president, what did you mean when you said kristin gillibrand would do anything for a campaign contribution? the same timeund today on capitol hill, a press conference calling for a investigation into sexual harassment allegations made against the president. congresswoman lois frankel brenda lawrence, and jackie spear at the democratic women's working group were joined by other democratic members at this press conference. it is 10 minutes. >> we are going to start when we said we would. got everybody here? good afternoon, i am lois frankel, chair of the democratic women's group. we will have two speakers, myself and brenda lawrence, who is our vice chair. jackie spear may come, she is our policy communications chair. i want to thank our colleagues who are here today and thank you for being here today. the me too movement has arrived. sexual abuse will not be tolerated, whether it is by a holiday producer, the chef of a restaurant, a member of congress, or the president of the united states. no man or woman is above the law. clear is saying loud and that accusations of sexual abuse should be

. >>> charges of sexism against president trump after he lashed out at new york senator kristin gillibrand and wrote that she begged him for campaign contributions and would do anything for them. she is the first female senator to call on him to re-sign over sexual misconduct allegations. four women are coming forward to revive their claims against the president with gillibrand calling for an daughter and friend. d.c. detectives confirm a woman missing for weeks is the one whose body they found in a crash can. someone found the body of joanie sh shaette rockingham. she was stabbed and stuffed in a ben. police say she was fully clothed. she had been missing from her river terrace home since the day before trainings giving. >> it broke us. many pieces are torn. it is a sad day. >> rock inniingham's body was f and they say whoever killed her had to be familiar with the neighborhood. >>> the fairfax county board of supervisors wants the fbi to release in-car video of the deadly shooting of a virginia man. shooting death. the park police shot and killed him after a chase on the washington parkw

more than half of franken's fellow democrats in the senate said they want him out including kristin gillibrand you just heard from, from new york, citing a growing number of sexual misconduct allegations against him. and the latest was on the news website politico a former democratic staffer said that franken tried to forcibly kiss her after a radio show in 2016. 2016 -- in 2006. >> led me to believe that it is probably in the best interests of a lot of people that he resign. >> broadcaster leeannthis picture prompted women to say that the former comedian grabbed them inappropriately. franken apologized but disputed some of the allegations. some of his colleagues believe that he will resign today but the latest word from franken's office is that he will -- he hasn't made up his mind. >>> president trump facing criticism from around the world after announcing the u.s. will officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. the state department is already asking u.s. diplomats to delay travel to israel, jerusalem and the west bank unless it is critical. betty yu explains why. [ yelling ] >

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ted cruz has teamed up with kristin gillibrand to introduce legislation to address these issues on thei will say it. it's tough for men on the hill with families who -- they are working with women on the hill, you talk with me and said it is tougher your husband right now. >> i think we need to be careful. it's a really interesting time we are in, we should have more transparency and i think there is a bipartisan concern about taxpayer funding on settlements. i think there needs to be a lot more transparency. i think we need to worry -- i will tell you one thing i did hear the last couple of weeks, people who work on the hill, people who hire on the hill, congressman saying they worry they may not hire a woman anymore or they might not mentor a young woman or may not mentor a young woman who happens to be very attractive. women need to be careful, there's been a couple articles, i read a couple things online, we need to make sure that an accusation isn't necessarily enough to cause someone to resign, we need to look into these things and protect women not just from harassment but from

kristin gillibrand who last year was campaigning with bill clinton. sent him thank you tweets and thinks it's fine. when it's time to throw the clinton overboards, they have done that as well. this me too movement has been enabled by the fact that the democrats are not held back by the clinton dynasty. everybody knew what was happening, but they couldn't say anything because the leaders were doing the defending and the shaming and the blaming and all of those things. now it's a new day. they're going overboard here. i'm not sure al franken based on his comments is truly with the program. >> no. what are your thoughts, capri? >> it's gross. >> laura: what does that mean? >> the culture is gross. it's the swamp. it's the swampiest of swamp things. al franken is not necessarily on board. i do think he did this to take one for the proverbial team. >> laura: he says he's going to keep his voice. what do that mean? >> a good question. here's why. obviously he resigned because the democrats wanted to make sure that they were -- >> laura: clean. >> getting th

kristin gillibrand and mazie hirono. >> would need to draw mind in the sand and say none of it is okayne of it is acceptable that we should be held to a higher standard. i do not feel you should continue to serve. >> i hope that he will do the right thing and step aside. train to nine other female democrats echoing their calls for franken to resign. will he step down and what does this all mean for the party and the gop? joining us now is texas congressional candidate veronica birkenstock. good morning. >> good morning. drink it seems that democrats are putting a key strategy into place. they go after franken, led by the charge of female democratic lawmakers, the differing moore is elected next week, they can say we've cleaned house and they can go on the attack against the gop. is that the strategy? >> i'm pretty sure that's a strategy. the key difference is that roy moore has not come fast and actually denied these claims, where was senator frank and we actually have pictures and additional proof he has engaged in behavior that is not becoming of a senator. cheryl: you have heard alr

things are getting pretty contentious between president trump and kristin gillibrand.lus, new details about the charges against the new york city bombing suspect. do you want to watch tonight's alabama senate election returned like a pro? breaking it all down for you on "the daily briefing." ♪ >> harris: it's go time in alabama, people there hitting the polls. celebrities and high-profile politicians politicians out in full force, republican roy moore getting help from president trump who urged his supporters to back him at a recent rally. former white house strategist steve bannon, texas congressman who you saw at the top of the hour, he had a lot of energy, sheriff david clark has also appeared on stage with roy moore. meanwhile, doug jones also getting some help from outside, senator cory booker, congressman john lewis, alyssa milano, uzo aduba, president obama and joe biden recorded robo calls for him as well. >> we are not going to stand by and let other people from out of state and money from california control this election. >> i don't think the outsiders make m

where senator kristin gillibrand is joining forces with senator lindsey graham to present bipartisantion to help prevent sexual harassment. during the process of this announcement, six female democratic senators have come out and said that their fellow senator, al franken, democrat of minnesota, should resign. he as you might know has been accused of sexual harassment in recent weeks. he is currently under investigation by the senate ethics committee. he has apologized for his past conduct but wants to hold onto his job. these six democratic female senators say he should not. that he should resign. they all say their fellow democratic senator, al franken, should leave the senate. >> president trump: we will move the american embassy to the eternal capital of the jewish people, jerusalem. >> julie: president trump looking to follow through on a campaign promise recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital and starting the process of moving our embassy from tel aviv to the holy city. it will garner support from israeli prime minister netanyahu but also met with harsh criticism from other

♪ >>> today you got, you know, kristin gillibrand and bernie sanders all saying you have to step down thought we litigated. that didn't the american people already vote on that one? alabama's the fire break in all that. [ cheers ] judge moore wins tomorrow, it's a different deal. you understand that. right? [ cheers ] >> the women who have accused donald trump of sexual harassment and assault are not going away. after three of them appeared on megyn kelly today this morning followed bay press conference senator gillibrand said this. >> president trump should resign. these allegations are credible. they're are numerous. i've heard these women's testimony. and many of them are heart breaking. and president trump should resign his position whether he will ever hold himself accountable is something, you know, you really can't hold your breath for and so congress should have hearings. they should do their investigation. they should have appropriate investigations of his behavior and hold him accountable. >> senator gillibrand became the fourth senator called for the president's resignation

kristin gillibrand talked about it. she had a very strong relationship with the clintons in the early days of her politics. women in the democratic party have to start to look at the legacy that left behind. we are talking about people in powerful positions against people who are not in powerful positions. >> we have to come to terms with what happened during the clinton administration. >> harris: what does that mean exactly? do you have a cocktail party and talk about it? >> i wish. we need to say -- if this happened today, he would face real ramifications. >> harris: you would think you have to leave the white house? >> i think you may have had to, yes. i was 16 when this happened, i can't say i was out there on the front lines. i was getting my information from my parents and the news. i do think he would be facing a very different set of circumstances today given the cultural moors and i think the democratic party would be a lot tougher on him. >> i was on the front lines and a lot of people, republicans said that b

>> meanwhile, the president is picking a fight with another woman in the senate, this time kristin gillibrand, who is saying that the president should resign, he said that she came begging for donations and would do quote, anything for cash. >> it is a sexist smear. >> elizabeth warren called it "slut shaming." we'll get more on the daily briefing but before she walks to the podium we have our own team to follow the race. nbc's vaughn hilliard in montgomery, alabama, and msnbc national correspondent steve kornacki here with me, and an investigative reporter for al.com, and john archibald, columnist for the birmingham news. halle, let's start with you. the president wants the voters of alabama to go out and vote for him. getting into it with kirsten gillibrand. i hate to ask, but is there a strategy here? >> we know there is a strategy unfolding the last eight to ten hours here, senator gillibrand calling on president trump to resign, after the allegations coming up before and after he was elected, coming up again. that is what happened. she was not the only one who called on the president to

women are leading the way, first senator demanding he resign new york democrat, kristin gillibrand. >we need to draw a line in the sand and say none of it is okay, none of it is accept annullable and we should be held at a higher standard. >> reporter: on wednesday franken's office tweeted he will make a major announcement on the senate floor today saying senator franken is talking with his family and plans to make an announcement in d.c., and any reports of the final decision are inaccurate. earlier in the day, political reported a former democratic staffer say franken tried to forcibly kiss her after taping of his radio show in 2006, insisting quote it is my right as a entertainer. the two term senator called that categorically not true. >> smashed his lips begins my face. >> reporter: lee ann tweeden made a similar accusation three weeks ago producing a photo of franken appearing to grope her, while she slept. a total of seven women accused franken of misconduct. >> he doesn't have support of people in his own party let alone republicans, if he does not have that support, it will b

. >> you know, david chalian, listen to what senator kristin gillibrand, the democrat from new york,stiane amanpour earlier today. >> president trump should resign. these allegations are credible. they are numerous. i've heard these women's testimony and many of them are heartbreaking. and president trump should resign his position. >> pretty strong words. others calling, similar calls, bernie sanders, jeff merkley. is this political posturing or is there a serious congressional investigation, is that at all possible? >> not while republicans are in control of the congress. and there's a little political posturing here that shouldn't dampen the severity of a united states senator calling for the president of the united states to resign. that's not something you hear every day. that's not something republicans did in the obama era or democrats did in the bush era. so it is a bit more extreme, if you will. of course, we're in an age of extreme political rhetoric. i do think it's interesting that all four of those senators you're showing are thinking about running for president in 2020.

i think the fact that the women came out first today and really set the tone, kristin gillibrand who has made military sexual assault a real passion project for her, it is hard to imagine as sad as it is that we would be in this position if it weren't for having those women on capitol hill. >> senator gillibrand has talked about harassment she faced herself in the senate. >> she wrote about it in her book. >> she became the first woman to come out. >> we'll have more to talk about on breaking news what, we expect from the president. you need to stay here for the president's announcement. it will be at 1:00 p.m. eastern. wolf blitzer will anchor special coverage. we'll talk more about it after the break. by it, i mean his announcement about the jerusalem and the u.s. embassy in israel. stay with us. alright, i brought in high protein to help get us moving. ...and help you feel more strength and energy in just two weeks! i'll take that. -yeeeeeah! ensure high protein. with 16 grams of protein and 4 grams of sugar. ensure. always be you. was supposed to be a wake reup call for our gover

also kristin gillibrand has an incredible track record fighting sexual abuse and standing for victimsshe was saying that bill clinton should have taken harder consequences. she stood up against her colleague, fripd and partisan al franken. this is a woman for whom this is not a partisan or political issue. it's also true donald trump has a long record of sexual harassment. she's got over 12 women on the record who accused him of such. we heard him on tape boast of such in his own voice. both of them have a long track record which is why he should not continue digging this hole. >> i want to ask you if this the pendulum has swung too far. at least the theory of andrea ramsey, she was a democratic candidate for the third congressional district in kansas and dropped out of the race after news emerged that there was a 2005 lawsuit in which a man accused her of sexual harassment. shoo says it's completely made up but she dropped out of the race and wrote in a letter to residents of the kansas third "in its rush to claim the high ground in a roiling is national conversation about harassment

it started with kristin gillibrand yesterday, take a listen. >> enough is enough. i think when we start having to talk about the differences between sexual assault and sexual harassment and unwanted groping, you're having the wrong conversation. you need to draw a line in the sand and say none of it is okay. i do not feel that he should continue to serve. >> so that's the situation al franken is walking into today. whether he decides to resign in this floor speech or not today, certainly the most important and, again, potentially the last speech of his political career we're expecting today. >> all right, i want to bring my panel in. maya harris, an nbc political contributor. matt welch, editor at large for reason, a libber tarn monthly magazine. maya, i got to start with you. is this the end of the road for al franken? does he have a choice here? >> don't think he has a choice. you've got 35 democrats. your own caucus is not standing by here and saying it's time for you to resign. i think that this is an example of the fact that we ought to be holding elected offi

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so then a growing list of democrats rallying behind senator kristin gillibrand and her demand that president trump resign from office. no surprise the president punched back on twitter today and he has been called a sexist for what he said. but is he? based on the things he has said in the past? molly hemingway and wendy on whether the media outrage matches the mood of the american people out there when we come back. >> some of the things about sexual innuendos. >> i think only if your mind is in the gutter would have you read it that way. it feels good to be back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (male announcer) remember when christmas was magical? when milk and cookies turned into presents under the tree. let's get back there, at bass pro shops' santa's wonderland. elves will be there, doing ... elf stuff. kids can get a free picture with santa. and you can save on great gifts for the whole family. like bass pro men's and kids outdoor watches for under $10. redhead men's flannel and fleece-lined jeans for under $30. plus free shipping with no minimum order. patrick woke up with a sore back. but he's got work to d

the announcement from the senate floor came just a day after a chorus of democrats led by kristin gillibrand other democratic women called on him to step down as yet another accuser stepped forward. franken spoke 20 minutes yesterday. he did not admit wrongdoing, but he did call out republicans discussing the irony of his resignation. let's take a listen. >> over the last few weeks a number of women have come forward to talk about how they felt my actions had affected them. i was shocked. i was upset. but in responding to their claims, i also wanted to be respectful of that broader conversation because all women deserve to be heard and their experiences taken seriously. i think that was the right thing to do. i also think it gave some people the false impression that i was admitting to doing things that, in fact, i haven't done. some of the allegations against me are simply not true. others i remember very differently. i know in my heart that nothing i have done as a senator, nothing, has brought dishonor on this institution. and i am confident that the ethics committee would agree. neverthe

is your comment directed toward kristin gillibrand and others?veryone who thinks they had -- i hope they have second those. you don't ask for a person the day before to please leave and don't be an associate of mine any longer. and then sit on the floor and go hug him. thank you for leaving. i'm glad you took my recommendation. i'm sure he would have been stunned. they are destroying a human being's life. that's not who he are or what i was sent here to do. i won't be jury and judge. i think a person needs due process. after an investigation, if it shows he should no longer be seated we'll get rid of him. if not, then we should come to the conclusion it was not the extent to where he should be removed. let him have that process still. >> bill: thank you for your time. i'm out of time now but i look forward to speaking to you again. joe manchin, democrat from west virginia. thank you. >> sandra: bill, the nightmare at atlanta's airport has just begun. airlines scrambling to reschedule more than a thousand flights. >> bill: wildfires still roaring

the president also this morning weighing in on new york senator kristin gillibrand's calls after four women came out yesterday and reaired their accusations of sexual impropriety they brought up during the campaign. he tweeted this morning. lightweight senator gillibrand, a total flunky for chuck schumer and someone who would come to my office begging for campaign contributions not so long ago and would do anything for them is now in the ring fighting against trump. very disloyal to bill and crooked used exclamation point. the president said when he gets hit he will hit back harder and that's what he did. >> sandra: senator gillibrand responding to that in the last few moments. john roberts at the white house. >> bill: more on this and a lot. marsha blackburn live from the hill. good morning and thank you for coming back here. want to go few a through things. chain migration is an issue, so is this fact. he was simply off line to any and all detectives in new york city and that is difficult to defend. >> you're correct, absolutely it is. and the chain migration policies and the immigr

it wasn't too long ago, sir that colleague of yours, democratic senator kristin gillibrand had been sayingll and hillary clinton made her career, came out against bill clinton saying this. >> is it your view that the president could and should have stepped down at that time given the allegations? >> i will -- yes, i think that is the appropriate response. neil: what did you think of that? >> we, neil, this is, this issue is very sad, very complex and it's somewhat generational. things that people thought they could do or were acceptable, women who felt that they had to be silent, all of that is changing. so it is very difficult to sort of roll back the clock, say, this applied in an earlier period and tried to apply today's mores. clear many poem have been hurt in this process. women were abused in the office place, et cetera. and it's very important that we take action. so some of the things that are happening todayprobably in the realm of appropriate. this behavior has to stop. there is no place for it, but i don't think it ought to be politicized, and roll back the clock to apply 20 yea

it was sort of the floodgates opened and kristin gillibrand led the charge and so many women agreed youfinally after they made the call, some male democrats finally added their voices to the chorus. >> sandra: it makes you wonder if indeed the announcement is that he is stepping down. we do not know that yet. but jessica, if that is the case and this following john conyers' departure what does it mean for roy moore? >> i think it should mean that roy moore is in a lot more trouble than he is. unfortunately from looking at the polling and the sentiment of alabama voters most notably 71% of republican voters in alabama don't believe the allegations. i think he is heading to the senate. mitch mcconnell made it clear there will be an immediate ethics investigation. that takes time and we'll see if corey gardner and folks who said to expel them would go along with that. democrats would be willing to. if he takes the seat they have a republican appointee coming. they have managed to say that even by backing an alleged child molester. >> it will be up to governor dayton to name a successor. al

tweeting right now, and he have is what he says listen to this congressman the lightweight senator kristin gillibrande begging for campaign contributions not so long ago and will do anything for them, is now in the ring fighting against trump. very disloyal to bill and crooked -- congressman, wow your reaction? >> well, i have good working with relationship with christiane disagree on a number of issues i think the president better revived to the to get in fights with people he is president of the united states just giving more credence and credibility to people like gillibrand, to me as president politically should stay above that. maria: k gill gillibrand intaurg the with many, touch them or did sexual misconduct and she has a congressional investigation, would you be onboard with that? >> not at this stage i think more evidence would have to come out again, he number of thees people at least one -- brought a lawsuit against president trump president denied it dangerous path to go down where we can constantly bringing president into court on the other hand if they do credible charges the make hurts

president, what did you mean when you said kristin gillibrand would do anything for a campaign contribution? the same timeund today on capitol hill, a press conference calling for a investigation into sex