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Democratic. >> bill brit, and john hammondtry, sorry about the snafu about that sound byte. that was richard holidayistson, join chiefs of staff. thank you for joining us. well be right back. so thats the idea. what do you think? hate to play devils advocate but... i kind of feel like its a game changer. i wouldnt go that far. are you there? hes probably on mute. yeah... gary wont like it. why? because hes gary. (phone ringing) what? keep going! yeah... (laughs) (voice on phone) its not millenni...

Strongly about some of the things that roy moore says. moore has been fighting back against modernity since he first took office 30-some years ago. he will continue to do that. and that makes a lot of people uncomfortable here and across the nation. >> so, john, roy moore was interviewed yesterday by a 12-year-old girl who knows why the campaign thought it was a good idea to have a 12-year-old girl interview him. but regardless, they did. and heres what he said about why millie should cast their...

To doug jones. and if thats the case roy moore is in trouble. >> what happens if roy moore wins, john -- im sorry, bill? >> again, i would disagree with johns assessment. but thats because what we are seeing on the ground. voter turnout in rural black communities is terribly low. its terribly low across the state right now because doug jones has never given african-americans to vote for them other than 30 years ago he did alioic thing. but he has done nothing for african-americans in the state o...

Leading up with -- >> im sorry. that was the wrong sound byte. that was bug jones being interviewed by the same girl -- that wasnt doug jones. that was somebody else, the girl interviewing somebody else. bill, roy moore is talking about christianity, religious values, john, excuse me, he is talking about abortion. is that going to be the key issue. >> abortion is a factor. but as far as family and christian values i dont know. i grew up in alabama. my parents both went to church of christ baptis...

Show up, had he pushed them away. then they showed up the droves and flipped the state. we dont have the same type of local elections here that will lead to more black voters showing up other than at montgomery. i think they are going to show up in the numbers that he needs. also in places like mountain brook where you were just talking to a voter, in 2012, roy moore only got 36% of the vote there. if that holds this year we are looking at an upset. >> john, what counties are you watching out fo...

Pastors network is ramping up the largest get out the vote effort in alabama history. we continue to add support every day, and we are confident in victory. joining me now are two people who know alabama politics well. john hammondtry is a writer for aol.com. and david lowery is chairman of the mowry consulting group. the real clear polling politics average is an average of a number of polls. do you trust its average or do you think that roy moore is actually doing much better than it seems? >...

Including from the governor here, at least so far, ali. >> gabe, hans, thanks to both of you. all right n a scathing op ed posted by the alabama media groups editorial board they declare our view, roy moore guessly unfit for office. joining me a emin of the al.com regulatory board and al.com reckon alabama. and a political contributor for the alabama reporter. thank you for being with us. john, let me read you something from the op ed. it says the seriousness of these ins accidents cannot be o...

Around and divided republicans and democrats for a number of years, especially in this state. and when you get -- from the beginning, the moore campaign has played off of this abortion angle with doug jones. and they have painted doug jones as this guy who is pro abortion, as though there is such a thing. and so that is what a lot of people fall back on when you say how can you vote for this man, roy moore? they fall back to well im for him. i couldnt possibly vote for doug jones who is out here...