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 frankens 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 stepping down. They told
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 hes 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 it out to be something that
injured in 2010. three deliberate thrill killings of three afghan civilians in 2010. january 21 of this year, an iraq war veteran shot and killed a mt. rainier national park ranger. today a man suspected of sending suspicious letters to members of congress will be in court. police arrested christopher lee carlson. a grand jury indicted him on threatening a member of congress and threatening to use a biological weapon. over the past month, several lawmakers and members of the media received letters that contained a nontoxic white powder. maryland senator barbara mcski was one of the recipients. these letters are not connected with those that arrived at d.c. schools and restaurants last week. 50 degrees now. i believe we have at least partly cloudy skies, right? that s right. yeah. and by the way, you didn t get up an hour early. the clock we have not set ahead yet. the body clock hasn t caught up. the body clock is at 3:31 in the morning. but our actual time now,
we think the folks are going to represent the values. we are going to get a lot of delegates in miss list and alabama. mitt romney won the wyoming caucuses saturday. rick santorum took a win in kansas. right now romney with 454. twice as many as santorum, gingrich and ron paul combined. a university of maryland college park student is in custody after allegedly posting threatening comments on the internet. 19-year-old alexander song reportedly posted he will quote be on a shooting rampage on campus. police arrested him yesterday and charged him. he was taken to a local hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. gunfire at an i hop in northwest dc ends with pun man shot in the cholesterol. now police are looking for whoever pulled the trigger. a fight between two groups of customers led to this shooting. the victim is expected to survive. now police are looking for two people who were at the store on 14th and irving. the first one is a man, african-american with dread lo
breakfast.what s wrong with thousands of cans of baby formula. and the two things you need to look out for on the label. and.. drinking while. mowing?where it could soon be illegal. even in your own backyard. and theecharges you could face. 3 3 -harbor mondayy march 12th 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 the remains of a bbby. found inside the trunk f a car. family embers discovered the body when they were cceaning out the car in calvert county. megan gilliland joinn us now with more on the investigation into what hhppeneddto this child. good morning patrice,it s not clear if this is a criminal case right ow or just a very tragic one.autopsy results will help police make that determination.the childs body was so badly decomposed though. that those results may take several weeks. parents of a 32-year-old woman were cleaning out her car, in prince frederick when they discovered the remains of a baby and called police. neighbors say the car had been parked next to the trailer. for weeks. innestigat