he's al franken, this is overheard. (bright music) (audience applauding) let's be honest, is this about the ability to learn or is this about the experience of not having been taught properly? how have you avoided what has befallen other nations in africa? you could say that he made his own bed but you caused him to sleep in it. no, you sought a problem and over time, took it on and let's start with the sizzle before we get to the steak: are you gonna run for president? i think i just got an f from you, actually. (audience laughing) this is overheard. (audience applauding) al franken, welcome. - thank you, evan. - thank you very much for being here, congratulations on the book. - thank you, thank you. - i have to say i was little surprised to learn about the book and to read it. it's a funny book, that's not the surprise but the surprise is that i remember when you got to the senate, there was talk of you, i guess the expression was the hillary clinton model, following the hillary clinton model, you know, do your homewo

today is minnesota senator al franken last day in congress. he resigned after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct. minnesota lieutenant governor tina smith will be sworn in as replacement tomorrow. franken has not announce whad he will do next but plans to remain in the public eye. >> tony duval police chief will be sworn in later today. he worked with maryland force for almost 23 years and his new position comes after former police chief alan goldberg resigned for personal reasons lalt yeast. >> good morning to you thank you for joining us. >> we appreciate it we know it's bitterly cold out there. leave u on. cold enough to cause school delays out the there out to the west. we're schooling those on bottom of screen. good luck trying to it stay warm. >> oh, man. >> if you're just leaving your house for the first time luck. >> it's going to hurt. >> caitlin is here. good morning to you, good to see you, roads are calm now? >> no, not even. biggest problem is water main breaks and cold weather. we have a lot of issues and work arounds

take minnesota senator al franken. an anchor for kabc in los angeles said senator al franken "kissed and groped me without my consent during a uso tour in 2006." and shared this photo of franken groping her while she was asleep. that is horrifying. and she is wearing army gear because it's a uso tour, but honestly, who could blame women if they started wearing military gear whenever they're around men? "where are you going in a helmet and a flak jacket?" "the subway." [ laughter ] this is a pervasive problem that affects every aspect of society and every political party and everyone should be held accountable. from al franken, to roy moore, to bill clinton, to the current president of the united states. and yet amid all of this, there are still republicans defending moore, their nominee for senate in alabama, who of course, has been accused of sexually assaulting underage girls. take, for example, alabama congressman mo brooks, who said he still plans to support moore because the conservative agenda is vastly more impo

cause of the fire is electrical in nature. >> time now is 5:04 and today minnesota senator al franken final day in congress announced he will resign on january 2 after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct. franken has not anoupsd what he will do next and he remained in public eyes. tina smith will be sfwhorn as replacement tomorrow. >> later this morning a virginia man being investigated by fbi possible ties to isis is expected in court. fbi raided a sterling home over the weekend where they found shawn andrew dunkin ever pittsburgh. police believe dunkin is linked to supporting isis and researching how to conduct attack. dunkin faces several charges including obstruction of fbi investigation. >>> now one of the suspects connect todd a double murder of two maryland teens also due in court. 25-year-old jose ovalson k kinally sinoas one of four suspects connected to najar and sdim rove of germantown found in june montgomery village one day before set to graduate from high school. >>> tacoma park police will welcome a new police chief today. tony duval will be sworn in 7 tonig

senator al franken being driven out of office why couldn't he have gone through a process you know why couldn't the voters decide you know those are various thrown out and that's a very good point because they definitely were out of time but i'm sure we'll be talking about this again christina hoff sommers joining us tonight from washington from the american enterprise institute and also smart here from our news desk thinking of the side that we need more me to both of you you thank. i did other news tonight myanmar's military says that its soldiers summarily executed ten rohingya muslims in september referring to those killed as terrorists or was the first public admission of wrongdoing by the army since it began a crackdown on ethnic written job last august the admission appears in a statement on the facebook page of the military's commander in chief senior general meaning along now more than six hundred thousand were hinge or have fled their homes into neighboring bangladesh by the violence in brookline state meanwhile prosecutors in me and maher have charged two journalists from re

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adrianna: al franken of minnesota plans to officially resigned today. the move comes after at least six women allege that he touched them improperly and made unwanted sexual advances. tina smith will be sworn in tomorrow to fulfill his term. an incredible video tomorrow, one family capturing on a dashcam the exact moment transformer caught fire. they were driving along the road when fireballs began flying. a few hundred people lost power, but luckily no one was hurt. the cause is still unknown. larry: the ntsb is heading to costa rica to investigate that deadly plane crash. we're learning that one of the families on board, the steinberg family, has ties to our area. the mother said that she was originally from potomac, maryland, and one of her three sons was a student at johns hopkins university. all five members died, as well as another family from florida. left-hand first, totally sideways, then to the ground. headed for the country's capital but crashed into a mountain is wooded area 10 minutes after taking off. investigators think that extreme winds

prominent democratic done nor now she's considering dropping her support for senators who urged al frankenquit. after he was accused of sexual misconduct. in statements to do "new york times" she wrote, in my gut they moved too fast. mr. franken was never given his chance to tell his story. for me this is dangerous and wrong. i'm a big believer in helping more women in political system. this has given me an opportunity to rethink how i can best help my party. new york senator gillibrand shot herself in the foot by pushing frangen to resign. this is the same person donated to lisa bloom firm in trying to lure women to step forward and to bring accusations against president trump. now she's saying her party moved too fast on al franken. is there politics at play here? >> yeah. i wanted to hear from you. >> when they donate to candidates, they want to see a little bang for their buck. they want to be able to shape the ideology and they don't want to be disappointed. i think there are a lot of people -- joe manchin really vocalize this. lot of people having regret about how they pushed franken

it is senator al franken final day in washington and last month aannounceed he would resign on january 2 after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct. franken has not announced what he will do next and plans owe it remain in public eye and minnesota lieutenant govern in as his replacement tom tomorrow. >> miss america pageant sh showsen a new chair of it is the first time the leader served over the organization and comes after a leak of derogatory and sexest emails from sam haskell and others. >>> california now selling recreational mashling marming. yesterday marked first day of sales. most reported 40 minute weighed to you get cannabis. new marijuana sales allow people from outside of state to buy pot legally as well. >> time now 6:12. still to come. >> social media star facing backlash for making light of suicide disturbing story and details ahead. when my smile is bright, i feel ready to shine. tening toothpastes only remove surface stains, colgate optic white high impact white is different. it has hydrogen peroxide, to whiten four shades for a visibly whiter smile. trust

by al franken. both are expected to be sworn in tomorrow afternoon. we will have live gavel-to-gavel coverage when they return at noon eastern on c-span2. and a conversation with philly lippe raines, eastern on00 a.m. c-span2. next we take you to new york city where ambassador nikki haley spoke out on the recent political protests in a rant. year, happy 2018. it is going to be a great year, but what we wanted to do is talk about the fact that obviously, 2017 was a very active year here at the u.n., and we expect a lot of activity this year as well. we are starting off fast and i want to touch on a few topics that are front and center facing the world. in these first days of 2018, nowhere is the urgency of peace, security, and freedom being more tested than in iran. citizens are taking to the streets to protest the oppression of their own government. it takes rate periphery for the iranian people to use the power theirir voice against government especially when their government has a long history of murdering its on people who dare to speak the truth.

she said in an interview yet, the democratic party even admit they threw al franken turnt bus becausehey wanted to look pure. jake, could this roundabout defense of franken encourage voters who may lean democratic to really seriously consider michele bachmann? >> michele bachmann comes from a wing of the republican party that was on the fringes not too long ago until donald trump brought them into the mainstream. i would be extremely surprised if any democrats considered voting for michele bachmann. he's a person who's said she wanted to end social security and medicaid. she's a person who has called homosexuality a sexual dysfunction. she is not a person who democrats are likely to get behind. and frankly, she's not a person who minnesota is likely to get behind. but we're in sort of a brave new world of republican candidates, as you saw in alabama. so we'll see how it plays out. >> but her remark there about throwing al franken under the bus to look pure, is there some truth to that? >> i think this has been a pretty cynical way to look at what happened recently. but i think -- i th

john conyers and al franken, they were forced out. is there any pressure right now that you know of on capitol hill by their own party for them to resign? >> there doesn't appear to be. when house speaker paul ryan has been asked why he doesn't believe blake farenthold shouldn't resign immediately, he says he thinks it's appropriate he won't run for re-election. for democrats, the reason they felt compelled to push out al franken and john conyers is they wanted to be able to reclaim the high ground. they have positioned themselves as a party that advocates on behalf of women, that believes women and stands up for them. given, of course, the focus that they have placed on the misconduct allegations against trump and as well as those we saw against moore, i think they really felt they needed to take a very clear stand. and republicans, i think, alt this moment, they still have been struggling with how to grapple with some of these allegations. probably in part because the tone is set from the top. and i think that has made it a difficul

al franken is officially leaving today.l franken from the get-go said let there be an ethics investigation. before that even got under way, he was kind of run out of town and left. >> that's right, and now we see some of his supporters on the left suggesting that somehow at least the initial accuser, leanne tweeden, was sort of put up to this by conservatives, by prominent, well-situated conservatives. she had a relationship with sean hannity, had appeared on his show. now, there's nothing to suggest that anything she said was in anyway invalid or could not be cooperated. in fact, there was, and that was sort of the first blow that really led to this resignation, but we have seen in other cases, including in alabama with roy moore, the failed republican senate candidate, including with some of donald trump's supporters where there has been this suggestion that somehow anyone who came forward with the claim of sexual har hasment against them was being paid or being put up to it. we haven't seen a lot of evidence of that unti

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following al franken's resignation. minnesota now joins california, new hampshire and budget where both sitting senators are women. 17 democratic women and five republican women serving in the senate. u.s. currently stands 102nd place for female legislative legislation. that's according to the world bank. >> that is hard to imagine. meanwhile, your retirement party i've been managing will have to wait. there is no grand prize winner in last night's power ball drawing. that means saturday's jackpot worthance estimated $550 million. one person in florida did match the frooive numbers. power ball was 12. mega millions is also up there as well. two massive jackpots you can win or not win. >> i prefer s&p index fund personally over the power ball but that's just me. 51 minutes past the hour. computer supports finding two major flaws, putting all smart phones and computers at rescris. [ male announcer ] eligible for medicare? that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses.

. >> because you have replaced al franken and there was so much, you know, emotion around him resigninghink he should have resigned. >> i know from having to spoken to al many times, first of all, he was a really strong senator for minnesota. i also know the decision he made to resign was the decision he felt the best thing for minnesota. i respect the decision he made. now it's up to me to move forward and that's what i'm going to do. >> i don't have to tell you, a lot of hess colleagues felt it was too hasty, he should have waited out an ethics commission, just one weekend, one said she's considering withdrawing support from any democrats who encouraged al franken to resign. so what do you think? >> there been a lot of feelings about this, no doubt. what i have noticed is there are a lot of feelings on both sides, and i really respect that. but the question now is how do we move forward? i am 100% sure al made the decision he thought best. i think it's interesting the questioned of how women ought to be treated, what kind of respect they all the to get, whether they work in a corporat

al franken's replacements. that changes the make-up to 51 republicans and 49 democrats. in washington, abc7 news. >> before you go, a quick question. there is word that a long time figure in the senate has decided to retire. what can you tell us about that? >> that's right. senator orrin hatch of utah, the longest serving democrat in the senate, says he'll be retiring. now many are looking to mitt romney. >>er many thanks to you. >>> orrin hatch spoke about his decision to leave the senate. >> although i will miss serving you, i look forward to spending more time with my family whose love and support made this all possible. >> orrin hatch began in 1776. he worked a bill to bring term limits to congress. more than 40 years later, very popular. >>> and al franken has been accused of allegations. he has denied some and admitted others. >>> record breaking temperatures. >>> from austin to buffalo, it is just miserable. >> i can't even describe it. it is unbearable. >> it's also dangerous. >> the car is falling through. >> firefighters scrambled to rescue an indiana woman tra

special election to fill a vacancy towns in a certain state tina smith was appointed to replace al franken resigned amid allegations of sexual misconduct. after nearly a week of rioting deaths on arrest song iran's streets the general in charge of the country's revolutionary god has announced what he called the end of sedition general mohammed ali just to clap and many of the arrests many of the arrested had received training from counter-revolutionaries and that firm option will be taken against them the general remarks came as iranian state media showed footage of pro-government rallies. iran's leadership has mobilize support thousands of demonstrators in of us in southwestern iran took to the streets to show they're on the government's side protesters yell death to the usa and death to israel state television showed similar demonstrations taking place across the country posters of the ayatollah ali how many were on display everywhere earlier the country's supreme leader blamed foreign powers for the unrest and now some protesters are calling for those who demonstrated against the govern

lieutenant governor tina smith is replacing senator al franken after he resigned yesterday after allegationsof sexual misconduct. senator elect doug jones will take the oath of office, the first alabama democrat elected to the senate in 25 years. >>> president donald trump is warning north korea dictator kim jong un he too has a nuclear button on his desk and he says his is bigger. while the president is communicating via twitter north korea has reopened a communications hotline with some -- south korea. the countries say discussions could possibly include the upcoming winter olympics being held in south korea.>>reporter: president donald trump is responding to north korea dictator kim jong un's warning he now has a nuclear button on his desk. the president tweeted, i too have a nuclear button but it is a much bigger and more powerful one than his and my button works. homeland security secretary kirsten nelson was asked about this tweet. >> i think we have to continue to take the threat seriously. >> north and south korea have a new way to communicate now, a spokesman announced on state tv t

alabama won a special election to fill a vacancy and minnesota's tina smith was appointed to replace al franken who resigned amid allegations of sexual misconduct rescue workers in south africa say that at least twelve people have been killed and around forty injured in a train crash the express train to rails after it smashed into a truck about two hundred kilometers south of johannesburg images posted to social media showed up turned coaches and part of the train in flames. former catalan vice president audio dreamcast has appeared in madrid supreme court today to appeal against a channeling he has been awaiting trial on charges including rebellion and sedition as part of catalonia is forbidden drive for independence from spain if granted bail he could be present when the region forms its parliament later this month. a foreign policy chief for the me is on a two day visit to cuba aimed at strengthening ties with havana after washington tightened restrictions on the communist nation mogul remey has called the u.s. blockade of cuba illegal and obsolete saying that it serves to worsen living con

al franken's replacement, tina smith and alabama's doug jones. that makes it 51 republicans, 49 democrats. >>> and now to a major pay equality law overseas. it is now illegal to pay men more than women in ice land. iceland is the first country in the world to legalize equal pay. it applies to companies with 25 or more employees. companies that fail to flo the tiny country is looking to elame nate the wage gap by 2020. >>> amazon says there are about 100 million items eligible for free shipping through prime. amazon revealed the most-purchased items of 2017. the top product was fire stick streaming service, dot and bananas. i can see it. they expect to set a record with returns. the shipping company expects to handle 1.4 million of them today which ups calls national returns day. more than a fourth of online purchases are sent back. three times the rate for items bought in stores. overall, consumers are expected to take or send back $90 billion worth of gifts this year. i promise i'll keep yours. >> oh, thank you. >> oh, wait, you didn't get me on

al franken was democrat. democratic governor of minnesota appoints a successor who was a lieutenant governor, who will be there along with walter mondale of minnesota. along with former vice president of the united states in 1984 candidate for president. didn't work for him, but right now walter mondale will be there to do the honors with minnesota's latest political star, a little more after this. retail. under pressure like never before. and it's connected technology that's moving companies forward fast. e-commerce. real time inventory. virtual changing rooms. that's why retailers rely on comcast business to deliver consistent network speed across multiple locations. every corporate office, warehouse and store near or far covered. leaving every competitor, threat and challenge outmaneuvered. comcast business outmaneuver. ♪ neil: sometimes i don't know where to go with stuff like this when the president uses about the nuclear button and whose is bigger, i naturally go to adam shapiro at white house with the

and tina smith replacing al franken. we have 22 members of the senate. it's not nearly representative, but it is 22. joining me now, nbc's von hilliard on capitol hill. vaughn, this is a swearing. in the old senate chamber and that will involve a number of z. you have vice president mike pence who you just saw on fot doug jones and tina smith, but now they're making their way to the subway that connects the two places there. they'll have that old swearing-in at the old chamber. doug jones, meanwhile, is going to be accompanied by. their relationship goes back 41 years when doug jones was in law school, and doug joebz who actually went and introduced them. then he themd. he was the last democrat to serve the state here in the u.s. senate and he worked with joe biden at that point, too. as you saw in the last 10 minutes, you now have is a full senate. all 100 senators are sworn in. congress is back in session. you have the likes of tina smith, as you said, the 22nd woman to represent. now, she is going to be up for reelection just here in one year from now

she did that with the al franken controversy. i don't think this should be a shock.ou also have one of the clinton top donors, what is it, susie bell tompkins who paid for -- she paid for hundreds of thousands of dollars to her accusers and to encourage accusers accusing president trump of sexual assault allegations, who then went after individuals who called al franken out for his sexual harassment allegation as well. i don't think it's a shock here for there to be this hypocrisy among liberals or anyone, but i also don't think that you should be surprised or anyone watching should be surprised that hillary clinton has a complete double standard or her words are meaningless. >> tucker: it's almost too much. thank you lisa boothe. still shocked. a congressional democrat claiming his own party. he says they care more about elite issues. a booming civil war within the party. we'll tell you more in a minute. i go with anoro. ♪go your own way copd tries to say, "go this way." i say, "i'll go my own way" with anoro. ♪go your own way once-daily anoro contains two medicines

i would think it is more likely al franken will be announced for senate.lowly in the senate. but he fell so dramatically. >> apropos of your musical genre of choice, let's talk about rex, baby. >> not a good year for rex in effects tillerson. he is like jeff sessions in that, yes, he's in the cabinet, yes, he is secretary of state. it feels donald trump and he whether auto russia or north korea are singing off two different song books is the nicest way you can put it. they have radically different views. every time rex tillerson speaks in public the first question is, are you quitting? for a guy who ran exxonmobil, i can't imagine what 2017 was is what he thought he was signing up for. >> the last, creepy dudes in congress. >> i'm hopelessly naive in a lot of ways. i was stunned. and a lot of women i work with said you're a dummy. i was stunned at what we saw this year in congress. i always knew having covered it it is an old boys network. >> still is. >> it still is 100%. culturally. much more mad men than girls. the number of people that admitted to it.

the day senator al franken is set to step down.hy he is making good after announcing his resignation a month ago plus president trump returns to the white house energized after a year-end legislative victory on tax reform. wants to hit the ground running in the new year looking to make good on campaign promises. we'll have a look at his 2018 asgend ahead. -- agenda ahead. >> we hope we get democratic support. the budget, getting reasonable budget caps and maybe a budget deal for the next two years certainly. includes welfare reform, this is a president that is invested in all types of careers and is trying to tell americans that we dignify every type of work. ♪ it's time for sleep number's 'lowest prices of the season' on the only bed that adjusts on both sides to your ideal comfort, your sleep number setting. and snoring? does your bed do that? it's the lowest prices of the season on the queen c4 mattress with adjustable comfort on both sides. now only $1199, save $400. ends soon. visit sleepnumber.com for a store near you. >> jon

democratic lawmakers john conyers and al franken announced their resignations then there's roy mooreenate race. women accused of harassing and assaulting them years ago when interpret teenagers. moore lost the special election to the doug jones. finally the house and senate passed separate tax bills calling for the largest overhaul of the american tax code in more than three decades. looking ahead to 2018 the mid term elections coming up. the whole country waiting to see if voters will reject or reward president trump. we're also keeping a close eye on tensions with north korea and the latest sexual misconduct accusations. of course, we'll be here for all of it. in new york, i'm shepard smith, fox news. >>> we saw winds, rains, snow this year but no weather compares to the hurricanes that devastated the south and puerto rico. fox's janice dean looks back at the year in weather. >>> everything caught on camera. that's the way the world works these days, right? the wacky videos you may have missed when our look back at 2017 continues. ♪ with dunkin' deals, you get two egg & cheese wake

senator al franken's resignation takes effect.stepped down after a string of sexual misconduct allegations. he was senator since 2009. the former "saturday night live" comedian turned politician says he will not stop fighting. lieutenant governor tina smith is replacing him and will be sworn in tomorrow. >>> takoma park gets a new police chief tomorrow. antonio devaul will be sworn in. he has been a lifelong resident of montgomery county. >>> bike share drama. a neighborhood concern. the reason people are calling 911 and what police want you to know now. >>> deadly fire. a local veteran iand i like these award-winning cheddar puffs. first place. both events? booyah! we're an awards family. you'll like them both but love our price. award-winning organic cheddar puffs from aldi. simply smarter shopping. >>> if you took a peek outside overnight, you may have noticed the moon. take a look. i'm talking about a supermoon what was here last night. the moon appeared bigger and brighter than other full moons. there you see it again. they'r

so in al franken's case, there was an opportunity to get due process and he was going to get a chance his accusers and he lost that opportunity. he got railroaded by his fellow members of his caucus. he didn't get a chance to get due process. and that's why people like senator manchin came out. >> harris: you don't think he could have withstood? >> richard: there was so much political pressure that he couldn't do it and that's why senator manchin from west virginia were so upset. he said i'm really upset about this because we had a chance to get due process. >> lisa: i want to get to the fact if there's money behind this and there's money to attract people to come forward and tell a story, doesn't this hurt victims to mack because in the eyes of many people, they ml credible allegations then. they may see it as just another person stepping forward because there's money involved. >> harris: all the power of public opinion right now, doesn't really matter. it doesn't. if somebody has been wronged, the money is out there. my think there should be money changing hands? that's my opinion t

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. >>> happening today, senator al franken will officially resign. this comes a month after he announced he would leave office. the democratic senator from minnesota is ending his political career over allegations of sexual misconduct. he says, he won't give up his voice. lieutenant governor, tina smith, will be sworn in tomorrow. >>> a chinese executive who was going to bring thousands of jobs to silicon valley is ordered back to china. >> but he's not going? >> he's not going. we are talking about this man. his employees call him yt. he was head of echo. there it is, a massive show in san francisco back in 2016. it was going to make electric cars and televisions. this was a big announcement. promised to be one of the biggest employers in san jose. none of that worked out. they ran out of money. yt has been ordered back to china by chinese security regulators. he says he is going to work in america to work on refinancing that electric car company. >>> wall street was closed monday for the new year's holiday. last year was the best for stocks since 2

returns from its christmas break >>> in minnesota democrat will also be sworn in replacing senator al franken who resigned amid sexual misconduct accusations. stories because it is something to cling onto right now. i want to hear about him and soak it in. >> an emotional moment as a young girl comforts her mom during a vigil to honor her husband that perished. the deputy was killed in the line of duty sunday morning, other deputies were also injured in the ambush. parrish was the father of two little girls and a husband.>> i will do everything in my power to honor you and i will raise these girls to love you. >> more than 1000 people attended the church to honor him. dozen spoke about him and the impact he had on so many lives. the suspect who was killed was an iraq war veteran. >>> fire crews are trying to figure out what caused this morning. the flames started around 5:30 am at a furniture store with apartments above. at least 20 people are hurt, none have life-threatening injuries. one person who lives in the building describes how it all and folded.>> my mom told me there was a fire and

democratic lawmakers john conyers and al franken announce their resignations. roy moore and the alabama senate race. women accused of harassing and assaulting them years ago when they were teenagers. moore lost the special election to the democratic opponent doug jones. finally, the house and senate pass separate tax bills calling for the largest overhaul of the american tax coated code in more than three decades. looking ahead to 2018, the mid term election is coming up. the whole country waiting to see if voters will reject or reward president trump. we're also keeping a close eye on tensions with north korea and the latest sexual misconduct accusations. of course, we'll be here for all of it. in new york, i'm shepard smith, fox news. we saw winds, rains, snow this year but no weather compares to the hurricanes that devastated the south and puerto rico. fox's janice dean looks back at the year in weather. >>> everything caught on camera. that's the way the world works these days. the wacky videos you may have missed when our look back at 2017 continues. ♪ exc

she has been appointed to replace al franken who, of course, resigned last month amid charges of sexual misconduct. i think our phil mattingly is still with us. phil, what do you make of the moment and maybe more importantly, how this plays in to the dynamic that you're going to see in this very important year and never mind year, first month of a lot of must pass legislation that's before the senate? >> reporter: yeah, i think, dana, you know this as well as anybody, you have to look at 2018 through a different lens. 2017 was where republicans were throwing the deep ball twice on two major must pass items. and through a vehicle that allowed them to pass something with a simple majority. everything they have to do in 2018 they need democrats for. that means losing one republican seat, adding doug jones, adding tina smith, as well. these are people that have to be in the room or at least at the table for any of these major bipartisan deals they have to make. move infrastructure aside for a minute. that's the big agenda item that the trump administration and republicans are looking at rig

the other news face is tina smath, who replaces al franken and minnesota. he resigned amid sexual misconduct charges and smith was minnesota's lieutenant governor. >>> and richard javie a lawyer for roy moore and he supported jones and will be at the swearing in. the former judge was not ants anti-semitic because one of their lawyers was jewish. >> a rat interrupts the plane in flight and forces the jet liner out of service. we'll tell you how it happened. and the record producer and the queen of talk daytime tv delivers a surprise to wall street. those stories and more when "action news" continues. >>> anti-government protests continue in iran, the fiery scene outside of a base where a volunteer malitia force afail why itted with the revolution guard continued. it shows protesters throwing objects at security forces and iran state tv shows mass pro government rallies across the country and the supreme leader blamed the protests on quote, enemies of iran. >>> a man freed from the taliban last year face a hearing on assault charges. joshua boyle faces assaul

we've seen al franken who had to resign because of this.ful people are abusing their positions of power. one thing they have been allowed to do this, because women and men think, oh, it is not a big deal. it happens all the time. it has happened to me before. i should allow this and we should not allow this because like you said there are more serious things happen but it always starts with something the woman says no, man or child, and someone says no, this person keeps going. it's a crime and taken seriously. melissa: joy, attacks on you in light of this, number one, there is a video of hitting a man on his bottom as well. also, that you are mounting a possible campaign for congress and that this is about getting your face out there and jumping on the bandwagon of sexual harrassment. how do you respond to those two criticisms? >> the first criticism is indeed i was at a party, a private party and i did indeed, you know, pat somebody that was close to me in that instance on the bottom. the one big difference is when he said stop, he said t

. >> two new democratic senators were sworn in, tina smith replacing al franken who resigned in the wakelegations of sexual misconduct. doug jones, the democratic senator of alabama, the first democrat to win in that state in 2.5 decades. he defeated roy moore in the narrow upset victory some weeks ago. that is now going to make this a 51-49 republican let's than it, as slim a margin as you can imagine. squeeze on anyhe major republican initiative they tried to do this year without bipartisan support, infrastructure the president says he wants. welfare reform and entitlement cuts that paul ryan has indicated he may try to push for. the senate will be were a lot of legislative efforts hit a wall or find bipartisan support. mitt romney change his location from massachusetts to utah and lived in utah for several years but an indication he is thinking about running for the seat and does not want questions about his residency. vonnie: thank you for that. shery: time for the bloomberg business flash. a former executive for a capital management group has been trucks with fraud, michael:, the on

won that senate race in alabama against judge roy moore and tee ina smith who replaces senator al franken. he resigned after multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. also adding to the mix some changes up here this week, republican senator orrin hatch of utah, he announced on tuesday that he will not seek re-election and that he will be retiring. >> when the president visited utah last month he said i was a fighter. i've always been a fighter. but every good fighter knows when to hang up the gloves and for me, that time is soon approaching. >> hatch had previously been lobbied directly and personally by president trump. president trump wanted him to stay and run for re-election. this now opens the door potentially for mitt romney, a chief critic of donald trump to potentially throw his hat into the race. he released a statement on tuesday praising orrin hatch, but notably he made no decision, no announcement whether he will run or not. >> thanks. mitt romney did change the twitter location on his profile from massachusetts to utah yesterday. the president tweeting his congratulations an

>> jimmy: and following more allegations of sexual harassment, 30 democratic senators called on al frankensign as senator of minnesota. but he's already got a back-up plan. he's going to run for senator of alabama. >> steve: oh. [ applause ] >> jimmy: that's an interesting move. you know? >> steve: you never know. >> jimmy: this is interesting here. i read that none of president trump's tweets made the list of the year's most retweeted posts. [ light laughter ] but trump took the news in stride by creating thousands of twitter accounts and retweeting himself. [ laughter ] he was like, "just a million more to go. a million more accounts." [ applause ] today, trump announced that the u.s. will recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. he mentioned all of the nations affected. but he had a little trouble pronouncing one country's name. check this out. >> god bless you. god bless israel. god bless the palestinians. and god bless the united shlates. thank you very much. [ laughter ] >> steve: what? [ laughter ] what? >> jimmy: i swear. >> steve: what? >> jimmy: i swear that is real, man. >> stev

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senator al franken plans to officially resign from office. n announced his plans to resign in december... after multiple women accused him of sexual harassment and other inappropriate behavior. his successor... minnesota lieutenant governor tina smith will be sworn into office tomorrow. a special election will be held in november to serve out the final two years of franken's term. ( james ) comiig up on the kron 4 morning news... the new year is giving some paychecks a nice boost. how high some minimum wages will now be - across the bay area. ( james ) and after the break... why flying was safer in 2017 compared to previous years. for you, it's always leap over look. now over later. and pause. not even in your vocabulary. so when a cold sore tingle strikes you act on it. only abreva can heal a cold sore in as little as two and a half days when used at the first sign. it starts to work immediately to block the virus and protect healthy cells. nothing heals a cold sore faster. and because abreva acts on it... you can too. act on it, with abreva.

the criticized book to her, al franken, her husband's name came on that discussion as well.ow this, she completely done politically? >> bill: i don't think she's ever going to run for office again. she has influence, yes and will for very long time. to what degree, i'm not sure. but i was watching that segment last night with martha and i was looking at my twitter feed waiting for response from hillary clinton. when you say imminent at 7:30, whatever time it was, i thought by 8:00 she was getting ready to do an interview or make a statement to put something out. the other thing i think is critical is what he said that she's asking the same questions. this is a bit of her redo right now. they're getting a second chance but i have yet to see her respond. space is it's a little late to be asking herself those same questions. to be asking why would i keep this person around, why do many of his person, he's off doing creepy things, but he suggesting to you that you trust at the top of your campaign saying fire him and you don't, now she's asking herself questions about this? >> s

i would argue it the same way. >> i said al franken should be able to defend himself too. >> rather thanon standard, why can't -- >> seriously, use your own dough for stuff like this, not just ice cream socials with your subordinates at work. >>> up next -- wait, one other point. if you have $130,000 out there and you want to send it to somebody, somebody who did nothing, there's nothing to cover up, send it to me, i'll take it. okey-doke. coming up, money, power, and politics. apple, amazon, facebook, and google spent a record $50 million trying to influence the government. what are they getting in exchange for all that money? we know they're bringing jobs back, apple is, there's a good thing. be... overlooking. it's your eyes. that's why there's ocuvite, from bausch + lomb. as you age your eyes can lose vital nutrients. ocuvite helps replenish those nutrients. ocuvite has lutein, zeaxanthin, and omega-3. nourish your eyes to help them be their healthy best. ocuvite eye vitamins. be good to your eyes. (vo)just one touch.ith with fancy feast creamy delights, she can have just the right t

a former lieutenant governor in minnesota was also sworn in to replace al franken. there are now 22 female senators, which is a new record. nancy: president trump side an order doing away with the voter fraud commission. that decision after a number of states refused to provide voter information to the presidential advisory commission on election integrity. president has claimed voter fraud cost him the popular vote in 2016. tomorrow is the day we find out the winner of the tie-break for the virginia house of delegates, a panel of judges ruling today it would not throw out the ballot in the race for the 49th district. that means the winner will be decided by a random drawing tomorrow. a democratic victory with split the chamber 50/50. republican victory would give the party a one-seat majority. jonathan: chairman paul manafort is suing the department of justice and special counsel robert mueller, saying the doj and mueller are overstepping their authority. he has been indicted by a federal gary jury over -- or injury over money laundering and conspiracy charges, not

smith was appointed to replace al franken. today mick mulvaney and white house legislative affairs director marc short will head to capitol hill to meet with the top four congressional leaders. this is the other big story of the day. they are planning to talk about immigration reform. government funding, you know so, we don't face a shut down deja vu and other issues facing congress. the white house says government funding is the main issue. democrats may press on getting protections for dreamers with that. as questions grow about how a slimmer majority in the senate could effect the republican agenda. let's talk about thranchts is a lot on the docket because january 19th is the funding date. do you have the immigration issues. you have coming on the heels of all of that will be the debt ceiling vote issue that they have to deal with. you have the supplemental issues for the disaster relief that has to be out there. you have people who want to spend more money on defense. and that all comes up in the next two weeks. >> harris:

smith was appointed to replace democrat al franken. franken resigned after being accused of sexual harassment. >>> coming up, the royal wedding in may may boost briton's economy. >> and winter in most of the united states, where residents are bracing for bitter cold. session at the united nations to >>> iran is bracing itself for a 7th day of anti-government protests. the u.s. is calling for an emergency session now at the united nations to address that unrest. tens of thousands of iranians poured on the street for pro- government rallies but many were ordered to attend. 21 people have been killed and over 400 arrested. there are reports that protestors have been threatened with the death penalty. the trump administration has described iran's leaders as violent and corrupt. >>> now to our storm watch. a deep freeze continues to grip much of the united states. snow fell this morning in tallahassee, florida. and even more snow is expected as it heads up the coast. a state of emergency has been declared in georgia. yesterday, in indianapo