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Have television sets. they are paying close attention to al franken today like the other 49 states. part of me wonders if this was a power play to put focus on voters on tuesday like hey the democrats have cleaned house. what are you now going to do with your roy moore predicament? if there werent an election on tuesday, im not convinced we would have seen this outcome today. and i think once kirsten july brand started this down the track, the pressure mounted on democrat female senators to do l...

For that. from public radio, thank you, she has covered both of franken campaigns. youve been listening to my conversation. is it noteworthy the man stood on the senate floor and didnt say today im leaving, it was in the coming weeks, it was a lot of i and me, didnt do all these things hive been accused of doing. then obviously the rib at the end against the president and potential senator from alabama. how did you see it? >> brooke, i heard what michael said about consistency. and what im think...

Process and they same time remain an effective senator for them. >> lets start there. i have with me cnn political host of cnn smerconish. good to see you. that was part of the bigger speech when he was standing on the senate floor and addressed really the nation. and so there is so much to pick part from t what stood out to you, michael? >> so i was reading the transcript as you were playing the tape and following along. i find it so fascinating, because what occurs to me, brooke, is this, inst...

Game today on the floor of the senate. i think he sounded defiant. i listened closely to what he said about he thought he would have been cleared through the senate ethics committee investigation. i think thats the first time that he stated is quite like that. and what that sounds like to me is back to what hes been saying all along, is the women need to be heard. youll notice he doesnt use the word believed. the women need to be heard. but i dont remember these incidents the way these women did...