Moore to leave the race. Former president ial candidates mitt romney and john mccain have and two other gop senators have just pulled their endorsement, mike lee and steve daines. For the moment alabama republicans are largely standing by moore. Some even using the bible to explain his alleged sexual contact with a 14yearold. Today on Sean Hannitys radio show he called the allegations completely false but his recollection with dating teenage girls is raising some eye brauz. Listen. Do you remember dating girls that young at that time . Not generally, no. If i did, you know, im not going to dispute anything, but i dont remember anything like that. Would it be normal behavior back in those days for you to date a girl thats 17 or 18 . No, not normal. You can say unequivocally you never dated anybody that was in their late teens like that when you were 32 . It would have been out of my customary behavior. Thats right. In other words, you dont recall ever dating any girl that young when you
Thanks being with me on friday afternoon. Begin with more of the roy moore fallout amidst the post Harvey Weinstein awakening sweeping this country. A man accused of sexual abuse of a child nearly 40 years ago could still become the next u. S. Senator. Republican candidate roy moore staying put. Refusing to leave Alabama Senate race after these bombshell allegations that the Washington Post broke. They were made by a woman named lee cor lee corfman, goes back to 1979, she was 14 years of age when she said roy moore sexually abused her. Moore totally denies this. Sent out a flurry of tweets in which you seem to ignore the fact that she voted for donald trump. So roy moore tweeted this. The Obama Clinton machines, media lapdogs lawn shld the vicious attacks against me ive ever faced. The forces of evil will lie, cheat, steal, if they believe it will shut up christian conservatives like you and me. Meantime the president is doing the reaction urging roy moore to drop out of the race if th
Democrats saying today, sessions testifying today he did not lie and the accusation that did he is the lie. My answers have not changed. I have always told the truth. But i will not accept and reject accusations that i have ever lied. Thats a lie. He is playing defense in his first testimony since the revelation he attended a meeting last year with donald trump and George Papadopoulos who recently pled guilty to lying but to the fbi. That meeting we now know included an offer to arrange this trumpputin meeting. A revelation that came on october 30th. It was just days after sessions had sworn that he did not know that kind of thing occurred. You dont believe that surrogates from the Trump Campaign had communications with the russians. Is that what youre saying . I did not. And im not aware of anyone else that did. And i dont believe it happened. I dont believe it happened. We now know, of course, that claim couldnt stand because it did happen. So sessions couldnt hold that line. Today,
Alex witt. Another encounter, if you are just waking up, theres news from President Trump on russian meddling in the election. He says he directly asked Vladimir Putin about it. Weve got details and a live report. You remember dating girls that young at that time . Not generally, no if i did, you know, im not going to dispute anything, but i dont remember anything like that. Facing the accusations, hear what gop candidate roy moore said in his first interview about an alleged encounter with a 14yearold girl. He is slated to show up at an event this morning. We are there. We will tell you if he does. All quiet. North korea, its been two months since the last missile test for kim jongun, so why has he been quiet . But we begin with this breaking news President Trump giving his account of a new conversation with russian president Vladimir Putin which took place on the sidelines of that asian summit. Putin again denied meddling and he believes putins repeated denies. Chris jansing is in ha
Formal sitdown with president putin. Russia clearly involved itself to change the american election. It leads up to the question is there a crime committed . This is new day with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to your new day. The white house and the republican lawmakers calling on alabamas controversial gop Senate Nominee to withdraw from the race if allegations of something misconduct are true. A defiant roy moore denies the Washington Post report. He calls the accusations desperate political attack and he vows to stay in the race. President trump is in asia. That trip is being overshadowed by these political turmoil events here at home. The eyes of the world are going to be on whether or not mr. Trump meets with russian president putin at an asiapacific summit in vietnam. The white house says it was on. Then it was off. And now the kremlin says its all. Mark savidge live in alabama. How is this story about roy moore playing there . Reporter good mor