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 importa
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 stepp
overview of what happened today. blayne? reporter: well, doreen, you know in the end all of this real really unravelled quickly so far senator franken. he said he s not stepping down, not leaving his seat. now he said the past 24 hours made it clear he cannot stay on capitol hill. with almost no support left in the united states senate, senator al franken announcing he will be resigning his seat. 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 not 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