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On a different topic and eventually drift towards the russian investigation. >> the white house responding it has been cooperative and the president has at no point tried to put influence on committee members. say he reit rate ereiterated wh publicly. investigations must come to fair and appropriate completion. back again, capitol hill reporter for the hill, molly cooper. good to have you back with us. let's go back a moment and talk about the sexual harassment allegations against both john conyers and al franken. more allegations of inappropriate conduct against these two politicians. growi...

Is the fair way to deal with it? >> i think the fair way to deal with it is first of all, mr. conyers maintained his innocence and he wants to go through the ethics process. so i think that he has to go through the ethics process the same way that we would and anyone would and that determination would be, so he has to macthat determination himself as to whether or not he wanted to openly agree to work with whatever that process is. or, you know, and i also believe that the women that are involved have to be able to participate in that process also. >> is he giving you pressure within the cbc? ...

That's probably why a little after that interview aired, she released a statement, using a different tone. she started that statement saying zero tolerance means consequences. and senior democratic aide telling me this morning that this has been a very difficult process for nancy pelosi to handle, in part because of dynamics within the congressional black caucus, which congress is a member of. some members feel like over the years have been unfairly targeted, and there are raw feelings among members about how the ethics process played out in the past, how they predict may play out for congress...

Average of the polls in alabama, showing the race couldn't be closer. democrat doug jones leads by 0.8 points. also, al franken is speaking out publicly for the first time in more than ten days about the sexual misconduct allegations against him. >> he gave interviews to tv, radio and print organizations in his home state of minnesota. he insisted he'd be back at work when the senate reconvenes this afternoon. >> i'm not going to make any excuses. i am embarrassed and ashamed. of some of what has come out. -- can win back the respect of the people of minnesota. i understand i have a long way t...

Congressman conyers. whether or not he's going to listen to colleagues, i think many would encourage him at this point it might be better to step aside than go through this process. you go through the ethics process, these types of charges brought against this member, he's going to spend a lot of money. a lot of money defending himself, because witnesses will be called. there will be all sorts of folks, the accused, or those bringing charges will be also heard from and then mr. conyers would be the respondent, able to be heard. this is going to cost a lot of time and effort and it's emotionall...