An million for the last da vinci . I went for 10,000 about a decade ago. Not a bad return. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a thursday night. And amid this National Conversation about sexual harassment, tonight, the new headline involving a sitting senator. An explosive charge against democrat al franken, accused by a woman of forcibly kissing her during a uso tour, and taking this photo she slept on the plane back home from afghanistaanns response, and abcs mary bruce leads us off. Reporter tonight on capitol hill, no sign of al franken. The senator disappeared after that photo emerged, and the sleeping woman hes standing over spoke out. Coming up, Leeann Tweeden. Reporter Leeann Tweeden breaking her story on kabc radio this morning. The california radio host says she and franken were in kuwait on a uso tour in 2006. Backstage along, he asked to practice a kissing scene he wrote. I was like, al, this isnt snl, were not really going to kiss, so, we dont really ha
Harassment allegations rocking capitol hill. New charges against al franken that he groped and kissed a radio host without her consent. A picture fills worth a thousand words it was snapped on an air course c17 on the way home from afghanistan. Alleged groper, then comedian tal franken. Im asleep literally on the plane and there is a picture of al franken doing this, grabbing my boobs over my flight vest. Reporter she claims franken tried to rehearse it. He grabbed my face and stuck his tongue in my mouth. I just remember his lips were really wet and he pushed his tongue in my mouth. Reporter Numerous Congress people are asking for an ethics investigation. More members of congress may be outed. Speculation fueled by stories like this of a young female staffer sent to deliver documents to a congressmans home. At that point he decided to expose himself. She left and she quit her job. In the last 20 years there have been 260 settlements at a cost to the taxpayers of this country of 15 mil
House. And the mu team of the bible opens today in washington, d. C. The private 800 Million Museum features artifacts collected by the family that controls the hobby lobby retail chain. Its located near the national mall. Those are some of our top stories on this friday, november 17. From abc news, this is world news now. We begin this morning this half hour with a win for republicans. The house has passed its version of a massive tax reform measure. Gop lawmakers cheered once the vote count was announced. But now its on to the senate where its expected to get more difficult. Some republicans in that chamber have expressed reservations about the plan. President trump is putting on the pressure to win them over. Heres cecelia vega. Reporter President Trump brought his art of the deal to capitol hill making a pitch for a tax reform bill he so desperately needs. At the end of his closeddoor meeting with House Republicans he told them, i love you, now go vote. And they did, giving him tha
Bill. The majority of them were from hightax states like new york and california. The Senate Must Pass its version, but the margin is thin and republican senator ron johnson of wisconsin says hes currently a no vote. The gop only holds a twoseat advantage in the senate. They can only lose two people. If it does pass it will go to conference to sort out differences with the house version. But despite a big day thursday, markets still ended the week mixed. Walmart saw its sock sore 10 after it reported the strongest gain in years. General electric is buying shares of the stock as it continued to trade down. Reports that comcast and verizon are kicking the tires on acquiring a large portion of 21st century fox. The general consensus has been the tax bill will be freight for stocks but my next guest says we could see a shortterm selloff. Whats your take once in fact the tax plan moves forward . You buy on the rumor, sell on the news . I think you have to reposition yourself for upward tren
Schedule but play it out. This is aggressive time questioned all, it will be tough especially sexual harrassment allegations that keep piling up. As you mentioned there is a thanksgiving break. A number of senators hear from constituents. Democrats are mobilizing on this. A lot of commercials in the washington area, where those are targeted so far, have been kind of bad. If this thing Gains Momentum over the last week you will which see a lot more of that advertising. Democrats will make the case that these tax cuts favor the wealthy and they can point to a number of provisions in this senate bill, that a lot of democratic voters arent going to like and independent voters might not like. Rob obviously ron johnson made the comment how the bill favors corporations over Small Businesses and there are a lot of things they can point to draw out constituents. Im sure a number of senators who might be on the fence will hear from them. Neil she is right, chris, a lot of the attack lines the ri