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Was steve bannon's influence diminished at all last night or does he still have enough pull among trump's base to still cause trouble for mitch mcconnell and other members of the so-called establishment? >> that's the key question before the 2020 presidential election, is did bannon -- did the breitbartism of the america first wave that elected trump, did that carry such a flawed candidate to within 20,000 votes? senator-elect jones won. it's probably good news for the country, probably inarguably. but it was close. this was not a blowout. i do think that that's going to be a salient factor go...

Directed at kirstin gillibrand and reads, a president who all but called a senator aer who is unfit to clean toilets or to shine george w. bush's shoes. this is one of the two or three national newspapers. >> this is not a newspaper who is known to be a lefty paper. it reads like a lefty screen you might hear at a thanksgiving dinner. this is "usa today." their circulation is the middle of the country. this changed the whole alabama race. without it he would be senator-elect right now. why did trump imply clearly that kirstin jill brand had come into

>> it's not a leftie paper. i read that and it reads sort of like a leftie screed you might hear at a thanksgiving dinner. instead, this is u.s.a. today. their circulation is the middle of the country. >> what moves them i think it's gender. >> this movement of women sharing their stories changed the alabama race. without it roy moore would be the senator-elect right now. if they hadn't uncovered the "washington post" stuff, game over. >> answer me this question about a stooupt stupid decision, why

When asked what message last night's election sent to alabama and the rest of the world, here's what senator shelby says. listen. >> i think basically the voters -- the majority of the voters chose principle over politics. >> what about steve bannon? was there a message to steve bannon? >> i'll leave that to ya'll. he didn't win. >> the other senator, luther strange, he only held that position for a brief amount of time. he is the outgoing senator because after all, he was defeated by roy moore in the republican primary. he offered some advice to the new senator-elect. take a listen. >> my adv...

Moor moore. >> and nbc news is now calling doug jones the apparent winner in this special senate election in alabama. >> that makes two defeats for president trump at the hands of alabama's voters, who just last year gave him a 28-point victory. the president is trying to explain his loss on twitter this morning. quote, the reason i originally endorsed luther strange and his numbers went up mightily -- >> actually, they didn't go up mightily but go ahead. >> is that roy moore will not be able to win the general election. i was right. roy worked hard but the deck was stacked against him. doug j...