senator gillenbrand and the rest of the senators in a coordinated way. they said enough is enough. you heard al franken saying he was sensitive to women speaking out and he didn t want to refute their allegation, but he vigorously rejected the allegations of this eighth accuser who was the one who was a step too far for his women colleagues. and he also said he had not done any of these misconduct accusations. they did not take place while he was in the senate. he also said he was not really acknowledging misbehavior of which he was accused. reporter: he did say all of those things, andrea. he said he felt that his initial statements that he says were aimed at showing respect for the women who had come forward may have created a mistaken impression, that this is how he had acted. so that is a little bit of a different tact than he took earlier on, and you re right, when that seventh accuser came
enough. the senate has heard enough. the public has heard enough. the evidence is compelling. and it seems to me the appropriate response would be resignation. if these allegations are true, roy moore should step aside for all the obvious reasons. ruth marcus, i mean, there is an awakening in the senate, and i do believe that it is because there are more women elected now. it s certainly not an equal number, but you have a greater consciousness among men as well of the electeds because they have more women colleagues. that s absolutely true, andrea. you and i have talked about this. we go back to the clarence thomas and anita hill senate hearings. a lot more women in the senate, there are actually women in the judiciary committee. that makes a big difference.
congress to raise the federal debt ceiling. yeah. this is interesting, too. guess what? you know, the trump administration has been calling for restraint, right? in spending. now we re talking about raising that debt ceiling. so it s going to be interesting to see. mick mulvaney. he s a deficit hawk. how is he going to react to this? all of this will play out next week. a big business week. you bet ya. shepard: ahead, the defense secretary and the head of the u.s. marine corps speak out about the scandal involving marines accused of sharing nude photos of their women colleagues. we ll speak with a former marine who is a woman about why she says she s not surprised at all. constipated? trust #1 doctor recommended dulcolax. use dulcolax tablets for gentle dependable relief. suppositories for relief in minutes. and dulcoease for comfortable relief of hard stools. dulcolax. designed for dependable relief.
leader? both. just north korea is one danger after another. part of it is because they have a very low threshold of risk because of problems at the top of the regime. they view the world differently than we do. also, we have got misguided policies. so you have china helping them and us not really sort of coming to grips with that issue. so you know, we ve had bad policies and republican and democratic administrations. that s why we re at a point where there s no no-cost solutions. everything going forward look horrible. shepard: interesting and scary. gordon chang, thanks very much. thank you. shepard: the u.s. marine corps confirms that they re investigating whether current and former service members send around photos of their women colleagues naked and send it out on a private facebook group that promotes sexual violence. the marine corps times newspaper reports hundreds of service members could be involved and
congress. that s a big deal, of course. but the house foreign affairs committee will hold a hearing today on bowe bergdahl. and most importantly, for a bunch of people in washington, a bunch of my women colleagues, it s the congressional women s softball game. it s the media versus the politicians. we ll see who wins. gabby giffords is throwing out the first pitch, by the way, for that game tonight. you re watching the daily rundown only on msnbc. i made this belt with traditional, bold, and peanut butter chocolate chex mix. you guys are cute! i ve got trail mix, peanut lovers, chipotle cheddar, dark chocolate, hot n spicy. turtle, cookies n cream, italian herb & parmesan, sour cream n onion, and brownie supreme chex mix. and it rotates. 20 flavors, lots of pieces. chex mix pick your mix. now try popped in white cheddar and sweet and salty.