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But i would have liked to have the seat. With more on the dramatic results last night here is nick bryant. Modern day democrats arent supposed to win staunchly conservative states like alabama. Its 25 years since that happened. So no wonder this blizzard of confetti to mark the shock victory of doug jones. Alabama has been at a crossroads. We have been at a crossroads in the past. And unfortunately we have usually taken the wrong fork. Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, you took the right road the losing republican candidate, roy moore, thought he was on his way to washington. But he was hit by allegations, which he denies, of Sexual Misconduct against teenage girls. And shunned by senior figures in the republican establishment. That is where the anger of his dejected supporters was directed. It is really sad for the people of alabama, what took place in this state tonight. You think you have been betrayed by the republican establishment . Absolutely. No doubt about that. You know, there was a lot of dirty politics going on. I have never seen such ugly slander, what i believe were blatant lies. I have never seen such despicable behaviour. You cant always get what you want. Its true. You cant always get what you want. A lesson for donald trump, who has strongly backed roy moore. So get out and vote for roy moore. So this is a big black eye for the president and also a failure of the trump political playbook. To deny accusations of wrongdoing as fake news and to attack accusers. In washington this reduces the republican majority in the us senate to a single seat, making it even harder for donald trump to get legislation through congress. It also boosts democratic hopes of winning back control of capitol hill in Congressional Elections next year. A key battleground will be the suburbs, and this election revealed a weakness there for donald trump amongst moderate republicans. On his twitterfeed this morning the president was blaming a flawed republican candidate for this humiliating defeat. But donald trump was also a big loser. Nick bryant, bbc news, alabama. Senior republicans on the hill had been telling the president for weeks that roy moore was a bad candidate. So perhaps there was a sense of shadenfreude among some today. Senatorjeff flake, who was so appalled by moores selection he sent doug jones 100 dollars for his campaign, tweeted this decency wins. The republican representative pete king went a little further after alabama disaster gop must do right thing and dump steve bannon. His act is tired, inane and morally vacuous. If we are to make America Great again for all americans, bannon must go and go now joining us now from capitol hill is the bbcs laura bicker. What do they make of this on the democratic side . I have been listening to one senator who has been speaking to the networks and talking about a Grassroots Movement in alabama. He said they were on the ground way before the sexual allegations came to light. Theyre saying that this is the path to victory when it comes to 2018, but they can wrestle back control of the senate. The republicans are throwing a bit of cold water on that because they are saying when it comes to this victory it was a one off, it was extraordinary circumstances and thatis was extraordinary circumstances and that is what caused their man to lose. That he was the wrong candidate in the first place. When you look at the numbers and break it down it is interesting to see that the democratic vote came from predominantly African American voters, 90 of them of African American women voted for dowjones and on the other side looking at roy moore most of his vote was predominantly white and over 65. When you look at where the republicans on the hill apportion the blame clearly going after steve bannon who was in the hamptons last night ironically. They want the president to listen a little less to steve bannon. I think when it comes to the kind of steve bannon versus establishment republican argument here today there is a lot of finger pointing at steve bannon. Elsewhere perhaps out in the midwest there are saying hang on, Mitch Mcconnell did not do much to support the candidate, Establishment Republicans were not there on the ground and that is why roy moore may have lost. But when you speak to people hear what theyre trying to look at, lesson learned. Heres what one had to say earlier. Should we be concerned about being able to do better with Younger Voters and African American voters, absolutely, we need to do better. We need to have a good substantive agenda and communicated a lot better. We do a poorjob of communicated a lot better. We do a poor job of communicating communicated a lot better. We do a poorjob of communicating our agenda to people in the coalition and we have got to go out and get more people, younger people, African Americans, hispanics, bring more people in to be a successful majority party. So both sides looking at this as a way to learn a lesson. What worked, what did not stop both have got an eye on 2018. For the moment, thank you very much. Thats the reaction on the hill, lets have a quick look at reaction from alabama today. Heres the local morning papers. The Anniston Star goes all in on the democratic colour. Heres the Montgomery Advertiser senjones d for democrat and the auburn news ala bama stunner. So what does this mean for mr trumps supporters . With me in the studio is republican Mica Mosbacher who serves on the National Advisory board of trump for president in 2020. If there is one lesson for the Republican Party to learn what would it be . Simply to choose a better candidate. Roy moore was a very flawed candidate and while the sexual allegations in this climate are swirling around especially in the Entertainment Industry and definitely it was a factor, it is sending a message that we do need better candidates. I have to say as a female i was squeamish once these women came out with allegations, i did not really want to victimise them again. In regards to it being a referendum on donald trump, it is not. Populism is alive and well in this country and ijudge that by looking at the rnc and the fact that theyve raised over 100 million in a non election year, a record. A large portion of that has come from small donors for the first time, the grassroots base of the party. So the establishment of which i was apart for many years, is still not a factor because the election was a backlash against the establishment, the institutions in this country. Evenit the institutions in this country. Even it it is not a referendum on the president he did come out in support of roy moore and so does at wigan in any way . He would look bad if he acted likejohn mccain or senatorjeff blake if he acted likejohn mccain or senator jeff blake by if he acted likejohn mccain or senatorjeff blake by not playing on the same team. So he went out and supported the candidate that we had. U nfortu nately supported the candidate that we had. Unfortunately it all hat and no cattle candidate. You said that you we re cattle candidate. You said that you were squeamish, and some of the voters blame the republican establishment again but i struggle to see why because paul ryan, Mitch Mcconnell, seniorfigures did denounce roy moore and did not want him as the candidate. It was the president who backed him. They denounced roy moore because i think they were concerned about their own elections in 2018. And it is important to look at steve bannon, the firebrand of the party and what hes doing is energising the base as we go into 2018, there are 12 keys senate races up for grabs, ten senate races up for grabs, ten senate races up for grabs, ten senate races that are in vulnerable areas for democrats including pennsylvania, michelin and wisconsin. Trump carried them for the First Time Since 1988. So with the First Time Since 1988. So with the robust ground game in the rnc and the fact that they have ramped up and the fact that they have ramped up those ground games in 12 senate races, i think the democrats while they are taking a victory lap right 110w they are taking a victory lap right now will have challenges with very strong candidates going into the following year. Well the president will listen to steve bannon because he puts him in touch with the base but will other candidates listen to steve bannon and the president next year because maybe after this result they would think theyre better off going on there own path. |j they would think theyre better off going on there own path. I do not think so because riding on the coat tails of donald trump right now is absolutely at the heart and soul of this party. I those candidates who have distanced themselves from donald trump will be vulnerable. They will lose donor support. A lot of pundits missed the fact that there was momentum with donald trump in the 2016 elections. But peter king congressman has said that is enough of steve bannon, that he is not helpful to the party and to candidates. I disagree, i think not helpful to the party and to candidates. I disagree, ithink he continues to the base just as the president does when he tweets. And President Trump listens to a variety of opinions and he departed from steve bannon in terms of supporting luther strange. So he is a person that takes in a lot of different opinions but absolutely does not follow one playbook. Thank you for coming in. Great to get those thoughts. She said riding on the coat tails of donald trump is at the heart and soul of the party at the moment. Well take a look at this tweet. What do you make of that . Democrats today are talking about the prospect ofan today are talking about the prospect of an election coming next year and that donald trump are so unpopular that donald trump are so unpopular that they will manage to take control of the senate again and also ta ke control of the senate again and also take seats in the house of representatives. The energy weve seenin representatives. The energy weve seen in marches around the country they say will be translated into votes. I would say rory more was an extreme candidate. They will not face candidates lacking in other states. Roy moore. Although states. Roy moore. Although states they have to defend to hold the summit. They also say there is a demographic shift taking place in the country. We spoke about this before the election in 2016. But they seem to be saying that young voters in alabama turned towards the democrat. And fairly conservative young voters in alabama and this could be a sign of things to come. This shift favouring the democratic public party of the Republican Party. Here, theresa may faces a rebellion this evening in her party on the key piece of brexit legislation that will transfer eu law into british law. Conservative mps have put forward an amendment to the so called withdrawal bill that would secure parliament a meaningful vote on any final deal before britain leaves the eu. We can listen in now. Order. Order. We can listen in now. Order. Order. We all want to hear the result. Lets make sure that the result is correct. The ayes to the right 309, the noes to the left 305. Order. Im sure you want to hear the result to make sure it is correct. The ayes to make sure it is correct. The ayes to the right 309. The noes to the left 305. The eyes have it. Locke. It would appear the government has lost a crucial vote this evening on the brexit legislation. The withdrawal bill is moving slowly through parliament at the moment but the rebels in the conservative party have put forward an amendment and they were a meaningful vote, on any final deal agreed with the eu at the end of this process rather than a rubber stamping exercise that they have currently been promised by the government. Lets go to westminster and vicki young. A major defeat on the government on the eve of this eu summit in brussels tomorrow. L the government on the eve of this eu summit in brussels tomorrow. A lot of the arm twisting from the government to their own rebel mps would have been to say look, theresa may has had a good few days and managed to get this preliminary deal with the eu meaning we can move to the next stage of talks for top things going 0k the next stage of talks for top things going ok for the first time ina long things going ok for the first time in a long time and you want to scupper that by trying to defeat her and they have succeeded in doing so by just four votes. All day and they have succeeded in doing so byjust four votes. All day it has been looking incredibly close. Right at the last minute, a minister offered a concession, some tory mps said it was too late to stop we have been talking about this romance and in the end the government misjudged this and they have been defeated. It is all about the power mps want as the process goes on, not necessarily 110w the process goes on, not necessarily now but further down the line when you have the withdrawal bill, the terms of how we leave and the future relationship. Who will be in charge of that, who is in the driving street and enough mps tonight felt they needed more powers to make sure they needed more powers to make sure they are in charge and ministers cannot just change things they are in charge and ministers cannotjust change things as they go along without any parliamentary scrutiny. The government had promised a vote on the final deal. Why all the fuss about the vote that they had been promised, what is the difference with the vote they want . Well it is all about the kind of vote it is. What mps were offered by the government was really a yes or no vote on a resolution of the house. That is not necessarily binding and also means it isjust ta ke binding and also means it isjust take it or leave it. Mps wanted to make sure this was put into law, put into legislation so they scrutinise it, every single line. But it went through this place in the normal way and also in decent pint so not done far too late to make any changes. Of course critics and brexiteers said those on the remain side are simply using this device to try to scupper brexit. Some in some parties, that will be the case but others say its all about democracy. A lot of chat about brexit was about bringing back power and control to parliament and they say that is what this about. Always winners and losers in politics. The rebels appear to have w011 politics. The rebels appear to have won by defeating the government but theyre sending the Prime Minister to brussels tomorrow and she now looks weaker. I think she does but im sure they are well aware of her situation. This is what minority government looks like. Shes in this arrangement with the Democratic Unionist Party but in the end she could not persuade enough of her own mps to come along with her on this. I think there will be questions asked about the way the government dealt with this. A concession at the last minute which literally in the last minute which literally in the last few minutes did win over people who were tories about to vote against the government some for the first time in their career and they did change their minds but not quite enough. Maybe if they had done it earlier they would have won. So the question certainly about tactics here but ultimately it will add to the bad blood there is between people in the conservative party, some of whom say they are refighting the referendum campaign. Just on that point, tactically speaking, the Prime Minister must have known there was a chance that she was going to lose this vote. Perhaps she could have thrown them a bone tonight and allowed them to get away with this already is it just allowed them to get away with this already is itjust quite embarrassing. I think she knew it was on the cards, everyone has known that for a while. She even called in some of rebels today, they went to speak to her, im sure that she tried to persuade them. But in the end itjust tried to persuade them. But in the end it just has tried to persuade them. But in the end itjust has not been enough. She is weakened in all of this. A lot of them do it with a heavy heart, some of them it is the first time theyve ever rebelled against their own government and did not want to be in this position and their irritated in fa ct this position and their irritated in fact that ministers, some of them junior ministers, have not tried to get a compromise. They have been many concessions along the way to avoid this kind of thing but on this occasion the government clearly felt they could get through and they have miscalculated. Thank you very much. A lot going on tonight and a lot of turmoil at the moment. Wildfires continue to rage across parts of Southern California as firefighters battle one of the largest blazes in the states history. Hundreds of buildings and homes have been destroyed, with more than 100,000 people forced to evacuate. Emergency teams have now managed to slow the spread of the flames which have raged for the past week. The four times Tour De France champion, chris froome, is being investigated by cyclings world governing body after an adverse drugs test. Analysis of a urine sam