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Mj, what's the latest? >> the trent franks resignation was a shock to even some of his colleagues and the back story is really something. he said in a long statement that he and his wife have had fertility issues and they were able to have twins some years back using a surrogate. they were interested in having a third child and they were looking for another surrogate to help them do that. in the course of the conversations he spoke with at least two female subordinates about the issue and said he probably made them feel uncomfortable and may have been insensitive. he insists he never physicall...

Fertility issues and sur row gassy. the exact nature of that conversation has not, i think, been revealed. the congressman has said he said nothing wrong, but he appears to be cutting his losses and saying i'm out of here, which is very different than obviously blake fahrenthold, very different in tone at least to what's happening with al franken. i think the coming days, weeks and months going to resolve these cases and also more revelations about more members of congress. this is a real shake-up. the whole of american culture is now an inflexion point where there's no longer going to be poss...

Report. we are not rehashing this conversation, there are new developments. yesterday we had trent franks who has reportedly asked to female staffers in his office for help with me and his wife's fertility issues, hoping that perhaps they could perform some sort of surrogate -- is al franken's career over? >> yes, that behavior is no longer acceptable. this is what we have all decided. you cannot behave in ways that used to be acceptable. this has been exposed. we are learning a new page in this country and there's a new standard of behavior for men and women in the workplace and that behavior...

He and his wife were struggling with fertility issues. and he reportedly approached two female staffers to ask if they would be be interested in being surrogates and perhaps carrying a baby for him and his wife. okay, wow. but, again, as i have said, all of this you can put under the umbrella of you cannot ask your staffers to do this. >> asking your staffers to bear your children seems like a bad idea across the board. trent franks, one of the most conservative members of congress. called president barack obama an enemy of humanity. that is an ask too far for apparently reasons. the congressm...

She's joining us from capitol hill. m.j., wa are you what are you learning? >> reporter: the house ethics committee has opened an investigation into congressman trent frames and he sent out a statement, a lengthy statement saying that he's going to resign effective january 31st. and as a part of this lengthy statement, he sort of got into the backstory of what had happened and basically says that he and his wife had struggled with fertility issues, they wanted to have more children and, as a result, it sounds like according to a statement, he has had conversations with members of the staff abo...