on roy moore. he shouldn't have had to be asked to take a stand. to the point. >> you know, it shouldn't have been asked, but we did ask. reporters did ask. this president is now in the spotlight as it comes to roy moore. this has become not just an alabama issue. it's become a washington issue. a national issue. and it is in the headlines and yes, even though president may have accusers the for something he has alleged or things he's alleged to have done, he is still the president of the united states and those issues come to him even if he has something in his past, he has to address this issue. if not, it will be hanging around his head and it could make things worse if he does not speak up forcefully one way or the other about the roy moore issue. >> all right. thank you both so very much. and next, mrs. roy moore. she's going after the accusers. spreading rumors they're getting paid. so who is kayla moore? and jeanne moos on trump and rubio. kindred spirits or just two really thirs thety guys.

judge moore looked at that d.a. after his signature which they ladies and gentlemen of the jury because he was the district attorney, well, he wasn't. judge moore can't ever remember signing his name with d.a. after it, but he had seen it before. you know where he had seen it? when he was on the bench, his assistant, whose initials are d.a., deborah adams, would stamp his signature on documents and put capital d.a. that's exactly how the signature appears on the divorce decree that judge moore signed, dismissing the di-morse action with ms. nelson. i've got a question, ms. nelson and gloria allred. do you still hold that everything in that year book was written by judge moore or by somebody else? that's not an accusation, that's a question. and finally, we demand you immediately release the year book to a neutral custodian so that our expert can look at it. not a copy on the internet. the actual document so we can see the lettering and the ink on the page. we can see the indentations and see how old is that ink? is

moore. about two years later, i told my younger sister what mr. moore did to me. about four years ago, i told my mother finally what happened. before i married my husband john, i told him what mr. moore had done to me. >> reporter: so, again, jake, she said that she had waited all this time to publicly come forward, but personally, again, alleging that she had in fact told some of her family members. jake? >> she also said that she came forward only because these other women came forward. this accuser, ms. nelson, she brought a physical object with her to this press conference, her year book. >> reporter: she did. she said when she was working there at the restaurant, the old hickory restaurant when she attended southside high school. she said one day she brought in her year book at work and at the time roy moore, who had been paying attention to her, according to which she said asked to sign her year book. >> i happened to bring my year book to work with me to the restaurant on december the 22nd, 1977. i put it down -- i put it down at the end of the counter. mr.

alabama may stick with roy moore. i think that's a factor. >> david, that is one of the concerns for the president weighing in, you know that for the people in alabama who support him and there are a lot who support him as we've seen at the rallies, they already in his opinion i guess made a mistake on backing luther strange. and then for him to weigh in against on a t state's right issue, does that look bad for him? >> well, look i don't think any gray options for the president, which he did you know come out with some wounds. but it does seem to me the best option from his point of view is that jeff sessions be on the ticket or be a write-in candidate that people can yunit behind and put these other arguments aside. i thought from the beginning until last week that the session's option is the best one for the president and for the party. but i think somebody has to -- there are six people involved here, you know. what we're being told by the bar people is that you can't believefully of them, all six of lying. is tha

what she says is moore's signature. i'm going to talk to attorney gloria allred about that in just a moment. it's want a lot for roy moore to hang his political future on really, especially with four other women accusing moore of sexually abusing them when they were teenagers. one of them just 14. and the "washington post" reporting tonight that two more women are saying moore made unwanted over tours when they worked at an alabama mall, especially with his own party urging him to drop out of the race and threatening to expel him from the senate if he wins, especially with the president of the united states dodging questions about him today. >> should roy moore resign, mr. president? do you believe -- should he resign? >> lots to discussion. live for us in best of my memory ham, alabama, josh moon a reporter and columnist for the alabama reporter joins us as well. my goodness. it comes at you fast with this story. there are new allegations coming out tonight against roy moore. i want to read just part of the "washington

roy moore's opponent. white house officials here repeat over and over again, look, he's never supported roy moore. he's never backed him. and so -- why would he be the right person to kind of reach out to roy moore saying, it's time to drop out of the race. the answer to that may be that the president is very popular in alabama. his approval ratings, 55% in the most recent poll taken. taken several months ago, but still it's an indication that it is a deep red state, ali, an there's a lot of support for the president there. of course, one of the possibilities, batted about, having the attorney general run as a write-in candidate. if roy moore doesn't drop out of the race, would that split the republican vote? would that only energize momentum for the democrat in the race, doug jones? all of the questions and hypotheticals white house officials here are weighing behind the scenes and at this point, again, it's not clear what the president's final decision is on this matter. >> kristen, thanks. standing by f

roy moore, 46%. doug jones, 46%. doug jones has completely closed that gap. >> well, and it's, again, not just because of this. you also have someone, candidate in doug jones, former u.s. attorney, someone who went back in as a special prosecutor and handled that case from 1963 when those little girls were killed in that church and successfully prosecuted it. and then you just look at his record and what he stands for and the state of things in alabama where you got people without health care and you've got a situation where you like to make it easier for kids to go to college, there's a lot of god that you could do if you got someone in there like doug jones and that's why i think it's really important that as we look at the gross stories and the courage of these women to come forward and tell them that you also see the other flip side that there is another way and there is someone that will bring a positive agenda with this idea of bringing people together instead of dividing them. >> senator amy klobuchar, thank y

trump's message, vote roy moore. the president backing roy moore for senate. making it clear that the president of the united states stands behind an accused child molester for senate over a democrat. trump speaking out about moore for the first time since returning from his asia trip a week ago. here's the president leaving washington for mar-a-lago just a short time ago, spelling out why alabama should vote moore. >> i could tell you one thing for sure. we don't need a liberal person in there, a democrat, jones. i have looked at his record. it's terrible on crime. it's terrible on the border. it's terrible on the military. >> then, when asked directly if an accused child molester is better than a democrat, trump answered that question very matter of factually. >> well, he denies it. he denies it. he totally denies it. he says it didn't happen. >> in fact, in the course of a few-minute exchange with the press, trump reminded everybody that roy moore, quote, denies it, at least ten times. of course, forget the fact that at least eight women have come forward t

you read the statement from moore's camp, kayla moore put out earlier on a statement on facebook. the wife of roy moore saying we are gathering evidence of money being paid to people to come forward, part of why we are filing the suit. fund-raising, "establishment would rather see a democrat in the seat than a real conservative like roy moore." this is day five, ali, and there is defiance. woman number five to have come forward and this is a campaign making the statement that it is us against the world. mitch mcconnell, they spent $30 million establishment republicans did, to beat us one and a half months ago and they lost. another situation societying up one month out from this campaign, that everybody else is doing whatever they can to keep us out of the race. whether this account, the most graphic visual and direct suggestion of assault, whether this has the ramifications of pushing republicans in this state in alabama, seven congressmen are still backing roy moore, party officials continue to back him, that's the question. this is video that you were just listening to that is

moore. >> i think he should step aside. >> this afternoon, another woman came forward with allegations that roy moore sexually assaulted her when she was a nigh mor. >> this is absolutely false. i never did what she said i did. >> nobody can say that we believe his denial more than we believe the women. >> i believe the women, yes. >> it's why i believe that it was appropriate for me to withdraw my indoersment. >> i just think there's no good outcome for mr. moore. and if you win, you lose, because you are coming to a body people are calling for your expulsion. >> you know, at some point, at some point they can say it's time to step aside. >> donald trump jr. secretly corresponded with the organization wikileaks during the campaign and for months afterward. >> wikileaks, i love wikileaks. >> this latest revelation raises more questions about the level of communication between the trump campaign and agents of russia. >> i believe that president putin really feels and he feels strongly that he

>> so vote roy moore? >> not saying anything why the media are trying to boost him? >> so vote roy moore? >> i'm telling you we wants the votes in the senate to get this tax bill through. >> the white house is not alone. alabama's republican governor kay ivey didn't mince words on her position friday. >> we need to have a republican in the united states senate to vote on the things like supreme court justices, other appointments the senate has to kerm and make judicial decisions. that's who i plan to vote for, the republican nominee roy moore. >> curiously, puttous a supreme court wish list even though there be no currencies on the court. would the white house be pleased if moore won? here's sarah huckabee sanders' answer this afternoon. >> obviously the president wants people in the house and senate that support his agenda but as i've said and as the hatch act provide hibts me from going further, we think this is something the alabama voters should decide. >> and the candidate himself it attacking almost

roy moore fighting back. his lawyer trying to poke holes in one accusers story, even questioning his signature in her high school yearbook. plus, president trump's silence not weighing in on roy moore and thirsty trump. is the president taking a page from marco rubio's playbook? let's go "outfront." good evening. "outfront" tonight, the breaking news, roy moore fighting back. ignoring increasing pressure to get out of the race. moore's attorney in a bizarre press conference moments ago went after one of moore's

do you believe roy moore? he kept saying, well, moore totally denies it. david, put this in perspective for us? >> let's pick up where you left off. so if you're asked do you believe moore and what moore's saying here, and your answer is, well, he totally denies it, that's a yes. you believe roy moore over these women otherwise you wouldn't go on to make the case that a liberal democrat is someone who is accused of being a child molester. again, we have the president of the united states in a totally different place than the rest of his elected leadership party. again, that's not necessarily new, this week seeing a establishments grassroots divide. donald trump is on an i would in terms of the republican party. mitch mcconnell came out a week ago and said, i believe the women. paul ryan, i believe the women. in fact, we're having a massive cultural moment beyond the roy moore scenario. look at gayle king and norah o'donnell about their colleague charlie rose. they were anguished but said i believe the women. this is a moment where brave women come forward

beverly young nelson said moore sexual assaulted her when she was just 16. will moore bow out? leading republicans, including the president, are weighing in. and tonight moore, himself, and his wife are speaking out. >> mr. moore reached over and began groping me and putting his hand on my breasts. i tried to open my car door to leave but he reached over and locked it so i could not get out. >> reporter: beverly young nelson, detailing a sexual assault from roy moore nearly 40 years ago when she was only 16 years old. >> i tried fighting him off while yelling at him to stop. but instead of stopping, he began squeezing my neck, attempting to force my head on to chrhis crotch. >> reporter: she is the fifth to accuse moore of sexual assault. the women were all in their teens. moore has denied the allegations and defiantly defended himself again tonight with his wife by his side. >> i never did what she said i did. i don't even know the woman. i don't know anything about her. i don't even know where the restaurant is or was. >> these things are false, and it's ugly, it's the uglies

romney even won nine more counties than moore did. 52 counties for romney versus 43 counties for moore. plus romney even did better in moore's home county of etowah. 68% for romney compared to 55% for moore. of course this all happened long before those allegations of sexual misconduct about moore came out publicly. sure, there are big differences between running for alabama supreme court and the u.s. senate, but these 2012 numbers show that moore has been a divisive figure even among alabama republicans for a long time. if that divide re-emerges next month, this could be how deep red alabama elects a democrat to the senate on december 12th. >>> and when we come back, end game and what some trump voters now say they think about the president. e-commerce. real time inventory. virtual changing rooms. that's why retailers rely on comcast business to deliver consistent network speed across multiple locations. every corporate office, warehouse and store near or far covered. leaving every competitor, threat and challenge outmaneuvered. comcast business outmaneuver. a heart transplant... that

>> i would vote for roy moore. yeah, i've been a life long conservative. >> roy moore or doug jones? >> neither. >> why? >> don't like either candidate. >> do you usually vote republican? >> yeah. >> this time though? >> neither. >> you are a little hesitant? >> probably not going to vote. >> for all the attention we give roy moore, i should note that doug jones is actually on the campaign trail. he's here in huntsville where he is going to be meeting with defense contractors here this afternoon. he will be delivering his open press conference at 5:00 in person. and he is participating in a town hall in madison tonight. roy moore has essentially gone missing and has left his spokespeople to do the talking for him. doug jones is crossing the state doing the campaigning himself. >> von, thank you for your great reporting from alabama. in montgomery for us. >>> the other high-profile case of alleged sexual misconduct we are volg involved the longest serving member of the house. john conyers denying allegations first r

they're blocking cover for moore. steve bannon -- behind the roy moore primary win, going against donald trump, against mcconnell, he created this league of extraordinary candidates and he was going to run the table and change the republican face of the senate. if roy moore loses in december, that could blow up bannon's plan for the entire midterm election. there's a lot of skin in the game for steve. i think that's why you're seeing breitbart so aggressively out there trying to protect roy moore from these allegations. it's more about protecting bannon and trying to make sure that he has a power base going forward than anything else. >> a lot of -- do you think this muddies the bannon name or are we giving voters too much credit? >> i think bannon is thrilled to be inserted into this conversation. >> really? >> i do. i think the more people are talking about steve bannon and breitbart, the more headlines he gets. bannon has not been known to be getting the most positive coverage but he keeps getting coverage. he like

he set a 24-hour time limit for judge roy moore. you know, despite what he just said there, he spent much of the show saying we believe the women. he talked about bill clinton's accusers. he brought in other political topics. you could say they were using women as pawns but the theme is we believe the women and everybody else should believe the women, too. it doesn't sound like sean hand pi's on roy moore's side and talked about his 16-year-old daughter and sickened by the idea of older men approaching younger women. i think it points to the fact not only has the news story tonight helped establish the pattern that was already established in previous stories, but it also shifted the narrative from the signature issue. roy moore's campaign held an event the to talk about the yearbook signature and forms signed and now back to these allegation that is establish a pattern that bothers voters, bothers conservative media. it clearly bothers a lot of republicans in the senate. i mean, roy moore never had mitch mcconnell and lost endorseme

moore's attorney. if anyone expected it to be some sort of announcement about stepping back or, you know, stepping out of the race, that's certainly not what happened. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely not. couldn't be further from the truth. if you thought we were going to get something substantive, it actually end up being about handwriting. the attorney for moore coming out and saying he wants the public to decide. he wants an analysis of the handwriting in the yearbook that roy moore supposedly signed according to his accuser, versus what his handwriting looks like. okay, so here they are. to your top left, that is from this year, him signing as a candidate. to your top right, that is in 1999 when the judge signed divorce papers for the accuser. and in 1977, the yearbook. the yearbook that he signed. it was beverly nelson's yearbook. and you can see there -- you can make your own decision. but if you talk to the people shortly after this news conference, we did talk to at least one voter, and he said i

he took roy moore's side here. he said he believes roy moore. if you believe roy moore, you do not believe the women who are accusing him. >> although breitbart guy was arguing vigorously. we see it all the time. both sides can be credible. >> no. >> both sides are credible. it is an impossibility of logic, but that's what they argue. both sides can be critical. >> it is important to say if donald trump believes roy moore's denials and he has issued a full scale blanket denial, these are lies. i never met these women. if he believes that, then he does not believe the women. so to say women are special and this is a special time for women, those two things don't go together. >> yeah. you can like donald trump or hate him, but that does not add up. >> chris, i'm not sure he has issued -- i don't hear it as unequivocably as you do. >> you're talking about roy moore? >> roy moore. >> true. >> he said something to the effect of i don't believe that in the past i may have not done that. >> you're right. the denial for roy moore has not been unequivoca

should roy moore resign? >> the president has expressed apprehension about commenting due to his own past accusers. mr. trump's daughter, ivanka, however, speaking out forcefully telling "the associated press" there is a special place in hell for people who prey on children. the embattled candidate fighting back on multiple fronts listing 12 female character witnesses, writing an open letter to prominent conservative sean hannity, attempting to discredit one of his accusers. beverly nelson, who said roy moore sexual assaulted her when she was 16 years old. she said after moore attacked her, she nephew spoke to him again. but citing nelson's 1999 divorce. >> guess who that case was before? it was filed in etowah county and the judge signed roy s. moore. >> reporter: this raise ig questions about moore's own defense earlier this week. >> i don't even know the woman. i don't know anything about her. >> reporter: moore's lawyer can citing this. >> release the yearbook so we can dinner is it genuine or a fraud? >>

bannon is a big backer of judge moore and is still in moore's camp. but shep, as more allegations come out, it's clear that establishment republicans are running away from him as fast as possible. the situation down there in alabama -- you know the south very well, shep. a lot of people still behind roy moore. if the election were today, a good chance he could win. the steady drip drip of allegations between now and december 13 may torpedo the campaign. we don't know. we'll have to see what comes out. no question that the republican party seems to be running away as fast as they can. again, the white house has no clue at this point what to do about it, shep. >> shepard: it's interesting. you mentioned the fact that they're in alabama, they might say, we're not going to let "the washington post" tell us what to do. there's no doubt there's that sentiment there. the republicans have spent many decades convincing the party faithful that "the new york times" and "the washington post" and the rest of the msn or the liberal media are not going to report the

against judge moore. allegations moore denied and we are watching this. i think at this point, let's find out what we're going to hear at this press conference. here it is. >> -- campaign so you can expect most anything to come out but we can't just stand by idly and let these charges go without answers. a lot of people told us different things about these stories and we're checking them all out. we can tell you we have information we're going to share with you today and we know you'll share it with those folks you're communicating with about some of these charges. i am bill armstead, chairman of the campaign for judge moore and want to introduce philip dreggy, consequently campaign for justice moore campaign back in 2000. he's an attorney and i'd like to turn this over there mr. dreggy and he'll make some comments. >> appreciate y'all being here today. this is very important, of course in respect have been have serious, serious allegations and we really appreciate the media and what you do to help get th

that this means she can't support a moore, and liz plank, who's been critical of moore. these are conversations that i think are worth having. i thank each of you for being here. liz, stay with me for later in the show. we have to fit in a break. and then there is developing knew with jared kushner and the russia probe. a bipartisan warning from investigators about him withholding evidence from wikileaks. that's brand new. and reports that taxpayers could be fitting the bill about lawsuits that are about donald trump's private business. richard paynor is here. and then there was a sean hannity 180. that's ahead. i'm ari melber and you're watching "the beat" on msnbc. t s and seamless experience across web and tablet? do you want $4.95 commissions for stocks, $0.50 options contracts? $1.50 futures contracts? what about a dedicated service team of trading specialists? did you say yes? good, then it's time for power e*trade. the platform, price and service that gives you the edge you need. looks like we have a couple seconds left. let's do some card twirling twirling cards

versus roy moore. and just moments ago, more fallout for moore. senators mike lee of utah and steve danes of montana have pulled their endorsement of moore. alex is "outfront" tonight at the courthouse in alabama where moore alleged ly met the girl. so, roy moore is fully and vehemently deny iing the accusations tonight. show that being received there by voters? >> he is. this is the roy moore his supporters know and love. the roy moore who doesn't back down from a fight. we spent the day speaking with some of his supporters. to a man and woman, they are sticking with him. we spoke with a woman who said even if the allegations turn out to be true, she will still vote for him. ♪ if anything can be said about roy moore's supporters, it's that they're fervent and loyal. drawn to him in spite of a controversial past, his values based campaign centered around christian beliefs is popular among this reddest of red states. that loyalty still strong despite these new allegations. supporters unnerved, but so far, unwaivering. at merrill's barbecue, dotti

should roy moore step aside, sir? should roy moore step aside, sir? >> his answer, you heard it, silence. trump fired off 16 tweets of all sorts of things from trump to ucla basketball players and slamming cnn and "the new york times." not a single word about the candidate accused by seven women of harassment, sexual assault and inappropriate behavior of minors. when press secretary sarah sanders was asked if the president feels roy moore should step aside, sanders punted. >> he thinks the people of alabama should make the decision. that's something in a decision the people of alabama need to make. the people of alabama should be the ones to make the decisions. up to the people of alabama to make the decision. the president believes it is a decision for the people of alabama to make. look, the president, as i said about seven or eight times now thinks it's the decision for the people of alabama to make. >> sanders rattled off the people of alabama line six times in a 20-minute press conference. as for the president, this is what's so crucial here. the

support for moore. it comes one month for a special place to replace a seat left have a can't by attorney general jeff sessions. i want to bring in peter baker, good morning, it's good to see you, let's get to it. this has put republicans pretty much between a rock and a hard place. they do not want to lose that seat, which by all appearances, roy moore may win despite these allegations, at the same time, they can't accept moore with this scandal swirling about him. so what kind of options do they have? >> you are exactly right. this is a no win for senate republicans, they are casting about for ideas. some are wild and far fetched. they haven't been able to pressure roy moore into stepping down. even if they did, under the law, aparentally one thing is they are asking the republican governor to recule the election. >> that would allow them to have a longer period in which to put together a new candidate, but also talking about going forward with this election with a write-in candidate, perhaps luther s

many of them are roy moore supporters. even though president trump himself had supported luther strange, the appointed interim senator during the primary. so it's been awkward, awkward, awkward. alex. >> yeah, that was awkward. in fact, marc misspoke because the president has not spoken about this, even though he said he has. so -- well, to be continued, no doubt, right? >> reporter: they refer that through the spokesperson. that's one of the interpretations they make here, the president has spoken through his spokesperson, but the president has not in his own words on camera talked about this publicly. you're right. >> despite all the questions shouted his way. kelly o'donnell, thanks so much from the white house this sunday. >>> joining me now national security reporter at "the hill" and jeremy peters, "new york times" reporter and an msnbc contributor. always good to have you both. i'm going to start with you here, jeremy, because i'm looking at the article you've written. particularly about the division that moore's ca

moore's sexual assault when i was a teenager. mr. moore reached over and began groping me. i tried fighting him off. i yelled at him to stop. but instead of stopping, he began squeezing my neck. i continued to struggle. i was determined that i was not going to allow him to force me to have sex with him. i was terrified. i thought that he was going to rape me. >> do you view her statement as evidence that is probative? potentially true or you don't believe her? >> no, i don't know. again, i don't know miss nelson. i don't know the other ladies. i'm not confident that anyone anyone that knows them personally or has had a relationship with they will in the past. i do think that each and every allegation that's introduced needs to be properly vetted and needs to get the full attention for the severity of the comments that have been made. >> that's what we're trying to do here. you talk about the evidence, the new yorker reporting again, alabama former prosecutor saying it was common knowledge roy dated high school girls. more knowledge in there. and then also a police officer i

he refused to answer questions about moore. >> should roy moore resign, mr. president? do you believe the accusers? >> cnn has learned president trump's silence is rooted in his own past controversy, the republican close to the white house says the president is concerned the focus will shift to earlier sexual misconduct allegations against him. >>> one trump is speaking up. ivanka tells the associated press, quote, there's a special place in hell for people who prey on children. i've i've yet to see a valid explanation and have no reason to doubt the victims' accounts. >> moore insisting we will stay in the race. campaign also putting out quotes for a dozen women who have known moore for years attesting to his krk. character. >> hannity had given moore 24 hours to giver a better exp explanation or drop out. he now calls the allegations beyond disturbing and serious but so far not dropping his support. he has said this will be left up to the voters of alabama. >> 35 minutes past the hour. the president heads to capitol hill to speak to gop house members ahead of a vote o

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but then the roy moore news broke. suddenly republicans, including majority leader mitch mcconnell, had to deal with yet another bombshell. accusations in "the washington post" that roy moore, the party's senate nominee in alabama, had sexual contact with a 14-year-old. who he picked up outside of court where her parents were having a custody case. republican senators found themselves bombarded with questions not about tax brackets and allowable deductions but about whether they would still stand by a man now accused of molesting a child. the clock is ticking with 16 days left in session for the house, 20 day forth the senate. donors are keeping up the pressure on republican lawmakers to deliver on tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy. a fact that some are publicly admitting like republican congressman chris colins in new york who told "the hill," my donors are basically saying, get it done or don't ever call me again. senator lindh say graham said, the financial contributions will stop, among other repercussion

president, do you believe roy moore? >> roy moore denies it. and by the way, he gives a total denial. i do have to say, 40 years is a long time. he's run eight races and this has never come up. 40 years is a long time. the women are trump voters. most of them are trump voters. all you can do is do what you have to do. he totally denies it. >> [question inaudible] >> i do. i really do. i think they should. thank you. have a good thanksgiving, everybody. >> shepard: well, man alive. that was a journalist dream come true in many ways. a lot of subjects touched on there. go back to roy moore. we'll start there and move to the other matters. i'm going to get to this in just a second. we got the read-out on vladimir putin's call. not a quick call. more than an hour it lasted according to the white house. back to roy moore. we don't need a liberal in there. he talked about the different positions of jones from his perspective. and on roy moore, he said he denies this. then he said he denies this totally. then he said this didn't happen. a little later

moore support. president trump all but endorses alabama senate candidate roy moore, accused by multiple women of sexually abusing and assaulting them as teenagers. the president shrugs off the allegations and slams moore's opponents saying we don't need a liberal democrat, his words, in that seat. >>> kremlin calling. president trump takes a call from russia's president vladimir putin and the two discuss syria, terrorism and north korea. as the president heads to florida, was any discussion about russia's election meddling. >>> just beginning an investigation into accusations that veteran democrat congressman john conyers sexually harassed female staff members. he denies the allegations but confirms settlement with one woman. >>> slaps kim jong-un's regime with new sanctions after putting north korea back on the list of the state sponsor of terrorism. we have new details on the assassination that led president trump to take action. wolf blitzer is off. i'm jim acosta. you're in "the situation room."

moore -- mr. moore to know that he no longer has any power over me, and i no longer live in fear of him. >> and there you have juchtd the latest accuser here in this roy moore story out of alabama here. brin gingras just sat down. she has a new statement from roy moore. >> that statement came in as this was going on so it seems that they were somewhat prepared for this to happen. let me read it to you in full what the statement says. gloria allred is a sensationalist leading a witch hunt and she's only around to create a spectacle. allred claims credit for giving us roe versus wade which has resulted in tens of millions of murders of unborn babies. roy moore has never had sexual misconduct against -- let it be understood the truth will come forward, we will pursue all legal options and let me finish that on the screen there. against these false claims and judge moore will be vindicated and i'm sorry, i lost my e-mail there and it's a lengthy statement that came out as this was going on and it seem

an effect on trying to get moore out. the president is very popular in alabama, a state he won by nearly 30 points. >> but remember he endorsed luther strange and luther stranges lost to roy moore in the primary. >> yeah. he wishy-washy endorsed him. we can definitely quibble with the fact that perhaps the president weighing in, that roy moore should get out, might not change what alabama voters decide. but back to your original question of why the president's been silent, i think if he says you know what, i do believe these roy moore accusers, you got to go, it opens him up to very serious questions about why his accusers, who have also many of them been on the record listed names and dates and details, are not to be believed, but roy moore's are. he's in a very difficult situation here. >> amber phillips hitting the nail on the head. thank you very much. sam stein, thank you as well. breaking news out of new jersey, where a federal judge declared a mistrial this afternoon in the bribery case against senator bob menendez

because moore has a rabid base. i found i like rick, and i enjoy spending time with him. and talking with him. i thought his answer was kind of peculiar. basically he's setup a situation where you can vote for moore even though you abhor what he's done because it's a safe thing because the senate will then throw him out. so you don't have to feel responsible for putting roy moore in the senate. there's no guarantee the senate is going to throw roy moore out. and i think that's a way of making voters more comfortable in casting a vote for moore. >> hey, let me play you something, kerstin. we say while the president is ignoring the morality of the situation, he knows that we are in a moment of culture change right now. he knows it. he said it today. let's play some of the sound where the president is talking about why he thinks about the revelations of the conduct that needs to be stopped is good for women. >> mr. president, what is your message to women? this is pivotal moment in your our nation's history. >> women a

, moore is hitting back. his legal team promising challenges, even calling it

another woman is accusing roy moore of sexual assault. but moore is defiant. he says the accusations are false. and the women are part of a democratic plot to bring him down. but this latest accuser like others voted for trump. why would she go along with a democratic plot to take down a gop senate candidate? why would she go through all of this? >> this has nothing to do with politics. this has everything to do with doing the right thing for the right reasons. look, this is the fifth person we heard from in this case where the accusations are more credible than the denials. and she clearly was having a difficult, difficult time. she clearly was not doing this for political reasons. she was not doing it for any vendetta. she was doing it as she said because four other women had the courage and had the bravery to come forward and make these situations known, make this -- alert the people of alabama before they went to the voting booth what happened to them. i believe them. i believe each and every one of them. and i think it is important that more people take t

moore, judge moore to be very troubling, extremely troubling, et cetera. as we all know, the president faced a number of similar allegations or somewhat similar allegations during the course of the campaign and vigorously denied them. but i wonder what you would assert to be the difference between the two situations such that on the face of things we should find one set of allegations very troubling and on the other we shunned pay attention to them or all or totally disbelieve them. >> i think the president has certainly a lot more in sight into what he personally did or didn't do. and he spoke out about that directly during the campaign. and i don't have anything further to add beyond that. >> sara, i'd like to ask you about two other topics. tax bill that passed by the house today. one of the things that the tax bill does is increase the deficit by $1.5 trillion. i know the white house has argued that that would be paid by growing the economy. but if the economy doesn't grow, how do you square that with the republican view of or general principle that th

moore's attorney zeroing in on a note beverly nelson says moore signed in her yearbook. >>reporter: christine and save, roy moore's attorney came out trying to defend his client. he also attempted to turn the conversation away from allegations of child sex abuse to handwriting analysis. the focus of his comments was about the yearbook, assigned apparently by rmoore. roy moore's attorney saying the handwriting and that yearbook was forged. >> we have a handwriting expert, pardon me, that's looking at those. here's the problem. a handwriting expert can't look at a copy on the internet, right? they've got to look at an original. right now our attorney is sending a letter to gloria demanding the yearbook be released. we'll send it to a neutral custodian. keep chain of custody and our professional 13eexpert will fin out if it's genuine or fraud. >> we spoke to a voter and the impact on what will happen on december 12, this voter said it certainly made things muddier for him and much more complicated. >> that was quite a press conference. the attorney for that accuser quick to

you may say oh, my, moor is bad. we want a pro life justice replacing ruth baseder ginsberg. >> that is one of the concerns certainly for the president weighing in that, you know, that for the people in alabama who support him and again, there are a lot of people. we've seen them at the ral riz. that he already in his opinion, i guess, made a mistake on backing luther strange. that didn't work out and then for him to weigh in against -- on a states rights issue sh does that look bad for him? i would assume that's part of the consideration for him. >> i don't think any great option for the president in which he doesn't come out with some wounds. but it does seem to me that the best option from his point of view that jeff sections on the ticket or be a write in candidate that people can unite behind. and you put these other arguments aside, we know for some time now that jeff sessions has had tense relationships with the president any way and he seems to be unhappy in the job. he lost his own job. so i thought from the

judge moore isn't on trial. >> you're say nag shouldn't happen to judge moore. so one should be accountable and another one should not? >> no. i'm saying people are innocent until proven guilty. that's what i'm saying. >> that's in a court of law. this is not in a court of law. this is a run for senate. yes, we have that in a court of law. we're not in a court of law now. this is a run for senate. this is a senate seat. >> so because somebody is running for public office, you should be able to say anything and cast any aspersions that you wish upon them because they're in the public eye -- >> no, no. it sounds >> bringing this to a congressional show trial is not a court. >> how is it -- there's no other way. the statute of limitation has run out. >> well, exactly. but she's wanting to bring it to a show court on the congressional floor and do we not have enough -- >> then how do you -- then what happens here then? what are the repercussions? how do you figure out who is right and wrong and telling the truth if you don't do it some way? how do you do that? >> ex