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Senators now saying they regret joining the rest of force them out. but gillibrand, one of the first senators to call for him to quit, is now doubling down. offering her strongest defense yet of her actions. watch this. >> its his decision, and his alone whether to wait out his ethics hearing. whether to wait for his next election. the decision i made was whether or not to stay silent. to somehow blame me for a mans actions and a mans decision is pretty absurd. >> melissa: emily, does it look di...

Two later, mr. conyers had stepped down from judiciary committee. and then when more allegations came across, and more credible allegations came across and more womens stories became public, i think the discussions were taking place with members of the cbc and others and the leadership to figure out a way for mr. conyers to resign. and i think the ultimatum was given. resign or i will be calling on you to -- >> heres what the democratic congressman, kathleen rice, saying of nancy pelosis comment...

Set women back and our party back decades. >> i think what happened with mr. conyers when he stepped off the judiciary committee was the first action the leader had asked for an ethics hearing. i understand some of the members did not like those comments. but after more women came and started talking about this issue with mr. coniers. and i think you saw leader pelosi, leader cliburn asking him to step down as well. >> it did take more time for him to say they should step down and theres more pe...

Moore wins and what they want to see him do before election day. exactly. mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader suggested there would be ethics hearing which could lead to expulsion from the senate. hes the one of pushing a write in candidate. even though they dont have a name for a write in candidate. richard shelby is the other interesting one. other senator from alabama. he said yesterday he will write in distinguished republican. hes kind of been the one voice from within the republi...

So from what michael horn said, theres 430,000 vehicles that will not be fixed by just software and are going to need major hardware additions to the vehicles. so thats going to be expensive and time consuming. and as a consumer, were all confused with whether we should be driving these cars. can we legally? yes. but should we and what do we do in the meantime? so its -- its the kind of thing that needs to be addressed civilly as well as all of these penalties that may be coming volkswagens way....

Knew that would be the reaction. >> his point was let me have my day in the court and the speaker said your day in court is when there is an ethics hearing. we feel very good about the passage of that bill. as a former governor i know what it means. i have kids in public schools. i know what it means to find that support for the school systems across the nation and make sure that our public safety folks are there doing the job we want them to. >> a big night for the democrats and especially in c...

Congressional garage, and there are some things that are in there, that will be a little -- and hell have to tap dance around and you heard what he said, he said, look, nobody will force me to do anything, im going to present my defense, and, im going to win, and... >> hell strike a deal. >> you always tell your clients, dont say a word like any good criminal defense attorney and so, is what he is saying helping or hurting his case, that he is answering to a higher power? >> well, he is probably...

Big stories now, police are making an arrest in phoenix, and new details are coming -- congress in on the governors effort to appeal the ruling and moments away from an ethics hearing for charlie rangel, did he or did he not cut a deal? im chef michael,

Sounds natural. - the quality of sound is excellent, and yet theyre, you know, the size of a thumbtack. announcer: to learn more, call: today. megyn: im megyn kelly has charlie rangel cut a deal? the news is breaking. we are live as the ethics hearing gets underway in moments. opponents of arizonas immigration law are celebrating today, but should they be? well have a full report.

Electoral process, they will have a greater voice, but obviously it has great ramifications for national politics with latinos a growing population here, and this law, because its associated with the republicans, could drive so many latinos even further into the arms of the democratic party. one long-term perhaps unintended consequence we could see play out as a result of this debate. suzanne? >> jessica yellin, thanks so much. now on to capitol hill where a veteran power broker, a very powerf...