Less likely that at least during this public impeachment phase, you ll see republicans come out in support of impeachment and sort of defy their leadership and the white house. indeed we have some news about mr. jordan at the final conclusion of our broadcast tonight. to john heilemann, katie benner, andrew desiderio, our thanks for starting us off. coming up for us, here seeing and hearing all the familiar signs. could it be that we are about to see and hear a fall guy or two? we will put this question to a former u.s. attorney, see if it s a legal strategy that could work for starters. and later, the author of everything trump touches dies on the state of alabama, why it suddenly has the president s attention, and what s out there that could blow up the democrats at this late hour. the 11th hour just getting started in view of the u.s. capitol on a friday night. e: jd.
Be the case next week. and i think that makes it less and less likely that during this public impeachment phase, that you would see republicans come out and defy the republican leadership and the white house. thank you to all for starting us off. coming up next, we re seeing and hearing all the familiar signs. could it be we re about to see and hear a fall guy or two? we will put this question to a former u.s. attorney and see if it s a legal strategy that could work, for starters. and later, the author of everything trump touches dies on the state of alabama. why it suddenly has the president s attention. and what s out there that could blow up the democrats at this late hour. the 11th hour just getting started, in view of the u.s. capitol on a friday night.
sandra: the state of alabama passing the most restrictive abortion law in the nation that could become a hot button issue on the campaign trail and setting off a ton of legal questions and debate. the a-team is back. jessica tarlov, lisa boothe and adding defense attorney into the mix jonna is here. it s important to get reaction from your parties on this issue and the legal perspective to start with you, jessica, what the reaction is on your side this morning to this. the reaction is fierce and it is very upset. this isn t just democrats. a number of republicans including pat robertson this goes too far. when you look at the statistics. 66% of abortion happen in the first eight weeks.
12th. who will be representing us in the united states senate? and i can tell you that the people of alabama want the most highly qualified, most well respected person that we can possibly send to washington, d.c. and i want to be clear. you re an endorser no, sir. i have not endorsed judge moore. i m go ahead. what you asked me, what you stated was that i had endorsed roy moore. i have not endorsed anyone in the primary or the run-off on september 26. i think it is important to know that as a republican i would intend to support the republican on the ticket. you make an important point. i read, that s why we re hearing from you directly. i read that you are the republican secretary of state of alabama and you re still planning to vote for moore. do i have that right? i said i would continue to support judge moore and i would vote for judge moore until these
I was terrified. her statement is probative? potentially true or you don t believe her? no. i don t know. again, i don t know miss nelson. i don t know the other ladies. i m not confident that anyone anyone who knows them personally or has had a relationship with them in the past. i do think that each and every allegation that is introduced needs to be properly vetted. properly vetted. that was alabama secretary of state republican john merrill. moments ago he explained after some back and forth, he still plans to vote for roy moore after these allegations. the latest includes a woman who said moore groped her during a meeting in his law office in 1991. i m joined by howard dean, former dnc chair, and back with me, heidi przybilla. this is clearly the political and ethical story rocking alabama and washington. digging in on what we heard from that public official and this