trump, robo calls reported today and rally last night in pensacola, florida which is close to the alabama border. the president throwing his support behind moore despite sexual misconduct allegations against him. we can t afford to have a liberal democrat who is completely controlled by nancy pelosi and chuck schumer, we can t do it. we can t do it. his name is jones and he s their total puppet and everybody knows it. he will never vote for us. we need somebody in that senate seat who will vote for our make america great again agenda. arthel: we have live team coverage from alabama, jonathan serrie is covering roy moore campaign and peter doocy standing by with the latest on dug jones.
governor s office in albany appear smaller than it really is. the governor s office says the administration did receive a subpoena for documents months ago and it s defending its hiring practices and veteran politicians in the state capital on both sides of the isle say the possibility of the financial arrangement they claim is not illegal and they say it s been followed up in albany for years. arthel: president trump sending a clear message to alabama voters, get outed and vote for roy moore, the president s support comes in spite of sexual misconduct allegations by several different women, alleged to be teens at the time, many lawmakers called for moore to drop out of race but forging ahead with the campaign and the president is behind him. joining us now is gabriel, national political reporter for politico and you live in montgomery, alabama, you are covering the election, listen,
house that president trump is going to cut robo calls for roy moore, even more direct contact with the voters, what s your reaction to that? well, you know, it s not necessarily the biggest surprise, that s where he has made the turn to be vocal supporter of moore. it seems like the president is doing what he can short of showing up in the state to actually campaign for him but he got pretty close last night. a robo call might only be able to help moore. roy moore and allies are trying to win over voters who are big trump fans but who might be skeptical of moore and getting this support from president trump can only help them. arthel: gabriel, one quick follow-up from me, what happens if it doesn t win, luther strange didn t win and president trump backed him as well? it s going to be a much bigger question for the republican party than just what does it mean for donald trump. it will, of course, be a black eye for him but we have to step
jonathan. hi, arthel, white house officials confirming the president made that robo call earlier today, it s expected to go out on monday, the day before the election and while moore did not appear with the president at that rally in pensacola he is certainly enjoying the favorable comments that the president made urging alabama voters to go out and vote for roy moore, the president explaining that it s about the balance of power in washington trying to preserve the gop s thin majority in the u.s. senate. the future of this country cannot afford to lose a seat in the very, very close united states senate. we can t afford it, folks, we can t. attorney gloria allred who claims moore assaulted her at 16, noted signature in the woman s high school year book matched the handwriting of roy moore, however, accuser beverly
last night the president was not far away, he was there in florida, he said vote for roy moore, so i ask you, gabriel, how is moore as well as the democratic opponent doug jones using the president s endorsement of moore in the last 36 or so hours before election day? well, you re not hearing doug jones talk about donald trump at all and that s because he knows that president trump is very popular here in alabama, but moore is certainly focusing a lot on the support from the president. he s getting a real boost from the president showing up just across the border. as far as i can tell talking to moore allies, what they are really focused on right now is trying to turn out voters who are big trump supporters but aren t necessarily wild about roy moore, getting the support from the president and trying to circulate as much as possible, well, that s moore s game right now. if it s all about president trump, show the president endorsement impacting voters, do you think it ll get them t