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He seemed pretty frustrated today. hes going to resign but seems to feel almost as if he was forced out by the party. do you feel as if the party forced him out? >> i think what happened yesterday was the seventh rep t report, and a group of our women senators who looked at this very, very closely, reached a conclusion that that was just enough stories substantial enough, numerous enough that it was time to take a stand and i think with that seventh report many of us agreed it is it was a painfu...

Change or the worry this is the tsunami, which will wash away all the progress that women are making, because we dont make distinctions. crime versus distinctions. >> i am so worried. >> really? >> i am really worried. as a womans activist defending womens rights, there is a big distance between rape and big violence which women, one out of three women still faces some kind of violence, sexual violence and between incidents that are violating but not rape. we need to have due process. we cannot ...

Capitol hill that donald trump essentially forced mitch mcconnell to retreat from his position which was to say, i believe the women, to his position as a moving target, but that he retreated to say, its an issue for alabama? and i think yesterday updated that to say, well, we would consider an ethics process, should he prevail? >> reporter: so i think that mcconnell, seems to me, reading kind of the tea leaves and body language, mcconnell didnt want to come across quite the way it was received ...

Franken says hell make announcement tomorrow. >> senator frank ken is entitle to the senate ethics process. but i dont think congress is equipped, i dont think they have the tools to do the kind of accountability that the american people are searching for. i do not feel that he should continue to serve. everyone will make their own judgment. i hope they do make their own judgment. >> cnn national politics reporter mj lee is live on capitol hill. and mj you have been following this issue. just in...

Officials. our process right now we are limited to a member of congress voluntarily resigning or going through the ethics process. i agree 100%. i agree with you. i agree. when i see the swift action that is happening in the industry and then were confronted, what do we do when this is -- >> then why not call for him to resign? why not push a little bit more if you want to see things change and see the way things are handled change, stand is up and be "the voice" in a different way. >> john cony...

On a different topic and eventually drift towards the russian investigation. >> the white house responding it has been cooperative and the president has at no point tried to put influence on committee members. say he reit rate ereiterated wh publicly. investigations must come to fair and appropriate completion. back again, capitol hill reporter for the hill, molly cooper. good to have you back with us. lets go back a moment and talk about the sexual harassment allegations against both john con...

Is the fair way to deal with it? >> i think the fair way to deal with it is first of all, mr. conyers maintained his innocence and he wants to go through the ethics process. so i think that he has to go through the ethics process the same way that we would and anyone would and that determination would be, so he has to macthat determination himself as to whether or not he wanted to openly agree to work with whatever that process is. or, you know, and i also believe that the women that are involve...

Thats probably why a little after that interview aired, she released a statement, using a different tone. she started that statement saying zero tolerance means consequences. and senior democratic aide telling me this morning that this has been a very difficult process for nancy pelosi to handle, in part because of dynamics within the congressional black caucus, which congress is a member of. some members feel like over the years have been unfairly targeted, and there are raw feelings among memb...

Average of the polls in alabama, showing the race couldnt be closer. democrat doug jones leads by 0.8 points. also, al franken is speaking out publicly for the first time in more than ten days about the sexual misconduct allegations against him. >> he gave interviews to tv, radio and print organizations in his home state of minnesota. he insisted hed be back at work when the senate reconvenes this afternoon. >> im not going to make any excuses. i am embarrassed and ashamed. of some of what has c...

Congressman conyers. whether or not hes going to listen to colleagues, i think many would encourage him at this point it might be better to step aside than go through this process. you go through the ethics process, these types of charges brought against this member, hes going to spend a lot of money. a lot of money defending himself, because witnesses will be called. there will be all sorts of folks, the accused, or those bringing charges will be also heard from and then mr. conyers would be th...