the resignation of katie hill and more. by the way, we didn't buy at 30 democrats, they're usually very welcome then, they show all the time. we invited 30 democrats to talk about the impeachment decision and they said no, they were apparently traveling. that was a response we got from most of them. hopefully they'll be on tomorrow night. joining me now, mark meadows, member of the house oversight committee us. good to see you i think you for being here tonight. do you think that you and jim jordan in particular on oversight and committees are going to be cut out of this process? >> based on what they passed today, we know that it's going to be the adam schiff show and what we look at this adam schiff will be in control of everything. it's interesting, the lead up to this particular segment as you were talking about, they were saying this was a somber day. that is just all a mystery to me because all the house floor just a few feet from where i am right now, earlier today their whips were going, don't applaud. don't cheer w

harassed me, katie hill coerced me, abused me.et. >> turn the tables. the tables have turned. so glad you came on to have this conversation. it's important we continue to do so. good to see you. thank you. >> thank you. >>> up next, the emotional moments when one of the president's judicial nominees broke down today, and breaking news also on two fronts. a key witness in the impeachment inquiry appears ready to come back for public testimony and from capitol hill to california, the ronald reagan presidential library is in the danger zone. where this new fast-moving fire is heading now. so much more than i could have imagined. my grandfather was born in a shack in pennsylvania, his father was a miner, they were immigrants from italy and somewhere along the way that man changed his name and transformed himself into a successful mid-century american man. he had a whole life that i didn't know anything about. he was just my beloved grandpa. bring your family history to life like never before. get started for free at ancestry.com at ba

her gripe seems to be that it took more than a week for katie hill to resign. remely fast by congressional standards. i think if anything. i'm a big fan of speaker pelosi's. i think democrats went overboard in pushing hill out. i think she did violate an ethics rule. she could have been sanctioned. i'm not sure expulsion or forced resignation was an appropriate sanction for what she is alleged to have done. >> dana: a tweet this morning caught my eye "the more i read about katie hill, the more it seems like she should not resign, at least not without investigation. her ex sounds like a bad guy and this only has become significant because of the horrific invasion of her privacy." there are questions of revenge porn. what do you think about the double standard. if it'd been a man, republican or democrat, in the same position? >> there's two wrong's. katie hill acted inappropriately. she should have been forced to resign regardless of political affiliation, regardless of if she was male or female, what have you. she had an inappropriate affair with a campaign staff

but katie hill not going quietly accusing her estranged husband of revealing revenge porn to the media. >>> the white house remains defiant in the face of impeachment. the whidemocrats want to hold ay witness, charles kupperman, in contempt for failing to appear on a subpoena. he said he won't appear until a judge rules whether he has to or not. it could signal a rocky road ahead for dem kralocrats as thee against the clock for a speedy impeachment push for the president. manu raju joins us. manu, what does kupperman hope to hear today and what role does he play now? >> he helped stall aid to ukraine at the same time concerns were being raised. trump was looking to stall that aid in exchange for investigations into trump's political rivals, the bidens. he was on that july phone call where the president urged the president of ukraine to open an investigation into the bidens. investigators wanted to ask him about that. he would have been the first person to testify about the phone call who was on that phone call. we do expect testimony from another official later this week who was on tha

katie hill is finding herself in the center of a scandal, after leaked intimate photos and allegations of an affair with a staff member surfaced. hill's departure now shining a light on what she calls revenge porn. >> this coordinated campaign carried out by the right wing media and republican opponents, enabling and perpetuating my husband's abuse by providing him a platform is disgusting and unforgivable, and they will be held accountable. >> reporter: california representative, katie hill, a rising star in the democratic party now tarnished, resigning in the face of what hill calls a campaign of revenge porn. >> i made this decision so that my supporters, my family, my staff and our community will no longer be subjected to the pain inflicted by my abusive husband and the brutality of hateful political operatives. >> reporter: intimate photos showing hill with a female staffer were published on the "daily mail". alleging that she was involved go a thruple. >> she has accused her husband of being abusive and running a quote, smear campaign against her by leaking nude photos of her wit

disappointment, big disappointment. >> reporter: it's been a long week for linda and martha, volunteers for katie hill's8 congressional campaign. >> i'm disappointed because it puts our seat at risk which is i think to me the most important thing. >> reporter: they're talking about the crisis unfolding around representative hill. the house committee announced an investigation into claims that hill had an improper relationship with a member of her congressional staff, a violation of house rules. hill calls the charge absolutely false and said she would cooperate with the inquiry. but plex explicit personal phot the congresswoman and staffer were leaked online. in response hill admitted to that relationship. however, that relationship would not violate congressional ethics rules. >> every single vote will matter. >> reporter: a turn for a rising democratic star. hill was a first time candidate last year, a millennial. and outraised the republican incomb incumbent by millions promising change. he flipped california's 25th congressional district, a los angeles suburb dotted by quaint streets and communities

. >>> and tonight, the final speech from congresswoman katie hill, the democratic rising star who resigned amitd an ethicsal galgs, denys allegations of a relationship with a member of her staff. hill blaming a double standard for women, vowing to fight for other victims, she says, after images of her private life were made public amid a bitter gours. here's abc's adrienne bankert tonight. >> reporter: congresswoman katie hill of california today taking to the house floor for a final speech. >> to every little girl who looked up to me, i hope one day you can forgive me. >> reporter: the once rising star in the democratic party, stepping down in the wake of an ethics investigation into allegations she had a sexual relationship with a member of her staff. that's a violation of house rules. hill denies it, but does admit to a sexual relationship with a campaign staffer. >> i am leaving now because of a double standard. i'm leaving because i no longer want to be used as a bargaining chip. >> reporter: hill, who is in the middle of a nasty divorce, has accused her husband of leaking naked pictu

. >>> plus congresswoman katie hill is resigning amid allegations of inappropriate relationships. brace now for a bruising special election. >>> and the president says the death of the isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi, makes america safer. he gives america a heads up about that saying he doesn't trust top democrats. >> we had a great weekend for our country. we captured a man that should have been caught a long time ago, so that was a big, big day and a big weekend, and we're very happy about it. >> back to that story a bit later, but we begin this hour with a no-show. charles kupperman failing to show up for a deposition on capitol hill, this after he filed on friday asking the judge to rule whether he has to comply with the subpoena. they said, we want to assure you your clients, again, that it is not dr. kupperman who contests your clients' constitutional claim. it is president trump, and every president before him for at least the last half century, who have asserted testimonial immunity for their closest constitutional advisers. if your clients' position on the merits of this

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the only person who complained is katie hill's soon to be ex. i think people should leave katie alone. that's not a basis to weaponize the house ethics. if nobody has broken the law or asserted they have some grievance that someone harassed them, we should move on and let representative hill serve her constituents. jesse: there are so many unethical things going on in congress, this seems to be the least unethical. matt gaetz, the tip of the spear in congress. there he is. busting down doors. thank you very much. how much do voters know about the 2020 candidates? you would be surprised. not much. a must-see. "watters' world" presidential candidate quiz. >> is that you? >> no. do we look alike? >> a little bit. jesse: is crooked hillary about to make a comeback? her team says maybe. "there's got to be a time where we come to an end of breast cancer" "i know that there's a lot of innovation that can be done to actually achieve that. and so i'm very hopeful. i really strongly, strongly believe that we are about to turn the corner on this" "but, we a

it ended badly when katie hill moved from california to d.c. and let the others behind. but federal election commission records show that since april of this year, hills campaign paid morgan desjardins more than $13,000 in consultancy fees between 2017 and 2018, made around $15,000 as a senior campaign staffer. phil and desjardins have been seeing in intimate photos made by the daily mail. but the daily mail has been sent a cease and desist demanding the publication remove the photos. her believes her estranged husband is trying to sabotage her career. the husband and desjardins accused hale of being abusive. meanwhile, how speaker pelosi who pushed for policy changes in the house after the #me toomovementhasbeensilentont hekatiehill katie hill controversy. asked if she asked her to step away from the post and so far no response. >> mark: thank you. you may think this is a sleazy sex scandal but there's a public corruption aspect of this if the lever is getting paid. whoever leak these photographs is in that sense a whistle-blower. i think that's the term they use these d

trace, this one is all yours. >> mark, the allegations against democratic congresswoman katie hill arecs committee is investigating whether hill recently had an intimate relationship with her legislative director graeme kelly. katie hill denies the relationship with kelly but fully admits to being involved with her campaign staffer, 24-year-old morgan desjardins. in fact, they were in a three-way relationship known as a "throuple," whicha came to light after "red state" published photos. it apparently ended badly when katie hill moved from california to d.c. and let the others behind. but federal election commission records show that since april of this year, hill's campaign paid morgan desjardins more than $13,000 in consultancy fees between 2017 and 2018, made around $15,000 as a senior campaign staffer. hill and desjardins have been seen in intimate photos made by "the daily mail.y but "the dailyen mail" has been sent a cease and desist demanding the publication remove the photos. hill believes her estranged husband is trying to sabotage her career. the husband and desjardins accuse

>> katy hill's decision to resign is her decision to resign. it is -- she's an absolutely outstanding young public servant, very smart, strategic, patriotic, loves our country, respected by her colleagues in the congress for the work that she does here. she made her decision and her timing, and i respect that. i do say to my own children and grandchildren, especially grandchildren, you know some of these -- i don't know what you would call them -- appearances on -- is it social media, can come back to haunt you if they are taken out of context and that. but i do think that we have to be careful. this is something that i think is -- could spring from this that could be a benefit. regardless of any errors in judgment that anyone may have made, it's shameful that she's been exposed to public humiliation by way of cyberexploitation. i caution everyone that they too may be subjected to that. so to be careful. countless women across america have been subjected to this type of harassment and abuse which is a pro found violation much those women's righ

and what guidance speaker nancy pelosi oareford katie hill.rs now, she is no nonsense , every leader for 20 years now, she is no nonsense, every member has allegations against him she is happy to let them prove that they did not do anything wrong but she does not tolerate misdeeds, as she said. that was made clear in her statement. heather, thank you very much for joining us, live from capitol hill. michelle, the suggestion that perhaps katie hill had been the victim of revenge pornography, allegedly at the hands of an abusive and estranged husband. these are all allegations, it must be made clear, that will get a measure of sympathy from many in the democratic party, and indeed, across the aisle, perhaps, if all of this is borne out to be true. and i think people in washington are used to seeing situations like this involving men in power, here it is a woman. you are also talking about the first openly bisexual members in congress, one of the first, and there is discussion about whether this played into this, the reaction or not. but we make

is katie hill a casualty of the waw rules introduced in th of the me too movement? bridget: that is ctainly a question that a lot of congresswoman hill's supporters odare asking, questioning whether she was treated fairly. as you noted, congresswoman hilr apologizedhe relationship with her staffer, saying that any relationship with a subordinate is inappropriate, but she denied a relationship with the legislative staffer, which would be a violation of e code of conduct. laura: what impact is this going to have on capitol hill where she was a rising star and she was the vice chair of e committee on the impeachment inquiry? bridget: that's, rigthink it certainly says that congress is still grappling with how to handle the me too era. this rule about barring members of congress from having relaonships with staffers wa added in the wake of the me too era. i think there will be a lot of questions as members of congress come back to wekhington this n terms of how to handle these allegations. laura: even some republicans h have come toer defense. bridget: that's right, we s

april congressman katie hill has resigned amid allegations an inappropriate relationship with a capitol hill staffer. the ethics committee opened up an investigation last week into whether she had a sexual relationship with one of her aides. and hill had denied the allegation. she did admit to having a sexual relationship with a woman on her

in 2018, he lost his seat to democrat katy hill who resigned this week. in fact, politico noticed a series of ousted republicans are looking to potentially regain the losses of november's midterm, including claudia tenny, david young and karen handle. joining me now is msnbc national correspondent, steve r kornacki and republican political correspondent. gentlemen, welcome. steve, what are the numbers showing you about these races and how much of a chance these republicans have? >> yeah, when you take a k lolot two, you mentioned the senate race in alabama. the possibility that jeff

she wrote a fascinating piece on basically how the headline was katie hill is the first millennial lawmaker because of nudes. she won't be the last. in terms of the culture on capitol hill, revenge porn, men and women but majority women, what can congress do at a federal level to better protect these victims? there's all kinds of legislation looking at this. most notably the shield act that's been introduced in the house and senate by two of the candidates running for president, amy klobuchar and kamala harris, that would address some of these issues. there's a patchwork of laws across the country. i think that's what her case has really highlighted, you know, here in california we have some of the strongest revenge porn laws, but it's really a patchwork. and a lot of women are just sort of testing the waters for the first time on this. she is calling and will be calling in the coming weeks for federal officials to step up and take the lead here, brooke. >> as we continue to follow her and her story. we heard from speaker nancy pelosi about all of this. her word was shameful, that congressw

thank you for joining me, assemblywoman, appreciate it. >> thanks for having me on. >> do you think katie hillng by resigning? >> i did. i know katie. a good friend. fought a hard flight to flip seats in 2018. end. day she's a patriot and knew charges and accusations around her would prove a big distraction and knows the work of the people's house is so significant she needed to step aside to allow that to continue and also knows and i'm taking up this fight with her, a victim of revenge porn. regardless of the questionable circumstances of relationships with stapeffers she's admitted and will cooperate his ex-husband is victimizing her but i know she'll come out of this stronger making sure that doesn't happen to others across the country and is handing this over to me because the issues we fought are so important in this country. our state is on fire. we need to address global climate change, continue to fight for access to health care and issues she campaigned on and championed. end. day she did the right thing stepping down and i'm glad to be the first to step up to continue the agenda we'

also tonight, democrat katie hill resigned after congress found out she was sleeping with two subordinates. so why is the media now painting her as a damsel in distress? s a victim of the vast right-wing conspiracy. does that sound familiar? the can't-miss debate on that a little later on in the show. but first, mcconnell's time to stand and fight. that's the focus of tonight's "angle." the house democrats running -- it's kind of like a mystery impeachment theater. they think they have finally found their star witness. army vet, lieutenant colonel alexander vindman, a purple heart recipient and a white house in fc stanford. we salute vindman service to the country, but that does not insulate him or any member of the armed services from criticism or scrutiny especially when they are still on active duty. and let's face it, if lieutenant colonel had been on the call and dismissed any wrongdoing by the president, democrats and the media probably wouldn't sound like this. >> a hero who has dedicated his entire life to the united states of america. >> the lieutenant colonel, who is a patriot. >

and the voters of her district who pushed her to make this decision. >> hi. >> reporter: this was katie hilljanuary. >> from congressmwoman elect to congresswoman. >> reporter: moments later she was sworn into congress. no one had any idea her tenure in congress would be so brief. in a letter, representative hill announced her resignation. writing, this is what needs to happen so that the good people who supported me will no longer be subjected to the pain inflicted by my abusive husband and the brutality of hateful political operatives. hill says he's part of a smear campaign built around cyber exploitati exploitation. having private photos of personal moments weaponized against me has been an appalling invasion of privacy. representative hill is referring to private photos that were leaked and published online. of her and a female campaign staffer. hill has admitted to intimate relationship with a campaign staffer. but she denies a separate charge, an alleged relationship with a male congressional staffer, between members of congress and their staff violates house ethics rules. some democr

democrat katie hill speaking out and accusing her estranged husband of spreading revenge porn here is nbc's jeff bennett. >> reporter: a dramatic downfall for a freshman lawmaker once seen as a rising star in the democratic party, elected to congress as part of the 2018 blue wave. california congresswoman katie hill set to resign. >> i will not allow myself to be a distraction. >> reporter: hill making the announcement after the house ethics committee said it would look into allegations she had a sexual relationship with one of her congressional staffers hill who identifies as bisexual denies the claim but admits she did have a relationship with a female staffer of her campaign, which she called consensual but inappropriate. >> i never claimed to be perfect, but i never thought my imperfections would berelation female staffer of her weaponized and used to try to destroy me and the community i've loved. >> reporter: tabloids publishing nude pictures of hill and the campaign staffer online >> some call this electric assault, digital exploitation and some call it revenge porn hill blames

i am grateful to all of you who have spoken out about this in recent days. >> katie hill says she is gal options though it should be noted that she admitted to the throuple, and those involved both say it was hill who was abusive to them. house speaker nancy pelosi said errors in judgment mean she cannot continue her service as a member of congress. >> tucker: hannity is next. >> busy hannity tonight. we start with amazing, great good news. >> sean: great for the news business. the cold-blooded, the evil, mass murdering terrorist known as abu bakr al-baghdadi is now dead. this radical isis chief blew himself up after a top-secret raid by our elite u.s. special forces who chased the cowardly terrorist into a corridor with a dead-end. president trump watched the operation play out real time on a live stream and he described baghdadi's final moments. take a look. >> the thug

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house committee on ethics opening an investigation into allegations that democratic congresswoman katie hillof california engaged in an improper relationship with a congressional staffer in possible violation of house rules. a relationship she has denied. however, in a separate statement to constituents release yesterday, hill admitted to having an inappropriate relationship with a campaign staffer before entering congress for which she apologized. >> hi, how are you? >> reporter: less than a year after her inauguration -- >> from congresswoman-elect to dropping the leak. >> excited to get to work. >> reporter: freshman congresswoman katie hill is firing back as damaging headlines and explicit personal photos were leaked. in a newly released letter hill's lawyers demand a british tabloid cease and desist the publication of abusive and spurious images. just the latest attempt to contain a crisis unfolding on two fronts. first the house ethics committee announced an investigation into claims that hill had an improper relationship with a male member of her congressional staff, a violation of ho

>> the only person that has complained in the party is katie hills x. think people should leave her alone. b i note politics makes strange but that's on a basis to weapon is the house ethics process against a member and i don't think would be very good being the bedroom police and congress. we should get over yourselves as nobodies broken the law or asserted they have grievance that someone has harassed them then we should move on and letov threpresentative move on. jesse: so many unethical things going on in congress, this is the least unethical thing. >> we don't have time to secure the border but we want to secure the outer boundaries of her bedroom. it is ludicrous. >> good point. the tip of the spirit in congress, thank you very much. how much do voters know about the 2020 candidates. you'd be surprised. not much. a must see "watters world" presidential candidate quiz. >> do we look alike? >> a little bit. >> first is crooked hillary about to make a comeback, her team says maybe. details ahead.r ♪ with esri location technology, you can see relation

no on prop c. >>> right now california congresswoman katie hill is giving her last floor speech in front of congress before she resigns today. hill announced sunday she was stepping down after allegations surfaced she had an inappropriate relationship with a campaign staffer before she took office. let's listen to part of what she said. >> i'm leaving because i no longer want to be used as a bargaining chip. i'm leaving because i didn't want to be peddled by papers and blogs and websites used by shameless operatives for the dirtiest gutter politics i've ever seen and the right-wing media to drive clicks and expand their audience distributing intimate photos of me taken without my knowledge let alone my consent for the sexual satisfaction of millions. and gleefully consuming my naked pictures capitalized on my sexuality and continued that abuse this time with the entire country watching. i am leaving because of the thousands of vile, threatening emails, calls and texts that made me fear for my life and the lives of the people that i care about. today is the first time i've left my apartme

if she claims her opponents are using a private matter for political gain, we reached out to katie hillurther comment, she has not gotten back to us. >> tucker: wow. that's not your average personal life, not that we judge. great to see you. congresswoman hills throuple, whatever that is, may not be the most egregious personal scandal even with her own house caucus. the congresswoman ilhan omar has directed almost $150,000 in campaign funds to a company owned by her alleged lover tim wynette. scott johnson is an attorney, he blogs at power line blog.com, he's an expert on congresswoman omar and he joins us tonight. thanks for coming on. tell us what this means. if she is sending money to her boyfriend's company, why is that legal? >> i'm sure their relationship must have started on some kind of professional basis and that is his business, he's a political consultant and fund-raiser, but the question is whether she is using campaign funds for personal purposes and that harks back to her time in the state legislature, we learned at the conclusion of a year-long investigation by minnesota

an update on the katie hill story. that soon. >> tucker: katie hill is humbled.ut she's not defeated. america's most famous polyamorous is leaving congress their head held high. trace gallagher has the latest on this story. >> following a series of reports following katie hill's so-called thruple with a female contains came reports of an affair that sparked a house ethics committee investigatg she's ever done but it was best for constituents, community, and hig quietly, claiming now she's the victim of revenge porn, a reference to copper mines and photos that rose along news with her thruple, claimed a smear companion by her estranged husband and political opponents. >> others call it revenge porn. as a victim of it, i can say it's one of the worst things we can do with victims and daughters. i'm grateful for all of you who spoke about it in recent days. >> katie hill also says she's reviewing her legal options, though it should be noted that she admitted to the thuple and the female staffer who says it was held abusive to them, house speaker nancy pelosi also sa

>> democratic congressman katie hill is viewed as the rising star of the parties new progressive wingas quickly brought into the party leadership then news broke about her being in a so-called throttle, relationship with her now estranged husband, kenny has left, and her 22-year-old unidentified female staffer. supporters say it was between consenting adults but now a red state has obtained text messages between the female staffer and the other who appeared to call into question the power structure of the couple and how the relationship was abusive writing chemical, it was a dark time and you treated me really poorly but i also stayed, which i also have to own. in response, hills estranged husband writes, quote, don't take full responsibility for staying with people that are abusing you. that is basically victim blaming and none of it was her fault." the staffer also said she was afraid he could push back against katie hill for a fear of using her partner and her. also claims katie hill was abusive to him and accused her of not having an affair with a male staffer. it still denies the

our president gets away with so much more than katie hill. hill had a very promising political future but now her political rise has been cut short by what she calls a smeared campaign of revenge. there was nothing unnecessarily improper about this woman living her best life, it was the person who was the creep but attempted to humiliate her and literally make her lose her job that is the one who is problematic care. >> tucker: this woman living her best life. we really are deep in the age of euphemism. i hope someone is keeping track of all this because it's just too great. this stuff can disappear forev forever. the senator of the story and deputy managed editing who broke the story that she joins us. thanks so much for coming on. so first for the legal part, i think she's threatening to sue you because you all ran some pictures, one of her naked coming her staffers hair, brushing it in another, where she smoking a bongo naked with an iron cross tattoo, she says that you didn't have the right surroundings. you expect that you will sue y you

he also claims katie hill was abusive to him and accused her of not having an affair with a male stafferaffair with the male staffer and told "politico" it s was her estranged husband o was abusive and is now trying to humiliate her by making vindictive claims. now, separately, an arkansas woman now claims hunter biden is the father of her 14-month-old child.an biden publicly denied the child is his but the woman says he admitted to her that he was the father in private. hunter biden has now agreed to take a dna test to settle the matter. >> sean: okay, trace gallagher. also remember that senior trump administration official wrote the anonymous op-ed that the media went nuts over for the fake news "new york times," well, the cowardly anti-trump or is writing a book and by the way, nobody knows who it is. they will go nuts with that. here with reaction, the author of a real book, "the new york times" best seller, exonerated, fox news contributor, dan bongino. large, geraldo rivera. let's just look at this whole mess. you know there would be a double standard. you know if it was a conflict

. >>> california freshman democrat katie hill is resigning from congress. the reason are complicated and unnerving. last week the house he think igs committee initiated an investigation because of an allegation that she had a romantic relationship with a congressional staffer. she has denied the allegation. she has admitted to a romantic official with a campaign staffer. the reason that we know all of this, is reason this has come to a head, is that she's in the middle of an acrimonious divorce from her husband who she langs was both abusive to her and the source of the images of her. the intimate images of her that have been posted to several sites which hill notes is illegal. >> i will fight to ensure that no one else has to live through what i just experienced. some people call this electronic assault digital exploitation. others call it revenge porn. as the victim of it, i call it one of the worst things we can do to our sisters and our daughters. i am grateful to all of you who have spoken out about this in recent days. as i have before, i will stand u

our president gets away with so much more than katie hill. >> katie hill had this very promising politicale but now her meteoric political rise isee been cut short by what she calls a smear campaign of revengels porn. if there was nothing necessarily improper about this woman living hers best life, it was the persn who was the stomach attempted to humiliate her and literally make or lose her job that is the one was problematic year. >> tucker: [laughs] this woman living her best life. we really are deep in the age of euphemism. i hope someone is keeping track of all of this becausera it's jt too great, the stuff can't s disappear forever, we need to save it. deputynter of the story, editing manager at red state which broke the whole story. thanks so much for coming on. first and the legal part, the congress woman eye is threatening to sue you because you all ransom pictures, one of her naked combing her staffer's hair, another where i think she's smoking oblong naked with an iron cross tattoo. she said you didn't have the right to run these, do you expect that she will sueuexp yo? >> i hop

i'm using the term representative because he is the man who katie hill defeated. resigned he said he would be joining in on the race. the governor has two weeks to set a date for a special election. then a democrat -- democrats are discussing who could potentially replace her and alex padilla sources are saying is considering a possible run in that district. what are people within the district saying? here's what a sampling of them told us. >> it puts her seat at risk, i think, to be the most important thing. >> as long as she's doing what we hut per put her in office to that's all i care about. >> do you think this district flips back to the republicans? >> i hope so. i think so. >> we should say in her resignation letter, katie till did talk about fighting on, continuing a fight, and what she's referring to is fighting cyber exblowation. she's referring to a number of explicit photos that have been floating around. i've spoke on the people, gop operatives, who say they have seen these photos in chat rooms. some are saying there are as many as 700 screen grabs of

it's a swing district, some katie hill did supporters are furious and could stay home.also alights back and i told you i was bringing them back. from hillary clinton advisor radio host, kevin i'm going to start with you your reaction how this is playing out. >> it is a swing district and i think because of that you could have any number of things go surprisingly in any direction. you haven't seen who wells has stepped up so papadopoulos, just out of prison we wouldn't of even knowing who he was if it wasn't for the russian situation, may be. i don't have a good feel on how the district is going to go especially when you have someone stepping out of office under these circumstances. >> some of the criticisms today for democrats as there is hypocrisy between how they treat men who messed up like this and women. what are your thoughts on that? >> just an fyi, her district is the district that has the reagan library in it. keep in mind that that is what we are talking about. look, it's all about the fact that there were these pictures and that's what brought al franken down

i'm talking about california congresswoman katie hill. resignation also comes after she admitted to a separate inappropriate relationship with a campaign staffers and after intimate photos of her with published online. >> i made this decision so that my supporters, my family, my staff and our community will no longer be subjected to the pain inflicted by my abusive husband and the brutality of hateful political operatives. >> cnn has made multiple attempts to reach out to hill's husband for comment. we have yet to hear anything back. hill offered no evidence linking her husband to the distribution of the photos. the author of the h-spot the feminine pursuit of happiness and also two cnn commentators join us, alice stewart was a former communications director to ted cruz. ladies, i can't wait to get into all of this. speaker of the house nancy pelosi put it this way, she said that the former dock woman, quote, has acknowledged errors in judgment that made her continued service as a member untenable, and she went on, we must ensure a climat

laura: male politicians have been having affairs with campaign staff for absolutely is katie hill a caty of the new rules introduced in the wake of the me too movement? bridget: that is certainly a estion that a lot of congresswoman hill's supporters are asking today, queste ning ether s treaead fairly. as youss noted, congman hill apologized for the relationship with her staffer, saying that any retionship with a subordate is inappropriate, but she denied a relationship which would be a von ofaffer, the code of conduct. laura: what impact is this goinn to havapitol hill where she was a rising star and she was the vice chair of the committee on the impnt inquiry? bridget: that's right, i think es certainly says that con is still grappling with how to ndle the me too era. this rule about barring members of cgress from having relationships with staffers was added in the wake of the me too era. i think there will be a lot of questions as members of congress come back to washington this week in terms of how to handle thlae allegations. a: even some republicans have come to her defense. bridg

kennedy: katy hill -- katie hill, rising star, resigning from her house say the amid an ethics probe as to whether or not she had an inappropriate relationship with an aide in her office, she denied that charge. and admitted a relationship with her campaign staf staffer. after published in red state. hill called the whole thing a smear campaign by her ex, and pledged to keep fighting. >> some people call this electronic assault. others call it revenge porn. as victim of it, i call it one of the worst things we can do to our sisters and daughters, i am grateful for you who have spoken out about this i have before, i will stand up for those who cannot stand up for themselves, there is one thing they know, i will not allow my experience to scare off other young women or girls from running for office. >> good for her, wish she did not resign. multiple members of congress resigned amid accusation of sexual misconduct. was she right so step down or victim. >> a few things, i think that it is interesting that she -- first, revenge porn is not gender specific. she does not want to deter othe

russians were frances, back to you. >> hallie jackson for us, thank you. >>> california congresswoman katie hill has resigned amid allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a capitol hill staffer. it comes after the house ethics committee opened an investigation into whether hill had an inappropriate sexual relationship with an aide. new house rules ban relationships between members and their staff. hillnied the allegation but then admitted to having a consensual relationship with an aide she blamed the scandal abusive husband and dirty politics her husband did not response for comment. >>> we're mourning the death of john conyers the democrat from michigan was the longest serving african-american congressman in history. he served more than 50 years before stepping down in 2017 amid multiple allegations of sexual harassment. charges he denied. conyers was a native of detroit and fought to make martin luther king jr.'s birthday a national holiday. he died at his home of natural causes john conyers was 90 years old. >>> the astros are one win away from a world series title thanks to a near

financial wellness with prudential. >> the left being accused of hypocrisy after democratic rising star katie hillounces she is resigning from congress. hill was facing an investigation over allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a staffer which she denied. the scandal coming to light after compromising photographs of her and text messages surfaced. blaming it all in a political conspiracy. >> this campaign carried out by the right-wing media and political opponents perpetuating my husbands abused by abuse by providing him a platform is disgusting and unforgivable and they will be held accountable. >> some are saying that she shouldn't go. the "los angeles times" defending hills saying that she messed up but you should not have resigned. a lot to unpack there as i like to say. so what do you think? is the "los angeles times" right? do you think she shouldn't resign? >> greg: i really don't care what she does. the reason why this is a story has nothing to do with the right wing media. we don't care. i consider myself right wing media. i don't care. i didn't care when aoc released a video

. >>> katie hill just spoke on the house floor for the last time. freshman democrat announced her resignation shortly after the ethics committee launched an investigation into allegations she had an inappropriate relationship with a staffer. she's accused of, abusive husband of a campaign built around cyber exploitation for forcing her out. and although she said she is resigning she pointed out that many men accused of much worse are still in their positions of power. >> i'm leaving but we have men credibly accused of intentional acts of sexual violence and remain in boardrooms, on the supreme court, in this very body and, worst of all, in the oval office. >> joining me from capitol hill, congressional correspondent leanne caldwell. there has been a backlash to her forced a lot of articles writtet of people are coming out saying she is the victim of revenge porn and is being forced to resign, as she just said, when many other men accused of so much worse are still in their positions of power. >> reporter: the discussion on capitol hill, katy, is not