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Welcome back to state of the union. were back with independent senator bernie sanders of vermont. senator, in the wake of senator frankens resz ig nation, you and many democratic senators have been calling for president trump to resign due to his own sexual harassment and assault accusations. take a listen to what two other democrats have to say about this issue, though. >> those allegations were made before the election. so people had an opportunity to judge before that election. i think we nee...

>> yes. i dont think you should take anybody votes for granted. alabama is a very diverse state. weve got areas we need to focus on for jobs, education, the economy. our workforce development working with congresswoman sewell, i think theres a lot of things. i told folks early on in this campaign that everybody needs to do a political reset button and start looking at issues and started voting on issues rather than political parties. >> writer and civil rights activist shaun king says that you, ...

Member of one party or another you will vote a certain way that should never be the case i will figure out what is in the best interest of my state and of the country dont expect me to vote solidly for republicans or democrats. arthel: that was senator elect jones that he will not vote just on party lines the outlook could be crucial because the gop holds only a razr thin majority voting on the tax bill next week but as of right now he will not be officially certified to catch a vote on that leg...

So now we move onto senator elect jones calling him a doug jones democrat. what does that that signal about the type of lawmaking policy and practices mr. jones will bring to washington? >> we see that all the time lawmakers say they will vote with conscience and in the best interest but at the moment doug jones is under no pressure to help republicans he is coming off that huge upset victory a deep red state that hasnt elected in a quarter-century 700,000 people voted for him so he is coming to...

Welcome back to "state of the union." im jake tapper. it was a historic and frankly shocking victory tuesday night. doug jones defeating roy moore to become the first democrat to win a u.s. democrat in alabama in a quarter century. his surprise win in a ruby red state has democrats wondering if the house and senate might be in play in 2018. president trump is congratulating jones and calling on roy moore who has yet to concede the race to do so. joining us now from key west where he is celebrati...

Lets take an example of why it is that house democrats are going to compete in lots of places that they have not competed before, in mull bricks fifth congressional seat in alabama, hes retiring from the u.s. house, president trump carried that last year by a margin of 65 to 31. thats an amazing landslide. 65 to 31. mr. moore and senator elect jones virtually tied in that congressional district. thats where huntsville is, thats where scientists are who work on rocket programs and you know what, ...

Yeah i love you too. ♪ ♪ roy moore is not conceding the election for a u.s. senate seat. alabama secretary of state says its highly unlikely jones wouldnt be certified as a winner. >> i know lot of people would say its never over till its over but the margin of victory for doug jones at this particular time looks like a very difficult amount of votes to overcome. i think it people of alabama wanted to make sure their voice was heard and their votes were counted and thats why they voted in ...

>> listen, the republicans are trying to push this thing forward as quickly as possible. as you may know they have not had had had one public hearing on it. they want to do it before the american people fully understand how bad this piece of legislation is. the precedent is when scott brown of massachusetts was elect hadded to replace the late ted kennedy he was allowed to participate in voting on the affordable care act. thats it precedent there and i think schumer is exactly right in saying mi...