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>> julie: roy moore not only vehemently denies these accusations and refuses to drop out despite national gop lawmakers urging him to do so. local gop standing behind him right now. he is taking interestingly enough a similar approach as the president with regard to fake news media. his campaign website added a form for people to report inappropriate news organization contact. the media has given moores accusers a lot of coverage in recent days. chris, is he trying to shift the blame on the medi...

Post" reported the stories of two new accusers, members of the alabama republican party said they will stand behind him. and late today he was defiant. >> as you know, the "washington post" has brought some skurlous, false charges, not charges, allegations which i have emphatically denied time and time again. theyre not only untrue, but they have no evidence to support them. theres been comments about me taking a stand. yes, i have taken april stand in the past. ill take a stand in the future. a...

Thats different than visual evidence than what al franken did. the president is making the case that al franken was condemning roy moore and others. there is a level of hypocrisy there. >> do you believe the white houses official position that the presidents accusers because its not just talk, there are sexual accusers and there are more than a dozen of them are lying? what do you think? >> the president has been clear that the allegations were not true. >> lets go to texas. republicans are tout...

Gerch e governor saying she believes moorp accusers but will vote for him anyway. is that a shot in the arm? how is that viewed across that state? >> reporter: peter, its interesting shes really the first major republican weve heard make that argument. we heard it one year ago in donald trumps candidacy among republican, hold your nose and vote for the party. essentially, hold on to the senate majority. too important of a seat to be too concerned about an individuals morals. the republican party...

Time. minnesota still sent him to the senate. >> had this allegation came out in 2007, the 225 vote margin he won by over coleman changes the u.s. senate. >> it might have. >> this sound bite from the white house. asked about the president weighing in on al franken and not on moore. >> there was covered extensively during the campaign. we addressed it then. the american people spoke loud and clear when they elected this president. >> how is this different? >> i think in one case, specifically, s...

Donald trump and how he dealt with his accusers by defaming them, by saying they were too unattractive for him to ever have harassed. its the same for roy moore, saying he is going to sue his accusers for defamation. and neither one of them are ever moving on that. >> a very different approach is al franken. al franken is inviting an ethics investigation. whats your take on this? does that actually help him? because this isnt a good situation for al. >> no, no, look, it doesnt bring back the int...

Voted me in the primary and now theyre trying a different tactic. ill tell you who needs to step down. thats mitch mcconnell. >> reporter: moore also issued a blanket denial basically saying all accusation that is have become public are simply not true. he would not answer specific questions. >> a seventh woman coming forward with inappropriate conduct against former president george h.w. bush. a 55-year-old michigan woman. saying he grabbed her rear end during a photo op in 1992. her story is s...

But instead of decertifying him, leaders of the alabama republican party decided to stick with roy moore. today, alabama republicans put out a statement of support for him saying, quote, alabamians will be the ultimate jury in this election, not the media or those from afar. that said, according to a poll out today from fox news, alabamians now prefer the democrat in the race, by eight points. if you believe this fox news poll from after the accusations began, roy moores list of nine accusers is...

This is an effort by mitch mcconnell and his cronies to steal the selection from the people of alabama and they will not stand for it. i want to throw out some more because we have brand-new polling numbers. this one i wanted to go to is about the senate majority leader mitch mcconnells job performance and how they feel about potential voters in alabama, just 27% have approval for him. for the judge to go after him could be a winning strategy on some fronts. >> its carried him this far. why chan...

All say they have a position -- >> two things, one, good on judges, bad on molesting a 14-year-old is -- >> its no the proven. >> not saying. theyre looking at it, some of them, including republican senators saying they believe accusers. >> al franken admitted today he sexually assaulted a woman who was comatose. a woman says something and supposed to be -- i have no reason to doubt the accusers or roy moore. before you say he molested -- >> ivanka trump didnt go there. >> throw up on the screen...