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Soon as possible. but i would point out that this absolute denial from mr. conyers differs significantly from what weve seen in some other cases at least in the case of al franken, for example, in the case of charlie rose there have been oftentimes in the wake of these accusations statements or acknowledgments that there was truth of some kind in what was included in the report. so it is different how mr. conyers at least at this point is approaching this. the one thing i will say, buzzfeed rele...

With the details there from washington. what are the allegations, sunlen? >> brooke, these are serious allegations here and a report posted by buzzfeed which i should say cnn has not been able to independently confirm yet, but according to documents that buzzfeed obtained, former staffers of congressman conyers claimed that they were asked by the congressman for sexual favors, claims of inappropriate touching, caressing of their hands, rubbing of the backs and legs, and also they allege they wer...

A congressman from illinois, democrat, basically said if he were john conyers he would step aside. >> right. if the buzzfeed reporting is true that conyers should step aside and i think youll have more democrats saying that precisely because, one, were in this climate where congress realizes its under scrutiny, two, people in congress, congress owned party feel like they have to step occupy and three theres this total lack of transparency in the way these allegations were handled, handled by thi...

Side saying, were not as bad as those guys, when in reality, this should be a bipartisan issue of sexual harassers at the media or serving in congress. >> and sam stein, i should point out that congressman conyers today to the associated press strongly denies any settlement was paid. that report from buzzfeed was not confirmed by nbc, but there are calls among the democrats for an ethics investigation. >> yeah. its difficult to know -- put it this way, there are degrees of offenses being committ...

So clearly many more questions here, brooke. >> and then the other layer to this is, who knew about the settlements. ive seen quotes from the former house speaker saying wasnt aware and leader pelosi had no idea. who knew? >> thats right. that is the biggest question here as we dig deeper into this story. first and foremost were hearing from speaker of the house paul ryan calls this -- deeply troubling report and says it is clear that changes need to be made in the system and that is what is tro...

But first we turn toal gigs gagss of sexual misconduct. both cbs and pbs are cutting ties with charlie rose following the "washington post" report just yesterday detailing extensive allegations against the veteran newsman. cbs terminated roses contract just today and this afternoon pbs says it has cancelled distribution of his programs. while here in washington, the longest serving member of the house of representatives is now denying allegations of sexual misconduct. "buzzfeed" reported that de...

Buzzfeed news reported today that national security adviser hr mcmaster referred to president trump as an idiot in a private dinner conversation with the ceo of oracle. buzzfeed sources were four people who say they heard about the conversation directly from katz. buzzfeed reports that mcmaster, quote, dismissed the president as an idiot and a dope with the intelligence of a kindergartner. the sources said and fell to michael anton today to try to deny that the national security adviser believes...

Arent just spent on defense and new bridges and welfare. they are spent settling sexual harassment claims against lawmakers. the longest-serving member of the house, john conyers used taxpayer money to settle a staffer complaint, explaining "in this case i expressly and vehemently denied the allegations made against me and continue to do so. the resolution was not for millions of dollars but rather for an amount that equated to in a reasonable payment." the ethics committee is investigating. if ...

>> bret: this is a fox news alert. we have breaking news of another woman accusing michigan democratic congressman john conyers of sexual misconduct. correspondent peter doocy is live on capitol hill, this news breaking minutes after your last report. >> buzzfeed has published a link to some court documents denied where a former for john conyers in his office here in washington, d.c., across the capitol in the rayburn building says conyers made five direct attempts to use his position as a membe...

So at this point, i think there are a lot of questions about this reporting. and, you know, as you guys were just talking about, there is some caution to be noted. the other piece of this i would also point out, mike sernovic who has propagated conspiracy theories is the source of these documents. buzzfeed acknowledged that in their original report. they did say, buzzfeed, that they had authenticated these documents. the nda you showed on the screen, also some affidavits they said they had. they...