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That they are now one seat short, one seat less than their majority. and that makes a difference in the math pushing forward on their legislative agenda. but wolf, democrats tonight feeling not only emboldened, but it also gives them some ray of hope next year looking ahead to mid-terms. >> thanks very much. lets get some more on all of this. hes a democrat on the senate intelligence committee. thanks so much for coming en. weve got a lot to discuss. i want to get to the russia investigation. bu...

Absolutely unacceptable. what does it say to young men and young women that the highest office in the land, the person we are holding up -- i dont care if its republican short democrats, were holding that person up to ourselves and the world, his behavior is unbecoming of the office he holds. he should do the right thing. he would make such an impact to advance our country if he said, you know what? what i did is wrong. what ive said is wrong, ive contributed to the climate. ive done very bad th...

>> what about the republicans claims and you heard it during the committee by a lot of the rep members of congress who argue that everything that fbi agent who has been demoted. moved to another part of the phish and human resources, everything that agent touched is now tainted because of this pro-hillary clinton, pro-democratic views. >> i dont buy that, wolf. weve had two guilty pleas already, you know, by a general, you know, who was the national security adviser, and mr. papadoupolis who had...

Jones and get a similar result, wolf. 49% said yes, doug jones shares their values. 48% say no. a pretty even split in the electorate there as well. >> very interesting exit polls numbers, indeed. thank you very much, david. multiple sources are now telling cnn that the senate republican, their plan to meet -- they plan to meet tomorrow to discuss what they will do if, if roy moore wins the alabama senate race. lets get some more from our congressional correspondent, phil mattingly. phil, what a...

Earlier today, theres no clear-cut answer to what theyre supposed to do next. part of the reason they will meet is to decide whether or not roy moore, if hes elected, will be a member of the republican conference. theres no sure thing whether or not the republican senators will vote to either allow that to happen or to keep him out altogether. wolf, you need to keep in mind, senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, who has worked very hard to try to dissuade roy moore from staying in this positi...

Be higher. if the democrats win tonight, theyll be only two seats away in 2018 from a democratic majority. so we asked voters in alabama, would you like to see a democratic party in control of the senate or a republican party in control? 51%, a spllim majority, say the would like to see the gop maintain control. 43%, more than four in ten alabama voters say they would like to see democrats in control of the party. and then, of course, we asked about mitch mcconnell, who has clearly been an issue...

Backs off the secretary of state, which they havent necessarily done in the past. well get reaction from the white house, im sure, fairly soon. jim, thanks very much. anderson, over to you. >> back now with the panel. mark preston, i think the point that wolf just made and that jim made is an important one, if the white house actually backs this up. normally in an administration, if the secretary of state made an announcement like that, you would think, oh, well, thats u.s. policy. im not sure i...

Tonight, wolf. >> a very good point, indeed. phil mattingly, thank you. so what are the chances that senate republicans would move to expel roy moore? and how difficult would that be? cnns tom foreman is joining me once again with a closer look. tom? >> the stakes are incredibly high here. look at the plans of power in this chamber. 52 republican votes, 48 for the democrats and their allies. republicans didnt think this was even going to be an issue. when jeff sessions left to become -- became t...

Underperformed. >> is turnout unusually high or low in any specific part of the state? do you want to give us some details? >> well, one of the things that were seeing in the jefferson county, birmingham area, were seeing larger numbers than usual. were also seeing higher numbers in the madison county area, in the huntsville area. and then in balling county and mobile, our numbers tend to be a little bit higher, as well. so thats been very, very interesting to observe those numbers. tuscaloosa c...

The conservatives of alabama and step aside. north carolinas richard burr, if any aspect of the story is true, he should withdraw. west virginias shelly moore capito, if the allegations are true, roy moore should immediately step aside. and colorados cory gardner, roy moore will never have the support of the senatorial committee. we wont support him, wolf. thats what phils talking about. a lot of republicans have already created a very chilly atmosphere for this man. >> certainly have. could the...