allegations of misconduct, including sexual misconduct. he has denied the allegations. conyers also said this morning that he is endorsing his son john conyers iii to replace him. new york times national political correspondent, also an msnbc contributor. and charles stober, new york times domestic affairs correspondent, joins me as well. the congressman, again, retiring here, not resigning. he did not cite the recent allegations as a reason. he endorses his son to succeed him. is this going to be enough to satisfy his critics? i think it s enough to satisfy his critics in that he is stepping down and will no longer be serving in the house. as your viewers might remember, both nancy pelosi and speaker paul ryan asks for him to resign. i got the call from his great nephew ian conyers at about 12:30 telling me he was going to step down. even though the congressman didn t cite those allegations in his retirement speech when he