choose any two for just five bucks. they did it! unbelievable! ♪ let me get a mcpick 2 ♪ . i don't know if you heard this but it's friday. made the through the week. and yet another week we're just anything could happen in dc and it certainly did. a water shed moment with a flood of new allegations >> as you can, this is the big story tonight at 6:30, let's get to it. dear lee anne i want to apologize to you personally i don't know what was in my head when i took that picture that doesn't matter, there's no excuse and i understand why you would feel violated by that. i remember that rehearsal but what's important is e

it had on you and you felt violated and for that i apologize, i have tremendous respect for your work, the uso ad i'm ashamed mile acts ruined that for you. i'm so sorry, sincerely, al franken. >> that was lee anne tweeting today on the view, she read a handwritten apology letter from senator al franken one day after she accused him of groping her and forcibly kissing her without her consent back in 2006. she accepts the senator's apology. meantime a number of lawmakers have weighed in, some say he should resign be others, including franken himself called for an ethics investigation, president trump weighed in on twitter. he tweeted the al franken stein picture is really bad, speak as thousand words, where do his hands go in pictures two, three, four, five and six while she sleeps, referring to the picture of his hands what appears to be her chest while sleeping. he went on to sleep and to think last w

sexual harassment. it's an reference to an snl >> something he had spoke about, a skit they never did. 95, 96, when he was writing for the show about raping 60 minutes lesley stall. we talk about pictures, two, three,ing four, five and six, deanne tweeden. had the thumb on her picture on her camera. if there was anything more incriminating. . i would have we didn't r went out. i believe regardless, despickible. you did heard him admit to that. she accepted the apology. we should point out the president hasn't said much himself about the roy moore situation and a lot of people are calling him a hypocrite >> i personally think if you're going to talk about one, you got to talk about it all because this issue is not partisan. it's not republican, it's not democrat. it's just despicably >> sarah hackabee-sanders is

showing bias more >> to suggest that this white house and specifically this president hasn't weighed in is just inaccurate and wrong, he said if the allegations are true he should step aside. he also weighed in when he supported the rnc decision to withdrawal records from the state of alabama. >> let's bring in our panelists. hey, guys, good to see you both. >> good to be here. >> let's start with you, mike. so you know, there's been a lot of attention paid to this. as shawn mentioned it's not a partisan issue. did the president have to come out and say anything about roy moore is the media just making a lot of this -- a lot out of nothing at this point >> there's been a lot of pressure on the president to weigh in and say something about the moore situation. i think that the press secretary did a great job in explaining what he's done so far. but beyond that, i think you know, sometimes you can say that there are surrogates spokesmen and in this case, the president's daughter, i

weighed in heavily and slammed judge moore. it indicaed basically that we have no use for him. he just needed to go away, and from my personal point of view, i think that judge moore outweighed -- out lasted his usefulness and his welcome. i think that, you know, it's time for him to find something else to do, and give us a chance to elect somebody else to that >> steven let me let you weigh in and let me ask you, mike brought up the point he let's the surrogate speak for him but he didn't need a surrogate to talk about al franken what's your take >> the president land wherever is convenient for him in regards to the issue of sexual assault. the roy moore is despicable. donald trump has been incredibly quiet. in regards to al franken, again, this is not really an area where donald trump has much leg room to step up and speak on the issue. he has no credili

this will play out naturally itself. >> when we talk about the allegations because we talk about earlier this week on the roy moore swaying got a fever pitch. where if you look at roy moore and you have a problem with that and you're a democrat, you have to go back and look in time and say, ok, look at what bill clinton did, is it coming full circle and say this is what al franken did, should we talk about the allegations that had been made about president trump before? >> yes, we should absolutely be looking back and trying to address wrong doings in the past. in regards to al franken, i think one of my concerns is we might be jumping the gun a little bit, i think we need to pump the brakes and let reconciliation takes place. she he gave an apology and she accepted it. there has been an ethic investigation called for. his staffers have spoken up in support of him and i think for a moment we have to just sort of

again, he's going to have to run for reelection and that picture will be everywhere >> still four years away at this point for him >> but you know, that picture is still going to be reelection problem for him and i think we should let that play out naturally. >> let me ask you, this week, we learned the taxpayers paid out million it's of dollars in settlements to victims of sexual harassment, but their names are kept secret right now, and seems that the house has taken steps forward to sort of change the culture on capitol hill. what do you believe, needs to be done? and you know, i mean i mean assuming you agree it's high time that we do something about this. >> absolutely. and the first thing we need to do is to release those names. i understand there are probably contractual issues but we need to find a way out and release the names so people know who we've been covering for, let me commend governor comstock from

and my hats off to barbara. she's really great. let me go back to the -- the bigger issue with refrain for just a second. he has reelection in four years but the problem the democrats face is half of tear is protecting women from the awful republican whose want to take away all their rights. well, when you got something that starts further back than bill clinton, it started with teddy kennedy and then you have bill clinton then anthony winner and then you have harvey weinstein and all kinds of other ones and now you have al franken, half of their, as party is in jeopardy and as a party they need to do something about al franken in order to maintain any sense of credibility which i think is already shredding with their voters >> right before we go because we were talking about this, i wanted to move on quickly because we only have about a minute left but i wanted to talk about the victory for the house this week which is passing the tax plan, we know the

able to pass the healthcare repeal. what do you think moving forward? can the senate get past the issues we have, they're talking about trying to repeal healthcare again, what do you think will happen from here on out >> i think the senate will come around. first of all from a political point of view, the senate needs to deliver because the republican party is in deep trouble if they don't. the second thing it's is great tax bill. it creates economic expansion, development, creates jobs, gives tax cuts to individuals, it's a fabulous bill. only the problem we have right now is senator johnson from wisconsin and i'm fairly certain he'll come back on board fairly soon. >> do you want to weigh in because certainly we know the democrats don't necessary agree with that >> tax reform is incredibly important. it's not been good on the process, and the metro. it's been rush as every gop effort has been in this congress.

years, on the politics, this is incredibly unpopular, down in the basement, in the low 20's, 20, 24, and american it's want tax reform but they don't want this, otherwise they would say that they like it. on the merits, i want to see tax reform and i like the gop idea of tack taxes that you can file on a post card >> i think we all >> we're not there yet. and we need to go back to the drawing board >> we all like the post card thing >> thanks so much for coming in, happy friday to you guys. >> h and r block wouldn't like it. meanwhile, a big story today that came out, jesse jack senior announced he's battling parkinson's. he made the announcement, he said he was diagnosed in 2015 he's been seeking outpatient care, of course, reverend jackson has been a prominent voice i

movement. he rape as coalition promoting peace and social justice around the world >> 50 degrees not too bad but we know the temperatures will drop as we head to evening, lot of football game outside there gwen >> bundle you will you'll need to. we have rain this weekend. guys but not a wash-out i'm happy to say, temperatures right now, 50 in the nation's capitol, 41 at baltimore. a chilly 34 at winchester, 35 at culpeper. and 43 degrees this hour at dulles. so, satellite and radar showing you clouds are rolling in, but well to the west, we saw plenty of rainfall and that is what is headed our way. we got a pretty strong frontal system that we're going to be dealing with an couple of things that will change up our forecast as a result of it. ahead of that system, gusty winds pushing in from the south, that will help to keep us warm, we'll see clouds rolling in, so to be fairly mild as we get for a your saturday. on the back side. just the opposite. gusty winds pushing in from the northwest. on sunday, we'll have wind

saturday, wind will raise the temperature, both however, we're talking rain showers associated with this front, looking at some rain moving our way, as i said, it at least is not a wash-out. that's the good news. here's a quick look at your seven-day forecast. back to you. >> thank you very much. gwen. only a local veteran loans a helping hand to victims in puerto rico. more than that when 5@630 comes right back.

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. some calling a slow response in puerto rico >> john than is on the ground volunteering in puerto rico he joins us olivia skype where he's in orlando florida. jonathan thanks so much for joining us. >> any time >> first off, w

criticism about the devastation in puerto rico, what was it like when you were there and what were you doing down there >> for me, it was pretty wild. when i first got down on the ground on the 27 of september, there was no outside of the airport, i was with the fbi, homeland security local police didn't have any answers, it was pretty wild. but from -- go ahead >> keep going, i'm sorry about that. >> no problem. from there on out, just pretty much i went out to look for local organizations like red cross, fema, any organization that will take me on. i have credentials, security clearance with the department of defense, plenty of training. i can do anything you really need. nobody would bring me on. i went and found a nonprofit organization and they hired me on the spot and ever since, the 27th, i've been out here over 50

days, you know, doing humanitarian efforts from food, water, rebuilding homes, going to local churches to hand out more and more food to people in dire need >> how would you describe the level of participation and the level of appreciation from the people of puerto rico right now >> the people of puerto rico, they're highly grateful. right now, they're just really hurting for some support of any kind. there's fema out here, the response time is really, really low. it's a little bit over a week or maybe more for people to hear back. a lot of people haven't heard from, like, you know, the overall, you know, still waiting to hear back to see what the damages are to the home. what can you guys do? every time i go out and people on my team go out. they're just more than grateful. you know, medical doctors, i bring local church, you know, pastors, and you kn,

can for these people. if there's any additional help, such as they need mental help or medical help, i go out of my way to make sure i can get that within the next 24 hours. >> jonathan, what spurred you to want to jump in and help out? do you have a personal connection? >> me personally, i have a great personal connection with puerto rico. i have a lot of friend, family, especially being in the united states military veteran, i can't tell you how many friends i have that are puerto rican. i literally -- i didn't hear too much on the news when this initially happened. i was living in maui hawaii, i was saying what's going on? i was not getting local news i reached out to some of my army buddies and they shot me videos and life photos and said if you don't want to come or don't have to, please don't come because it's really bad out

i told them, hey, i'll see you in 72 hour, give me 72 hours, i got to handle something. i got to get a satellite phone, rent it and be on my way and i was on the next flight going into puerto rico from chicago, there was only ten people on the flight. and it was -- it was sad day when you see a seats for 200 people barely anyone there. >> are you heading back any time soon? >> yeah, the, i'm here for thanksgiving. visiting family right now. i just popped out, hey, i need a little bit of a break. see my family and on the 24th, i will be back down there rocking and rolling again. like i said, my organization is out there. they're waiting for me. they got a lot of work for me. even when i'm backing i'm still making moves out there, you know, be people that need help assistance i direct them where

connections along the way >> jonathan, thank you so much for, you know, the kindness your big heart, it is clear that the people of puerto rico need that and i hope folks here in washington are listening to this interview tonight and hopefully it will spur more action. thank you so much. >> yes. one last thing, i'll be up in washington, dc for the puerto rico unit march and also doing the summit as well. and reaching out to more people getting with more people to see if they can assist, and if anybody else needs assistance let me know, you guys can look me up on my facebook page, jonathan sutton dayanon. >> let us know when you're town. ok? >> i will. i'll let you guys know. >> happy thanksgiving, thanks, jonathan. >> have a good one, guys, thank you. that's great. >> he plugged the event. >> got to do what you got to do and they need a lot of help. take a look

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. 2017 has been a year full of debates, arguments and harsh roads, and that's just between me and shawn, we want to avoid that at the handgun table. >> we want harm knee and peace. how do you avoid talking politics? assistant professor at virginia tech joins us with tips. happy friday and thanks for joining us. >> hi, thank you, it's a pleasure to be with you

>> in the world that we're in right now, in the climate we're in right now, how do you avoid talking politics over thanksgiving dinner? >> well, yeah. definitely we all want to avoid food fights. sometimes it could be fun other times. i guess the -- i guess the first thing i'd say is sometimes avoiding it is the right thing, it's not like we have to talk about everything. of course, we all know there will be times over thanksgiving dinner when it comes up and we have to talk to uncle ed, the advice we have is, set ground rules around how you're going to talk to each other, don't get into the thick of it. don't start calling each other names before you realize, we actually like each other and we need to find a way to get along here and have rules for the conversation >> it's astounding when you look at the number of families who say they've been driven apart because of political disagreements. seems like, you know, we as a culture should be better than that. we can disagree but we can still, as you said love each other, and get along with each

we may disagree on some things but not everything. >> sure. part of it is we seem to have lost our ability to really truly listen to each other. so it's real easy to get turned off because we know the other side is wrong and we're not interested in what they have to say and we want to get our opinion and things like active listening skills, again, seems to be unfortunately, in short order these days, perhaps, if we are thoughtful about it we can return to maybe a little bit more civil discourse. >> the advice you're saying, set the ground rules before we sit down to eat dinner and let everybody know, if you're off limits but we talk about it. but this is how we to get out of it say jim is screaming at aunt grace about what's going on in washington, dc, how do you get out of it once it's gone too far? how do you stop it and get back on course? >> well, i mean, best way take a pause and take a step back and acknowledge what's happening. someme

ok, hold on, we got to a point where this in constructive anymore, we'll never reach a point where we agree with each other. either let's take a step back and pause this and maybe we want to return, because knees are matters we care about and we need to solve these issues and anything from immigration to tax reform there will be a decision made. question is, can we actually take a pause, let cooler heads prevail, and also individually and collectively think about how we can engage that things like active listening and try to understand the other side. and, you know, take a second stab at it >> thanks so much for the tips, we wish i was happy weekend and thanksgiving free of politics. >> thank you very much. happy thanksgiving to you guys. >> here's another way you can solve it. take a big scoop of marked potatoes and go -- >> what do we

wind gust the food? president trump welcomed college sports champions to the white house, the 18 naacp attended the ceremony. he took pictures of players, at one point he saw a player got into a wrestling pose. south carolina's women's basketball team declined the invitation, they said they're focusing on basketball. >> we'll be right back everybody. everybody.

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long time >> we'll talk more about thanksgiving on five at 11:30 >> the news continues and we'll see you at 8:00 on channel 20. good-bye.

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