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In my perfect world we would debate the issues that intrigue people and will propel us through this century and get us back on track. i don't think that excludes donald trump. i think he could run on his presidency if he wanted. is it possible to get our eyes off the shiny star and focus on the issues? >> let's go to the core issue in your much anticipated monologue. focus on issues. here is the issue with that. half the voters focus on issues. they care about the economy, they are ideological voters, issue-oriented voters. the other half vote on the person, the person's character. many people...

Allies. that's not what we are about. we need to do better. >> jesse: no one left.org to support this. james, i don't know. your partner mentioned he saw this happen in iraq when they pulled out. isis took over. it's happening in afghanistan. looking back at this, not a great track record over the last 10 to 15 years on these 2 major wars that just dominated the u.s. news cycle. what is so wrong in washington with poor execution? >> to tyler's point, keeping the focus on issues. this is an moral obligation. there are 800,000 u.s. freedom

Announce i think this week. >> that's right. so she's a phenomenal member of congress, and i think will surprise many once the american people get to know her. it's going to have to be a campaign on issues. we can't allow donald trump to drag our candidates into the mud, because i think he realizes that the only way for him to win is to basically concede, i'm bad, but try to make the democratic candidate even worse. i don't think he'll be able to successfully do that now that the american people have experienced a long national nightmare that is donald trump as president. but if we can keep th...

With federal law over the ten commandments and gay marriage. to a lot of folks, this is about choosing the candidate to fight for their religious liberties. vaughn hillyard is talking through this, how critical is the evan yegelical vote in this particular race? >> reporter: here in alabama, you have about 49% of alabamans considering themselves to be evangelical christians. and one of the critiques of roy moore's candidacy to this point has been his lack of focus on issues. but when we talk about issues in a broader discussion, we talked about health care, education, the military, the economy...

>> we don't know of any events roy moore is having today in alabama or tomorrow, but doug jones is having one here in birmingham. he just rolled up to a fish fry. we're going to pop in and try to ask him a few questions when he's done. we'll bring it to you later. >> worth asking, peter -- is doug jones focusing on the roy moore allegations when he's on the stump or is he trying to push that aside, focus on issues, and not address the moore allegations? >> he addresses it when he's asked about it and he's asked a lot about it by all the reporters that have a chance to see him. he's trying to f...