In. Glor have a reason to celebrate. Goonnys never say die. This is this is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. In common than divides us. Reporter doug jones won, but not because roy moore supporters stayed home. Steve flowers is alabamas leading political analyst. The rural white voters voted very heavily. And very heavily for roy moore. They did. But they were offset by an astronomical turnout of African American voters. Reporter exit polls showed a whopping 96 of African American voters chose jones. He also won two other key demographics, women and younger voters, like zoey austin, who voted in her very first senate race. I wanted to vote on the side of right to show that there is some good still in the hearts of the people of alabama. Reporter jones was able to energize a traditionally weak Democratic Network here. Were going the make this happen, guys. Reporter he was buoy by millions in outside money and outspent moore on campaign ads by 51. Will we make their abuser a a millio
In. Glor have a reason to celebrate. Goonnys never say die. This is this is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Glor good evening. Its the alabama election with an impact across the country. Doug jones is heading to the u. S. Senate. He narrowly defeated republican roy moore by 1. 5 points. Moore still hasnt con sided. When jones takes office next month, the republican advantage in the senate will shrink to just one seat, 5149. That will make it more difficult for President Trump to get his agenda passed. Fill, he phoned jones to offer his congratulations and mr. Trump took some consolation in reminding folks that he once predicted correctly that moore couldnt win. We begin tonight with Manuel Bojorquez in alabama. Reporter alabama voters rolled back the political tides yesterday. I have always believed that the people of alabama have more in common than divides us. Reporter doug jones won, but not because roy moore supporters stayed home. Steve flowers is alabamas leading political a
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Announcer thitsz this its the overnight news. Joining us now, John Dickerson, anchor of face the nation from the white house, Margaret Brennan. John, your takeaways from last night. We dont want to go too far in overreading the result in alabama. One republican put it, today, we dont expect to have anybody accused off sa ed of assaulting people in the races. Major take away for the republicans what kind of candidates will they nominate in nevada and arizona. Hard line candidates that thrill the primary audiences or ones that can win in the general election. For democrats the take . Away is in the virginia the president thrilled the democratic base. Got them to turn out. If thats true, in 2018, thats great news for democrats. Margaret, the president did endorse roy moore, but initially backed a different candidate. How is the white house reacting to all of this today. Well the president is disappointed but he said a win is a win. And he called doug jones invited him here to the white ho
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