sexual harassment, it is the wayal franken handled it. he stepped down because he was a distraction and he would continue to be a distraction. but look, i mean ultimately, here is the bottom line, if you ve ever sexually harassed or sexually assaulted someone, don t run for congress and expect the news is coming out and your time is coming. so we expect more out of our elected officials, we hold them to the highest standard and this should not be a democrat versus republican issue, it should pspb the span the party lines. end then how do we get to the grand conversation and potentially legislation on the federal or state level, it doesn t look like we re seeing that, it looks like we re see stilling attrition. you are i think adrian is exactly right but one slight correction. all men, regardless of whether or not they are running for
the halls of congress in washington, d.c. and we ve seen over the past couple of days in particular again this race take on much more of the significant meaning than just within the state of alabama. we ve seen this in the past couple of days with the resignation of senator al franken. i m not comparing the accusations or allegations made against these two people. but we ve seen this cultural moment come to the forefront. however he is greeted in washington, that is the story moving forward. robert trainham, that is the question. you heard the names of patrick and booker, are these the names that will get out the vote as you know so well, one out of four potential voters in that state are african-american. that is exactly the key there, richard. so two things. number one, alabama will decide this race, there is no question about it. it is their state. this is their future. but for doug jones to win who has been clear i don t want any outsiders coming into the state
i will say. this i think it is dangerous for any party to try to claim the moral ground on this. i ll go back to saying, this should not be this shouldn t be a political issue or a democrat versus republican issue which we should not toler eight this. and i want to make this is one of the reasons you have 350 women running for congress this year. because they are tired of seeing this sort of behavior and they want change in washington. and it needs to be men doing the same thing as robert and you were saying, this same idea when it comes to gender issues like this. exactly. great conversation. thank you for bringing it. coming up, something that may have been lost in the headline this is week, the supreme court we ll take a look at the big cases this week that could have a lasting impact for years, specifically on immigration and civil rights. breathe freely fast with vicks sinex.
contained, it could be a matter of weeks because you are talking about actually putting in those containment lines, those fire breaks or whatever you could do around a huge area and the fire is continuing to spread in the north and west. so even as they lift evacuations in some parts of ventura, they re putting in new evacuations approaching the santa barba santa barbara county line so it is a moving target. and folks loving warm weather but the converse is connect there in ventura, california. scott, thank you so much. the fallout continues as a wave of sexual harassment has forced three members out of congress and blake farenthold is facing an investigation and one of his gop colleagues is calling for him to resign. what affect could this have on the roy moore alabama senate seat. i just got my cashback match,
public office should be held to the highest of standards when this comes to treating female counterparts with dignity and react and equality. regardless of whether you are running for office you should be a man and a gentleman and treat people with dignity and respect, especially women. but to your question, richard, this is an avalanche. this is nunbelievable and it holds all victims here because when you look at matt lauer, our colleague here on nbc news or whether it is harvey weinstein or the members of congress, members of the press, several members of the press, it seems like this dam now is over flowing and i don t think anyone can stop it. so the next question is whether or not there will be a call in the house houses of congress and the senate for pieces of legislation to put stuff into law that makes this squarely illegal and i think we are they are sooner rather than later. a tale of two cities, adrian,