moore is now trailing the democratic candidate doug jones by 8 points ahead of that december special election. cnn's nick valencia on the ground in alabama for us. nick, what are you expecting to hear today? >> hey there, kate. we do expect to hear from kayla moore who has as you mentioned stood by her husband throughout these allegations, at least two sexual assault allegations, but it was yesterday moore supporters denied this saying that it is moore who is the victim, that his character is being assassinated, and he's being framed by the gop establishment as well as the left wing media. it's interesting because the campaign says that the press has not been asking about the issues, but it's moore that has not talked about the issues of the state of alabama since these allegations surfaced. yesterday the bizarre press conference took a bizarre turn. >> judge roy moore deny he dated teenage high school girls when in his 30s. >> you read his letter. >> can he speak for himself