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Sort of an extraordinary thing to hear. >> yeah, well, first of all, there are few people in the public sphere who have suffered so publicly and whose personal tragedies have been played out in public, you know, he lost his wife and child as a senator-elect and there was some question as to whether he would even go to the senate after that. and -- but, look, one of the great strengths of joe biden is that he is all raw nerve endings. he lets it hang out there. and you can see his emotions. and y...

Against this, then they are also voting against pentagon funding and also an extension for six years for the childrens health insurance program. >> the newest member of this body, junior senator from alabama, campaigned on this very issue. as senator-elect, he insisted that his future colleagues should, quote, stop playing political football with the healthcare of our children. >> reporter: now conservatives in the house freedom caucus are threatening to stop this stop gap measure because they a...

This is something we watched unfold a year ago, but the question is, what exactly does the moore campaign plan on doing from this point on because a week from now the jones campaign, or i should say senator jones-elect is already staffing up. they are preparing to go to washington, d.c. this is going to be your next u.s. senator unless roy moore figures out something to do in terms of contesting this beyond that. katy? >> weve got a statement just now from doug jones, the sern e senator-elect. i...

This just in, the associated press reports an alabama judge has just denied roy moores attempt to delay a final official vote count there in alabama. moore made that 11th hour attempt last night. he cited irregularities in the vote. that means that democrat doug jones is expected to become the senator-elect from alabama next hour. as we say farewell to 2017, a year that saw a mooch in the white house, alternative facts become part of our vernacular and an investigation into whether another cou...

It. i think the people of alabama voted for me to put me up there to try to talk about health care and the issues. that doesnt mean that the women are not important. they are. >> a little clean up from the senator-elect. roy moore still has not conceded. president trump aboard air force 1 headed to to florida, mar a lago. today will be the 106th day the president spent at a trump property. across his resorts in florida, new jersey and virginia. the russian president vladimir putin describing the...

>> youre referring to the purists, the bernie sanders wing, a lot of people -- when i interviewed roy davis -- the new senator-elect from alabama. >> doug jones. >> im having a brain freeze. doug jones. when i interviewed doug jones on sunday, he said he did not think it was important to talk about the sexual assault charges and sexual harassment charges against president trump. that it was basically republican talking points, that that had been litigated before the election and now it was time ...

Of all this gift theyll have the same issues about healthcare, education, jobs, economy. trying to raise a living wage. those are the issues people responded to. and i think whether it is democrats or republicans, i think people now have to start focusing on those issues. not just depend on whether or not there will be a straight ticket vote. >> senator elect, jones, thank you. we will see you up here in washington pretty soon! >> thank you chris. i look forward to it and thank you for having me...

Stock market booming, low unemployment, did gdp that is growing. were still struggling with wages and workforce participation. but the reality is that there is high income inequality. americans dont want what paul ryan is talking about. a huge deficit that then says were going to shrink the government and will cut social security and medicare next year? >> do you see some of the things built into this plan already that will help the working class? >> where? >> higher growth -- [multiple speakers...

Stock market booming, low unemployment, did gdp that is growing. were still struggling with wages and workforce participation. but the reality is that there is high income inequality. americans dont want what paul ryan is talking about. a huge deficit that then says were going to shrink the government and will cut social security and medicare next year? >> do you see some of the things built into this plan already that will help the working class? >> where? >> higher growth -- [multiple speakers...

The same issues about healthcare, education, jobs, economy. trying to raise a living wage. those are the issues people responded to. and i think whether it is democrats or republicans, i think people now have to start focusing on those issues. not just depend on whether or not there will be a straight ticket vote. >> senator elect, jones, thank you. we will see you up here in washington pretty soon! >> thank you chris. i look forward to it and thank you for having me. >> and the fbi under fire. ...