her description of john coniers is accurate. that makes it all the more poignant if he is unable to remove this serious doubt that exists, but it doesn't deny the fact. >> all right. 1964. if i can ask you about president trump administration fighting for control of the nation's top consumer watch dog group and financial protection bureau, cfpb. the president clammed slammed i total disaster and the outgoing director names the deputy as the interim leader, but the trump administration announced that it will be the omb director mull vainy and many wonder who will show up to work tomorrow as the interim? where are you on how this conflict has a risen? >> i was one of the main drafters working with senator elizabeth warren. i'm proud of that. let me begin with the substance. it's the most important protectors for the average citizen that we have ever had. when people like mulvaney and trump attack it, it's very interesting they have not given any specifics. i wish people would ask what is it that people have done that you don't lik

in the case of john coniers, he settled with the woman and that came from his office budget and not fromhe office of compliance fund that we talked about so much. that makes me think that not only is this a problem that we know it's going to be difficult to quantify. there is going to be secrecy about it. during the holiday, as you know, you often hide the fax that he plays golf, but today he was bragging about it because he had a special friend with him. tiger woods was golfing today. what's the interest? >> there is a interest relationship. trump organization which he still owns developing a golf course in deby and tiger woods is one of the people hired to design the golf course. there is a business relationship there. >> i thought he promised not to do overseas business after the election. >> the business was done in 2014. they continued doing business, but this is not a specific example of that. >> we know his business activities have come under scrutiny since before and since he has been elected. that's the under statement of the year. has his business grown or drunk? >> a lot of do

with growing sexual harassment scandal claiming another high profile politician and talking about john coniers adding to list of national figures facing allegations. >> coniers joins minnesota senator al franken and veteran journalist charlie rose. melanie alnwick live on capitol hill sort ising it all out for you us, good morning, mel. >> good morning, guys, 88-year-old representative john conners is the top democrat on the house judiciary committee and longest serving representative maying subject to his own ethics review after this. the buzz feed got information from conservative activist and says it independently verified claims if a woman who says she was fired in 2015 for refusing the congressman's sexual add vantss and was paid a 27,000 settlement. the web site published affidavits from former staff members that said conier was touch women in the office inappropriately and ask for self um favors and another staffer said she was asked to ply women into the town for the kong discretionman and his office has not commented and second wouldn't came forward with accusation against minnesota s

glenn thrush suspended after inappropriate behavior toward women journal adjourn is congresswoman john coniers denying all wrongdoing in a sexual harassment claim first published by buzz feed the congressman saying in a statement he agreed to settle to avoid a lengthy court battle but denied guilt. president trump who for days avoided questions on alabama senate candidate roy moore saying this. >> he gives a total denial. and i do have to say 40 years is a long time he has run eight raises and this never came zblup the president said he believes that congress should release the names of all members who have settled harassment claims. . and over the past 10 to 15 years one democratic lawmaker said over that time the house has paid millions of dollars in fax pair money to telgts settle the harassment claims. janelle. >> thank you, blaine. >>> and our coverage continues on nbc nightly news. the house ethics committee which includes house minority leader nancy pelosi it's opening investigation into a claims against congressman conier lester holt joins news 25 minutes. >>> more trouble at uber. the

." >> michigan representative john conier also responds today sexual harrassment allegations made against him. the 88 year old democrat says he'll no longer serve on the house judiciary committee while being investigated. a report came out last week claiming that he settled complaint made by a female staffer after she was fired. the woman claims she was let go for rejecting conyers sexual advances. the congressman said he is innocent. >> well, also in washington, the president son-in-law is facing an important deadline. jared kushner has to smith more documents to senate investigators today. the senior white house advisor is under scrutiny from the senate judiciary committee, specifically, senators want the all emails between kushner and former national security advisor michael flynn, that contain key words clinton wiki links and putin. >> the times saying it regrets how its story about white nationalist came across to some readers. the story titled the nazi sympethizer next-door came out saturday. davey life of tony, self identify whitemarsh list in ohio. several people accuse the times

launching an investigation into the longest serving member of congress in washington, 88-year-old john coniersat of michigan. after reporting from buzz feed news yesterday about settlements paid to former staffers in his office, john can't are conyers said today that he vehemently denied he sexually harassed anyone. he said quote i expressly a vehemently denied the allegations made against me and continue to do so. my office resolved the allegations with an express denial of liability to save all involved from the riggers of pro tracted litigation. that shouldn't be lost in the narrative. that was his statement this

buzz feed with the story about an allegation of john coniers with offensive conduct with a staffer. one of the attorneys helped work on the case and designed a cover up. they were betrayed for coming forward. it's an excellent point. to lodge a complaint, you should not be sworn off like this. speaker ryan issuing a statement about this report. it is extremely troubling and examining the issue led to mandatory training. that from the speaker. so congress also getting called in, you mentioned the politician somehow. we don't get to the accountability question this quickly. >> he's offices operate and they don't have the workplace protections that most other -- it's all designed to protect them and maybe it's time to stop them and empower the staffers that toil so hard for the members and give them protections that they do not have which their counter parts do. >> the goals are really rough on victims. they seem to be designed to protect the perpetrate onnors and not the victims. you have to jump through hoops and you are pressured to settle and if you decide to move forward, there is

michigan representative john coniers paid a woman more than $27,000 in 2015.ll be pardoned at 1:00 this afternoon and live at virginia tech. here is eileen with the forecast. >>> we'll today will be the warmest day of the week as temperatures climb to 60 degrees. lows tonight in the 40s. rain is morning. tomorrow cooler high 52. breezy today and tomorrow chilly for thanksgiving. 52 for black friday and week end dry cooler on sunday. >> anchor: interstate starting to stack up. earlier accident on the 14th street bridge. on our traffic cameras 95 in maryland gridlock already approaching the beltway >> anchor: you can get more updates on good morning washington over on news channel 8. safe travels today have a great day. ♪ >> announcer: it's "live with kelly & ryan"! today, from the new film "murder on the orient express," michelle pfeiffer. and from the animated film "coco," benjamin bratt. plus a performance from singer-songwriter kelsea ballerini. all next on "live"! and now here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! [cheers and applause] >> ryan: hi, guys! >> kel

including long-term michigan congressman john conier. >> a winter storm headed our way let's check with rob tracking it. what it could mean with the busy shopping season on also for the sierra rob. >> watched watching rapidly changing weather although right now it's gorgeous. san jose 66 degrees with high crowds over downtown. and san francisco 62 and if you look close at the radar view off shore, of sonoma county and marin county we have a few showers that continue to move off to the north bay as we go through tonight. but you see the moisture there off shore. this is a developing storm now getting access to additional moisture from the subtropical jet stream. a as these comes together mid-way through the weekend mountain areas expect to see one to two inches. the expectations have come up in the north bay locations a half inches to inch of rain. san francisco southward generally less than a half inches for the valleys. the santa cruz mountains could see a inch or two of rain. fwufty winds up to 40-mile-per-hour. the hills. seer aifr rap lidly developing snow level. the ridge line coul

john coniers is the founder of the congressional black caucus, the former judiciary chair.rd nixon put him on the enemy's list, describing him as a leading black anti-nixon spokesman. he was the only member of the 1974 house judiciary committee who voted for nixon's impeachment, remaining in the house today. and it was him, john conyers, who posed this key question sessions' distance from his boss's interests in targeting clinton today. >> are you recused from expressions involve secretary clinton? >> mr. chairman, i cannot answer that i don't know. because under the policies of the department of justice, to announce reaccusal in any investigation would reveal the existence of that investigation and the top ethics officials have advised me i should not do so. >> i'm joined by bush speech writer from harvard kennedy's school of government and matt miller rejoins us. you used to work there. are you worried that the doj? >> absolutely. you obviously have the recusal question. that's an important one. sessions was clearly dodging there. there is a way to answer that question. y

launching an investigation into the longest serving member of congress in washington, 88-year-old john coniers, democrat of michigan. after reporting from buzz feed news yesterday about settlements paid to former staffers in his office, john can't are conyers said today that he vehemently denied he sexually harassed anyone. he said quote i expressly a vehemently denied the allegations made against me and continue to do so. my office resolved the allegations with an express denial of liability to save all involved from the riggers of pro tracted litigation. that shouldn't be lost in the narrative. that was his statement this morning. but then this afternoon buzz feed published another allegation from another former staffer. and now the house ethics committee says it will be investigating. congressman conyers is the top democrat on the jshdary in the house. no contactic leader nancy pelosi had called for the ethics committee to evaluate the evaluations against congressman conyers she may have a decision to make as to whether he keeps that prime seat on that prime committee. judiciary while the a

congressional ethics committee launching an investigation into long time democratic congressman john coniers after he reportedly settled a wrongful dismissal complaint for more than $27,000 in taxpayer money after former female staffer alleged she was fired in 2015 because she would not "succomb" to sexual advances and he expressed denying the allegation in a statement. this all unfolding of course as several left wing activist groups are now demanding democratic senator al franken resign after two women have come forward to accuse him of sexual misconduct, to my panel now, tammy bruce, fox news political contributor member of the independent women's forum board of directors and washington times columnist, and columnist for the fiscal types.com, and a contributor to the hill and ashley pratt, contributor to the u.s. news and world record. ladies thank you for joining us let me start with you tammy. it's just all coming as an avalanche like two or three a day but now the names are huge. al franken a u.s. senator, the oldest serving democrat in congress and of course now, the interesting part,

john coniers is an icon in our country. he has done a great deal to protect women. violence against women act. right wing is praising him for his work on that and did great work on that. the fact is as john reviews his case which he knows -- which i don't, i believe he will -- i believe that he -- may i finish my sentence? he will do the right thing. >> is the right thing what? >> he will do the recognize thing in terms of what he knows about his situation that he is entitled to due process but women are entitled to due process, as well. >> he took advantage of a situation where he had the rules of congress -- i know you guys want to change the rules. he got to hide his settlement. his accusers had to go through all sorts of craziness. why is he entitled to new due process in this case? >> we are talking about what we have heard. i have asked the ethics committee to review that. he said he will be -- he will cooperate with the review. excuse me questionable >> do you believe his accusers? >> i don't know who they are. they have not come forward. >> you don't know if

another woman is accusing john conyers of harassment. sloan says coniersergely abused her in the '90s. >>> joe barten says he won't talk about a nude photo released online because police are investigating. authorities have not confirmed. >>> america's top commander in afghanistan says the war is at a stalemate but the president's strategy set all the conditions to win. back to "dateline extra". >>> welcome back to "dateline extra." i'm craig melvin. after the jury delivered a guilty verdict, tom faced life behind bars and in a stunning development 24 hours later, a witness emerged to possibly set him free. the husband some shunned as a murderer might be innocent after all. once again, josh mank wiz. >>> 24 hours after the one-time town hero tom foley made cold water history, the now convicted murderer of the same name sat behind bars awaiting his sentence. you ready to spend the rest of your life in prison? >> absolutely not. >> to tom foley's attorney and private eye, the guilty verdict landed like a crashing blow. >> this is a grass root who done it and

i've also got lots of eyes tonight on democrat john conyers where a third former staffer of his has now come forward to allege that congressman coniers sexually harassed her in the workplace. john conyers is the longest serving member of the house of representatives. he's a founding member of the congressional black caucus. he's the leading democrat on the judiciary committee or at least he was. he already announced yesterday he would be stepping aside from his leadership role but in the light of another accuser coming forward, congressman c nrkconye rule is precarious. on trump national security advisor mike flynn. yet another new report on mike flynn that loads yet more weight onto the pile of legal scrutiny that he appears to be facing. siting people familiar with the matter, which is always the least helpful hint to figure out who is leaking. people familiar, come on. the wall street journal reports that mike flynn as trump's national security advisor in his brief tenure in the white house, according to the journal, he aggressively pursued at least one project he had been paid to promote as a consultant. a controversial plan to b

and michigan democrat congressman john con jerz was accused by multiple staffers of inappropriate touching and sexual advances and attorney for conierssays he has no plans to resign and coniers manner has led to questions of how staffers on capitol hill file complaints and process is staffer has 180 days after alleged incident to give written not office of compliance and then there's counseling process that typically lasts another 30 days advised of their rights. and then it's on to mediation for roughly another 0 days. and that's when a staffer's office gets notified. if mediation does not work accuser may ask for administrative hearing or file a case in federal civil court. and the aels in the case remain confidential and in almost all cases and sexual harassment attorney involving case was staffers says it is tough on accusers. >> well generally untenable when i represented multiple staffers that were sexually harass the by members, it's just they cannot stay there. there's no way to move your desk to the other office. so you don't have to work with this individual. and they have to leave. >> congressional office of compliance say