. >> chris, you heard senator kuntz talking about the topics of the day. talking about whether the government will be funded. there doesn't seem to be a lot of nervousness here that we'll see a government shutdown going into this weekend. again, these negotiations have been very unpredictable. >> kacie hunt, i'll let you go back to talking to members as you always do. we thank you for that. let's go back to al franken's story. it's important to remember the totality of accusations against senator franken as well as how quickly all of this came together. so the first accusation was on november 16th from leanne tweeden. that's only three weeks ago today. since then there have been a total of seven more, including a guest we will have coming up, stephanie kemplin. some named, some unnamed. the most recent came yesterday. again, one named accuser, the on other unnamed. two are alleged to have occurred shortly after. all accusations include some combination of groping and/or forced kissing. today franken responded again to the accusations. >> some of the allega