make elections. at the end of the day votes do. and we do know that despite this series of claims about roy moore's relationship with underaged women that 40% of evangelicals and evangelicals are big in alabama, so they were more likely to support him after the claims. 30% of republicans said the same as well. i think this will run until mid-december, and it's too early to make predictions about whether this is roy moore's downfall in view of what's happened in the last 48 hours. >> scott lucas, you're a long way from alabama there in birmingham, england, but good to have you here on the show for perspective and analysis. thank you for your time. >> real pleasure. still ahead here, in zimbabwe they call him the crocodile. in the weeks ahead they may call him the president of that nation. how this former deputy looks town seat president robert mugabe ahead. "cnn newsroom" live from atlanta, georgia this hour. simulcast both on cnn usa here in the states and cnn