And the Jones Campaign headquarters, supporters celebrating the first democrat to represent alabama in the senate in more than two decades. Alabama, we have been at the cross roads in the past. And unfortunately, we have usually taken the wrong fork. Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, you have come back over. Last month, multiple women came forward accusing roy moore of inappropriate sexual behavior decades ago. Just days ago came the president ial endorsement from donald trump, and the polls began to close as of this hour. Moore is yet to concede. His only promise is a recount. Votes are still coming in, and were looking at that. May god bless you. And thank you for coming tonight, its not over. But its going to take some time. Lets be clear, alabamas Republican Party says the race is over. We begin with alex at Jones Campaign headquarters where they are waiting for roy moore to concede. Alex . Reporter the party here at the doug Jones CampaignHead Quarters is winding down. It was a raucous one following this victory. As you can see here, theres still a couple of straglers basking in the glow of doug jones win. I spoke with the chairman. He said he had a glass of wine in hand. They too are celebrating tonight. What normally happens in these situations is the victor gives a victory speech, which we heard from doug jones. Then the loser gives a concession speech, followed by a phone call. The last two things did not happen. Theres been no contact between the moore and Jones Campaigns. The Campaign Chairman for jones said he is disappointed, the proper thing would be for moore to call and congratulate doug jones. He said its a clear win, and he hopes that they wake up in the morning and concede this race. What we expect to happen in the coming weeks is the secretary of state for alabama will certify these votes toward the end of december. And in all likelihood, doug jones will be sworn into the senate in early january. Back to you. Our thanks to Alex Marquardt at doug jones headquarters. To our panel now. Okay. Caroline, first to you. A great big night for the democrats. Sorry to burst your bubble. Democrats can now win senate race where is the republican candidate has been expelled from the state Supreme Court twice for misconduct and faces credible accusations of sexually abusing teenage girls. You wont get a lot of races like that moving forward. No doubt about it. But it had to do with the surge we seen, we saw it in virginia, we saw higher than expected turnout in new jersey. We saw far higher than expected turnout in alabama. So during the primary, it was about 15 . Almost 40 for this race. And the secretary of state was predicting a republican, mind you, predicting 25 . So its not just the candidate, its also the surge on the left. Going to bring in John Phillips here. Ive been waiting all night to hear your read on this, what the democrats saw that republicans didnt see. Give us your read on this win. Could the democrats beat an accused pedophile . Ill give them credit for that. Everyone saw that. Oh, boy, did the republicans dodge a bullet tonight. After seeing that concession speech, can you imagine what damage this man would do to the brand if we had musings from the last surviving confederate general over and over again . It was really its addition by subtraction. They won by losing tonight. I know they didnt want to give up that seat with health care and tax reform coming up. But you dont want to win with that. Okay. We have heard have from pump who tweet it never ends. Boy, is he right about that. Lets take a look at the numbers here. If you look at the writeins, they made up over 1. 5 of the final tally. That could have been the difference here. That was actually Jeff Sessions from when he won the seat, which is why theyre having this election in the first place. If the writings had all gone towards roy moore, you know, austin, i think you look at the result sessions had, 97 , maybe the writeins were that big a deal. I think the writing was on the wall when i spoke to my father, a poster child for republicans in alabama. He said i cant support an alleged pedophile, obviously a man who rides a horse named sassy to vote. But i cant vote for someone knowing that theyre going to go there and vote for an agenda i dont support. So he and a lot of people sat out. I think hes a oneterm senator. Hell get some easy wins for those that supported him, but hell have to ultimately play ball. Hes waiting for god to tell him what to do, god wrote in nick saban on his ballot. Mo, you heard what he said there, that hes going to be a oneterm senator. The white house echoing that. Were hearing from someone in the white house saying the president s claiming they supported roy moore because they didnt want to see a split between the bannon side of the base and the president s side of the base, but they were ambivalent about him winning. Do you buy that . No. This is about revisionist history. They wanted roy moore to win. And the stink of roy moore is still on the Republican Party. The rnc went allin on roy moore. Were talking about a pro slavery edcandidate, someone kicked off the state Supreme Court twice. They have to own this. Caroline, we now have a situation where the president went allin for roy moore. He has the consequences of campaigning for an accused child molester, and he didnt win the seat. This is probably a really awful outcome for the white house and for donald trump and for his authority as the president. Who is going to take him seriously . What are his threats from this point on . What is his leverage . Americans are not taking him seriously. He has the lowest Approval Ratings for any president in modern history, and one out of three americans think hes doing a decent job. His endorsement doesnt matter. It didnt matter with Luther Strange in the primary. It didnt matter when, yes, the republicans went allin, 170,000 in the last week that was transferred to roy moores campaign. At the end of the day, donald trump is the problem with the republican brand. And youre right, he didnt need competition. Its enough to have one race baiter in the white house, having another in the senate it was a very close race, and roy moore is kind of his concession was a nonconcession speech. He thinks theres going to be a recount. I think thats probably a bigger problem. Again, all of the jokes aside, it was a very close race. I think the bigger point is probably if you look at ed gillespie, who was a great candidate. Theres a problem getting out the suburban vote, and i think republicans are going to have to do some soul searching for that. John phillips, the president threw his weight behind him and we saw a limitation to that. I voted for donald trump in the primary, i voted for donald trump in the general election. Im a trump supporter today. If i lived in the state of alabama, i would not have voted for roy moore. I couldnt morally do it. I would have written someones name in or voted for the democrat. We used to live in a world where we had strong parties. We had tammany hall and they picked the candidates. Now we have a lot of partisanship but very weak parties. At the end of the day, the quality of the candidate matters. In this particular case, the candidate disqualified himself. Okay. The reality now is that the democrats hold 49 seats in the senate. The republicans have 51. So mo, Mitch Mcconnell and the Republican Senate leader, he said that he will not be seating jones until the tax bill is passed. That should happen till around christmas. Theyll rush this bill through. That in itself is not a good look, but it will probably pass. But what about 2018 and the agenda . They couldnt get anything done with 52 senators. Im guessing its going to be hard we are 35er with 51. It will be very difficult for this president to get anything done. The longer this tax bill twists in the wind, the less people like it, and the less likely it will pass. Mitch mcconnell may have dodged a bullet in terms of roy moore being elected, but he still has to deal with having to deal with the math Going Forward after 2018, after doug jones is installed. Youre the trump whisperer here. [ laughter ] very quickly, we saw this rather measured tweet from him after the vote. Your thoughts about what we will see from him the day after . Steve bannon gets blamed. Dont think so. I think Susan Collins wish list weve seen this administration struggle time and time again to get anything done in congress. This is now a president who is, you know, koukd syou could say feared or respected. And its really hard to get anything done. And this result now just makes it so much harder. Forget the numbers in the senate. The president s moral authority to push stuff through Congress Just took a big hit. I think you have a big quagmire coming. I think Susan Collins, shes giddy as a lark now. Like i said, their christmas list is checked off. Another thought here about the president and as you talk about his limitations now Going Forward after this defeat. One of the central narratives of this race had been fake news and liberal media putting forth a narrative that was untrue about roy moore. Was that not repudiated in alabama . Does this affect the president Going Forward . The exit polls were reflective of pro trump voters. High 90s that people who voted for moore and they didnt believe the allegations. It played into the narrative, absolutely. For the africanamerican voters who came out in the droves, again, showing that they will not be swayed by that kind of narrative he was a bad candidate. At the end of the day beyond that, its beyond that. There is something happening with liberals. There is something happening with the left. You had people staying home, but we had people showing up. This was a imiracle. What happened tonight was not supposed to happen. You saw women and black women pulling alabama into the 21st century. It was amazing. Jones did not talk about donald trump in his victory speech or roy moore. He did not talk about steve bannon. This entire race has been about dignity and respect. This campaign has been about the rule of law. This campaign [ applause ] this campaign has been about common courtesy and decency. It was also about a whole lot more than that for the democrats. The dnc poured about 1 million into alabama. Progressive groups were also there. Mo, this puts the democrats on the offensive for the midterm elections. It changes the map. It does in the short term. But i want to give a little pause to this. Its a stunning victory, but it saddens me that the Second Coming of George Wallace and bull connor was in such a close election. Were only talking about 1. 5 . This was not a run away election. Most people thought that roy moore was still going to win. I dont think that this changes the election map. I think it changes the trajectory of where things are going in the short term. Does it change the type of candidate fielded by the democrats, caroline . I think it does. It embodens the democrats who put up people with a clear message. I dont think doug jones had much of a clear message. I think adding to how extraordinary this was, people were voting for him because they didnt want roy moore. They didnt want a race baiter, someone who is homophobic, somebody who has nostalgia for a time when slavery is legal, or somebody that has accusations of preying upon young girls. It was much more about that than it was about doug jones. They will put up candidates who were much more forceful with a democratic agenda because its obviously selling. John, are we now seeing the electric turn against the president . New jersey, virginia, huge blowback for the president , now this as well, a repudiation of the president , is this the momentum starting to build . I dont see this as being a repudiation of the president at all. This is a bad candidate who had huge problems embraced by the president. But still, it wasnt his choice in the primary. To the point that was made earlier about the democrat yth , in this case, it will be interesting to see what Chuck Schumer will do with him. Hes the blank slate. When he gets in the senate, are they going to let him vote like a red state democrat, voting with the republicans all the time, or hold him in line because the margins are so thin . If they make him vote with the other democrats frequently, hes toast. Everyone, well take a short break. When we come back on newsroom l. A. , who will take the fall for this stunning loss in alabama. We know the finger pointing at the white house has already begun. Donald trump is facing new accusations of sexism as he spars with a female senator. The details are just ahead. Us lives here. Where we can find common ground. Big enough to dance on. For a better us, donate to your local y today. Directv has been rated number one in Customer Satisfaction over cable for 17 years running. But some people still like cable. Just like some people like wet grocery bags. Getting a bad haircut. Overcrowded trains. Turnstiles that dont turn. And spilling coffee on themselves. But for everyone else, theres directv. 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Our reporting from the white house sources are selling cnn the president has egg on his face because of bannon. He told if moore lost, the democrats would feel emboldened to go after the president. Thats why the president did this. Were told the president is unlikely to blame bannon, but austin, whether or not bannon gets some of the blame, all of the blame, how damaging is this for him, because he was hoping he had a whole host of new republican candidates. Given the margins in congress, i think theres a lot of internal talk about what seats and what races do we want to play in, because the repercussion and the damage could be longterm. I would be curious to hear again what the trump whisperer has to say on it. My thought is that alabama basically said listen, we dont want the establishment to pick our candidate. Turned out to be a kook. So i think youve got a really big problem that is brewing. So the civil war, to his point, where is the civil war now between the bannon side and the rest . Any other republican would have won this race by double digits. It was steve bannon that got behind roy moore. Steve bannon that convinced the president to get behind roy moore, and steve bannon caused them to lose this race. Now, if youre a republican donor, if youre someone that gives lots of money to groups that go out and run as candidates for office, are you more or less likely to give steve bannon money after he produced this result tonight . My guess is, the money dries up. You mean the guy who lost a republican race in alabama doesnt get any more money . Hes picked a lot of losers. But he was part of trumps coalition. So i think youve got this world of trump closing in, and youve got this world of the Establishment Republicans on very thin ice. There isnt a resolution. And for those Establishment Republicans, do they breathe a sigh of relief right now at this moment with steve bannon at least down for these few hours, the fact that his candidate did not win . I think they have exchanged one problem for another. Yes, they might have dodged a bullet of roy moore, but they have to effectively legislate and push through this agenda and make sure that there is a Republican Party that is there remaining come 2020. If there is a washout in 2018, they could conceivably lose the house and the senate. And the momentum at this point, whether you believe it or not, is still trending towards the democrats. After virginia and new jersey, and now alabama, the reddest of all states, alabama, you have to assume at the minimum, this helps the democratic fundraising arm. Caroline, how enthused are democrats now because of this, because of new jersey, virginia, the governor races, does this now mean that states which normally would be out of reach, they kind of will be looked at now . Thats the evidence we see now. The fact that this happened means that everything should be in play for democrats. And we know that the dnc is running around the country looking for races that both on the house and senate side that might be vulnerable when it comes to the 2018 election. Doug jones victory puts the senate in play. And just to that point, we have heard from the former democrat president ial nominee Hillary Clinton. Shes on a book tour and had a few words for the crowd. Listen to this. But boy, i have a lot more hope tonight than i had last night. You heard it exactly at the same time we did, and i could hear the cheers coming from all of you. Hillary clinton there. I also want to add what she tweeted earlier. She said alabama elected a senator who will make them proud. And if democrats can win in alabama we can and must compete everywhere. Onward. But can they . Should she just go away . [ laughter ] i thought she had. I dont mean to be rude. But why . As long as shes the loudest voice in the Democratic Party she got 3 million more votes than the silting president. She does nothing for the democrats. At this point, im just wondering if she does more harm than good by coming out. I agree. The womens march, the Metoo Movement, what is happening is very much inspired by her and people like roy moore and donald trump, sexual predators in the husband. And her husband. I would absolutely agree with that. But she eat chas cattalized a movement. At the end of the day, there was a legitimacy to her you know, the clintons have dominated the Democratic Party for such a long time that perhaps it would be good for the party if a new breed of leadership came through. So the average age of the party wasnt approaching 80. Lets move on to the blame and the finger pointing. Were hearing from the white house. The finger pointing has begun. One source close to the white house on tuesday night called for the president to replace his political director, bill stepien. Sources say he advised against supporting roy moore, but he has little to no influence. Does this come down to the president needs to look at what hes doing . I think he got burned in the primary and the general. He took Mitch Mcconnells advice in the primary, got behind Luther Strange, instead of mo brooks, who was probably the strongest candidate. And steve bannon gave him the advice to get behind him in the general election, and that didnt work out either. So look, trump follows when trump follows his own instincts, i think hes better off. When hes taking advice from the bannon wing, sometimes they lead him down the wrong path. But this is a president who says only his opinion matters. He has the instincts, he knows what hes doing and doesnt listen to other people. I think hes likely to double down on that after tonight. This is a president who does not accept responsibility, but hes at his best when hes selling himself. Hes at a loss selling other candidates and to speak on behalf of the party and other candidates. As long as donald trump can stay out of the way of the party, theyll be okay. But theyve had a problem trying to control him or direct him. That is the understatement. Can we also just note that president obama also weighed in on this race and had robocalls and he helped galvanize the africanamerican vote. Well come back in the next hour and see what part that played in all of this. Thank you for being with us. A call for donald trump to step down escalates with a female senator. Why he is being called sexist, next on newsroom l. A. Erve cars to find my next vacation. Chile, whats going on . Im at the el tatio geysers. Geezer. Geyser. Geezer. Geyser. 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It was a sexist smear attempting to silence my voice. I will not be silent on this issue. Neither will the women who have been marching since the womens march to stand up against policies they do not agree with. Joining us now, jessica leavenson, professor at loyola law school. What was truly remarkable what the president did, it was on the same day the special election was being held in alabama. When you look at the exit polls, women went for doug jones by 15 points over moore. So jessica, this attack on Kirsten Gillibrand seems to be just another issue for a president and a Senate Candidate in alabama, both of whom have lots of issues when it comes to women. Yes. I mean, its somewhat surprising absolutely astounding that President Trump would decide to highlight on today of all days the fact that he has been the subject of Sexual Harassment and lets call it for what it was. He was essentially calling a senator a prostitute. He was saying shell do anything for campaign contributions. He was calling her a lightweight. I think this was in every way discriminatory and plain stupid. On the other hand, at least were talking about something other than roy moore, who he supported. But he is keeping this issue in the news. You know, this Metoo Movement is not going away, and he is just throwing logs on the fire. Areva, this is what Elizabeth Warren said. Lets put it up for our viewers. She said, are you really trying to bully, intimidate and slut shame senator gillibrand . I mean, it does she says good luck with that. It is incredible, back to the general point, that the president would go down such a road, considering his try and everything hes in the mix of. Hes completely tone deaf on these issues. I think hes been on another planet, as this whole Metoo Movement has taken so much prominence in the national news, walltowall coverage for the last two months. The list of men who have been fired or who have lost their positions because of allegations of sexual abuse. And the senator called on him to do the very thing that Democratic Senators called on al franken to do and john conyers. So it wasnt as if she asked him to do something extraordinary or something that wasnt asked of other elected officials, and he being at the highest level of government should be held to the highest standard. And so i think his response to her is what weve seen from him, which is deflect, lie, and attack women. Very quickly, i want to bring the white houses response into play. The White House Press secretary said your mind would have to be in the gutter to suggest it was sexist. Yeah, thats where her boss mind is all the time. Thats where his actions are all the time. I feel a little empathy for huckabeesanders because he has to go out there every day and defield thed defend these policies and statements when theres no clear defense for them. So shes sitting there stumbling, and she even talks about this issue when theres so much evidence to support the allegations against him. And theres no reason to discredit the women who came forward against moore and then somehow believe that the women against donald trump are lying. Just no evidence to support that. Okay. So donald trump is well known for not pulling his punches. Everyone, except for vladamir putin, is fair game, it seems. There was the one comment he made about fox news anchor megyn kelly. She starts asking me all sorts of ridiculous questions. You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever. Earlier this year, during an ongoing feud with mika brzezinski, he called her crazy, saying she came to his resort ple bleeding badly from a face list. Trump said about carly fiorina, look at that face, can you imagine voting for that . Donald trump insults a lot of people. But when he insults women, it seems to be especially personal, especially nasty. It seems to be personal and i want to pick up on Sarah Huckabee sanders saying your mind would have to be in the gutter. This is something that happens with President Trump and members of his administration. All of the statements you outlined, we all know what he means. Hes talking about when it comes to women, how women look, how heavy they are. Its all about appearance. And he its a much different attack than it is on men. And one of his surrogates will say, i cant believe you thought that. We saw that when it was candidate trump. Weve seen this throughout the administration. And then its our fault for taking the statement exactly as it was intended to be taken. So yes, i think its important that we continue to say theres something deeply troubling about what he says about women. But lets think about the actions. Lets talk about the diversity of his administration, which is at historic lows. Lets talk about who he is appointing to the judiciary, where he is appointing record numbers of white men. Lets talk about who he is appointing in the i mean, in his own administration, and so its also important to look at not just what he says, but the fact that it links very carefully to what he does. Stay with us, because well take a short break. Thank you both. When we come back, africanamerican voters turned out in record numbers, turning alabama from ruby red to blue. More on that in just a moment. This holiday, the real gift isnt whats inside the box. Its whats inside the person who opens it. Give ancestrydna, the only dna test that can trace your origins to over 150 ethnic regions and open up a world of possibilities. Save 30 for the holidays at ancestrydna. Com alabama has its first democratic senator in decades after a win by doug jones. The vote exposed deep divisions in the state. Exit polls had well over 9 in 10 black voters going with doug jones. Roy moore held a big advantage with white voters. That was expected. Nearly 7 in 10 voted with him. Areva, to you. Going into this race, there was this narrative that africanamerican voters were not mobilizing. We kept hearing that over and over again. Theyre not excited or coming out. But then come the day, the result, they flipped it on their head. Africanamericans make up 26 of the electorate there, of the population there in alabama. He got 30 of africanamericans out for this vote, which was incredible. I want to put up on the screen how they broke for these candidates. As you see there, black men and black women, over 90 , well over breaking for doug jones. 92 of black men, 97 of black women. And i wonder, areva, whether that had something to do with comments made like this by roy moore. Take a listen. I think we were great when we were united, even though we had slavery, we cared for one another. Roy moore there reminiscing about the time of slavery, when families were united. Was that a galvanizing factor . I think that was. But the reality is, africanamericans are a reliable democratic voting bloc, and we are so often dismissed and our vote is disrespected, and the narrative around our vote is typically negative, and were cast as being apathetic and not voting. What we saw today in alabama is what you typically see in africanamerican voters. We are fiercely loyal. And when we are motivated, we come out and we can be the difference in an election. Our vote matters. Our vote counts. Barack obama galvanized the alabama vote, the africanamerican vote. We saw charles barkley, we saw spike lee, we saw cory booker, in the state, boots on the ground, encouraging black voters to come out and vote, helping the black voters understand how important this race was. They heard the call and they responded. But thats the point, its when theyre engaged, when people come out, they come out and speak to them. All voters have to have a reason to vote. You cant just assume theyre coming out. You cant take the vote for grant it. And there was a clear choice. There was a clear difference between these candidates. And the kind of statement about there being a happy time in america during slavery is the kind of statement that gave black voters a reason to go to the polls. Charles barkley of the nba went down and campaigned for doug jones. He made that point that the democrats have to stop making africanamerican voters for granted. This is a wakeup call for democrats. Democrats, and i told mr. Jones this, and i love doug. Theyve taken the black vote and the poor vote for granted for a long time. Its time for them to get off their ass and start making life better for black folks and people who are poor. And jessica, if they dont deliver, africanamerican voters will stay home like they did in 2016. They will. And one of the things we need to look at is this incredible divide between the white voters and the africanamerican voters. So yes, africanamerican voters will stay home. And it looks like they came out more than they did in the 2008 and 2012 elections, which is the last time we had good exit polling. I think we need to have a discussion among our communities, among ourselves as to why a man who makes these openly racist comments, who talks about the fact that we shouldnt have the end of the constitution, which was in many ways designed to protect africanamericans, why he still did so well with white voters. I think people are seeing this is a victory for africanamericans. But i think in a way its an indictment of many white voters who dont see this as problematic with everybody. Moore did better with white women than trump did. The white women continues to frustrate, particularly africanamerican women and voters, because theres this sense that theres a coalition of africanamericans and particularly suburban white women, and we saw with respect to donald trump, those white women didnt break in favor of clinton, they broke in favor of donald trump. And we saw tonight the same way. White women broke in favor of moore in high numbers. And some suggest uneducated white women draw their power from white men. So they are going to be aligned with the white male vote more so than any coalition that may exist with minority voters. So white women, particularly if we look at the socioeconomic and the education level of those voters, well probably see a huge percentage of uneducated white women voting with roy moore because their husbands, the men in their lives voted for roy moore. So weve got to talk about how do we really build coalitions with white women and africanamerican, latino and other people of color if were going to be successful in 2018 and 2020. I know you seem like you want to say something. I think thats right. Its key to look at that. But whats striking to me is that these numbers, in terms of who turned out and the racial background of who turned out and how they voted, was actually fairly predictable, except for what were talking about, which is the overwhelming number of africanamericans who voted for roy moore. So most things actually in the alabama race, after all of our talk about the fact that you mean the africanamericans that voted for doug jones . Excuse me, for doug jones. So all of our discussion about how people thought, well, all of these accusations are going to be a factor, the exit polls show the majority of people that said accusations of Sexual Harassment and pedophilia werent a factor. Okay. 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Its not going oo be recreated. I also think anyone woo works on campaigns now has to add to the list of vetting questions do you intend on riding a horse. Caroline. I think donald trump needs to be as worried about sexual allegations as russia. This matters to a the electorate. Its a salient issue, and this is a man that has an allegation from a 12yearold, 13yearold, and other victims. The democrats need not overplay their position and think this is going to ride them off into the sunset for 2018. The horse metaphors. My take away is that candidates matter. Republicans need to field a bunch of people who need to run for office next summer who have been vetted. No more dinner donald trumps. There was the original and it works for him. Theres a lot of copy cats where its like original sexual predators, not the copy cats. And when i said Hillary Clinton go away, i meant to say is she doing more harm than good popping up and being so visible having lost the election and having been so divisive in many parts of politics in this country. Yes. Donald trump is one really good tweet away from shifting this momentum on the election. Trump whisperer. I say bannon. It may not be in the coming hours, but i think in the longterm bannon takes the blame. I i think he also makes a jab at Establishment Republicans. Caroline. I think its going to be bannon. He should probably stick to propaganda and breitbart. Hes just going to have after democrats. Bannon was taking the blame. Shorthandedly was blaming mcconnell. So thats a toss up. Mcconnell was blamed for the primary. Again, all those things that make it a weird election, 22 plus writeins. We shall know in the coming hours what the president taps out on that little screen. We will be watching closely. Great conversation. 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