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Is important. it is the challenge of the people here. they have a difficult decision to make. something that doesn't represent their moral or political value. everyone should be held to that high account. >> do you think franken should remain or resign? >> i think he should go through the ethics process and get everything out there and try to resign it through a normal process. >> two weeks ago, you called on roy moore to step aside as the candidate if the allegations were true. right now do you believe moore should step aside? do you believe roy moore or his alleged victims? >> i'm in the sam...

She seemed to imply that because somebody has political cultural icon status that you take these allegations with a grain of salt. you can't say that out of one side of your mouth and then out of the other side call for sanctions or censure of the president or -- to expel roy moore to the senate if, indeed, he ends up getting elected. there was hypocrisy that her and her team realized immediately and that's why they moved so swiftly to correct it. it's not about individual senators like franken, it's about the institution. what is that ethics process that senator franken was describing and doi...

The senate ethics process is incredibly opaque. it's so secretive that the committee does not disclose when or where they meet. these are not the kind of things that lead to sort of this big public exkulpaer to process. one question i would want to ask senator franken when he comes out here is whether he's willing to commit to making the findings of the senate ethics committee public, no matter what they find. in his case specifically, remember, you had this -- this all started with a very public accusation by a another very public person who also took questions and made her accusations on the...

I've let the people of minnesota down. >> you've heard the range of misdeeds, he is not up for reelection until 2020 so if he survive this is ethics process, he does have time if political terms to rebuild that credibility with his own voters and as for this ethics investigation, the senate ethics committee does almost all of its work in secret. they don't even announce when they meet so this process is favorable to someone like senator franken who will be facing these allegations but i wish i could show you the cameras surrounding me right now waiting for him to come back to his senate office...

Here's a little of what she had to say. >> we are strengthened by due process. just because someone has accused, and was it one accusation? is it two? there has to be -- john conyers san icon in our country. he's done a great deal to protect women. >> reporter: now, pelosi did release a statement shortly after that interview and struck a different tone. she said there is zero tolerance and zero tolerance means consequences. i spoke to senior democratic aide. the reaction she's gotten from members of the congressional black caucus, the aide says she's members feel over the years they have been ...