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Her. yet another democrat is calling for the longest serving member of the house to resign. kristin fisher is live with details. good evening. >> this is the third former staffer of congressman conyers to come forward with allegations of sexual harassment. her she said it happened three s between 1997 in '99, the last one, took place in a very public setting, a town hall meeting in his home district of detroit. listen to how she described it on cnn just tonight. >> he stuck his hand up my dres dress. and whispered in my ear, "well matt, you've got great looking legs." and that is in front of e...

Welcome back. major development on a pair of high profile lawmakers accused of sexual harassment. congressman john conyers, the michigan democrat and longest serving member in the house saying he is stepping down as ranking member of the judiciary committee in the house. we are hearing from senator al franken who just did an interview with his hometown newspaper and a public radio station there saying he is, quote, embarrassed and ashamed after two women came forward and accused him of sexual harassment but adds that he will show up to work tomorrow. joining me right now the washington bureau ...

Somebody like conyers, 88 years old, longest serving member in the house and he's not going anywhere. >> ultimately it's up to conyers because the process to remove somebody is either -- there's a high political hurdle. or it take as very long time for the ethics committee to do its due diligence and listen to everybody on both sides. the leaders do not have as much power as they'd like to have. and this is why we're seeing it play out the way it is. i want to take issue with one thing that congressman rice said. she's saying why are the rules different from everybody else? they are not. the s...

Welcome back to "velshi & ruhle." the first democratic law make ser calling on john conyers to resign after allegations of sexual harassment. kathleen rice says the longest serving member of the house should step aside. >> because enough is enough at this point. what i am voicing publicly is what every single private citizen is saying across america. why are the rules for politicians in washington different than they are for everyone else? right now what we're talking about is are there going to be any level of accountability? you know, saying we're going to have these allegations against poli...

Here. >> the enact he's a public figure is irrelevant. his private moments and images are not open to the public. we don't have a right to know about his private parts. >> capitol police have launched a investigation. no further comment. par ton is 68-years-old and longest serving member of the house 17 terms. he said he will not resign and has filed papers for reelection next fall. >> thank you. meanwhile new york city police leaving nothing to chance stepping up security as hundreds of thousands of people "pacman" hatton for the macy parade. now some holiday shopping. brian is live, where he...