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Being railroaded, i feel like this ethics probe is not about any salty language, as he put it, that i may have used but about my no vote on health care. we have spoken with people on capitol hill, brad, who say the buzz on this it comes from massa, is maybe cracking you under the pressure. is that fair? what's your take on it, where do you think we stand on this? >> i think, look, congressman massa has done what many politicians do, when the going gets rough, they hunker down and try to fight their way out. we're seeing it with governor paterson in new york. how many news conferences does the ...

Eric massa's going to step down. he announced he would not run for a reelection. he is a first-time democrat and has had health issues, but also under an ethics probe for alleged harassment. and new details this morning about the man killed by police at the pentagon thursday night. he had once proposed researching smart weapons for the military. john patrick bedell also had a history of mental illness. our dan simon has more on the pentagon shooter now. >> i'll talk to you about what information currency -- >> reporter: you don't have to watch john patrick bedell's youtube video for very lon...

And this is where i'm going to stay. i'm not going to fight it. >> you kind of see the other side of people. the very quiet person you see at work every day, you see her at night, a completely different person outside, so it's interesting. sometimes entertaining. definitely a lifestyle. >> good stuff. time for your "top of the hour" reset. i'm tony harris in the "cnn newsroom." it is tell o'clo12:00 in wa where the president reaches out to republicans, again, on health care reform bills. and at the other end of pennsylvania avenue, an ethics probe leads congressman charlie rangel to give...

He's making very clear to democrats we're in all this together. it is better we pass good health care reform and make the argument in november than not pass it at all. >> as ken strickland just put out a note. a couple of steps. house must pass senate version, reconciliation that fixes other issues and senate must pass that same reconciliation. the problem, two critical things, the democratic ranks must have votes and trust. it boils down to them now. thank you both, gentlemen, i greatly appreciate your time. while president obama was speaking on health care, charles rangel was also on capit...

Jones's first terms in office will end on january 2021. giving democrats an advantage heading into next year's midterms needing only two more seats to have outright majority. after allegations of groping and forcibly kissing women, democratic senator al franken is scheduled to resign on tuesday. poll of minnesota voters conducted this week found that half do not want him to step down. left leaning firm found 50% of voters think franken should not resign. 42% believe he should go through with his decision. 71% of democrats say franken should not resign. and 52% only 1-5 republicans think fran...