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Legislation, but this is something that i think has a real possibility of getting all the way through. senator durbin, my dear friend and our senior center in illinois, is chair of the judiciary on the senate side and he will help us get this through. but ali, we had senator lindsay graham, im the lead sponsor on the house side, and i have the republican out of indiana, we -- we are all there saying that we stand together, democrats and republicans, and say this is bad business. and i dont care ...

>> thats what bernie and i are fighting for. >> and thats not the only challenge for bernie 2020. a group of women and men who worked for him in 2016 voiced concern that the campaign had a serious sexual harassment problem. sanders met with those accusers but refused to talk about their discussion describing it as private. he has promised in the past, though, that if he runs in 2020 things will be different. >> i certainly apologize to any woman who felt that she was not treated appropriate and ...

Vert r veteran lawmaker. for sanders the environment in 2020 will be much different than it was in 2016. in an already crowded field of candidates he is no longer the clear eyed candidate. brown of ohio were considering runs occupy a similar space and create obstacles. >> thats what bernie and i are fighting for. >> thats not the only challenge for bernie 2020. a group of women and men who worked for him in 2016 voiced concern that the campaign had a serious sexual harassment problem. today he m...

Confidants and knew about his dirty tricks and harassing private investigators. he knew about the extent of the sexual harassment problem at the network and didnt help either clean it up or cover it up in some instances. this is a hire that has a lot of baggage and it opens up donald trump to his own women problems. clearly this white house does not matter -- does not care about that. >> he was not named communications director. that position still sits vacant. sarah huckabee sanders doing that ...

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Being poisoned. one reason he liked to eat at mcdonalds. nobody knew he was coming and the food was premade. >> thats the one? >> you think so. >> tucker: hillary clinton was a big star at the one place he would be a big star the hyper-politicized grammys awards. ratings fell to record lows last night. it was fitting that hillary clinton would be celebrated by show business. she has one thing in common with hollywood. both appear to have a sexual harassment problem. patty doyle managed clintons ...

Political chase is a brutal game. its time for the gop to protect itself if mr. trump wont, what does that mean if mr. moore wins on tuesday? >> super powerful editorial, i think its an excellent point. you have trent franks, hes known in conservative circles as a very vocal conservative like farenthold not so well moore. roy moore is by far and away if he wins the most prominent person with a sexual harassment problem in congress. its a huge problem for them, mitch mcconnell say that is he will...

The idea that all of a sudden the ethics committee is going to swoop in and solve the capitol hill sexual harassment problem is something that anybody who has spent time on capitol hill can tell you is honestly a kind of fansful notion. the way that capitol hill handles these types of allegations, as governor dean said, is essentially designed to protect members. look, if youre a woman and want to allege that your boss, a member of congress, sexually mistreated you, you have to -- it could take ...

Opinion piece in "the washington post," capitol hill has a sexual harassment problem. kristin nicholson joins me. with a welcome you to, you and your coauthor also wrote a letter to senate and house leaders. tell us about that first. >> thanks for having me. we sent a letter signed by over 1,500 of our staffers to the leaders of the committees that have jurisdiction over these internal issues asking for some reforms to the current system for reporting problematic behavior and making sexual haras...

9:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc and they talk about that topic and much more. lets bring in georgetown university. christen is a former congressional chief of staff. and has been leading the charge for congress to confront its sexual harassment problem. lets start with this first, what do you know of conversations what has been said by senator gillibrand in the past and why do you think she may have decided to now speak out in such force? >> well, i mean i think its obvious that weve reach...