He continues with the Florida House speaker Richard Corcoran who discusses the impact of Hurricane Irma on the states finances. Host good morning. It is wednesday, december 6, 2017. The house and senate returning today as they were to stave off a Government Shutdown that would begin just after midnight on friday. Unless a spending deal of is reached, we will talk about where negotiations stand in this morning, but we are less than a week away away from a december 12 special election in alabama. Republican congressional leaders split on whether to support republican roy moore and after steve bannon rallied support last night for the former judge who has been accused of Sexual Misconduct, we are opening phone lines to republicans only in this first hour to hear from you about your support or opposition to roy moore. Phone lines are open and republicans who support roy moore, 202 7488000 is your number. Those who oppose, 202 7488001. Alabama republicans with any opinion on roy moore, 202 7488002, we especially want to hear from you this morning. You can catch up with us on social media, on twitter, on facebook. And a very good wednesday morning to you. Republicans only in this first hour. We want to hear about your support or opposition of roy moore. As we said, former white house strategist, breitbarts steve bannon was in alabama last night rally support for roy moore. I am not from alabama. This will be decided by the good men and women in alabama next week. But the whole nation, and the entire world, is watching. Because this is a referendum. This is a referendum, are we going to take this country back . Are we going to return it to its former greatness . Are we going to lead a bunch of elites that have alerted this country over the last 30 or 40 years, are we going to allow them to win . No you have a man that i think has integrity and honor. He went to west point, he served his country, he served his day, community and his nation. He does not need any long introduction. He has never claimed, like donald trump, that he was perfect. If i remember correctly, he made his International Reputation on putting the 10 commandments up. The 10 commandments. [applause] basis of the judeochristian west. What does it tell us . Man has fallen, and man is imperfect. Host we will show you more from the event last night. Here are the headlines, wall street journal, donald trump, senate and gop divided on roy moore. Talking about the conflict over roy moore when it comes to the president , and republicans in congress, the Senate Republican, the National Senatorial Committee withholding their support and Financial Aid for war more. The Republican National committee has moved back into that race. Here is the president yesterday when asked about his thoughts on roy moore. President trump thank you very much. We do not want to have a liberal democrat, believe me, we want strong borders, we want to be stopping crime, we want to have the things we represent and we do know what to have a liberal democrat that is controlled by nancy pelosi and controlled by Chuck Schumer, we do not want to them in alabama. Host that was the president yesterday and of course questions about roy moore being asked on capitol hill yesterday. Mitch mcconnell, after Senate Republican much meetings, discussed him as well. I would hope that judge moore would resign, in other words withdraw from the race, the obviously is not going to happen. If you were to be elected he would immediately have an issue with the Ethics Committee which they would take up. Yeah . [indiscernible] talk toill have to senator gardner, but my expectation is they will not get reinvolved. Elected,is [indiscernible] based on a 1969 Supreme Court decision, we would have no option but to swear him in, because apparently the Supreme Court held that the only criteria are to meet the constitutional standards. As a member of the senate i have already predicted what would immediately begin to unfold, and we will see what happens if that happens. Host that was some of the discussion about roy moore in washington and at that rally last night. We want to hear from only republicans in the first hour of the washington journal. Republicans that support roy moore, 202 7488000. Republicans that oppose roy moore, 202 7488001. Alabama republicans who have any opinion on roy moore, 202 7488002. Susan colling from flagstaff, arizona on the line for those republicans that oppose roy moore. Caller hi. Host good morning. Caller i am opposed to roy moore. Im a victim, just like those teenage girls. I have been raped over 20 times. And i have been sexually abused, just recently moving into a group home. After six days of moving in, i have been sexually abused by a member already four times. And they are doing nothing about it at the center. I am opposing him. Host is there anyone that you can reach out to in your situation there . Caller yes, i am traveling in an ambulance right now because im feeling suicidal about my insecurities. Host you are in touch with somebody who can help you in that situation right now . Caller yes, i would never commit suicide, i know there is a purpose to life. My purpose is to run for president in 2034. I knowt saying that exactly how these girls feel. And i am sure it could not be just girls, could be guys too. People take what they want and they think they do not have to give anything in return. It is completely the devils work. Host before you go, we have a onemonth rule between when people can call us on this program, will you do me a favor and promise he will call back in a month. I want to talk more about your platform for running for president down the road, we promise to do that . Caller yes i will. Host good luck. Think you for calling in. Jared is on the line for those who support roy moore, in maryland. We are talking to republicans only. Good morning. Caller good morning. For me, the moment that they put the victims names in the attack ads on roy moore, that is where they lost me. I do a lot of pro bono work with victims, but you cannot, there you canhing that accuse someone who does that, but it is a hit job when you put their actual names in a state that actually does not have a high population. Some of these people were outed as victims. That is when they lost me and that is when it became strictly apolitical job. In that case i am a republican at the and of the day, and we do need the vote. He was chief judge of alabama and his reputation made it through the process a dozen times. It just smells too much like a political hit job to me. Host didnt make a difference when the names were in news reports before they were in attack ads . Ok. Jan on the line for those who oppose roy moore. Good morning. Caller good morning. How are you . Host i am doing well. Go ahead. Caller yes, i am a navy nurse retired, desert storm and a vietnam. I have counseled and i have been with many people who have reported abuse, men and women. Men. Women obviously, than i believe them and i think when people speak about abuse we need to believe them and also followup. I believe that we have ignored for years and decades, peoples complaints of abuse and we need to hold perpetrators accountable. And that is from the president down. If you are unfit for duty, you are unfit for duty and we need to vote them out and resist. Host you say resist, are you a republican . Caller yes. Host do you think Republican Leaders are doing that, Holding Members accountable . Caller no. I think the gop is cowardly and they are not doing their job, not standing up, not doing the right thing. Host that is jan in virginia this morning. One member who saw his career come to an end over sexual assault, or Sexual Harassment allegations, the former now member of Congress John conyers. Who is facing a rising chorus of voices demanding he step down because of Sexual Harassment claims. He retired on tuesday from his seat that he held for more than five decades, reporting from usa today. They called it a swift and crushing fall from grace for a civil rights icon and the longestserving active member of congress. Saying he was finalizing his plans for retirement, conyers said he would endorse his son to replace him in congress, and in a statement yesterday he did not describe his actions as a resignation, but said his decision was immediate. Plenty of reporting on that story yesterday. We are talking about roy moore and republicans only this morning, asking your opinion. If you support or oppose roy moore. Lines for those who support and lines for those who oppose, we want to hear from alabama voters, a special line for you. Good morning. Caller yes, thank you for having me. Excellent topic this morning. Second, i wanted to say that roy moore is the best, he has the highest reputation for a for anyr and integrity man that has run for senate as long as i have been alive. The fact these women come out of the woodwork 40 years later, he has already had over three or four office positions and not a mention or a people of anything, even remotely peep of anything, even remotely. So it is a total hit job from the democrats, probably Hillary Clinton if i had to take a guess. And second, the hit job, it was Gloria Allred showed her face. Host do you think the Washington Post and the other papers who have reported, do you think they are all in on this . Caller absolutely. The post without a doubt, and Mitch Mcconnell, the spineless coward that he is, he said he predicted this, he means he was scheming for this to happen, along with the Washington Post and the democrats to take this guy down. Host andrew in maryland. Francis also supporting roy moore, republican from North Carolina. Good morning. Caller good morning. Host go ahead. Caller yes, i support roy moore. I think it is a hit job. He has run for so many offices and nobody has ever come up with anything and you go 40 years and you do not say anything. A man has proven he is innocent, and man is innocent until Proven Guilty and that is what i believe. We just had a man in North Carolina that was in prison and they proved that the lady was lying. They have had to release him. And all the time women they will lie on a man. Why didnt they come for before now . You run for office, he was a good judge and all of a sudden i do not think it is a thing, but the democrats are wanting to stop him. They have done all kinds of hit jobs. I do not believe anything the Washington Post says. They are all for democrats. The news media. They support the democrats. You cannot hardly believe anything that anybody is saying anymore. It just makes you sick, the way that they treat people these days. I just do not believe all of this stuff about men. I worked for a company for 38 years and i was never harassed, no way or no form, and i worked along with men. I do not believe it. Carolinancis in north this money, some tweets yesterday from some highprofile republicans. Mitt romney tweeting roy more in the u. S. Senate would be a stain on the gop and the nation. Victims are courageous heroes. No majority is worth losing our honor and our integrity. Another republican, jeff flake agreeing, from arizona and is saying that a victory for roy moore is no victory for the republicans and the nation. Jeff flake tweeting later in the day, country over party. Among with an image of a check that he wrote for doug jones, the democrat in the race. In response to the check and image that was sent out, another republican sender and a colleague said the donation is a bad idea, it is possible to be against both partialbirth abortion and child molestation. Happily most americans are. As we said, steve bannon in alabama yesterday, had plenty to say about mitt romney and statements he has made about roy moore. Judge roy moore is a graduate of the United States military academy at west point. [applause] judge roy moore served his country in one of the toughest wars we ever had, the it non. Vietnam. He went over there for his country, state and family. Mitt, that is honor and integrity. Mitt, while we are on the subject of honor and integrity, you avoided service, brother. Ok. [boos] here is how it is. College deferment, we can debate that, but you hid behind your religion. You went to france to be a missionary while guys were dying in rice paddies in vietnam. Do not talk to me about honor and integrity. [applause] and now im going to get personal. You ran for commander in chief, you had five sons, not one day of service in afghanistan and iraq. We have 7000 dead and 52,000 casualties, and where were the romneys . Host steve bannon yesterday. We are talking to republicans only, less than a week away from the Senate Special election on december 12, next tuesday. We want to hear from republicans only, do you support or oppose roy moore. We have a special line for alabama voters, we especially want to hear from you this morning. Alabama republicans, 202 7488002. Lee roy is a republican in california. Good morning. Caller yes, i am calling about roy moore. If he gets in there i am switching parties. The gop now is the grand old perverts. Grand old pedophiles. They have a special place in hell for people like roy moore, steve bannon, and donald trump. They are child molesters. They are going around to the high schools and kindergartens, and in Shopping Malls, looking for little girls. L. Ey should burn in hel host did you support donald trump in 2016 . Caller no. Nobody in california supported him. He is a racist like roy moore. Roy moore was a segregationist. He is for slavery he is a child molester. A grand old pedophile. Host who is a republican that you would, whose leadership of the party that you do support . Caller i like romney, i like romney. He had integrity. White racist. Int that is leroy california. John is in pryor, oklahoma on the line for those that support roy moore. Good morning. Caller good morning. I do support roy moore. In my stolen . Still on . Host yes. Caller some of your guests myll my thunder stole thunder on it took a while for these women to come forward. Ive never heard so many people call in and it not only accuse roy moore of being a pedophile, but they seem to want to lump our president with it as well. I am not sure i understand where that is coming from, because i do not believe our president has ever been accused of being a pedophile that im aware of. Probably at worst he may have been guilty of some locker room talk, but it seems like to me that there is a piling on effect here concerning this, these sexualharassment charges. It seems like everybody has one now. Everybody has a me too. I have a me too story too. It does not define my life. And i have not spent my life thinking about the person that sexually harassed me. Uh, you move along. And i know that is going to really aggravate some people. I must say, the gentleman that called from california, i do not believe he was a republican. Be that as it may, i totally disagree with him and i totally disagree with the washington journal continuing to allow people to talk about it there. Ill end we have a fire emergency going on in the building. We will get that taken care of and we will get back to you later in the morning. Announcer washington journal is having technical problems. We will show you a discussion about security threats in north africa while we address those. [chatter] good morning, thank you for joining us at state panel, were lucky to be joined by such esteemed experts on the region and im eager to hear their thoughts on the developing threats. I will start by introducing everyone briefly and then asking them for some open remarks. Programses are in the before you and i am eager to hear what theyre going to say. I urge you to look at those biographies for more information on their backgrounds. To my left, a Senior Research fellow for counterterrorism at the National Defense university. A Senior Analyst for tunisia at the International Crisis group. Fellowleft, a research for the crown center for middle east studies at brandeis university, and an associate fellow at chatham house. I will ask the panel to go in that order and address opening topic questions. I was wondering if we could talk about foreign fighters, the trends you are seeing and specifically what are the implications for algeria . Thank you very much. I and the, counterterrorism fellow at the National Defense university, so were actually a part of the u. S. Professional military education program, which means i actually have to start all my comments by saying nothing i say represents the department of defense for the u. S. Government. I should also say that having a portfolio for counterterrorism, i worked trends regionally so sometimes i am in Southeast Asia and sometimes in south africa and i have been did in asia as part of this research, but i do not consider myself a regional expert, so that should be taken into context. My comments will focus on foreign fighters and what next in the implications for north africa. Basic numbers, according to the u. S. Government we have all heard this, about 34,000 foreign fighters that travel to syria. Turkey has higher numbers. 53,000 with an additional 11,000 women and children. The reason why is it such a difference is due to a definition of what is a foreign fighter. Do they make it to syria or are they turned back in turkey . You see some difference in the numbers reported from north africa as a result of this. Officiale 40,000, estimates from a north african countries, to me this is tunisia, libya, egypt and algeria. About 7500. And that is into sending order, and the academic estimates, not the official estimates, are somewhat higher. They go to between 10,00013,000 from these