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resignation over harassing his female staffers. marina maracco is live on the hill tonight with the latest. reporter: these resignation announcements come with within hours of each one and the latest one, congressman for arizona, treng franks stepping they will determine if he engaged in anything that constitutes sexual harassment in a statement that he issued tonight franks acknowledged that he made staffers uncomfortable and that he discussed fertility issues and sewer casey with two female staffers. he goes onto say i have absolutely never physically intimidated could he herselfed or attempted to have any sexual conduct with any member of congressional staff. i do not want to take ways that i proach ed the individuals uncomfortable. earlier today senatorial franken took to the senate floor announcing that he will be re signing in the coming weeks. many women have accused him from before and after. the most recent coming yesterday when a woman says he tried to forc ....
it s been a long time since we ve had a president like this one, niles stand the white house columnist with the hill. is this a possibility he could face a primary challenge in a couple of year i think it s a strong possibility, jim. the question of whether a primary challenge would be successful is different. there are clearly a lot of republicans who aren t happy with the president. who believe that they represent a different strand of conservativism to him. so i think some kind of challenge is quite likely. senator jeff flake was arizona was indicating that this weekend i know jeff flake indicated. do we think he could be one of those republicans who are unhappy with the status quo who may challenge him especially considering, you know, he will no longer be in the senate absolutely, shawn. jeff flake has been very critical of the president. has been increasingly critical in recent months, wrote a book that was about a different kind of republican party to the o ....