On the allegations against us. Still hasnt done since Election Night . Concede. Diane, what is in the new statement from the moore team. Whats not in there, official concession. I want to give you a little bit of a synopsis of what is in there. He says Election Fraud experts across the country have agreed this was fraudulent election. He then says ive stood for the truth about god and the constitution for the people of alabama. I have no regrets. To god be the glory. Clarification. Election experts across the country you have to assume he means the ones quoted in his lawsuit, one a notorious conspiracy theorist, jfk and dnc staffer murder theories. And the polygraph test that Roy Moore Says he took, he signed affidavit saying he took it and passed. Saying he didnt know those women and never had inappropriate sexual relationship with three of the accusers. Polygraph administrator didnt write or sign any of that in the lawsuit, at least what is included. All we have is roy moore signing
I figured i would take the chance that i can make our real estate taxes deductible this year, so i just emptied much of my savings account. Why, because of the new tax law. Because if we dont, well get screwed. Basically. And good day. Im Steve Kornacki in for Andrea Mitchell, and we begin with the mueller investigation. A Surprising New report out says the president s legal team may end up portraying Financial Security adviser Michael Flynn as, quote, a liar. The Washington Post reports that President Trumps legal team is prepared to accuse flynn of lying if the former National Security adviser ends up accusing the president of any wrongdoing. This morning the president s outside counsel john dow tells nbc it is, quote, complete nonsense. More fake news. Nbcs Garrett Haake is in florida where the president continues his vacation. Garrett, lets understand exactly what were learning here. The president s public posture has been that flynn is being railroaded, hes a good guy, this is the
False. I think he should step aside. I believe the women. Announcer this is new day with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. Three major stories. The first, a bombshell report in the atlantic, revealing donald trump jr. And wikileaks secretly corresponded during the 2016 campaign. In response, trump junior released the twitter exchanges. The timing of the messages is raising a lot of eyebrows. Three hours after that report came out, attorney general Jeff Sessions announced he is considering a special counsel to investigate any ties between the Clinton Foundation and the sale of a Uranium Company to the russians when Hillary Clinton was secretary of state. So, all of this is happening as a fifth accuser comes forward against Alabama Senate candidate roy moore, alleging he sexually assaulted her decades ago when she was 16 years old. Roy moore is denying any wrongdoing but a growing number of gop senators are calling for him to drop out of the race. Michelle kosinski, good morning. Reporter
Allegations of Sexual Misconduct when moore was in his 30s. Moore has denied the allegations and went on the radio today trying to stop the damage. Nobody that, uh, abuses a 14 year old age of 32, age 17, it doesnt matter. If you abuse a 14 year old, you should not be a Senate Candidate. I agree with that. I did not do that. Moore has been under fire the past 24 hours after the Washington Post reported that four women said moore pursued them when they were between 1418 years old and he was in his early 30s. The post said the woman found it lettering at the time but found it disturbing years later. Sean hannity repeatedly questioned moore about the alleged behavior. You can say unequivocally you never dated anybody that was in their late teens like that when you are 32 . It would be a bit out of my customary behavior, thats right. In other words, you dont recall getting any girls that young when you were that old . Ive said no. You think thats inappropriate too. Thats what you are sayin
First from the fox news deck this afternoon, al franken, former rising star in the Democratic Party, selfproclaimed champion of women, announcing he will quit the u. S. Senate in the midst of Sexual Misconduct allegations. Already democrats are discussing options for his replacement. In a speech on the floor, the senator defended his record. He blasted republicans that faced similar allegations including roy moore and the sitting president , donald trump. Senator franken says hes not finished fighting. Today i am announcing that in the coming weeks i will be resigning as a member of the United States senate. Let me be clear. I may be resigning my seat, but im not giving up my voice. I will continue to stand up for the things i believe in as a citizen and as an activist. Shepard at least 30 senators have called for franken to step aside. Most spoke out yesterday after two more women came forward with accusations against the senator. At least eight women say franken kissed or groped them