pursued intimate and inappropriate relationships when he was in his 30s and a prosecutor and they were underage, anywhere from 14-18. one woman named lee portman says more initiated sexual contact, though not intercourse with her when she was just 14 years old. at the time, moore was a 32-year-old district attorney. statement to the washington post, moore called the allegations completely false, the bomb shell report comes less than five weeks before their december 12th special election. to fill the u.s. senate seat once held by jeff sessions. these claims are obviously rocking capitol hill. republican with their narrow four seat majority and unsure political terrain for the 2018 midterms do not want to lose that one safe senate seat to looking into the allegations ourselves, cnn is covering this from multiple angles. we're going to start with one of the reporters who broke this story. we are joined now, beth, the most serious allegation is from