not role playing, that this was not 50 shades of gray. it wasn't in a gray area at all. this was activity that happened in many cases fully clothed outside of a sexual context during arguments -- >> he continues to talk about how difficult it was for these women to even come forward. we're talking about the highest legal wise in the state of new york. we also know that manhattan's district attorney is looking into all this conduct. >> thank you. let's bring in our appreciate political analyst rob brownstein and alex byrnes. as john pointed out so aptly this morning, yeah for journalism, right. horrific that this happened, but good that people are being held accountable. three hours after these allegations came out, alex, he resigns. >> it's really staggering that this is -- it's not just the breadth and severity and really disturbing nature of the allegations, it's the reality that eric schneiderman was so