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I think those are some of the first steps. something that were going to continue working on over the next seven years. john? >> sarah, youre familiar with the presidents tweets. he tweets often. >> ive noticed that, too. >> in this particular case, his criticism, senator gillibrand was very important. why must he criticize in such personal terms? he called a sitting u.s. elected senator a lightweight. why got after her on a personal matter? >> i dont think thats all that personal. if you want to...

Entire life that have treated women in this way but have still risen. in some ways, part of it was being relitigated. but part of it is society. women have said they kind of had to live with men who sounded like trump. when you have someone now going after kirsten gillibrand, yes, its news, because hes the president of the united states. i would imagine his voters understood this is the president they were going to get. as a result, they were backing him and endorsed this type of behavior. >> i ...

Abuse and assault against roy moore have dominated the race, the accusations of past sexual misconduct against president trump are back in the spotlight. democratic senator kirsten gillibrand has joined several colleagues in calling for his resignation. that prompted a tweet from the president saying, quote, lightweight senator kirsten gillibrand, a total flunky for chuck schumer and someone who would come to my office begging for campaign contributions not so long ago and would do anything for ...

Pledge under this administration than previous administrations. i think those are some of the first steps and something we are going to continue working on over the next seven years. john. >> thanks a lot, sarah. you are familiar with the presidents tweets, he tweets pretty often. in this -- >> ive noticed that, too. >> yeah. in this particular case, his criticism of senator jill brand was very personal. why must he criticize on such personal terms. he called a sitting elected u.s. senate lightw...

Defense. plus, a homemade pipe bomb, a rental truck on a rampage. after two recent attacks targeting new york city, new fear that crushing isis in the middle east could be like knocking over the ant hill. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." im jake tapper. just moments ago, the white house having to defend the president over old and new accusations of sexism. today, 59 democratic women members of the house of representatives called for an investigation into the multiple allegati...

That women are standing up and saying loudly and clearly, we will not be treated as property, we are not going to allow for sexual harassment in the workplace, and i think the conduct that is unbefitting the president of the united states is something that we have the right to look at. >> the trump tweet against senator gillenbrand today was, quote, lightweight senator kirsten gillibrand, a total flunky for chuck schumer and someone who would come to my office begging for campaign contributions ...

On reporting sexual misconduct, senator carlson settling against fox news, and roger ailes, just last week she met with other women regarding bipartisan legislation, also the author of "be fierce, stop harassment and take your power back." as always, thank you for joining us, thank you for starting this movement. >> thank you. >> the president today with that tweet. what did he intend to say? what did he mean? and we can -- >> well, who knows what he was thinking about. here is what i think abou...

I have something to say here. donald trump, if youre watching, first of all, youre a bad president. please resign. second of all -- [ cheers and applause ] >> in the trump era, the "late shows" stephen colberts satirical voice cracked the code. but colberts method of madness is in sharp contrast to what not long ago was a winning formula on nbcs "the tonight show." >> wow. i look fantastic. >> the thing about jimmy is he does an impression of trump, a very good impression of trump. >> all right,...

Investigation, do you think? >> what im saying, if it is, you can be assured that members of congress will know where to refer it to. and the house ethics committee is no lightweight. both individuals said they will cooperate with the houethics committee that will be done post has. the senator in alabama has not con seeded anything, been investigated by anyone. no other president of the united states who had 16 women accuse him of various forms of sexual harassment nor has he indicated that he i...

Not a lightweight. it has to move quickly because the american people are watching. its important for the congress to clean its house and i believe the house chaeethics committee the appropriate place to do so. and these individuals have said they will willingly cooperate, which i think is very important. >> i dont think its going to be possible for these members of congress, i dont think youre one of them, obviously youre not, but some would like to see this swept under the rug see the process ...