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radio news anchor leann tweeden claimed franken forcibly kissed her and placed his hands over her chest during a 2006 tour of the uso. he apologize and said he would take part in the investigation against him. >> reporter: some of the allegations against me are not true. others i remember very differently. >> reporter: wednesday 35 of his democratic colleagues announced they had seen enough and called for franken to resign. >> it was difficult for each of us to come to this point. >> reporter: many of franken's colleagues says the issue of sexual harassment extends well beyond the halls of congress and they hope this case can spark a cultural change in america. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: but they added, lawmakers should be held to a higher standard. [ indiscernible ] >> we need to raise the bar to a higher standard. >> reporter: franken says despite leaving office, he will continue to speak out on issues he says are important. during his remarks, franken also took a shot at president trump saying it is ironic that the president remains in the oval office even though there are sexual all

denies that allegation eight women in total have accused franken of sexual misconduct, the first, leanne tweeden who released this photo. >> i think today's revelations just further add to a fact pattern here. this is unacceptable. >> reporter: franken has apologized and promised to make amends. >> i know there are no magic words that i can say to regain your trust. >> reporter: but the trust of his colleagues now appears lost for good. now franken is expected to make an announcement later today. his office tells us that no final decision has been made, but multiple democratic sources tell us he is in fact expected to announce his resignation. mary bruce, capitol hill. >>> the whole world was watching as president trump officially recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel. >> and many were focussed on what the president said. but social media zeroed in on how he said it. he moved his mouth in an odd fashion at times. apparently slurring his words toward the end of that 11 minute speech, let's listen. >> thank you. god bless you. god bless israel. god bless the palestinians, and god bless the

remember, it was back on november 16th when radio host leann tweeden accus contact with her. yesterday two more women accused franken of unwanted groping or attempts at forcibly kissing bringing the total number of accusers to eight. now franken's support in the senate has vanished dozens are calling for him to resign. after the first accusation franken apologized and said he would cooperate with the senate ethics committee investigation. then more women came forward with stories of franken groping or trying to forcibly kiss them on the mouth. after the rebuke from colleages his office said the senator will make a public announcement today and followed up with this tweet about 6:00 p.m. wednesday. "senator franken is talking with his family at this time and plans to make an announcement in d.c. tomorrow. any reports of a final decision are inaccurate ." now, senator franken denied the most recent forcible kissing accusation, that one goes back to 2010. he did tell minnesota that he is a warm person who hugs a lot and has since learned some of those interactions he crossed the

. >> reporter: radio host leann tweeden made a similar accusation three weeks ago, producing this photofranken appearing to grope her while she slept. that prompted a series of women to say the former comedian grabbed their breasts or buttocks while taking photos with them. >> the latest disclosures i think have reached a tipping point. >> reporter: franken's quasi denials didn't help. >> i can't say i haven't done that. those are instances that i do not remember. >> reporter: by urging first john conyers and now franken to go, democrats are hoping to create a contrast with the other side. president trump endorsed alabama senate candidate roy moore this week, and the republican national committee resumed funding his campaign, despite multiple accusations that moore pursued teenagers while in his 30s. >> well, i didn't vote for roy moore. i did a write-in. >> reporter: senate republicans insist their views on moore haven't changed. >> i think he would have immediately have an issue with the ethics committee, which they would take up. >> reporter: franken's colleagues assume he will resig

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they figured okay, he apologized for leann tweeden incident, it happened before he was a senator.y thought he could weather that. i felt if more accusers came out it would be an impossibility for them politically. you have had several women come out, and interestingly, and people should know this, he has not apologized for the other accusers. it was really only the first one, the photograph. >> lee anne tweed. >> he didn't admit any wrongdoing with the other ones. he said he's sorry if he offended anyone. right now he's persona nongrata. you candidate have that many democratic female -- >> do you think he'll step down? >> chuck schumer, everyone. >> everyone is calling for him to step down. his office said no final decision has been made. how do you think the democrats are handling this, keith? >> i got a lot of flack for this a few days ago because i called for him to step down, and john conniers, too. >> join the club. >> people should be held to the same standard regardless of party. i have been critical of donald trump and roy moore. if we are doing that we have to look at wha

reaction from leann tweeden, the accuser who started it all by sharing this photo. >> i do think my voice

so the first accusation was on november 16th from leanne tweeden. that's only three weeks ago today. since then there have been a total of seven more, including a guest we will have coming up, stephanie kemplin. some named, some unnamed. the most recent came yesterday. again, one named accuser, the on other unnamed. two are alleged to have occurred shortly after. all accusations include some combination of groping and/or forced kissing. today franken responded again to the accusations. >> 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 this honor on this institution. and i am confident that the ethics committee would agree. >> hugh hewitt is a conservative radio commentator and host of his own show "saturday mornings" here on msnbc. adrian arod is the former host of communications for the 2016 clinton campaign. franken is heading out. roy moore is still there. do democrats have a higher ground now? >> no, think each of these cas

. >> reporter: you may remember it was november 16th when leann tweeden spoke publically about franken's inappropriate behavior toward her before he was a senator. well, now two more women have accused franken of unwanted groping and kissing bringing the total number of accusers to eight. franken's support in the senate has now vanished. dozens of democratic senators men and women, are calling for minnesota senator al franken to resign. after the first accusation, franken apologized and said he would cooperate with any senate ethics committee investigation. then more women came forward with stories of franken groping or trying to forcibly kiss them on the mouth. after the rebuke from colleagues on capitol hill, franken's office said the senator will make a public announcement, then followed up with this tweet on wednesday, 6:00 p.m., "senator franken is talking with his family at this time and plans to make an announcement in d.c. tomorrow. any reports of a final decision are inaccurate ." now, we should tell that you only one of incidents happened while senator franken was actually a si

. >> franken apologized to leanne tweeden and tried to keep his job.t when a seventh victim came forward, his party turned on him. >> do you think it was the right thing to do? >> i think it was. >> reporter: drawing a line in the sand on bad behavior. if roy moore, who denied multiple allegations of sexual misconduct with teenagers wins the alabama senate race next tuesday. >> this is not our best foot forward with roy moore and it will have, i think, long-term damage for the party. >> reporter: also in trouble this morning, republican congressman trent franks of arizona announcing last night he plans to resign next month amid an ethics committee against sexual misconduct. he acknowledged that he talked to former fle children saying, "i deeply regret that my discussion of this option and process in the workplace caused distress." franks is joining john conyers who has stepped down after thousands across the country have said, me, to. th next to minnesota, the democratic governor will appoint someone to temporarily fill franken's seat. savannah, hoda?

. >> reporter: franken apologized to leann tweeden, and initially tried to keep his job.hen a seventh accuser said she was touched inappropriately, his party turned on him. >> do you think it was the right thing to do? >> i think it was. >> reporter: the bad behavior could put more pressure on republicans, if roy moore, who denied allegations of conduct with teenagers, wins the senate seat on tuesday. >> this is not our best foot forward with roy moore, and it will have, i think, long-term damage for the party. >> reporter: also in trouble this morning, republican congressman trent franks of arizona, saying he plans to resign amid an ethics committee investigation into misconduct. franks on thursday said he talked to former female staffers about being surrogate mothers for his children. franks joining john conyers in stepping down, after women across the country have said, me too. franks is the third member of congress to step down this week, amid these types of allegations, following john conyers and al franken. next in minnesota, the democratic governor will appoint som

. >> after radio host leanne tweeden shared this photo from a 2006 uso trip to afghanistan where she says franken forcibly kissed her. >> it happened so fast and he just mashed his lips against my face. >> reporter: since then, at least six other women have come forward with allegations against franken. coming to franken's defense late wednesday, an unlikely ally, newt gingrich. >> as i understand it, that occurred two years earlier when he was a comedian so let me say again, politically incorrect. al franken was a comedian. comedians often do weird things. >> reporter: meanwhile, franken's not the only democrat to face consequences. this morning, another woman is speaking out against former michigan congressman john conyers, a campaign volunteer delores lyons. >> his hand just completely came across my backside and i said look, i said you know what, i said i'm going to okay if you out. >> reporter: conyers, who announced his retirement tuesday, has denied all allegations. on the other side of the aisle, alabama senate candidate roy moore is surging in polls ahead of next tuesday's s