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Look across the aisle at the democrats to see how they're handling their own allegations of sexual misconduct. >> be clear based on what we know at nbc news. three allegations, i believe. two from buzz feed and one from "washington post." is that right? what is the background and timeline. we have a one-week time frame for the most part. >> as far as john conyers is concerned. there are allegations that came out first in buzz feed and then another one that came out, as well. there's one woman who is now representative, represented by an attorney judy bloom. she came out and said that she would...

A search-and-rescue mission under way. three people still missing after a u.s. navy aircraft crashed into the philippine sea south of japan. eight others have been rescued. u.s. navy officials say they're in good condition. the transport plane was heading towards the carrier u.s.s. ronald reagan but went down about 90 miles away. the white house says president trump has been briefed on the situation. reports of another accuser as the house ethics committee launches an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct against congressman john conyers. the michigan democrat is the longest serv...

This is a tough question but -- >> uh-oh. >> gillian: you will see why in a second. conyers said in this case i expressly and vehementally deny the allegations. my office resolved the allegations with an express denial of liability in order to save all involved from the rigors of protracted litigation. is that a false paradigm? you get to pay out a settlement and also claim innocence? >> guy: he also claimed he didn't know about the settlement. >> gillian: there is that too. >> guy: he said i did know about the settlement after buzz feed called him out on the initial lie which has not led cred...

We have. the office of compliance that you just referred to, which is the office all the discrimination complaints go to, has a very archaic process, it has a 30-day arbitration, then more time for counseling. but it has no link to the ethics committee. so even if somebody was found in the compliance investigation to have had some kind of sexual harassment, that wouldn't necessarily go to the ethics investigation. that's really what we need to look at doing. >> ben smith, who is editor at "buzz feed," referred to the process as a plausible deniability machine, because basically no one gets not...

Need to look at the rules that we have. the office of compliance that you just referred to, which is the office all the discrimination complaints go to, has a very archaic process, it has a 30-day arbitration, then more time for counseling. but it has no link to the ethics committee. so even if somebody was found in the compliance investigation to have had some kind of sexual harassment, that wouldn't necessarily go to the ethics investigation. that's really what we need to look at doing. >> ben smith, who is editor at "buzz feed," referred to the process as a plausible deniability machine, be...