minnesota democrat al franken is a friend but after eight women accused him of sexual misconduct, sherst to publicly say he needed to go. >> we just heard allegation after allegation, they were credible allegations. i believe the women. ns reporter: franken hoped a congressional investigation nkuld clear him. >> it will take a long time for me to regain people's trust. >> enough is enough. >> reporter: but gillibrand was u belling to wait. >> you are a lawyer, you believe in due process, why not allow. s> he is entitled to as much due process as he wants. he doesn't ever have to resign, that is his choice. s d my choice is to speak out. o reporter: but it feels like to be accused right now is to be convicted. >> that's not right, that's not true. one of my colleagues recently was accused of something, not only did he call the police but there will be an investigation. ha reporter: what is the harm in waiting and letting all the facts come out and going into an investigation? where's the harm in that? re where is my moral compass if i can't speak out just because i like someone-- just

gillibrand was also the first to publicly call for senator, and friend, al franken, to resign. >> enough is enough. >> not a popular move. >> where's my moral compass, if i can't speak out just because i like someone? just because they're my friend? it's okay to be a harasser, as long as you're my friend? that is not okay. >> i'm steve kroft. >> i'm lesley stahl. >> i'm scott pelley. >> i'm anderson cooper. >> i'm sharyn alfonsi. >> i'm bill whitaker. those stories, tonight, on "60 minutes." >> cbs money watch, sponsored by lincoln financial, helping you protect hose you love most. >> morgan: good evening, president trump tomorrow is expected to unveil a $1.5 trillion plan to upgrade bridge, roads, and airports. and groupon, tripadvisor, and shake shack report earnings this week. i'm demarco morgan, cbs news. she's nationally recognized for her compassion and care. he spent decades fighting to give families a second chance. but to help others, they first had to protect themselves. i have afib. even for a nurse, it's complicated... and it puts me at higher risk of stroke. that would be de

because, i mean, look al franken is a senator. expect behavior befitting a senator. >> when he was on the uso tour he was not a senator. >> that's correct. that's correct. >> and he is also, you know, there was a time, 20 years ago, this wouldn't have made a ripple. i mean it would have been terrible judgment, ridiculous, you know, i hope you've grown up since then. >> two years ago. i mean it's really, the onset of this has been unbelievably rapid. it's really been since the presidential election that it's taken off. >> and, let's just pause. mitch mcconnell is on the floor i believe announcing a budget deal. >> a deal that is a significant agreement. i want to thank my friend, the democratic leader, for joining me this afternoon, and for the productive discussions that have generated this proposal. the compromise we've reached will ensure that for the first time in years, our armed forces will have more of the resources they need to keep america safe. it will help us serve the veterans who bravely served us and it will ensure fu

you've don't push yourself on them. >> reporter: the senator told us minnesota democrat, al franken,s a friend. but after eight women accused him of sexual misconduct she was the first to publicly say, he needed to go. >> we just heard allegation after allegation. they were credible allegations. i believed the women. >> franken hoped a congressional investigation would clear him. >> it will take a long time to regain people's trust. >> but she was unwilling to wait. >> you are a lawyer. you believe in due process. why not allow. >> he is entitled to as much due process as he wants. he doesn't have to reside. that is his choice. >> my choice is to speak out. >> but it feels look to be accused right now is to be convicted. >> that's not right. that's not true. one of my colleagues recently was accused of something. not only did he call the police. there will be an investigation. >> what is the harm in, in waiting and letting, all of the facts come out. and to going into an investigation. where is the harm in that? where is my moral compass if i can't speak out because i like someone. j

he criticized the potential president, clinton, and tweeted this about al franken, the al franken picture is really bad, speaks a thousand words, where do his hands go in the picture while she sleeps? does this president have a double standard when it comes to who believes is innocent? and why would people who have -- to made excuses for this behavior in the past with this president, why would they want to take him on in some sort of oversight? >> i think that in the same way that when the president sees weakness, like the al franken example, he attacks. i think he subjects himself to those attacks some as well. i'd like to talk about the solution, which also centers around some of the problem. and that is, i don't think there needs to be a change in the chief of staff. i think general kelley made a mistake or made mistakes here, but i think he is the kind of person whose background, professional and otherwise, suggests that he's going to learn from those mistakes and he has brought the kind of order to the white house that reince priebus never could. i think that will include himself. i

case, with senator franken, that was his own political and personal decision. was was not anything that sanctioned by either the ethics committee or by the full senate and the other membership. host: here is john, and oregon. go ahead. democrats line. caller: good morning, meredith mcgehee. thank you so much for your work on behalf of open and honest government. questions.o ask two after the congresspeople leave office, are they able to go to work for businesses that they in fact served on committees to regulate? i wish i would have heard this a week ago, because senators wyden and merkley were just in our rural area, and i would have liked to have put the question of the independent ethics on the senate side in front of them. thank you very much. guest: thank you, yes. i would encourage any of the listeners, the viewers, to ask this question of their senators, and what are they going to do to ensure there is some degree of independent investigatory authority on the senate like? it is a huge gap. on the revolving door, which is what you first raised, there is t

but i do -- you asked me earlier about al franken, so i think to myself, well, al franken has a lot oflost, this one is still sitting there. so for me all these women's groups need to be raising money for these women's defense fund so that they can go on and do what they need to do. because seems to be no ethics committee for him. >> next on the axe files. >> all kinds of drugs out there. >> yeah. >> and apparently you sampled a bunch of them. >> yes, i did. >> and how did that work for you? yahoooo! ahoooo! plus, unlimited family plans come with netflix included. spectacular! so, you can watch all your netflix favorites on your new samsung phones. whoa! join the un-carrier and get a samsung galaxy s8 free. all on america's best unlimited network. so allstate is giving us money back on our bill. well, that seems fair. we didn't use it. wish we got money back on gym memberships. get money back hilarious. with claim-free rewards. switching to allstate is worth it. you can count all the ingredients in real milk on three fingers. and you can count all the ingredients in flavored almond mil

you >> senator kirst 6 gillibrand told us al franken is a friend. of sexual misconduct sunny was the first to publicly say he need to go. after allegation. they were credible allegations. >> franken hoped a congressional investigation would clear him. i tior trust. >> enough its enough. >> but gillibrand was in welling to wait. >> you are a lawyer you believe in due process. >>e process. he doesn't have to resign. that's his choice.its to speak . >> it feels like to be accused if to be convicted >> one of my colleagues was accused not only did he call the police, th in what its the harm in, in, waiting and letting, all of the facts come out a invnd to tigat. where is the harm in that? i can't speak out because i like someone just because they're my friend. it is okay to be a harasser as long as you are my friend. >> furious democrats called her but on this subject, gillibrand is unapologetic. she took on democratic icon, bill clinton. told us why she now believes clinton should have resigned amid the monica lewinsky scandal.l sawhat is going on here

he's got roy moore in here and al franken and so on. does trump believe the women? it depends on whether he likes the man. is this what this appears to boil down to, whether he likes the man at the center of the allegations? i brought up president clinton because at the time when he was attending his wedding and they were friendly, he would be supportive of him via tweet then not so much when he was the president. >> you know, that's a great question, alex. i think it boils down to loyalty. trump likes to constantly be on the side of his friends and those that also talk well of him. and what you see is when bill clinton was initially considered someone in his camp, he was much more likely to come to his defense and even slammed the women coming forward against bill clinton. but as the campaign got underway and the relations with bill clinton started to dissolve, you saw him taking a different sort of approach to the situation. he was starting to point out the allegations against him, which you know, for the most part he's come to the aid of those who are being accus

on the flip side he is is accusing bill clinton and al fra franken.ow you interpret all of this? >> i think don't sexual misconduct is a partisan issue. these are issues that everybody agrees are bad. nobody should come out out supporting sexual misconduct. it is absolutely ri dick rous. >> after you voiced them has anything happened? what has been the reaction to all of that? >> i am proud to report she put her name in the office. i am happy to support her. we have a lot more women and i'm very proud of that and i would like to see congress open an investigation into president trump for sexual misconduct. >> what are the chances of that happening in your mind? >> i hoped they were pretty high. i would love to see that happen especially as cruel as he has been to so many women throughout his entire life. i think it's important that congress makes that stand for women and i think it would mean a gate deal. i know it would mean a great deal to me and to all of the bim in our country. >> is there anyone you have targeted or that you know is open to the p

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you were the first to say al franken should leave the senate. have you talked to al? few more weeks before he resigned. >> stephen: he begrudgingly stepped down, clearly not happy about it, saying what he had been accused of, he had not done. what-- how did you explain to him that it was important that he step down? because a lot of progressives were angry at you for leading that, for losing a voice like senator franken's in the senate over something that hadn't gone through the ethics investigation. what-- what did you say to him? or how would you say it right now? >> well, the way i looked at this, there were eight allegations, credible allegations. i believed the women, and tow me, enough was enough. i have two young sons, one who is nine and one hois 14 and how do i describe to them it's okay to squeeze a woman here and grab a woman there but not okay to grab a woman there. that was not a cerch as a mother was appropriate to be having with a 14-year-old boy. none of it is okay, stephen. none of it is okay. >> stephen: no, i understand. >> none of it is okay. and i

he did go after al franken. his rational was franken had admitted to the question in behavior. josh laid out very convincingly in the last segment what trump's thinking may be, that he wants to keep this guy in his good graces by saying nice things publicly private privately saying what he really thinks. that rational is all about trump and if you're a republican who's on the ballot in 2018, which does not include donald trump, you're looking at these comments and going, we already had a big problem on our hands with women voters and all trump is doing is digging deeper at the time of the me too movement, at the time when this issue is so much in the spotlight for the purposes of republicans running campaigns, all he had to do was not say anything and they could maybe try to distance themselves from this scandal but by making this assertive statement he really underscores the perception that he believes the words of men and he doesn't believe the accusations of women. >> you could almost have seen the opposite being the more reasonably and politically -- if he had private doubt

money, many of which still lingers in dnc coifffers. >> what about every dime donated to senator al franken should be returned? >> he apologized and admitted to some that have behavior via this apologize. steve wynn, by contrast, said this is preposterous. we are not a jury at the rnc nor an investigatory body. if there's a finding of guilt we'll be the first to give the money back. >> front and center for lawmakers the next few days, facing a government shutdown. something has to be done here. what's the rnc's message going to be? we come to early march. there's no agreement reached. what's the message to those living in this country under very uncertain circumstances? >> our message will be because of democrats that you're in these circumstances. president trump has said i will give a path to citizenship for 1.8 million illegal immigrants wrapped up in this daca controversy, more than just the ones that obama did. but it's up to democrats. it's up to chuck schumer to say i'll also give you border security. negotiations are give and take. rit now all theocen doing are n >> so you'll put th

when the case of al franken did come up, you would see surrogates come out and say, well, he admitted it. when our guys are accused of things, they don't admit it and say they're accused of due process. there's like a script to this. that's why i believe trump publicly is defending rob porter because he has to give his surrogates cover because what happens when his surrogates of asked about trump's behavior. >> i was about to say that opens a whole other can of worms when trump talks about it. >> he can never admit anything. as long as you never admit wrongdoing, they can defend it. >> yep, yep. when you look at his tweet, you have to look at this teeny little word "mere" used as an adjective to describe allegation. tell me if this is a mere allegation when you have two ex-wives and an ex-girlfriend. you have the picture of the black eye. you have the fact that the fbi knew. don mcgahn, the white house counsel, knew and his chief of staff knew. is that a mere allegation to you? >> restraining order too, restraining order and 911 calls. >> you know what, brooke, no. it is never a mere

he did that with al franken. he said it's really sad when you look at that picture, i'm paraphrasing here. he said that picture of franken is worth a thousand words, essentially. and the picture of colbie is worth how many? really quick on security clearances. cnn has been reporting for some time, as we are looking into this, dozens of people, 30 to 40, not just jared kushner and up until a few days ago rob porter, missing the security clearances and still working it out. >> maybe they can't give attention because they are vulnerable, especially on kushner. >> when does it catch up and when does that actually get dealt with? >> i don't know when it catches up. it's got to be leadership in washington that dresses this point. i fear a lot of people in the public hear this and think, oh, you know, this is winding and carling about what official washington does. we sent donald trump there to be a change agent and we're not going to pay attention of these things. which is further erosion that people look the other way

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he defends judge moore and he attacks al franken. so, there is never a single standard. >> let me put up for you, donnie, all the men, all the accused men president trump has defended. rob porter, roy moore, bill o'reilly, roger moore. he didn't defend al franken. >> he spoke up about steve wynn. let's frame this in the me too movement. it had to happen. i don't know if it would have happened if he didn't get elected president. i think a big part of the me too movement, women saw, that guy got elected. why does he continually double down on an issue that should be a nonissue? i think are we against or for domestic violence? >> that was hard for them. i mean, let's just stop right there because last week john kelly didn't have answers. i mean, their first statement about rob porter's credible allegations of domestic abuse was that he was a man of integrity. and it took -- it was many hours later the same night that they came out against domestic violence. >> i keep trying -- there is something that's scaring me a little bit. i know in

activist group called the vote a group exclaimed that a sexual misconduct scandal involving senator al franken was cooked up by fake twitter accounts based in russia but newsweek later admitted that was untrue and it seems some media outlets are eager to break stories of russian trolls no matter how dubious the sources. earlier this week a germany's build newspaper reported an e-mail exchange between a german politician and a supposedly russian agent who was offering his services to swing public opinion in germany the tabloid based its article on what turned out to be a prank staged by a satirical magazine. i am yury i'd like to talk to you about supporting your new group code. thanks for your mail jail read psalm it's expect a mile from you but just to be sure could you name me g.'s favorite beverage as you can certainly understand this is a delicate matter me oh me oh martin ginger oh dear europe perfect that's a relief so what can you offer me. basically we can offer you everything an opinion campaign with bazza gates schultz social bots on twitter and facebook or even a targeted facebook a

democrats pushed al franken out of power. republicans supported roy moore. republican women voted for roy moore. >> gillibrand didn't do that -- >> sorry, the only person held to account in this sort of era, it has been the democrat has been al franken. republicans won't let anyone go. >> can you name one -- >> gillibrand -- >> john kerry of the me too movement and she was for al franken before she was against him. >> name one instance -- name one instance, one instance where donald trump or yourself or any republican has said the same thing about donald trump or roy moore or said the same thing about porter? >> i'm saying the same thing about democrats here. >> you're tipping it back to democrats. >> domestic violence issue -- >> you're making it democratic and versus republican. jen, i love you but you're making it democrat versus republican. what you're saying is let's shift it back to the democrats when we're talking about the man behind me in a big old picture. if we can't talk about donald trump without republicans trying to throw it back on democrats,

it's never an acknowledgment that this country has a problem. >> except in al franken. >> sure. political rival, he seems to believe the women. >> nor the wilding case. when he wanted these guys executed. >> absolutely. >> but that's not credible. >> yeah, it's not credible because it's so politically motivated. and it comes off, to david's point, not of a concern pour people. >> but dogs learn tricks. politicians can learn tricks. i'm sorry, it's true. >> can old dogs? >> not all dogs. actually i've had problems with one of them. but, look, you got me off my track here. politicians have advisers sitting around them all the time. kellyanne says this all the time. huckabee probably says mr. president, you've got say something about women. you've got to stop saying he and him and say her once in a while. why doesn't he do it? >> they do advise him. and we're on day six of the rob porter story. this has totally blanketed the white house. and the fact of the matter is sarah huckabee sanders at the briefing today said the president cares about domestic violence and he really cares ab

a few lawmakers have already left office for similar reasons, including democratic senator al frankennd republican representative tim murphy. but, for others, the reason is a whole lot less clear and like many things in washington d.c., the question of why or the answer to why depends on who you ask. >>, but you know, congress is supposed to be something that you don't necessarily make a whole career out of. we're just seeing that from a lot of members right now and they're ready to go back to their regular life. >> and also, nancy pelosi and oth other-- she says that the idea behind so many people are retiring is because of the president's numbers are low and she says their prospects for success were lower and even if they won, there was a really good chance they'd be serving in the minority, perhaps, she says that's why they are leaving office, neil. neil: all right, it is weird, whatever is going on. thank you, alison. in the meantime, the republicans are helping to win a special election in pennsylvania. the vice-president visiting the state on friday. president trump was there on

abuse allegations against certain men over the years, and that includes bill clinton, roy moore, al franken and so on. the article is entitled, does trump believe the women? it depends on whether he likes the man. and kevin, is this what it appears to boil down to for the president, whether he likes the men or not? >> well, ali makes a great point, i was just asking the fact that beyond the horrific allegations that we're dealing with right now, the other issue for this is how do senior staffers get security clearances and the apparent disconnect between the fbi as well as the administration? yesterday i spoke with a senior former administration official in the bush administration who said that it is quite common for senior staffers to not be able to get fbi clearance but to be able to continue the work at the white house. case in point with the current administration, jared kushner. but the question that comes is, is there communication between the fbi as well as the inner circle of the principle of this case, president trump. that's where longer term the story will head, which folks worki

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like roy moore the benefit of the doubt, but calling out democrats like former minnesota senator al franken. >> mr. president, what is your message to women? >> women are very special. i think it's a very special time because a lot of things are coming out, and i think that's good for our society. >> reporter: trump is now said to be furious about the way his senior staff handled the porter situation. chief of staff john kelly initially expressed support for porter, even though he's reportedly known about the allegations for months. abc news was the first to report kelly made it clear to the president that he's willing to resign. this weekend, the president is also under fire for taking partisan sides in the russia investigation, refusing to release the democrats' classified memo. last week, trump ordered the release of a gop memo, even though his own justice department called it "extraordinarily reckless." >> this week, though, the white house apparently has a newfound admiration for the fbi. and what we are seeing is the problem when you have someone who lacks character in the oval office

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demonstrations in brussels cold for the sacking of the government's minister of asylum and migration franken made headlines last year by refusing to give humanitarian visas to a family of syrian refugees. students have returned to their florida high school for the first time since a gunman killed seventeen people there earlier this month the school reopened on sunday to help students ease in before classes resume when say the three story building where the shooting took place remains cordoned off but a rico has suffered another setback to its recovery efforts after hurricane maria hit last year most of the island lost power when a substation exploded on sunday the u.s. territory is struggling to rebuild and now college students are being forced to move to the mainland to finish their courses christensen amy has more from new york . nineteen year old crystal medina prefers the weather back home but says she's thankful to be here despite the cold attending new york university going to school in puerto rico has been difficult since hurricane maria a lot of the buildings were being really badly

you say about the time to make changes after a crisis i was pretty involved as you might imagine in franken writing those rules sixty five of them might buy outright but now we've got this effort to pull. back on regulation do you think that's going to be successful in general. i think some of it's going to be successful i hope the ones particularly for banking are not successful because i thought that was the best of dodd frank this is stomach risk stuff yeah yeah because there were a lot of things that put in that made the banks have to hold more capital that meant that the banks had to match their assets and liabilities better and constrain the way that they do their lending now that of course cuts bank profits and that's why the banks pushed back for years the banks had returns on equity that were double that of the rest of the finance sector and why because they were able to lever up far more than they should have been david thank you so much david of polish securities and you have a great blog to write thank you thank you for being with us sure appreciate it. we take a quick pause for

they are the franken stein pit bull of china. the things that's amazing about all of there is media humanizing these inhumane people. they may be less than a year away from the free entry capability. don't you think they would push that button and annihilate them if they could? kennedy: it's an interesting game of chicken. vice president pence goes over there on a diplomatic mission to. >> up the gain -- to open up the gains. >> you know when the guy from tonga with no shirt on thinks the media acted crazy. but are they really putting tide pods in a new york vending machine? they are throwing their credibility out the window. i understand you hate the president. but there should be some common culture here. we should all agree that starving people -- kennedy: but, you know, hey, man, it's all subjective at this point. diplomacy is still on the table. that is still an option. and you are hearing more about that than you are about an invasion or bloody nose or hot war in korea. marie * the south koreans are the ones who will bear t

when it is john conyers, the michigan democrat, accused of sexual misbehavior in the workplace, al franken, accused of groping and unwanted kissing. so if they are people he is friends with, people he agrees with in his party, there is this response. if they are democrats, there is this other response. it is hard to argue. those are not opinions i have voiced. those are facts based on how he has reacted. it is a case of situational ethics. >> and you saw the reports that behind the scenes, the aides are saying he did call rob porter a sick puppy that sounds like sven wolf, to be honest. the white house as we saw in the press briefing today, they're trying to make the president's public statements and his tweet sound as good as possible in context. that's not easy. he tried to cast doubt. the white house is trying make this look as good as possible. >> and look at the defense. yes, i took picture. not after she tripped over a rock. he said he took the picture and the president said this is not the man we knew. you hear it time and time again in these instances. the person you work may not b

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now most knowledgeable people, as you might imagine, hoped it would be me, al franken. >> well, thered continue at all, whether it would just die. >> the press hasn't been very overly kind. >> yeah, write that stuff. is "saturday night live" "saturday night dead"? >> my favorite is "vile from new york." >> that's funny, that's funny. >> they were having a hard time. and then came the man to save the show, eddie murphy. there was buzz about him so you tuned in. and there was this kind of explosion of talent in front of your eyes. ♪ >> it really kind of rejuvenated the show. >> i am gumby, dammit! you don't talk to me that way! >> after awhile, the show regained its status and clout and became even more of an institution than it had been. >> hey, bob. >> hey, peters. looks great today. >> listen, if you're unhappy with my work, tell me now! >> you'll never work in this town again. >> don't leave me hanging by a thread. let me know where i stand! >> we were a little worried because we had a new cast, but everyone loves us. >> you guys have been so nice to us during our stay. >> isn't tha

ainsley: democrats elizabeth warren and al franken speaking at the university of minnesota.udent is here speaking out on the fight for free speech. brian: is he so dangerous ♪ don't tell me because it hurts ♪ don't we need that cable box to watch tv? nope. don't we need to run? nope. it just explodes in a high pitched 'yeahhh.' yeahhh! try directv now for $10 a month for 3 months. no satellite needed. steve: the young american foundation seems to think so saying the university has exiled the conservative speaker to a venue seven miles away from the center of campus. however, liberal speakers like then senator al franken and senator elizabeth warren were permitted to speak at the main campus hall just last year. shapiro writing on twitter, call university of minnesota right now and tell them to fulfill their constitutional obligation not to discriminate based on political message. is that what's going on? joining us right now is madison campus reform.com correspondent and senior at the university of minnesota. >> good morning. steve: we have a map that shows you three differe

senator franken and former senator now. and harvey weinstein. kelly, to you first.t does depend on when you are and if you're nice to the president? >> yes, it does. look at that list. it's kind after basket of deplorables, wouldn't you say? it temp defend only men and men on his side who likes him and who he thinks can do something for him. it is concerning. those of us who during the election kept arguing that judgment and character matter, i think, we are really being proved right here. if you take a look at some of these people and how much it sounds like john kelly and don mcgahn defended rob porter and keep him on, that is why the white house is desperate to have decent people working for them and rob porter was good at his job but why are the white house having trouble finding great people to work there? people don't want to be associated with president trump. >> they have got a few more positions to fill since porter resigned over the past couple of days. more have resigned for various reasons. there is this letter that a dozen senators sent to chief of staf

allies like roy moore the benefit of the doubt while calling out opponents like former senator al franken special. i think it's a very special time because a lot of things are coming out. that's good for our society and i think it's very, very good for women. >> one woman the president does stand by is hope hicks. the white house communications director who has been on his team since trump tower. hicks was known to be dating rob porter during their time at the white house. trump said to be less than pleased with her handling of the porter situation, but saturday he issued a formal statement saying hope is absolutely fantastic, calling her smart, very talented and respected by all. david wright, abc news, washington. >>> this morning, one person is in custody after they breached security and got on to the runway at los angeles international airport. it happened at around 8:30 last night. some flights delayed up to 30 minutes. one plane had to return to the gate for additional inspection. how the person made it on to the runway is still under investigation. >>> washington, d.c.'s mayor is i

let me use as an example senator al franken. although we had a photo, there were other allegations by not only the woman in the photos but others against the senator. he said i didn't do this. these claims are false. yet he stepped down and there was pressure among his own party and the president said negative things. he didn't say he denies it. roy moore, the president says he denies it. porter the president says he denies it. i feel that the president, jason, made it worse with his remarks again today not mentioning the women. what should be done? in this climate where we have so many allegations of sexual abuse, sexual harassment, the me too movement, i think it would be wise for any administration left or right to have to remove these individuals because it will be a stain on their administration. >> ali, what's the right thing to do. he said/she said, there is a disagreement. what's the right thing to do? >> we can only run on hypotheticals and all this is. like leslie said, we don't know who knew what when. we know what th

. >> keep in mind, the president was quick to embrace allegations against harvey weinstein and al franken. the white house seems to be in a permanent shake-up. john kelly was on the job for six months. it's a turbulent job. lot of pressure. you have the mueller investigation. we'll continue to see turnover in top positions, yeah. >> thank you so much. >>> we'll be right back. after brushing, listerine® total care strengthens teeth, helps prevent cavities and restores tooth enamel. it's an easy way to give listerine® total care to the total family. listerine® total care. one bottle, six benefits. power to your mouth™. ♪ ♪ i can do more to lower my a1c. because my body can still make its own insulin. and i take trulicity once a week to activate my body to release it, like it's supposed to. trulicity is not insulin. it comes in a once-weekly, truly easy-to-use pen. the pen where you don't have to see or handle a needle. and it works 24/7. trulicity is a once-weekly injectable medicine to improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes when used with diet and exercise. it should not be the

al franken. remember the picture that got him in all that trouble with the democrats. this is an spiral different story whether that was the right move by the democrats. but this is the picture on the right where the president was disgusted by this obvious picture of assault and groping. horrible evidence. the picture on the left is the first wife of rob porter. this, the president unmoved. alice, how is this anything other than having a blind eye toward reality with the president and just playing favorites? >> it is nothing other than that, chris. he decides whoepts to suppo he support and who he doesn't. and he always supports the men. when we have cases like this, he typically tries to downplay the allegations. he will defend the men and denigrate the women. off times he will choose to push aside men who have been accused of that and stand behind a republican. domestic violence is and sexual harassment is nonpartisan, nonrace, nongender, n. for the president to say mere allegations of this sort are damaging to the people that are falsely accused or facing mere alleg

for some reason our story just doesn't seem to stick when people like al franken and kevin spacey and all these other people are brought down. it isn't that we want to bring down the president. it isn't that we want to undermine him. it's to the point though we know what the truth is and we would like to have it out there. and i know that a lot of people voted for trump knowing perfectly well of his flaws. and i don't understand it but i know. i know it. >> while you laugh, jessica, as you were listening to what was said in october of 2016 and then you see what the comments are today, not mentioning the underlying problem here of sexual misconduct. and you look at what appears to be consistent defense of the men in these stories, in these accusations, but not acknowledging the women that potentially could be the victims here based on their claims, although it has not necessarily been proven out in a court. that dynamic. >> yeah. the court of public opinion were so long said that women weren't to be believed or they were counsell counciled by the church or family to go back to these ab

senator candidate roy moore the benefit of the doubt while calling out opponents like former senator al franken. >> women are special. i think it's a special time. a lot of things are coming out. i think it's good for our society. i think it's very, very good for women. >> reporter: one woman the president does stand by hope hicks, the white house communication director. she's been on his team since trump tower. hicks was known to be dating porter at the white house. trump said to be less than pleased with her handling of the porter situation. saturday he issued a statement saying hope is absolutely fantastic calling her smart, very talented and respected by all. now republicans aren't too happy about the president's comments either. is they've been hoping that he would stick to the message about tax cuts and the economy. instead he's veering off and infuriating women voters. many republicans worry that's not going to help them at the midterms. cecilia and dan. >> david wright, thank you. a lot to talk about. so let's bring in george stephanopoulos. he's going to be hosting "this week" later. r

the hypocrisy of trump but the hypocrisy of al franken when that issue came up, and we need due processtimes and self-professed sexual attacker, fred, what do you expect from him? he cheered on the neo-nazis and supported roy moore. and this administration is not dialed into the -- >> all right, so, really quickly, avery, you are disputing all or which part of that? >> h well, i mean, look, you want to assign significance to the women who accused trump and this is legitimate but to tie it all in is troublesome when it come t comes to this particular event. the president was not sympathetic to the vick are tims, and that is true, but in dealing with porter and what you do on the one hand where he said well, i wish him well, and on the other hand he said off of the record, he is bad garbage and at best inconsistency, and bottom line, i must say it to you, your interview with eleanor clip with this legal segment coming up was breath take, and wonderful. thank you. >> all right. thank you, a avery. you all are wonderful and that is why we see you every weekend. ai ri and richard, thank you