we don't have confirmation of that, we do have confirmation of a new poll out today by fox news in alabamaas an eyebrow raiser for some, showing doug jones, the democrat, up ten points now, and you can see the shift from november. eight points. at ten points now, our poll. this is a big difference that has roy moore still holding an edge. at 2.2%. as you go back into our poll it, both by party identification, and alabama, again, out today, u see the democrats holding strong with jones at a 90%. republicans 81. independent is where the shift is in our poll it, and again, it is plus or minus 4.5%. it fox news believed the allegations against roy moore, that was the question. and you can see the different numbers with the g.o.p. voters, but still unsure and 26 26%. so let's start there, as we bring in our opinion. charles, opinion writer for "the washington post." okay, look at these numbers. what do you see? >> well, i think that in particular, the fox poll suggest that we really have no idea what is going on down there, and how it is going to turn out. i think it is very interesting that th

tonight, new polls showing a tight race. roy moore up six among likely voters in a new cbs poll and a virtual dead heat with democrat doug jones, up slightly in a "washington post" poll. moore who campaigned in churches this past week was expected to win the republican stronghold by a landslide until allegations surfaced that he dated high school girls when he was in his 30s. two of them accusing him of sexual assault. he has denied any wrongdoing. the cbs poll finding most alabama republicans, 71%, don't believe the allegations. some speaking this week with tom. >> i don't believe it because it's been 40 years through 5 or 6 elections and we haven't heard a single thing about it. >> he will help our president's agenda, the people's agenda. >> reporter: with moore finding support, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell appears to be stepping back from his initial condemnation. >> the women who've come forward are entirely credible. he's obviously not fit to be in the united states senate. >> do you believe that judge moore s

cnn's exclusive new poll shows a majority of americans think president trump has not told the truth about the russia investigation. the president hit with a powerful new show of doubt and disapproval tonight. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking tonight, republicans are putting off some very tough choices to avoid a government shutdown that could be a political disaster for the party just hours after its tax bill victory. the house approved a short-term spending bill just a while ago that will keep the government running through january 19th. we're awaiting a similar vote in the senate. in . >>> also breaking, the majority of americans don't believe the president is telling the truth. 56% say mr. trump's public comments about the probe are mostly or completely false. this special counsel, robert mueller's approval rating, in our exclusive poll is 15 points higher than the president's. tonight, the chairman of the house intelligence committee confirms republicans are investigating the justic

change into place, and into that final package, and before trump declares victory, there is this -- new polling we'll bring you in a moment shues the tax plan is extremely unpopular. but he still claims this is a cut for the middle class. >> we have so many different things in this bill that are going to create jobs, and for me this is a bill very simply, a massive tax cut for the middle class and about jobs.

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, steve, allison and poling on days ago showing moore with a 9 point advantage and then this fox news poll most recently showing jones democrat with den point advantage and average polls two percent of difference showing the candidate. it's a tossup no matter which way it goes. it as an impact. >> the night before the alabama special election roy moore and doug joe's making final case to voters. there's been plenty of outside help. robo call from president trump and former president obama and plus appearances by steve bannon and new jersey corey booker and monday night moore took a page from trump campaign play book holding drain the swamp rally and he wept after the women accusing him of sexual misconduct decades ago asking why the women stayed silent. >> i ran three county campaigns in this same county and never once was this mentioned. >> jones said s >> we lagged behind in industry and lagged behind in education. >> but quickly focused on allegations against his opponent. >> it's time that we put our sdeensy and our state before political party. >> the accusations clearly have alabama

you mentioned that "fox news poll," jones ahead of moore by 10 points. that is problem for moore. is one of the final times he has a chance to talk to the conservative base before they head to polls tomorrow. going to be here as well, steve bannon here tonight. a source tells fox news one of the special guests will be sheriff david clarke. a source close to bannon tells me what their strategy is here tonight with the stakes so high, writing, steve will lay out the case why doug jones is radical leftist democrat trying to take down president trump. jones and lunatic leftists like cory book remember desperately trying to intrade alabama to push trump out of office. jones jumping on reports that moore was out of the state over the weekend attending the army-navy game. those are unconfirmed reports but hitting his opponent. >> moore was not in the the staf a alabama during the weekend. you have covered politics a long time. when have you heard a candidate for office leave the state? >> jones is getting more face time with voters. moore is saying jones is pretending to be someone he is

the latest poll has doug jones leadsing roy moore by three points. however a new shows moore with a six point lead over doug jones. >> meanwhile as the race tightens, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell may be changing tune on roy moore. called on roy moore to exit the race after allegations of sexual misconduct. had this to say on sunday morning. >> do you believe the judge moore should be in the senate. >> i'm going let the people of alabama make the call. the election has been going on a long time. there's a lot of discussion about it. they're going to make the decision a week from tuesday. >>> let's get a check on the weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. rockefeller center tree is on the plaza. holiday season is in full swing. you say now the cold weather the m c is coming. >>> about time. this weekend was so warm across the country. now watching first significant winter storm. pattern change to welcome in winter. storm out in the northern plains. blue is snow. snowing with wisconsin. areas of south dakota. winter weather and storm spots in wyoming a

. >> the news media, pundits like to pay attention to poll numbers, i'm an economist.hink that's a better indicater of how they feel. heather: you're an economist, we will listen to you. >> the president is right, people are voting with their dollars and does deserve the credit for that. he has set a positive tone, we want jobs back here, economic growth, people are feeling that and responding to it and you're seeing it in job numbers. heather: set tone before he even came to office, something that he campaigned on and that's what we see happening. >> right after the election to high levels, they thought they were going to relief on things they needed relief on. they wanted fewer regulations. heather: with the tax cut plan to come house and senate to come to an agreement, how do you think it would impact numbers? >> i think it'll promote strong numbers in the year ahead. they have to get this done, he's promised a lot and set the right tone but they have to deliver now, they have to keep deregulating, continue to cut tacks, that's going to be important to sustain this,

our new poll shows most americans are not sure this is going do be a win for them. >>> president trump lashing out, slamming new reporting that he discussed pulling the plug on the nomination of neil gorsuch to the supreme court. did the president almost under do what would be one of his biggest accomplishments? >>> plus, more than double the speed limit. that's how fast officials say the amtrak train was traveling when it jumped the rails and careened on to a highway below, killing at least three people. did the mayor of a nearby town predict something like this would happen? >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> good afternoon, everyone, welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we're going to begin with the breaking news. after passing the house of representatives by a vote of 227-203, the republican tax bill now heads to the u.s. senate and could be on president trump's resolute desk by tomorrow. the first major legislative success for the republican party this year. the legislation proposes sweeping changes to the nation's tax code, significant cuts to the corporate tax rate, and if it

doug luzader is in washington to tell us what's at stake and some surprising new polling numbers. >> reporter: this may be the lay of the land heading into this election day and alabama. a new poll showing that republican roy moore is 10 points behind his democratic challenger, doug jones. if this is correct, it could be the probe lead -- prelude to a major upset. judge roy moore would not say much about politics or sports or anything else last night outside in the final rally. but inside he did question the validity of recent polls and talked about the need to challenge the political establishment. >> it's difficult to drain the swamp when you are up to your -- and alligators. >> reporter: what moore has going for him is deep red alabama. a state that generally does not elect democrats but he has faced one sexual misconduct allegations after another involving in some instances teenagers. all made more awkward by interview he did with a 12-year- old girl just posted by a pro- trump super pac. his opponent, doug jones, is pushing for a turn out from african american voters, bringing i

tonight a new cnn poll shows that americans believe the russia probe is a serious matter. while 34% say it's an effort to discredit trump's presidency. while mr. trump has repeatedly dismissed the investigation -- >> let's put it this way, there is absolutely no collusion. >> reporter: the poll finds 56% of americans disapprove of how he's handling while 32% approve. as some republicans ramp up their criticism of robert mueller, the poll shows a majority of americans don't agree. 47% say they approve of mueller's handling of the investigation. while 34% disapprove. as congress scrambles to finish it's year end spending bill to keep the government open -- >> well wait a minute, wait a minute -- news break, the republicans control the congress. >> reporter: at the united nations, the president receiving a stinging rebuke today. an overwhelming majority of the world's nations condemning the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. on a vote of 128-9, with 35 countries abstaining. u.n. ambassador nikki haley denouncing the vote. >> we will remember when so man

the surprising new poll and the one thing today that could decide this race. >>> game changer. why experts call the new york city subway bombing a new chapter. what the suspect was allegedly planning and why the officers who pinned him down and removed that bomb were the perfect officers for that job. >>> mario batali apologizes. what's happening to him as he faces sexual misconduct allegations. >>> the so-called man flu may exis why men may experience worst cold and flu symptoms than women. >>> and moneymaker. the 6-year-old raking in millions reviewing toys on youtube. >> super fun to make cars. >> the secret to his success. >>> and we do say good morning on a basis tuesday. today is election day in alabama and it's been 33 days since those explosive sexual misconduct headlines about roy moore. >> one new poll shows moore trailing doug jones by ten points but the polls have been all over the place in recent days. the only thing for sure is that turnout will be crucial. >> abc's matt gutmggie rulli is alabama. good morning, maggie. >> reporter: good morning, diane and kendis. r

"fox news morning" coming b today on "fox news morning" controversial president trump deeper into alabama senate race as voteers head to the pollshts jewish communities around the world get ready for hanukkah >> this is "fox5 news morning". >> and good morning to you thank you owe very much is for joining us. so excited about arctic blast headed our way. >> that's sarcasm for those of you trying to learn what that means. >> it's tuesday december 1. >> airport airport watching roads and pook meek talking about what i just talked about great arctic blast headed our way. >> not sarcasm here it keeps me ememployed. >> >> and that's larger than new york city. >> security in new york city will be heightened today just one day after attempted terrorist attack in times square and 7-year-old akayed ullah detonated a pipe bomb near the port authority. he told investigators she was inspired by isis to set offer the attack and retaliation for u.s. air strikes on isis. >> 5:32 now all eyes on alabama. today voters head to pos vote in special election for state vacant senate seat. >> good morning we seen wild swings in following more from 9 p

that's according to a new cnn poll conducted by ssrs.poll found nearly half of americans think special counsel robert mueller is doing a good job about a third saying they do not approve of his performance. >>> a new poll shows lieutenant governor gavin newsom retaining a narrow lead in the race for governor of california. the uc-berkeley survey shows that he has the support of 26% of likely voters compared with 17% for former los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa. businessman john cox and assemblyman travis allen both republicans are in a tie for third place with 9%. >>> a deadline to get health coverage through the state health exchange is approaching. jackie ward reports. >> reporter: so we are just hours away from that deadline. if you need coverage starting january 1st, you have until midnight tonight to enroll. this is an extended deadline because of a recent increase in demand. more than 220,000 new enrollees selected a plan through december 15 and that is ahead of last year's pace by 10%. "covered california" says based on the f

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you have a ten-point lead according to the fox news poll. ten-point lead. do you believe it? on fox -- [inaudible] i'll tell you, we don't follow polls in alabama. we wait until we see what's happened. coach saban, let's see what this final poll looks like tomorrow. we feel good about this race, but we're not paying any attention to polls. we're out here. we're talking to people like we're behind 50 points. >> reporter: one of the things that the poll found, neil, is that jones supporters just feel more passionate than the moore supporters which really surprised us when we saw those numbers. you talk about how passionate the electorate is in general, here in montgomery county i'll just give you one example, normally in a special election like this you get 2, 300 absentee ballot requests. for the gop runoff, you got 368. for this so far 1600 absentee ballots. so some indication this is going to be a very well-athe tended election -- attended election, much more so than you would think in a special election like this. just to mention roy moore, don't want to leave him out, he's

our new poll finds republicans roundly reject sex allegations against ray moore and blame the media. >> could she be leading a secret life? >> a florida girl's secret relationship with a soccer coach. >> a monumental land issue. >> people are still angry. >> they're still angry yeah. >> quijano: and his books have taken us to mars and now the moon. jeff glor with down to earth author andy weir. >> i write about those things. this is the "cbs weekend news." >> quijano: good evening, i'm elaine quijano. hours before the rooster crowed sunday president trump was ruffling feathers again on twitter. he railed about the russia investigation, defended his firing of national security advisor michael flynn and railed on james comey. fbi member who was fired for sending anti-trump texts. here is errol barnett. >> president trump, why did you file general flynn? >> reporter: ignoring questions as he returned to the white house yesterday, president trump had just implied via twitter he knew general mike flynn lied to the fbi before making the decision to fire him. but that tweet sources tell cbs

our new poll finds republicans roundly reject sex allegations against roy moore. and blame the media. >> could she have been leading a secret life? >> a florida runaway secret relationship with a high school soccer coach. >> a dinosaur graveyard at the center of a monumental land dispu dispute. people are still angry. >> still angry, yeah. >> and his books have taken us to mars and now the moon. jeff glor with down-to-earth author. >> would you go to the moon? you wouldn't? >> no, no. i write about brave people. i'm not one of them. >> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news." >>> welcome to the "overnight news." i'm aeelaine quijano. hours before the rooster crowed sunday, president trump was ruffling feathers on twitter. he railed about the russia investigation, defended his firing of national security adviser michael flynn and unloaded on former fbi director james comey. the president also took aim at an fbi agent removed from the russia investigation for sending anti-trump texts. but another weekend tweet is being intensely analyzed. there are even question

the cbs news poll - also revealing an overwhelming majority.. 71 percent..blicans say they don't believe the accusations. with moore finding new support... now even senate majority leader mitch mcconnel appears to be stepping back from his initial condemnation. moore has denied any wrongdoing. tomorrow steve bannon will join moore on the campaign trail. alabama voters head to the polls next tuesday. allegations of sexual misconduct now spreading into the music world. new york's metropolitan opera is suspending it's relationship with longtime conductor james levine. it comes after at least three men came forward with claims that levine abused them decades ago when they were teens. right now.. a woman is in critical condition after getting hit by a car in prince george's county. it happened late last night on contee road at laurel bowie road in laurel. we're told the driver did stay on scene. roads are now back open. a third democratic candidate for virginia's house of delegates is now asking for a recount, weeks after the election. joshua cole ran in the 28th

we can find a poll for you as vaughn just said. there's a new one that has ten for doug jones, and one for nine points for roy moore. we can average every poll out there together to see what that shows you. that shows you a lead of about 2.5 points for roy moore. that's just averaging them altogether. there's the word vaughn was saying, volatility. there's so much volatility going into tomorrow. this is a december election. there's nothing else on the ballot. it's not the normal election season. who is actually going to show up and vote? who is not? that becomes such a cliche to say it comes down to turnout, but it really comes down to turnout. we can show you when we look at this, i think we can show you, maybe we can't show you this. i was going to show you what it looked like in 2012. it doesn't seem to be working. i'm going to strangle this board, but i want to show you the ma'p from 2012 when roy mooe nearly lost. it was a 3% race. in the worst year for democrats, they can win 13 counties in alabama. when roy moore lost that, it basically d

you know it's true ♪everything i do ♪i do it for you lou: it's election eve in alabama and a fox news pollby 10 points. but that's poll seems to be the outlier. real clear politics has moore leading by 2 points. >> these allegations are false. i did not date underaged women and i did not molest anyone. reporter: a fox news poll shows 39% of likely alabama voters believe the allegations against moore compared to 33% who think they are untrue and 27% who are unsure. >> i am undecided. probably leaning to vote for roy moore. but i'm concerned about the allegations. >> when broken down by gender women favor jones by 20 points. president trump: get out and vote for roy moore. his vote is our republican senate and it's needed. we need moore to help us with the republican senate. reporter: alabama's senior senator richard. shelby: says he agrees with the president's desire to keep the senate in gop hands. >> i couldn't vote for roy moore. the state of alabama deserves better. reporter: in a series of four tweets in response to the pipe bomb in new york city. he says this incident undercores the t

this new washington post poll this week shows it is neck and neck. doug jones has a slight lead 50- 47% over judge moore and this is close and within the margin of error four and a half points and now the poll also shows alabama voters are divided over whether or not they believe the sexual abuse allegations against moore 35% believe the allegations and 37% say they're unsure and have no opinion or no opinion and 28% say they do not believe the women's allegations at all. we shall see. >> rick: yes we will thanks very much. legendary boxer mike tyson gets objectified sitting down with a candid interview about life, love and harvey levin joins me next to talk about one on one with the champ. here's to the heroes -- america's small business owners. and here's to the heroes behind the heroes, who use their expertise to keep those businesses covered. and here's to the heroes behind the heroes behind the heroes, who brought us delicious gyros. actually, the gyro hero owns vero's gyros, so he should have been with those first heroes. ha ha! that's better.

nine twenty am here in the russian capital a new poll conducted in the united states has revealed that an overwhelming majority of the country's millennial olds want a third political party a correspondent caleb maupin spoke to young people in the streets of new york to find out why. in the usa it's democrats and republicans it's always been that way a two party system now some people might think that makes the country more stable but millennial seem to have a different perspective let's break down the millennial case against the two party system now sixty five percent of say that the country is moving in the wrong direction and seventy one percent of them say that they're ready for a new third political party but wanting to see a new political player in washington is nothing new according to the figures provided by gallup the number of americans who favor a third party has been increasing over the course of the last five years in two thousand and twelve it was only forty six percent but in two thousand and sixteen it was up to fifty seven percent now you rarely hear about it but third

a new poll conducted in the united states reveals that the overwhelming majority of the country's young people want a good political party here on the program we ask them why. they must go on this friday thanks for joining us on r.t. international becoming the latest world headlines. the french president has tabled a new plan for preventing human trafficking in libya and they didn't volves military action it has already been widely criticized especially in light of the french led western military intervention in libya that left the country in ruins. explains. slavery and human trafficking of violent offenses sadly common now in libya but no need to fear president macron is here he has the solution for libya's problem send in the troops it's a necessity zone we are proposing police military action we are not waging war but this is a country in a political transition political transition he calls it does sound better than a savage civil war more politically correct nevertheless a number of african and e.u. states are ready to help fight this war or rather not really a war says macron but

this new washington post poll this week shows it is neck and neck.50- 47% over judge moore and this is close and within the margin of error four and a half points and now the poll also shows alabama voters are divided over whether or not they believe the sexual abuse allegations against moore 35% believe the allegations and 37% say they're unsure and have no opinion or no opinion and 28% say they do not believe the women's allegations at all. we shall see. >> rick: yes we will thanks very much. legendary boxer mike tyson gets objectified sitting down with a candid interview about life, love and harvey levin joins me next to talk about one on one with the champ. ♪ when food is good and clean and real, it's ok to crave. and with panera catering, there's more to go around. panera. food as it should be. $107.00 at...doggie lovers warehouse? [woman] an alert from wells fargo? no. i would never. "doggie lovers"? please! you know me. i don't even know where that is! look, i'm replying deny. see? oh, come on! [phone rings] hello? wells fargo. i did not make

cnn new poll, majority of americans against the tax bill. when did you ever hear americans are against a tax cut bill? you're h hearing it now. it's because our republican friends are listening to the 1,000 greedy multibillionaires who want their taxes cut even though they're doing great, and don't want to share those benefits with the middle class, even making millions of middle-class people pay more. republicans will rue the day that they pass this tax bill. rue the day because it's so unfair to the middle class. it so blows a hole in our deficit. it so threatens social security, medicare and medicaid. they will rue the day. finally, mr. president, on the mueller investigation, we have a lot of business to get to this week, but because the topic is so important i'd like to address the investigation of special counsel mueller into russian interference in our elections and the potential involvement of the trump campaign. over the past several months the investigation and the f.b.i. have been the target of a smear campaign by republicans and

fox news poll came out. it had jones at plus ten. democrat at plus ten. e emerson poll shows moore at plus 1. the monmoth said it's tied. it's all over the map. nobody knows what's going to happen tonight. why would there be so many discrepancies? >> this is a special election. it is a lot harder to assess what the electorate is going to look like. i have confidence in the fox news. don't focus on the margin, focus on doug jones. you look at the last three poll, the only three polls that use traditional phone poll methodology, sort of testing methodology. all three had jones at 50%. the other side may be going to moore, we don't know. that's a fairly interesting assessment for which the conclusion is this could be a really interesting night tonight for the first time daron was saying since 1994 that a democrat has a serious chance of win. >> dana: you have a map. we only have about a minute left. what are you going to be looking for? >> alabama is a state we haven't spent a lot of time on in awhile. there are predictable countieses that we should be lookin

a new pa poll revealing health care is the top issue among americans. 43% say the health care is the issue government should focus on in the new year. the president and administration announcing plans to do just that. blake burman with details from the white house. hi, blake. reporter: what the administration considering rewrites of rules, health care plans would not have to have coverage for requirements of the affordable care act wrapped in it. this could come soon as next month with an executive order from the president. proponents say this leads to plans that are less expensive. however the critics say, elsewhere, the costs end up getting made up this leads to a huge hole in coverage. either way, what is going on now, going forward at least with republicans with this white house is trying to cut around the edges, or somehow cut into the affordable care act. and president continues to tout that he has been able to do it one way at least, with the tax bill, which gets rid of the individual mandate. >> included the repeal of the individual mandate where you have the privilege of payi

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and the new poll numbers tonight. when americans were asked, who will benefit most from this tax bill, four separate polls showing that americans say more than 60% of them believe it will be the wealthy who benefit most. so, tonight, will the president still sign this into law before christmas? and who wins, who loses? abc's mary bruce, leading us off from the hill. >> reporter: house speaker paul ryan today excitedly gaveled in the first major legislative win of the trump administration. >> the yeas are 227 and the nays are 203. the conference report is adopted without an objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. >> reporter: his gavel rolling off the podium as the biggest tax overhaul in three decades cleared a major hurdle in the house. but tonight, a procedural snag will force them to vote again tomorrow. still, earlier, republicans were ecstatic. >> today we are giving the people of this country their money back. >> reporter: but the speaker interrupted by one of many protesters on the hill. >>

top of the hour coming up, the final fox news poll for the alabama senate race. we will bring you those numbers after this. . . . . stuart: almost 10 eastern time, there are two items on your screen. on left-hand side that is new york city. an explosion on a subway platform, took place around 7:30 eastern time in the middle of the rush. gridlock in new york. dow industrials up about 50 points. now this. >>> the alabama vote tomorrow. the last "fox news poll" is in. look at this. it gives doug jones the democrat a 10-point lead over roy moore, the republican. you never know until the votes are finally counted. but right now jones has a 10-point lead. 10% of those asked were unsure. doug jones, 50, moore 40. roy moore has had the help of president trump, active support. the president put out a pro-moore robo call. moore's lawyers say, one of his accusers did not tell the full truth about entries in a yearbook decades ago. they say she lied. in my opinion the right thing is happening. it is voters of alabama who should decide who represents them. suppose for a moment

there was a fox news poll saying jones was up. their tracking polls say moore has been up all weekend. even you have been there for more than a month. you don't know who's going to come out and vote. >> no, who knows. a college poll has moore up by nine. the fox news poll shows doug jones up by ten. i want to add new reporting from nbc news that the jones campaign now tells us that they are leaning toward sending out those robocalls that not only president obama but also vice president biden recorded on behalf of the campaign. expected to start going out tonight. where is this campaign right now? doug jones is on the trail. he just held an event this morning in birmingham and now driving down to montgomery where he will meet up with folks at a popular lunch spot before heading back up to birpingham this even. compare that to roy moore who hasn't been seen on the campaign trail dating back to tuesday. he will be here in midland city with the likes of steve bannon here tonight. but it's not typical in the weekend before election day

new york. it's 7:00 in the east. 4:00 out west and almost 48 hours until the polls open in the alabama senate race. how president trump is getting more involved in it. >>> new fallout, what happened after the president made a controversial visit to a new civil rights museum. >>> addicted to cable news, twitter and diet coke. a new article based on 60 interviews showing what president trump is like behind the scenes. >>> and down to the wire. the obamacare deadline approaches with many americans confused about whether it still exists. >>> and new this morning, last ditch efforts ahead of alabama's special election tuesday including president trump's most direct involvement yet in his support of roy moore. the white house confirms to nbc that the president has recorded a robo call for the embattled candidate although it is unclear at what point in the next two days the calls will begin. meanwhile democrats are banking on prominent 4r5urlawmakers to out a black vote that could send doug joechnes to washington. cory booker is hitting the ground again today. >> i'm here to try to help to get some folk

a new poll shows the race for alabama senator is neck and neck despite allegations of sexual abuse by one of the candidates roy moore. with less than two weeks to the election a new austin washington post poll shows democrat doug jones at 50% support among likely voters with embattled republican more at 47%. he has been accused by several women who say he abused them or made sexual advances when they were teenagers. the special election is set for december 12. >>> roy moore isn't the only politician under fire, house minority leader nancy pelosi is calling onto congressman accused of sexual misconduct to resign. we have more from washington.>> reporter: nancy pelosi called on a representative to step down after he was accused of sexual harassment during a 2016 campaign. the statement, the young woman's documented account is convincing. the woman only identified as samantha told repeatedly after for dates and sex even though she repeatedly said no. he told buzz feed he is sorry for anything he did that made her feel uncomfortable. this is the most recent lawmaker accused of sexual hara

promise being kept >> as to how that promise is being received by the public in the united states, a new poll shows just 24% of americans believe the republican tax plan is a good idea 41% think it's a bad idea. a strong majority expect the bill to help wealthy people and corporations rather than the middle class. >>> portuguese bond yields crept up slightly after hitting the lowest level in 2015 after a two notch upgrade from fitch it lifted the credit rating to triple b fitch cited portugal's shrinking debt to gdp ratio as a reason for the shift, which means the country is poised to return to major government bond indices. essentially this is mostly about successful debt management by the portuguese authorities, isn't it >> it's not only that. it's successful debt management but there are three areas of credit that we think improved a lot. public finances, they have improved but not only that, also external vulnerabilities have declined significantly. portugal will run its fifth-year of current account surplus this year that's due to stronger external competitiveness to the portuguese econo

it comes as cnn's new poll shows both the president trump and the gop tax plan are wildly unpopular. only a third of the americans approve the tax plan and the president's approval rating isn't much better. >>> gorsuch anger. sources say president trump considered lifting the nomination of his supreme court pick neil gorsuch after gorsuch privately complained of the president's attacks on the judiciary. would the president really have pulled the plug on the nominee who went on to join the high court? >>> and speeding out of control. investigators now say the passenger train which derailed over an interstate was speedilying speedily speeding at 80 miles an hour in a 30 miles per hour zone. we're standing by for an ntsb update on the deadly accident. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> breaking news. we're awaiting the senate vote of the final version of the gop tax overhaul bill, but while president trump and congressional republicans are already celebrating a victory, a last-minute snag has now taken some air out of the balloon. while

new polling on the alabama senate race. we'll share that with you and the wildfires in california. nd ongoing threat as we have seen so much get taken down in the path of these flames. we're live back on the ground on that and a lot more coming up. back in a moment all this on a busy monday morning. for 100 yea, heritage and innovation have made gillette the #1 shave in america. now get gillette quality at lower prices -- every day. brought to you by 1200 workers in boston -- we're proud of giving you our best. gillette. the best a man can get. >> bill: 24 past the hour now. get to another big story. firefighters again have a great challenge. california is burning and getting tougher over the weekend. the weather forecast not in its favor. a massive fire spreading from ventura in santa barbara county. adam housley is outside of santa barbara. how are things now with the sun up on a monday morning and a brand-new week, adam? >> good and bad. there were six fires going into the weekend. fire are out. the sixth one is the first fire, the thomas fire, the one we covered last week that b

. >>> a new poll on america's most admired person likely to aggravate president trump. 17% of the polled name president obama. the good news for the president, the gap narrows from seven points last year to three this year. when it comes to the most admired woman, hillary clinton remains the top spot for the 16th year running. michele obama. not sure what you make of the republican side of that. is nikki haley the frontrunner for the next republican candidate, whenever donald trump exits. >> how about this. russia is accusing the u.s. of interfering with its election. yeah, you heard right. now the secretary of state with the revealing op ed this morning discussing russia and north korea. live in moscow. and the paths they took to a new home. could their journey inspire yours? order your kit at ancestrydna.com >>> secretary state said america should be encouraged. in a "new york times" op ed he defends president trump for abandoning what he calls the failed policy of strategic patience. much of -- >> tillerson writes we hope this internation international isolation b-- dialogue remains o

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but a new cnn poll shows the bill is unpopular with most americans. >>> investigators revealing an amtrak passenger train that derailed in washington state was traveling 80 miles per hour in a 30-mile-per-hour zone. that's how fast it was going when it left the tracks. as a result, three people died, more than 100 were injured and that is getting lucky in this situation. the president of amtrak admitting that a system that could have slowed the train down was installed on the tracks but was not active. joining us now is the national safety board member. we know you and your team are working incredible hours to figure out what happened and take care of people who were hurt. what is the status of the investigation and the numbers involved of human costs? >> thank you for having me, chris. we came here as soon as we could. we have been here since yesterday afternoon and now the full team is here. we have launched a full investigative go team. we will look at every aspect of the accident. we will look at the operations, the mechanics, the human performance, survival factors. anything we can d