreturned over whether roy moore has called doug jones yet to concede this race. we did have someone get on stage and tell us we're likely to hear from jones any minute now. now, we did hear from a campaign official hours ago when they were still expecting a victory tonight saying that he only wrote one speech tonight

these are live pictures from montgomery alabama. a large crowd gathered for moore. let's dip in in bhamg alabama where we find the viewing party for doug jones. the crowd gathered in front hoping for a republican upset. hoping for the republicans to lose ton. both candidates cast ballots. moore rode in on a horse to cast his. he has been swallowed in a wave of controversy in recent weeks pl allegations of sexual misconduct with underage teenage girls from decades ago when he was in his 30s. democrat doug jones faces the uphill battle. alabama has been red for decades. voters say they are sick of the spotlight and the allegations. >> it makes alabama look like, you know, like it always does. and it's just -- it's just not right. i'm fed up with the whole political mess. i'm tired of it. i'm sick of it. i'll be glad when food is over. >> statewide turn out has been brisk. the race so extremely tight like we said, moore with 50% of the votes. and doug jones with 49%. experts say a winner won't be named until late tonight. we will be following in special election closely

live from montgomery, alabama, i'm chris pollone. back to you. >> chris, thank you. >>> this is a really huge upset in one of the typically reddest states in the country. chris lawrence is at the live desk to explain what this now means for congress. what's next, chris? >> un, aaron. it's just one vote. the way the senate works, it can change anything. alabama probably won't certify the election until just after the new year. republicans are pushing to pass it by the time of christmas. repealing obamacare. both of those are probably off the table now. the sliver margin gives more power to senators who don't follow the party line. if democrats hold their own in next year's mid term election plus split arizona and nevada, they could retake control of the senate. >> chris, thank you. >>> president trump congratulated doug jones on a hard-foot win in alabama adding republicans will have another shot at the senate seat. >>> jeff flake who donated to doug jones's campaign simply wrote, decency wins. >> joe biden said, thank you, alabama. h

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high stakes race these are live pictures from the republican candidate void morse riley in montgomery alabama moore who's accused of sexual abuse is pitted against democratic rival doug jones or has been endorsed by president donald trump despite the many controversies surrounding him. in other news french president dominion michael has warned world leaders that they are losing the battle on tackling climate change he has been speaking at a global summit on promoting renewable energy in paris amnesty international has accused the european union of being complicit in the abuse of refugees in libya in a report the right scope says the e.u. turns a blind eye to what it calls brutal tactics used by libya's coast guard and detention facilities the e.u. though says the situation is slightly better because of the bronx actions of those are the headlines on al-jazeera the news continues after the documentary the coming war on china stay with. these american bases former joint news been circling china with mr obama's war ships. if you are in beijing looking out he stood on the tallest building in beij

. >> joining us now from montgomery alabama. vaughn hillyard. voting beginning in a few hours from now. you've spoken to hundreds of people during the course of your time down there. including undecided republican voters. how is this going to play out for them. what have they told you? >> reporter: good morning. two hours away now from the polls opening up here locally in alabama. when you talk to the republican voters, this is over the last month since november 9 is when the initial allegations came forward out of "the washington post" article. we've talked to as you mentioned countless republicans who were either hesitant to vote at all, hesitant to vote for roy moore, or hesitant to vote for democratic for many of them the first time in their lives. without the campaign at this point, looking at this rather open last night. they think of course they were very confident at this point. they think they have an eight and a half point advantage in this race. they told me it comes down to they're not concerned about republicans crossing over in lar

he joins us live in montgomery alabama on the eve of the election. jay. >> reporter: jae, janelle, raj, this is an election that's captured the attention of the nation, both candidates on the campaign trail tonight. and both calling in help from washington, d.c. looking for some sort of edge in a race that's going to go down to the wire. the final rush to the ballot box in alabama. >> we are getting incredible enthusiasm. >> less than 24 hours until the polls open and the two candidates in the contentious controversial senate race have two very different strategies. >> i want to make sure that people hear from doug jones. >> reporter: the dkt is crisscrossing the state shaking as many hands and talking to as many voters as he can. while pointing out republican roy moore has not. >> it only goes to show that he cares more about his personal agenda than he does the people of alabama. >> reporter: tonight, the first time in almost a week moore returned to the campaign trail for a rally with republican strategist steve bannon. moore did not answer questi

clearly better money management. >>> we've got live pictures of montgomery, alabama. we're back with our breaking news, the coverage of the u.s. senate election in alabama. we're counting down to the first results. joining us now, the mayor of birmingham, alabama. he's a first term democrat. he won a run-off election just two months ago. earlier serve as hillary clinton's state campaign director. mayor, thanks so much for joining us. >> thanks for having me on, wolf. >> all right. you just became the mayor of birmingham. the vote there will be critical to the outcome of tonight. what did you see at the polls today? >> we're encouraged by the turnout so far. i'll tell you with 2 1/2 hours left there is still time for voters in the birmingham area to vote, and honestly i believe the turnout here will be higher among our youth vote as well as our african-american community. >> as you know, the doug jones campaign brought in several national very prominent african-american politicians to campaign this weekend for him, including a robocall from former president obama himsel

we do n roy the familiar with his name ispeaking supporters in montgomery alabama refusing to concede check the voting yourself. the military vote is not in yet. roy moore is not conceding the race to doug jones. the drama continues in the state . "jimmy kimmel live"esfollowed by "nightline." music from g. easy featuring "action news" continues at 4:30. now for cecily tynan, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. have a good night tonight. ♪ ♪ >>> from hollywood, dwayne johnson, guillermo del toro music from here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hi everyone. thank you for watching. thanks for joining us on yet another crazy day in the united alaba states special

abc news reporter lana zak has the latest now from montgomery, alabama. >> reporter: what people thought was going to be a crimson tide in alabama turned out to be a code blue. democrat doug jones has pulled off an historic victory, an outcome that months ago would have seemed inconceivable. >> this entire race has been about dignity and respect. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: and the president tweeting tonight, "congratulations to doug jones on a hard-fought victory. the write-in votes played a very big factor but a win is a win. the people of alabama are great, and the republicans will have another shot at this seat in a very short period of time. it never ends." just 33 days earlier the accusations of sexual misconduct were made public against republican roy moore, who has been accused by eight women in a range of offenses including sexually assaulting two of them as teenagers, one as young as 14. and preliminary exit pl results show that voters were deeply divided. 49% saying those sexual misconduct allegations are definitely or probably true and 45% say they believe that those

. >> "today in the bay" is live in montgomery, alabama with what's next. good morning, chris. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, marcus and laura. you know, it's an interesting day in alabama. all eyes on roy moore to see if he does concede. you know, when the democrat, doug jones, got into the race, critics called him a long shot. now, it looks like they are going to be calling him senator jones. oh, okay. apparently, we don't have the video. it was a wild night in alabama. the republican, roy moore, was here. we do have the story? let's roll that back. for the first time in 25 years, the state of alabama has elected a democrat to the senate. >> i am truly overwhelmed. >> former u.s. attorney, doug jones who campaigned on kitchen table issues, jobs, health care and education. >> making sure everyone in this state, regardless of which zip code you live in, is going to get a fair shake in life. >> reporter: he overcame long odds in a heavy republican state which donald trump won by 28 points, riding a surge of african-american women and young voters to washing

mola lenghi, cbs news, montgomery, alabama. >> most recent polls indicate moore with a slight lead over jones. >>> our very own lesli foster got into the holiday spirit over the weekend. she made a special walk on performance at the nutcracker. the washington valley will perform the nutcracker at the warner three -- at the warner theater through christmas eve. >>> now, wusa 9's first alert weather, rated dc's most accurate forecast. >> she is so radiant. i was dancing behind the scenes. >> i'm sorry. >> [ laughter ] >> all right, let's talk about your big weather story. it's going to be the return of another push of cold, arctic air. just to give you an idea of how cold it's going to get, this is wednesday morning feels like temperatures. we are in the single digit territory, and the could even be spots out in the mountains sitting below zero to the feels like sensors so it will be turning colder, windy as it looks towards the middle of the week. but it's not here quite yet. here is the front. this is the next arctic cold front. we are up in the 40s today but behind it, we will have one

abc news montgomery alabama. >>> back here the search is on for a man and woman accused in the shooting of a 31-year-old man in a logan gas station parking lot. and chopper 6 hd was over the scene of the sunoco parking lot. the 5,000 lot of north broad street. police tell "action news" the man was shot twice in the head and chest following an argument. he was taken to the area hospital in critical condition and they are now reviewing surveillance video for more information on the suspects. >> federal and state prosecutors have charged the man with setting off an explosion in the new york city subway system. the 27-year-old now faces five federal offenses including the weapon of mass destruction and bombing of a place of public use. before the attack, he wrote on facebook, trump you failed to protect your nation and that he posted a statement to convey the attack was carried out in the name of isis and that he built the pipe bomb in his brooklyn home last week. >> it's based on a pipe bomb and affixed to his person with the combination of velcro and zip tie. >> state prosecutors have tie

we're awaiting a press conference in montgomery, alabama. this will be some of roy moore's campaign staff, maybe lawyers, responding to the latest development of an accuser admitting she wrote part of a year book inscription that was originally attributed to him. we don't know how long this will go on or how they will address it. when they come to that microphone, we'll be going there. meantime, big goings on at the corner of wall and broad. a big surge, unexpected, in jobs. ashley webster on how the two came together. fast and easy today. sir? >> not bad for a friday, is it, neil? you mentioned the dow up. another record close for the dow. 24,330. that is by the way the 82nd record close for the dow since the election back in 2016. the s&p breaking a record today closing at 2,651. the 66th record close ho hum is becoming, you know, often seen these days on the markets. for the markets this week, only the nasdaq down slightly lower. tech stocks sold off earlier in the week. they came back. you mentioned the jobs report, neil. that gave the m

now more live from montgomery, alabama, with more on the victory and the people that made it possible. >> reporter: bam senator- elect, democrat doug jones, spoke to the media about his victory tuesday night over embattled republican roy moore, plagued by discounts old accusations of sexual misconduct with teenaged girls. >> this election shows that people across the country want to see people work together. >> reporter: alabama gop senator shelby voted for a write-in candidate but congratulated jones on his victory. >> i have known him a long time and told him i look forward to working with him at the outcome of the special election despite the loss of the seat. >> it is strange to say from my side of the aisle, but i thought it with us a great night for america. >> reporter: president trump who enthusiastically backed moore is already looking ahead to next year's midterm election. >> we have to get more senators and more congressmen that are elected in 2018. >> reporter: jones managed to pull off a coalition of black voter, white liberals and conservatives that just could not vote f

nbc's vaughn hilliard in montgomery, alabama, and msnbc national correspondent steve kornacki here with me, and an investigative reporter for al.com, and john archibald, columnist for the birmingham news. halle, let's start with you. the president wants the voters of alabama to go out and vote for him. getting into it with kirsten gillibrand. i hate to ask, but is there a strategy here? >> we know there is a strategy unfolding the last eight to ten hours here, senator gillibrand calling on president trump to resign, after the allegations coming up before and after he was elected, coming up again. that is what happened. she was not the only one who called on the president to do this. you had three or four other male senators calling on donald trump to step down, you're looking at this graphic, i would look at senator hirono only came out this afternoon to call out the president. the president took aim tweeting essentially that she was a lightweight, a flunky of chuck schumer's. and what seemed to be a seemingly potential suggested implication or insinuation said she came to his office be

abc's maggie rulli has the latest from montgomery alabama. seven's on your side in health matters a possible meningitis outbreak in florida. two toddlers attending the same day care died about a week apart from possible meningitis infections. that facility at a y-w-c-a is now closed as a precaution. it will not re-open until cleared by the state. now a coyote warning from fairfax county!! police believe the wild animals killed a dog in annandale on sunday. now they're warning everyone to be on alert. keep your garbage in an animal-proof container. outside, or keep pet food outside. cover any small openings under porches or decks that could serve as a den for coyotes... and never leave your pets unattended outside. in california -- real-life grinches steal a grinch!! a family's security camera, captured the moments two men swiped their christmas decorations. the only thing they took? -- the life-size wooden cutout of doctor seuss's grinch who stole christmas. hopefully those thieves' hearts - will grow three sizes before christmas. holidays co

for the latest, let's go to inin cirilli in montgomery alabama.an amazing night to be in montgomery, but today the news has moved on and it would appear we would get some kind of negotiation resolved today. does it matter when doug jones is seated? kevin: it matters in terms of if republicans can get this done by the end of the calendar year. i have spoken to several sources in alabama who tell me alabama government officials will send doug jones to congress the earliest december 22, -- 27th, the latest january 3. i spoke with several lawmakers as well as aides to republican members who tell me this tax plan is pretty much finished. there will be a 21 percent corporate tax rate, and expected to be finalized the first half of next week. this could be completely finished. president trump will make a major tax speech, his closing arguments, so to speak, as he has lunch with republican members of the conference committee at the white house. he will be joined by the treasury secretary steve mnuchin , gary cohn, and mike pence. it would be the first leg

these are live pictures from montgomery alabama. a large crowd gathered for moore. let's dip in in bhamg alabama where we find the viewing party for doug jones. the crowd gathered in front hoping for a republican upset. hoping for the republicans to lose ton. both candidates cast ballots. moore rode in on

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that's 1:10 in montgomery, alabama. 2:10 here on the east coast. we don't normally watch these sorts of things. let's give you an update. the governor kay ivey, also steve marshall who i believe is the -- i just lost his -- drop that banner we can say he's the attorney general of alabama. and they were again, saying to the people of alabama, and to roy moore, that he is not a senator and that doug jones is. doug jones won that election. he'll be serving the state of alabama in congress. we were talking about voter fraud versus voter i.d., and you wanted to make a point. go ahead. >> sure. in terms of voter i.d., i would push back, especially in talking to a number of african-american conservative friends to say it's patronizing to say that african-americans are unable to get a driver's license. not to mention a driver's license is very important to do a number of functions in society. so i would -- >> i didn't just say african-americans. i said minorities and folks who don't have the means and some poor people who don't have the means to easily get

abc news reporter lana zak has the latest now from montgomery, alabama. >> reporter: what people thought was going to be a crimson tide in alabama turned out to be a code blue. democrat doug jones has pulled off an historic victory, an outcome that months ago would have seemed inconceivable. >> this entire race has been about dignity and respect. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: and the president tweeting tonight, "congratulations to doug jones on a hard-fought victory. the write-in votes played a very big factor but a win is a win. the people of alabama are great, and the republicans will have another shot at this seat in a very short period of time. it never ends." just 33 days earlier the accusations of sexual misconduct were made public against republican roy moore, who has been accused by eight women in a range of offenses including sexually assaulting two of them as teenagers, one as young as 14. and preliminary exit poll results show that voters were deeply divided. 49% saying those sexual misconduct allegations are definitely or probably true and 45% say they believe that tho

. >>> en montgomery alabama angie sandoval noticias telemundo >>> el 47% de los votos han sido contados pero moore adelanta a jones por un porcentaje un poco importante. el presidente trump tampoco se libra las acusaciones en su contra, hoy en uno de sus twitter este especialmente incendiario el presidente atacÓ a la senadora demÓcrata christel una de las legisladoras que reclama la dimisiÓn del presidente por estas denuncias. dicen que ella iba a su oficina mendigando por contribuciones de su campaÑa y dispuesta hacer cualquier cosa por ella. la senadora calificÓ el mensaje de sexista, acusÓ al presidente de intentar silenciar las mujeres que lo han denunciado. ahora vamos con una informaciÓn crucial para nuestra comunidad. los supuestos engaÑos de ice para meterse a las casas de los inmigrantes, 3 familias centroamericanas han demandado al gobierno porque les tocaron la puerta en medio de la noche diciendo que eran policÍas. >>> es una historia que de acuerdo agrupos pro inmigrantes se repite con frecuencia. agentes de inmigraciÓn entrando a casas con engaÑos para despuÉs abr arrestar

live in montgomery, alabama. i'm chris pallone. laura, marcus, let's go back to you. >> thank you, chris. a push from lawmakers to fire robert mueller. there are only two people in washington who can fire special counsel mueller, the president and the number two man at the justice department, that's rod rosenstein. >> rosenstein was in front of a congressional committee this morning. scott mcgrew joins us with that. >> good morning. several people on that committee, marcus, want mueller to -- rosenstein is the justice department official who appointed the special counsel after attorney general jeff sessions recused himself. today before the house judiciary committee, facing questions about democrats from the russia investigation and from republicans, questioning whether the investigation was biased against president trump. rosenstein defended mueller. >> i believe that based upon his reputation, his service, his patriotism and his experience with the department and with the fbi, i believe he was an ideal choice for this task. >> he

we've got the final campaign push covered from every angle from montgomery, alabama, all the way to washington. let's start in birmingham, alabama, nbc's vaughn hilliard, who's been on the ground for weeks covering this race for us. and every time we turn on the camera there with you, vaughn, you're in a different place and you've learned something new. what is the doug jones campaign doing today? i understand earlier they were definitely focusing on african-american voters. >> reporter: yeah, richard, i think you just noted, we're in a different place every day, every hour, it seems like, right? and most of those places that we've been have been with doug jones, because there's really been only one candidate to cover in this race, and that's the democrat, doug jones in this race, who suddenly sees himself a viable opportunity come tuesday to win this race. where roy moore has been? he hasn't been seen out in the public since tuesday. usually the weekend before election day, it's the get out the vote effort with phone banks, candidates going from huntsville like doug jones did. we were with hi

live montgomery, alabama, i'm chris pollone. >> president trump aggressively supported roy moore. arizona senator flake simply tweeted decency wins. former vice president joe biden tweeted, thank you, alabama. you've elected a man of incredible integrity, grit and character. he will make you proud in the senate. you can read more on the senate tax bill in the nbc washington app. >>> developing this morning, bullet holes right next to where people were diej in germantown. this was the scene at a mcdonald's. chaos broke out when two men were shot in the parking lot. mgo they ran into the mcdonald's looking for help. now police are trying to find whoever is responsible. no one else was hurt and the men are expected to be okay. police think the victims knew the person who shot at them. >>> we're learnings some new details about the hours leading up to a bethesda teenager's tragic death. sources say navide perry was at a party thursday night when police showed up. there's body camera video showing them talking to perry before he went missing. the teenager's father went to the police sta

this happened saturday night about two hours from montgomery alabama, police say the man got out afternd made lawn ornaments, the homeowner hopes police can catch the grinch, who ruined them. >> decorations cents, and my little girl, she helped me, as well, and my wife, absolutely her favorite holiday. and it hurts to know that best time of the year somebody wants to destroy and hurt other people. >> so sad. that guy needs to take some anger management classes. the family says the same thing happened to them earlier this month. boy. well, you may remember him as the man who opened up his furniture store to give victims place to sleep during hurricane harvey. now, mattress mack is giving back once again in texas, thousands of kids showed up at the famous gallery furniture store in houston yesterday, mattress mack hosed a toy drive with boxes cents of toys all or my dollars by age group for those boys and girls, he said, the smilings on the faces were all worth it. >> get nice things, the spirit is great. really uplifting and inspiring just to be around them. >> that's good stuff there.

manual is in montgomery, alabama and nancy courtes has reaction from washington d.c. that is coming up at 7:00 o'clock right here after "eyewitness news" on cbs-3. >>> suspect in the new york city subway attack faces a court hearing today. the 27 year-old immigrant from bangladesh is charged with five federal counts of terrorism. since he remains in the hospital, authorities are trying to determine whether it will take place in person or through closed circuit video. suspect reportedly told investigators he was inspired and wanted to cause carnage with his home made pipe bomb f convicted he faces life in prison. >>> still ahead we are hearing from eagles quarterback nick foles as he steps up to lead the bird. >>> we have an update from the wild fires in california, as authorities made progress in the thomas fire now they have a new wild fire to deal with, we will explain. >>> and then a van crashes in the car wash but this is no accident we will tell what you thieves managed to make off with coming up next. >>> once inside police say they settle a atm machine. police