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Next. Tonight, breaking news. Your money, your taxes. President trump declaring republicans are on the verge of a major tax victory tonight, and promises if its passed, americans will save on their taxes by february. Mary bruce tonight with a fact check. Who wins, who loses . Corporate america or middle class americans . Also tonight, the Election Night upset. The deep red state of alabama electing the democrat, sending doug jones to the senate. Roy moore losing. And what the president now says ...

Out decency wins and he took a picture of george bush and the obamas. pete: i dont mean to make light of it, but you take a photo with bill clinton and say decency wins, im just saying. all oyou look at it with sympaty when you watch it. at the same time, no one changes their political view based on i think speeches and eulogies. if youre shaped into saying how dare you support someone like donald trump or his views because john mccain was the standard bearer of goodness, john mccain was a good ...

But unlike many republicans in congress, trump went all-in for moore. >> get out and vote for roy moore. do it. do it. >> reporter: this despite the fact that eight women accused the candidate of sexual misconduct, much of it when they were teenagers. >> he denies it. and by the way, he totally denies it. >> reporter: but trumps endorsement carried surprisingly little weight. in 2016, he won 63% of the vote in alabama. but among voters yesterday, his approval rating, just 48%. on the flip side, ...

States. but the implications will be felt here in washington as well. president trump endorsed moore even as most republicans deemed him toxic. tonight the president tweeted "congratulations to doug jones on a hard fought victory. the write in votes played a very big factor but a win is a win. the people of alabama are great, and the republicans will have another shot at this seat in a very short period of time. it never ends. thats his word. when jones takes his seat the republican grip on the ...

Kasich. jeff flake says this. decency wins. two short words, but look how many times that has been retweet retweeted. a lot of people liking and retweeting that. sarah westwood, the reaction now from the republican party going forward, what happens do you think inside the white house? >> well, certainly the white house is going to be worried about how this reflects on its credibility and its clout heading into 2018. the implications for the party are not good. but on the other hand, i think a lo...

Realigned dealt a blow to his chances. >> books may be written about what happened last night in alabama. but jeff flake, who has battled with the president may have summed it up best in two words. in a tweet, decency wins. buzz decency above all else the biggest message taken away from this win? >> it may be the biggest message, but i wouldnt say its the only message. i would say the larger message is this president is in trouble in a sense hes 0 for 3. im talking about luther strange, ed gilla...

Hes a republican and tweeted decency wins. in his victory speech, doug jones delivered a message of unity. lets watch. >> i am truly, truly overwhelmed, but you know, folks, and you have all heard me say this at one point or another in this campaign, i have always believed that the people of alabama had more in common than to divide us. we have shown not just around the state of alabama, but we have shown the country the way that we can be unified. >> at the end of the day, this entire race has ...

A shim or there reporting from washington well on social media trumps opponents are hailing morris defeat as a big tree for women and minorities actor a list milan of herself a victim of sexual assault and who helped spark the me to movement tweeted thank you for restoring my face and humanity alabama thank you for fighting for whats right doug jones even some republicans celebrating the outcome senator jeff flake simply tweeting decency wins. well the win has revived democrats hopes that this c...

He responds in kind. and we saw that that with senator gillibrand. >> i also want to show a tweet that jeff flake has just sent out. i want to put up on the screen. decency wins. >> donald trump is going to be the same what that means, yes, the democratic party has a huge foil. even more importantly that than, donald trump still controls the republican base. so, if donald trump goes in or steve bannon goes in and throws their weight around theres still going to be a hard time for moderate -- the...

Bring in politics reporter and sarah westwood is back with us. shes the white house correspondent for the washington examiner. as we go through all these exit polls trying to find out what was motivating the people in alabama, what do you see? what tipped him over the edge, doug jones? >> i think its a combination of factors as eric was describing. its almost sort of the perfect storm that doug jones needed to pull off this victory. you have the combination of the heavy african american turnout,...