know, we now live in a time, thankfully, that women can feel safe and come forward and talk about what happened. i admire him tremendously, but that doesn't mean that this is okay. >> ellison joins most party leaders and voters in minnesota who are not calling for franken to step down. new jersey senator bob menendez will likely face an ethics investigation after his corruption trial ended with a deadlocked jury. mitch mcconnell called for the probe after the mistrial was announced. he was accused of accepting bribes and favors from a florida doctor in exchange for favors. he says they were part of a long friendship. and the leader ever a drug company pleaded not guilty of having doctors prescribe a drug to patients who did not need it. he requested that a gps

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and sylvester stallone is responding to allegations that he sexually assaulted a young girl who was 16 in the 1980s. he claims they are categorically false, and that it never happened. and now growing complaints by residents. >> and the owner is a friend of president trump. >> reporter: this is what happened. >> [ bleep ]. >> reporter: when carlos and ebony january say the landlord did a shoddy job of repairing a leak in their dallas rental home. >> he didn't cut electricity off before he dlil drilled a hole in that light. >> reporter: the same landlord somebodying sued by the parents of brielle nicholson, saying her persistent asthma was caused by toxic mold in their florida rental home which was not fixed. >> every morning,

treatment. no 2-year-old should have to do that. >> reporter: in both cases the landlord was in effect one of donald trump's closest billionaire friends. the man who ran his inauguration committee. tom barra, the co-chairman of a billion dollar company. >> you have the ultimate out of state far-removed, absentee landlord. >> reporter: the company, starwood rents tens of thousands of single homes across the country. in some neighborhoods way point has a huge presidentance. an interm survey saying 99.8% satisfaction. >> we are here to provide quality housing for residents, and we take that responsibility very seriously. >> reporter: we've heard a lot of complaints that you're very slow to fix things. the. >> i do not agree with that at all. >> reporter: but waypoint

grade of d plus from the better bureau business, citing repair issues and customer service. and we heard much the same thing. >> people don't show up. you sit here all day. >> we've had a pretty terrible experience with this house. we just want to get it over with. >> when i moved in, it was just like this right here. >> reporter: and tenants also told our stations the company is quick to threaten eviction if they are even a few days late with rent, with tenants forced to go to court and then required to pay additional fees and the company's legal coasts if they wa -- costs. >> is that true? >> that's true. it's part of the business. >> reporter: all landlords deal with eviction issues, but a study found that tom barra's company filed eviction notices against a full one third of his tenants in the area in one year alone. the company would not

how often they threaten eviction on a nationwide basis, brian ross, abc news, new york. coming up, the traffic signs that are designed not to stress you out. >> yes, so the artist and the idea behind this innovative new art form. where else? california. you're watching "world news now."

♪ signs, signs, everywhere are signs ♪ ♪ do this, don't do that ♪ can't you read the signs >> ah, the signs. >> very good mug drumming from you. >> at the precise time. most of us are so used to traffic signs that we don't actually read the words, because we've become familiar with the shape, the color, you know, like

>> yeah, sure, an artist in california is recreating those signs in a way that has people doing double takes. rob hayes of our los angeles station has the story. >> reporter: street signs, they are everywhere, filthy, faded, in your face, for the most part, bossy. >> street signs are generally negative language. stop, do not enter, wrong way, negative, negative, negative. >> reporter: and no one likes to be negative, especially not scott, an artist, hidden in plain view which makes it different, because his works look like street signs, only with much more positive instructions. fortunately for him, the city of glen daily w glendale was looking for art, edgy public art. so he has 20 of these signs ready to be installed all throughout glendale. >> the word, word on the street. >> reporter: it may be misleading. even though the streets are

street signs they are installed in parks for safety reasons. >> you don't want to put them on the streets where someone would see it and get distracted and think oh, what should i do. >> reporter: but he does want them to think -- >> oh, what should i do. >> reporter: while they're walking. >> have i been walking by signs like this. >> we just saw it. we're like, wow, it's really cool. >> reporter: in a way, this art is the ultimate form of sign language. it doesn't talk, but it speaks to your heart. >> it's this weird moment of does anybody else notice this weird thing going on? >> reporter: in glendale, rob hayes, abc 7 eyewitness news. >> frank is loving the signs. >> i am loving it. >> he is also loving the correspondent as name. >> i'm rob hayes. >> i'm going to rock right now. i'm rb hay i'm rob hayes and he came to get down. >> channel 7

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about to say extremely carefully. >> ever feel like he's trying to talk to us? >> she's not getting it! >> the star also has the voices of oprah winfrey. critics are loving it, giving it a solid 72% on rotten tomatoes. jackie cooper calls it a fun filled heartwarming, animated movie, surprisingly good. and one writes, funny characters, gentle slapstick, a faith-friendly narrative that won't annoy non-believers. what's not to enjoy? >> i'll tell you what, there's no beeny rabbunny rabbit in it. >> were there no bunnies in the original story? justice league has ben affleck as batman enlisting gal

gadot as wonder woman against steppenwolf. >> i'm building an alliance to defend ourselves. >> you should get out. >> can you at least point me? >> arthur curry. also known as protector of the oceans. >> the aqua man. >> i hear you can talk to fish. >> so for all the star power, "justice league" is fighting a losing battle with the critics who are giving it a decimismal splat on rotten tomatoes. it is a mess. and richard lawson sums it up in four short

mess. >> wow, at least he didn't say it was a big ugly hot mess. >> that's two different people calling it a mess. >> i guess that's w

this friday morning on "world news now," the explosive sexual assault allegations, this time facing a senator already serving. >> al franken is now apologizing after a radio host released a photo and accused him of forcibly sticking his tongue done her throat. hear franken's response to the allegations and how president trump weighed in overnight. and senate candidate roy moore, defiant, vowing to stay in the race. alabama republicans are actually standing by him, despite republicans in washington threatening him to step aside. you might want to hang back. the powerful storms sweeping the country are already impacng