secret service didn t but someone else did. she does not have a hards. she s not going to be working there much longer and sounds like we will hear more from her soon. april ryan, thanks very much. breaking news, we just learned that republican congressman blake farenthold will not seek re-election. he says he s going to retire after this term is up. right. this comes after we understand he s under new ethics investigation. we do know that he has settled a harassment claim for $85,000 in taxpayer money already. he s been defiant, but this comes after this new claim that our m.j. lee reported from a former male staffer who said he made these sexually lewd remarks and made him so uncomfortable by screaming, et cetera, he was vomiting daily so he s not resigning but he s not going to run again. not resigning yet. retiring. we ll see what happens next. senator john mccain is in the hospital being treated at walter reed.
it favors the person being accused. many of them felt like we re going to be punished for coming forward. they will be revictimized. i guess there is a real question here about is the process in congress not only unfair, but does it have to take long? or maybe some of these men who were let go after a day or two investigation, did they not get due process. so in congress, you know, we seem to be able to pass a tax bill. a overhaul in two months, but it takes years to investigate a relatively straightforward harassment claim. so i believe the ethics needs to be overhauled. the process they have to go through to insert their rights. spears and gillibrand from a bill that has been dropped. it is not moving as quickly as
his name to the point that he can continue working here. again, that $84,000 settlement, to his former staffer, who originally made this harassment claim still stands. for now fahrenthold will remain in office. no signs he s going anywhere. thank you. let s go to the white house, roosevelt room, keirsten nelson being sworn in as homeland security secretary. i want to thank you, elaine, you ve done so well. we really appreciate it. we know you ll be there a long while. this is a very special occasion because this is an issue i ran on, it s boerrders, it s homela security. i can t ever say anything is the most important because our military is the most important and lots of other things but this is right there. this is one of the very big issues. and i just want to congratulate you. such an important day for our country. the numbers have been so
inside their own glass house. and the latest shocking report from the new york times that in january, bill o reilly, you remember him, used to have a show on fox news, settled a previously undisclosed harassment claim for $32 million, and that the very next month after that settlement, fox news extended his contract for four more years at $25 million a year. quoting the times, it was at least the sixth agreement made by either mr. o reilly or the company to settle harassment allegations against him. 21st century fox said while it was aware of the statement when it renewed o reilly s contract that the terms were confidential and his new contract added protections for the company specifically aimed at harassment. 21st century fox is taking specific action to transform fox news. the company added that it did let o reilly go after further allegations came to light. and bill o reilly has defended himself, contesting the figures in the new york times article, in an interview on the new
harassment claim for $32 million, and that the very next month after that settlement, fox news extended his contract for four more years at $25 million a year. quoting the times, it was at least the sixth agreement made by either mr. o reilly or the company to settle harassment allegations against him. 21st century fox said while it was aware of the statement when it renewed o reilly s contract that the terms were confidential and his new contract added protections for the company specifically aimed at harassment. 21st century fox is taking specific action to transform fox news. the company added that it did let o reilly go after further allegations came to light. and bill o reilly has defended himself, contesting the figures in the new york times article, in an interview on the new york times podcast daily. we have physical proof that this is bull [ bleep ], bull [ bleep ]. okay? so it s on you if you want to destroy my children further, all right, because it s all crap. this is