we will expand to some of themes in my new book, the populist revolution from reagan to trump. if some reaganesque themes are still being pursued by our current president and will talk about it. follow me on twitter at 10:00 p.m. eastern i'll be at the reagan library, shannon and the "fox news @ night" crew in washington are all set to it from here. >> shannon: here's what's coming up tonight. not funny, democratic senator al franken becomes the latest power broker accused of sexual harassment. >> assaulted me backstage, all the petty things he was doing to belittle me and how he treated me. >> shannon: should franken step down? will ask the watchdogs from capitol hill. house republicans count a big win on tax reform but did they just write off the golden, garden and empire state? >> new yorkers have a problem with that.

it's beyond counsel to the president kelly on conway will respond to the warnings that getting tax reform passed from an uphill battle. democratic senator bob menendez gets a break from a hung jury. but the democrat is not out of the woods just yet if mitch mcconnell has his way. ♪ welcome to "fox news @ night" i'm shannon bream in washington. the story that's walking stomach rocking democrats, senator al franken the democrat from minnesota is under fire tonight. he is accused of sexually harassing and groping a female media personality, she's decided to speak out. the story breaking amid heightened scrutiny of power brokers from capitol hill to hollywood and midgut coverage trace gallagher, here in washington chief national correspondent ed henry polling rapid-fire developers on capitol hill paired with start with you.

>> radio host leanne tweed and says they were to inappropriate incidents involving al franken during the 2006 uso tour and interestingly it's one that happened during rehearsal for a skit that she considers sexual assault. >> he put his hand on the back of my head and he matched his face -- it happened so fast. he matched his lips against my face and he stuck his tongue in my mouth so fast. i pushed him off with my hands and i said if you ever do that to me again, i will not be so nice about it the second time. >> is the second incident this picture taken on the plane ride home from the tour that could get him in the most hot water because it actually serves as evidence. p issued an apology that reads in part i respect women, i don't respect men who don't. and the fact that my own actions have given people a good reason to doubt that makes me feel ashamed. as a satirist before his political career, he had a

history of writing offensive material about women including a skit on "saturday night live" in the 90s that talked about rating 60 minutes lately stall or a playboy article what he wrote a column about a fictional institute where he received sexl favors from a female robot. he said there's a difference between satire and senator but if hollywood left then they are not laughing now. on the new allegations, actress alyssa milano tweets zero-tolerance. if we don't hold all accountable for horrible behavior, nothing changes. gabrielle union wrote sexually assaulting a sleeping woman is funny how? who thinks that is funny to which valerie bertinelli responded it's not. after mark ruffalo says this is not acceptable, not from anybody dem or republican, it's time for al franken to step down and go

away or behind bars. the final statement comes from facebook and says we must do something all too common proble problem. that was written by senator al franken back in october concerning the harvey weinstein allegations. >> shannon: trace gallagher with the latest from los angeles. the new allegations surrounding him have it many on capitol hill reacting all day and all night. ed henry is here to talk about what senator franken is saying surrounding a possible ethics investigation now. >> it's great to see them watching republicans twist in the wind over sexual misconduct allegations involving roy moore, in recent days, a candidate in alabama. now the hashtag me to movement has hit an actual sitting senator he's a democrat. he's been leading the charge against attorney general jeff sessions and whether he has testified truthfully and acted appropriately in terms of contacts with russia. tonight as you just heard it's

franken who has apologizing, seven years ago on the senate floor, he spoke about that very uso tour that we were just talking about and made note of the beauty of the woman who is now his accuser. >> we did a four hour show because we found out that the troops love the show. because it was a little bit of home. during the show i was a cohost with a beautiful woman named leanne tweed and and we would do comedy routines. >> democratic leaders admittedly called freight ethics probe, sexual harassment is never appropriate and must not be tolerated. as democratic senators some of whom have been gleefully keeping the heat on republicans, they

are now the ones at left explaining where they stand on franken. here's kemal harris earlier today. >> the ethics team will investigate and will see exactly what they find and then learn more about what's going on. i am troubled about it. >> in his statement he said i am asking that an ethics investigation be undertaken i will gladly cooperate. what people think of me in light of this is far less important than what people think of women who tell their stories, they deserve to be heard and believe believed. politico reporting top democrats and republicans whispering the senator may have to resign particularly of that photo that suggested he was in fact groping leeann tweeden. >> shannon: former president bill clinton is being drawn into this is not a republican doing it. >> it's kirsten gillibrand, she has hillary clinton's seat. she did a podcast with "the new york times" it's just breaking tonight where she says she now believes that

bill clinton should have resigned because of what happened during impeachment and the sexual allegations against him. among other things, she tried to do it in a broader context and point the finger at president trump saying things have changed today. under those circumstances, there should be a very different reaction. in light of this conversation we should have a very different conversation about president trump and a different conversation about allegations against him. the clinton camp is not buying it. a long-time advisor to hillary clinton shot back "ken starr spent $70 million on a consensual sex act. over 20 years, you took the clinton's endorsements money and seat. hypocrite. interesting strategy for 2020 primaries, best of luck. i think this shows us to go things. people in the democratic party turning on the clinton's but it

also shows you know have democrats fighting democrats over these allegations. >> beyond a franken, it appears to be headed to the senate ethics investigation on totally separate allegations. >> bob menendez, he had a split decision today on allegations of bribery. after feeling the sting of one of only 12 senators to be indicted, he got some measure of vindication as a mistrial was declared as jurors were deadlocked and he grew emotional as he asked where he can go to get his reputation back after surviving this multiyear federal probe and avoiding prison time. the bad news is senate republican leader mitch mcconnell immediately declared his trial shed light on serious accusations of violating the public's trust as an elected official as well as potential violations on the senate's code of conduct, calling on the senate ethics committee to immediately investigate his actions which led to his indictment. any of the evidence from the trial can be used by the ethics committee which is it completely

different burden of proof. they don't have to prove he broke the law, they couldn't show misconduct either around his relationship with the democrats fund-raisers or as our legal analyst noted, the ethics panel go to delve into unverified allegations that he has denied about involvement with under age girls in the dominican republic. at best, all of this hangs over his 2018 reelection bid. at worst, it could lead to his expulsion from the senate. we've heard that about roy moore, now the question is being raised about bob menendez. >> shannon: thank you. the al franken controversy erupting right on the heel of a hearing on harassment on the house side of capitol hill. republican congresswoman barbara comstock was there, she joins us with reaction to all of the allegations. i understand you have a connection with his accuser. at one point, was leeann tweeden a constituent of yours?

>> she lived in the manassas area which is in my district now. i didn't know her that when we saw the story today. we saw that is where she is from. >> shannon: it seems like these conversations have sparked the floodgates for people to come out and share their stories. >> with bill cosby, with harvey weinstein, roger ailes, i knew one of the victims there and now with this -- i hope this focus stays on the victims and on the women. you hear a lot of pain when you talk to them. there was somebody on an earlier show that i was speaking to it that has spoken out now. she is now a lawyer and she was a younger girl -- she didn't have the voice or feel confident to do it then, she's speaking out now. there are people who experienced this two decades ago who are afraid to come forward because everyone goes to their corners depending on who you are saying it's about.

people don't want to believe it. i think it's important we take this time, what we are trying to do in congress is changed to beef up our policies, make mandatory training, have much more aggressive in person universal, uniform training. we have had a congresswoman jackie spear, she experienced this when she was in the california state house, a bill that she has drafted. congressman bradley byrne who was a labor lawyer by trade came out with a lot of great ideas that we are now incorporating reporting together, we're going to have more hearings on best practices and how we can really protect these young women. the predators target younger women often and people who can't fight back and people who are in the position and are vulnerable. i think those of us who are in a position who aren't vulnerable who can speak out, we need to be their voices. >> shannon: we had a young woman who was a staffer on capitol hill, here's a little

bit of her story and what she said happened to her. >> as a young woman, your instinct is to fight or flee, my instinct was to run. that was not successful, i was retaliated against, wrongfully terminated and then blackballed. >> shannon: she talked about the fact that she lost her job, there were blocks to her finding other jobs. other women say they didn't even know there was an office to go complain, young men have been targeted on the hill as well. >> that's why we want to have things like the ombudsman whose for the victims. they go through a counseling. period when there the victim. for whatever reason, they're out of date, the speaker has artie said were going to have mandatory training, were going to take a number of these recommendations we've gotten

from people and put it through pretty quickly in a resolution. some of the other things we have to change by law and we want to do that. we want to have a whistle-blower protection and ombudsman, a limited the mandatory counselin counseling, the kind of things were going to be having hearings on in the coming months. i'm really happy to say it's been bipartisan, a lot of men that came up to me after i related the story -- i do want to make it clear because some people misunderstood that i knew who the member or the victim was, i don't know who the member is expected that it's a male who serves in congress now -- it was told to me by a trusted source who knew the victim and said that she didn't want to come forward when the incident happened to her, bring some documents, he exposed himself, came to the door in a towel. she left the scene, quit her job, found another job but nobody should have to do that. >> shannon: that shouldn't have to be solution, i'm glad

you are shedding the light in a bipartisan effort. >> thank you for highlighting it and let's all keep the focus on the women. donna bertuzzi 30 years ago came forward and we need to remember and think women like that were changing things. >> shannon: is not easy to do. tonight alabama senate candidate roy moore is fighting calls from washington republicans -- he joins us now. >> he has zero plans of stepping down despite growing calls for him to do just that from republicans in washington. at a rally in birmingham, he says there has been no evidence to support the claims by four women that he sexually harassed or assaulted them. the former judge and then went on the offense blasting those in washington who are calling for him to leave the race. >> this is an effort by mitch mcconnell and his cronies to steal the selection from the people of alabama and they will

not stand for it. >> after the rally he held a press conference but ended up walking off stage when all of the questions were about the sexual assault allegations. five other women have come forward as well claiming that more dated or try to dated them when he was in his early 30s. the the alabama republican parts standing by their man. "judge moore as it denied the allegations against him. he will continue to take his case straight to the people of alabama, alabamians will be the ultimate jury in the selection, not the media or those from afar." at this point it doesn't look good for his campaign. after trailing by nearly double digits a month ago, democratic nominee doug jones is surging in the latest fox news poll of

likely voters, a senate race with an eight-point lead over roy moore. that trend is what republican leaders in washington are desperately searching for any way to hold on to the senate seat. one idea that's being discussed is to ask outgoing senator luther strange to resign so that alabama's governor could cancel or postpone the special election until another candidate is found. state officials support some cold water on that idea and told us it's not even clear if it would be legal for the governor to do that. >> will not call a special election to interrupt the system that is already ongoing. we've had a primary and a runoff. the general election is scheduled in 26 days. >> g.o.p. leadership is desperate to hold onto the seat because they've got a hard enough time passing big pieces of legislation with 52 republicans and the senate. if they lose one more, it will make their job that much more difficult. >> shannon: thank you very

much. chris stirewalt explains that despite all the tough talk, lawmakers might not be able to do much about al franken or roy moore. then kellyanne conway tells us where the president thinks the senate is ready to finish the job on

>> shannon: senators franken and menendez facing ethics probes but with such characters holding were seeking power, it's no wonder the american people have such low confidence in government. chris stirewalt is here with us now. congress is the worst of anybody. >> even worse than the media. >> shannon: or lawyers! in the meantime, we've got some people in trouble on capitol hill. how does the senate majority leader handled the. he's got these two democrats but he made to get a republican. >> this ethics committee referral is straight garbage. this is a perfect do-nothing washington answer. we were furthest to the ethics

committee. what are they going to do? nothing. this is where you warehouse this problem for a period of time. republicans and democrats alike have an interest in not setting a threshold which is credible accusation equals a resignation. that means not only can roy moore not come into the united states senate but donald trump would have to resign. we are relitigating all of this stuff, we are going back to bill clinton. we have a fight going on inside the democratic party over whether bill clinton should have resigned, senator kristen gillibrand should have resigned, hillary clinton's campaign spokesman is freaking out on he her. there is historical relativism taking place here. what we are talking about is what is our standard and in the senate they are very leery about the idea of switching to credible accusation equals resignation because they would be down 20 senators in a week. >> shannon: there are plenty of accusations flying around out there. tonight we have judge roy moore tweeting this about everything

that's happening. this is an effort by mitch mcconnell and his cronies to steal the selection from the people of alabama and they will not stand for it. i want to throw out some more because we have brand-new polling numbers. this one i wanted to go to is about the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell's job performance and how they feel about potential voters in alabama, just 27% have approval for him. for the judge to go after him could be a winning strategy on some fronts. >> it's carried him this far. why change if it's what's working? if he saw the press conference that roy moore and his supporters had today, they did all of everything, they talked all about all of the good nice things and then they said to have any questions if they are about the issues paired reporters said will you deny the allegations? will you say these things are not true? you have so many credible accusers and the stories have substantially checked out. the question comes down to this -- if the people of alabama believe that it's true that he was a creep, if they think that's true that he was carrying

a badge and creeping on girls in high school, they're not going to elect him senate. the democrat is better than a creep even alabama. >> shannon: evenly split right now that's basically a typewritten those of the ones that are going to matter in the next couple of weeks. >> if these women are believed, if these accusations are deemed credible by the electorate of alabama, that 25% is going to go into the i believe and he shouldn't be in the senate -- were going to see over the next three weeks how it breaks. he is trying very hard to tear down the credibility of these women. what will happen in the end, they are going to have to shift their focus to doug jones who right now looks like quite an acceptable alternative for alabama. roy moore doesn't have much money but they're going to have to do what they can to shift the focus to doug jones and try to make him seem worse than a cree

creep. >> shannon: they have lost a lot of resources in the last couple of weeks. tomorrow is your birthday, happy birthday. i will get you something bacon related. coming up, cheers and the house, jeers and the senate. kellyanne conway tells us how her boss points to get tax reform across the finish line by the end of the year. senator bob menendez talks about his "resurrection," but is he his "resurrection," but is he speaking a little too soon.

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♪ >> shannon: is now up to the senate, an ambitious tax overhaul prompting the first major hurdle with a 9-foot cushion in the house. here's what the house bill would do, it permanently lowers the corporate tax rates to 20% from 35%. it drops a number of personal income brackets from seven to four. top filers would pay 39.6, the

middle class would plate 12 and the dash the biggest controversy is over the state and local tax deduction it would be eliminate eliminated. that would hit high tax states like new york, new jersey and california. chief congressional correspondent on the serious questions as running senate bill. >> enough giving in. let's start to reclaim our future right here in this moment in this chamber, in this moment, let's pass this bill. [applause] >> a passionate appeal from speaker paul ryan who has worked on tax reform his entire career. >> the bill is passed. >> house lawmakers passed tax reform 227-2205, it passed after a pep talk to president trump. democrats see an ulterior motive. >> you can certainly see why he's coming to the capital toda today. just to say thank you for the billion-dollar that is estimated to go to the trump family under

this bill. >> 192 democrats voted against the tax plan, 13 republicans voted no, almost all from high tax states california, new jersey, and new york. >> i cannot allow the people of new york and the people of my district to become collateral damage in a federal tax reform bill. >> with got a long road ahead of us and we have a timeline to get this done by the end of the yea year. with the senate working on doing this, we are excited about going through the legislative process, getting this done, making this bill even better. >> one challenge already wisconsin senator ron johnson says he is a "no" because he believes the tax package would favor corporations over other businesses. >> i was asked would you support the current senate version? i wouldn't vote for it. it doesn't mean i don't want to vote for a real solution. >> senator susan collins has expressed concerns about the g.o.p. leaders scrapping the obamacare individual mandate as part of tax reform.

retiring senators bob corker and jeff flake have said they are worried about the impact of the nation's debt. arizona senator john mccain surprised everyone by being the vote kill repealing and replacing obamacare this summer. >> tax reform is the single most important thing we could do to support those left behind by the obama economy. >> most republican sources believe that senator johnson and the others can get to yes but there is very little wiggle room or margin for error in a 52-48 senate. >> shannon: mike emanuel on capitol hill. the future of the united states senate has been hanging in the balance over the last several weeks. in a federal court room in new jersey today, the federal corruption trial of robert mendez ended a hung jury, here's david lee miller reporting from newark. >> reporters cheered as new jersey senator robert menendez exited new york. minutes later a judge declared a

mistrial in a case that has dragged on for 11 weeks and could have sent to the senator to prison for decades. convicted of 12 criminal charges including bribery, conspiracy, and making false statements on his senate financial disclosure form. >> today is resurrection day. >> judge william waltz declared a mistrial after members of the jury sent him a note that said they could not reach unanimous decision on any of the charges. >> the way this case started was wrong. the way it was investigated is wrong. the way it was prosecuted was wrong. >> prosecutors allege that menendez did political favors for his longtime friend, florida high dr. solomon milligan. in return he provided the senator with fleet luxury travel and more than three quarters of a million dollars in contributions that benefited his run for reelection. the defense said it was not a case of bribery but one friend doing a favors for another.

after 30 hours of deliberations the jury was split 10-2 in favor of acquittal. most jurors said the prosecution failed to make its case. >> it was a victimless crime i think. it was an email trial. i didn't see a smoking gun. >> menendez broken down in tears thinking his family for standing by him during the ordeal. but he also cautioned those who did not support him. >> to those who were digging my political grave so they could jump into my seat, i know who you are and i won't forget you. >> his legal problems might not be over. the justice department has not decided if it's going to retry the case. senator mitch mcconnell meanwhile is calling on the senate ethics committee to look into his actions resulting in his indictment. >> shannon: coming up, donald trump drops by capitol hill helping to push tax reform over the finish line, but what about those roadblocks in the senate?

kellyanne conway joins us next

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>> shannon: house republicans celebrating their tax overhaul, tonight president trump is tweeting. congratulations to the house of representatives for passing the tax cuts and jobs at a big step toward filling our promise of delivering tax cuts to the american people by the end of the year.

the president may have some trouble, they got in the way of key legislation -- kellyanne conway joins us now. let's start not surprisingly the democrats would be opposed to what you're trying to get done with taxes. here is a little bit about what ron wyden had to say about how he thinks it's going to play ou out. >> according to the latest figures on the joint committee in taxation, families earning $30,000 and under are going to get clobbered by a tax hike of nearly $6 billion to pay for this handout to multinational corporations. >> shannon: he goes on from there. >> i think it's very regrettable be can't find a single democrat to support what is clearly relief for middle-class families. the president has said his major

principles and meaningful tax cuts and overhauls are number one, middle-class tax cuts, number two reducing that corporate rate from 35 to 20%. two below the average of 23%. number three, we have $2.8 trillion parked illegally overseas prey to bring those jobs and that wealth back home. number four making it simpler, that benefits everyone. the current code already benefits the wealthy and the well-connected. they hire attorneys and accountants, some of them hire lobbyists to help them change the code. it's put it on a postcard or through an app so that people can simplify or get back the 6 billion man hours we spend, i think today was the worst day for the democrats in 2017. you have not one but two united states senators facing ethics and investigations, you have the chief of staff to a democratic congresswoman who is leading the charge against

sexual harassment need to resign because sexual harassment charges pretty you can't find a single democrat in the house of representatives who sees anything good in the most robust historic tax relief packages for middle-class americans in a generation. >> shannon: i want to talk about some of the other controversies, before we leave texas, the numbers that he's citing this coming from a group that supposed to be nonpartisan. they say the taxes are going up for people making less than $30,000. if that's accurate how do you sell this to the american peopl people? >> in doubling the standard deduction the personal exemption for everyone, we go to 24,000 for married couples. everyone's first $24,000 of income, you make 240,000 is subject to zero tax. the actual bracket we should be looking here is zero. we will have more americans paying zero then we currently

do. you couple that with a lot of the deductions that middle-class americans, we do away with the amt and we also are expanding the child care tax credit and we added an adult dependent tax credit. it's responding to the changing demography. it is a lot to like, people like senator wyden who are always try to raise taxes while his party is in the minority because they always overregulated over tax americans. he's a cherry picking the numbers. they all have different assessments of this. a lot of independent studies that show this is a tax break into real tax relief for american families. we are very happy that the house members sought to do this. we hope it's bipartisan but that's a question for democrats not republicans. >> we also have republicans who are from california,

.. house versions, how do you answer their concerns? i want to play a little bit about what congressman darrell isa had to say about this. >> we are donor states we already give more money to the federal government then we get back. the test should in fact have not been one in which some states one and some lost. >> shannon: how do you work that out? >> let's state the facts. these high tax states are being subsidized by lower tax states. darrell isa is a great member of congress but he lives in a state that has very inefficient state government and local government. every time they need revenue for anything you reach into your pocket and they tax their citizenry. this ends up being a subsidy to inefficient state and local governments. i told people in california and new jersey where i own a home -- so i get it -- you have to plead

a lot of your case to state and local government. you are in a high tax state for that reason. there's also an analysis that shows even many taxpayers will benefit, but we hear that -- this entire move, this entire bill is trying to get away from all the credits and deductions and exemptions that really do favor the upper class and favor the wealthy and well-connected. they rarely favor the middle class or the lower class. >> shannon: i want to make sure we talk about some of things we talked about earlier today, we've seen a slew of these accusations against roy moore, out of alabama, not long ago the president tweeted about the al franken case asking about are there more pictures. how tough of a topic is this for the administration to weigh in on because we have the issue

with roy moore down in alabama fighting for his political life as well. >> as a democratic center said you look at the picture groping this woman while he sleeps and it's very difficult to look at it and it's very difficult to deny what you see. that is the news of the day. this is a senator who has every been reviewing, and on the record -- i watched this woman in several interviews today who he groped in the picture, i think she is very candid, very believable and very gracious about the entire incident. this is a very serious issue that spurred an entire national conversation. i suspect the reason that you haven't heard anybody in the senate call for him to resign his because they want this ethics investigation to take its course, but also there's a lot of nervous people around wondering who will be next.

what is the little will drop next? this is a very important moment of reflection they're already in minority because they are wrong on the issues and not to have two united states senators facing ethics investigation as of today -- bob menendez facing an indictment on criminal charges, now he'll be investigated by the ethics committee in the senate. i think we have to do better where a huge country with 330 million people this is the best we could do for our representatives? >> shannon: a conversation to be had across party lines is an important one. coming up, our next guest suspect al franken stays may be numbered. he's a game changer for capitol hill, next. find out where you have to go for the incredibly popular trump cheeseburger, prepare for a long ways if you want one.

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>> i i had a good career and i thought if i come out and speak out i probably would get fired or would just get phased out. i was afraid of that. i'm a lot more secure in myself and my career at this stage now and i really do think the tide has turned. i'm doing it now because it's

different, there is strength in numbers. >> shannon: that was leeann tweeden today, she accused senator al franken of unwelcome advances, but many are calling on him to resign, with us to discuss, politico rachel bait who covers the hill and contributing editor for the washington free beacon. i know you've covered this topic on capitol hill and we were talking during the commercial. i was an intern many years ago, i never knew about any of these places that you go to report anything or where you go to get help. i'm not sure at that point i would have brave enough to. >> the question is where is the accountability. i think you saw al franken was named to do make there's going to be many more in the coming weeks while lawmakers named. congress is not a business, it doesn't have an hr department where people can go and launch workplace complaints.

each office as you know it's sort of like its own fiefdom. the lawmakers set their own rules, they can say what is the dress code. what is the leave policy. i heard a story about a chief of staff in their bathroom break who would yell at them if they took too long. eat at your desk. that matters when something like sexual harassment happens and people say where do i go? everyone on the hill, almost everyone says they don't know where to go and that's a big part of the problem. >> shannon: we had congresswoman comstock on earlier, she said there's a lot of work going on right now to come up with much more concrete pathways and solution so there aren't those same kinds of questions. while that's getting worked out i know you think public shaming is way to get a lot of these people attention. >> look at al franken he's embarrassed. i don't know what his fate will be but he is paying a price for it. there should be certain ways if you are sexually harassed on capitol hill to deal with it and

to ferret it out. but it is a democracy, these people are elected, they are ultimately accountable to the voters. i think transparency is the ultimate accountability tool. i think knowing people's stories, voters will have in each district across the nation, each state will have an ability to make a decision. it will hold some people accountable, it might be disheartening to others when the people get elected or reelected. >> that's what we're watching play out in alabama. when people were asked, potential voters how they feel about accusations it was evenly split between people who believe that many don't believe them with 25% left over who said they are not sure. there is no way to try these cases in a court of law before the december 12 election. it really is now up to the voters and what their perception is and the denials by the candidates. >> i think republicans in washington have come down in a certain side, they believe the

women. we talked to a lot of senate republicans who want him to drop out and are calling for him to do so publicly. potentially talking about a write-in campaign. alabama will decide you're right, it's too late to take him off the ballot. we have seen him dip in the polls, but three weeks is a long time for things to change but we'll have to see who people believe. >> shannon: there is talk if doesn't somehow get elected, the alabama g.o.p. steering committee it says they are staying with him and a lot of voters feel the same way. if he makes it that they already are hearing they want to pursue an ethics investigation. >> or not to seat him to begin with. i think you see this with a frank and today as well. a lot of senators perhaps because of their own histories they are unsure how to deal with this.

they know how they deal with these first ones coming forward will set the standards have to apply later on. you can see an ethics investigation is a way to punt it down the road. >> shannon: good to see you both tonight. stick around, night court will be right yea, so, mom's got this cold #stuffynose #nosleep i got it... #mouthbreather yep, we've got a mouth breather. well just put on a breathe right strip

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>> shannon: this just in for "night court," the texas woman responsible for the blank trump bumper sticker has been arrested for a previous warrant. she gained notoriety when her sheriff considered charging her with disorderly conduct for the bumper sticker. backed off saying she has the right to to -- free speech, but it caught up to her. the trump cheeseburger is drawing long lines at the tokyo restaurant. said in addition to the menu at the burger that the juicy beef patty is with lettuce, melted cheese, and japanese customers say that they like trump talk as

much as they like the burger. most-watched, most trusted, most grateful that you spend the evening with us. good night from washington, i am shannon bream. >> right now in this moment let's pass this bill. >> states like new york, new jersey would be subsidizing the rest of the country. >> inefficient state and local governments. >> the minnesota democrat kissed her and groped her without her consent. >> if you did that to me again i will not be as nice about it the second time. >> violated the first amendment. >> we respect everybody else that's religion and shouldn't be told by small handful of people we have to remove it. ♪