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Polls, the race to decide the states next u.s. senator remains tight. we are asked our national political correspondent steve kornacki to join us tonight at the big board to look at it. and i have so many questions for you including absent tee ballots which can staples sometimes be an indicator where were headed. >> we talk so much about early voting, the thing about alabama is the number of absentee votes, its not an early voting state. in terms of the tea leaves, this is going to be more of an...

President. he didnt do all that much for ed gillespie who lost in virginia, didnt campaign for him. so i think a defeat for roy moore, which again pretty unlikely but that would be a real blow to this president in a state where hes so popular. >> i think his involvement here greater than it has been. three great writers covering plaks politics today. our thanks for joining us on a friday night. when we continue, the state of the race as we know it tonight in alabama and what it might take for a ...

Alabama. the last time they had a race in the single digits for the u.s. senate in alabama, you got to go back to 1996. so for democrats, if theyre ever going to win one, its got to be this one. we can show you what its going to take. a democrat winning in alabama, well show whaut state looked like last year in the presidential election. this was obviously a landslide for donald trump. look at the state this way. there are 13 count tiss, 12 of them right here. these are largely black counties, o...