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goorgd morning. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling for ethics investigation after a woman accused al franken of groping her years ago. happened on tour overseas with the uso. before franken was a senator and when she worked as a model. >> all i can remember is his lips were really wet and slimy. i pushed him off with my hands. i almost punched him. because every time i see him now my hands clench into fists and i'm sure that's probably why. i said if you ever do that to me again, i'm not going to be so nice the second time and i just walked out away from him. i walked out and i just wanted to find a bathroom and rinse my

mouth out. >> released this photograph over the weekend. grabbing her while she slept. saying reremembers the rehearsal differently. send jifs to leanne. as to the photo it was clearly intended to be funny, but wasn't. i shouldn't have done it. in a second and longer statement released during the day, apologized again. writing i respect women. i don't know what was in my head when i took that picture. doesn't matter. there's no excuse. i look at it now and feel disgusted with myself. it isn't funny. it's completely inappropriate. >> in that same statement also said he would gladly cooperate with an ethics investigation. lawmakers have both sides of the aisle are weighing in on the matter. here's how some democrats reacted yesterday. >> as vice chair of the ethics

committee, i cannot comment on any matter. >> i haven't read all of it. it sounds serious and i'm sure we'll have more to say about it. >> you guys need to -- find something more interesting. i haven't, no. i want to hear from him. the statements that al made, i think it's an appropriate statement. he's asking for an investigation on himself. and his committee is very, very competent, very good. >> sexual harassment is inappropriate in every circumstances in every way, whomever is involved. >> the behavior is unacceptable. i think the idea of having the ethics commission take it up is what you have an ethics committee for and i'm happy that he has said, yeah, i'll cooperate with that. >> president trump also weighed in on twitter writing the al frankenstein picture is really bad. speaks a thousands words. where do his hands go in pictures two, three, four, five, six, while he sleeps. to think just last week he was

lecturing anyone who would listen about sexual harassment and respect for women. now the president's about leslie appears to reference a 1995 new york magazine article about a discussion between "saturday night live" writers where franken suggests a grope about raping stall in his beak giant of the senate says the extremely dark joke was never intended to air on investigation. there are new signs this morning that the sexual misconduct allegations against alabama senate roy moore may be taking a toll. new poll shows him trailing by eight points be likely voters. moore remains defined even as more women come forward. gabe gutierrez has the very latest. >> roy moore refused to answer specific questions about the latest allegations against him. >> they're not true, but they have no evidence to support them. >> he vowed to stay in the race.

>> this is an effort by mitch mcconnell and his cronies y s i steal this election from the people of alabama and they will not stand for it. >> this as more women are coming forward to accuse moore of unwanted advances ranging from inappropriate flirting to sexual assault. >> i was in shock. i was so humiliated and sickened. >> tina johnson says moore groped her at his law office in 1991 when she was 28 and trying to settle a child custody case. >> when i got up and went out, he grabbed my behind. he pea he had me in a con where i couldn't do nothing. i didn't want it. i was vulnerable and he took advantage of that and he knew it. >> becky gray then 22 said she worked at the mall and reported moore to the manager when he kept asking her out. >> he seemed creepy to me.

he was so mituch older. >> gina richards tells "the washington post" she was a high school senior when 30-year-old moore called her school and his her out. days later he told the paper the date ended with unwanted forceful kiss. the white house says the claims are true, moore should drop out. >> the president believes these allegations are very troubling and should be taken seriously and he thinks the people of alabama should make the decision on who the next senator should be. >> moore supporters are digging in. >> this media and you people are sick. you desperately need the jesus he knows by you're a disgrace. >> that was gabe gutt. join meganow fr now from wa. talk about the alabama republican party. versus the national gop party. really stickingdy roy moore.

quashing the idea of special election of any sorts. where do washington republicans stand on this issue now. do you think it's just a matter of, you know, waiting to see if moore wins and actually trying to expel him? we know mitch mcconnell would face an ethics investigation immediately upon win fg ning, i does win. >> we know shortly after "the washington post" story accomplished. lawyers associated with the national party were kind of scrambling to figure out could he be removed from the ballot. i talked to one republican close to senate leadership yesterday and that source told me there aren't a lot of options without cooperation from governor ivy or president trump. as the package noted, the president said that he believed moore should step down if the allegations are true, but he did say -- white house press secretary sanders said yesterday

that you know, he is up to alabama voters at this point. there really slis a divide betwn national and will state parties. who don't want to see roy moore as a u.s. senator. talked to a number of senators this week who acknowledged there's not much we can do if he's refusing to step aside as republican nominee. up until yesterday, there was the option that the state party could disqualify him at the nominee. the steering committee met wednesday night for a couple of hours. and the state party chairman met issued a statement yesterday saying they're sticking by moore. >> let me ask you about the other side of the aisle in terms of sexual misconduct. those are the allegations against senator al franken. given what we've learned this week about the prevalence of sexual harassment on capitol hill, i think congress woman jackie spear saying something like $15 million has been paid out to claimants of staffers.

should we expect to see more sto stories coming out of members of congress. she said there were two members of congress that had claims against them at one point filed. >> yes, certainly feels like there's just muore to come when it comes to this story. especially the senator franken coming out yesterday. appears to be a pretty big problem on capitol hill. did a survey of congressional staffers over the summer. 4-10 women staffers told role call they think sexual harassment was a problem on the hill. 1-6 women experienced some form of sexual harassment. this is going to be an ongoing issue. we've seen pieces of legislation trying to address how this is addressed on capitol hill. we'll have to keep watching that to see how that progresses. with congresswoman spear mentioning there are current members who could be facings allegations, feels like more to

come. >> as besting to see if they ask for a wider ethics investigation. let me ask you about president trump for a moment. he's obviously faced his own allegations of sexual assault and misconduct. he hasn't said much about roy moore. he said wait and see what the voters do. it's up to them kind of stuff. he hit big time against al franken on twitter. what is your reaction to that? is he at risk of going just after al franken because he's a democratic and not going after roy moore. >> you could certainly see some democrats criticizing the president for that. at this point, we haven't seen too much reaction to the president's tweets last night. it was interesting though, kind of puts republicans in an interesting position. this week senate majority leader mitch mcconnell was asked at his weekly press conference, you say you believe the women who are accusing roy moore, do you believe the women who accused the president of sexual harassment and he didn't directly answer the yes.

said we're talking about alabama. i'm going to take questions on that issue instead, but certainly puts republicans in an a tough position of having to answer those questions once again. and yeah, we'll have to see how they knanavigate that. >> certainly exposed double variety of standards. thank you for joining us this morning. late last night the senate finance committee passed version of tax overhaul repealing the obama mandate. earlier in the day house passed version along a party line vote. bill could tcut taxes. major victory for president trump who visited capitol hill before the legislation was brought to the floor. assured house republicans he was behind their effort. and predicted skeptical senators could come around. the pressure is on the senate whose bill differs from the house version. house speaker paul ryan had this to say at a press conference

following the vote. >> this is nothing short of extraordinary. getting 227 members to agree on something as complicate d. this country has not rewritten tax code since 1986. this powers of the status quo in this town are so strong yet 227 men and women of this congress broke through that today. still ahead, the corruption gays against bob menendez ends in mistrial. not exactly in the clear just yet. and jared kushner has history of failing to disclose information. now snaefenators from both side the aisle say he's done it once again. those stories and a check of the weather when we come back. stay with us.

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seriously. instead, russia has played games. russia had hoped to bury the truth about chemical weapons in syria, but they have failed. what a shame it is that russia has brought us to this point. what a shame it is that russia has revealed itself to be a government whose allegiants is to the syrian regime, not the truth or the protection of innocent civilian sgls the vos. >> the vote comes after president trump on twitter. comes after put out a joint statement last week after trump met with putin in asia that said both parties are for political solution and for free and fair elections in syria. in addition to reduce human suff suffer. >> the federal corruption case ended instead a mistrial yesterday. jurors were unable to reach unanimous verdict after seven days of deliberation. after the trial concluded, an emotional menendez addressed

reporters outside of the federal courthouse in newark. >> i've made my share of mistakes. my mistakes were never a crime. for those who left me and abandon me in my darkest moments, i forgive you. to those who embraced me in my darkest moments, i love you. to those of new jersey who gave me the benefit of the doubt, i thank you. to those who have a doubt, i'm going to work harder than ever before so there is no doubt. >> new jersey lawmaker is not necessarily in the clear. the senate ethics committee announced it would resume investigation of menendez and the justice department could still seek to retry the senator. let's switch gears for a moment and bring in bill karins with us for a look at the forecast. >> good morning. pretty quiet weekend. going to watch a wind and rainstorm. that will be the worst of it out there. now starting to gear up towards holiday travel too.

people heading to destinations this weekend. here's the big map. storm exiting new england. brought the rain yesterday. clear skies. we have the flow of moisture coming off the pacific and that goes all the way to the northern plains. that's the next storm. warm flow in the middle of the country. one of the headlines today is record heat. break the record and chance for record highs. el paso is going to be closed and albuquerque has a chance of breaking the records too. let's track this storm. not much today with it. it's more like tonight into tomorrow. we just get showers, 5:00 p.m. this evening heading towards milwaukee through madison. minneapolis. green bay. by the time we get to saturday morning, storm does get stronger. windy conditions through the ohio valley. really increase the rain during the afternoon. may billion thunderstorms going through this.

kentucky, ohio. erie. notice it's kind of dreary in southern new england too. start off saturday. clouds increase. showers break out. d.c., philly. new york. boston. that's when the rain will kick through. saturday night. wake up sunday morning. front is off the coast. at least it will be dry on sunday. little bit of lake affect to deal with. that will be about it. today's forecast, chilly in new england. high 40s. there's the heat in texas. not bad. the preview for next week, for the big travel week, looks perfect. nearly one of the easiest, quitest thanksgiving forecast i've ever had. >> don't jinx us. >> sorry to give it away. >> thanks bud. still ahead. two of the nfl's best face off in not so close of a contest.

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welcome back. we want to start with breaking news. forces have retaken ra awaywa. although it still controls small towns and villages there. we will update you throughout the course of the day. we're also following major new moves on tax reform. late last night t senate finance committee advanced bill that includes ending the obamacare mandate. the bill passed committee along party lines just hours after the house approved its own version of the bill. debate takes off after the

thanksgiving break. this morning lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling for ethics vvgs aftinvestigatio radio news anchor accused al franken of forcibly kissing her and groping her a decade ago. >> it happened so fast. he just mashed his lips against my face. and he stuck his tongue in my mouth so fast. >> radio host tweeting me too. accusing democratic al franken of kissing and groping her against her will. >> i almost punched him. every time i see him now my hands clench into fists. it happened in tw2006 when both overseas with uso. >> i always wondered if i had any talent. >> you've got talent. >> acting talent, al. >> they remember the tour differently. >> i was kind of the co-host with a beautiful woman, leanne. >> and all i can remember is

that his lips were really wet and it was slimy. in my mind i called him fish lips the rest of the trip. >> releasing this photograph. franken first released a quote saying it was clearly intended to be funny. later in a second statement saying he was sorry and felt ashamed. writing, quote, i don't know what was in my head when i took that picture. it doesn't matter. there's no excuse. >> the apology, sure, i accept it. yes. i i mean, people make mistakes. >> franken also asked the senate ethics committee to investigate his conduct. >> sexual harassment is inappropriate in every circumstances in any way whomever is involved. >> i think it has to be investigated and no one gets a pass. >> i have a youtube story to share. >> says congresswoman jackie spear who told her own story about sexual harassment in congress inspired her to speak out now. >> i was afraid to speak out 11 years ago. i wanted to say something and there were people around me who

said you will get enilelated and never work in this town again and i was afraid of that. >> senate leaders from both parties have called for that ethics investigation to continue. that's the kind of probe that could lead to the expulsion of a sitting u.s. senator, but extremely rare. last time it happened was way back in 1860s. when asked by the "new york times" if bill clinton could have resigned after relationship with monica lieu wewinsky was revealed and answer yes. i think there should be a different reaction.

in light of this conversation, we should have a very different conversation about president trump and very different conversation about allegations against him. as the times notes, long standing ties to the clinton family and now occupies the senate seat once held by hillary clinton. after president trump dodged questions about his support for roy moore from reporters on wednesday, yesterday, white house press secretary sara huckabee sanders said the president found the allegations troubling, but said trump would lead the decision to support moore up to alabama voters. take a listen. >> the president believes that these allegations are very troubling and should be taken seriously. and he thinks that the people of alabama should make the decision on who the next senator should be. these are something that should be taken very seriously and the

people of alabama should be the ones to make the decision on whether or not to support roy moore. the president supported the decision by the rnc to withdraw resources from this race, but feels it's up to the people of alabama to make the decision. look, as i've said, the president believes this is a decision for the people of alabama to make, not one more him to make. >> wait and see approach. thursday afternoon, moore held a press conference with religious leaders where he railroad against senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. >> this is an effort by mitch mcconnell and his cronies to steel this election from the people of alabama and they will not stand for it. i want to tell you who needs to step down, that's mitch mcconnell. >> and when asked about allegations of sexual misconduct, moore refused to answer and abruptly left with his wife. >> meanwhile cay ikay ivey.

jones has picked up steam in the last couple of weeks. new fox news poll, jones leads moore by eight points among likely voters in that state. poll also shows 78% of republicans likely voters say they would vote for moore while 13 pgt s 13% say they would vote for jones. jones is doing well among women voters. 58% said they will vote for jones. 32% said they will vote for moore. 69% of women voters under 45 and 51% of women over 45 said they will back jones in next month's elections. a lot of numbers to break down. what this means. bring in vaughn i know it's been exhausting, but what's the latest how things are playing out there given all the developments yesterday. >> vaughn hill yayard.

that's what everyone is seeing in the press. there is no conversation about the issues despite roy moore suggesting at the press conference yesterday he had not received any questions of the press about issues of substance, which to note, he hasn't done an interview since that sean hannity interview now more than a week ago. the press conference devolved yesterday. about 20 faith leaders there speaking on his behalf. essentially coming out and defending the man. defending his honor and delegitimizing these women and their stories. we are now up to nine with four come can go out over the last 48 hours. simultaneously while that press conference is taking place in birmingham, down here in mum, one of top strat skbregist was holding a separate meeting down here. today the war begins. they are making this of them against the accusers against

democrats against mitch mcconnell against everyone except themselves. it's an interesting campaign to be watching right now. >> i like the fact you said 27 days. hang in there vaughn, you're almost there. vaughn hillyard, thank you. back with us again. bridgette. great to have you back with us. let's talk about the accusations emerging on the other side of the aisle. those against al franken. what are you hearing from capitol hill in terms of how it's moving forward. what are the next steps we can expect. >> sewer, so the reaction from capitol hill was pretty swift and condemning the recent allegations. i think the fact that senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and senate minority leader chuck schumer have both called for ethics investigation. all, but guarantees the ethics committee is going to look into

this. this proceeding can take a little while. that would involve an investigation into the allegations, a hearing, and some sort of recommendation in terms of what the senate should do next. whether that be expulsion or some other action. we're hear pretty swift democrats as well calling for an ethics investigation too. >> let's switch gears a moment and talk about taxes. yesterday was a big day for taxes of victory for president trump. passing their version of the tax reform bill. you have reporting on the republicans who actually voted against this. tell us about those members. why they voted no and what we can expect the fallout from within the republican party to be for them. >> sure. there were 13 republican who is voted against the house bill. all, but one of them were from high tax states like california, new york, and new jersey. their main issue where the bill was repeal of state and local tax deduction. that was something we heard from a number of members from those

states. there is some concern that this could have some political ramifications. congressman peter king who is a republican from new york said earlier this week that this could cause us to lose all the republican seats in the northeast. that obviously remains to be scene, but we're seeing here that could also be an issue as the bill moves forward. and we're going to have to really watch what happens to this issue when it goes to conference as well. interestingly enough, we see democrats criticizing even republicans who voted against the bill. >> yes. >> in some of these districts too. this will certainly be an issue in 2018. >> be interesting to see how it plays out. given the fact he's vest instead this. rallying support for this tax bill. bi thank you so much for joining us. thanks for having me. >> up against a new congressional deadline. asking for missing documents related to russia and wikileaks back in 2016. according to politico, letters

from senators grassley and feinstein states the production of documents related to the investigation appears to have been incompletely. state the other witnesses have handed over documents on which kushner was copied and he never turned them in himself. they point to two examples. a september 2016 e-mail communication to curb concerning wikileaks that he forwarded to another campaign official. and documents concerning a quote, rush backdoor overture and dinner invite he failed to hand over. lawyer responded in the statement to politico, we provided the judiciary committee with all relevant documents that had to do with mr.contacts or mh russians during the campaign and transition. lawmakers want the missing material. here's what he said outside the white house in july after meeting with staff of the senate intelligence committee. >> since the first questions were raised in march, i've been consistent in saying i was eager

to share any information i have with the investigating bodies and i've done so today. the record and documents i have voluntarily provided will show that all of my actions were proper and occurred in the normal course of events of a very unique campaign. >> you may also recall this is actually not kushner's first time getting a do over on documents he had to hand over. in july after failing to disclose dozens of financial holdings. update questionnaire for security clearance at least three times adding more than 100 foreign contacts that had been omitted the first time around. and according to politico, senior adviser to the president, still does not have full security clearance. still ahead, china is set to spend a special envoy to north korea today. will beijing apply the pressure that president trump is calling for.

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roadsters on the streets of london? >> give me a trial car, ayman. >> we'll set that up with tesla for you. live in london this morning. thank you. let's switch gears and bring in meteorologist bill karins back into this discussion. what do you got. >> on the cars? it is pretty incredible. faster than the fastest lamborghini. only a quarter mile. >> then recharge the battery. >> then the high performance cars can pass it. really quick off the lot. i know you wanted to get into that. let's talk what i know a lot more about. record warmth in texas today. oklahoma and new mexico. 72 in all borr 72. record heat. this is all southerly winds ahead of the big storm in the west coast. saturday, we don't have as in records highs. warmth goes in areas like atlanta. nice warm saturday. only problem it's going to be windy too. rain come through and cold front

enters later in the day. let's take you through the weekend forecast. starting with today. choel cold, chilly in the northeast. sun mixed with clouds. 53 in d.c. not bad. florida looking perfect. on the west coast, finally getting rid of that big huge storm. san francisco is clearing out. seattle gets nice two day stretch before rain returns on sunday. saturday, here comes rain through chicago and st. louis. late in the day showers in philly and new york and connecticut. saturday morning dry in the northeast. saturday evening clouds and rain move in. southeast looks fine until sunday. see the cold front going through the brief eeperiod of rain earl in the day. boston by noon on sunday. your weather improves. look at the rest of the country for travel forecast on sunday. not issues at all. pretty mild. only cold stuff is in the great lakes with a little bit of rain. as far as airport travel goes, a lot of people heading to

thanksgiving destination. only issue will be the i understood -- wind on saturday. >> weather, sports, automotive industry. >> if you want to go to the auto show with me. >> would love to. >> is there anything you don't do, bill? maybe that might have been an easier question. still ahead. just days after president trump's trip to asia. china sends top level enjoy to north korea. live report from beijing on the rare talks that are now getting underway today. stay with us.

. welcome back, everyone. for the first time since 2017, china is sending a special diplomat for xi jinping. they are trying to represent their allie. it is not clear if, if's nuclear and ballistic missile programs will be on the agenda of those talks. joining us live, janice, it's great to have you with us. this obviously comes on the heels of president trump's visit and meeting in beijing with president xi. obviously, north korea was topic of discussion between those two world leaders. is this something that could have been a result of those talks or genuinely separate from the president's trip to xi jinping? >> reporter: the answer, i guess is both. after the 2007 and 2012

congresses here, a party went to pyongyang to greet the regime on the outcome of the congress. so it's fought unprecedented for them to send the an envoy, inevitably the nuclear problem will be discussed. i that will not be strong arming the regime. they believe concessions need to be made by both sides, north korea needs to freeze their activities. not outright nuclearization, despite the claim that president trump is now on side with. that it isn't. they still have a freeze for freeze position and if anything, we're seeing a shift is in how south korea is viewing the best way forward here. south korea having normalized relation is now acknowledging the difficulty of expecting north korea to surrender its nuclear program. it's obvious they have the

weapons. they have the missiles. they've tested the weapons and missiles. they've said they're never going to give it up. so if we sum it all up. the envoy's visit probably more ability lessening tension in the region. china is the main allie. the main provider of food and oil. and it's an actual diplomatic move in the absence of anything else. we've had rhetoric and stepped up name calling in repeat weeks. so this could see the narrative shift somewhat towards something that looks like engagement. >> thank you. coming up next on morning joe, we're following several ma job development, from capitol hill. sexual allegations against senator al franken. major moves on tax reform. casey hunt is among many of the guests looking to break it down for us. morning joe moments away.

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>> reporter: hi, the president will put reform on the tox bill. they passed it on thursday. now the hard work begins, the gop has to get health care over the finish line, where the path to passage is steep. after they added what some are calling a potential poison pill, a measure that will repeal the original obamacare pan date. that has driven away some moderate republicans, adding pressure to the whole process. according to an analysis of trump's leaked 2005 tax return the house bill would save the president more than $20 million and his heirs could save potentially $1.1 billion. white house officials say expect him to be deeply selling the plan, making phone calls in asia and now trying to turn no streets yes. one of those calls is to wisconsin senator ron johnson, the first republican senator to oppose the bill. johnson says he wants to work on a excise that he can support after republicans famed at

repealing and replacing obamacare four times, they need a win on tax reform to show they can govern. >> all right. thanks, to kristen welker. >> that does it for us on this morning. have a great weekend, everyone, morning joe starts right now. all right. members of the ethics committee are quickly becoming some of the busiest lawmakers on capitol hill. senator al franken is apologizing after an accusation he kissed and groped a woman in 2006. there is senator bob menendez who dodged a conviction and faces more at home. roy moore is slipping spoert in alabama t. porte is all but gone if washington. we'll get the very latest on all of that and major developments surrounding michael flynn and jared kushner. that's all straight ahead on the friday morning.