live in gadsen. so from who you are talking to, are roy moore supporters despite all of this reporting out of the "washington post" sticking by him? >> reporter: brooke, almost to a man and woman they say they absolutely are. the big question i've been getting all day long i've gone across this city why now. why are these allegations coming out some 40 years after the fact? is it because these are the final few weeks of what has been a highly dramatic election? are these women being pushed into saying this by the democrats? are they being pushed into saying this by the establishment republicans? like mitch mcconnell? the big question is why now? and what everyone wants is more proof, more corroboration. they want these women to offer some sort of proof. and that's going to be very difficult, impossible really 40 years after the fact in what really amounts to he said, she said situations. and what they keep saying is this is a man who has rooted his life, rooted his campaign and christian values, this is not a