Im in birmingham, alabama, and christian is in london. How did a Senate Election in alabama get not Just National but International Attention . There are journalists from all over the world here. Its partly because the republican candidate, roy moore, is a larger than life character who holds extreme positions and has a string Sexual Harassment allegations against him. But its also because this election could tilt national politics. The Republican Party only has a two seat majority in congress, if it loses this race in alabama, itll be down to a majority of one seat. That could make it harder for President Trump to get things passed, and for republicans to hold on to the senate next year. Well have news from across alabama we well have news from across alabama we start with the latest from both camps. Voiceover one v0|ceover one of the most red states in america has become an unlikely swing state, a democrat could win a Us Senate Seat in alabama for the first time in over two decades,
That does it for the beat tonight. You can always find us on facebook at the the beat with ari. Hardball has promised is up next. Finding more, lets play hardball. Good evening, im chris mat use. San francisco, roy moore republican colleagues, a new powerful voice that has weighed in. United states Attorney General and former senior senator from alabama, Jeff Sessions joined a number of his former colleagues in saying he has no reason to doubt the women who have accused u. S. Senate candidate roy moore of Sexual Misconduct allegations moore denies. Heres the Attorney General. I took the liberty of reviewing federal crimes against children, particularly those dealing with sexual or physical abuse. As you well know, lee coughman, wendy miller, debby watson gibson and Beverly Young nelson, these young women have accused this individual, judge moore, who is running for a federal office, the United States senate, of child sexual activity. Do you believe these young women . I am have no reas
Investigation would soon be winding down. However, there are signs to the contrary. Axios is reporting that, quote, members of Robert Muellers team are reaching out to former Republican National Committee Staff who were familiar with the digital campaign. The goal is to determine if the joint effort was related to the activities of russian trolls and bots aimed at affecting the american electorate. Ty cobb said all of the interviews with the special team are over. However, former colleague said i would be shocked if he was done with the inner circle. All of these indictments, guilty pleas and interviews could be round one. Joining me is Jonathan Swan with acti axios. Thanks to all of you for joining. Barry, the resident former prosecutor here, let me start with you. You have this report from the Washington Post saying that if
point is that its a question that a lot of people close to the situation are asking themselves is why did mueller allow for this prosecutorial vulnerability . Bec
Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. President trump tried to erase history last night. The president deleting three tweets he had written in support of appointed alabama senator Luther Strange just hours after strange was resoundingly defeated in a special gop election for Jeff Sessions Old Senate Seat. The election result was a massive embarrassment. He had traveled in alabama to campaign for strange as had mike pence and reportedly spent more than 10 million to prop up strange. None of it worked. Instead roy moore won the race. Moore who was removed as alabama chief justice twice is an antigay birther who says muslims shouldnt allowed to serve in congress and that the september 11th attacks may have been americas punishment. Moores win is just the beginning. Youre going to say in state after state, the people that follow the model of judge moore that do not need to raise money from the elites, new york city, silicon valley. In the wake of moores in the wake of moores victory,
Living room and proceeded to seduce me, i guess you would say. And during the course of that, he removed my clothing. He left the room and came back in wearing his white underwear. And he touched me over my clothing, what was left of it. And he tried to get me to touch him as well. And at that point, i pulled back and said that i was not comfortable, and i got dressed. And he took me home. But i was a 14yearold child trying to play in an adults world. And he was 32 years old. Roy moore denies these allegations and further says he does not even know you. I wonder how many he doesnt know. Thats a strong statement. Corfman said it haunted her for decades. In an interview with breitbart this weekend, moore himself again denied the allegations against him by nine different women and blamed it on a conspiracy between democrats and republicans to keep him from a senate seat. I believe with all my heart that Mitch Mcconnell and the establishment are in cahoots with the democrats to stop this c