i explained the things i had issues with and some challenges and he probed a little bit of said tommy moore. so i left the meeting and i felt confident like that's cool i get to talk to the director of the fbi and get off my chest things i want to change and about a week goes by and i learned i've now been hired on to his staff. [laughter] to be a special assistant, and i were member of the first time i saw you after that, the first thing you said is yeah you are here to fix all that stuff that you said was screwed up. [laughter] which is pretty amazing. and i think that, for folks who don't know, that set the stage for i think our relationship. i even got a cool nickname out of it, not to be contrary and that doctor no. [laughter] i would come off of an event and in any leadership role but especially the fbi director's fs roll a lot of sucking sucking up goes on. i would come out of an event and people would tell me that i'm off him and josh would whisper in my ear though. [laughter] good, but not your best. not your best. so it became a running joke that i was eager to get to the car or p

moore starts to but he's running last. i think you got really good candidates there. you have the secretary of state john merrill and sessions and tommyerville. there are good candidates. no reason for trump to get involved unless somehow moore starts to rise and i don't think anybody believes that will happen. >> so let's just go back for a second. someone insults my spouse, my father, my faith, and my ethnicity and i'm pretty sure we're not going to be friends any more. what happened to ted cruz? >> the thing you find in trump world is if you remember crews hijacked the night of the convention -- >> i was there. >> before mike pence -- >> he has been just as vicious in attacking trump before they became best friends. i don't understand. >> but what you do find is there is always seats on the trump train if you're willing eventually to get on and that is how this president is. >> i used him as an effective insulter but he's effective at it. >> and universal at it. >> oh, yeah. spares no one. but is it worth the humiliation to keep your job? >> every quote/unquote good republican i speak to and i have friends who were republicans and

moore. and then you got this alabama football coach? >> auburn football coach. >> auburn. >> former s.e.c. coach tommy tuperville.stion is could he win over enough alabama voters? that is a very serious conversation that is actually taking place in alabama right now. ali, that is not hyperbole. the others are congressman bradley burn. one of those members just two weeks ago that stormed the scif up on capitol hill trying to create favor with president trump. and you also got john merryl. this will likely go to a runoff. march 3rd is the primary. if no one gets that 50%, you should expect to see that runoff. so you will very likely see jeff sessions versus someone else. and the question is, president trump has been silent so far other than saying he is waiting to see in -- how jeff session run his campaign. other than that, the question is could trump really play a role in not only this primary but the r runoff? >> good to see you, my friend. vaughn hillyard. >>> up next, president trump in atlanta today fighting an uphill battle making his case now to black voters. hopefully, this time a better approach than the

roy moore is already back in the race, part of the crowded field that also includes famous former college football coach tommyrville. and just a few moments ago another candidate announced he was jumping in. attorney general jeff sessions. sessions would probably be a lock to defeat doug jones in a general election. he has strong roots in the deep red state. sessions has one big problem, the president hates his guts, just hates him. and he hates him because just about the only thing jeff sessions did right as attorney general was to recuse himself from the russia investigation over his contacts with the russian ambassador, and ever since then trump has blamed sessions for his plight. sessions released an ad seemingly targeted to a man who is not an alabama voter but could have a huge impact on his campaign. >> did i write a tell-all book? no. did i go on cnn and attack the president? nope. have i said a cross word about our president? not one time. the president's doing a great job for america and alabama, and he has my strong support. >> that's the ad. now, that is probably i'm just guessing not going to app

head coach tommy and democrat senator doug jones tailgating with senator joe manchin who knows how hard it can be to defend his seat. trump's endorsement isn't everything. last time roy mooreal election. and luther strange losing in the primary. so turning of course from alabama to louisiana, also featured in that game, the president will actually be heading down there for a rally later this week. and it's his third appearance in the state in the last couple of weeks. that's because there is a gubernatorial election coming up next weekend. and the trump campaign is hoping that the president's presence there will help the republican candidate against john bel edwards there. the president hopeful because in the last few weeks when he was there, he helped to kind of force a runoff there and all signs are pointing to that being a big factor heading into that election. so here in the south lots to watch for, lots of story lines, ayman. >> thank you so much, monica. >>> desiree, let's talk a little bit about senator doug jones here for a moment. because, quite frankly, and statistically, it was women and especially black women who delivered him that senate seat in alabama as we