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Serving member of the house, a big figure, a towering figure in the civil rights movements, so all of these things left open the question of well, at what point will there be sort of enough momentum and enough support for the idea of calling on this congressman to resign. and i think the other sort of interesting context here and the conversations that will follow is, what is going to be the bar now for members to say, if a fellow colleague behaves in a certain way, then they really need to resi...

Points, in january, march, august, october, and now today. meantime, after defending him, house minority leader nancy pelosi is calling on michigan democratic congressman john conyers to resign, and pelosi is not alone. a cascade of democrats made the same remark. the houses longest serving member and a detroit hospital for what his stats as are stress related issues. another woman has come forward with sexual harassment allegations. a fox news exclusive breaking tonight. for the first time in a...

Up if you want to make your point. and i dont think democrats are in a very good position to be making demands if they arent going to participate in the negotiations necessary to move legislation forward and solve problems. do we have to have a daca solution? yes, we do. the deadline is march as far as i understand it. we have other deadlines in front of that like fiscal year deadlines and appropriation deadlines. but if they want to get to a solution they ought to come to the table and start ta...

Is sexual harassment. and of course, the member who is at the center of the controversy is congressman john conyers, who now faces multiple allegations of sexual harassment. and john, in what has become very clear, even over the last 24 hours or so, is that it has become increasingly difficult for his colleagues and his supporters to defend him. we reported yesterday that members of the congressional black caucus have been talking to congressman conyers about the possibility of resigning. and ta...

Repeatedly. so with the house approving a resolution requiring sexual harassment training for all members, is that enough? so far amid calls for congressman john conyers to resign, technically hes not. but it is a very different way they handle things there versus in corporate america. dont know if thats a good or bad thing, but its a consistent thing. peter doocy has the latest. >> neil, this afternoon for two hours on the fifth floor of the congressional office building, the black caucus met b...

Her. yet another democrat is calling for the longest serving member of the house to resign. kristin fisher is live with details. good evening. >> this is the third former staffer of congressman conyers to come forward with allegations of sexual harassment. her she said it happened three s between 1997 in 99, the last one, took place in a very public setting, a town hall meeting in his home district of detroit. listen to how she described it on cnn just tonight. >> he stuck his hand up my dres dr...

Welcome back. major development on a pair of high profile lawmakers accused of sexual harassment. congressman john conyers, the michigan democrat and longest serving member in the house saying he is stepping down as ranking member of the judiciary committee in the house. we are hearing from senator al franken who just did an interview with his hometown newspaper and a public radio station there saying he is, quote, embarrassed and ashamed after two women came forward and accused him of sexual ha...

Somebody like conyers, 88 years old, longest serving member in the house and hes not going anywhere. >> ultimately its up to conyers because the process to remove somebody is either -- theres a high political hurdle. or it take as very long time for the ethics committee to do its due diligence and listen to everybody on both sides. the leaders do not have as much power as theyd like to have. and this is why were seeing it play out the way it is. i want to take issue with one thing that congressm...

Welcome back to "velshi & ruhle." the first democratic law make ser calling on john conyers to resign after allegations of sexual harassment. kathleen rice says the longest serving member of the house should step aside. >> because enough is enough at this point. what i am voicing publicly is what every single private citizen is saying across america. why are the rules for politicians in washington different than they are for everyone else? right now what were talking about is are there going to ...

Here. >> the enact hes a public figure is irrelevant. his private moments and images are not open to the public. we dont have a right to know about his private parts. >> capitol police have launched a investigation. no further comment. par ton is 68-years-old and longest serving member of the house 17 terms. he said he will not resign and has filed papers for reelection next fall. >> thank you. meanwhile new york city police leaving nothing to chance stepping up security as hundreds of thousands...