Right now. Consists of three people. The governor, attorney general and secretary of state john merrill. Theyre beginning to certify the results from the special election earlier this month. What had happened is republican roy moore filed a lastminute complaint with the Alabama Circuit Court to intervene and delay the certification based on new allegations of voter fraud and calling for a new special election. But just moments ago, montgomery circuit judge Johnny Harwick denied the order. That means that doug jones by the end of this hour will likely be headed to washington where he will be sworn in by Vice President pence on january 3 next week. Secretary merrills office spoke with me several times today as i tried to understand why this was occurring. Just a quick primer in Alabama State law. You have 48 hours after certification to petition for a recount. There were no circumstances, so moore did this lastminute effort. However, secretary of state merrills office, jon, told me they
incident in afghanistan and once again isis there is claiming responsibility. a shiite muslim cultural center was the target this time of the afghanistan isis spin-off. the suicide bomber walked into the center of a gathering leaving a scene of death and destructions. other explosions outside. 41 killed, at least 84 wounded. shiite targets there. isis in afghanistan started in 2015. it has been growing in strength as it has been fading in other parts of the world. between isis and taliban afghanistan still a very dangerous place, rick. rick: what has been the u.s. response? strong response. we heard from the u.s. embassy in kabul where the incident took place. they called the attack horrific pledging continued support from