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Al franken announced he will resign from congress in the coming weeks. now franken resignation comes as six women came forward and accused him of sexual misconduct. franken joins democrat congressman conyers and trent franks as third congressman and probably not the last to resign this week over allegations. so how did we get here? "time" announced person of the year, awarded to a group of women and men silence breakers. cover representing women who came forward with their stories who came forward with sexual assault and harassment reuniting this me too movement that started a decade ago. not ...

This point. >> it's hard to imagine. you mention the "time" magazine cover. "time" magazine announced their person of the year. we can put it up. it was people as they sometimes do. silence breakers. there you see those who came out and broke their silence about sexual harassment. sexual misconduct, particularly in hollywood there. but across the board. you're absolutely right. this is the congress catching unto that. i should also say senator franken has admitted to some of the claims against him. this new one this morning he has said is not true. let's also just kind of take a step back and ...

And a few others. our senior media correspondent brian stelter is here. this is big. >> it is. it's a year that started with the women's march and ends with this cover, with silence breakers. you know, it's been exactly two months since "the new york times" landed that first harvey weinstein story. only two months since that scandal erupted. and we've seen dozens of allegations against dozen of powerful men sense. we now see more attention in washington. and notice there's an arm that sticks out there in the corner of the cover. it's for the next woman who may come forward. someone who wants t...

This passes, they're going to have some leverage. >> quick prediction, friday morning, 10:00 a.m., this show, are we talking about a government shutdown? >> i think there may be -- it may linger but i don't think it will last through the weekend. >> okay. so you think it will shut down but for a short time? >> i think it may be a brief one but somewhat insignificant. >> is there such thing as an insignificant shutdown? >> well, it may mean that a barricade may go up in front of a national park. but basically 40% of the government workforce would have to not show up without pay on monday mornin...

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