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The longest serving lawmaker in the house skipped tuesday's vote only to be snapped by a twitter user who wrote "no first-class upgrade for john conyers tonight." cedric richmond explained. >> he's at home with his family. they are discussing the allegations and we are respecting his privacy. >> richmond leads the congressional black caucus with met yesterday and decided to withhold judgment until the ethics committee investigates. >> we are not urging john to resign. >> one of the democrats was calling for him to resign, kathleen wright, who walked out of a meeting this morning because minori...

And '16. now they're calling on conyers to step down. following reports that he paid a woman to settle a separate sexual harassment claim with taxpayer funds. >> the newspaper says conyers' resignation would send a clear warning to other members of congress. it's a betrayal that breaches the most fundamental trust that exists between a public servant and the people that person represents. even if conyers could prove that he did not make inappropriate advances toward his former staffer there's no defense for having used dollars from a congressional office to settle a claim. >> congressman conye...

Congressman conyers' conduct. he is the longest serving lawmaker in the house of representatives serving more than 50 years. let's bring in our digital director, zach wolf. he's live for us in washington this morning. we'll get to conyers in just a moment but first i wanted to discuss the white house's changing tune on roy moore. i think we have a montage of how they've shifted over the past two weeks. listen to this. >> is this senate seat that important? >> there's no senate seat more important than the notion of child pedophilia, chuck. >> the principle is there's no senate seat that's wort...

>> very flexible, i suppose. we will talk gaen and see where the story line goes next. coming up next, the mystery illness sitting students and symptoms that are similar to polio. the longest serving lawmaker. it's first elected way back in 1955. we will tell you who is looking to replace john dingle. ♪ feet...splashing. better things than the joint pain and swelling of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. if you're trying to manage your ra, now may be the time to ask about xeljanz. xeljanz (tofacitinib) is a small pill, not an injection or infusion, for adults with moderate to severe ra...

Other similar programs in cities all over the nation. >> i'm glad you said. that that was my one question whether or not we would see this replicated across the nation. >>reporter: already getting phone calls and only open for a month. so they are phones ringing off the hook. >> interesting story. thanks very much. our national christmas tree. the one permanent my planted near the white house has died. here it is during the holiday season. you may remember. beautiful site here. workers remove the tree early today after transplant shock killed it. it became the national tree last march 2011 r...