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Realigned dealt a blow to his chances. >> books may be written about what happened last night in alabama. but jeff flake, who has battled with the president may have summed it up best in two words. in a tweet, decency wins. buzz decency above all else the biggest message taken away from this win? >> it may be the biggest message, but i wouldn't say it's the only message. i would say the larger message is this president is in trouble in a sense he's 0 for 3. i'm talking about luther strange, ed gillaspie and now roy moore. you can say the democrats have generated momentum, but i'm not so sure i...

He's a republican and tweeted decency wins. in his victory speech, doug jones delivered a message of unity. let's watch. >> i am truly, truly overwhelmed, but you know, folks, and you have all heard me say this at one point or another in this campaign, i have always believed that the people of alabama had more in common than to divide us. we have shown not just around the state of alabama, but we have shown the country the way that we can be unified. >> at the end of the day, this entire race has been about dignity and respect. this campaign has been about the

A shim or there reporting from washington well on social media trumps opponents are hailing morris defeat as a big tree for women and minorities actor a list milan of herself a victim of sexual assault and who helped spark the me to movement tweeted thank you for restoring my face and humanity alabama thank you for fighting for what's right doug jones even some republicans celebrating the outcome senator jeff flake simply tweeting decency wins. well the win has revived democrats hopes that this could mark a turning point ahead of next year's congressional elections hillary clinton who lost ala...

He responds in kind. and we saw that that with senator gillibrand. >> i also want to show a tweet that jeff flake has just sent out. i want to put up on the screen. decency wins. >> donald trump is going to be the same what that means, yes, the democratic party has a huge foil. even more importantly that than, donald trump still controls the republican base. so, if donald trump goes in or steve bannon goes in and throws their weight around there's still going to be a hard time for moderate -- there's two states to watch out for. one is nevada, the other is arizona. those are the two states -- ...

Bring in politics reporter and sarah westwood is back with us. she's the white house correspondent for the washington examiner. as we go through all these exit polls trying to find out what was motivating the people in alabama, what do you see? what tipped him over the edge, doug jones? >> i think it's a combination of factors as eric was describing. it's almost sort of the perfect storm that doug jones needed to pull off this victory. you have the combination of the heavy african american turnout, you have apparently a bit of lackluster performance among republicans, some folks who just could...