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And watch every single development. >> you took james carvilles words right out of my mouth. youre reporting that the president saying the government shutdown would be good for him is pretty fascinating as in "the washington post." well circle back and talk about it. thanks on a new gig. >> thanks so much. >> gillian. >> a new report of sexual harassment in the house has nancy pelosi calling on one of the representatives to resign after misconduct surfaced on friday. ellison joins us with more o...

Not long ago when if party leadership told you to resign that meant something. >> two democratic lawmakers, john conyers, staying put for the foreseeable future, the most recent person caught up in these allegations reached out his office but so far havent heard back. in a statement about feed, apologize for anything he did that, quote, made his former staff are uncomfortable. he later added to that statement and told buzz feed he did not recall any of the circumstances described by this former ...

Only as samantha told reporters he repeatedly harassed her during the 2016 campaign. she abruptly quit because kihuen repeatedly asked her for dates and she said no. he told buzz feed hes story for anything he did that, quote, made her feel uncomfortable. hes the most recent lawmaker accused of sexual harassment, but certainly not the only one. according to a report in politico. $84,000 taxpayers dollars were used to settle a sexual harassment claim from a texas congressman. and some are calling...

The story. she has a powerful story to tell. youre giving your side. it is only fair and decent to allow her to speak as well. >> here is his statement. he says i deny these allegations, many of which were raised by documents reportedly paid for by a partisan alt-right blogger. i look forward to vindicating myself before the house committee on ethics. is your client part of an all the right bloggers effort? >> absolutely not. she worked for him for many years. shes a democrat. i am a democrat. t...

Moves forward and allows these victims to speak. >> well finish with this to you, jeff. commenting on that very question. again, the allegations the 3-2 from buzz feed and one from "washington post" and looking over to the senate and the democratic compatriot of conyers and that is, of course, al franken. he sits on four committees. >> well, as we understand at the moment al franken has not signaled a willingness to step down and we dont think, based on the reporting that hes getting pressure fr...

Look across the aisle at the democrats to see how theyre handling their own allegations of sexual misconduct. >> be clear based on what we know at nbc news. three allegations, i believe. two from buzz feed and one from "washington post." is that right? what is the background and timeline. we have a one-week time frame for the most part. >> as far as john conyers is concerned. there are allegations that came out first in buzz feed and then another one that came out, as well. theres one woman who ...

A search-and-rescue mission under way. three people still missing after a u.s. navy aircraft crashed into the philippine sea south of japan. eight others have been rescued. u.s. navy officials say theyre in good condition. the transport plane was heading towards the carrier u.s.s. ronald reagan but went down about 90 miles away. the white house says president trump has been briefed on the situation. reports of another accuser as the house ethics committee launches an investigation into allegatio...

This is a tough question but -- >> uh-oh. >> gillian: you will see why in a second. conyers said in this case i expressly and vehementally deny the allegations. my office resolved the allegations with an express denial of liability in order to save all involved from the rigors of protracted litigation. is that a false paradigm? you get to pay out a settlement and also claim innocence? >> guy: he also claimed he didnt know about the settlement. >> gillian: there is that too. >> guy: he said i did...

We have. the office of compliance that you just referred to, which is the office all the discrimination complaints go to, has a very archaic process, it has a 30-day arbitration, then more time for counseling. but it has no link to the ethics committee. so even if somebody was found in the compliance investigation to have had some kind of sexual harassment, that wouldnt necessarily go to the ethics investigation. thats really what we need to look at doing. >> ben smith, who is editor at "buzz fe...

Need to look at the rules that we have. the office of compliance that you just referred to, which is the office all the discrimination complaints go to, has a very archaic process, it has a 30-day arbitration, then more time for counseling. but it has no link to the ethics committee. so even if somebody was found in the compliance investigation to have had some kind of sexual harassment, that wouldnt necessarily go to the ethics investigation. thats really what we need to look at doing. >> ben s...