investigate senator senator menendez's actions which led to his indictment." that's where you say trouble is basically yes. ordinarily the ethics committee in either house will not do anything while a criminal prosecution is going on. i don't think they are going to wait. they pretty much indicated they're going to start looking at it. they're not going to wait for a second trial even a decision about whether or not there will be a second trial. they will begin the investigation which will be a form of prosecution probably right after christmas. >> bret: as it stands in the tonight, menendez innocent. >> he's absolutely innocent. i think that's the reason for his jubilation. the government has to decide, do they want to spend the money and divert resources or do they have other things to do. >> bret: you said that this judge ran an unorthodox courtroom. >> he did. he stopped it 3:30 in the afternoon. we usually try cases until 5:00 or 5:30. and he didn't sit on fridays. that resulted in the exclusion of this juror who had a vacation which resulted in the juror

senate. will that factor in here given that franken wasn't a senator yet? and what about menendez? even if bob menendez wins in court, if he's not retried, or if he gets retried and he's acquitted. could he still face getting booted out of the senate now? now that they've restarted their ethics inquiry into him? and then, of course, there's candidate roy moore. mitch mcconnell has promised that if roy moore wins in alabama next month, moore will be investigated the second he steps foot on the senate floor. what would that really look like, what would it take to carry out? does the same jurisdictional issue apply in terms of him not having been a senator when the alleged behavior happened? so much bad behavior in such close proximity to the u.s. senate. it all calls for some real expertise and that's next.el rin] so i was at mom and dad's and found this. cd's, baseball cards... your old magic set? and this wrestling ticket... which you still owe me for. seriously? $25 i didn't even want to go.

senate? >> the president, as i've said seven or eight times now that this is a decision for the people of alabama to make. >> we've heard from you and we've heard from ivanka on this. when are we going to hear -- >> the president has put a statement out earlier in the week when we were on the trip and he stands by that statement. >> he's ignored the question for two straight days. he's the president of the united states and the leader of the republican -- >> i'm aware of the qualifications of the president. it's my job to come out here and answer questions on his behalf, which i'm doing, which i've done. which he has done repeatedly over the last 12 days while we were on a trip across asia. so to act like he has not answered is silly. >> on the other side of the aisle, does the president have a response to the allegations against senator al franken and the mistrial over senator bob menendez? >> on senator franken, it appears that the senate is looking into that, which they should. we feel lik

senator." the newspaper citing allegations from now five women who say they were teenagers when roy moore, who was in his late 20s and early 30s, approached them sexually or romantically. quote, "the seriousness of knees incidents cannot be overstated. they should not be parsed with talk of statutes of limitations or proof exists. proof beyond a reasonable doubt is a consideration for the courtroom, not the ballot box. his candidacy is over. his true character has been revealed. it's time for the gop to remove its official support. and since he and his party can't assure it, the voters of alabama must." again, this is the editorial board from the largest newspaper in the state of alabama tonight. now, roy moore has denied allegations of sexual misconduct against a 14-year-old girl. today he denied even knowing a fifth accuser who says he violently assaulted her when she was 16. those allegations are being cited by a growing number of republican senators across the country who say that roy moore

many of these senators, including republican senators, republican male senators say they believe the accusers. i'm not saying they believe when accusers are saying, including this woman who says when 14 was sexually molested. there's that. but question you're saying that president answered, is it the biggest question here? do you think roy moore should be senator from alabama? do you want roy moore to be next senator from alabama? >> me or president? >> president. >> but you saying he hasn't commented on it, sanders came out and delivered that answer, the people will decide. saying it's fair. not saying that woman that's accused al franken should be believed over franken either until we see what happened. if roy moore won't go into court so the women get day in court, shame on him. but he said he will and willing to take our turn. >> no court before election day and people have to look at it. people are asking the president for his view. talking more about al franken to ed martin's delight, going to be how the senator is apologizing after woman came forward with story how he forcibly

senate is a schumer/pelosi puppet." "liberal jones would be bad." >> the jones campaign incentives in the email accusing moore of hiding. moore is scheduled to speak in the next hour at a small town in alabama. his first public appearance since the november 16 news conference that his campaign abruptly ended when reporters began asking questions about the allegations against moore. >> bret: jonathan serrie live in alabama. thank you. let's talk about the sexual harassment allegations kendall on capitol hill, in alabama. how all sides are dealing with charges of hypocrisy. senior political analyst brit hume joins us. good evening. >> hi, bret. >> bret: your thoughts. the first piece, james rosen and nancy pelosi's defense of john conyers. >> i think nancy pelosi's defense of john conyers was almost incoherent. it was unexpected, as james noted. this is a break really for roy moore in the sensitive john conyers was been noted the most senior democrat in the house and his nancy pelosi would have it,, and icon to democrats,

senate? >> the president as i've said about seven or eight times now thinks this is a decision for the people of alabama. >> we've heard from you and we've heard from ivanka on this, when are we going to hear from the president? >> the president has put a statement out earlier in the week when we were on the trip and he stands by that statement. >> questions for two straight days, is the president of the united states, the leader of the republican party, i think a lot of people -- >> i'm aware of all of the qualifications of the president, and it's actually my job to answer questions on his behalf, which i'm doing, which i've done, and which he has done repeatedly over the last 12 days while we were on a trip across asia. so to act like he hasn't answered questions is just silly. >> sorry kristen, i'm going to move it around. >> on the other side of the aisle, does he have a response to the allegations against senator al franken and also the mistrial over senator -- >> on senator franken it a

senate. and so, sean hannity established today that he believes that if roy moore dated 14-year-old when he was an assistant district attorney that he is unfit to be a senate candidate and got roy moore to agree with that principle and the best roy moore could say is that i don't recall when it came to the question of dating teenage girls that sean hannity said would make him unfit for the united states senate. i don't recall. "the washington post" reported a set of accusations that were very clear and very detailed and roy moore has denied the most important and the most criminal of those accusations. the one with the most severe penalty and then in most of his interview today he agreed to the other accusations that he tried to date and date some of those teenage girls but then finally left sean hannity with the contradiction of his own testimony when he said to sean hannity, that he did not recall dating those teenage girls. after saying that he did date those teenage girls. that was good e

is this senate seat that important? >> no senate seat more important than the notion of child pedophilia. but having said that he has not been proven guilty we have to afford him the chance to defend himself. >> is there any way the president then just keeps -- you are saying the president is not going to get involved? the luther strange -- >> i would say the president did get involved in the primary. he supported somebody other than roy moore. i think the president has been on an incredibly important foreign trip and when he returns we will have a chance to discuss this. >>> let me move on. speaking of the foreign trip and on the issue of russia, on one hand the president seemed to indicate in the back and forth with reporters on air force one that he kind of believed vladimir putin's denial in front of tv cameras he said no no no. he's with the agencies. he's not questioning the agencies. what does the president believe? does he believe in the intelligence with assessment that russia interfered in the 2016 election? >

president, senator, mr. speaker, a little over two and a half hours ago, north korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile. it went higher, frankly, than any previous shot they've taken. the researched and development effort on their part to continue building ballistic missiles that can threaten everywhere in the world basically. and in response, the south koreans have fired some pinpoint missiles out into the water to make certain north korea understands that they could be taken under fire by our ally. but the bottom line is it's a continued effort to build threat -- a ballistic missile threat that endangers world peace, regional peace and certainly the united states. >> thank you, general. and we will take care of that situation. thank you all very much. i appreciate it. thank you. thank you. thank you. >> these missile launches today, does it change anything about your basic approach to dealing with -- >> nothing changed. nothing changed. we have a very serious approach. nothing changed. we take

senate are calling jeff sessions to be come the writing candidate for the senate race in alabama that's in guengulfed of scandal right now. president trump who have yet to weigh in on the case of roy moore. lets begin with our senior white house correspondent. the big question right now, now that the

that is what senator john mccain said. as for trump, the white house had this reaction. >> the president believes we cannot allow a mere allegation from many years ago to destroy a president's life. he also believes if the allegations are true, judge moore will do the right thing and step aside. >> moore told "the washington post" the allegations are completely false and a desperate political attack. he tweeted this is the most vicious and nasty round of attacks they faced and called the investigationit spiritual battle. he said our children and grandchildren's futures are on the line so rest assures i will never give up the fight. >> let's go to capitol hill right now. lots of reaction coming in. what's the latest reaction you are hearing from the lawmakers. >> across the board, the republicans called the allegations deeply disturbing and horrifying and troubling. significant that top republicans here are including this caveat to their statements if this is true. if the allegations are true, roy moore should resign. it ma

there are senators and republican senators expressing concerns about the attorney general. he came under fire about the subject of russia in his confirmation hearing. senators leahy and franken from minnesota say they want jeff sessions to clarify what they say are false statements from him in the campaign. >> from what i've seen, i saw it in the car when i got off the plane. it seems serious. senator sessions -- they had asked him questions in the past. they weren't sure if they got straight answers. and now some of the facts we have seen make it more serious. he needs to come back. >> he initially said he personally had no contacts with russians during the campaign. he later admitted they were true but they weren't discussions about the campaign. then he said they may have been about the campaign but not interference. he said he knew of nobody on the campaign having contact with russians, which is not only false, but it was false under oath. >> it's serious stuff. >> what's the remedy with an official like the attorney general -- >> well, perjury is a very careful standar

senate can deny him a seat. and so, when cory gardner and when other senators have suggested that they won't seat him, that's not the case. that is a perfect nightmare for mitch mcconnell. if roy moore wins this race, they are going to have to seat them. it is lose/lose. the best-case scenario right now for republicans is for doug jones to win this race. >> for doug jones, boy, i agree with you completely. anyway, jeff, do you want to weigh in on that? as a reporter, maybe you can't. but you can certainly analyze. because if trump gets this guy he really doesn't want, he will get him because he has to, because he's part of the whole alt-right and whole bannon operation, but if he gets this guy he never wanted because he knew he would be an embarrassment, not just because of this, but because of all the stuff we knew before, i go along with the former congressman. i think he's better off with tack taking the loss. >> potentially. the other thing that's true about this race, with at this point, the race is a refer

will change and lose one republican senator. there are at least two, ron johnson, lisa murkowski who have real issues with tax bill. is that real opposition or is that the opposition you get? >> i'd tweak it say, ron johnson for sure based on some comments he made this morning, susan collins has legitimate concerns. murkowski's point we need to stabilize the markets. bipartisan bill, office clarified later friday despite some comments she made earlier in the day, contingent on her support for the tax bill. she's expressing a concern that some of her republican colleagues have. i would watch more the people, republican senators who are concerned about things like the deficit. that is the bob corker, jeff flake, reasonable ron johnson then secondarily, whether or not this includes changes to the individual mandate. there you lose susan collins, maybe lisa murkowski, if the thing happening too fast, you may lose john mccain who has been arguing thisth has to be done fairly to both sides because of last week's deliberation. >> can i

she serves on the senate foreign relations and the senate armed services committee. senator, thanks so much for being here. what's your reaction, president trump saying that the u.s. standing in the world is stronger than ever before? >> well, i think it's important for the president to travel, to reassure our allies who have been very concerned about some of the positions of this administration. i think we need to continue to engage with our allies and with the world situation, both on trade. i'm concerned that by pulling out of tpp, while we all want fair and competitive trade, the fact is what we've done is left the playing field to the chinese to engage with those partners. so i think we need to do both. we need to strike better deals but we need to do it in a way that ensures that we are at the table on these deals. >> were there elements of the president's trip to asia that you think were successes for the united states? >> well, again, i think whenever the president is there representing america, especially with our allies, that's very important. i was disappo

one is against a candidate to be senator. the other is against a sitting senator. one a republican, the other a democrat. one is denying all accusations while the other has issued an apology. it's been one week since "the washington post's" first report on the allegations of sexual misconduct against alabama republican roy moore including one case involving a woman who says she was 14 years old and roy moore was in his 30s at the time of the encounter. since then, a total of nine women have come forward seen here and roy moore denies all of the allegations and claims that mitch mcconnell is behind the attack. >> as you know "the washington post" brought some scurrilous, false charges, not charges, allegations which i have emphatically denied time and time again. not only untrue but they have no evidence to support them. many of you have recognized that this is an effort by mitch mcconnell and his cronies to steal this election from the people of alabama and they will not stand for it. i want to tell you who needs to step down. that's mitch mcconnell. there's been c

senate, the credibility of this senator, it's also about the president's agenda. if the democrats win this race, for example, that would make it tougher to get policy issues like tax reform passed, because the republicans already have a narrow margin in the sat, so it would be that much smaller. if roy moore were seated, then they have a difficult question to ask. would they, in fact, unseat him? a lot of discussion going on behind the scenes about what the next step should be. should there be a write-in vote? >> they just released a statement ahead of this event and they say, quote, we stand with judge roy moore, a man of integrity who has never waivered in his value of the unborn. the folks of alabama will not be fooled by suspiciously timed accusations without evidence. that's part of the statement, and that's something we've heard from a lot of roy moore supporters here. they've backed him for a long time, since the time of that accusation years ago. they don't believe the accusations. they believe they're politically motivated either by the national media or

senate elections, said the senate should expel moore if he win his senate seat. hours earlier republican mitch mcconnell said moore should drop out of the race. >> i think he should step aside. >> desjardins: mcconnell added that he believes the accusations from four women in the original the "washington post" story that ran last week. >> i believe the women, yes. >> desjardins: moore fired back at mcconnell on twitter, saying the senate leader is the one who should step aside. repeatedly, including in birmingham over the weekend, the former state chief justice has insisted he is innocent. >> these attacks involve a minor and they are completely false and untrue. to think that grown women would wait 40 years to come before- right before an election to bring charges is absolutely unbelievable. >> desjardins: moore said he will sue the "washington post" over the original story. those who may decide moore's fate, alabama voters, were mixed following those first accusations. some critical of him. >> nothing that he says holds any water with me. >> desjardins: but oth

senator lindsey graham of south carolina says u.s. senate candidate roy moore should step aside. on twitter, senator graham wrote, wrote, in light of the most recent allegations and the consume tifb effect of others, i believe #roymoore would be doing himself, the state, the gop and the country a service by stepping aside. >>> let's turn now to "the world lead," on the sidelines of the southeast asian nations meeting in manila today, president trump met with phillip know president rodrigo duterte. his administration, according to amnesty international, has, quote, presided over a wide range of human rights violations and created lawlessness, unquote. led to thousands of extrajudicial executions and the government's anti-drug campaign. now, when american reporters began to bring up these human rights issues that president trump would not bring up in their public meeting, duterte called the journalists spies. as philippine security jostled them. according to the white house pool report, president trump laughed. it's difficult to understand what might be amusing about an authoritari

that's why you see the rhetoric from senator johnson and other senators about getting it done. i think they will get over the finish line. >> bret: it seems like they want to get to yes. >> they really, really want to get to yes. it's the only thing they can bring home to voters. if you tried to satisfy the deficit hawks. you're going to drive away people on the other side. the chamber of congress doesn't want the trigger. they want predictability. >> bret: i need a percentage. do they get it done? >> 80%. >> 75%. >> 90%. >> bret: 98, 80, 75. we have an optimistic panel tonight. they may be after hearing today. i think there were signals from capitol hill. we shall see. panel, thank you very much. when we come back, a wrap up of a busy day at the white house. it's ok that everyone ignores me while i drive. it's fine. because i get a safe driving bonus check every six months i'm accident free. and i don't share it with mom! right, mom? righttt. safe driving bonus checks. only from allstate. switching to allstate is worth it. >> ♪ >> bret: maybe president trump is watching and

one senator, as you reported there, already a no. but you're hearing tonight, the president still believes this is a done deal? >> reporter: david, sources tell us that behind closed doors on capitol hill today, the president told republicans, the senate will pass this bill. he says that he'll be able to convert any republican nos, like wisconsin's ron johnson. he is already talking about what comes next, welfare reform, but as we've been saying, this is far from a done deal. he cannot afford to lose anymore votes, david. >> cecilia vega with us again tonight. cecilia, thank you. >>> there is a developing headline tonight from south dakota, where the controversial keystone pipeline was shut down today after an oil leak. more than 200,000 gallons of oil escaping in a rural part of the state, as transcanada activated its emergency response plan. officials say the cleanup could take some time. >>> we turn next tonight to the russia investigation and jared kushner. the senate judiciary committee tonight calling on the president's son-in-

ran against senator john mccain last year. now, she's casting herself as an "america-first" conservative insurgent. >> we want a secure border. we want to stop illegal immigration. we want obamacare out of here. we want the tax code fixed. we want the military to be strong. we want all of those things, and the people who are in washington., d.c., right now are not delivering. >> yang: at her kickoff party in scottsdale, arizona, bannon made clear: it's him-- and candidates like ward-- versus the establishment. >> it's an open revolt, and it should be. these people hold you in total contempt. when they attack donald trump and dr. kelli ward, it's not donald trump and kelli ward they're trying to shut up. it's you they're trying to shut up. >> yang: his message resonated with the crowd. >> i am very unhappy with mcconnell, i am very unhappy with the senate. >> i think they go back to washington, and they just think they're set for life there. >> steve bannon is carrying on with that clear agenda that was promised to us during th

senate. the president of the united states, a self-confessing sexual assaulter, has said nothing today about roy moore. nothing about the latest accuser of roy moore. an accuser who claims he sexually assaulted her in his car. today, beverly young nelson tried to remove any suggestion of political partisanship from her accusation and she did it in language that no one will appreciate more than donald trump. >> my husband and i supported donald trump for president. this has nothing whatsoever to do with the republicans or the democrats. it has everything to do with mr. moore's sexual assault when i was a teenager. >> so is donald trump's attack machine run by steve bannon going to attack a trump voter who's telling her story about roy moore? beverly young nelson said she decided to speak after reading the accounts of the four women who spoke to "the washington post" about what roy moore did to them when they were teenage girls including the sexual assault of leigh corfman described at 14 years

>>> we've got senator elizabeth warren here tonight. and we've got an interview tonight with a young woman who is the sleeper story of successful democratic politics this year thus far. electoral politics. she has no national profile at all. but success is following her like night follows day right now. so we're going to introduce you tonight to that sleeper democratic political success story and we're going to speak with senator warren. we've got a big show tonight. really looking forward to this. >>> but we begin with some breaking news about the alabama senate race and the republican candidate in that race. this breaking news tonight, chris hayes just started covering it in the last hour as this story broke in the "washington post." this is a new story from the remarkable team of reporters from the "washington post" who broke this story open in the first place last week. last week on thursday, four named women told the "washington post" that roy moore, who was then a local deputy district attorney, had approached them for sexual or r

i'm not fussing at senator mcconnell. i think he probably would have liked this to keep going, too, but we are where we are and we need to vote. it's time to vote. >> on this issue of time to vote, this is going to be a huge change for every single person watching. their taxes are going to change. that's a big thing. their personal finances are going to change. >> this will be a generational vote, if you will. >> it is. so the stakes are incredibly high. the promises have been incredibly high as well. one of them that this is tax reform, it's about closing loopholes, getting rid of all the kind of, you know, underhanded dealing that seems to be in the system, right? i wanted to ask you about one of the loopholes. both the house and senate are going to keep this one. it's carried interest. it helps some of the wealthiest people in this country and it's something that the president of the united states vowed to close. here he is. >> i would take carried interest out, and i would let people that are making hundreds of millio

senator john mccain on board, passage of the tax of farmville in the senate seems more likely and that means senate minority leader chuck schumer has a decision to make. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel tells us what it is. >> i think it's likely to pass. >> vote counting time. >> we are in the stretch. horse racing is a big deal in kentucky. we are going down the home stretch, headed toward the finish line either late tonight or early tomorrow. >> big develop men came when arizona senator john mccain announced he has a "yes" "after careful thought and consideration, i've decided to support the senate tax reform bill." for democrats, there's been frustration because of republican stay unified, there isn't much that can be done to stop the legislation. >> from the beginning, the republican tax bill has made a mockery of the legislative process. >> one of the most unfair and disastrous pieces of legislation ever brought forth. >> republican sources suggest schumer may allow some of his moderate colleagues to vote for the bill if it's clear it will pass. one g.o.p. senator s

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collins, senator bob corker. joining us now is business insider senior editor and msnbc contributor josh borrow and author of "one name after trump." norm, this confident prediction that jeff flake is going to vote against the trump tax cuts, i mean, maybe you can be a little bit more confident about it after tweeting like that but no one knows how jeff flake will vote. >> you know, lawrence, it is pretty clear over and over again donald trump's not read "the art of the deal" much less written it and any random kindergartner could negotiate better than he has and jeff flake should vote against this bill not because donald trump sends out another crazy tweet but on the merits or demerits of it. and as gene sperling, one of our favorite people tweeted earlier tonight, it takes some real talent to come up with a bill that adds $1.5 trillion or more to the debt while also increasing taxes on 50% of americans, 75% of middle class people. this is a horror story of a bill and all those people undecided including bob cor

. >> i'm sorry, senator? >> i love that you make me a senator today. that makes me feel great. >> it's samone. i was like is bernie around? >> once a senator, always a senator. >> i think it's in the court of law, that is true, innocent until proven guilty in the court of law in united states of america. what we are talking about addressing our sexual culture in this country. and we have put the onus on the belief on the victims. if the victims can prove this happened to them then the public can believe them. i'm so happy now the media and greater society has come around to say, well, actually if women are stepping up, not just women, because men have been victims of sigs eversexuality assault as well, if people are stepping up and saying this happened to them, have gut wrench real stories we must believe them. and that is the lens we should take to look at this. we have to examine our sexual culture and should not be on the own us of victims to prove something has happened to them. >> let me go back listening to your argument yes he admitted to it and

senator. that's next. >>> in the wake of donald trump's victory last year it seemed the bar for a political candidate was forever lowered. here to see if it could be lowered further, bohn blankenship in charleston, west virginia is reporting he will run as a republican for west virginia senate seat next year. blankenship is hardly popular there. last year it was written, quote, he's the most hated figure in the state with only 10% of voters seeing him favorably to 55% who have a negative opinion of him. why is don blankenship so hated? maybe because he served a year in prison after a 2010 explosion in one of his mines killed 29 people. authorities had accused him of pumping up products at the expense of worker safety, said he ignored health and safety rules, lied to investors. the explosion in west virginia was the worst u.s. mine disaster in 40 years. the new yorker reported at the time, facing 30 years in prison, he maintained the explosion was an act of god. to this day blankenship denies h

the senate budget committee on party lines to send the full senate vote. they're going to begin debating that bill and vote on it sometime this week. the house of representatives has already passed its version of the package. i tax cuts, and the news continues with president trump from the white house and much more from capitol hill is a lawmakers continue to jackie on disposition. john roberts at the white house, where we are expecting new information from him on political reactions from the north koreans. you heard him report minutes ago that this missile and theory could have reached the heartland of america. more is next you always pay your insurance on time. tap one little bumper, and up go your rates. what good is having insurance if you get punished for using it? news flash: nobody's perfect. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. switch and you could save $782 on home and auto insurance. call for a free quote today. liberty stands with you™ liberty mutual insurance. >> shepard: sti

the senate version. i wanted to get some numbers first in here and how this impacts middle class folks. there's more information on that you should know. the republicans have been saying all along that family of four earning $59,000 would get a tax deduction of $1,182. we heard that a number of times. guess what? when you work that out over the ten-year span of this bill, at the end of that period, that same family would get a tax increase on today's tax policy of $500. so there's actually baked into this tax increases as a back end for middle class folks. i have to tell you, i just want to show you a list of the deductions going away or being just reduced dramatically. mortgage interest, student loan tuition, medical expense is the big thing for people that have huge medical problems. you can write off medical expenses up to 7.5% of the income. it's a big deal. yesterday we talked about student loan interests, tuition expect. a lot of stuff is out, out of the house version. of course, the senate upping

james. >> is the coverage of senator rand paul. many know he was viciously attacked recently by a neighbor. ran up from behind him and tackled the senator resulting in no fewer than six broken ribs, bruise lungs, facial injuries but the story for many of the colonies in the press has been, to the senator do something with his leaf raking or composting overgrown pumpkins in his yard, due to cause the assault. >> right! let's, whatever kind of neighbor he was, he did not deserve this. by the way we are now hearing from neighbors essay he does a great job taking care of his lawn. >> mary? >> is a hit for tiffany's which has found a way to capitalize on the easy money policy by offering a line of ordinary household items in sterling silver. so you can buy a $9000 ball of yarn and sterling silver. a $1000 can. >> every house must have been! >> should know has also had a $2000 boomerang. if you like to buy that. and i don't know -- >> kim? >> this is a miss to twitter. has a character limit. for those of that already hate the fact that s

he is happy to go against the democratic senator for hypocrisy. on roy moore, for all the reasons we talked about in the past few days, there is a lot of political sensitivity about how republicans are putting pressure on moore. knowing that the president can do a lot to affect the out come and he thinks it's too dies tow do it. he doesn't have restraint aside from the fact that he made a decision here. >> what do you think? >> i think it's a mistake to weigh in and points attention to things the president shouldn't want pointed attention to. that's his own accusations. it was an unwise decision by the president and it does leave open that now he is in a situation where he has to comment and it seems clear in alabama that the people certainly are not going to abandon him and see this through. now the president could be put in position to be at oughts with them. >> a dozen women made sexual accusations against the president. jessica lee spoke to anderson cooper in october of last year and said that donald trump groped her during a flight back in th

the senate was not able to to ps it. i'm hopeful they could put a vote on the senate floor that gets that done. if they do, it's going to be something we look at in conference committee. there are a lot of things being looked at in committee and if it can make the bill better, let's do it. >> bret: congressman, we appreciate your time and i'm sure it's good to be counting heads again. >> it is good to be back. i'm excited to be ready to get this done. >> bret: the house begins the debate on tax form. senate republicans targeting obamacare as we mentioned one more time here plus roy moore battles back and the president's daughter says there's a special place in hell for people who prey on children. we will discuss it when we come back. it's a small finger...a worm! like, a dagger? a tiny sword? bread...breadstick? a matchstick! a lamppost! coin slot! no? uhhh... 10 seconds. a stick! a walking stick! eiffel tower, mount kilimanjaro! (ding) time! sorry, it's a tandem bicycle. what? what?! as long as sloths are slow, you can

arizona senator john mccain says moore should not be allowed to sit in the senate, that she and -- he should be expelled by any means possible. >> bret: thank you. with growing calls for moore to step down, tonight we take a look at what lawmakers could possibly do if he does not withdraw from this race. >> the party is talking about its candidates and whether or not it's candidate should appear, or how the candidate should appear on the ballot, whether it's mr. moore or someone else. >> option one being considered by those who want judge moore to step aside, delayed the special election set for december 12. alabama governor would order a new date for the election, allowing time to ease moore out of the race. judge moore has said he is fighting this and the governor's spokesman says she has no plans to do it. >> what the notion being discussed with these revelations that the governor of alabama postponing, delaying the special election next month? >> we all know alabama is a very tough state politically for democrats, but this is a special situation. we have a great candidate. on the

this is typical from senator paul. there was almost radio silence from his office after this incident. the fact that the original information didn't square with the latest information is strange. i have very good sources here at the capitol when it comes to security forces and u.s. capitol police. u.s. capitol police clammed up. and said we didn't discuss on going investigations. i've gotten very little since we found out about this saturday, something that occurred on friday, no less. >> shepard: has his family said anything? the police say they don't know what happened. >> not a word. the fact that it took a couple days to hear from boucher's attorneys. he described it as an unfortunate incident. >> shepard: smells like a skunk in the chicken house but i haven't seen the skunk. >> we're digging, shep. we are. i've been on the phone all day, saturday, sunday. i've been looking at this for two days now. >> shepard: twitter will decide and then it will be too late. thanks, chad. >> shepard: happy to do it. a federal jud

senate or lying to the u.s. house of representatives. >> well -- >> the time of the gentleman has expired. the witness can answer any further if he chooses to. >> i won't repeat it, mr. chairman. but i hope the congressman knows, and i hope all of you know, that my answer to that question i did not meet with the russians was explicitly responding to the shocking suggestion that i as a surrogate was meeting on a continuing basis with russian officials and the implication was to impact the campaign in some sort of nefarious way. and all i did was meet in my office with the ambassador, which we didn't discuss anything like that. so i just want to say, i appreciate the congressman's right. i guess he can say his free speech. he can't be sued here. so i just -- my response. i'm sorry that -- that's my response. >> congressman ted lieu joins me now. what is your belief? you asked the question. do you believe jeff sessions was forthright and truthful today before your committee? >> thank you, chris, for your question.

speak with senator warren. big story, looking forward to it. breaking news about the alabama senate race and republican candidate in that race. breaking news tonight, chris hayes was covering it as story break in the "washington post." from the remarkable team who broke open the story last week. last week four named women told "washington post" that roy moore, then deputy district attorney had approached them for sexual romantic encounters when they were teenagers and he was in his 30s. one of the women said she was 14 when roy moore approached her and described what to her was scary and unwanted sexual encounter with him. after those four came forward on thursday, fifth came forward monday in press conference with her attorney said roy moore assaulted her violently in locked car at 16 years old, left her bruised and laying on the ground in cold parking lot as he drove away. since then two other women described encounters as adult and one in 12th grade. in birmingham news tonight. now tonight, two more women have come forward with accounts of r

the senate vote could happen before the week is out. mitch mcconnell says he is confident that this will pass. >> we are on the cusp a great victory for the country and particularly small business. we are going down the home stretch headed toward the finish line either late tomorrnight or early tomorrow. what's in this is tax relief. an opportunity to hire more people. to build more of america. and to get the growth rate up. >> phil mattingly is there on capitol hill. you can feel the excitement, the confidence in the senate majority leader talking about a finish line. does he have reason to be so confident, phil? >> yeah, look, you can't overstate the boost that john mccain brings to the table. as you noted one aide thinking on this had been a black box over the last couple of weeks. another aide said we can't leave this up to mccain, that's how worried. in reason of history. in 2001, 2003 voted against the tax cuts. something this has been. but you noted he has come around. and not only is that a boost for leaders because one more vot

is senator franken for for office? he is a sick twisted individual with a m sense of humor that is not funny. but his actions need to be evaluated. at the end of the day it will be the people in his own state that aside. and what is really shocking and outrageous is that senator franken is not alone when it comes to accusations of sexual misconduct and members of congress. according to the new compliance numbers released today since 1997, 15 million of your taxpayer dollars have been use to settle allegations of sexual misconduct. discrimination and other cases against members of congress. why don't they pay themselves? you are subsidizing their behavior. and forr years it has been kept secret even though they're up in 2644 cases settled. also reports about what is being called a capitol hill creep list which warms people about which member of congress to avoid. and finally a quick update on the clinton day of reckoning. for years we have been shutting the light on the allegations of sexual misconduct by bill clinton a

senate can date. now you have two additional accusers coming forward against ray moore telling their stories to the "washington post." so let's go to a woman covering this from the ground there in alabama. anna claire is back with us together investigator reporter with media group. so anna claire, thank you for being with me. i know you have talked to women, the accusers up to the "washington post" i believe up to seven. but he's about to speak. and we know he got a huge vote of confidence ens from alabama republican party. do we have any idea what judge moore is about to say at this press conference minutes from now? >> no, we don't. he has showed no indication that he is interested in stepping down. i mean, alabama politics, you never know what's going to happen, but i think he's probably in this for the long haul. so i'll be interested to see what he has to say. >> what are the -- you've read all these different "washington post" pieces, i know, of course as i have. what are some of the common thre

in many of these senators, including republican senators, republican male senators say they believe -- these are all republicans. they mooef the accusers. i'm just saying that they believe what the accusers are saying, including this woman who says when she was 14 she was sexually molested. there's that. i also want to can you ask you, ed, the question you say the president answered isn't necessarily the biggest question. do you think roy moore should be senator from alabama? do you want roy moore to be the next senator from alabama is this. >> are you asking me or the president. >> but i think you saying -- he hasn't answered or commented on this. shgs came out and she delivered an answer. the an was the people will decide. and by the way, i think that's fair. i'm not saying alfranken -- the woman that's accused him, i don't think she should be believed over al franken either until we see what happens. and if roy moore won't go into court and sue the "washington post" like he said he would so these women get their day in court, then shame on him. >> there's no court before election d

senate. >> right. it's not as easy as some washington republicans are trying to present it now and maybe why they're searching so desperately for an escape hatch to not have the problem you just laid out and the problem that david laid out. david, stay with me. shelby and joyce, thank you both. >> thanks. >> thank you. >>> coming up next, there's a hit to the republican tax plan. republican senator saying he's already against it. the votes later this week and the man that compiled that dossier on prmp's campaign links to russia telling a reporter he now believes based on what he's learned that most of it is not only true but provable. when you have a cold stuff happens. shut down cold symptoms fast with maximum strength alka seltzer plus liquid gels. ♪ spread a little love today ♪ spread a little love my-y way ♪ ♪ spread a little something to remember ♪ philadelphia cream cheese. made with fresh milk and real cream makes your recipes their holiday favourites. the holidays are made with philly

senators look at the possibility of not allowing this man to come. if he wins to the u.s. senate. as steve bannon is now still supporting roy moore. so the president needs to say manager. he can't have it both ways. >> tim, the president did not address roy moore in the speech and you saw him as he left the room, wouldn't address it either. he did spend about 24 minutes touting his trip to asia and on twitter, he said he wanted credit for securing the release to china of three ucla basketball players who were arrested for shoplifting. they had stolen something. sun glass, i believe. he tweeted you think the three players will say thank you. they were headed for ten years in jail. they did commit a crime. one could say ten years out of control. the president did not choose to condemn the treatment. more than 1400 of them according to congressional investigators right now. >> i remember in 2009 when many people were criticized. the apology tour, when he went around the world. in asia was awfully -- who are not noted for their human rights, their treatment of their own people. in sen

this afternoon senator johnson became the first republican to say that he will vote against the senate tax plan because he thinks it unfairly benefits corporations more than other types of businesses. the senate can lose only two votes and still pass the proposal. but as ylan mui reports, there are a lot of changes being made, including one that could make your tax cut tempo. >> reporter: the senate adding two bombshells to its tax plan. getting rid of the individual mandate for health care, and making the tax cuts for households expire after 2025. both of these measures could complicate the political negotiations that have been under way for weeks. today, senator ron johnson of wisconsin became the first republican to come out against the tax plan. republicans can only lose one more senator and still get this passed. the republicans didn't have the votes to pass the repeal of obamacare. senate leadership says this time is different. >> so in the end, keeping the individual mandate tax in place means retaining the status quo, which is not working too well. zeroing it out means we have