Moore drop out of the race. Were sold that the president is worried if he weighs in on moore, the conversation will turn to the women who have accused mr. Trump of sexual misconduct. Also breaking, the first republican senator did he chairs his opposition to his partys newly revised tax bill. Ron johnson of wisconsin saying he believes the bill unfairly favors big corporations. This as democrats argue the lejs laying would hurt middle class taxpayers. Senate Republican Leaders changed the plan over night, so it now includes a repeal of the obamacare individual Health Insurance mandate. The bill also now sets a 2025 Expiration Date for individual tax cuts to expire, but cuts for corporations would be permanent. This hour ill talk to congresswoman jackie spooer, a democratic on the intelligence and Armed Services committees and our correspondents and specialists are also standing by. First lets go to alabama where we just heard from the Roy Moore Campaign a little while ago. Update our viewers. Reporter well, wolf, weve heard forceful denials from the campaign before, these accusations that have been plaguing this campaign since last week. But now its taking another step. Theres going to be a battle over this year book, this year book from the 70s, and the campaign saying, disputing that handwriting in that year book. Here is a bit of what the attorney for roy moore said. Weve also had a handwriting expert looking at the evidence that was submitted. You may remember on monday misnelson and misallred, really the only piece of evidence that we had in addition to the allegations was a year book where they claimed it had been signed. And they said very specel. Look back at what he said. Everything on that page they said was written by judge moore. Now, judge moore not only has denied everything she said before but now flatly denies that. And he says its not true. We have a handwriting expert, pardon me, thats looking at those. But here is the problem. The handwriting expert cant look at a copy on the internet, right . Theyve got to look at an original. So right now our attorney is sending a letter to Gloria Allred demanding that the year book be released. Well send it to a neutral custodian who will keep train of custody and our professional will expert is. And well find out is it genuine or is it a fraud . There are a couple things also that you need to know. Im not going to go intog thats on that paper because, again, we need to have our handwriting expert draw some conclusions. Im not going to draw them today and im not going to make any allegations that we cant support with an expert. There are a couple things that you need to look at. Look at the 1977 after merry christmas. Look at those two 7s. And then look below at the 7. And i want to ask you, do you think it was written by the same person. I want you to look at old hickory house which they say judge moore wrote. He said theres no way in the world thats his handwriting. And i want you to look at it, look at some other writing of his and make a determination. Im asking you to look at it and use your determination. Finally, after his initial it has the initials captain d period, a period. Remember i told you about that 99 divorce action. Judge moore looked at that da which they allege it was because he was the drikt attorney, which he wasnt. He was the assistant district attorney. He had seen it before. You know where he had seen it . When he was on the bench his assistant, whose initials are captain d period a period would stamp his signature on documents and then put captain d period a period. Thats exactly how the signature appears on the divorce decree that judge moore signed dismissing the divorce action with misnelson. Okay. But all of this now raises a lot of questions in this very unconventional News Conference. The judge had shortly after the News Conference from that accuser beverly nelson, he said he didnt know her, but he was actually the presiding judge over her attorney. Its unclear at this point if they ever met facetoface in that divorce case. They also did not take any questions, specifically not answering any questions about the 14yearold who spoke to the Washington Post. The woman who was then 14 years old and came up with the allegations. So all of this, wolf, were wondering how this will play out with the voters. I can tell you in my travels around the state a lot of the people who support roy moo have said that they want more evidence. They just want more. They want reason to go out and vote for roy moore. This may play into that hung on december 12th. Were going to have a lot more on this story coming up. Thanks very much. And now to President Trump and his silence on the roy moore problem thats dogging the Republican Party. Lets go to our senior White House Correspondent jeff zblel any. We heard from the president at length about his asia trip, but nothing on moore. Good evening, wolf. We did not. And as you know, the president is the leader of the Republican Party, but on this matter thats consuming the gop hes doing something he rarely does, hes being silent about it. President trump weighed in on most everything today, except the elephant in the room, roy moore, alabamas radioactive Senate Candidate. As Party Leaders stew over moore and implications for the senate, the president is taking a wait and see approach. In the diplomatic Reception Room at the white house, the president did not talk about moore, preferring to talk at length about his 13day trip to asia. Americas renewed confidence and standing in the world has never been stronger than it is right now. He stopped twice during his remarks, thirsty for a sip of water. Can i have water . Its okay . What . Its okay. Instantly drawing comparisons to senator marco rubios infamous water gulp from 2013. When they put marco on to refute president obamas speech, do you remember that catastrophe . And hes like this and we will i need water. Help me. I need water. Help. And hes this is on live television. This total choke artist, its rubio. In asia the president said he would make a major trade announcement when he returned to the white house. He recounted his trip day by day but made no such announcement and he did not answer a question about moore. Should roy moore resign, President Trump . Republicans kblord the president to weigh in and address the crisis ahead of the party. Hes the head of the party it would be probably be good if he said something. The president instead returned to twitter, taking aim at some of his favorite old targets in the news media. It is actually hard to believe how did you mean the failing New York Times is on foreign policy. Never mind that president s, not newspapers set foreign policy. But the flurry of tweets was a deflection from are the central question in washington. Will republicans be able to push moore aside . Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell spoke to trump again today about removing moore in hopes of keeping the seat in republican hands. One option is putting forward attorney general Jeff Sessions as a writein candidate. The form alabama senator gave up his seat to join the Trump Administration. Hes totally wellknown and extremely popular in alabama. That obviously is would be a big move for him and for the president. The president did not address the sessions scenario, but aides say he is watching as leading keskts add their voices to the controversy. Sean hannity who talks to the president frequently did just that on fox news. For me the judge has 24 hours. He mugs immediately and fully come up with a satisfactory explanation for your inconsistencies that i just showed. You must remove any doubt. If he cant do this, then judge moore needs to get out of this race. Also on the president s mind today, seeking credit for the release of three ucla basketball players who returned to the u. S. After being arrested in china for allegedly stealing sunglasses. Mr. Trump intervened with chinese president xi jinping. Do you think the three ucla basketball players will say thank you, he wrote . They were headed for jail. At a News Conference all three players did just that. I would also like to thank President Trump. To President Trump and the United States government, thank you for taking the time to intervene on our behalf. Now, back to the Alabama Senate race, am told by bun person close to this white house that the reason that the president is not weighing in on this, because he is reluctant to have this conversation come about from his own allegations about his own conduct with women. Of course, that was a hallmark of his president ial campaign. Hes faced lawsuits as well. Wolf, he simply does not want that to become the focus of this, but other republicans weve talked to said he hopes the president stands up and tells judge moore to step aside. So far today, no indications that will happen. Wolf. Thanks very much. Lets talk about all of this and more with congresswoman jackie spear. Shes a democrat on the Armed Services committee. Thanks for joining us. Thanks to be with you. Many republicans are waiting for President Trump to address the allegations against roy moore. How much influence should the president have in deciding the future of the alabama sfat race . Well, hes the chairman of the Republican Party for all intents and purposes, so he certainly can weigh in. And i would suggest that the reason why hes not is what youve just discussed, that its his hands are too close to the fire himself. So its roadway moore should not be a u. S. Senator. Theres no question about it. If roy moore refuses to drop out of the race, actually goes on to win on december 12th, what response would you hope to see from Senate Republicans . I think Senate Republicans would probably expel him from the senate, and thats what they should do. Right away. Yes. All right. Lets get to another sensitive issue. Yesterday we heard a sickening story of a u. S. Congressman who had a female staff come to his house where he exposed himself. Hes one of two members of congress, one republican, one democrat who are still serving despite harassment allegations. Youve made some of these charges. Why didnt you name these two alleged hairsers in your hearing yesterday . The reason, wolf, is because we are trying to change the system so its there to protect the victims. The victims in this case do not want the individuals named. One of them is actually under a do not disclose and as a result she would not be in a position to talk about it in any case, so i am not about to talk about it. If there are victims in these offices, then they should come to me and i will take them by the hand and walk them to the office of compliance and make sure they get the services and the protection they need. But basically all we know right now is the allegation you delivered and the allegation congresswoman barbara come stock, a republican from virginia delivered s is that right . Well, we do know that there are many other cases historically. These are two that are current. And that is, you know, something that will be addressed in this legislation moving forward. The member would be identified and the member would be required to pay back the u. S. Treasury for any settlement. If taxpayer money was spent to settle with the victims in these two particular cases, shouldnt taxpayers know the names of these two men . Well, the taxpayers should be reimbursed. And moving forward with this legislation, that will be the case. Right now there are as a result of 20 years of cases, there are some 260 cases. Not all Sexual Harassment. Some of them are Racial Discrimination and disability discrimination, but of those 260 cases theres been 15 million of taxpayer funds that have gone into settlements. But shouldnt women applying to work in the offices of these two sitting congress men be aware of these settlements . Well, they should be aware, but under the contractual relationship that exists with a particular agreement where you are not allowed to be able to speak about it, those victims would be victimized again because whatever the settlement was could be taken away from them. But are you concerned there could be more victims down the road . Well, thats why im saying if there is any concern, those Staff Members should come to me and i will make sure that they are protected. You just clarified the 15 million paid out by the office of compliance up on capitol hill from 1997 to 2016. It didnt all go for Sexual Harassment victims. Some of the money covered all times of other discrimination claims. Are you committed, though, to figuring out exactly how much of that 15 million, taxpayer money, was paid out as a result of Sexual Harassment . Well, i certainly want to know that. Right now the office of compliance has said that they cannot give me that number. So we are pursuing that to find out because they certainly should have that number. And if they dont have it, were going to find other sources to get it. When roy moore down in alabama served as a judge, he influenced decisions on cases involving sexual assault. We dont know what type of legislation the two men referenced in your hearing yesterday have worked on, but should they be in that position at all . I think what we have to do is change the culture of this office, of the capitol. And the only way we can change it is by education and training of members and staff and make mandatory training a component. Thats something that will happen now as part of legislation i had introduced and also the speaker of the house is now required that. So well move forward with the intent of making it more transparent, making the process more victim centered and create an environment where people can work without being fear of having to operate in a hostile work environment. Considering the waves of allegations weve seen in other industries, do you think these two sitting members of congress who are accused of Sexual Harassment are just the tip of the iceberg . Well, i will tell you that ive been stopped in the hallways of the capitol over the last few days from women who have just thanked me and have told me other stories. Some of these members have since left congress, but some of those stories are really harrowing. And its an environment, unfortunately, that has allowed it to fester and the system has been one that has been complicit in it, frankly, because there was no way that the hairser would be identified. The money wouldnt be picked up by the harasser and the victim really had to jump through many hoops in order to get some justice. Congresswoman speier, thanks so much for joining us. Thank you, wolf. Just ahead, can anyone persuade roy moore to quit the u. S. Senate race in alabama. And are republicans rubber stamping mr. Trumps judicial nominees whether or not theyre actually qualified . You not only want a clean feeling every day, you want your denture to be stain free. Did you know theres a specialty cleanser thats gentle enough for everyday use and cleans better than regular toothpaste . Try polident cleanser. 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