you said you remember these encounters. i wanted to ask, how specifically does your recollection of these events differ from the women who came forward? and to what extent are you denying their accounts? well, there are different you know, different allegations. the leanne tweeden. leanne and i were on the uso tour together and on the kiss at the rehearsal, where we were rehearsing for a sketch, i said that i recall that differently from leanne, but i feel that you have to respect you know, women s experience. and so i apologized to her and i meant it. and i was, you know, very grateful that she accepted it.
investigation. reporter: john, out here, outside of senator al franken s office on capitol hill. certainly all eyes on the senator as he returns to washington today. he has largely for the last ten days been out of the public eye, hunkered out as these allegations have risen around him. but we did see him, as the you referenced, speak out moat extensively in this round of affiliate interviews last night where he ay apologizes for the allegations. he notably does not deny the allegations, but he says he s embarrassed and ashamed, and offering specifics about specifically that uso tour, that photo emerging from his tour there. here s what he had to say yesterday. what matters is that i am ashamed of that photo. i she is you know, she didn t have any ability to consent. she had every right to feel
questions. sam. [inaudible]. . i wanted to ask, what about your recollection is different or what are you deny something. well, there are different, you know, different allegations. the leanne tweeden. leanne and i were on the uso tour together. on the kiss at the rehearsal, we were rehearsing for a sketch. i said that i recall that differently from leanne. but i feel that you have to respect women s experience. i apologize to her and i meant it. i was very grateful that she
response, i wanted to ask, how specifically does your recollection differ from the women who came forward? there are different allegations, the leeann tweeden we were on the uso tour together and on the kiss at the rehearsal, we were rehearsing for a sketch. i said i recalled that differently from leeann but i feel that you have to respect women s experience. i apologize to her and i meant it and i was very grateful that she accepted. as far as i take a lot of
he definitely seemed to be con trite. he was apologetic. he has apologized to leanne tweeden, who was the woman he was with in the uso picture with, acting as he would, i think, agree, very inappropriately. but is that enough? is an apology enough? does he need to resign? i think the ethics committee will look at the totality of the circumstances. see, here s the thing. i was saying this to your colleague, sheila jackson lee this morning. i understand that, i understand that s the process but if you re the average american out there and you know this has been a closed process, particularly on the senate side, you know that it s clear from the way the rules are are written that congress looks out for itself more arguably than it looks out for any potential victims, is it enough for you, with due respect, congressman, or anyone else to say the ethics committee is going to do its job? here s what i m saying. there could be more