candidate for the u.s. senate in alabama, fighting back tonight against explosive allegations that he had a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old girl when he was in his 30s and engaged in questionable contact with other teenagers. moore slamming that report in "the washington post" as completely false, calling it a desperate political attack by his opponents. i want to begin this hour with cnn's senior national correspondent, alex marquardt, and daniel dale, washington bureau chief of the "toronto star." good evening, gentlemen. alex, explosive allegations tonight about alabama senate candidate, roy moore. give us the latest. >> reporter: absolutely explosive allegations, which as you note, roy moore is denying. but the women are sticking to their stories. there are four women who came forward and spoke to "the washington post," saying that roy moore either had sexual contact with them or attempted sexual contact. the most serious allegations coming from a woman named leigh corfman, who at the time in 1979 was 14 years old.