day of developments yesterday. a sixth woman came forward sayi alleging al franken had touched her. gillibrand of new york said enough is enough. she put out a statement and then quickly there was an effort of female democratic senators calling for his resignation. it turned into an avalanche within 30 minutes or so. you had more than 30 people, colleagues of al franken saying this was not going to work. that for the good of his constituen constituents, as well as the senate, he step down and resign. obviously there are new allegations today. and enough is enough. we need to draw a line in the sand and say none of it is is okay. none of it is is acceptable. and we as elected leaders should be held to a higher standard not a lower standard. i do not feel he should continue
is going to milwaukee a big announcement today, we think. it is is certainly about his political future. what s driven it to this point? a majority of his democratic senators kind of spontaneously got together and called for his resignation amid growing accusations of sexual misconduct. cnn suzanne malveaux has the story on capitol hill with how we got here. is suzanne? reporter: good morning, chris. with do expect senator al franken is going to announce the fate of his future here here in washington, d.c. later today. husband spokesperson late last night disputed a minnesota public radio report saying he was going to step down. but it is is having said that, it is widely expected that is exactly what he is going to do. this came after an extraordinary
that he is against groping women? go back to the tape. hold on a second, corey. the picture is al franken groping a woman who is asleep. in the state of new hampshire we call that assault. and what do you call assaulting a woman behind a shopping mall when she s 16 years old? the difference is one is accused of it. one has admitted to it. corey, what you re playing right now in other words, if you ever take responsibility for something you did years ago, you should have the book thrown at you. if you just say women are lying, you re willing to go with them. why is it 50% of al franken s colleagues have asked him to resign corey, why do you believe the al frankening curesers and not roy moore. that s not what i said. why isn t roy moore a pig in your mind. if he did it, he s a
if the punishment fits the crime and he does have to lose his job in this me too movement, he said he s embarrassed, contrite. they don t seem to rise to the level of harvey weinstein like crimes. but in this climate, you guess al franken is going to leave his job. it is very hard to fight off that many of your colleagues, dozens at this point, especially your closest friends like chuck schumer who is saying it is is time for you to go. this about the accusations of al franken and democrats proving they can do some house cleaning when they have to do it. it becomes difficult for them to speak with moral clarity when it comes to people like roy moore. it becomes difficult to point a finger at other people as well
disgusting pig as well. you don t believe the accusers? alisyn, what i said was those allegations need to be taken absolutely seriously. and what roy moore has to do is he has to answer to the voters. what al franken is going to do finally, which is a real profile in courage, is resign from the u.s. senate because another accuser, his eighth one, came out yesterday. corey, next topic. steve bannon. a man you know well. this week he went after mitt romney for not fulfilling military service. mitt romney had gone on religious missions. he said that mitt romney and his family should be ashamed, his sons that they didn t sign up for the military. should the same apply to donald trump and his sons? look, i think 6th person who has the opportunity to serve is a decision that they have to make. i didn t serve in the military, but my brother was a 20-year marine. my father served in vietnam, and my grandfather served in world war ii. do you hold it against mitt