senate. his resignation will be effective monday, may 3rd. >> thank you, who's been covering this story. this of course was a number of those on capitol hill who believe that this is the deepest examination of wrong doing by a senator since 1995 and the investigation into senator bob packwood who was accused of sexual harassment by several members of his staff. with me now, john, good to see you. thanks so much for joining us. senator ensign, this surprise announcement. you broke the story. did he do this essentially to save himself from embarrassment from the findings of the senate ethics committee? >> i think it was least embarrassment. the committee voted this week behind closed doors to proceed against john ensign. you heard kelly mention the possibility of public hearings. he was going to be in the stocks