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So now we move onto senator elect jones calling him a doug jones democrat. what does that that signal about the type of lawmaking policy and practices mr. jones will bring to washington? >> we see that all the time lawmakers say they will vote with conscience and in the best interest but at the moment doug jones is under no pressure to help republicans he is coming off that huge upset victory a deep red state that hasn't elected in a quarter-century 700,000 people voted for him so he is coming to washington with a mandate for his own party and plot his own course in the senate. there are some ...

Welcome back to "state of the union." i'm jake tapper. it was a historic and frankly shocking victory tuesday night. doug jones defeating roy moore to become the first democrat to win a u.s. democrat in alabama in a quarter century. his surprise win in a ruby red state has democrats wondering if the house and senate might be in play in 2018. president trump is congratulating jones and calling on roy moore who has yet to concede the race to do so. joining us now from key west where he is celebrating his 25th wedding sfrirks the newly elected senator from alabama, an democrat doug jones. senator...

Let's take an example of why it is that house democrats are going to compete in lots of places that they have not competed before, in mull bricks fifth congressional seat in alabama, he's retiring from the u.s. house, president trump carried that last year by a margin of 65 to 31. that's an amazing landslide. 65 to 31. mr. moore and senator elect jones virtually tied in that congressional district. that's where huntsville is, that's where scientists are who work on rocket programs and you know what, when the president's administration says we're not going to allow the use of terms like evidenc...

Yeah i love you too. ♪ ♪ roy moore is not conceding the election for a u.s. senate seat. alabama secretary of state says it's highly unlikely jones wouldn't be certified as a winner. >> i know lot of people would say it's never over till it's over but the margin of victory for doug jones at this particular time looks like a very difficult amount of votes to overcome. i think it people of alabama wanted to make sure their voice was heard and their votes were counted and that's why they voted in a record number for this special election. >> the president and former chief strategist, steve ...

>> listen, the republicans are trying to push this thing forward as quickly as possible. as you may know they have not had had had one public hearing on it. they want to do it before the american people fully understand how bad this piece of legislation is. the precedent is when scott brown of massachusetts was elect hadded to replace the late ted kennedy he was allowed to participate in voting on the affordable care act. that's it precedent there and i think schumer is exactly right in saying mitch mcconnell should give doug jones the same opportunity. this is an important piece of legislatio...