Wondering why im saying hi from northampton. Yes, i am. Yes. I was asked to say that today when i was on the Bill Newman Radio Show in northampton, massachusetts. Phoning in to the radio show. Of course, you are a big local hero there. I was on the show, of course, talking about my new book Playing With Fire and im one of those do anything to sell a book guys and so when he asked me to say hi to Rachel Maddow from northampton i said ill say that tonight on tv. And may many book sales follow. Bill newman is a great guy, Local Aclu Hero in western massachusetts. Known him for a very long time and anything from northampton is good as far as im concerned. Well done. He loves you and they love you up there. Thanks, man. Thank you, rachel. Well, donald trump jr. s secret communication with wikileaks about material stolen from the Democratic Party became
fifth accuser of roy moore emerged this afternoon. And this time, the woman appeared before cameras and told her own story in her own words
fifth accuser of roy moore emerged this afternoon. and this time, the woman appeared before cameras and told her own story in her own words about what she says roy moore did to her when she was 16 years old. three hours before the newest accuser told her story, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell decided he had already heard enough and read enough about the accusations against roy moore and roy moore s self contradictory defense offered on sean hannity s radio show on friday. do you believe these allegations to believe true? i believe the women, yes. do you believe roy moore, calling for him to step down from the senate race. i did. i think he should step aside. are you encouraging a write-in campaign? that s an option. we re looking at. whether or not there is someone who could mount a write-in
country. to think that grown women would wait 40 years to come before right before an election to bring charges is absolutely unbelievable. there are investigations going on in the next few days there will be revelations about the motivations and the content of this article. they will be brought to the public. we fully expect the people of alabama to see through this charade. moore did not respond to nbc s question when leaving his event on saturday but did answer some on sean hannity s radio show on friday. would it be unusual for you as a 32-year-old guy to have dated a woman as young as 17? that would be a what, 15-year difference or a girl 18? do you remember dating girls that young at that time? not generally, no.
right before an election to bring charges is absolutely unbelievable. there are investigations going on in the next few days, there will be revelations about the motivations and the content of this article. they will be brought to the public. we fully expect the people of alabama to see through this charade. so moore did not respond to nbc s questions when leaving his event on saturday, but he did answer some on sean hannity s radio show on friday. take a listen. would it be unusual for you as a 32-year-old guy to have dated a woman as young as 17? that would be a, what, 15-year difference, or a girl 18, do you remember dating girls that young at that time? not generally, no. if i did, you know, i m not going to dispute anything, but i don t remember anything like that. but you don t specifically remember having any girlfriend that was in her late teens even at that time?
yesterday several other republican senators suggested that moore should end his campaign. i don t know, chuck. i don t know how this is going to turn out. you know, this is a terrible situation. nearly 40-year-old allegation. we ll probably never know for sure exactly what happened. but from my point of view, you know, i have to say that i think the accusations have more credibility than the denial. i think it would be best if roy would just step aside. certainly the allegations are very, very strong. the denial was not as strong as the allegations. i think if the allegations are true, there s no doubt that he should step aside and not for the party, but for the american people. we have to find a way to restore trust and confidence in our elected officials and in our government and this goes in the wrong direction. on friday the national republican senatorial committee ended its fund-raising agreement with the moore campaign. as of sunday night the national