in santa paula, california, leanne suter, abc news. >> that's the scary part there, leanne, thank you. we're going to continue to watch that. >>> but we're going to turn to washington and several developments in the russia investigation. >> president trump's former campaign chairman paul manafort may have jeopardized his bail agreement. he's now accused of working with a russian associate as recently as last week. >> this as the president is now questioning the integrity of the special counsel's office after word that robert mueller fired one of his top investigators for sending anti-trump messages. abc news has learned the mueller investigator peter strzok was also a key player in the hillary clinton e-mail investigation. he helped draft former fbi director james comey's public statement clearing clinton of criminal charges. comey's original draft said grossly negligent, which could be a crime, but sources say strzok urged comey to soften that language to extremely careless. this all comes as the president offers words of sympathy for his former national security adviser michael flyn

. >> cornell bernard and leanne menendez, thanks to you. it's so important to note the procedures in this free flowing process. it's going to be something we watch for all the evening. >> well, hopefully it will be resolved. and here is the process, and i want to bring in long-timal me ca county deputy district attorney john craig, now retired. let's talk about the process, first of all. the court doesn't operate under these time constraints of immediacy. everybody has to be brought into the courtroom. nobody gets to leave. you can't tweet out the information. this takes a while. >> that's correct. the jury will be brought in. they will hand the verdict forms to the clerk. the clerk will hand them to the judge. the judge will review them. and then he will ask the clerk to read the verdicts. >> so what are we looking at, maybe an hour? >> could be less than that. but, i mean, nothing will happen until presumably the media is admitted into the courtroom. >> okay. let's talk about the possibilities here because when you and i spoke, i was real

. >> power outages reported across kabc reporter leanne suter on the front lines. >> reporter: powerful winds helping fan the flames. you can see over my shoulder here just how much of a fire line we're talking about. this is just one side of this massive brush fire. you can see the huge flames illuminating the hillsides around santa paula, california. fire trucks lining the highway as firefighters check on each and every one of these homes. we now know this fire has turned deadly. at least one person has died in a traffic accident. apparently trying to flee the flames as the blaze continues to rage out of control. this blaze has charred thousands of acres. 10,000 acres so far and counting. we now know again that at least one person has died in an accident trying to escape the fire and there are thousands of people now left without power as numerous power lines have come down. this blaze far from being under control. in s leanne suter, abc news. >> that is the scary part. >>> we'll turn to washington and several developments in the russia investigation. >> president trump's former campa

reaction from leann tweeden, the accuser who started it all by sharing this photo. >> i do think my voice was heard. >> the glowing politicization of the "me too" campaign. are democrats and republicans holding themselves to different standards? >>> california burning. flames over the freeway in los angeles and across southern california. homes reduced to ashes. mountains on fire. >> we need to get out of here as soon as possible. that fire is right there. >> our correspondent's on the ground just steps away from the blazing inferno. >> the smoke coming out is noxious, it's like breathing in tear gas. >> how long these fires could continue. heartwarming video. one man pulling over to rescue a rabbit from harm's way. but first the "nightline 5." >> julie, i know today's critical but i really need a sick day. >> dads don't take sick days, dads take dayquil severe. the nonproutdsy nondrowsy no si medicine. >>> press clean and roomba from i-robot gets to work using surfaces and suction to remove everything from fine dust to large debris. daily dirt doesn't stand a chance. roomba from i-robot.

in santa barbara, leanne suter, abc news. >>> a different story on the other side of the country where winter has arrived. days after a rare snowfall the south is dealing with black ice this morning. in georgia some schools are closed or opening late and some homes remain without power. farther north a fedex truck ran off the road in washington county, virginia levering the trailer hanging off an overpass. the driver is okay. and heavy snow blanketed new england. this suv skidded into a pond in winchendon, massachusetts. lake-effect snow pounding upstate new york where the buffalo bills won their game sunday in overtime or what some called snowvertime because there was so much time they could barely see the ball. great for snow angel, though. >>> mother nature clearly has been busy so now a closer look at your weather for this monday morning. >> good morning, we are looking at red flag warnings persisting here in southern california. in fact, now they're extended through monday evening. so the fire danger remains high here and as we go through the early week high pressure is still in c

leanne suter from our los angeles station kabc reports on the race to evacuate. >> i'm putting together 30 years of drawings, rolling them up and putting them in here. >> reporter: jim melnick never thought he would suddenly have to load up all his work into his pickup, but he also never thought the thomas fire would reach his santa barbara home. >> i'm saving my life's work here right now. it's a crazy time. >> reporter: a large swath of the seaside city now being evacuated. those up in mission canyon at extreme risk. >> we were in a fire and almost lost our house, so the fire came within six inches of the house. >> reporter: the fast-moving fire ripping through 56,000 acres in a day. the explosive blaze now the fifth largest wildfire in california history charring more than 359 square miles, larger than new york city. >> it's just amazing how fast it's gone, and we know living in this canyon that it's a scary spot, but we've hoped that we would escape this one. >> reporter: officials say the fire is now moved into some areas that have never burned in recorded history. some of the dead

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

leanne is there. >> reporter: well, the procession left daly city and drove by the mayor's house before arriving here. funny story. a staffer told me the procession arrived here five minutes early. typical, that staffer said, because the mayor was known for always arriving either early or on time to all of his events. out of respect for the deceased mayor, many stood across from his casket about three times. an odd number lucky in the chinese community which is also a sign of respect for the man and his family. thousands waited outside to say farewell to ed lee and perhaps acknowledge him for making sure the city stayed morally strong because of its diversity and acceptance for all people. fire chief joe ann spoke for the first time since his death. >> he just crossed all cultures. >> house minority leader nancy pelosi was among those paying tribute to the former mayor. >> it's heart breaking. hard to even talk about his leaving us without thinking of his beautiful smile. >> every person who worked at city hall wore a white flower. music played, thanks to volunteers from the san francis

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 b

and joining us is — this is special, we have three generations of volunteers, leanne, sheila, and karen you put in this year between you? we've put injust under 1,300 hours of volunteering. 1,300? between the three of you? between the three of us. incredible. and what have been your highlights? mine was one day maybe, which i absolutely adored. it was a long shift but certainly worth the effort. one of mine was the gay parade. i really enjoyed that. gay pride? yeah. i was lucky enough to be in flood. i was on one of the floating platforms. 0h, brilliant! that was fantastic. we will be seeing some of that later in the programme. and you'll be sticking at it next year as well? yes, definitely. and longer to come, yeah. yeah, we have really enjoyed it, everybody. we're just like one big family. thank you so much for coming down. we are getting to the end of our review. season four is called tell the world. the final season of 2017 and the world premieres kept coming. maxine pea ke's play, the last testament of lillian bilocca, told the story of four hull women who fought the government for

and joining us, this is special, we have three generations of volunteers, leanne, sheila, and cabin.have you done between you this year? 1300 hours of volunteering. between the three of us. incredible. what are the highlights? mine was one day maybe. i absolutely adored it. it was a long shift but worth the effort. one of mine was the gay parade, i really enjoyed that. pride. i was lucky enough to be in flood. i was on iwas ona i was on a floating platform. we will be seeing some of that later in the programme. and you will stick at it next year as well? yes. and longer to come. we have really enjoyed it, everybody. just like one big family. thank you so much for coming down. we are getting to the end of our review, season four is called tell the world. the final season of 2017 and the world in me coming. maxine pea ke's play, the last testament of lillian, told the story of four hull women who fought the government for better safety for fishermen and women. the winner of this year's turner prize... this year's turner prize was awarded in hull to the oldest winner in its history, and

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

leanne, sheila and karen. how many hours have you put in between you? 1300 hrs of volunteering. highlights? mine was one day maybe which i absolutely adored, long shifts, but certainly worth the effort. one of mine was the gay parade, i really enjoyed that, there we re parade, i really enjoyed that, there were so many. . . parade, i really enjoyed that, there were so many... i parade, i really enjoyed that, there were so many. . . l was parade, i really enjoyed that, there were so many... i was lucky enough to be in the flood, on one of the floating platforms. that was fantastic. we'll see some of that late in the programme. you'll be sticking at it next year as well? yes. and longer to come, yeah. we've really enjoyed it. everybody, just like one big family. thank you for coming down. we're getting to the end of our review. season four is called tell the world. the final season of 2017 and the world premiere kept coming. maxine peake's play, world premiere kept coming. maxine pea ke's play, the world premiere kept coming. maxine peake's play, the last testament told the story o

. >> reporter: radio host leann tweeden made a similar accusation three weeks ago, producing this photo of franken 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 public 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'm 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 resign

there is legislation that was introduced by leanne krueger-braneky, who is a state representative whoctually won in a special election and is saying, i think along with a lot of other women who are in the legislature, number one, we need more women in office... >> oh, yeah. >> ...and that we need to make sure that we're doing more to bring women in. so i think they're gonna be some other responses to this as we look at the politics. >> very quickly, a question about changing of cultures. wittig, who had been the head of the board of education in pennsylvania, has given his resignation, the governor's accepted, when the enquirer broke a story about his past, having had inappropriate relationships with underage girls when he was in a coaching position. he went on to continue to have relationships with universities. he had important relationships at jefferson, at drexel. he was overseeing school children all over the state. beyond him, that pitt investigation was there. do we have to look at these institutions and say, "how did this person keep going, even at an institution that kicked h

next a conversation with historians and leann on the legacy of the vietnam war. this is an hour and a half. >>> professor, looking back 50 years to 1967 was it possible for the u.s. to win the war in vietnam? >> simple answer, no. i would definitely say no. it wupt a war for the united states to win or lose. >> take us to the end of 1967 and politically that presidential elections are happening in 1968. what's on the horizon? >> lbj was there a fair amount of difficulty. the democrats had lost -- not control over congress but lbj had lost 47 democratic seats in the house and two in the senate. the war was damaging lbj's pop la la la populari popularity. i think what you see is a kindovkind of break-up that lbj depended on to one of the biggest landslides in american presidential history. you could see it was a thing of the past and that the coalition was fracturing into any number of pieces. >> here on american history tv all weekend long we are focusing on the war in vietnam. for the next hour and a half we are going to focus on the state of t of the war in 1967

housing refugees crossed into bangladesh even after this agreement signed between bangladesh and leanne maher and also important to know that there is a delegation there was set up with joint working committee in order to repair trade lot of this ranges within january or february of next year it too little time if the ox most of the ranges there are very serious apprehension in going back immediately unless there's some sort of security guarantee some sort of assurance can you imagine asking somebody to go back to their captors that they just came back so traumatized the children the woman and a little man and you asking them to go back immediately with a sure is that me and mine has a shared them this hardly builds a confidence on bam to go back immediately definite no you cannot force them either and the fact remains even today are from came up with a report that there's really just still coming across the border there's still villagers been burned as human rights watch on the side since october a lot of villages were burn and the fact that we are married assuring that we'll take you

russian ambassador to the united states surrogate kiss lee ak flynn is said to have suggested to kiss leanne sanctions put in place against russia by the obama white house may be dropped once trump was sworn in and they did not discuss anything having to do with the united states decision to expel diplomats or or impose a censure against russia flynn's lies to the vice president about that phone call led to his dismissal after just three weeks in office in a statement trumps lawyer said flynt false claims mirror the false statements to white house officials which resulted in his resignation in february of this year nothing about the guilty plea or the charge implicates anyone other than mr flynn by his plea in fact may directly tie the oval office to the investigation by special counsel robert muller and whether or not the trump campaign worked with russia this suggests that mr flynt has more information to provide about other things the white house has lied about other things the president himself may have lied about and whether or not the white house including the president himself collude

next a conversation with historians and leann on the legacy of the vietnam war.his is an hour and a half.

i want to begin we leanne. >> reporter: this line has been very long, sense 8:00 this morning. many people arriving here, crying. and his co-workers, still very much in shock after his unexpected death. today they said goodbye to a friend. people from all walks of life waited in line to say farewell to the former mayor. a man they say embraced humility. >> so calm and humble. there won't be a man like him again. >> most acknowledged him for never forgetting the city's moral obligation to diversity and acceptance for all people. house minority leader nancy pelosi was among those paying tribute to the former mayor. >> joe biden has a saying. he says, there will come a time when the mention of his name will bring a smile to our face instead of a tear tower eye. >> every person who worked at city hall wore a white flower. music played, thanks to volunteers for the san francisco symphony. the condolence books signed today by thousands will be kept in the main library. as may or since 2011, he roemd these halls with purpose and conviction. the fire chief recalled their boring togethe

in san francisco, leann melendez, abc 7 news. >>> we are learning about the killing of a man over an iphone. the teenagers charged with his death appeared in court for the first time today. as melanie woodrow explains, technology played a key role in making these arrests. dan carlos was selling his iphone x. he took all of the right precautions. >> he brought another person with him. he did it at a gas station, on a saturday. >> reporter: but alameda county sheriff's spokesperson, ray kelly, for whatever reason during the exchange in san le andro on november 18th, 18-year-old marcos shot carlos. sergeant kelly says patten drove the getaway car. they posted a search warrant to see who carlos was speaking with over the app. >> that communication was important to us. he left a digital footprint. so did the suspects. >> reporter: a witness who saw the getaway vehicle was critical in the investigation. sergeant kelly says fortune and patten played high schol football together. >> it's really sad that these two young men decided to take this force in life. >> repor the shooting, carlos had

i want to begin we leanne. >> reporter: this line has been very long, sense 8:00 this morning. many people arriving here, crying. and his co-workers, still very much in shock after his unexpected death. today they said goodbye to a friend. people from all walks of life waited in line to say farewell to the former mayor. a man they say embraced humility. >> so calm and humble. there won't be a man like him again. >> most acknowledged him for never forgetting the city's moral obligation to diversity and acceptance for all people. house minority leader nancy pelosi was among those paying tribute to the former mayor. >> joe biden has a saying. he says, there will come a time when the mention of his name will bring a smile to our face instead of a tear tower eye. >> every person who worked at city hall wore a white flower. music played, thanks to volunteers for the san francisco symphony. the condolence books signed today by thousands will be kept in the main library. as may or since 2011, he these halls with purpose and conviction. the fire chief recalled their boring together arou

leanne neeson's voice.rs have the opportunity to choose his words to direct somewhere they want to go. you have until january 14th because that's when his new movie comes out, the commuter. tranter thursday thing that could make holiday shopping orders, the first day of winter. is that also the solstice? there's a lot going on. i'm telling you. fox meteorologist adam klotz here with your holiday travel forecast. transfer with him like scientists, add-on. reporter: you guys are really good. from here on out longer days. the worst is now behind us. here is your forecast across the country. the upper third of the country looking into the 30s in some cases the coldest spots but the real question will be precipitation in the next couple days. the last 24 hours we are seeing solid iraqis. eventually affect teen travel plans for a lot of folks the next couple days. pay attention to that area as it sweeps across the country eventually what the line of thunderstorms in the south the stretch and into texas on friday.

leanne is there. >> reporter: well, the procession left daly city and drove by the mayor's house beforeffer told me the procession arrived here five minutes early. typical, that staffer said, because the mayor was known for always arriving either early or on time to all of his events. out of respect for the deceased mayor, many stood across from his casket about three times. an odd number lucky in the chinese community which is also a sign of respect for the man and his family. thousands

. >> jon: he apologized to leanne, whose it charges first got this ball rolling against him. >> that is right. he did issue her an apology. he also said "i don't remember the situation." he did not offer anything on it some of these other allegations and certainly was not going to do so on the senate floor yesterday, but the fact that he did not offer an apology is being criticized by people in the media and certainly people on both sides. >> jon: while, it didn't seem strange, beverly, he is being driven out of office, essentially from this behavior, but he does not apologize for it. >> yes, and this is also because of mounting pressure that his democratic colleagues have put on him up. he says that he is not going to run for reelection. he is resigning as well, so this is coming from colleagues pushing him, and i also think that the democrats are doing this in preparation for the special election next week to say hey, we told our guys to go, are republicans going to do the same? so i think that there is some political expediency that so they are trying to push for on this. >> jon:

at the hall of justice, leann melendez, "abc 7 news" >>> the sentence on the gun charge could range from6 months to three years. >> now, something we should point out. he has already spent more than two years in county jail awaiting trial. now, sentencing day hat no, sir about it set. >> yet u.s. immigration officials say they will deport him. >> the steinle family was not in court when the verdict was read. they did however speak exclusively with "san francisco chronicle" editor before the verdict came down. >> kate's father told diaz tonight, we're shock. saddened and shocked. there's no other way we can coin it. justice is rendered but not served. >> you can watch an extended interview with the chronicle's john diaz about the exclusive with the steinles. >> the most pointed post trial comment by the defense attorney came in a message to president trump and members of his administration who have been very vocal about this case. >> let me just remind them that they are the themselves under investigation by a special prosecutor in washington, d.c., and they may themselves soon avail them

reaction from leann tweeden, the accuser who started it all by sharing this photo. >> i do think my voicernia. homes reduced to ashes. mountains on fire. >> we need to get out of here as soon as possible. that fire is right there. >> our correspondent's on

december 1 election against democrat doug jones andal franken shown in this photo placing his hands over leannused inappropriately at campaign events after mounting pressure the senator resigned. this just days after democrat john conyers facing on allegations announced his retiremnt. >> with 2018 around the corner no doubt there will be more scandals in the news and we'll be covering it all for you right here in new york, anslee earhart fox news. >> we're not done looking back at the year that was oral most was top five sports moments think about it take bets and talk amongst y yourselves what was number one, we'll have the answer coming up. >> cold snap gripped the northeast. gwen has everything you need to know about the new year's forecasts that's important big new year's night coming up you can't predict the market. but through good times and bad... ...at t. rowe price... ...we've helped our investors stay confident for over 75 years. call us or your advisor. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. >

. >> leann, hurt me, boys. >> this has got to stop, ed. >> i don't want to recall requesting any careerfrom you. >> sipowitz was a guy who was a trailblazer in some very old clothes. >> i think it's pretty apparent that he is not your average hero. >> with some very bad habits. >> he comes across as such a shnook. he's an alcoholic, a womanizer, a racist. that's not your typical hero. >> he's a bigot. and he's a slob. and he's a drunk. well, i'm a bigot and a slob and a drunk, so it was very easy for me to write the character. but which is to say let me retract so that i'm allowed into my home tonight. i am capable of imagining myself as a bigot and a slob and a drunk. i have been all of those things, but i try not to be them simultaneously, because it's just too busy a world. >> get your hands off me. get your hands off of me! >> let's go somewhere and dedebget -- >> dave had such a sense of that character and such an affinity for him. andy sipowitz is representative of a certain kind of cop. they're not tolerant of the tolerance of police work. >> a little girl was taken from washingt

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

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. >> democratic senator al franken shown in this photo placing his hands over leanne tweed end in 2006women accuse the senator of touching them inappropriately at campaign event. after mounting pressure, the senator resigned. this just days after democrat john conyers facing his own allegations cents announced his retirement. with 2018 right around the corner, no doubt, there will be more of these scandels in the news, and will be covering it all for you right here. in new york, ansley ehrhardt, fox news. >> a lot of looking at that whole run down, bill cosby. >> seems like ancient history. i can't believe everything that's going on in the year. >> specially the last couple of months. >>> a police impersonator caught in the act. >> new video showing how the imposture fooled several drivers into pulling over to search them for drugs. >> and president trump taking aim at the postal service. we'll tell you why he thinks they should be charging more, and why. stay tuned, back after this. >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> trending tonight the popular cards ag

i with give myself at leann extra 45 minutes to possibly an hour throughout this area and if you wanto avoid it you can still take route one or route 13 but just jump on i-95. big thumbs up but that is all been moved out of the way. construction in montgomery ville, stump road, just a head up, our crews working there, also here construction i-95 south between scudder falls bridge and new hope that right lane has been compromised all morning long and accident route 55 north at five 3a pickup truck went in the wood, jim and rahel back to you. >>> some may find this creepy but facebook is using facial recognition technology to alert users when a photo is up loaded even if the user isn't there. >> members can message anyone to ask the photo to be taken down. users can request that facebook remove photo. social network has used facial recognition since 201 but it is aim add preventing impersonations. it does raise privacy concerns but facebook says ill were not use them to target advertisement. >>> philadelphia woman turn her love of bake nothing tie city wide project. >> as ukee washingto

leann twitting on a u.s. tour. after the 8th person has come forward a flood of democratic senators are calling on franken to resign. so don't be fooled by any of this. this democratic decision today obviously was coordinated and to turn on franken, it's purely political. if they were really, all these democrats, the great champions of women's rights that they claim, why didn't they call for franken's resignation after the picture? why did they wait until 8 women had to come forward with similar claims and he admitted a lot of it. after decades of defending sexual predators bill clinton for 3 0ers yoorks the democrats were to believe now, finally, are actually credible on this issue? were they really ich playing a political price and political game. is this not about political expeed yenszy and principal in play? >> joining us now is fox news legal annual lils gregg jarrett. let me start with john solomon who will join us in a minute. let's start with all of these revelations. wray, and peter strzok and all of thes

joining us now, nbc political contributor my yeah harris along with leanne caldwell, author of the reportsfindings on sexual harassment just mentioned. good to see both of you. this release only came after pressure from senator tim kaine and others and only after senators were done for the year, heading out of washington. what can you tell us about all of this? >> yeah, i think the timing is quite significant, chris. two committee chairman have been sitting on this information. we didn't even know these committees had the data until senator tim kaine had asked for it from the oversight body that holds onto this. in a letter from the oversight body to senator tim kaine, they said the senate rules committee had ak less so this already. i reported yesterday the appropriations committee also had access to this information. so only after internal pressure from some of their colleagues and pressure from the media did these committees decide to release it. as you noted, they did it at 7:00 last night, just minutes after the senate took their last vote for the year. and there was no opportunity fo

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