Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 13 December 2017

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Voters in Alabama have elected Doug Jones, a former prosecutor, to the Senate, rejecting the scandal-plagued Roy Moore and giving Democrats a rare victory in a staunchly conservative state. That cuts the Republican majority in the Senate to just one seat. Guest: Jonathan Martin, a national political correspondent for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times on Michael Barbaro, this is the Daily.
0:09.2	Today, the voters in Alabama have rejected Roy Moore,
0:14.2	giving Democrats a rare victory in the staunchly conservative state.
0:19.6	That brings the Republican majority in the Senate down to one C.
0:25.0	It's Wednesday, December 13th.
0:34.0	Oh my, folks!
0:39.0	I gotta tell you, I think that I have been waiting all my life,
0:44.0	and now I just don't know what the hell to say.
0:47.0	Thank you for calling the Renaissance Hotel in Spa, honey.
0:54.0	Fishy.
0:55.0	Hey, I'm trying to reach Room 303.
0:58.0	Jonathan Martin.
1:00.0	Oh, right, giving one moment.
1:03.0	Mr. Martin.
1:05.0	Hey.
1:06.0	Good morning.
1:07.0	Jonathan, it's 12 o'clock to AM on Wednesday morning.
1:11.0	A few hours ago, Democrat Doug Jones was announced
1:15.0	the winner in the Alabama Special Election.
1:18.0	When is the last time that the state of Alabama elected a Democrat
1:22.0	to the United States Senate?
1:24.0	It was actually in 1992.
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