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Did this. it is for a career, too. explain what you mean when when you say runs races. joe runs races. never run a negative ad against somebody? you talked about the doug jones race. what happened there? run any negative ads? of course. tons, right? how s that what does that have to do with the president of the united states who is the president of the united states? not a political consultant deciding to divide the american people along deep seeded divisions that need to be healed and brought together? i agree. listen. so politics, race, terrible on both sides. terrible? i think it s horrible. horrible. for republicans to do it. democrats. i m not saying that republicans have a monopoly but i m saying that we have become to numb to some of the challenges in this country exacerbated by the president. he didn t invent racism but to have people who are not black and brown to be cavalier around this panel, i am highly offended. ....
About a 14,000 vote gap. one here we re keeping a close eye, jefferson county. this is the biggest source of votes outstanding. mobile and jefferson right now. to give you some sense, when roy moore was on the ballot in this state in 2012 and nearly lost the race for chief justice, he got 37% of the vote. where the precincts are exactly, i think the number is going to tick up a little bit. but if he is rung below that level here in jefferson, that means there is a lot more votes for jones to get out of here. now we re down to 13,000. i ll go back to you. i m going see where these came. the gap now stands at 13,000 votes statewide for jones, lawrence. wow. it is closing. joyce vance, in your anecdotal experience talking to voters as you have been for the last few weeks in alabama, have you been surprised by any of the reactions? it s a very interesting race. and i think one mistake that i often hear people making is viewing it in context of ....
There is a lot of democratic turf here. i m trying to avoid giving you an exact answer. because it really looks about even. i m struck by moore running probably not where he wants to be. and if that holds, if he is only getting 58% in shelby, again, i thought he probably needed about 62, 63 in a county like shelby. steve, just yell over to us whenever you have something new to report. you got it. steve kornacki, thank you very much. really appreciate it. we re joined now from alabama from birmingham, alabama, by joyce vance. she is a professor of law at the university of alabama. former federal prosecutor in alabama. and here in new york, joy reid is with us. joyce vance, being on the ground there in alabama, what is your sense of where we stand tonight? well, this race is obviously still too close to call. but it looks like the jones campaign is close to meeting its targets. heavy turnout we re hearing in many of the areas. in birmingham, many of the boxes ....
Mobile he has gone from 47% to 42%. montgomery he has gone down from 29% to 27%. i mean, he is underperform iing himself in a race he won very narrowly from a perspective where he needs to make up thousands of votes in order to get over the finish line. mathematically, we should mention that our election folks who called these things are totally separate from our editorial. and we re not negotiating with them about this. it s hard to understand mathematically where any vote might come in that could get roy moore in range. and nbc news is now calling doug jones the apparent winner in this special senate election in alabama. that s nbc s call at this hour. 13 minutes before 11:00, the apparent winner in alabama. and rachel, we can expect the congratulatory presidential tweet any moment. yes, i m sure. and the peace be with you, and ....
Plainly evident, did not think they would be at the winning headquarters tonight. brian, i m handing it over to you, as doug jones appreciatisp sure we will be transition to go your hour, the 11th hour. this returns us to what used to be the norm in alabama, there were two democratic senators in alabama when bill clinton was president. i know you remember the figure hugh heflin cut. when you have a few years on you, you remember when things looked like this. i guess we can t draw any broader conclusions. we have to resist the immediate temptation to do that. but for the moment, as you mentioned, democrats have won a crowning victory tonight in alabama. joy reid, we re going to find out what incumbency can do for a democrat running for what would be reelection on a senate race ....