we did ultimately find his real twitter page @roy moore senate. oday i'm officially announcing my third party candidacy for governor of alabama on the constitution party ticket. he's running for governor, maybe. just a few days ago, moore said i have no plans at this time to run for office. nevertheless, plans change. but is he ever going to get off his high horse and concede the race for senate? we're guessing nay. get it? neh? we'll be right back. with tripadvisor, finding your perfect hotel at the lowest price... is as easy as dates, deals, done! simply enter your destination and dates... and see all the hotels for your stay! tripadvisor searches over 200 booking sites... to show you the lowest prices... so you can get the best deal on the right hotel for you. dates, deals, done! tripadvisor. visit tripadvisor.com >>> it's been behind me from day one, renacci. >> i'm running for senate to stand up for ohio families. i worked hard to pass a conservative agenda. >> we need fewer career politicians in washington. >> i'm luke messer, i get team work

nobody liked roy moore. >> you would rather roy moore -- >> i, noelle kimpour, i did not endorse. but the republican party reluctantly had to say he's our nominee, here he is. he's going to stay in and vote for our platform. but they didn't like him. you've got to realize a lot of people when they were looking at trump, voting on trump, they didn't really like some of the things trump was accused of but they went ahead and voted for trump. >> wouldn't you think roy moore is a bridge too far? >> roy moore's crazy. he's weird. he's gross. he's despicable. this guy blankenship shouldn't even be running for office. i applaud trump for going out ahead of it, saying we don't need another candidate like this. this is a bad guy. donald trump sjr. also had a tweet saying we don't need another alabama. we don't need blankenship. >> do you not see the difference? because those are two different thin things. >> but they're still saying we don't need blankenship. why there's two different things that's the same result, no blankenship. >> we'll see if blankenship does win this tomorrow. there i

and roy moore ends up losing.o the president could change his mind and perhaps people that support blankenship who want something different to go in there and fire up washington. may realize the president will come around if he has to. >> i'm sure he would. i'm sure if they nominated blankenship that the republicans -- look, if the republicans could get behind somebody who was credibly accused on multiple occasions of sexual misconduct toward teenager girls i assume they could find it within themselves to come around for a fellow who was convicted of white collar crimes. though they were connected ultimately to very tragic incident. i suppose if they come around for roy moore they could come around for blankenship. the other thing here, this is unfair comparison. blankenship is not roy moore. >> dana: right. >> roy moore couldn't win as it turns out the alabama general election. there is no reason to think don blankenship would do substantially worse than either of the other two. i don't think either of the other

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trump, supported roy moore. >> again, we all really like president trump's policies.t things right. he recommended that people vote for a guy that was basically accused of pedophilia >> joining me now, cnn political commentator and hillary clinton's former manager, robbie mook, and josh holmes. josh, you have made no secret of your distaste for west virginia senator candidate don blankenship, to say the least, as he have attacked your base pretty literally. do you think it's okay that president trump said don't vote for blankenship? >> obviously if you care a lick about the trump agenda or supreme court justices or all the regulatory reform or all the things that republican congress has been able to do, like generational tax reform, you probably shouldn't back candidates who have absolutely no chance of becoming united states senators. i think the difference in this statewide will have or could have a significant impact just because we have a body of evidence. at this point you look back at alabama, and president trump made a very similar warning. five months later we

i just don't see anyone in a democratic primary like roy moore like there's just no democratic roy moore now. there just isn't. >> well, i mean, look, dennis kucinich has definitely said some bizarre things and he's still involved in a reasonably competitive race that's going on tomorrow as well. i'm not saying they're equivalent now and i definitely think there's kind of this air of triumphalism that is maybe a little over the top of what you see on the democratic side but i'm telling you that's the perception and that's what's fueling a lot of what you're seeing out there in terms of people just we'll be okay with anything as long as our guy wins. >> mona, what do you think? >> well, you notice that the president tweeted that people should not vote for blankenship, reminded them of what happened in alabama. but of course this is a real problem because the logic of the trump campaign was nihilism, let's blow it all up, the system is completely corrupt, you need somebody like me, you know, i'll be a wrecking ball, if you send me to washington. that was the logic of the trump appeal. and

we saw what happened with roy moore. e president rightfully warned alabama voters that moore couldn't win the general election even in the deepest red state in the union and in the end he was absolutely right. he was beaten sound lie. and he should have been. he was a terrible candidate who was not fitting for the republican brand. we have a similar situation in west virginia. i think voters are more likely to respond to the president's tweet here than they were months ago. >> moore was somebody the voters wanted in that state, alabama, because he was somebody who was portraying him as the donald trump of alabama, a trumpy candidate willing to say and do whatever he needed to say and do to win. he pulled a gun out on stage. blankenship is doing very much the same thing. running against the swamp. saying he is trump quarry than donald trump. that was his response to donald trump's tweet today. and he is going after mcconnell very hard, in personal terms much in the way that the president when he was a candidate went after

challenger roy moore.she broke the law the candidate should refund her donation and that she just assumed candidates will not accept what is over the limit. let's talk about rosie and those contributions with the next panel. democratic strategist and former senior advisor to hillary clinton's campaign and lisa boothe. great to see both of you tonight. let's talk about what we are talking about here. we will put these up. the five over the limit that we know about. doug jones, conor lam, adam schiff, lauren underwood and omar saeed. by the way, in reading her response to this she said basically i didn't know, i get really upset and sometimes i go online at night and i'm really frustrated with the president so then i donate. and that's what i do. what do you make of it? >> i think the only reason we are having this conversation, number one, is because of who was actually donating the campaign funds and who she was donating to. i'm in the political consulting business. i know how it goes. these mistakes happe

in fact, 98% of black women voted against roy moore. 98%! "us," but did you-- did you vote in alabama? - no, i didn't. but do you have another black woman on this show you can thank? [laughter] so on behalf of all black women... i'm taking a victory lap-- you know, but these titties don't run. - and--and you know what, dulcé? people are saying thank you to black women. you know, online. you saw it. it must be nice to see black women's contributions finally recognized. - yes! yes, it is! we've been through so much! and you're welcome, white people, you're welcome. but let's be honest. we didn't do it for you. we did it for ourselves. no black woman casts her vote going, "this one's for scott!" [bleep] scott. - [laughs] - so if you really wanna thank us, how about y'all change the laws to make it easier for us to vote? or sing our praises by giving us raises. or, at the very least, cancel winter. you know only white people like snow. - those are-- those are fair points, dulcé. so, you know what, let's move on and analyze last night's election.

the voters decided that roy moore was.hink there's a couple reasons why cucumber doesn't -- this would em bolden. >> you know, manchin has a much better chance at winning if blankenship is the republican nominee. i'm paraphrasing here, whackiest of whackiest. and ronler mackie made that statement after the, but you have calculated that a third of the people want elections and i don't think we would win with that strategy. i think donald trump should go to a full manchin if blankenship wins the nomination and beg him that they will promise to support him against blankenship in a general election. >> joe, you sat by patiently. >> let me go with an even bolder idea. blankenship wins and mitch mcconnell says, it's better to be in the country. what's striking here is in a tweet this morning. and his personal. because he went to jail. he's a convicted. we don't want to lose the seat. . from the president of the united states, do we have a-- >> i think it might have been a rare moment of self-awareness when he realized the glass

. >> when you think about roy moore who is one comparison in alabama and elected to state wide office and a political constituency and a controversial figure and does blankenship have a constituency prior to the race. >> of course he z. he managed to leverage at supreme court decision and people along supported him and said he was put upon or a victim, but to be fair, there is a distinction between done blankenship and roy moore. roy moore never got 29 people incinerated past recognizable as human beings. >> and what does that mean for your average west virginia voter? the warning from republicans is this guy might win a primary but toxic even in a state that trump won by 42 points. do you agree with that argument. >> no. no. frankly given the toxic qualities of the campaign -- there is a through line nationally that ones from the nixon southern strategy and lee at water and thornton and this is the outgrowth. this state apparently -- put a value on the kind of bigotry and xenophobia and hatred that has been the cornerstone of this campaign. west virginia might very well vote for done

we the not want a repeat of roy moore in alabama. are you frustrated that people seem to think that you are not actually carrying out president trump's policies in the senate leading into the midterm? >> yeah. it's exac exacerbating because a lot of republicans think we have underperformed. i have been in congress for a good while now. this has been the most effective period the last year and a half right of center. conservative positions since i have been in the senate. whether it was the supreme court, neil gorsuch, or 12 circuit judges last year. we are now up to 17 and still counting. whether it's deregulation, whether it's a fabulous tax bill that has gotten the country growing again. we opened up the alaskan wilderness. we got rid of the individual mandate. this has been a dream period for conservatives thanks to the president's leadership and our backing him up with a republican congress. >> dana: there is also a little bit more tension to come. my last question to you is about something that the house republicans, some house

. >> nem al allies are comparing blankenship to roy moore. from josh holmes, for those asking, this is my response to west virginia roy moore. this clown is a walk talking case study for the limitation of a prison's ability to rehabilitation. wow. anyway, that is a reference to the year blankenship spent in prison for mismanaging a coal mine. we'll be back with more on the big upcoming primary this tuesday, some important red state senate republican primaries right after the break. . and it's also a story about people. . people who rely on us every day to deliver their dreams they're handing us more than mail they're handing us their business and while we make more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country, we never forget... that your business is our business the united states postal service. priority: you ♪ you might or joints.hing for your heart... but do you take something for your brain. with an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is the number one selling brain-health supplement in drug stores nationw

where he backed luther strain, the establishment guy and nonetheless, roy moore wen on to win.he mold of donald trump throughout this campaign season, anderson. with him weighing in, remember because miriam and has ally and -- wanted him to do so. they were so fearful of a nomination that they will ask the president to weigh in and he will take some credit. in that tweet he didn't make anything about the moral argument or the ray sis statements, he made a statement saying this guy can't win so please don't be with him. >> blankenship is quote, roy moore on steroids. he said racist comment about mitch mcconnell's family. >> you know, i think what these people here in washington, what republican have meant by talking about don blink ken ship as roy moore is what david was saying at the 11th hour about don blankenship that he's not elect bl. it is not just about him not being able to win, he shouldn't be able to win. >> david moving down west virginia i know we have a projection in ohio. >> yeah cnn can not project in the -- going to be the republican nominee for senate. he'll tak

>> reporter: president trump is comparing don blankenship to the failed alabama senate candidate roy moore, tweeting blankenship "can't win the general election in your state, no way! remember alabama." blankenship responded, saying he's "trumpier than trump," but that sometimes the president gets it wrong, pointing out the president's support of accused pedophile roy moore. the coal baron just served a year in prison, after 29 people died in a 2010 explosion in one of his mines. but today, he blamed the government. >> it's as obvious as it can possibly be, the upper big branch explosion was caused by the government. >> reporter: blankenship's latest ad sparked outrage with this racial remark about the family of mitch mcconnell's wife, transportation secretary elaine chao. >> swamp captain mitch mcconnell has created millions of jobs for china people. >> reporter: he told us recently he's misunderstood. what do you want people to know about you? >> i'm probably the most honest person that ever ran for office. >> abc's mary bruce with us live from washington, after that interview. and mary,

he endorsed the traditional candidate and backtracked and enorsed roy moore even after saying roy mooreldn't win. think it's how they read the tea leaves. >> he's been tweeting aboe th alabama special election and is tweeting about the the iran de. a self-imposed may 12 deadline. he says we'll have a decision tomorrow. he's been treatening to tak the u.s. out. are we in or out? >> it sems like everything he has been telegraphing and everything the europeans are saying they have done to try to convince him to stay in the del has not worked. so i think we're sitting in d.c. assuming he's saying he's going to pull out. what does that mean? it means the deadline saturday may 12 is whether we're going to slap sanctions back observe iran focertain things we lifted them for in the nuclear deal, and snapping those sanctions back on doesn't just affect ira and ited states, it affects some of our dealings with european cou, ntriwith whic-- whichis also part of it,a much larger economic problem, too. but seems like he's going s to pull ut. we can't know until he tells us. i haven't talk to anyone,

he look at someone like roy moore. roy moore almost won.i can take this trump message. i'm not a pedophile. >> this guy served time e. wasn't a pedophile, but this one served time for people who died during his mismanagement in a coal mine. >> we spent many, many years railing against a smoke filled room. political parties would pick people. when political parties pick people this stuff didn't happen. this is what elevates the roy moores, the blankenships, the jeremy corbins in the u.k., the ability to engage in a populist message and they're complete whack jobs once they get in the job. >> you wrote a book. it connects to all this. the conversation we all have, the point of your book i think is to make some of us feel bert. we've been through this before. we'll get through this. and you highlight five periods of our time where this fear mongering was working. >> sure. >> and in the moment it looked like it was working, but let me ask you this. how do you know we've actually -- you're sort of implying we hit bottom now. do you think we real

and nonetheless roy moore went on to win that primary.aking shape in the mold of donald trump in many ways throughout this campaign season, anderson. and so with him weighing in, remember, because mitch mcconnell and his allies and the establishment wanted him to do so, they -- as dana was just saying, they were so fearful of a blankenship nomination that they really asked the president to weigh in here. so he will take some credit. now, he will note in that tweet, he didn't make anything about the moral argument or the racist statements that don blankenship said. he made a purely practical political pragmatic statement saying this guy can't win. so please don't be with him. >> dana, administration official told cnn that blankenship is, quote, roy moore on steroids. you know, he said racist, disparaging comments about mitch mcconnell's family and should point oz his probation after serving only a year in prison ends oddly enough at 12:01 tonight. >> you know, i think what these people here in washington, what republicans have meant by tal

so why did you back roy moore for on the senate race in iowa?ual misconduct against underage girls. hang on, hang on, hang on. i don't believe the charges against roy moore. i've looked at the charges. i don't believe the charges. ijust don't believe it. you don't sit here thinking i've got it wrong. no i think there's a big lesson there's certainly a lesson for the evangelical right, that the that the establishment republicans or mitch mcconnell would rather have a democrat in that seat than to have someone that say a member of the evangelical right. no i do not believe the charges. you were the white house's chief strategist. one of the first things you put in place was the travel ban from seven majority muslim countries on the campaign trail. many will remember that trump called for total and complete shut down of muslims entering the country. so the ban was anti—muslim wasn't it. no it wasn't. this is about extreme vetting. this is about vetting of the people we couldn't have the problems that occurred in europe. you know and we had in the u

another incident you could have a roy moore problem for senate republicans.y remember that loss keenly did not intervene aggressively and it was a three-way tie in alabama to is to be roy moore and confident enough lirnuther strange, replacing jeff sessions would beat him in a runoff and they lost that seat. in no small feat because the candidate was such a disaster. republicans see blankenship as a similar disaster and he keeps giving them more reasons to feel that way as evidenced by that incredibly bizarre and dishonest ad. you're not hearing a lot from elected officials in part because this is a week they're not here, but i suspect it will come up in greater detail when they return ahead of the primary there in west virginia, but we have heard from some of mcconnell's closest allies including his former chief of staff josh holmes who came out very strongly, perfectly willing to be quoted going after blankenship and said in a tweet picked up, for those asking, my response to west virginia roy moore, "this clown is a walking, talking case study for the limi

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wrong.r that he was he embraced roy moore. lost baird obviously, there were other controversies with the allegations of sexual misconduct. what is also interesting is he is not really endorsing anyone. he is to say and not fold for this guy, even if the other two r.o.k.. -- other two are ok. guest: i think the ohio is one to primary watch, and they're looking to see turnout. there is a big idea that this will be a wave election. househough this is not a or senate race, we will see how many people show up your. -- show up here. indiana is also interesting. contest.mp the candidates has made a big deal of nominating trump for the nobel peace prize over his north korea efforts. there is a strong chance that a businessman will be voted on. guest: the president is going to indiana on thursday, and they announce that mike pence will be joining him. i think it is the first campaign rally they have had since they were elected that they will both appear at. host: we're talking with anita kumar and erik wasson this morning on our week a

point ing out the president's support of accused pedophile roy moore. the coal baron just served a year in prison after 29 people died in a 2010 explosion in one of his mines. but today, he blamed the government 37. >> it's as obvious it can be. the upper branch explosion is caused by the government. >> he sparked outrage after this ad about mitch mcconnell's wife. >> he created millions of jobs for china people. >> reporter: he claimed he's misunderstood. >> what do you want people to know about you? >> i'm probably the most honest person ever to run for office. >> he's embracing the president and his agenda. he says the president is simply being misinformed by the establishment in coming out against him. he says those in washington simply don't want him to win because he would help promote trump's agenda. abc news, washington. >>> the central figure in the iran contra scandal of the 1908s is about to become president of the national rifle association. nra executive wayne lapierre announced retired lieutenant colonel oliver north's appointment today ca

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>> remember, donald trump endorsed louis strange and you ended up with roy moore instead. donald trump in the eleventh hour and saying anybody but him. it doesn't necessarily carry that much weight. the voters decided that roy their guy. even though trump didn't endorse him. i think there's a couple reasons why cucumber doesn't -- this would em bolden. as scott said, >> you know, manchin has a much better chance at winning if blankenship is the republican nominee. i'm paraphrasing here, wackiest of wackiest. i was quoting a congressman from kentucky. running to be the craziest in the race. you calculate a third of the people want the craziest person. that's not a good recipe to win elections. i think donald trump should go to a full manchin if blankenship wins the nomination and beg him that they will promise to support him against blankenship in a general election. >> joe, you sat by patiently. >> let me go with an even bolder idea. blankenship wins and mitch mcconnell says, it's better to be in the country. what's striking here is in a tweet this morning. because he went

he's another pariah, roy moore. donald trump said not to vote for the guy. what does that mean if he does okay and wins. lou: i don't think we would have to wait long. but it would mean that the trump halo is no longer in effect in the state of west virginia. meanwhile, people are scratching their heads trying to figure out what mitch mcconnell has been doing in that state, why there's any question about who should be in that primary field. and we will hear from the left bring -- not just during periods of when the moon is lighting up the sky, but 24 hours a day that this blue wave is back. i think that would be the response. i think it would be wrong, even if blankenship were to win. it's something i cannot imagine here tonight at this early, early hour. >> it is early but it is funny when you think about it. trish, i think it's dangerous for the national republican to insert themselves and their wishes and priorities in a race, whether it's the president or mish mcconnell. i know there are roy moore fears with blankenship and the baggage that he carries in

look at roy moore, he almost won. you have a lot of folks saying, i can take this message.ophile. i may be able to get this over the finish line. >> this guy served time. this one served time for people who died due to his mismanagement at a coal mine. >> we spent many, many years railing against a smoke-filled room. political parties would pick peoples, this stuff didn't happen. this is what elevates the roy moores, the blankenships, corbins in the uk, this sort of ability to engage in a populist message and then, of course, they are complete whack jobs when they get in the job. >> jon, you have a new book out. this conversation we had, the point of your book i think is to make some of us feel better, to say, we have been through this before, we will get through this. you highlight five periods of our time where where fear mongering was working. in the moment it looked like it was working. let me ask you this, how do you know we have actually -- you are implying we hit bottom right now. do you think we have? >> we're close. there are four or five forces that have saved the

it likens candidate oliverio to harvey weinstein and roy moore. >> the mailers were below the belt tactics to derail the campaign. >> reporter: friday afternoon, about three dozen supporters, mostly women, gathered at a willow glen home to defend the former councilman and decry the current state of politics. >> we talk about the politics in washington, d.c. being terrible. they are here in our own backyard. >> our national discourse is just get if the mud and wallow. >> reporter: owe.-- in the mud and wallow. >> reporter: opponents say it's justified following a sexual harassment suit in 2014. although san jose settled for $10,000 and the plaintiff dropped oliverio from the suit, his former chief of staff claimed he sexually harassed her multiple times. some of his alleged statements? my mother was hoping that all hope was not lost for you and i to have a baby together. >> we can't put him in office and wait for the other shoe to drop. >> and makes him unfit for public office. >> reporter: county law enforcement unions representing thousands of voters have called on oliverio to bow out as

remember alabama with roy moore. i don't think he had a choice there. >> and blankenship, like roy moore, has taken off in the polls. he attacked the establishment. president trump saying don't vote for john blankenship, but he's saying i'm the best candidate. i'm the business guy. i'll kick them in the eye. here's the statement he said. >> the establishment is misinforming him because they do not want me to be the senator in the u.s. senate and promote the president's agenda. tomorrow west virginia will send the swamp a message. no one, and i mean no one, will tell us how. i am trumpier in the morning. >> a couple weeks ago, they felt like they were okay here. they felt blankenship had cratecrate d d derred, and they are completely freaked out. i think more broadly, does blankenship winning all of a sudden put this off the table for the republicans? i think the answer is no if you look at numbers in west virginia or just in general. but the bigger issue here is mitch mcconnell weighing in and saying, please help out

it likens candidate oliverio to harvey weinstein and roy moore. >> the mailers were below the belt tactics to derail the campaign. >> reporter: friday afternoon, about three dozen supporters, mostly women, gathered at a willow glen home to defend the former councilman and decry the current state of politics. >> we talk about the politics in washington, d.c. being terrible. they are here in our own backyard. >> our national discourse is just get if the mud and wallow. -- just get in the mud and walled low. >> reporter: opponents say it's justified following a sexual harassment suit in 2014. although san jose settled for $10,000 and the plaintiff dropped oliverio from the suit, his former chief of staff claimed he sexually harassed her multiple times. some of his alleged statements? my mother was hoping that all hope was not lost for you and i to have a baby together. >> we can't put him in office and wait for the other shoe to drop. >> and makes him unfit for public office. >> reporter: county law enforcement unions representing thousands of voters have called on oliverio to bow out as domi

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referring to the disastrous senate race in the fall in alabama where the president had endorsed roy moore, the candidate accused of sexual misconduct with teenage girls, the president endorsed him in that race, of course, they lost, the president seems to be not wanting to make that mistake here in west virginia by endorsing the candidate who has come under a lot of scrutiny. >> kaitlan, great to see you, thank you. >>> let me discuss this more with cnn's senior political reporter nia malika henderson. let's talk about west virginia. trump won the state by 40 plus points. what do you think trump sees now that has him breaking from blankenship? as kaitlan points out, he's not laying it out. >> he's seeing some of the things that kaitlan mentioned there. but also seeing a surge from blankenship, all of the polls that republicans have been looking at over these last couple of days shows that blankenship might pull this race off tomorrow. voters go to the polls. there you have donald trump weighing in, republicans have wanted him to weigh in, the problem with him weighing in at this point is

there's a difference between the performance of somebody like sharon angle and somebody like roy moore or joe arpaio. if blankenship wins the nomination he could easily end up in the latter group. but if republicans nominate jenkins or morency, west virginia could be one of the most interesting competitive races in the country. in blankenship is succeeding even though conservative super pacs are spending money against him and liberal outlets such as "the huffington post" are continuing to publish stories that call him out for his offensive words like china persevered over at "the huffington post" they write this. west virginia and candidate don blankenship said he saw nothing wrong with the use of a racial slur with the father-in-law. the state now has a candidate and was unapologetic about controversial comments and unpredictable on a national debate stage. sound familiar? >> martha: it does. thank you very much. you're not exclusively, don don blankenship. a candidate for the u.s. senate of former massey energy sun don't let company ceo. it's good to see you here tonight again. good

and roy moore ended up winning where president trump could not get republicans or his base to turn away from a candidate that was sort of like him. >> so, this will be a replay to a certain extent of west virginia. republicans just hope that the youm will outcome will be different. >> is the really victim here policy? we're not talking about policy. >> you know, policy got left at the wayside a long time ago. we're not seeing a lot of serious policy discussed in a lot of these senate races this year. >> charlie cook, thank you very much. and boy, has it been an hour, ali velshi. donald trump withdrawing from the iran nuclear deal. means the u.s. is in violation of the deal. >> yep. and it was a hard deal to whin. so while nobody's ever satisfied with these things, what the future holds is now going to be a very big question for europe, for iran, for saudi arabia, for israel, and for the deal with north korea. >> french president macron was warning that this could lead to war. >> yeah, it's complicated. we're going to take a deeper look at it. have a good afternoon. >> thanks, ali subpoe

using roy moore as the example of what not to do in a primary.d it say about the current republican party and what would people in washington say about the republican party if he does in fact win tonight. >> it would be another data point in that favor in just a few months. before donald trump backed roy moore he backed luther strange remember in the primary in alabama. he failed to get luther strange across the line. mitch mcconnell and gop super pac spent millions of dollars trying to back luther strange, stop roy moore, they didn't succeed then, that was just in december and one counterpoint to that. we talk about a democratic civil war, there are no real primaries happening in the senate on the democratic side. this is largely a republican phenomenon and i assure you don blankenship -- mitch mcconnell would be happy to get an extra seat from west virginia but not happy to have don blankenship in the senate next year. >> steve kornacki, thank you very much. you'll be back with us tomorrow morning for analysis of tonight's results. alex seitz-w

if it sounds like something roy moore would have said, it encapsulates why republicans are nervous about possibility of blankenship sneaking through the three-way primary. >> trumpier than trump. i don't know what that means. like him or not, there is one and only one donald trump. let's talk about indiana. that has been called the nastiest race in the nation. why? >> reporter: you have two congressmen, republicans, beating up on each other in this race, and a third man, braun, businessman in indiana. the outsider may split the difference between two, arguably more well-known, well-established politicians in the statie. what we are seeing in some primaries, and we won't know until the votes are counted, with traditional office holders on the ballot, people who are outside and can present themselves has not being part of washington or traditional policymaking at a state level, are getting an opportunity to squeak through. all three candidates have tried very, very hard to present themselves as the most pro-trump candidate, something that will be tested in a general election against joe do

but when it came down to the general he got behind roy moore.question is will he get behind blankenship. >> you're point is not can he win but should he win and your argument is no? >> i think he should not probably send people to the senate who use terms that have been proven to be racist. >> that are race zblift and unacceptable. >> let's just call it what it. >> this is not the first gop candidate since trump got in the white house who has done something like that. >> now he's saying even if he loses his primary he's saying aisle maybe i'll run as a third party. this is joe m's best day? >> think if he got in asa an independent and pulled votes away from the more traditional republicans, i think that means joe mansion gets to be the for the next six years. president trump is documenting the race correctly, everyone -- there's a lot of people who believe blankenship cannot beat joe mansion. president trump is kind of right about that. the weird part is the inability because he doesn't want to make either person mad in the rest of the republica

people around him say, he would be roy moore, the judge from alabama on steroids.efers to asians as china people or as african-american as the negro race or any of the other things that he has done including his felony past. why not? >> because he wants to say the keyword which is win. win is his operative word, not just for him but this coalition, this is a coalition that believes that culturally they're not respected. so to them and to him, talking about the win as opposed to all the other nuances within the race and the things that blankenship has said that they -- they connect on that word and that's why that was important. >> so now you get into a big question we have all the time that i think you can answer better than most, which is the trump base, okay -- they need a name. they have to be more than trump because their concerns are more than trump. they identify trump as an agent for his concerns. they did not create their concerns. however, they don't care about what he says. they don't care about what he does. they don't care about decency or the old conse

he's won more of those fights than he's lost lately, with roy moore being an exception. that's to say, a few years ago maybe a politician would say i shouldn't put out a cloud of picture walking through a cloud of cocaine. that may not be good for my image. but do the kcocaine photo. we've seen what you can get away with. >> the fact it is mitch mcconnell. okay. >>> speaking of public discourse, with stormy daniels and michael cohen dominating headlines, president trump again goes on twitter, again taking a swipe at the media, quote, the fake news is working overtime. just reported that despite the tremendous success we are having with the economy and all things else, all things else -- 91% of the network news about me is negative. fake. why do we work so hard in working with the media when it is so corrupt? take away credentials? peter nicholas, white house reporter for the "wall street journal." peter, look. we know the president watches a lot of television in spite of his protests saying he doesn't. is this about him feeling pressure of everything that's going on, inc

he's speaking up to challenge sexual harassment claims comparing him to harvey weinstein and roy moore. >>> it is orange friday at nbc bay area. our exclusive look. tonight the giants hosting the colorado rock keys in the bay area. our coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. sharp we have programming changes because of the game. blind spot and date line will air on comcast channel 186 and over the air at 11.2. >>> dust off your costumes and break out your running shoes. sunday is the bay to breakers race in san francisco. this is video from last year. some people wear costumes. this year the 12k run is extenlded to a 15k. look at the route, it starts by the bay bridge, then by golden gate park and ends at the ocean. >> remember the disclaimer, you're supposed to wear clothes. >> yes. >> no one listens. >> i've never done it. i grew up here. >> maybe sunday is the day. the weather looks good for it, right? >> yes. it'll be in the 50s. >> lester holt joins us next anchoring coverage from "nightly news" in texas. >>> tonight, from santa fe, texas, it has happened again. another massacre at an americ

today comparing him to failed alabama senate candidate roy moore.urrently running for senate can't win the general election in your state. no way. remember alabama." republicans in washington are on edge, concerned that blankenship could win tomorrow but not in november. and with a narrow one-seat majority in the senate that's a risk republicans don't want to take. voters here told us they're not waiting for any one politician or industry to save them. >> so we're now in beckly, would've before this is the heart of coal country. it's a part of the state that's lost a lot of jobs in recent years. now it's kind of split. they're trying to salvage some coal jobs, bring back new ones-w but also try to find ways to innovate, to bring in new jobs. >> that was used to scoop the coal. >> reporter: byrd white, the county commissioner, tells us west virginians themselves are the state's best resource. >> very talented people. they just need a chance. they just need a job. >> reporter: that entrepreneurial spirit alive in this school, where former miners are t

the last person that steve bannon endorsed was roy moore. is this an association that you're proud of? >> i said at the time that it happened when he went after trump i thought it was reprehensible. you don't go after family members. you just don't do that. those are just not west virginia values. and what i would argue is that we have a broad array of support throughout the conservative spectrum. senator ted cruz, senator rand paul. we have west virginians for life. we have all the principal conservative leaders packing my candidacy because they know there's a huge difference between my record going after obama's overreach and his record and this is a fact, rallying for hillary clinton and working side-by-side on the obama team. it took him five years to get off the barack obama team. that's opportunism, not principle. >> bret: we will get there. congressman jenkins, do you want to respond and who did you vote for in 2008? >> i will tell you i did not vote for hillary clinton. i am proud to report the republican. they went back and fact-che

nomination many are calling him the next roy moore if he were to come out as the republican candidate in west virginia if donald trump would go to wheeling to support him. would not be a thorn in the side of the republicans. well look i believe that americans and voters in particular are very forgiving he addressed this last night at their big debate in west virginia so you know i'll leave that to the voters of west virginia my parents happen to be from west virginia born and raised my brother was also born there so it's a state i know fairly well look i think like i said people are forgiving and they're going to vote for the person that can best help president trump with his agenda to make america great again and that's bringing back manufacturing it's upholding the right to bear arms which is very popular in west virginia i just asked joe manchin how much that issue has come up for him recently but look i think president trump has also been courting joe mansion quite a bit who knows what donald trump will do in this race he might support the republican he might stay out of it comple