moore and harvey weinstein and all the rest of these predators have been able to get away with it for so long, because they were in a position of power and the women were afraid of social and professional and cultural consequences. some republican lawmakers have been asked to address the allegations against senate candidate roy moore. their response has become a now family refrain. what about al franken? i think in one case specifically senator franken has admitted wrongdoing and the president hasn t. i think that s a clear distinction. franken admits it and roy moore denies it. so i do think that puts them in two different categories. today i am announcing that in the coming weeks i will be resigning as a member of the united states senate. i, of all people, am aware that there is some irony in the fact that i am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault sits in the oval office.
senate decision to go nuclear. plus backing bill. president trump throws his support behind bill o reilly. i don t think bill would do anything wrong. he s a good person. as more advertisers pull their money and one congresswoman goes there. bill o reilly needs to go to jail. we begin today with the global challenges facing president trump. the attacks in syria and the nuclear threat from north korea pushing him to seek help from russia and china, two countries that have not exactly been america s closest allies. we got the best team in the business to break it down and i want to take you first to chris, i want to start with this visit by chinese president xi jinping. this is the most important international meeting we have seen so far. what exactly are the stakes? reporter: i think they re enormous. let s start with the economy. you heard that sound byte from the president, family refrain