there are a lot of trump-franken voters or franken-trump voters in my state. now i am co-chair of the rural health caucus and so during these, again, these iterations of trumpcare, i've gone to a lot of hospitals and nursing homes and they hate this trumpcare, they hate it 'cause they know that slashing medicaid will hurt rural america worse than anything. the hospitals in minnesota, because we expanded medicaid, there's so much less uncompensated care now that they're able to hire more people and deliver better care at their hospitals and that has been a tremendous boon for everybody in rural minnesota and i've had round tables where people will cry because they know what happens if you cut medicaid this much. my mom, someone will say, gets her home healthcare through medicaid, my husband and i both work. if they take that away, there's a good chance they will if this happens, we don't know what we're going to do. - so the root back is for you to persuade those people you're on their side. - yeah. - that's it, you and people like you. - yeah, and then to talk

lot of people having regret about how they pushed franken out.s one thing to let the sham congressional ethics investigation take its natural course. it's another thing to activate the mob and have every female, democrat senator on facebook and social media, calling for his head. i think what she's saying there have to be a middle ground. there's always with these narcissistic, fat cat who donate to those political causes. they always want to make sure they act like the emperor. >> what's so interesting about this, the money for these women come forward is notwithstanding. we can talk about all shades of wrong and maybe agendas there. we leave that set aside. this idea that people who have money or power or work or saying you got to listen to the women. the message that i hear sending is, we will listen to the women you're not quite as important what we might want to do with our money and politics and power. i think it's risky to send that message for a party. they haven't had a message. certainly not when it comes to economy. >> it raises questi

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 around

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

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 tonight and he has worked with maryland force 23 years. his new position is after former police chief allen goldberg resigned reasons last spring. >> 5:05 is the time and 2018 here we are right? >>

senator al franken plans to officially resign from office today .franken 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. (will) it appears flying in 2017 was relatively safe compared to previous years. the aviation safety network says there 10 fatal crashes last year. 44 passengers and crew members were killed. that's much lower than the five year average of 17 crashes ... with 495 deaths. major u.s. airlines have not suffered a fatal crash since 2001. happening tonight.... the mega millions drawing. the jackpot is up to 343- million dollars. it's a huge amount of money... but the eye-popping numbers are more common than they used to be. mega millions made a change in october... giving you more numbers to choose from -- and making it harder to hit the jackpot. that makes it more likely for the grand total to roll into th

also lieutenant governor tina smith replacing senator franken, and shedding light and portraying a strong message against sexual harassment in congress. >> suzanne malveaux on capitol hill for us. we are following all sorts of breaking news and headlines, including what poppy mentioned at the top of the show, steve bannon speaking to michael wolf, and they were talking about the meeting at trump tower in 2016 in the spring there between donald trump, jr., and russians, promising dirt on hillary clinton. steve bannon said this, if you thought this was not treasonous, you should have called the fbi immediately. >> that's one of the remarkable quotes and there are many more we just learned about. errol louis joining us, and a

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

. >>> leading the news this morning, minnesota senator democrat al franken will officially resign from congress ending his tenure following sexual misconduct allegations despite trying to stand his ground while calling for an ethics investigation into his own conduct. today franken will give up his seat after a number of his colleagues called for him to step aside, but a new poll out of minnesota shows that half of franken's constituents, 50%, don't think he should resign, while 42% claim that he should. his successor, lieutenant governorer tina smith will be sworn in tomorrow. >> former miss america pageant has a new title. grinch -- gretchen carlson will serve as the chair. she is expected to help lead the pageant through its own sexual misconduct scandal. while furthering the fight against harassment, over 300 actresses, writers and directors are kicking off the start of 2018 with a project to tackle sexual harassment in the workplace. the times up program launched with an open letter posted in "the new york times," an online titled, dear sisters. it says, quote, times up for unifie

franken's replace many tina smith will be sworn in today. franken announced his resignation amid allegations of sexual misconduct. >>> a look at your weather for this wednesday morning. >>> good morning. for the deep south we have a harsh freeze warning still in effect for most of the deep so pipes, people, one to three inches in savannah, charleston, myrtle beach, possibly into wilmington. for the northeast the cold eases slightly but that's just before we're hit with a haymaker of snowstorms that will bring with it 12 to 24 inches in some areas and at least 3 to 6 down towards the philadelphia area. i'm accuweather meteorologist paul williams. >>> coming up, the nurse who commutes 2600 miles to work to keep his paycheck and quality of life. >>> also ahead, the megaheadline overnight about the mega millions jackpot. growing once again. >>> and a different type of reveal from chip and joanna gaines, the big announcement from the stars of >>> new video from the scene of a bus crash in lima, peru, that killed at least 48 people. the bus plungi

a new poll out nesota shows that half of franken's constituents, 50%, don't think he should resign, while 42% claim that he should. his successor, lieutenant governorer tina smith will be sworn in tomorrow. >> former miss america pageant has a new title. grinch -- gretchen carlson will serve as the chair. she is expected to help lead the pageant through its own sexual misconduct scandal. while furthering the fight against harassment, over 300 actresses, writers and directors are kicking off the start of 2018 with a project to tackle sexual harassment in the workplace. the times up program launched with an open letter posted in "the new york times," an online titled, dear sisters. it says, quote, times up for unified call for change from women in entertainment for women everywhere. among the initiative supporters include emma stone, natalie portman, kate blanchett and many more. >> in south carolina, one little girl had a birthday for the record books. and the very first few hours of 2018, the baby came about three weeks early so her parents were racing against time as they sped down

and it's al franken last day in coming gress. more ahead as we are back in 0 1ebgdz. . nine people died overnight in eye roon as violent protest continued. 450 people have been arrested since the weekend. since saturday. demonstrations started peacefully on thursday and they turned deadly offer the weekend. total of 20 people died as a result of protests includeing a police officer and south korea agreed to hold high level talks with north korea about winter olympics this comes one day after kim jong-un necessaryage she's willing to send americans americans. >> on colorado deputies. the shooter was matthew real and shootner iraq war vet. reel evacuated himself new year's eve and when showed up fired more than 100 rounds before killed in shootout. five deputies and two civilians hit by gunfire and one deputy was killed. >> and happening today. 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

accused franken of sexual harassment including this woman. she was the first woman to go public claiming franken forcibly kissed her without her consent. franken groped her while sleeping here and included this photo of him appearing to place his hands on her chest. >>> this morning firefighters rescued 16 people after another fire ripped through a building in the bronx in new york. nine children were among those hurt. thick smoke poured from the windows as crews bat. led the fire that started in a furniture store. it's not clear what sparked the flames. everyone is is expected to survi survive. there have been several large fires just this past week. last thursday 12 people including 5 children died during this apartment fire in the bu burro. investigators say a toddler started that fire playing with a stove. >>> a grand jury is recommending that an independent agency investigate a deadly shooting involving police officer troopers. it stems from an incident last may. two troopers killed a man who threatened to blow himself up. the north hamp

she replaces al franken amid sexual misconduct allegations last month. the two term senator expected to officially resign today. a spokesperson for the minnesota democrat announced franken would leave the senate and special election held in november to serve owl the final two years of franken's term. >>> investigators looking into what caused the crash of a charter plane shortly after takeoff in northwest costa rica. ten americans and two costa rican members kill inside the crash. among the victims, bruce and irene steinburg from new york and three sons much the news was especially upsetting for olga who helped take care of the sons zachary, william, and matthew. >> bye bye, good luck. hug. i love you. see you next year. >> well the other u.s. victims were leslie and mitchell wise of florida and the tour guide. >>> big names from hollywood joining force this is morning. >>> bart cracking down on fare cheaters. tell you about the new strategy that has police giving out cations. -- citations, the story coming up. >> if you want to use bart, good choice com

. >> senator al franken, he's out now.ina smith who was appointed by the governor to temporarily fill his seat is going to run for that seat permanently and now looks like michele bachmann height throw her hat in the ring. she said in an interview yet, the democratic party even admit they threw al franken turnt bus because they 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

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

. >>> al franken plans to officially resign today. a spokesperson announced that franken would leave on january 2. he said he would resign after multiple women accused him of sexual harassment and other inappropriate behavior. his successor, tina smith, will be sworn into office tomorrow. >>> coming up sting ray attacks on the rise at one popular beach. what experts say is behind this. >> a man is lucky to be alive after a sliding car nearly slams into him. the close call, caught on camera. >> closed captioning for this newscast is sponsored by living spaces. say a record *73 people were rt by stingr >>> a bad day at the beach in southern california for some. officials at hunting ton said a record 73 people were hurt by sting rays. one life guard said he hadn't seen so many sting ray injuries in one day in his 40 years on the job. low tides, warm water, holiday crowds contributed to the spike. >>> 2017 was the safest year on the iation safety network says there were ten fatal commercial plane crashes last year. 44 people were killed a

. >>> minnesota democrat al franken has officially resigned from the senate. he joined back in 2009. his departure comes one month of allegations of sexual misconduct. tina smith who is also a democrat will tomorrow to take over al franken's position. >>> last week president trump fired the remaining members of the hiv/aids counsel. people saw this coming. >>> a beloved d.c. foster mom is being remembered. and the u.s. my hygi...a mouthwash.o try... so i tried crest. it does so much more than give me fresh breath. crest pro-health mouthwash provides all... ...of these benefits to help you get better dental check-ups. go pro with crest mouthwash. checkup? nailed it shatters the competition. hydrating skin better than prestige creams costing over $100, $200, and even $400. for skin that looks younger than it should. fact check this ad in good housekeeping. olay regenerist. ageless. z2i1zz z16fz y2i1zy y16fy >>> at least 450 people have been arrested as those deadly protests continue in iran. tonight, the u.s. is calling for the u.n. security counsel is and human

while al franken's time in the u.s.cially over, franken submitted his resume to the government of minnesota, his tina smith will resign tomorrow. he was forced to resign after several women came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against him. meanwhile, michele bachmann said she is considering running for franken's former senate seat in a november special election. ofprotesters crowd district iran, they're calling on iran to social media sites which people have been using to share news about the protests, they will use virtual private networks that can gain access to block sites, global news powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries, i am a alisa parenti, this is bloomberg. it is just after 5:30 p.m. here in washington, 630 in the morning in hong kong, we are joined by david ingles with a look at the markets. good morning and happy 2018 to you. .avid: happy new year i am looking at markets right now, uninspired start of the year. it looks like we will get a little more -- a

smith was minnesota's lieutenant governor before she was named to replace franken. the clock is ticking on her seat since the state will hold a special election in november to fill the remainder of franken's term. smith is expected to run. >>> did a nurse silence the alarm on an elderly patient leading to the death. >> we have the inside story. >> reporter: 86-year-old qui died here in the intensive care unit in late 2015. prosecutors want to know if how he was treated was a crime. >> there's some questions surrounding his death and we're going to get answers to that. >> reporter: we learned that investigators seized keiser hospital records in the death who led his family to daily city when they fled vietnam four decades ago. >> the way that he went. just heartbroken. >> reporter: grandson who is with other family at his bedside that night while he was being treated for kidney failure and a heart attack. >> he was fully conscious. we asked how are you feeling. he said yes. >> reporter: a state public health investigation found that later the night the tube feeding b

she replaced senator franken, who resigned. >> good morning. >> what a whirlwind month you've had. >> quite a month. i proud that i have my senate i.d., and don't quite have capable in my apartment, but hoping this week. it's been not anything i anticipated, but i'm ready to go to work. >> you couldn't imagine where you would have been sitting just two months ago? >> absolutely not. i've been a lieutenant governor in minnesota working on a whole range of issues. this is definitely not something i expected. >> because you have replaced al franken and there was so much, you know, emotion around him resigning, do you think 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

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

lieutenant governor smith is replacing franken. she will be sworn in tomorrow. >>> meanwhile, president trump is back in d.c. with a full agenda to tackle this year. the first family arrived last night. there's one of the top priorities. appears to be reigning in north korea. tracie potts will give us a rundown of the domestic legislative plans for president's second year in office. >>> we're now into the second day of 2018, if you're feeling lucky, tonight may be your night. we're talking about the mega millions drawing. the jackpot stands at $343 million. if you haven't bought tickets already, time is running out. the thing is, this isn't going to be your only chance to strike it rich this week. tomorrow night is the powerball drawing. okay. the powerball jackpot is pretty massive. hovering around $440 million. the odds of winning, not so great. in fact, about 1 in 175 million. here's the perspective. chances of getting hit by lightning, 1 in 10,000. getting a hole in one in golf, 1 in 12,000. the chances of you getting hit by a

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

franken denies the claims. minnesota lieutenant governor tina smith will be sworn in to fill his seat tomorrow. this morning the miss america pageant ha anchor and 1989 miss america winner gretchen carlson has been named as the head of the organization. it comes after the former c-e-o and several board members resigned over leaked emails exposing alleged crude, sexist and derogatory comments about contestants and winners. this is the first time a former contestant will lead the pageant organization. 2018 could be a good year for lottery players.. no one matched all the numbers in this past friday's mega millions drawing.. or in saturday night's powerball drawing. and that means the jackpots have grown even higher. tonight's mega millions drawing now stands at $343 million.. wednesday's powerball will be worth an estimated $440 million. now to a seven on your side consumer alert.. if the post holiday blues have you dreaming of a winter getaway - book your flight now! there are some big deals this month. website

franken has not announced what he plans to do next. but he wants to remain in the public eye. tina smith also a democrat will be sworn in tomorrow. there's talk that michelle back man may be running in that race whenever they that race. house transportation committee chair bill schuster, pennsylvania republican joining a growing list of gop members of congress who are steppg in 2018. schuster wants to devote his final year of pushing for the infrastructure bill. new year's resolution are still going strong, right? two days in. what's yours? talk amongst yourselves at home. in 017 the billing goal for the trump administrations was tax reform. give them credit because it seemed like a very ambition timetable. the president said he wanted a bill by christmas, a the look of people laughed and you can imagine so because the republican congress didn't necessarily carry out president 's bidding when he wanted to repeal obamacare in the middle of the summer. there were people who said you can't do it. he got it signed. today the white house was asked about the first priority on the li

franken resigned amid sexual harassment allegations against him. he formally submitted his resignation letter yesterday. smith said she will be a, quote, fierce advocate for economic opportunity and fairness. >>> time now, 5:08. a dangerous water rescue after a car gets stuck in icy waters. how crews managed to get the victims to safety. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: the relentless dangerous cold weather that's blanketed much of the nation is being blamed for 12 deaths. i'm hena doba with more on the wind chill freeze warnings, and now the major snowstorm heading up the east coast. >> and here at home, we're looking at a rainstorm. we're talking the second one coming on friday with another one possibly for the week after. i'll explain coming up. >> and traffic not too bad this morning. we'll have a complete look at your top traffic trouble spots coming right up. maryland. it happened on new year's day. >>> we have new video to show you this morning of a car rescue on icy waters in maryland. it happened on new year's day. firefighters showed up in a rescu

. >>> today is minnesota democrat al franken's last day as u.s. senator. he announced he would resign. he apologized for some of the accusations and denied others. minnesota's lieutenant governor will be sworn in tomorrow to replace franken. a special election will be held in november to fill the remaining to years of his term. >>> right now more thn 300 hollywood women are coming together to help people across all industries fight sexual harassment in the workplace. they're calling it time's up. here's abc's amy robach. >> reporter: a-list actresses like reese witherspoon, nicole kidman, and jennifer lawrence joining forces with behind the scenes power players like "scandal" executive producer shonda rhimes to fight sexual misconduct in tinseltown and beyond. coalition of more than 300 women ca calling itself times up, taking out full-page ads in newspapers including "the new york times" writing "unlike ever before our access to the media and important decisionmakers has the potential of leading to real accountability and consequences." the initiative, a

the second, tina smith, the lieutenant governor of minnesota appointed to replace al franken. franken resigned just yesterday yet announced his intent to step down last month. >> as for the california legislature reconvening, they're doing so amid calls for lawmakers to deal with a growing sexual misconduct scandal. they have to decide how to handle allegations against tony mendoza who has refused calls to step aside amid a misconduct investigation. at least one republican wants to have a measure to expel him. measures to boost protections for victims and people who report sexual harassment. one of those measures would require hotels to provide panic buttons for workers so they can call for help if they are sexually harassed by a guest. the bill would require hotels to impose a three-year ban on guest who is harass someone on the property. the measure follows a survey by hotel workers union. it found 58% of female workers in chicago said they had been sexually harassed by a guest. >>> this morning firefighters are still watching for flare-ups from a fire that ripped through a

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

. >>> senator al franken officially resigned from the senate today.as accused of inappropriately touching by at least eight women. many of these alleged incidents took place before he was elected to office in 2008. but franken has disputed some of the allegations, and the minnesota governor tina smith will take his place in the senate.>>> the u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley is calling for an emergency session of the security council over protest in iran.>> i reporter reports from washington were president donald trump has been laying out his agenda in a series of tweets.>> reporter: president donald trump is slamming two longtime enemies and his sometime friend. antigovernment protesters in iran have been taking to the street, and president donald trump has been taking to twitter to back them up by calling the iran regime brutal and corrupt and warning that the united states is watching. the iranian government responded that protest were being stirred up by the country's enemies. the trump administration is calling on iran to unblock

franken is one of seven lawmakers who have either resigned or said they would not run for reelectioning allegations of sexual harassment or misconduct. it's xx and we're just getting started. frigid forecast. as millions head back to school and work-- temperatures below freezing this morning. and another blast of winter is on the way. we will tell you when to have that snow shovel handy.. coming up. the two top teams in the country-- now on a collision course after two classic bowl games. coming up-- highlights and reactions from both teams. good morning washington. washington. - frigid start for back to work & school; sunny & cold afternoon - watching coastal system wed/thursday (some snow possible east of i-95) - another bitter blast friday/saturday (highs in the teens!) - 40s return in the extended outlook today: mostly sunny. continued cold. highs: 25-30 winds: nw 5-10 mph tonight: clear and cold. lows: 9-16 winds: sw 5 mph to calm wednesday: sunny early becoming mostly cloudy. highs: 31-36 winds: s 5 mph

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.

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

. >> hoda gives a shot out to her mom in >>> minnesota senator al franken's resignation takes effect tomorrow. franken resigned last month under pressure from fellow democrats, you'll recall, after he was accused of sexual harassment. his resignation met with mixed reviews from constituents. some fully supported the step, but others believe the charges against him were politically motivated and his punishment was more severe than his alleged misconduct. nevertheless his replacement will take office tomorrow. minnesota lieutenant governor until a special election next november the the winner of that election will fill out the remaining two years of franken's term. >>> some of the most powerful women in hollywood are joining forces to protect workers across the country from harassment. television producer shonda rhimes, actress and producer reese wither spoon, and actress eva long ore i can't are among 300 prominent women behind the initiative called times up. they say they plan to fight sexual harassment in hollywood, but they also aim to helpless powerful women like nurses and worker

senator franken opposed this nomination. it's my understanding that the new senator from minnesota, senator smith, intends to vote against his nomination. if judge stras is confirmed, it will mark the first time since 1982 that a circuit court nominee was confirmed without both home state senators returning blue slips in support of a hearing. democrat and republican chairs have stuck to the blue slip rule, despite the tensions in this body. so this is a major step back, another way that the majority is slowly gnawing away at the way this body works and making it more and more and more like the house of representatives. it's not a legacy if i were the leader or a member of that party that i would be proud of. tax. so tomorrow president trump will address the nation in his first state of the union. we all look forward to hearing what the president has to say. one thing we can expect is for the president to link any good piece of economic news to the republican tax bill, as the majority leader does most days and did again today

franken's seat, she is a religious conservative saying. >> remember when donald trump said this aboutzabeth warren possibly running for president? >> she will probably run against you. >> i hope so. that would be a dream come through. >> the massachusetts democrat could be getting serious about 2020. she has $12.8 million in campaign funds - the way, more than any other us senator. other below the radar moves causing speculation including a role on the senate armed services committee along with trips overseas and private meetings with people she has previously clashed with like our former president, barack obama. jillian: $800 million up for grabs, the megamillion jackpot overnight for the 23rd straight time. surging to $418 million. next is to win is friday. >> the powerball drawing at $440 million, the combined total of these two, $858 million, the biggest in history between the two games. 11 minutes after the hour, the trump administration calling on the un to step in as protests continue to escalate in iran. could donald trump pulled the plug on the iran nuclear deal? lieutenant c

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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.

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

meantime, it's al franken's final day as a u.s. senator.t month he announced he would resign after several women accused him of sexual misconduct. he apologized for some of the accusations and denied others. minnesota's lieutenant governor will be sworn in tomorrow to replace franken. a special election will be held to fulfill the remaining term. >>> a movement is fighting sexual harassment not just in the entertainment industry but all industries. they're calling it "time's up." we show you the latest voices. >> reporter: i want to show you the gofundme campaign. it's raised a whopping $14 million. there are lots of small donations. but the hollywood a-list equipment who created time's up are giving jaw-dropping amounts. reese witherspoon, shonda rice and meryl streep. and oprah winfrey add another $100,000. all together, 300 celebrities took out the full-page ad in newspapers saying now unlike ever before our access to the media and decision-makers has the potential of leading to real accountability and consequences. this initiative, a re

>> it is the same thing when jillbrand embraced them and then didn't when the al franken controversy. have suzy bell tompkins who was -- who paid for bloom, paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for accusers and to encourage accusers encouraging president trump of sexual assault allegations who then went after individuals who called franken out for his allegations as well. i don't think there's a shock here to be a hypocritical here. her words are meaningless. >> tucker: thank you for your information. shocked. >> i'm not. >> tucker: blaming his own party. they care more about gay marriage than daca. we'll tell you more in a minute. where are we taking him? i have no clue. we're just tv doctors. if this was a real emergency, i'd be freaking out. but thanks to cigna, we can do more than just look heroic. we can help save lives by getting you to a real doctor for a check-up. nurse, this thing's defective. please don't touch that. we are the tv doctors of america. together with cigna reminding you... to go, know, and take control of your health. doctor poses! cigna. together, all the way

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

alabama won a special election to fill a vacancy to minnesota's tina smith was appointed to replace on franken who resigned amid allegations of sexual misconduct. min mar has been marking the seventieth anniversary of its independence from britain with a flag raising ceremony there was no rest for the crisis and racking state that has seen more than six hundred thousand three hundred muslims flee to bangladesh. a military crackdown on insurgents. it's to iran now where the head of that country's elite revolutionary guard has announced what he called the end of sedition now this after he deployed forces to put down anti-government protests in a number of promises twenty one people were killed during the week long protest in authorities arrested hundreds of others and a show of power reigning in state t.v. broadcast these images of pro-government rallies across the country. now there are unconfirmed reports of continued anti-government protests iran has imposed a blackout on social media but this footage from is fond province shows a building allegedly belonging to the revolutionary guard going