>> Neil: LUTHER STRANGE, THAT'S
VERY MUCH.
>> GREAT TO BE WITH YOU.
>> Neil: ALL RIGHT.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
ALABAMA VOTERS HAVE CHOSEN DOUG
JONES, AND HE IS MEETING WITH
THE PRESS RIGHT NOW.
LET'S GO THERE IN BIRMINGHAM.
>> DESPITE WHAT PEOPLE SAY AND
WITH DESPITE ALL OF THE THINGS
THAT GET THROWN AT YOU, IT WAS
NOTHING THAT WE DIDN'T FULLY
EXPECT.
MOST IMPORTANT THING WE'VE HAD
AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL AROUND
THIS STATE, TALKING TO SO MANY
PEOPLE FROM SO MANY WALKS OF
LIFE.
LISTENING TO THEIR CONCERNS AND
CONCERNS AND JOYS AND HAPPINESS.
THAT'S BEEN SO GRATIFYING.
ESPECIALLY GRATIFYING TO KNOW
THAT IN THIS DAY AND AGE, HERE
IN THE STATE OF BAM, THAT A
AND RESPECT AND IMPORTANTLY
MESSAGES OF ISSUES THAT ARE
REALLY AT THE END OF THE DAY,
THE KITCHEN TABLE ISSUES THAT WE
TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE
HEARD ME PREACH ABOUT OVER AND
OVER.
I HAVE RECEIVED CALLS FROM SO
MANY WELL-WISHERS, FRIENDS AND
FAMILY AND ALSO FUTURE
COLLEAGUES IN WASHINGTON ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE AISLE.
I HAVE RECEIVED CALLS FROM
DEMOCRATIC SENATORS, I'VE
McCONNELL, LEADER SCHUMER AND
CALLS FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES, PRESIDENT TRUMP.
ALL VERY GRACIOUS,
CONGRATULATING US ON THE WAY WE
RAN THIS RACE, THE WAY WE
PORTRAYED OURSELF IN THE
CAMPAIGN AND ALL EXPRESSING A
DESIRE TO LOOK FORWARD TOGETHER
ALABAMA AND THIS COUNTRY TO DO
AS WE HAVE SAID FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING TO TRY TO FIND COMMON
GROUND TO MOVE FORWARD.
I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ALL OF
THE SENATORS AND THE PRESIDENT
NOW THE PROCESS BEGINS OF TRY TO
GET A TRANSITION IN.
ONE OF THE CALLS I RECEIVED LAST
NIGHT, SHOULD HAVE SAID THIS A
MOMENT AGO, ONE OF THE FIRST
CALLS I RECEIVED LAST NIGHT WAS
FROM AN OLD FRIEND, SENATOR
LUTHER STRANGE.
HE LEFT A MESSAGE.
WELL.
CONGRATULATING ME, TELLING ME
HOW PROUD HE WAS OF THE CAMPAIGN
THAT WE RAN AND WORKING TOGETHER
TO BUILD OUR STAFF AND TO START
WORK AND TO CONTINUE TO WORK FOR
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TRY
TO FIELD A FEW QUESTIONS HERE
AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST
WAY TO DO IT.
I SEE MY OLD FRIEND THERE IN THE
BLUE TIE WITH HIS LITTLE HAND
RAISED.
I'LL GO TO YOU FIRST.
YES, SIR.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HAVE YOU SPOKEN WITH ROY
MOORE?
>> I HAVE NOT.
I'M GOING TO LEAVE THAT TO HIM.
I THINK THAT AS MOST PEOPLE
INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT BELIEVE
THAT THE PEOPLE OF ALABAMA
SPOKE, AND AFTER ELECTIONS, IT'S
A TIME FOR HEALING, A TEAM FOR
REACHING OUT.
THAT'S WHAT I INTEND TO DO AS --
ONCE I CAN BE SWORN IN.
I'VE TOLD PEOPLE THAT I AM GOING
TO TRY TO BE REACHABLE.
THIS WAS A CLOSE VOTE.
AND THAT THIS STATE, IF YOU JUST
LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, ONE WOULD
CONSIDER IT TO STILL BE DIVIDED.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT WILL
BE THE CASE.
SO I'M GOING TO REACH OUT.
I'LL LET HIM MAKE THAT DECISION.
LET'S MOVE THIS WAY A LITTLE
BIT.
>> [QUESTION INAUDIBLE]
>> THIS IS ALABAMA ISSUES.
TO SOME EXTENT, I THINK BACK
BACK ISSUES ARE THE SAME AS
AROUND THE COUNTRY IN TERMS OF
JOBS AND EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY
HEALTHCARE.
I THINK THE CHIPS PROGRAM THAT I
MENTIONED LAST NIGHT IS AN ISSUE
THAT CROSSES POLITICAL LINES AND
CROSSES FROM ONE STATE TO THE
OTHER.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS HAS
BEEN A ALABAMA RACE.
A RACE THAT WE HAVE FOCUSED ON
IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA AND WE
HAVE TALKED TO STRAIGHT TO THE
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA
ABOUT MY RECORD AND ABOUT THE