girls. and then over the ensuing weeks, they talked about who they spoke to, all four women, and they were reluctant to speak publicly. what do you think, ana? is this a left-wing conspiracy against roy moore? it s not. look. one of the writers of the story is beth reinhart. she used to be at the miami herald . i know her from there. and she was also at the wall street journal before going to the washington post very recently. beth spent two weeks in gadston, alabama, researching this story. and one of the very smart things they did first of all, every woman is on the record. the woman s mother is on the record. and one of the smart things they did is, the woman who was 14 years old says, look, nobody s going to ever accuse me of being a saint. they go and they talk about her bankruptcies and her divorces, so that it s not brought out against her. she brought it out herself. this is about hypocrisy. and one of the things that should really bother the people of alabama, who i h
candidate for the u.s. senate in alabama, fighting back tonight against explosive allegations that he had a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old girl when he was in his 30s and engaged in questionable contact with other teenagers. moore slamming that report in the washington post as completely false, calling it a desperate political attack by his opponents. i want to begin this hour with cnn s senior national correspondent, alex marquardt, and daniel dale, washington bureau chief of the toronto star. good evening, gentlemen. alex, explosive allegations tonight about alabama senate candidate, roy moore. give us the latest. reporter: absolutely explosive allegations, which as you note, roy moore is denying. but the women are sticking to their stories. there are four women who came forward and spoke to the washington post, saying that roy moore either had sexual contact with them or attempted sexual contact. the most serious allegations coming from a woman named leigh corfman, who
he hasn t committed a battery. he hasn t committed an assault. certainly, if he does it in a public place, then you have exposure of sexual organs. now, in different states, even in a private area, it could be considered exposure or a lewd act. but the chances of it being prosecuted in most cases, it s not going to happen. certainly, it differs if it s in front of a child, if he s masturbating in front of a child, you have the crime of lewd and lascivious exhibition. but every state is different. but i think when you re hearing these cases of a man taking out his penis and masturbating in front of a woman, it can be considered a lewd act or an exposure, but i don t think that a lot of those cases would ever be prosecuted. i m wondering if these men understand how this makes a woman feel, robert? no. no. in fact, i think these men are very invested i ve worked with enough of them and i think dr. berlin has as well, when you re in those moments, when you are that person, you re ver
he was just with an underage woman, underage girl. really something to be behold. so, you know i had someone say, well, you know, it was 40 years ago. he was 32, she was supposedly 14. that was the direct quote, supposedly 14, and she just said that they kissed. which is not, in fact, true. that s not just what she said. so, really, in a number of ways finding ways to justify to themselves why they could and should still support this man. it s mind boggling. alex, is there any evidence that the four women who spoke to the washington post were politically motivated? i know one of them is a republican and said she voted for trump. one of them, leigh corfman, the one who had the most serious allegations, the 14-year-old, is in fact a republican. she said in the last three presidential elections she has voted for the republican candidate, including trump last year. alex marquardt and daniel dale, thank you very much. i want to discuss this now with