Week, what it means as far as that Campaign Going forward in the Alabama Senate race, and if you think those comments from the president were appropriate. 2027488000 for democrats. 2027488001 for republicans. 2027488002 for independents. Alabama residents and voters, if you want to give your specific perception, 2027488003 is the number to call. You can always post on our twitter feed, cspanwj and on our Facebook Page at facebook. Com cspan. Well take you back to just before the thanksgiving break at the white house. President trump addressing reporters before he took off for florida, was asked about the Roy Moore Campaign and the allegations against roy moore. Heres the president s response. President trump i can tell you i can tell you one thing for sure. We dont need a liberal person in there, a democrat. Jones, ive looked at his record, its terrible on crime. Its terrible on the border. Its terrible in the military. I can tell you for a fact, we do not need somebody thats going to be bad on crime, bad on borders, bad with the military, bad for the second amendment. Well,he denies it. Look, he denies it. I mean, if you look at what is really going on, and you look at all the things that have happened over the last 48 hours, he totally denies it. He says it didnt happen, and, you know, you have to listen to him also. Youre talking about he said 4e years ago this did not happen. So, you know. Ill be letting you know next week, but i can tell you, you dont need somebody whos soft on crime like jones. [reporter asking question] President Trump let me tell just you roy moore denies it. Thats all i can say. He denies it. And by the way, he totalling denies it. Go ahead. [reporter asking question] President Trump women are very special. I think its a very special time, because a lot of things are coming out, and i think thats good for our society, and i think its very, very good for women. Im very happy a lot of these things are coming out, and im very happy im very happy its being exposed. I dont know look, i dont want to speak for al franken. I dont know i dont know what happened. I just heard about conyers two minutes ago. As far as frankens concerned, hes going to have to speak for himself. Host so roy moore dominating that statement from the president , also speaking about john conyers and al franken, and what do you think about those comments . Let us know. 2027488000 for democrats. Republicans, 2027488001. And independents, 2027488002. Alabama voters, a line that you can call in specifically, 2027488003. Off of facebook, kayla says that roy moore will vote for trumps comments and agenda. Tom says that the president didnt care about the party, only cares about himself. Shawn adding to what the president spoke about, watch democrats stand by franken and conyers. And then one, might as well add another crocodile to the washington swamp. Those are just some of the comments, the president s specific comments is what were interested in. Rob, duchess county, new york, democrats line. Rob, what did you think about the president s statement about roy moore . Caller good morning. Thank you for cspan. You know, im starting to think that this president is actually the biggest creator of fake news. And i started to actually consider the exact opposite of the things that he says, and im starting to believe that, when i think about the exact opposite of the thing that he says, that thats really closer to the truth about whats true about the news and actually whats closer to the truth, the opposite of what he says is closer to the truth about what he thinks and goes through his head. Host so apply that to roy moore then. Caller yes, if you apply it to roy moore, what roy moore did, the allegations involving children, 14yearold, 16yearold, i find it hard to believe that its somehow legal to approach a 16yearold in alabama, although, what is it, 18yearold, even if you an adult man approaches an 18yearold, thats ridiculous. Host what i meant was, apply then what you said initially about what the president says. What do you think then in light of that about those statements about roy moore, specifically what the president said . Caller this president , hes always throwing curveballs. Hes always throwing out fake news. I think he originates a lot of what comes out as fake news. You consider the opposite of what he says, i think you get closer to the truth about whats happening in the particular news piece. Host ok, ok, well go to mavis in fort lauderdale, florida, independent line. Caller good morning. Host hi. Caller im just calling to say that im very, very disappointed in this president. For President Trump to stand by this man whos accused of being around for the president to be accused for mr. Moore to be accused of being around kids at age 14 and 16, him being 32 years old, and for the president to come out in support of roy moore, its a disgrace. And for this president , he lies and lies and lies every day, all day. Host when you say its a disgray, what do you mean by that . Expand on that. Caller his representation, for him to stand on the side of a minor whos been accused of being 30 and trying to date girls who were 14 and 16 years old, this man has no pride whatsoever. Hes a disappointment to this country, and a bigger disappointment to the world. Host from coleman, alabama, again, we set aside a line for those of new alabama who want to give your thoughts on the president s statement, 2027488003 for you alabama residents and voters. Coleman, alabama, is where pierre is. Pierre, go ahead. Youre next. Caller yes. My comment is about donald trump. He on tv talking about everybody else, what about this person, what about that person, what about conyers, what about franken. What about himself . What about the women that accused him of, you know, preying on women and looking in on teenage girls during the miss america pageants and stuff . What about himself . Host so pierre, what about his statement about roy moore . Caller his statement about roy moore is saying that he believes him and he denies that, you know, you know, vaguely denies it or whatever, yeah, anybody going to deny Something Like that, anybody is going to deny Something Like that. But his job as president , im sure he knows that the spotlight is on him. Hes the leader of the party. And for the g. O. P. To be a party of christian values and stuff like that, its just hypocritical. Host so not appropriate then for the president to say what he said . Caller its not appropriate for him to come out and defend the man. Its not no, thats not appropriate for him to come out and defend him. Aint no way in the world barack obama would have defended no democrat, i dont care what color they are, under these circumstances. Host lets go to trish, democrats line. Jonesboro, georgia. Caller good morning. Host good morning. Caller i just wanted to comment on the roy moore situation and the difference between what al franken did and what roy moore has done or did. You know, al franken acted like a jerk. He was a jerk. He admitted what he did. But theres a difference between Sexual Harassment and manipulating a 14yearold girl or 16 or however old these victims who accused roy moore of doing whatever. You know, young girls theyre caught up in a dream. 14yearold girls, they want, you know, prince charming to come in and rescue them, and all they want to do is just to be in love like theyre songs on the radio. Host so trish, aside from that, about the president s statements about roy moore, what do you think specifically about those . Caller oh, its typical. I dont doubt that he said that. Of course he would agree with roy moore. Hes cut from the same cloth. Hes exactly like that. So, of course, im not surprised at all. Host this is guy martin in the al. Com, a website that features a lot of alabamabased news sources. Hes an adjunct professor at the university of Alabama School of law, taught at the Birmingham School of law now, talked about, with renuts about those supporters of roy muir. He defines himself as an early critic, but goes on to say this is a defining epic in alabama politics. We are drowning in media noise. More supporters include hardworking christians who have chosen moore as their champion to blunt what they feel is an attack on their values. These people are dear to me, and flung against them has triggered this piece intended as a message to the antimoore slingers and to my fellow nuts in alabama, a template for how his breaks down host thats a thought this morning, that is guy martin. Youll find his views at al. Com. The president s statements about roy moore made before thanksgiving break, what you think about them. From washington state, independent line, sylvia, go ahead. Caller hi, thanks for taking my call. You know, this whole sexual stuff, ive been sexually abused, sexually assaulted, been trying to deal with it all my life. It has literally ruined my life, my chances for a normal and even with counseling meds and psychiatric care. You just never get over that. And now all this stuff come up everywhere, its like, its triggering my ptsd so bad. And id like to just tell trump to go take a hike. Host so what do you think about his statements, though, specifically . When you heard them or heard about them, what was your reaction . Caller i was upset. Because this is how he is. He has no class, absolutely none. And he wont look at himself in the mirror because hes such a jerk. He thinks everybody else he thinks is right, and theyre not his way, then, you know, so, no. I mean, he was totally inappropriate, and its just like, i think sometimes i know theres good men in this world, because i have met good men who dont do these things. But its like, men have been doing this kind of thing since the cave days. Host ok, lets hear from gerald in texas, republican line. Gerald, go ahead. Caller good morning. Thank you for taking my call. I think if there was any validity to this, that when it came out 40 years ago, i didnt see where trump said anything contrary to whats going on. All he said was that the guy denied it. Everybody is taking all of this out of context, and it seems to me that the democrats brought this out, and the lady that they first brought out would not turn over the annual with the writing in there to prove, to let them disprove it. If it was true, why wouldnt she do that . So i dont think theres any validity to this. I dont think trump did anything wrong. People need to stop listening to the media on the left and on the right. Host so do you think that the president s statements consist of some type of support then for roy moore overall . Caller well, i dont think its for any support, but i dont think all he said was he just denied it. He denied it. And he did deny t. Did he try to get the lady to turn over the stuff so they could prove that the handwriting was fake, and they would not do it. So how can you say that hes uilty . Host real clear politics, which keeps a collection of polls and puts them together as an aggregate to where the election stands on a lot of different elections, but this one specifically looking at the Alabama Senate race, it cites the fact that roy moore was up by two in a recent poll done by strategy research, and that doug jones showed advantages over roy moore, but taken together, the collection of polls, over a time between november 9 and november 20, so doug jones, with a. 8 advantage as far as those polls are concerned. If you want to follow those for yourself, go to the real clear politics page. Theres a section there specifically dedicated to the Alabama Senate special election, where you can find those polls, how theyre taken, and how theyre compiled. Another republican from pennsylvania, well hear from keith. Hello. Caller hello. Thanks for taking my call. What my comment to all of this, i dont care what what we are as far as politics. If were americans, we should be held accountable for our own actions. I dont think anywhere in this world that our parents, our peers should take slack for what anybody has done. And when theres skeletons in the closet, i dont think that it should be up to the president to figure out why, who, what, when, and where. To me, people need to take account for their own actions and start standing occupy their own two feet and stop finding excuses for themselves. Host the president injecting himself in by his statements, what do you think about that . Caller what was that . Host what do you think about the president injecting himself into the debate by the statements he made last friday . Caller for the most part, i dont think he injects himself into it. I think the media should stop asking him to answer for everybody elses mistakes. Hes got his own mistakes to answer for. And if hes busy counting and telling everybody what you did wrong or what i did wrong, he aint going to get anything done. Host the New York Times this morning on one of the frontpage stories that they have takes a look at the president s statements about roy moore and what it does for the rest of the Republican Party overall. This is Jonathan Martin and others saying in tying himself to mr. Moore, even as congressional leaders have abandoned the candidate en masse, the president has reignited hostilities with his own party, just as Senate Republicans are rushing to pass a politically crucial tax overhaul. Mitch mcconnell and allies have infuriated, as mr. Trump has reacted, to a series of ideas they have floated to try to block roy moore host for those alabama voters and residents, roger in tuscaloosa, independent lane, hi. Caller hi. I have to sort some of the issues that are at stake here. Ive personally never voted for moore in the past, but i know the issues are at stake. One is this issue of the democrats are on climate change, and i know moore is going to support coal mining and the miners in alabama the same way that trump has. So a vote for moore is a vote for all those jobs, coal mining and all relate fossil fuels are big in alabama. I got to vote for moore for that, because jones and the democrats are going to be against it. Ones stated this in one of his tweets. Take a knee for injustice. That means jones is taking that position, which i find strange, and moore is not going to obviously takes the other position. So i have to vote the issues, that i think is what trump is saying, and all the issues that come into play. Jones came out and said hes against any kind of money for a border wall. He wants to be spent on something else, so that means jones supports the democrat position of basically open borders where moore, even though he hadnt articulated that much, supports is against illegal immigration and supports sessions and trumps view on that. Host so, roger, when youre considering your support then for roy moore, how do you weigh in, factor in these allegations that the president spoke about and others have spoken about . Caller that they all get trump by the issues that are at stake in the vote. Thats what trump was saying. You have to vote, at least to some extent, based on the issues that and the positions theyre taking on these issues. So i think thats what trump was saying. Host lets flare susan. Use lets hear from susan, democrats line, new york. Go ahead. Caller hi, good morning. I really feel that the president is doing exactly what he would be expected to do. He cant admit to this, because hes in denial, too. He claims he denies that, you know, he harassed women, so when someone else is denying in his party, he needs to support them. I just feel, however, and i will say this, that denial means nothing, because i will remind everyone, even bill clinton denied, and then it was found out that it was true, that things were happening. So i dont believe for a minute you know, if one woman came out and said something in alabama, maybe you can question that. Eight women . No. Somethings going on. This man who claims to be a christian really is a total hypocrite. The president , im not surprised what he did, but its shameful what he did. Host from louisiana, shreveport, independent line, this is john. John, thanks for calling this morning. Go ahead. Caller good morning. Hank you for taking my call. I believe that donald trump is crazy like a fox. Hes supporting moore, which is primarily a smoke screen. Hes supporting he primarily wants to take away from folks thinking about the tax bill that is coming up that is going to increase the taxes to just about everybody below the super rich. Its going to increase our deficit. Its going to remove its going to put impediments to ducation and healthcare. And i think that the moore situation and other situations are cases where trump is trying to make a smoke screen to avoid talking about what he really wants. Host do you think that the president s statements, in either way, sway people, particularly i know you cant speak for alabama voters, but do you think it sways people one way or the other . Caller i think absolutely, and i think that louisiana is quite similar to alabama. And there are a lot of people double the subtle entendres that moore makes are taken here in louisiana in the ame way. I also wanted to comment on an earlier caller from alabama talked about the support of the coal mines in alabama and in other parts of the rest but of the United States. Its amazing to me that many folks in the rust belt and in the coal belt feel that trump is going to help them. What is really needed in the 21st century is reeducation in order to be able to in order to be able to get 21st century jobs. Host ok, thats john in louisiana. When it comes to celebrity endorsement, it was the former auburn basketball player, Charles Barkley, asked about Alabama Senate race. He made these statements yesterday on the day of the iron bowl clash between auburn and the university of alabama, Charles Barkley telling nbc news, if i lived here, id vote for doug jones. He was asked to weigh in on politics while unveiling a statue of him outside of auburns basketball arena. This story goes on, on the jump this morning, saying that, everybodys going crazy over these sexual allegations. Roy moore to me and steve ban nonshould have been disqualified. I dont understand how you can have a guy running with white separatists running for office. Youve got ablot of people that are amazing, but to run with a White Nationalist, that should have disqualified roy moore way before this womens stuff came up. Charles barkley, again, those are the comments he made yesterday. For the next 35 minutes or so, it was the presiden