AS THEY ASSESS THE DAMAGE.
ELSA: MEANTIME, MINNESOTA
SENATOR AL FRANKEN IS NOT GOING
AWAY QUIETLY.
HE'S ON THE ATTACK.
JEFF: THE MINNESOTA DEMOCRAT
GAVE QUITE THE SPEECH ON THE
SENATE FLOOR TODAY AFTER
ANNOUNCING HIS RESIGNATION.
DAVE BRYAN JOINS US NOW WITH A
LOOK AT FRANKEN'S FIERY COMMENTS
ABOUT THE SCANDAL.
REPORTER: THE MID TERMS ARE
ALMOST A YEAR AWAY BUT COULD
THIS HAVE SOME IMPACT?
SOME DEMOCRATS THINK SO.
FRANKEN'S RESIGNATION
ANNOUNCEMENT MAYBE ECHOING INTO
THE CAMPAIGN BECAUSE IT WAS
DEMOCRATS WHO PUSHED HIM OUT T.
PARTY MAY ASK VOTERS TO COMPARE
HOW THE TWO PARTIES HANDLE
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS.
IN THE COMING WEEKS I WILL BE
RESIGNING AS MEMBER OF THE
UNITED STATES SENATE.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM AL
FRANKEN THAT HE WILL RESIGN MAY
TURN OUT TO BE AN IMPORTANT
MOMENT IN THE MIDTERM CAMPAIGNS.
FRANKEN HAD NOWHERE ELSE TO GO
WHEN 35 DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES
URGED HIM TO RESIGN.
YOU NEED TO SAY NONE OF ITS
OK.
THE DEMOCRATS FEEL THEIR
PARTY IS TAKING THE MORAL HIGH
GROUND JUST IN TIME FOR THE
MIDTERM CAMPAIGN NEXT YEAR.
FRANKEN PREVIEWED THE PARTY'S
MORAL EQUIVALENCY AND TOOK SHOTS
AT ALABAMA SENATE CANDIDATE ROY
MOORE AND PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THERE IS SOME IRONY IN THE
FACT THAT I'M LEAVING WHILE A
MAN WHO BRAGGED ON TAPE ABOUT
HIS HISTORY OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
SITS IN THE OVAL OFFICE.
PRESS EXACT SARAH SANDERS
SAYS IT'S A NON-ISSUE IN THE
WHITE HOUSE THE PRESIDENT
ADDRESSED THE COMMENTS DURING
THE CAMPAIGN.
WE FEEL STRONGLY THE PEOPLE OF
THE COUNTRY ADDRESSED THAT WHEN
THEY ELECTED DONALD TRUMP.
THE DEMOCRATS AND THEIR
INDEPENDENT ALLY ARE JUST
GETTING WARMED UP.
WE HAVE A PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES ACKNOWLEDGED HE
ASSAULTED WOMEN.
I WOULD HOPE MAYBE THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES MIGHT PAY
ATTENTION TO WHAT'S
ALSO THINK ABOUT RESIGNING.
EVEN SOME REPUBLICANS ARE
CONCERNED
OF ROY MOORE BEING ELECTED TO
SERVE IN THE SENATE.
I WISH HE WERE NOT OUR
NOMINEE.
NOW FRANKEN WASN'T THE ONLY
MEMBER OF CONGRESS TO ANNOUNCE
HIS RESIGNATION, ARIZONA
REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE TRENT
FRANKS SAYS HE WILL RESIGN AFTER
HE WAS TOLD THE HOUSE ETHICS
COMMITTEE WAS INVESTIGATING
ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT
AND TEXAS REPUBLICAN
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