might lose by up to 12 points. that's a swing of 20 points. we don't know the rest of the poll. nor do we know which firm conducted it. also the gop steering committee is having a special emergency meeting. this is the only group left that would have the technical authority to remove moore from the ballot. but most of the local gop officials in alabama as we've reported have been either silent or supportive of moore. last week when this story was first breaking, we asked conservatives backing moore to come on the show. five other alabama republican officials defending moore, even if the allegations are true. we've invited them all on "the beat" to discuss. so far none have taken us up on the offer. the invite remains open. that changes tonight. we'll have the latest from the response from our panel which includes the president of the national organization of women. first, as i mentioned. i did invite these alabama