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Here, not just in washington, d.c., but across the country and i felt that the morning that we returned back to washington, it was a relevant issue to address. we had -- its a caucus meeting that we have in the morning where most of the members and democratic caucus come and i thought that that was a perfect setting to have a real conversation about what were going to do as a party to address this what is now becoming an epidemic across the country and i didnt feel that the conversation that we ...

I felt that the morning that we returned back to washington, it was a relevant issue to address. we had -- its a caucus meeting that we have in the morning where most of the members and democratic caucus come and i thought that that was a perfect setting to have a real conversation about what were going to do as a party to address this what is now becoming an epidemic across the country and i didnt feel that the conversation that we had was sufficient. >> the chairman of the black caucus were co...

And congressman sedrick richmond and james clyburn suggests conyers should be held to a different standard than men in other industries. watch this. >> you guys dont appreciate other men in other industries have faced similar accusations and gotten out of the way, resigned, stepped down, far faster than he has, right? >> you would have to give me some examples. >> harvey weinstein, charlie rose, matt lauer. >> i dont think -- >> who elected them? >> who elected them? okay, so the argument that m...

The head of the black caucus where the congressman still has a job and matt law -- lauer has a job and he doesnt. >> theres accusations out of the way and resigned, stepped down. [indiscernible] >> harvey weinstein, charlie rose, matt lauer. >> shannon: fox news editor chris, what elected them? >> its true to a point. look, john conyers is not going to serve out his term in congress. he has been trying to appease the beast, step down from your committee chairmanship and say

Resigned, stepped down, far faster than he has. right? >> you would have to give me some examples. >> harvey weinstein, charlie rose, matt lauer. >> i dont think -- who elected them? >> who elected them was congressman clyburns answer. in fairness to congressman clyburn, hes trying to get to somewhere in capitol hill. reporters have free rights to wander the halls there and every right to ask members of the leadership, there was the chairman of the black caucus cedric richmond and congressman cl...

Called carl icahns office enough to make me feel rude but had no response. 12 weeks since he stepped down and havent heard anything more formal about whether or not law enforcement authorities were chasing him down on this matter. hadnt heard anything until now. started to get rumblings on wednesday of last week, reuters reported that carl icahns oil refinery unwound a short position in market. karl icahn dumped out of this bet on the matter he had been advising the white house about. stepped do...

12 weeks since he stepped down and havent heard anything more formal about whether or not law enforcement authorities were chasing him down on this matter. we hadnt heard anything until now. started to get rumblings on wednesday of last week, reuters reported that carl icahns oil refining company had significantly unwound a short position in the u.s. biofuel credit market. what they mean is carl icahn dumped out of this bet on the matter he had been betting on while advising the white house. ste...

Would be fired immediately. you saw a director of the board at uber say demeaning comments about women in joking, in passing, and he resigned, stepped down. however the president identifies himself, however senators and other politicians want to come to his somewhat defense by saying hes new to this, and no job, no profession is language like this acceptable and it is something that parents unfortunately are having to talk to their kids about at home too. because obviously their kids would be se...

Reasons. thats an unusual move that the white house would put out his name if they werent so sure about his reaction? >> right. and they were scrambling on that. the concern was that after general flynn, you know, stepped down, they wanted to fill that vacuum very quickly. they were concerned that a lot of people who might be seen as a first tier candidates might look at what was going on with steve bannon on nsc, with jared kushner playing a large advisor ro role and ron dwonder how is thi goin...

Think, the person stepped down, but this time, what do you think, do you think that she needed to go? >> theres a big difference, the saturday night massacre was really about firing the attorney general when nixon was the target of an investigation and was actively obstructing justice. i think the president is within his rights here to fire the attorney general, that he has that ability. and its not wise that he did. but whats really happened here is, that the president and his presidency is in ...