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Republicans leader joining us from the house. thank you very much. >> you bet. >> we're going to talk about earmarks. let me ask you first about eric massa, we've been talking about the republicans calling for an ethics probe. the counter from democrats is he's out of there. we helped get rid of him. why open an ethics investigation, keep open or reopen it now. aren't you just harassing democratic leadership? >> not at all. we believe the american people have a right to know whether or not these extraordinary and appalling acts of eric massa were known by senior staff or democratic leaders the...

Accountable on. that's what they've got to vote on and that's what they question until they can see it for themselves. >> and then there's the whole question of eric massa and what pelosi knew and when did she know it. steny hoyer, as soon as he found out about it, the very next day, called it to the attention or asked staff to call it to the attention of the ethics committee. now the republicans are trying to put a resolution on the floor to reopen the ethics probe. is that going to go anywhere kelly? they're in the minority. >> reporter: they are in the minority. they certainly want to hold ...

>> after the interview, reece appeared over at an event in washington with the secretary of state hillary clinton and first lady michelle obama, and gave an emotional speech, but started off with a joke. >> as an actress, i have always sought out roles that portrayed women as strong and powerful. such as ell woods who was in the "legally blond" movies who was the biggest fashion's fashionise to washington until michelle obama. thanks a lot. >> very cute. she is intelligent young woman, and we are glad she joined us here in "the situation room" and doing the important work she is doing. he ha...

Investigated just for sammy language. the house ethics committee say he groped three male staff members in the offices, according to three sources familiar with the probe speaking to the washington post. so it's more than using salty language. the ethics investigation includes that. now, since he's no longer in the congress, the -- because he resigned. he says he resigned because they pushed him out because was a no vote on healthcare. well, you might wonder if -- actually the effect of the resignation is the ethics probe would go away and the allegation that the washington post reports of lel...

Vote to pass the bill because of a republican who said he was going to retire, but decided to postpone his retirement until he could get his no vote in. the following day, congressman massa said he would now resign before the election, not citing the cancer that he was citing on wednesday, but now citing sexual allegations made against him leaked to the media. at that time he said the ethics probe was behind him stepping down, backing away from the health reasons a couple days prior. didn't want to put his family through it. sunday he changes his story again with that radio clip. i won't subje...