so it was pushed forward by marion brown. howie: you can see her on television rather than print.o you think the media has been as aggressive with john conyers, especially with respect to the way they were with roy moore. >> they are chasing down democrats to find out why there is a different standard. we saw big media people go down quickly, but on capitol hill they stick around. we have several cases turning around. there has been no immediate exodus of those accused. the media has done a good job of pointing out there is a different standard. howie: half a dozen accusers against al franken. he's drawing critical coverage. but do you think the press has been more restrained with the former snl star? >> the detroit news has a great story that parses out the difference why al franken and not john conyers being able to stay around in congress. he's being accused of groping. conyers is the power of harassment. marion brown said she believes he enjoyed creating a negative atmosphere for women in his office. howie: the media are making the distinction, they may see a racial aspect her

speaker ryan: i heard what marion brown said this morning on msnbc, nobody should have to go through that. let alone, hearing congress. yes, i think he should re-sign. he should be re-sign. i have just been briefed on the allegations, and i think you should. your second question is on tax reform. i am not a guarantee business. i can only control this side of the capitol. i'm confident we can get it done this year. reporter: the december 8 funding deadline, how long do you think a continuing resolution would need to be for a deal to be reached? speaker ryan: it would be nice if our democratic leaders would participate in the negotiations that are necessary to keep the government open and get a cap agreement. i don't know why they didn't show up for these negotiations. when you negotiate legislation, congress passes a bill and the president signs it. i did it when bush and obama was president. donald trump is our president. people should show up for negotiations. so i'm getting there. when they decide not to participate in negotiations, they are hardly in a good place to make any deman

. >> reporter: pelosi and other democratic leaders spoke out after marion brown, the staffer with whom conyers settled the charlotte complaint in 2015 came forward for the first time. >> i'm here to say that i'm not a liar. >> reporter: offering disturbing details. >> he pointed to areas of genital areas of his body and asked me to, you know, touch it. >> reporter: since brown's $27,000 settlement was first reported last week, several women have accused conyers of sexual misconduct. conyers has denied the allegations. his attorney said he was hospitalized last night for stress-related issues and also seemed to suggest that conyers is being treated unfairly due to his race. >> nancy pelosi is going to have to explain what is the discernible difference between al franken and john conyers. >> i apologize. >> reporter: several women have accused senator al franken of groping both before and after he was elected. unlike with conyers, top democrats in the senate are not calling on franken to resign. simply today, republican congressman joe barton announced he would not seek reelection after

amy: marion brown was speaking with "today" host savannah guthrie.n the last 14 months, the program has fired two of its male anchors over sexual misconduct. in october 2016, nbc fired billy bush after he was heard in a 2005 tape laughing and egging on donald trump, as trump boasted about sexually assaulting women. and on tuesday, nbc fired its long-time "today" host matt lauer over multiple accusations of sexual harassment and assault. on thursday, lauer offered a qualified apology, saying, "there are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain i have caused others by words and actions. some of what is being said about me is untrue or mischaracterized, but there is enough truth in these stories to make me feel embarrassed and ashamed." "the new york times" reports one former nbc employee was summoned by lauer to his office in 20010, where lauer allegedly locked the door and sexually assaulted hehr until she passed out. in alabama, republican u.s. senate it candidate roy moore community fort undermining his campaign, after multiple women sa

marion brown who worked for conyers spoke out for the first time. >> he asked me to satisfy him sexually. he pointed to areas of, genital areas of his body, and asked me to, you know, touch it. >> reporter: conyers admits paying brown a secret $27,000 settlement but denies all allegations of misconduct. it is taking a toll on the 88-year-old, hospitalized with stress-related illness. but he made it clear he's not resigning. >> nancy pelosi didn't lengelecm and she sure as hell won't be the one to tell him to >> reporter: wea've just learne about a settlement for claims against massa. the largest settlement of its kind that we know for misconduct by a single lawmaker. mary bruce, abc news, capitol hill many >>> congressman joe barton has reversed course and says he will not seek another term. a naked picture of the texas republican was released last week. he apologized and said he could be a victim of revenge porn and announced he would seek a 18th term in congress but faced growing pressure at home to retire. he is the seventh member from texas who will not run again. >>> howell donaldso

i think the turning point was marion brown going on the "today show," you can see the accusations. mara: there had been an actual process in congress, the ethics committee which people think is inadequate. we have the mob or pack mentality where colleagues of a member say you are out of here. then the republicans are proposing, let the voters decide. al franken if he wanted to could step down and run for his old seat. howie: trent frank said i talked to two aides about spur today i. and these women feared he wanted to personally impregnate them. tar requirthem. jessica: it was totally weird. you think this is sad, they had fertility problems. the next day, there has to be something more. no one resigns right away. paul ryan wrote a scathing letter. politicians have so much money. what's different about corporate america is you have a boss in the private sector who has the discretion to fire you. in the public sector the voters are your boss. howie: unless the press gets them riled up. mollie: this is the democratic party thinking it has the moral high ground. howie: the press casti

. >> reporter: pelosi and other democratic leaders spoke out after marion brown, the staffer with whomyers settled a sexual harassment complaint in 2015, came forward for the first time. >> i'm here to say that i'm not a liar. >> reporter: offering disturbing details. >> he pointed to areas, genital areas of his body and asked me to, you know, touch it. >> reporter: since brown's $27,000 settlement was first reported last week, several women have accused conyers of sexual misconduct. conyers has denied the allegations. his attorney said he was hospitalized last night for stress-related issues and also seemed to suggest that conyers is being treated unfairly due to his race. >> nancy pelosi is going to have to explain what is the discernible difference between al franken and john conyers? >> i apologize. >> reporter: several women have accused senator al franken of groping, both before and after he was elected. unlike with conyers, top democrats in the senate are not calling on franken to resign. separately today, republican congressman joe barton announced he would not seek reelection

>> reporter: this morning marion brown broke her silence on "today." >> i'm here to say that i'm not a liar. >> reporter: the former staffer received a $27,000 settlement from endured over 11 years. >> he's just violated my body. he has touched me in different ways, and it was very uncomfortable and very unprofessional. >> reporter: tonight all the house democratic leaders say conyers should go. >> i talked with him in person and told him that i thought it was in his best interests to step away from this body. >> reporter: a bipartisan sentiment. >> i think he should resign. i think he should resign immediately. >> reporter: but from the conyers' camp denials and defiance. >> nancy pelosi did not elect the congressman, and she sure as hell won't be the one to tell the congressman to leave. >> reporter: on the senate side tonight the ethics committee confirms it's opened an investigation into al franken's conduct as two more women say he was inappropriate with them. army veteran stephanie kemplin tells cnn the then-comedian groped her breast before this picture in 2003. franken's spok

today, marion brown, who worked for conyers, spoke out publicly for the first time. >> he asked me to satisfy him sexually. he pointed to areas of -- genital areas of his body and asked me to, you know, touch it. >> reporter: conyers admits paying brown a secret $27,000 settlement, but denies all allegations of misconduct. the controversy is taking a toll on the 88-year-old congressman. tonight, hospitalized with stress-related illness. but his lawyers made clear, he's not quitting. >> nancy pelosi did not elect the congressman, and she sure as hell won't be the one to tell the congressman to leave. >> mary bruce live on the hill again tonight. and mary, you've been reporting about the separate set of rules for congress when it comes to sexual harassment complaints. mandatory counseling for the accusers, a 30-day waiting period. and congress, as you've reported, has paid $17 million to settle workplace complaints and tonight, you're learning of one big payout involving whom? >> reporter: david, this settlement was paid for claims made against disgraced former congressman eric massa. c

and marion brown, an accuser. he is not only one on capitol hill with allegations of misconduct. $84,000 of taxpayer money using to settle claims. texas republican representative blake. $100,000 reportedly going to eat two young males. new york democrat was fined in 2002. and this led to the office of compliance and committees with the records of discrimination and retaliation. they are trying to pass legislation and make public. what about lawmakers facing harassment allegations that happen outside the office? >> there are photos no. >> shannon: new information tonight coming from the community of house information. all related to this slush fund. the fund has paid over a a lite over $350,000. and going towards allegations of sexual harassment. and another case was settled for $150,000. >> shannon: we are reporting the senate continuing to vote on tax reform. and democrats saying it will do the opposite of what republicans promise it will do. >> it will do the exact opposite. they are placing their faith in a tri

the 88-year-old denied all of it and admitted to one thing paying off marion brown an accuser with $7,000nly one to vile alleges of of miss done conduct. 84,000 it was a sexual harassment explain against. >> hello everyone. >> 100,000 went to two young male staffers who accused former representative eric the democrat resigned in 2010. today health ethics committee sent a letter to office of compliance asking them to provide the committee with all records related to claims of sexual harassment and discrimination and retal retaliation. some members of congress are trying to pass legislation that made all of the pay-outs public and ban them in the future. >> what about the law maker facing harassing allegations for someone outside of the office. >> we didn't ask photos and there is admission. >> in opt ends detroit metro times suggested there's a double standard between conyers and franken and key difference. the race. in washington d.c.. fox news. >> in skuingt he days voter in alabama choose a new store. new campaign finance report called democrat jones ace called democrat jones aced one.7

work with conyers that for more than a decade that a cousin of one of the accusers by the name of marion brown a confidential settlement with the politician over sexual misconduct. >> sandra: that was eliza grubb. she made an allegation in an affidavit publicized late monday. matt finn is on the ground. what's the latest? >> sandra, i just left the radio station where the local radio host was hosting the congressman where he just made the announcement and he continues to deny any of the sexual harassment allegations, primarily that of marion brown. he said they're false and doesn't know where they are coming from. we've been in detroit the last couple days. there was discussion whether today's discussion would reveal if he would retire. that's what he intends to do and that he endorses his son, john conyers iii to' place his seat in congress. there is a lot of local reports on the ground that the nephew of congressman john conyers ian conyers might run for his seats. reports are published that he will. we haven't been able to confirm that. i spoke to the chief of staff for ian conyers. he does

me forward with similar stories >> now marion brown is not the only person to accuse conyers. another former staffer has come forward with similar stories of harassment and a third says that conyers was verbally abusive. conyers has been in the hospital since yesterday when he sought help for stress. committee publically confirmed today it has opened to senator melissa caen, kpix5. >>> in the meantime the senate ethics committee publicly confirmed today it has opened a preliminary inquiry into senator al franken's behavior. six women have now accused the democratic senator of sexual misconduct. franken has said he would cooperate fully with an ethics probably but has no plans to resign. >>> new at 6:00 a bay area city used to be labeled the most dangerous city in the nation. now it's gone almost a full year without a single homicide. kpix5's len ramirez live in east palo alto with what changed the community. len? >> reporter: allen, it has been a major transformation here over the last several decades since the 1990s when as you mentioned it was the murder capital of the u.s.

accused him of sexually harassing or groping them, including his former deputy c chief of staff marion brown, who settled a sexual misconduct case against conyers for $27,000. brown said conyers invited her to a chicago hotel room in 2005, where he appeared in his underwear and demanded she touch him sexually. she says she was fired when she refused. this is brown speaking on nbc's "today show." >> i am taking a risk. the reason i'm takiking a risk,t is important -- i want to be a voice. my ancestorsrs, my grandmother,y mother, my daughter's camino, my granddaughter, i went her when she enters the workforce long when i'm gone, i want her to not s sexism and gender ininequality. i want t to stand up and show it was worth -- it is worth the risk to stand up for all of the women in the workforce that are voiceless. ordinary women like myself with extraordinarary challenges workg in the workforce that are dominated by men. amy: congress member john conyers has endorsed his son to replace him. ian conyers, a state senator, will also run for the seat in the house of representatives. president trum

some kind of issue with a female staffer just this week on nbc's "today show" ironically enough, marion brownuty staff manager on him, got on the air talked about her own experience with him which she detailed his actions, not just once, not just twice, but over and over and over again. you know, these stories, these unseemly stories that we're hearing this week, last week, now for a month or so, really shocking. what is really important here, is that congress needs to come to terms with this very secretive way which they make payments for these sexual harrassment, sexual abuse cases. it is all under the table. nobody knows anything about it. it comes directly out of the treasury. it is your taxpayer dollars being used for this. they need to reform this they have to get out in front. this fellow, let motel you, everybody is, his party chief, nancy pelosi suggesting he resign. he is not doing it. trish: took her a while. it took her a while but she finally came out and said yeah, she said resign. ned, if he doesn't resign, between him and al franken and, you know, look i'm not saying this is p

one accuser, marion brown, said she was fired in 2014 for refusing conyers' advances. she received a financial settlement. >> it was sexual harassment, violating my body, propositioning me, inviting me to hotels with the guise of discussing business and propositioning for sex. >> woodruff: another woman, elisa grubbs, says she witnessed conyers touching brown's legs and buttocks. grubbs also say conyers "slid his hand" up her skirt in church. meanwhile, a former communications director for texas republican congressman blake farenthold says she faced a backlash after suing him for sexual harassment in 2014. >> i was told that if i pursued with this my career on capitol hill would be over. and that was all i knew. >> woodruff: lauren greene ultimately settled for $84,000, but she says she's been unable since then to land a full-time job. on the senate side, alabama republican roy moore is still running in a special election next week. he's denied accusations by various women of preying on them when they were teen-agers. today, it's widely reported that the republican nat

. >> reporter: this after marion brown, a former deputy chief of staff to conyers broke her silence on "today." >> he pointed to areas of genital areas of his body t. and asked me to touch it. >> reporter: the allegation sparking strong reaction from his democratic clagolleagues. >> i know her. this is not getting better. i see it getting worse. >> it's important to recognize, halls of congress. and we've got to stop dancing around the fact that the system that's in place doesn't work for the victims. >> reporter: conyers, who is accused of sexual misconduct by three women, and is the subject of a house ethics probe refuses to step down. >> nancy pelosi did not elect the congressman. and she won't be the one to tell the congressman to leave. >> reporter: this as the ethics committee was opened an inquiry into senator al franken, which he welcomes. two more women accusing franking of sexual misconduct before he was elected. >> he put his hand on my breast. and i just remember just freezing up. >> reporter: one of the accusers, army veteran, stephanie kemplin, the then-comedian groped he

marion brown who worked for conyers spoke out for the first time. >> he asked me to satisfy him sexuallytal areas of his body, and asked me to, you know, touch it. >> reporter: conyers admits paying brown a secret $27,000 settlement, but denies all allegations of misconduct. the controversy is taking a toll on the 88-year-old congressman, hospitalized with stress-related illness. but his lawyers made it clear, he is not resigning. >> nancy pelosi didn't elect the congressman and she sure as hell won't be the one to tell him to leave. >> reporter: we've just learned exclusively of a settlement for claims against disgraced congressman eric massa. close to $100,000 in taxpayer money secretly paid to two male staffers, the largest settlement of its kind that we know of for misconduct by a single lawmaker. mary bruce, abc news, capitol hill. >>> congressman joe barton has reversed course and now says he will not seek another term. a naked picture of the texas republican was released last week. barton apologized for that and said he could be a victim of revenge porn. he had announced he would

$27,000 from his office his budget to settle a harassment claim made by a staffer.no identified as marion brown> he pointed to areas of genital areas of his body and asked me to touch it. >> after that nancy pelosi called on conyers to resign. five women have accused al franken of plopping them. a number of house democrats work calling on him to step down but in the senate, top democrats are saying let the ethics investigation by out. in washington. i am ellison barber, fox news. >> thank you. it does not pay to cheat. that is a lesson one automaker learned. after so-called defeat device was found on millions of the cars to do health cheat on emissions standards leading to one of the costliest scandals in the auto industry. proctors correspondent, alecia has more. >> 11,000 vehicles worldwide. that is coming to the car company admitted to illegally adding a software cheat to make the engines appear more environmentally friendly. the discrepancy was discovered in 2013 by a team of independent researchers testing emissions of diesel cars. investigative pressure grew and ultimately volkswagen dece

[video clip] >> marion brown, i heard what you said this morning.hould have to go through something like that, let alone in congress. yes, i think he should resign. he should immediately. i was just briefed on the allegations. your second question was on tax reform. i am not a guy in the guarantee business. i can only control this side of the capitol. host: that was the speaker of the house saying they can -- sankey is confident they can get it done. confident they can get it done. bob corker, justly, and others were concern about the deficit. ron johnson and steve daines were concern about small businesses. it looks like there was a deal may for johnson and daines. because voting yes every provision for small businesses. yesstory is ron johnson's vote has been confirmed. it looks like he will be voting. there is a story -- johnson will vote for the bill. we will see what will happen with the other republican senators yesterday who expressed concern. gina in alabama, a republican. hello. caller: hello. the tax comment on plan. i am it disabled veter

. >> this after, accuser, marion brown, a former deputy chief of staff to conyers broke her silence on "today," claiming he sexually harassed her. >> he pointed to the areas of his body and asking me to touch it. >> she's very credible and i know her, and this is not going to get any better. in fact, i can see it getting worse. >> i think it's really important for us to recognize we have a serious problem in the halls of congress and we have got to stop dancing around the fact that the system that is in place doesn't work for the victims. >> conyers has been accused bisexual misconduct by three women and the probe denied all the allegations against him and refuses to step down. >> nancy pelosi did not elect the congressman and she sure as hell won't be the one to tell the congressman to leave. >> an inquiry has been opened into senator al franken, with two more women accusing him of sexual misconduct before he was elected. >> he put his hand on my breast and i remember freezing up. >> one of the accuser, an army veteran said the then-comedian groped her breast before this picture in 20

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