he said, what are you doing? i said, i m in trig class. richardson says moore asked her out, but she told him she couldn t talk. a few days later, at the mall, she says he asked her out again and that night, they went to the movies. after, richardson says moore offered her a ride, and in his car gave her what she calls a forceful kiss. i d never been kissed like that, she says. and the minute that happened, i got scared, and so, i said, i ve got to go, because my curfew is now. richardson says that s the last time she spoke to roy moore. and tonight, the alabama republican party sticking with him. and then, from the white house. our cecilia vega in the briefing room. reporter: does the president believe roy moore s accusers and does he think roy moore should drop out of this race? look, the president believes that these allegations are very troubling, and should be taken seriously. and he thinks that the people of alabama should make the decision on who their next senator s
roy moore tops the hour, though probably not in a way that makes the white house or republican party especially comfortable. his attorney speaking out today and attacking one of the accusers even as two new one come forward. both worked at the mall in gadsden, alabama where moore, according to one store employee we talked to, was on a sort of watch list for pursuing teen girls. these two described encounters from 1977 to 1982. in the last hour i spoke by phone with one of the washington post correspondents who just broke the story, beth reinhardt. some women have been encouraged to come forward. and one of them we wrote about in a story posting tonight, a woman named gena richardson, a high school senior working at the mall at sears when roy moore approached her, asked her for her number, she declined.