all of the allegations against him. but as you can see, the pressure in the end, given that this national moment was just too much for him to survive. he is 88 years old. he said today on the radio that he wants his son, john conyers iii, to be the person who eventually runs for and wins his seat. we also have heard from ian conyers, another relative of the conyers family, who s also said he s interested in running. so potentially some family drama going on in this detroit area district. this is a safe democratic seat in the detroit area. there s some leeway for the governor on how this elect might unfold. so we re not quite sure yet when a replacement election might take place. but, craig, it s worth noting, congressman conyers isn t the only member of congress under pressure or facing a challenge about what to do to deal with sexual harassment allegations. a republican congressman from texas paid $84,000 in a
endorsed by his father john conyers jr. is the elder congressman announcing his retirement. he is going to support his son, ian conyers. hez grand nephew also going to run for the seat as well. all right. thank you very much. kasie hunt for us on capitol hill. stick around, everyone. the gop is out in full force now for alabama senate candidate roy moore even though multiple women have accused him of sexual assault and child molestation. even though many of those republicans have previously said they believe the women. all right. and speaking of political candidates that were not taken down by serious assault claims, former today show host billy bush is speaking out about that infamous access hollywood tape that surfaced in 2016. bush wrote, yes, donald trump, you said that in a new york times op-ed. he also made an excuse for why he laughed at trump s grab them by the you know what comment. here he was last night. i think a lot of us were the big word is complicit.
of congressman john conyers ian conyers might run for his seats. reports are published that he will. we haven t been able to confirm that. i spoke to the chief of staff for ian conyers. he doesn t deny those reports and we spoke to a spokesperson for the family of the congressman who said it will be a free for all, as you can imagine, in detroit regarding who will run for his seat and that his wife might decide to run for his seat. sandra. sandra: interesting that he weighed in as well on his health and the state of his family saying his health and his family are excellent. yes. we attended a rally for congressman conyers yesterday. a large coalition of people supporting him including state, local and county officials who were urging him not to resign saying he was still in the hospital and his condition was unknown. but as we just found out he remains in the hospital at this hour. friday there was a press conference in front of the congressman s house in which