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I admire what nancy pelosi has done. she is a skillful leader, one of the more skillful we had. she got him to step down from the leadership position. thats not the usual thing. contrast him with donald trump who is schilling for roy moore. you dont find many examples of the leadership stepping in this kind of way. the concerns people would have about being unfair to this man wo had been a civil rights leader for so long. i thought she did it very well. her description of john coniers is accurat...

Two-year term that is half over. its appropriate to have a hierarchy there. if you have committed the acts and again the burden of proof is on john coniers to show he didnt commit it and he signed the agreement. i know people always say i just signed the consent because i want to avoid the litigation. bill oreilly signed it to avoid the litigation. im always skeptical about that effort to brush it aside. its clear that you should not be in a position of authority given to you by a colleague. whe...

Why he should be reelected. as to whether or not he should be forced to quit or expelled depends on the nature. >> do you believe its contingent on revealing more detail or releasing information from that settlement or is it contingent upon the ethics committee process? >> the problem with the ethics committee is it does take a while. they have no jurisdiction over a nonmember of congress. we had cases of people resigning from congress in large part to frustrate the ethics committee. i think joh...

No offense to my colleagues, but thats not real and thats not accountability. >> coniers and franken will cooperate with the helpive house and senate ethics committees. fred, the history of these committees so gray in your jurisdiction, its a court of public opinion. you are asking them to judge and it will be interesting to see what light is shined on the proceedings that happened with such a bright spotlight on the discussion. >> both said they are open to the ethics committee investigations, ...

Previous allegations of sexual misconduct. clearly thats no longer the case. the president weighed in and al franken and other lawmakers that have been accused of sexual misconduct. >> thank you so much from washington and we will step back with you. joining me now, a former congressman, barney frank, thanks so much for joining us. happy thanksgiving weekend. a lot to talk about here. thank you for joining us on all this. john coniers stepping down as ranking committee. lets tackle that amid the...

That has happened in the past as people have accepted an apology as is coming forth now. that i see it in the press. we didnt know because there was a nondisclosure agreement to protect the victims. sometimes they didnt want to be public. sometimes they did. now they will have their choice. but this is about going forward. when we go forward we will address all of that. we have to address it for every work place in the country not just in the congress of the united states. and thats very importa...

Conduct against trump. if they are true, the president must be censured. here with me now is contributor david fairen hold and senior congressional correspondent. a gold call from "the washington post." realistically, republican-controlled congress. >> the house and senate republican controlled, but i think this clearly hare the undercurrent of this story as we talk about allegations not just in the entertainment and news industry, but on capitol hill. this has been the undercurrent the fact tha...

His son in jail. im sure he is listening to them and attorneys and i would think if he had anyone looking out for his best interest, they would say thats what his focus should be. therefore to make sure he is talking with mr. mueller and the attorneys for the prosecution to cooperate with them, there has been a deal or something struck there and that is the only reason why all of a sudden there would be noncommunication between him and the approximate thes attorney. >> congressman meeks, switchi...

To other sitting members of congress? >> there is. some have reported and other organizations are as well. there is a concern that there are the moore stories. they tell you if thats likely true. the office of compliance had $17 million in settlements, not just sexual harassments and workplace disputes. in the case of john coniers, he settled with the woman and that came from his office budget and not from the office of compliance fund that we talked about so much. that makes me think that not o...

Allegations from several women including two that were 16 years old or younger at the time. he denies he did anything wrong and said he never met the women. on facebook he posted this message to supporters saying we are in the thick of the toughest spiritual and political battle of our lives and cannot thank you enough for the constant out pouring of support and love. voters in alabama will pass judgment on roy moore next month and congress may pass judgment with ethics investigations for both s...