at the local mall, that they would rather put this guy in office than a crime fighting prosecutor in doug jones who went after the kkk, went after white collar crime, who happens to be a democrat, but that their standards have fallen so low, they would rather have the child molester than the crime fighting prosecutor in office. that s a party that s completely abandoning any moral clarity. the rnc is behind roy moore, they re cutting a check and sending him money, that the president of the united states, the leader of the republican party, is just minutes ago said vote for roy moore, that s not a party i want to be part of, don. that s where we are today. thank you, kurt, beth, david. when we come back, e-mails sent from russian contacts to someone extremely close to the president are raising such alarm that the fbi sent agents to the white house to warn the recipient. what was in those e-mails, and why did the senders lie about their identities? the post offi. they have businesses
the city of chicago, what the hell is going on in chicago? there are those that say that afghanistan is safer than chicago. okay? what is going on? you know what s wrong with chicago? weak, ineffective politicians. so, just a week ago, on december 1st, chicago police announced a 14% drop in homicides so far this year compared to 2016. i m wondering, beth, when the president says things like this, do people down there believe him? yeah, there s a lot of people in alabama who, the only source they need is what the president says. and unfortunately, when you ve got a president, like you said, making stuff up, it s really hard to combat that with truth and logic. but there are a lot of smart people in alabama and i have
alabama judge roy moore refusing to tonight to quit the senate race despite heavy pressure from republicans on capitol hill. let s bring in beth clayton, contributor to the voice of alabama politics. and john sharp, reporter for alabama media group. good evening to both of you. so john, a defiant roy moore he took to the stage tonight at the god save america conference in jackson, alabama, blaming attacks on him on the media and vowing to keep fighting. here s a portion of what he had to say. i m now placing allegations, and that s all the press want to talk about. but i want to talk about the issues. i want to talk where this country s going. and if we don t come back to god we re not going anywhere. so, john, you were in the room when moore made these comments. how did it go over with the crowd? well, the crowd loved it, don.
quit the race. but what do people of alabama think? i want to bring in now beth clayton and josh moon, both with the alabama political reporters. thank you so much. i m so glad to have both of you onto get your perspective of people who actually live there. beth, you first. cnn spoke with a number of women who say there were wispers about roy moore for years, that women in town knew to stay away from him. had you heard this before? i hadn t. i grew up a little ways south of g gadsten. it wasn t a shock to me when i heard it, but i hate to see these women saying the same thing. and there are reports tonight in the the new yorker about alleged activity in a mall, and i m sure you guys heard about that. but josh, you were a reporter
the bible in this state to get ahead, a lot of very bad people have used the bible to justify a lot of bad acts over the history of alabama here. and we can start counting them off, but i think everyone knows this story. and a lot of it has been rooted in the bible. they ve gone back and found ways to justify abhorrent acts there. do you think more women will come out, josh? yes, yes. why so? i just think that at this point now, and i ve received messages myself from a few women that have stories to tell about roy moore. i don t know they will be underage stories, but i think there will be a lot of stories of roy moore acted inappropriately with me in some way kind of stories. beth, you think the same thing? i don t think so. in fact i know of women who had these same experiences with roy moore when they were underage and they either don t want to share their story, because they don t want their job or families to be put through what these