A lot of republicans feel differently, theyre very happy with the way it turned out, but i would have as the leader of the party, i would like to have had the seat. I want to endorse the people that are unaring. Well, Richard Shelby, the senior senator from alabama, pointedly refused to endorse moore, saying alabama deserved better. Here is senator shell by today. People that i spoke, talked to doug jones, oh, 30 or 40 minutes ago. Congratulated him. I have known him a long time, and i told him that i look forward to working with him up here for the great interests of the nation and the people of alabama. I think basically the voters, the majority of the voters in my state chose principle over politics. Principle over politics. Well, doug jones rode to victory thanks to a coalition of support from young people, women and africanamericans mostly who voted in Record Numbers. 96 of black voters said they backed jones and they turned out in big numbers. Senator booker of new jersey was a b
Days before he was fired. Tonight julia ansley reports for abc news that Robert Mueller is zeroing in an an associate of flynns who was one of flynns business partners. According to this report mueller wants to know what role he played if any regarding the flynn lobbying groups failure to disclose foreign governments. Hes already discussed work on behalf of turkey. Subpoenaed emails also showed he joined him on a meeting september 15 with dana rohrbacher. Its under scrutiny by team mueller. Tonights other report comes from vanity fair writer howard blum, and its about the Controversial Oval Office meeting back in may between donald trump, russias foreign minister Sergey Lavrov and then ambassador to the u. S. , sergey kislyak. A day after it took place james comey was fired, a day which American Media journalists were barred and Russian Press journalists were allowed in. In a report, blum writes about a covert Israeli Mission to stop an isis bomb plot described to him by Israeli Intell
From our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 279 of the Trump Administration brings headlines of strife, anxiety and all out warfare in the gop, an internal struggle on public display. With no major legislative victory to speak of, the president tried to project one message about his party today. We have actually great unity in the Republican Party. We have great unity. I called it a love fest. It was almost a love fest. Maybe it was a love fest, but we had standing ovations. There was great unity. I will say this, i think the Republican Party has a pretty good unity. There was tremendous unity in that room. And were really unified were really unified on what we want to do. Theres great unity. We have actually in the Republican Party in a true sense we have great unity. We have great unity. I was with the senate yesterday, the entire Republican Senate and other than two people, i tell you, there was a lot of love in that room. As you might have gathered unity was a big message
Brag about the economy. Is trump really to thank . The 11th hour begins now. Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Im ali velshi in for brian williams. Day 342 of the trump administration, and theres new reporting tonight about the president s legal strategy when it comes to russia. It appears the president s legal team is gearing up for a fight with former National Security advisor mike flynn. The same mike flynn who was at trumps side throughout the campaign who led chants of lock her up in the Republic Convention and who was fired less than a month in his new white house job. Flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi and is now cooperating with robert mueller. Tonight the Washington Post reports trumps team plans to attack flynns credibility. Writing that according to three people familiar with the president s strategy, quote, President Trumps legal team plans to cast former National Security advisor Michael Flynn as a liarseeking to protect him
Day 342 of the trump administration, and theres new reporting tonight about the president s legal strategy when it comes to russia. It appears the president s legal team is gearing up for a fight with former National Security advisor mike flynn. The same mike flynn who was at trumps side throughout the campaign who led chants of lock her up in the Republic Convention and who was fired less than a month in his new white house job. Flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi and is now cooperating with robert mueller. Tonight the Washington Post reports trumps team plans to attack flynns credibility. Writing that according to three people familiar with the president s strategy, quote, President Trumps legal team plans to cast former National Security advisor Michael Flynn as a liarseeking to protect himself if he accuses the president or his senior aides of any wrongdoing. Attorneys for trump and his top advisers have privately expressed confidence that flynn does not have any evidence