health care for women. it s time to end the culture wars and get to work for the middle class. so we know where that is headed, right, susan? the democrats are going to dance on this one for a while. yes. with all the senators having voted on it it s an issue that can work in a lot of senate races. thank you, john, and i am one of your biggest fans. good luck next week when your movie comes out. what a week to be able to be the man behind a great american movie. woody harrelson? ed harris. and what a cast. any way, moore doesn t just play sarah palin, there she is! isn t that palin? she becomes her and she explains how she did it. that s next on the side show. you are watching hardball only on msnbc.
and suggesting if moore doesn t do this on his own or clear this up in some credible way in a hurry, they might put more pressure on him. peter king was on msnbc earlier today and said as much. take a listen. ordinarily person entitled to the presumption of innocence but in this case the charge is so serious and the fact it was backed up by other women and so hideous, i would say unless he can prove his innocence, the burden is on him within the next day or so, i believe he has to step down. reporter: so, katy, we ll see these lawmakers back here on monday when they all expect to get pressed much more aggressively about this if roy moore is still staying in the race. thank you very much. rick tyler is conservative strategist and msnbc analyst, ken vogel, and josh smoon a political columnist with the alabama political reporter. rick, i want to ask you a simple question. the washington post
that is going to bleed over into every election in 2018. and if 2017 was the receding waters, 2018 will be the tsunami. what does it say about your party that they would choose a pedophile over your democrat alleged pedophile over a democrat? it s repugnant. the republican party is just completely i wouldn t have believed that i would have been here two years ago where we have a president that can t tell the truth, doesn t seem to be able to distinguish what the truth is and now we re going to look at something like roy moore remember, this is in a long series of utterances by roy moore. this isn t a long allegation that he lived a perfect life and this is out of character for him. so, i think a party has to stand for something. republican party has stood for values and moral values and that s been an attracting force to the republican party. if they lose that, they will lose their way and they will