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And watch every single development. >> you took james carville's words right out of my mouth. you're reporting that the president saying the government shutdown would be good for him is pretty fascinating as in "the washington post." we'll circle back and talk about it. thanks on a new gig. >> thanks so much. >> gillian. >> a new report of sexual harassment in the house has nancy pelosi calling on one of the representatives to resign after misconduct surfaced on friday. ellison joins us with more on the fascinating story. >> this is a congressman from nevada and nancy pelosi pretty quickly cal...

Not long ago when if party leadership told you to resign that meant something. >> two democratic lawmakers, john conyers, staying put for the foreseeable future, the most recent person caught up in these allegations reached out his office but so far haven't heard back. in a statement about feed, apologize for anything he did that, quote, made his former staff are uncomfortable. he later added to that statement and told buzz feed he did not recall any of the circumstances described by this former campaign staffer. it all happened in 2016. a woman who was the finance director during the 2016 cam...

Only as samantha told reporters he repeatedly harassed her during the 2016 campaign. she abruptly quit because kihuen repeatedly asked her for dates and she said no. he told buzz feed he's story for anything he did that, quote, made her feel uncomfortable. he's the most recent lawmaker accused of sexual harassment, but certainly not the only one. according to a report in politico. $84,000 taxpayers dollars were used to settle a sexual harassment claim from a texas congressman. and some are calling a secret slush fund in the past 20 years has reported bye paid more than $17 million for violatio...

The story. she has a powerful story to tell. you're giving your side. it is only fair and decent to allow her to speak as well. >> here is his statement. he says i deny these allegations, many of which were raised by documents reportedly paid for by a partisan alt-right blogger. i look forward to vindicating myself before the house committee on ethics. is your client part of an all the right blogger's effort? >> absolutely not. she worked for him for many years. she's a democrat. i am a democrat. this is not a partisan issue. this is about sexual harassment and claims raised years ago. she doe...

Moves forward and allows these victims to speak. >> we'll finish with this to you, jeff. commenting on that very question. again, the allegations the 3-2 from buzz feed and one from "washington post" and looking over to the senate and the democratic compatriot of conyers and that is, of course, al franken. he sits on four committees. >> well, as we understand at the moment al franken has not signaled a willingness to step down and we don't think, based on the reporting that he's getting pressure from senate democratic leaders to do that. but we'll have to watch this space, though, as the days ...