Good to be with you this morning. Im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. We begin this morning with the earth shattering news out of alabama. A democrat now set to represent the state in the u. S. Senate. Nbc news reports doug jones is the apparent winner in alabama. Beating controversial republican candidate roy moore by a narrow margin. After moderates, independents and a slew of republicans voted for the democrat in a race that garnered global attention. In the end it seems moore seemed to be a step too far even for alabama with his apparent loss causing a shift in the red est of red states. It will be felt in washington as well. Republicans are down to a razor thin 5149 majority in the senate. In spite trump endotsing moore in the final days of the race, even though most republicans deemed him toxic. The president weighing in overnight tweeting congratulations to doug jones in a hard fought victory. The writein votes played a big factor but a win is a win. Republicans will have an
Good to be with you this morning. Im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. We begin this morning with the earth shattering news out of alabama. A democrat now set to represent the state in the u. S. Senate. Nbc news reports doug jones is the apparent winner in alabama. Beating controversial republican candidate roy moore by a narrow margin. After moderates, independents and a slew of republicans voted for the democrat in a race that garnered global attention. In the end it seems moore seemed to be a step too far even for alabama with his apparent loss causing a shift in the red est of red states. It will be felt in washington as well. Republicans are down to a razor thin 5149 majority in the senate. In spite trump endotsing moore in the final days of the race, even though most republicans deemed him toxic. The president weighing in overnight tweeting congratulations to doug jones in a hard fought victory. The writein votes played a big factor but a win is a win. Republicans will have an
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Smiley over Sexual Misconduct allegations. Documentary filmmaker, Morgan Spurlock confesses to his own inappropriate behavior. And salma hayek calls Harvey Weinstein a monster. The new statement from weinstein just ahead. Those stories plus a dramatic Armed Robbery at a donut shop. A worker shot in the neck. The suspect is on the run. The email that had these students exploding with joy. Bravo, charlie. After 15 incredible months, were saying goodbye to our puppy with a purpose, today, thursday, december 14th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Thank you for joining us on a thursday morning. We have to say goodbye to charlie. Are you going to be all right . Charlie, come here. Come here. Come on you mean we cant do that anymore . You know what . What . Charlie is going somewhere for a good cause. Yes, he is. Stacy, his veteran he is going to be with. We cant wait to send him off in the style he d