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Him. there are questions about what republicans would do after that. and while clearly there are differences between the nature of the allegations and whats been alleged between franken and alleged against roy moore, the democratic message today is that none of it is okay regardless of degree or nuance. so that potentially sets up a difficult position for republicans who would potentially be faced with mcconnell again saying he would immediately launch an ethics investigation into moore but tryi...

It? >> i think its safe to say that that is a big piece of what is animating the democratic senators response to senator franken and allegations against him. that is not to deminnish their concern or response in any way. but its also true that two things are true. first of all, the allegations against senator franken are absolutely troubling and the fact -- >> hey, ruth, sorry to interrupt. ive been told senator tammy duckworth has come out and senator ron wyden as well so the list continues to ...

Which is accusations that have been made. the access hollywood tape occurred. people came forward. over a dozen women came forward. republicans then said oh, we should take a step back. revoked endorsements then the rnc said step down. trump said no. the republican party got behind hooind him again. republican haves to reckon with this issue. >> can i jump in? >> really quickly. >> but if there were not a democratic governor in minnesota who would be able to name al frankens replacement if he we...

Forward in congress to say enough is enough. so, i think i will expect to see more of this occur as other allegations might surface. i think it has been building. were in a cultural moment and ruth, by our account and its been hard to keep up with over the last hour or two, but u it would seem as if all but four of the women in the upper chamber have called for franken to step aside. you contrast that with again, youve got texas congressman, it was revealed he was $84,000 from this secret slush ...

Would have graded it well, even if it was a disastrous policy. >> would we love to get rid of chemical weapons, yes? but im skeptical this is a game plan that would lead to an outcome. and it looks more like, frankly, an effort to guarantee that assad stays in power. and as i recall, two years ago, the policy of this administration was regime change. >> with some angst on the left and the right about what the president said in that interview with george stephanopoulos. in fact, traditionally, ad...

Developing now here on "andrea mitchell reports," a gunman tried to break into a missouri army base, and fired on police today, putting the missouri university of science and technology campus on lockdown. no shots were fired on campus, and the gunman is now at large. speaker boehner is not backing down from insisting that any budget deal to raise taxes or the debt ceiling without cutting trillions in government spending is simply unacceptable. >> clearly, we have struck a nerve. and the respo...

Helped cause the recession. well, the recession had started a few months before that deal was even reached. no less, went into effect. >> and -- >> ruth, and on this point, he said -- boehner said, and we will never have real kmk economic growth if we raise taxes on those in america who create jobs. and yet what happened on president clinton, who did, in fact, raise taxes. >> thats exactly correct. and it was the next point that i wanted to make, which is, if approximate you say you cannot have ...