provisional and military ballots. they knew they had extra votes in there. it turns out quite the opposite. margin of victory for doug jones increased instead of getting smaller. and the secretary of state here very protective over what he considers to be an election that was on the up and up. he says voter integrity very seriously and add mitts even though this is certified, ana, we may not have heard the last roy moore. he still has 48 hours from the time the certificate was signed, to pony up the cash and call for his own recount if he d like to. one thing getting a lot of attention regarding this last minute fight of sorts is this polygraph that the moore campaign has been talking about today. what more can you tell us about it? so it s sort of is a bit confusing as to why it was that included, that information, in the motion, the lawsuit to begin with. but i want you to listen to something that happened between roy moore spokesperson and dana bash earlier today as to
love. the secretary of state slams russia and it s violent actions in ukraine, but does rex tillerson speak for his boss? welcome to the lead, i m dana bash in for jake tapper. a last ditch effort to block the results of the alabama special election falling short this afternoon. alabama just certified it s new democratic senator, doug jones, over the objections of defeated republican candidate judge roy moore who refuses to concede after a bitter race that tested president trump s influence in a deeply republican state. cnn s diane gallagher is live in montgomery, alabama. diane, is the race finally now over? reporter: kind of, dana. so here s the thing, the state of alabama officially certified doug jones as the winner. still no official concession from roy moore. he wrote a statement. it s written in past tense, may be the closest thing to a concession we get. he says quote, i have stood for the truth about god and the constitution for the people of alabama. i have no r