abc news reporter lana zach has the latest developments. >> reporter: washington today is reacting to the terror attack in new york. >> we're thinking of our fellow americans in new york. we're expressing our gratitude for the critical work of our first responders. >> reporter: but the news of the perpetrator came to the u.s. as an immigrant from uzbekistan, north of afghanistan, has prompted president trump to call for changes to america's immigration policies, even going after new york senator chuck schumer by name, tweeting, the terrorist came into our country through the diversity visa lottery program, a chuck schumer beauty. i want merit based. >> diversity lottery sounds nice. it's not nice. it's not good. it's not good. it hasn't been good. we've been against it. >> reporter: and senator schumer, who was on that very bike path just last month, responded by drawing a comparison to the last time new york was attacked. >> after september 11th, the first thing that president bush did was invite senator clinton and me to the white house where he pledged to do what was ever in his po

lana zach has the details now. >> an ethics investigation is underway into sexual harassment allegations against representative john conyerss longest serving member of the house and civil rights icon. >> that he reach aid $20,000 settlement of a former employee who says he repeatedly asked for sexual favors. conyers expressly denied the allegations. a second employee says that conyer sexually harassed her with repeated touches and blowing kisses at her. that was dropped after the employee's request to seal the case. and senator al franken remains on the defensive. >> i stand next to senator franken and puts his in to him and puts his hand on my butt. i feel bad that she felt disrespected. and leeann tweeden accused him in 2006. >> and president trump spoke for the first time about senate candidate roy moore encouraging voters to supportdespite the allegations of sexual conduct with young girls. >> need a democrat in there. >> moore is using the president's words against his democratic opponent doug jones and the jones campaign is are using ivanka trump's words against roy moore. >>> and

lana zach is following the latest developments from washington. >> reporter: washington today is reacting the terror attack in new york. >> we are thinking of our fellow americans in new york. we are expressing our gratitude for the critical work of our first responders. >> but the news that the perpetrator came from as an immigrant from uzbekistan prompted calls from president trump to change immigration policy and went after chuck schumer by name. and he came into the country through the diversity visa lottery program. i want merit base. >> and jeff flake tweeted the gang of eight, did away with the diversity program as part of broader reforms, i know i was there. and senator schummer on that very bike path just last month by drawing a comparison to the last time fork was attacked. >> after september 11th, the first thing that president bush did was invite senator clinton and me to the white house and he pledged to do what was ever in his power to help our city. >> he could repropose the anti-terrorism funding. instead of dividing and politicizing do something real mr. president. >> pre

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abc news reporter lana zach has the details from washington. >> reporter: for the first time, we're hearing the voice of the woman who says she was just 14 when alabama senate candidate roy moore, then an assistant d.a., allegedly sexually assaulted her. >> i was a 14-year-old child trying to play in an adult's world, and he was 32 years old. >> reporter: lee told the "today" show moore took her to his home and seduced her. >> he removed my clothing, he left the room and came back in wearing his white underwear, and he touched me over my clothing, what was left of it. and he tried to get me to touch him as well. >> reporter: roy moore has repeatedly dedmied the allegations of she and six other women who say he had inappropriate contact with them mostly as teenagers while he was in his 30s. >> they're not only untrue, they have no evidence to support them. >> denies these allegations and further says he does not even know you. >> i wonder how many mes he doesn't know. >> reporter: she says she's consistently a republican voter who was never paid to tell her story. she didn't come forward pre