it s beyond counsel to the president kelly on conway will respond to the warnings that getting tax reform passed from an uphill battle. democratic senator bob menendez gets a break from a hung jury. but the democrat is not out of the woods just yet if mitch mcconnell has his way. welcome to fox news @ night i m shannon bream in washington. the story that s walking stomach rocking democrats, senator al franken the democrat from minnesota is under fire tonight. he is accused of sexually harassing and groping a female media personality, she s decided to speak out. the story breaking amid heightened scrutiny of power brokers from capitol hill to hollywood and midgut coverage trace gallagher, here in washington chief national correspondent ed henry polling rapid-fire developers on capitol hill paired with start with you.
history of writing offensive material about women including a skit on saturday night live in the 90s that talked about rating 60 minutes lately stall or a playboy article what he wrote a column about a fictional institute where he received sexl favors from a female robot. he said there s a difference between satire and senator but if hollywood left then they are not laughing now. on the new allegations, actress alyssa milano tweets zero-tolerance. if we don t hold all accountable for horrible behavior, nothing changes. gabrielle union wrote sexually assaulting a sleeping woman is funny how? who thinks that is funny to which valerie bertinelli responded it s not. after mark ruffalo says this is not acceptable, not from anybody dem or republican, it s time for al franken to step down and go
remember, the complainant was a legal analyst and so apparently there was a draft complaint that was never filed in court. so it is possible that that was something not known to fox because it s not like it was a matter of public record, a lawsuit that you could read online. $32 million you would have thought it would raise somebody s eyebrow. again, most of those settlements are confidential. there are payments and part of the other pushback that was happening overnight from o reilly s side, denying essentially denying the amount or that they don t know what they are talking about in terms of what the times is saying. bj, nice to see you and thank you. bill carter, we appreciate it as well. thank you both. thank you. from fox news to hollywood. more fallout for disgraced movie producer and directorship harvey weinstein. the director s guild of america
message to trump, as well. the thing dras have in their favor is he is this blank slate. as much as you see president trump try to tie him to nancy pelosi and tie him to hollywood, call him a super liberal, he has no record. he s 30 years old. he s worked in congress. he s worked also as a documentary filmmaker. but he really when you hear him talk, he s trying to make this a local race about the economy and really appeal to those voters, independence voters and republican kind of chamber of commerce voters. handel has been around awhile. she ran unsuccessfully for governor as well as senator. she s seen i think by some as an establishment republican but she has a pretty conservative record. she was a choice of sarah palin for instance a big endorsement from sarah palin came in one of her races, mitt romney endorsed her. it s going to be competitive even as you hear the white house say that they don t think it will be competitive. he did well, the 30-year-old
takes home the oscars and who can become political at the podium. michael tamara senior vice president of marketing and entertainment correspondent for fox news as we can see is in his white tails and jacket on the red carpet in hollywood as they prepare, hi, michael. shawn, it s actually more of a burgundy. it s a cold damp rainy day as hollywood gets ready to hand out the biggest prize of the year, it s expected to be the most political show that we have seen in recent years as hollywood has gone all political throughout the whole award season. that said, here is a look at what you can expect tonight. as the countdown to the oscars continue the musical phenomena la la land is nominated in 14 categories and considered the favorite to win best picture.