SAFE TRAVELS.
SHANNON COME BACK TO YOU.
>> Shannon: DOUG McKELWAY
LIVE WITH THE DOUG JONES
CAMPAIGN ON HER WEDDING NIGHT
FOR THEM.
WITH THAT WHEN MET, THE BALANCE
OF POWER IN THE CENTER GIVES
EVEN TIGHTER FOR REPUBLICANS, 49
DEMOCRATS, WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
TAX REFORM, THEY'LL PROBABLY GET
FOX NEWS POLITICS EDITOR
CHRIS STIREWALT.
GOOD TO SEE YOU TONIGHT ON A
BUSY NIGHT, SIR.
I WANT TO READ THE PRESIDENT'S
TWEET THAT WE JUST GOT DONE HE
SAYS, "CONGRATULATIONS TO DOUG
JONES ON A HARD-FOUGHT VICTORY.
THIS BE 21 VOTES PLAYED A VERY
BIG FACTOR.
THE WIN IS A WIN AND THE
REPUBLICANS WILL HAVE A SHOT AND
ANOTHER SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
IT NEVER ENDS."
IN THE MEANTIME, THEY WILL HAVE
A DEMOCRAT IN THAT SEAT.
>> THAT WAS A VERY GRACIOUS
TWEET.
ESPECIALLY, SINCE, IF YOU
RECALL, AFTER HIS PREFERRED
CANDIDATE LOST IN VIRGINIA, HE
ROSE TO THE GUY ON TWITTER IN
REAL TIME IN THE SAME
EVENING, COMPLAINING ABOUT ED
GILLESPIE.
THIS TIME, HE DIDN'T DENIGRATE
ROY MOORE, WHO, BY THE WAY, WE
RECALL, WAS NOT THE CANDIDATE
THAT THE PRESIDENT WANTED TO WIN
AND THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.
THIS IS NOT THE GUY, ROY MOORE
WAS NOT THE GUY THAT TRUMP CHOSE
TO WIN FOR THE REPUBLICAN
PRIMARY.
GUESS WHAT?
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
STEVE BANNON AND HIS ACOLYTES
ARE GOING TO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT
NOW.
DONALD TRUMP WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE
ALABAMA PRIMARY.
STEVE BANNON, THE PRESIDENT'S
CHIEF POLITICAL ADVISOR DURING
THE CAMPAIGN, WAS WRONG.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
STEVE BANNON AND HIS TEAM ARE
GOING TO HAVE TO FACTOR IN AS
THEY GO INTO 2018.
HOW MUCH OF THIS PRIMARY BATTLE
SCEPTER THEY WANT TO DO?
HOW MUCH OF THE CIVIL WAR DO
THEY WANT TO DO?
WHAT OTHER SEATS COULD IT COST
THEM?
>> I TALKED TO THE SENATE
MAJORITY LEADER ABOUT THIS AND A
MAJORITY LEADER ABOUT THIS AND O
MAJORITY LEADER ABOUT THIS AND T
MAJORITY LEADER ABOUT THIS AND B
MAJORITY LEADER ABOUT THIS AND N
MAJORITY LEADER ABOUT THIS AND O
MAJORITY LEADER ABOUT THIS AND N
BACKING OTHER ANTIESTABLISHMENT
TO DO.
HE WOULDN'T EVEN SAY HIS NAME,
IF YOU REMEMBER THAT.
HE NOTED THE PERSON YOU
MENTIONED IS HOW HE REFERRED TO
BANNON, HAS PICKED THE A LOT OF
LOSERS.
TONIGHT, THIS IS GOING TO BE A
MIXED FIND FOR MITCH MCCONNELL.
HE LOSES A CRITICAL BOAT, AT
LEAST FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT
HE HAS NOW HAD PROOF OF HIS
FEELINGS THAT STEVE BANNON IS
NOT HELPFUL TO THE PARTY.
>> THEIR STATUS AND ALSO THE
MORE IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION FOR
MITCH MCCONNELL, WHO IS
HAVING ROY MOORE SERVING IN THE
UNITED STATES ENTERED MAY HAVE
CAUSED MULTIPLE SEATS FOR REPUBI
CAUSED MULTIPLE SEATS FOR REPUBA
CAUSED MULTIPLE SEATS FOR REPUBS
CAUSED MULTIPLE SEATS FOR REPUB.
YOU MAY NOT KNOW, IT IS ALL HELP
WITH HYPOTHETICALS.
HAVING ROY MOORE IS A SITTING
U.S. SENATOR, WE CAN DISABUSE
OURSELVES OF ANY NOTION THAT HE
WOULD BE KICKED OUT OR REMOVED
OR WHAT HOW DO IF HE GOT
ELECTED, HAVING HIM AS A SITTING
U.S. SENATOR WAS GOING TO BE
TROUBLE FOR THE REST OF HIS
PARTY BECAUSE, GUESS WHAT?
NOT EVERY STATE IS AS REPUBLICAN
AS ALABAMA AND NOT EVERY STATE
IS AS ACCOMMODATING AS THE VIEWS
OF ROY MOORE AS ALABAMA MIGHT
BE.
WHEN YOU TAKE THAT SHOW ON THE
ROAD AND DEMOCRAT START PUSHING
ROY MOORE ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
THAT COULD HAVE COST McCONNELL
OTHER SEATS.
I THINK FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE,
AND WHAT HE IS MOST CONCERNED
ABOUT, HOLDING THAT MAJORITY,
GROWING IT BY A SEAT OR TWO,
THIS IS IMPORTANT.
WINNING IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN
LOSING.
WINNING IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN
LOSING, BUT THIS MAY BE ONE
STUFF DONE ON THE HILL.
THEY HAVE THE VICE PRESIDENT TO
BE THE TIEBREAKER IF THEY NEED
HIM.
NOW THEY ARE DOWN TO ONE.
DOES THIS MEAN THAT ONE
REPUBLICAN SENATOR IS GOING TO
BE ABLE TO DERAIL ANYTHING?
A CONTRARIAN LIBERTARIAN LIKE
RAND PAUL OR OFTEN LISA
MURKOWSKI OR SUSAN COLLINS.
IT SEEMS LIKE YOU WERE ALWAYS
TRYING TO HOLD THAT TOGETHER IF
YOU ARE THE G.O.P., THE
COALITION.
BUT NOW, THEY ARE DOWN TO ONE.
>> SUSAN COLLINS' CHRISTMAS LIST
WILL BE FULFILLED.
I PREDICT.
WHATEVER IT IS THAT SHE DESIRES
IS COMING HER WAY BECAUSE AS
REPUBLICANS THINK ABOUT HOW YOU
GET THINGS DONE AND, AS YOU SAY,
THEY CAN LOSE TWO, BUT NOW,
AFTER THEY GET INTO THE NEW
SENATE COME AFTER THESE RESULTS
ARE CERTIFIED IN A COUPLE OF
WEEKS AND WE GET THE NEW LOOK
SENATE, THEY CAN ONLY USE ONE.
THAT WILL NOT AFFECT THEM AS
THEY TRY TO DO THIS JAM THROUGH
HERE, PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON
THEM, MORE PRESSURE ON THE
TAXES, THEY MUST PASS END OF
YOUR STUFF THAT IS SO CRUCIAL.
IN THE NEXT YEAR, WHATEVER HAS
TO BE DONE, THEY WANT TOO MUCH.
BUT WHATEVER HAS TO BE DONE,
EACH OF THOSE SENATORS WILL FEEL
>> Shannon: WITH THAT IN MIND,
AND THE POWER PLAY THAT THE
PRESIDENT HAD TWEETED AND TALK
ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE NEED THIS
VOTE IN THE CENTER, ACCUSING
DOUG JONES ABOUT BEING BAD ON
CRIME AND THE BORDER, BUT OUR
VOTER ANALYSIS, I THINK YOU GIVE
IT THE ACRONYM EARLIER TONIGHT,
FNBA, TALKING ABOUT WHAT WAS
MOST IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE, NUMBER
ONE, CANDIDATES MORALITY CAME
OUT ON TOP AS 92% WHEN ASKED TO
RANK THESE DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
SECOND WAS A PARTY CONTROL OF
THE SENATE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE PEOPLE'S ISSUES
ABOUT MORALITY TRUMPED THE DAY,
NO PUN INTENDED, WHEN IT CAME TO
LISTENING TO THE PRESIDENT ABOUT
LOSING CONTROL OF THE CENTER FOR
THE G.O.P.
>> LET'S BE PLAIN ABOUT IT.
FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE ALABAMA
WHO ARE OVERWHELMINGLY
CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS
UNITED STATES SENATE AND ALSO
BRINGING DISCREDIT TO THEIR
STATE, LOOKING SILLY, LOOKING
RIDICULOUS.
REMOVED WHEN A TIME WHEN ITS
NAME WAS TIED TO INFAMY, WHEN IT
WAS TIED TO GEORGE WALLACE, WHEN
IT WAS TIED TO ABOUT
ENTHUSIASTIC SEGREGATION.
IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT
ALABAMIANS ARE PARTICULARLY
INTERESTED IN ASSOCIATING
THEMSELVES WITH.
THAT IS WHY ROY MOORE, AND THE
PAST, WAS NOT ONLY REMOVED FROM
OFFICE BUT STRUGGLED IN
STATEWIDE RACES AND THAT IS WHY
YOU PUT THE ADDED PART ON ABOUT
THE SEX SCANDAL, HE JUST BECOMES
A NO-GO AND I THINK THAT IS WHEN
YOU GET THOSE TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF WRITE-IN VOTES, SAYING IT
WON'T VOTE FOR THE DEMOCRAT BUT
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, THEY ARE
SAYING, I WANT YOU TO KNOW I WAS
HERE.
>> Shannon: IF AT ONE POINT,
AND THE NUMBERS WILL CHANGE
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, WE WILL
GET MORE PROVISIONAL VOTES AND
THINGS COUNTED, BUT AT
ONE POINT, 9,000 VOTE MARGIN.
IF YOU GOT 22,000 WRITE-INS,
THEY WERE FIRED UP, THEY WANTED
TO BE HEARD BUT NOT ATTACHED TO
ANY ONE OF THESE GUYS.
WE WILL LEARN A LOT MORE ABOUT
WHO THOSE NAMES WERE.
I'M SURE WE WILL RECOGNIZE MANY
OF THEM.
>> NICK SABIN FT W.