Good morning voters in Alabama go to the polls this week to choose a new senator and one key question is whether Alabama Republicans will stick with more and more It s Morning Edition from n.p.r. News. Coming up we talked with an evangelical leader and a trump supporter about how she sees the Alabama vote I m Steve Inskeep And I m Rachel Martin and we mark a grim milestone this week it s been 5 years since the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary left 20 children and 6 adults dead N.P.R. s Tovia Smith spent time with one family finding their own way forward a new effort to protect hotel workers from sexual harassment in Miami Florida and the economic viability of the Dollar Store It s Monday December 11th former Secretary of State John Kerry turned 74 years old today. News is next. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m core of a Coleman This is the last day of campaigning before Alabama voters choose a new senator Democrat Doug Jones and Republican Roy Moore have been releasing ne
Secretary of State John Kerry strict 74 years old today. News is next. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m core of a Coleman This is the last day of campaigning before Alabama voters choose a new senator Democrat Doug Jones and Republican Roy Moore have been releasing negative ads against each other Republicans are wrestling with sexual misconduct accusations against Roy Moore including allegations of sexual assault against a 14 year old girl Kyle Whitmire is a political columnist for Alabama media group he told N.P.R. s Morning Edition the allegations against Moore have affected the campaign those allegations you know pushed the needle toward Doug Jones in a in a in a serious way but Roy Moore has done a very good job in the last few weeks of if not answering these allegations and trying to do a gym eyes and try and argue that they re made up and a lot of Alabamians are listening to that meanwhile Alabama s other Republican Senator Richard Shelby says he won t vote for more seve
So over the weekend now at 230000 acres and still raging 790 structures have been destroyed on Sunday the fire grew by 6 miles celebrities like Oprah Ellen and Katy Perry who live in the communities where it s burning now tweeting prayers and thanks to firefighters a process that began with the appointment of Jeff Sessions as u.s. Attorney general will finally be over tomorrow when Alabama voters head to the ballot box to select their next Sen A.B.C. s Jim Ryan is in Montgomery Roy Moore the former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court is still dogged by allegations of sexual misconduct with minors the 70 year old Republican says the claims are baseless it s done for political purposes and when this race is over on 12 December it will be over Democrat Doug Jones points to the g.o.p. Leaders who have refused to support more he will not be able to work even with his own party but more has the backing of the nation s highest profile Republican Donald Trump Jim Ryan a.b.c. News month
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Mr Major as pronouncement is designed to provoke the opposition in a televised speech he said the party s popular will Democratic Action and just his 1st would disappear from the political map in Venezuela after they refused to participate in these elections he justified the move saying it was the conditions set out in the Constituent Assembly that the government super body that was installed in July despite criticism both at home and among the international community it s a body the opposition refuses to recognize saying it s undemocratic efforts to contain ongoing wildfires in Southern California of focusing on a blaze which threatens the city of Santa Barbara the Thomas fire as it s known has become one of the largest in the state s history it s destroyed an area greater than that of New York City Peter Bowditch has the details the authorities say the fire which has already destroyed hundreds of homes is aggressive and unpredictable fueled by tinder dry vegetation strong winds and