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Senator gillenbrand and the rest of the senators in a coordinated way. they said enough is enough. you heard al franken saying he was sensitive to women speaking out and he didnt want to refute their allegation, but he vigorously rejected the allegations of this eighth accuser who was the one who was a step too far for his women colleagues. and he also said he had not done any of these misconduct accusations. they did not take place while he was in the senate. he also said he was not really ackn...

Worse, it is anonymous, and that means franken cannot answer it. none of this would pass muster in a court of law but in a trial by social media, and that is what we are seeing, it is enough to destroy your reputation, a career, a life. so enjoy the schadenfreude, the pure animal thrill of watching a person knocked from a high perch, but at the same time, ask yourself, what if this happened to you? imagine being accused by someone whose name you didnt know of something that supposedly happened m...

He has done repeatedly, he does not have the right to be a member of the congress of the united states. >> heidi przybyla has a question for you. >> congresswoman. >> congresswoman, this latest report which is based on an anonymous accuser seems to be the critical mass that is potentially forcing the senator into resignation. im wondering in this new cultural moment that were in, how do we balance the need, also, for due process for these members of congress who may be accused by anonymous accus...

President trump, he gets into the details and its hard for me to believe that he wasnt fully aware of all these meetings and engagements. i dont know that for a fact, but im just as i analyze it or assess it from just watching, its hard for me to believe that he wasnt fully cognizant of all these developments. and certainly and just to get back to mike flynn, i dont think mike is doing this or doing it on his own without elections in the campaign. >> all right, which obviously is a crucial point...

There is a possibility that he wont resign tomorrow. do you think thats a real possibility? >> i think its a very slight possibility. i think the expectation is that he will resign. when you have pretty much the entire party turn against you, i think its hard to fight against that. look, i think what happened based on conversations that ive had with people who sort of know the story of how this came to be was a lot of the women senators had been very upset about this, the women democratic senato...

At press conferences this week about it and weve not gotten the chance to do it yet. right now she stihe is still a of congress and not hearing overwhelming calls to step down. reporting today we worked on at nbc about the house ethics panel potentially wanting to speak with the accuser but dont have that confirmed at this point. its clearly something bubbling here and frankly, the speakers been pretty quick making sure that his house is clean. theyve had issues this year, congressman joe barton...

That will be hopefully coming together soon to get other countries to follow president trumps lead and move their embassies to jerusalem? >> i am sure other countries will follow the u.s., the leadership of the u.s. only a year ago, security council packed a resolution that called our presence in jerusalem a violation of the international law. look what happened after a year. the u.s. is bringing up a new approach. it will be helpful for the peace process. >> dana: do you have any concern of wha...

Democratic side all saying, okay, franken has got to go. right after that, al frankens office said he will make an announcement tomorrow. what do you expect the announcement to be. >> i bet it wont take until tomorrow. he is thoroughly done. if he wants to drag it out for another day. when your life is crashing down around you, sometimes were not good at planning things. our organizational skills tend to lapse when we see our lives and our futures and careers turn into ashes. but franken is goin...

Become very difficult for senator franken to continue recycling the response he has been giving every time these stories have come up. one is that, you know, any inappropriate conduct was unintentional. that becomes harder to believe when more of these stories pile up. and the second is he says he is cooperating with the senate ethics committee, while a lot of his colleagues and i probably think senator franken himself would agree under different circumstances that that process is not actually a...

Him. there are questions about what republicans would do after that. and while clearly there are differences between the nature of the allegations and whats been alleged between franken and alleged against roy moore, the democratic message today is that none of it is okay regardless of degree or nuance. so that potentially sets up a difficult position for republicans who would potentially be faced with mcconnell again saying he would immediately launch an ethics investigation into moore but tryi...