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how is this different? i think in one case specifically senator franken has admitted wrongdoing and the president hasn t. i think that s a very clear distinction. reporter: today, no sign of franken in the wake of radio host leeann tweeden s bombshell claims about their work together on a uso tour in 2006. in addition to that photo, she says he kissed her forcefully and against her will. i was just disgusted, you know. and i just felt like he betrayed my trust. reporter: today on the view , she revealed she s now received a letter of apology. it says dear leeann i want to apologize to you personally. i am so sorry. sincerely al franken. the president tweeting about senator franken but this is not a topic the white house wants to talk about right now. reporter: this is a point of frustration. aides would much rather talk about tax reform. on a week like this one. instead sarah sanders in that ....
You do it. you can do anything. whatever you want. grab them by the [ bleep ]. do anything. senator al franken apologized to leeann tweeden after she accused him of aggressively kissing her during a rehearsal of a comedy sketch in 2006 and posing for this picture while she was asleep on a military aircraft traveling back from a uso tour of the middle east in 2006 two years before al franken ran for senate. today, leeann tweeden appeared on the view where she read a handwritten letter she had just received from al franken. it says, dear leeann, i want to apologize to you personally. i don t know what was in my head when i took that picture, that doesn t matter. i understand why you could feel violated by that photo. i remember that rehearsal differently but what s important is the impact it had on you and you felt violated by my actions and for that i apologize. i have tremendous respect for ....
Nbc s kristen welker has the story. reporter: the white house on defense after president trump dubbed senator al franken al frankenstein on twitter. franken apologized for inappropriate sexual misconduct toward a former model and radio host during a 2006 uso tour. so why has mr. trump stayed silent all week on republican embattled senate candidate roy moore? he did it while he was on a foreign trip in asia. i did it repeatedly yesterday. reporter: the president briefly told reporters while in asia he was aware of the story and indicated he would speak further. that hasn t happened yet. though, sanders called the allegations deeply troubling. still, the disparity is renewing focus on the president s own controversial past after this access hollywood tape surfaced during the campaign, more than a dozen women came forward, accusing then-candidate trump of sexual misconduct, including jessica leeds. it s just indicative of this culture that allowed this ....
Right to object. you re missing the point the access hollywood tape, the president admits, acknowledges that he grabbed a woman. he says he does it all the time. let s play it. we re going back in time. the election is over. the uso tour in 2006 is over too. we also have the tape of donald trump talking on the access hollywood tape. let s play it. i m automatically attracted to beautiful i start kissing them. it s like a magnet. i don t even wait. when you re a star, they let you do it. you can do anything. grab them by the pussy, do anything. what he said there, we had jessica leads on this show with anderson not too long ago, and she acknowledged exactly what donald trump said in that tape he did to her. you cannot say he s not admitting that he did it. he s denying its now because he s the president. he s talking about nancy ....
This conversation is going to be in a completely different place a year from now than where it is now. and one guy is on a uso tour helping the troops, doing something he shouldn t have done. and the other guy is trolling a mall for teenagers. we have to think through this and discernment is the ability god gave us to do. charlie, shannon, and clarence, thank you. coming up, lots of developments in the russian investigation, including a new report that jared kushner, remember him? son-in-law to the president. failed to disclose a back door overture to the campaign by trump involving a russian banker with alleged ties to the russian mob. and that russian banker ended upsetting next to donald trump, jr. at an nra event in kentucky last may. the question is, why did he end up there? why are there russians nearby the trumps? that s ahead. plus, with accusations of ....