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Sticking by him. >> i still support him. to this point, there is no proof. the timing is souspicious. >> lets bring in julia manchester and also daniel litman. great to have you both here. julie, i want to start with you. three senators are now withdrawing their support. how much leverage do republican leaders even have over roy moore at this point? >> at this point they really dont have much leverage. its really up to provide moore himself whether he wants to withdraw from the race. and even if...

Ballot continue, it would have to swamp the democratic candidate. >> no doubt about it. only two kirstjen nielsen s - candidates appear on the ballot. if a write in effort take place that write in campaign and educational process associated with that campaign is going to take a great deal of time, energy and effort in order to educate our people on what they need to do about casting their ballot for someone whos not currently on the ballot. >> laura: thats why you would need more time in order t...

Mobilize against him, work against him. decide this behavior is more important than any political question about his views on the issues then hes in deep political trouble. he may not emerge victorious in this election. putting off the election isnt going to do him any good. >> you said you believe he will be elected. is there anything you think can come to break that? >> i think some people have suggested the idea of senator strange as a write in candidate. the issue with that is, i think that ...

Ballot continue, it would have to swamp the democratic candidate. >> no doubt about it. only two kirstjen nielsen s - candidates appear on the ballot. if a write in effort take place that write in campaign and educational process associated with that campaign is going to take a great deal of time, energy and effort in order to educate our people on what they need to do about casting their ballot for someone whos not currently on the ballot. >> laura: thats why you would need more time in order t...

Now. but roy moore clearly certain number of traditional republican voters in alabama who already want nothing to do with him. and then there is also this possibility. look, we dont know how this is going to play out. we know doug jones democratic candidate. we know roy moore is refusing to leave the race. if he does refuse, he stays on the ballot as republican. but how this scenario, there is the question if luther strange, appointed incumbent senator lost the republican nomination to roy moore...

Ballot continue, it would have to swamp the democratic candidate. >> no doubt about it. only two kirstjen nielsen s - candidates appear on the ballot. if a write in effort take place that write in campaign and educational process associated with that campaign is going to take a great deal of time, energy and effort in order to educate our people on what they need to do about casting their ballot for someone whos not currently on the ballot. >> laura: thats why you would need more time in order t...

Grab, and it comes at a time when the risk of military conflict is growing between the saudis and iran. nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell explains. >> reporter: tonight 200 of the saudi royal family remain in the kingdoms version of prison. a five-star riyadh ritz carlton arrested by the new crown prince mohammed bin salman. their bank accounts frozen, sleeping on the floor, literally going to the mattresses. one of those detained the billionaire prince al waleed bin t...

>> write in candidacies have been wroeoverrated. lisa murcowski won as a write in candidate. her name is complicated. murcowski. not easy to spell, but her father was the governor skand t senator. its a name that people knew. luther strange is an appointed senator who was not around that long. he couldnt meet roy moore in a primary. the idea that you will write him in is hart. unless something changes, it doesnt strike me that roy moore is going anywhere. lets say luther strange runs. you will b...

The simple fact of the matter is the republican party wants this guy gone. but hes not going to leave. >> rachel? >> i think this is a thunderbolt through the republican conference. he was never a person they were very friendly and the first place. he ran on this antiestablishment campaign and ran the primary that way. now they are where they are going to lose elemental, which is this red state what you should theoretically, be one of the defeats in the country. but -- they are going to try to f...

>> this brings us back to politics here, right. this is a six-point race. thats not that far outside. in alabama, you go back to tuesday night, wednesday, howard dean saying this is a race democrats can win a. winnable race, tough before the write in. ill say as we head into 2018, you got a todd aiken six here where this will have reverbations outside of alabama. we may have the horror of roy moore winning this race, now you will have republicans all over the country in districts not alabama in ...