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Everything thats happened in this state, in this country, people across the country are now realizing, you know, look, elections have serious consequences. when you realize that, you tend to turn out the vote. yes, sir? >> could you talk a bit more about the infrastructure in the democratic party here in the state. the future of it. what youre going to do about that. >> i dont know what the future is going to hold. well just see. woo were going to have obviously some discussions. i think some of...

Counsel in that situation. here, theres been no allegation that there have been any rules broken. if there are policies are the department by people texting stuff on fbi telephones, then the office of professional responsibility and the office of the inspector general, thats their job, hundreds of people. all they do is investigate department of justice employees, but for a special counsel theres got to be a law broken, maybe like when the attorney general of the united states does not tell the ...

I think the public trust in this whole thing is gone. it seems you have two things you can do. you are the guy in charge. you are the guy that picked mueller. you wrote the memo saying why you needed to fire comey. youre the guy in charge. you can disband the mueller special prosecutor and do what weve all called for. appoint a second special counsel to look into this. to look into peter strut, everything else weve learned in the last several weeks. >> republican congressman jim jordan questioni...

The pivot never really comes. i do think to symones point about the unpopularity of the tax legislation, its important to keep in mind one of the things that made donald trump especially the nominee of the republican party and eventually the president of the united states, he connected with middle and working class voters in a way that past republican nominees hadnt. in a way that certainly mitt romney hadnt only four years earlier. and i do think one of the critical problems that the roy moore ...

Have succeeded and there was a time last night i was convinced we wouldnt. i was prepared to talk about the fact, you know, that this was not the end, it was the beginning, as coach saban once said famously. so i think going forward what im hoping you will see in both parties is competitive races. this state is going to be progressed as far as we can because beginning today, beginning with this election, i believe were on the road to having a competitive two-party state without one-party dominat...

Officials that i am the most proudest of. we didnt have to alter. we didnt move. we were true to ourselves. and i think that was a very important piece of winning this election. people in alabama do not like to see folks that flip-flop and do things. they want to see somebody who stays true to themselves because thats somebody they know they can talk to, reason with and discuss with. yes, sir? way in the back. you. yes, you. >> so one big factor in your win was the minority vote. which, you know...

Back at what happened when senator brown won in massachusetts, i think senator reed held the affordable care act vote, if i remember correctly, but there is a combination of things. there are a lot of moving pieces that involve the certification of this election, the recesses of the senate and how theyre going to go as were approaching the holidays. so i think well let that play out a little bit and see. i think that both senator mcconnell and senator schumer are going to end up doing the right ...

Okay. all right. yall got to -- i mean, dont throw things at me. okay. ill go back to you. >> i just wanted to get your thoughts on what corey gardner said last night. he said they did the right thing. >> well, i would expect a republican to say that. i expect the democrats to say i hope he does the right thing and vote for democrats, but the people of alabama expect me to do the right thing and vote for the people of alabama. so were going to see. were going to take every issue one step at a ti...

Okay. speak up. you all got to speak up now. i didnt mean to throw too much cold water on all you guys. >> what would you say to moderate alabama voters that may have vote forward you but dont agree with you on -- -- >> youre not going to agree with me. even as some that in the democratic party that voted for me that have been very enthusiastic about this campaign is not going to agree with me on every issue. the key is trying to find that common ground. i know that im just sounding like that br...

He won 34% of white women. obama won 16%. and 58% of all women. might women save america? >> well, first of all, i think he struck the exact right tone during that press conference. >> solid. >> hes pretty solid and a fundamentally decent man. that was really one of the things that helped him so much. but, yeah, the numbers, if you look at african-american turnout. the campaign was hoping for 28%. they got to 30. hoping to get around 30% of the white vote. they got 34%. you know, if you look at ...