host: politico report yesterday that joe crowley interview with one of your reporters did say that senator franken should resign as well, this is after the calls for commerce in conyers to step down. elana schor, were you watching for today on the story? -- what are you watching for today on the story? guest: i'm looking for the resignation of commerce in conyers, he has vowed not to leave, but this kind of pressures very difficult, for a man who is 80 years old. and the senate has been completely riveted and i believe if its schedule was more lax, you would see chuck schumer and dick durbin get more questions about franken and be forced to take more of a public position on him. host: elana schor, we will be watching your reporting. you can follow her >> one of the members of congress accused of sexual harassment is democrat john conyers. many have called on him to resign after multiple women accused him of sexual harassment. he'll be holding a news conference at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. we'll have that for you here on c-span or watch online at c-span.org or listen live using the c-span rad

joe crowley and jackie speier sent a letter to the office of for an examination of the sexual misconduct claims against the president from at least 19 women. in the letter the lawmakers say americans expect the president and other public officials to set the highest standard for professional behavior. >>> new at 11:00, surveillance video shows three men who police believe are responsible for a string of seven burglaries in the past two weeks, and in one case they used a church van as their getaway vehicle. news 4's shomari stone is live in northwest d.c. shomari, police need help finding these guys, don't they? >> yes, they do. and that's why police are releasing this surveillance video, doreen. the latest burglary occurred here at benson's jewelers. a lot of people go to this grocery store and it happened this morning. but what's even more disturbing is that people cannot believe that these burglars stole a church van. >> it's disheartening. >> reporter: gregory armstrong young's memorial church of christ in southeast d.c. he's upset that someone stole the church's van and used it in a

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speaker, in the spirit of what our colleague, joe crowley, brought up today, there is a new urgency, there's new urgency to this argument and a new urgency to us getting point across to the government of burma and let me speak for a minute as to that issue. because many people at this moment are in grave danger. ny people who are in certain areas in rakhine state are in danger at this moment. they are at risk of mass killings. state security forces as well as armed civilian perpetrators stand poised, so the situation right now, it's possible that we've not seen the worst of this in terms of mass killings. as we speak, the government of mynamar confines 120,000 rohingya men, women, and children to more than 35 internment camps in these eight townships in rakhine state which we are most concerned about at this moment. they have been confined for the last five years, as we know, and they've been denied aid and they've been obviously deprived of their dignity. but since august 25, the government of mynamar has obstructed as shared with this body today by joe crowley, has blocked food aid

at least two fellow democrats, congressman joe crowley and tim ryan are calling on franken to step downate private conversations this year. trump urged the republicans to end the russia investigation. according to burr, it was something along the lines as i hope you can conclude this as quickly as possible. burr said he replied it would end when the committee finished. >>> lawmakers and aide said trump told senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to end the investigation quickly. aboard the air force one when he found himself being lobbied by the president to wrap up this investigation. according to republican official familiar with the conversation. though the official said the conversation did not bear a sinister motive. >> an anonymous republican senator said trump also called other lawmakers over the summer with request that push burr to finish the inquiry. told the times trump made several calls to senators without senior staff president. senators and other republicans familiar with the conversations said trump would begin to talk on a different topic and eventually drift towards th

all flying here to washington to talk about 2018, two democrats, debbie dingl from michigan and joe crowleyof new york and two republicans, mark meadows of north caroline and will heard of texas, we will have a political panel to analyze it all and round out the show with the sit down interview with j.d. vanc ce who wrote hill billy, a couple years ago began i don't dues, the country to a part of america that helped catapult donald trump to the presidency. we will talk about the president's rhetoric and what those voters have seen, after the first year of the trump presidency all coming up on face the nation. >> a lot to get to we will see you at 10:30. thanks a lot. >>> still to come this morning right here on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" paying tribute to the notable figures who left us in 2017. >>> plus frigid weather continues, seal inglam, back as what to expect at the strike of midnight. >>> your forecast for first few days of the new year. >>> plus a hungry chris shore did not want to be caught, see what happens when police officers, stepped in. we will be right >>> chelsea, it will be a

democrats joe crowley of new york and debbie tingle of michigan and two republicans.the conservative freedom caucus mark meadows of north carolina. in an election year what are their priorities for the 2018 mid terms take over what are the chances of fixing health care, resolving the status of so-called dreamers or getting around infrastructure spending. after the lawmakers have their say our political panel will

on thursday, congressmember joe crowley of new york, the chair of the house democratic caucus, said frankenhould leave the senate. meanwhile, in detroit, michigan, democratic congressmember john conyers has been hospitalized in what aides called a "stress-related" illness brought on by multiple accusations he sexually harassed or groped women, charges he denies. on thursday, house democratic minority leader nancy pelosi said conyers should resign. >> the various women who came forward to serve justice. i pray for congressman conyers and his family, and wish them help. congressman conyers should resign. amy: on thursday, the woman who settled a sexual misconduct case against conyers spoke publicly for the first time about her ordeal. marion brown said conyers invited her to a chicago hotel room in 2005, where he appeared in his underwear and demanded she touch him sexually. she says she was fired when she refused. speaking on the nbc's "today show," brown acknowledged she broke a confidentiality agreement to come forward. , and theaking a risk reason i'm taking a risk is it is important. i w

joining me from capitol hill, new york democratic congressman, joe crowley, chair of the democratic caucusyou, congressman. what leverage, if any, do democrats have as you see the two leaders of the house and senate going in to meet with the president? >> that remains to be seen whether or not the republicans have the votes to pass a continuing resolution. what i can say is this is no way to continue running a government. continue resolution, that's not what we should be doing. we have the hurricane in puerto rico. that does need to be addressed. this is no way to run a government. >> i think a lot of people agree with you. given the situation you are in, do democrats have anything they can do at all? >> well, we have had leverage in the past when they needed our votes to pass a continued resolution in the past, we have had the opportunity to get to what we care about. chip, child health insurance program. pensions. daca. assistance for puerto rico and the virgin islands. we care about that a lot. listening to the white house spokesperson and talking about putting aside a partisan agenda.

so here is joe crowley, democrat from new york saying what he thinks about this legislation. >> you know who this bill is going to help? corporate special interests, the wealthiest americans, and yes, the trump family. my colleagues, if it looks like a scam, quacks like a scam, it is a scam. can you vote for this bill with a clear conscience? hell no, you can't!. reporter: trish as i wrap up, it is going to pass in the house. it moves over to the senate. the vote tonight in the senate, sometimes after 8:00, 9:00, and then it is off to the president for signature. here on capitol hill, right back into the fray. tomorrow we are expecting the house to be voting on a continuing resolution to keep the government running out of money. good times. back to you. trish: good times indeed. adam shapiro, thank you very much. i want to point out looking at live picture lawmakers are voting on a procedural movement here. they will be voting shortly on the actual tax bill. joining me ahead of that, republican congresswoman from tennessee, member of the house ways and means committee diane black. good t

host: politico report yesterday that joe crowley interview with one of your reporters did say that senatorranken should resign as well, this is after the calls for commerce in conyers to step down. elana schor, were you watching for today on the story? -- what are you watching for today on the story? guest: i'm looking for the resignation of commerce in conyers, he has vowed not to leave, but this kind of pressures very difficult, for a man who is 80 years old. and the senate has been completely riveted and i believe if its schedule was more lax, you would see chuck schumer and dick durbin get more questions about franken and be forced to take more of a public position on him. host: elana schor, we will be watching your reporting. you can follow her on twitter. we appreciate your time. discussion about tax reform, elana schor said the senate has been debating this legislation and things got a little heated yesterday around late afternoon. when the parliamentarian ruled that an automatic trigger that some republicans want in this did not pass parliamentary muster, and that means that republ