admitting to an inappropriate relationship with female staffers including asking one female aide to carry his child. in a surprising twist, his hand picked successor faces a scandal of his own now. a sex scandal involving a former aide. joining me now, matt welch, editor at large at reason magazine. and msnbc political reporter alex sikes wald, fellow clinton campaign reporter as well. you ve been tracking all of these developments. what do we know about this scandal and how damaging could it be coming that the point when voters are going to the polls? boy, is this an unusual one. this is a very conservative district. big republican primary field. this guy montenegro, he has franks endorsement, he has the most money. a week ago, local media reported on this relationship he had with a former staffer in which he exchanged text messages. the most salacious one, she sent him a topless photo when he was out of state and he said he wished she had come along on the