we are going to turn now to alabama with some numbers that sum up that state s special election. 24. that s the number. and the number of days until voters there will elect their next senator. nine, that s the number of women now accusing the republican candidate ray moore of sexual misconduct. the number eight, that s the lead that democrat doug jones now holds over moore in the latest fox news poll from thursday. 51, the razor thin majority they will hold in the senate if jones goes onto win next month. numb number one in my mind, live in birmingham, rodriguez, as we look at this, because you are on number one, one of the questions out there was how will the religious, the faith community side on the democrat or republican con date here?
and i m going to read one of the headlines from the local paper there. some alabama pastors stand behind ray moore sight, quote, war on men. maya? you know, we have seen this not just in the state but again within the religious community here especially the evangelical community here, this is a state divided in this race, clearly. obviously the allegations against moore are quite troubling. a lot of people who are on one side, again, faith based leaders who met this morning here in bim sayi birmingham saying they cannot support ray moore who he has denied. some saying they will support him. again, earlier this morning we had republicans meet for a prayer breakfast down in huntsville, they came out saying they were looking at the bigger picture here, supporting moore based on his stand on other issues like the budget, like the debt, the deficit.
border control. but, again, you had those faith leaders that a couple hours after that event came out and said there is no way they can support moore aside from the allegations also based on issues regarding obamacare and minimum wage. now, his opponent doug jones was out today. moore did not have any events scheduled this weekend. but jones did. he was out here in birmingham. take a listen to what he had to say. this race, there could not be greater contrast. and this was long before things started unraveling last week. the differences between me and ray moore could not be greater. and that s because i am not someone who wants to divide this state. i m someone who wants to unify this state. and by the way richard there were some financial implications in all of this. because jones campaign is basically been benefiting from moore s trouble. since news of this scandal broke his campaign has been raising