Election. Get out and vote for roy moore. Do it. One closely watched factor in the battle for Jeff Sessions old seat is if voters believe or care if roy moore assaulted a 14yearold when he was in his 30s. Can doug jones score an upset . Al franken announces he is resigning from the senate not right away, but coming weeks. Has franken left the door open . And the fbi is fighting to maintain something that has always been sacrisant. A top fbi agent reportedly sent antitrump messages. And the president and others attacked the not guilty verdict of the undocumented immigrant in the death of kate steinle. One juror insists they did its duty. I have a question. If you cheered the termination of someone in the arts caught up in the reckoning over Sexual Harassment, should you no longer enjoy or listen to their past work . Tweet or facebook me for later in the program. First, those voting in the Alabama Senate race on tuesday and wonder if they may be voting for someone as an adult fondled the genitals of an underage girl, i think i can discern roy moores past in a single question. Is it reasonable to conclude that moore, at age 32, assaulted a 14yearold given evidence with other teenager girls . My answer is yes. Despite the polarizing world, im replying on critical thinking. I think custom and practice very veal reveals this. Moore was 38 when he married his wife. Then aged 24. Nothing illegal. Maybe an eyebrow raiser as best. The older that men get, the greater the past they acquire from society for dating women their junior. It tells us about his tastes in one case. There are several women who told similar stories to the Washington Post. Wendy miller was 14 and working as santas helper at the mall when she said moore in his early 30s first took an interest in her and 16 when he asked her out. Gloria was 18. Moore was 32. When she said they met at the mall where she worked for a jeweler and they began dating. Debbie gibson saved her high school scrapbook. Documents after she met moore an an at high school class. He accompanied her to the high school graduation. She wrote 3481. Roy moore and i went out for the first time in albertville. I had a great time. She was 17. He was 34. Put it all together. When moore was 38, he married a 24yearold. When he was in his early 30s he asked out a 16yearold. When he was 32, he dated an 18yearold. When he was 34, he dated a 17yearold. And finally, most importantly, this brings us to leigh corfman. She claims she met 32yearold moore at the alabama courthouse where he was an assistant district attorney. Corfman accompany her mother. Obtained her telephone number and allegedly touched her in appropriately guiding her hand to do likewise. Two friends told the Washington Post she reported her involvement with moore at the time. When sean hannity talked about moore dating teenage girls, he said it could be out of my customary behavior. Recently moore on the campaign trail has taken to saying i dont know any of the women. Clearly he does. One more thing, as noted by kyle for al. Com. In the book, so help me god. He talked about meeting his wife at the christmas party. Many years before, i had attended a dance recital. I remember one of the dances performed by a young woman whose first and last names started with the letter k. It was something i never forgotten. Could that young woman have been kayla kisor. He said he determined she had indeed performed a special dance reciteal years before. Moore said the recite al was eight years prior to the formal meeting. That means she would have been 15 or 16. Ironically a court of law, a judge might rule much of this inadmissible because it is too prejudicial and damning. Im not including Gloria Allreds client with the yearbook. If you look at the evidence and assess by the Legal Standard of proof. By preponderance of the evidence or clear and convincing evidence, a jury would believe moore was 32, he was with a 14yearold. With all eyes of the nation focused on tuesdays special election pitting moore against democrat doug jones, lets get a view from the ground. Joining me former gop chair, marty conconnors. Mar marty, this is a referendum of do you believe the accusers. What does it look like from the state of alabama . You can honestly assess the circus is definitely in town. We had Gloria Allred here twice. You know what that means. There are three variables. The black vote. Will the democrats succeed in suppressing republican votes. Then frankly will rural voters backlash at the lectures they are getting from washington and media . People in the south and western states expect to get preached at on sunday mornings. Not by jimmy kimmel on late night television. How about the way i laid out the Public Record of the accusers . Thats not lecturing . Thats a pretty balanced analysis . I think i guess my question it is accurate. Marty, my question let me finish this question. Yours is a pretty conventional analysis viewing this race by con the cio con the city we know as i. Do you believe the women or do you believe judge moore . Is that what the race will come down to or not necessarily . I think the race will come down to largely that. There are a couple of things you dont see on the national media. Gloria allred has the yearbook. They altered it. They wont subject it to forensic study. The gadsen mall has been repeated and repeated. The manager of the maul sall sa. He doesnt remember roy moore. You will not see that on Jimmy Fallons show. You notice that i left out Gloria Allreds client. Why muddy the water . My opinion is whatever notation she added, she should have revealed sooner in time. Doesnt necessarily mean that is not his signature. Put that aside. What about all the other accounts . It does tend to present a custom and practice for the man. Let me use your very word. The word is custom. You can say what you want to say and accusations that may or may not have occurred 30 or 40 years ago. Whats happened since . Normally people of the behavior repeat themselves. I cant see evidence of that in the last 35 years. Question for you. The franken resignation. Do you think that will factor into the thinking of alabama voters insofar as they go into the voting booth saying the democrats are cleaning house. How can we justify franken is out and were about to seat roy moore given the cloud that surrounds him . I dont think it will have a factor at all. First of all, al franken didnt say these. He is treading water. I thought it was particularly funny when he said he is basically treading water. I think it was particularly funny when he said i want to be investigated by the Ethics Committee. Do you know the last time a sitting senator was thrown out . 155 years ago. If i was franken, i, too, would want the senate to investigate me. Let me ask you a question in your role as a party man. You are a former state chair. Does it occur to you maybe the worst thing that happens nationally for republicans is that roy moore wins on tuesday because in the mid term election in 2018, the democrats will saddle him with every republican across the country . I expect that will come out of the mouth of every democrat who opposes a republican. Of course. The answer is quite system. Im not running for the senate in the state of alabama. Heres my set of issues. Next question, please. Its really that simple. We had other controversial candidates who did not win. They too, hung round other members. Well still have a majority. Final question. Does he win or lose on tuesday . My bet is in vegas oddsmakers are saying roy has the edge. I will say plus four. I have to weigh through the v y vario vary. Marty, thank you. Thank you. What are your thoughts . Tweet me smerconish. Connie, what do you have . From facebook. That is not evidence. I would not doubt he did it. He was with other young girls doesnt mean he was with a 14yearold. I cant stand moore. I think he is a nut. We will see. Brad, you may be correct. I wanted to show a pattern of interest in teenage girls at a time when he was in his 30s. One more quickly if we can. Smerconish, the only thing we can be sure of is you are a liberal pushing their agenda. Really, linda . Watch the program and see if that is your conclusion by the end. There is more to come. Be sure to tune in to cnn tuesday night. Election coverage begins at 5 00 p. M. Eastern. Polls close at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Still to come, with news that an fbi agent who was part of the clinton email and Mueller Probe has an antitrump bias. The president tweeted his fbi is in tatters. What harm will this do reputati . 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That was one of just many aspects of senator al frankens resignation speech that struck me as unusual. If you listen carefully, he kept his foot ever so slightly wedged in the door. In fact, if instead, senator franken had been making a speech an announcing he was staying and fighting instead of stepping down, he would have had to changes one sentence in the speech. No admission. No c no contrition. If you had done something egregio egregious, you head for the door immediately. That is what trent franks did yesterday. That is not what al franken did yesterday. He was trying to thread the needle of resisting the charges and not antagonize further. Frankens hand was forced by female colleagues led by Kristen Gillibrand who had their eyes on tuesdays special Senate Election in alabama and wanted to establish the moral high ground by ridding washington of conyers and franken before alabama voters cast judgment on roy moore. Franken walked the plank. Maybe he had his fingers and toes crossed. He never admitted wrongdoing. He anticipated an duopportunityo defend himself before the Senate Committee sgrch committee. Some of the allegations are si simply not true. Others i remember differently. I said at the outset the Ethics Committee is the right venue for the allegations to be heard and investigated and evaluated on their merits. That i was prepared to cooperate fully and that i was confident in the outcome. Dont misunderstand. I am not saying that franken is staying. If he leaves in a week or a month, it wont diminish my observation. I say when he spoke on thursday, he sought to leave open the possibility after tuesdays vote there may be rethinking among his colleagues, perhaps with moore getting elected. Where franken would say heres a guy against whom credible evidence exists he assaulted a 14yearold and he is being seated and i have to pack my bags . Joining me now who was with me yesterday morning and called my analysis crazy. Minnesota public radio host kerry miller. I invited you to explain crazy. Why do you think he said in a couple of weeks . You know, michael. When i hear you explain this, i think you are trying to have it all ways. You are saying dont get me wrong, i dont think hes staying. Im not convinced hes leaving. Im also going to say that somebody better tell Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton whats going on here if franken has fingers crossed. Governor dayton is spending the weekend thinking about who will replace senator franken. So i think it is a done deal. Im not sure why youre going around saying you think it is not a done deal. But everybody here in minnesota, at least the political leaders are proceeding as if it is a done deal. So i think if franken changes his mind on wednesday morning, it would be a complete shock and i dont think anybody is stressing that. I dont think he changes his mind. I think he has tried to leave the foot in the door so if there is a re look. He is leaving with a gun to his head which was set by female democratic colleagues in the senate. I dont think he is leaving of his own volition. This guy in the statement acknowledged no wrongdoing. And to the extent your governor is quickly going to make appointment known. Ill finish this thought. It is because your governor wants to slam that door should. Your governor is not on board with franken. Governor dayton is proceed g proceeding. He is taking franken at his word as most people are. You being the exception. Governor dayton doesnt want to leave minnesota unrepresented in the senate. He is aware whoever he appoints needs a few weeks to get to washington and get prepared. Everybody in the Political Class here in minnesota, i think, is acting like senator franken meant what he said. As i said to you yesterday on new day i take senator franken at his word. I hear what you are saying. His reluctance is obvious. It is clear that he does not want to be leaving and he feels in some ways maneuvered into leaving. Hes a grown man. He got on the floor of the u. S. Senate and made this decision and he expressed that decision. And i just simply think its kind of absurd he will take i thought about this roy moore and i will not do it. I did not say that. Thats not my theory. I would not be more crystal clear. What is it . I dont think so. Im confused about what im hearing. Okay. My question is this is a guy who wants to keep his job. Let me ask you the first question i asked. Why did he say ill leave in a couple of weeks if it is not his angle to leave his foot in the door . Why a couple of weeks . You are correct that Congress Member franks resigned and left. I think senator franken is going to wrap up his business in washington by the end of the year. I think thats the timeline he has given governor mark dayton to name somebody and have that person get prepared to step in. Thats i dont think there is anything under lying the ill do this in a couple weeks other than it is a timeline that allows a replacement to get settled and senator franken to pack up and leave washington. I dont hear anything. Yesterday the guy in the house of representatives said he is resigning and did it the conventional way. Im not saying nefarious. No acknowledgment of wrongdoing in a couple of weeks. In combination with tuesdays election and the way in which he was forced to walk the plank, my analysis is he would like to stay and he is hoping there will be requests made to do so. I appreciate your point of view even if i disagree. Thank you. Good to see what you are saying about this facebook and twitter. From facebook, michael, you are correct. Really . Im not crazy . And i think it is genius of franken to do it this way. The only thing that makes sense. Why should franken leave if moore gets seated . Nathalie, that is what is going through his mind. No other explanation. Franks, leaving the house of representatives, what did he do . Im out of here. Gone like the wind. Thats not what senator franken did. Im not endorsing it. Im analyzing it. He would like to stay. He feels he is forced out the door. Maneuvered to quote my guest. Up ahead. What harm comes when the fbi reputation is set up to a political divide . After the agent who led the investigation into Hillary Clintons private email server and had been the lead investigator in the Mueller Probe . This is a rigged system. This is a sick system from the inside. Th elec y. This is a power plant. This is tim barckholtz. Thats me this is something he is researching at exxonmobil using fuel cells to capture Carbon Emissions at power plants. This is the potential. Reducing co2 emissions by up to 90 . While also producing more power. This could be big. Energy lives here. Nahelps protect eyesin blue from damaging blue light, filtering it out to help you continue enjoying your screens. Or. 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