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commitment to he spond militarily if china intervenes in taiwan. >> we agree with one china policy. we signed onto it and all the attendant agreements made from there. but the idea that it can be taken by force is taken by force is just not appropriate. it will dislocate the entire region and be another action similar to what happened in ukraine. >> cnn is live for us this morning in tokyo. hi, kevin. you know, the president catching some off dpafd with that commented on taiwan. what is the white house saying now? i know china has responses as well. >> yeah, some of the president's a...

Possible for in this environment for a politician to break through. there are sometimes when the political weather is just terrible and you could try. you can try to mitigate a little bit. you heard in joe biden's answer pointing to the things that are strong. unemployment is very low. that growth has been pretty healthy. but it is very tough when people are in a mood as sour as this one to convince them that they ought to be thankful for some of the things you have done. >> it's been two years of mass debt and life changing public health crisis. you can't discount just how that has changed th...

That we are seeing and we are powering women to stand up and speak out and i think that that's a wonderful thing. >> reporter: the democrat doug jones you just heard from there was actually benefitted from moore's troubles. he's raised about a quarter of a million dollars a day since news of this scandal broke. alex. >> that is remarkable. okay. thank you very much. let's bring in paul singer, washington correspondent for "usa today" and john har wits, editor at large. john, i want to start with you. we look at the polls which seem to favor roy moore's opponent doug jones, conventional wisdo...

. >> so john, on top of the closeness between senator gillibrand and the clintons, how big a deal are these comments by the senator and what was your reaction when you heard it? >> reporter: look, senator gillibrand is somebody who is an active politician with an ongoing career. she might like that career to include a race for president. and given the drift of the story right now, i could see why she decided to step out and make the comments that she made, to try to get out front of it. and i also understand, to some degree, the distinction that she was making between what happened at the time...

Supported in the past. >> paul, i'm curious, the al franken situation, do you think he will be forced to resign? should he be or is there a difference here? >> i don't think he will be forced to resign. the senate could go so far as to perhaps sensor him -- senseture him or to say they as a body reject his behavior. few will be forced to resign, it won't be through the u.s. senate. it could be he does in minnesota have enough of a backlash from his supporters that say you need to step down to make a point about how we treat women. that's conceivable. but i don't think there would be a formal p...