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there is some irony in the fact that i am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault sits in the oval office, and a man who has repeatedly preyed on young girls campaigns for the senate with the full support of his party. reporter: franken taking a swipe at president trump and alabama senate candidate roy moore, but notably not apologizing for any of his alleged behavior. some of the allegations against me are simply not true. others i remember very differently. reporter: one of his accusers calling that appalling. he just keeps passing the buck and making it out to be something that we took his behavior the wrong way. reporter: the pressure started mounting after a seventh woman came forward publicly alleging sexually inapprope behavior. today s announcement coming after a 24-hour domino effect of colleagues pushing him to step aside. it s a very tough situation, but he did the right thing and i think we re at a very i ....
as he decides to step down from his senate seat. i, of all people, am aware there is some irony in the fact that i am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault, sits in the oval office. and a man who has repeatedly preyed on young girls campaigns for the senate with the full support of his party. that last reference going to alabama senate candidate roy moore who is facing allegations from at least nine women, including one who says that moore molested her when she was just 14 and he was in his 30s. the rnc announced this week it would again back moore in the special election. doreen, erika? leon, thank you. there are mixed feelings here in washington about senator franken s resignation. we sent our what people are thinking and how they are feeling. she continues live coverage tonight. amee? reporter: yeah, erika, a lot of people we talked to tonight were surprised by the news. most told us they were in favor of al franken ....
good morning. the health labor on education and pension will come to order. this is another bipartisan hearings, which means senator murray and i have agreed on the subject and the witnesses. in falkt i would say every member in the committee would probably agree on the subject and witnesses today because this is a hearing entitled implementation of the cures act. the path forward to hear from dr. frances collins, the national institutes of health and dr. gotlieb, the commissioner of food and drugs. senator murphy will have a hearing wednesday on another reorganization which they played a major role in. we look forward to that. senator murray and i will each have an opening statement and then introduce our panel of witnesses. after, senators will have five minutes of questions. in 2007 doug oliver, who is in the front row i believe, a computer programmer began to have trouble, had his driver s license taken away and declared legally bliepd. it was a rare form of macular ....
good morning. the health labor on education and pension will come to order. this is another bipartisan hearings, which means senator murray and i have agreed on the subject and the witnesses. in falkt i would say every member in the committee would probably agree on the subject and witnesses today because this is a hearing entitled implementation of the cures act. the path forward to hear from dr. frances collins, the national institutes of health and dr. gotlieb, the commissioner of food and drugs. senator murphy will have a hearing wednesday on another reorganization which they played a major role in. we look forward to that. senator murray and i will each have an opening statement and then introduce our panel of witnesses. after, senators will have five minutes of questions. in 2007 doug oliver, who is in the front row i believe, a computer programmer began to have trouble, had his driver s license taken away and declared legally bliepd. it was a rare form of macular ....
cambridge, leonardtown, 39 here in washington where it is still well above freezing. winter weather advisories out along 95, those are winter storm warnings in pink, down toward our south and east, where we will see the highest snow accumulations. so, through tonight, developing storm system off shore, will bring the first flakes of the season for tomorrow morning, through tomorrow afternoon. it will be a wet, slushy couple every inches along 95 here in d.c. which may, in fact, break a daily snowfall record for washington. four to 6 inches with localized heavier amounts not out of the question south and east, from dover, delaware, down through virginia. so that s the way it looks, as gee into tonight, and saturday. i will have more on this obviously your full seven day forecast still ahead, at about 6:15. but first, i want to go live out to matt ackland in bethesda maryland. and he s been out there looking at the way the city prepping for our first snow. matt, it is com ....