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Would trigger a recount. >> when the vote is this close it is not over. and we still have to go by the rules about the recount provision, weight on god and let this process play out. it is not over. it will take some time. thank you. >> reporter: with jones having 49.9% of the vote to run for's 28.4 a recount appears highly unlikely the alabama gop issued a statement saying we are deeply disappointed in the extremely close election results with our candidates judge roy moore we respect devoting process given to us by our founding fathers. overnight donald trump tweeted congratulations to doug ...

>> but roy moore who rode to the polls on horseback has yet to concede the race. his campaign hoping moore's vote count would come within half a percentage point of jones, which would trigger a recount. >> what we have got to do is wait on god, and let this process play out. i know it's late. we can't wait and have everybody wait until after 11:00. but the votes are still coming in and we are looking at that. >> but with jones coming in at 49.9% of the vote to moore's 48.4, a 1.5 point difference. a recount appears unlikely. president trump weighed in on twitter saying congratulations to doug ...

Up am. >> i just had no idea how that race was going to go. >> i was stunned to read the results. 2:00 a.m. in the center of the political universe which is alabama this morning. doug jones turning deep red alabama blue with a stunning win over republican roy moore in last night's high stakes senate race. jones taking 49.9% of the vote, 1.5 votes ahead of moore who could not overcome sexual misconduct allegations that plagued him from the outset. >> alabama has been at cross roads. we have been at cross roads in the past, and unfortunately we have usually taken the wrong fork. tonight, ladies ...

I have been waiting all my life and now i just don't know what the hell to say. >> for the first time in 25 years a democrat win a senate seat in deep red alabama. doug jones with a major episet over roy moore. how is the president handling the defeat and can democrats carry this momentum into 2018? this is big international news, folks. good morning, it isp front page news in the u.k., france, spain, in germany. thanks for beginning your early start with us. >> democrat doug jones turning deep red alabama blue. capping off this long shot campaign with a stunning win. jones taking 49.9% of the...

He's got 49.9%, 48.4%, that's more than .5% so it's not going to be an automatic recount. >> not an automatic recount at all. they seem to be subjecting the secretary of state was about to offer them a lifeline, some path to recount and jake just pressed him there with the exact right questions and the secretary of state was quite candid saying i don't see this happening, given our state history, success of running elections in the past, i don't see this happening. the question is, let's respect the process. what could happen? how many military ballots are outstanding? enough to swing 20,000 v...