griff: we have news to get to. there is still news having even though it is thanksgiving. todd: sexual harassment allegations continuing to rock washington. griff: more women now accusing senator al franken and john conyers refuses to step down. molly: this while republican joe barton fires back at the woman who shared his explicit photo. garrett tenney live for us in washington with more. garrett, good morning. e. todd, molly and griff, good morning to you. al franken is growing list of women who say he groped them without their consent. the huffington post said two more women come forward where stories of franken touching their butts without his consent during first campaign for the senate. one incident took place at photo op. at an event with the minnesota women s political caucus. the second allegedly took place during a democratic fundraiser in minneapolis where the woman claims frankable suggested they visit the bathroom together. both of the women who spoke to the website
and women wearing the uniform of law enforcement. and more than a few wearing the uniform of the united states here. would you mind giving these police officers and all these peace officers a big round of applause they deserve? thank you for what you do to protect our families. [ cheers and applause ] and president trump has been working tirelessly with iowa s conservative leaders in washington. every single day, to keep the promises he s made to the american people. and let me say from my heart, as the proud father of a united states marine, i couldn t be more grateful to be vice president to a president who cares so deeply about the men and women of the armed forces of the united states of america. [ cheers and applause ] already this year, working with
i really do think these things get way overblown here. we had the watergate scandal. and that drove a lot of ethics reform, if you will, sensibilities through the following decades. and i think to some degree we overdo these. the main point here in draining the swamp is to drain how washington does business, which is a mammoth policy challenge. frankly, i think back to before i was around to joseph p. kennedy, a stock speculator in the day. when franklin roosevelt created the securities and exchange commission, he put kennedy, the fox in the henhouse. in fact, he did a fabulous job and set the standard here. so my point is, having people who know something about these issues, who are
is currently set to expire. the senator said she will fight for that to be extended. what is interesting, too, if about she thinks that pulling out could actually make their state more competitive, when you talk about the ethanol fuel, how does she see it in being a boost to that part of their economy? she points everything back to the free market and she believes that the more that the free market can take part in the government of renewable fuels, the better off the entire world will be and she believe that s what has head start in that department and as a result it s actually become moor competitive than some of the things like coal and natural gas. so she wasn t necessarily behind the move, it was his decision and congress wasn t involved, but she s not worried that s with a will be hurt at all. ork. ryan nobles, thank you. back in washington, chairman of the house intelligence committee
democrat they fair they will be running against in 2016. what would have thought this was going to work? i just have to tell you, this is really hillary care. the fact of the matter is this was tried. there you go. trying to brand something you won t hear in 2016. called hillary care. perhaps. overall republican governors desperate to rebrand the party are not just distancing themselves from washington. they are also arguing that conservatism can be pragmatic and compassionate. they are striking a less confrontational tone towards the president.