Suspect and the brave First Responders who raced to the scene. But first, the nightline 5. Scene. But first, the nightline 5. Number one in just 60 seconds. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. The political world is on pins and needles tonight on the eve of the crucial Alabama Senate election, with deep red state voters having to choose between a man accused of Sexual Misconduct and a democrat whose positions are far less popular. President trump has already thrown his support behind embattled gop candidate roy moore. But some republicans fear theirs is a party divided. The battle for the heart and soul of the Republican Party hanging on an empty senate seat in alabama. So get out and vote for roy moore. Reporter republican roy moore facing off with democrat doug jones. Both parties fighting for voting, sending in bigtime reinforcements. Tonight former white house strategist steve bannon rallying the moore faithful. Theyre trying to shut up President Trump and judge moore. Theyre tryi
republicans like kim dowdle. we consider ourselves republicans for doug jones. reporter: she went door to door to try to convince her neighbors. the question tonight was it enough? all right, tom llamas is live in montgomery, where roy moore is watching the returns tonight. and tom, president trump making it very clear, as you just reported there, that he s behind moore, saying at one point, i like a fighter, go get em, roy. and in these preliminary exit polls tonight, for some voters, president trump s opinion on this did make a difference. reporter: david, the president does loom large in this state. we want to mention the polls have just closed here in alabama. but you re absolutely right. according to our exit polls, nearly 30% of voters said they came out to vote today to support president trump. that s great news for roy moore. and i asked roy moore what he thought today of the president s support and what he would tell him. roy moore told me, he d tell the president