about harvey weinstein and other powerful men accused of predatory behavior. who knew what and when did they know it? >> that's is now the crucial question we're asking as more people come forward. thank you so much, brian. >>> "outfront" now, irin carmon, one of the reporters who broke the story in "the washington post," and hln anchor on the story, erica hill, she was the co-anchor on cbs this morning for six months. i have known charlie for a decade. he was professional with me. i was disgusted to hear about the women's experiences we're learning about in all of this reporting. erica, you anchored with charlie. you sat next to him every day. what was your reaction when you heard this news, when you saw the story? >> you said disgusted. that's how i felt. i saw this cross yesterday and everything stopped. your reporting was amazing and so detailed. and my blood started to boil, i have to be honest. i felt terrible for these women who have been put through everything they were describing. and i was frustrated, i think, in many ways, too, by a culture that has allowed this to happen

weinstein were made public the president said he was, quote, not surprised. in response, the white house was asked about its position regarding mr. trump's many accusers and the white house press secretary, whose salary you taxpayers pay, stood by that line while standing at the podium from the people's house, saying all of these women are liars. >> is the official white house position that all of these women are lying? >> we've been clear on that from the beginning and the president's spoken on it. >> while president trump has yet to weigh in on whether he believes any of the seven women who claim that roy moore in his 30s pursued intimate relations with them when they were in high school, including one who says he had sexual contact with her when she was 14. another one who says he sexual assaulted her when she was 16, that didn't apply to presidential daughter ivanka trump. ivanka trump said, quote, there is a special place in hell for people who prey on children. i've yet to see a valid explanation and i have no reason to doubt the victims' accounts. no reason to doubt the vict

fallout and the circumstances this has created. amidst the harvey weinstein awakening this country, a man nearly 40 years ago could still become the next u.s. senator. republican candidate roy moore will not, refuses to exit alabama senate rate after these bombshell allegations detailed in the "washington post." they were made by a woman named lee corpsman. this dates back to 1979 when she was 14 years of age. she says moore touched her through her bra, and under wear, and guided her hand to his under wear. roy moore denies this. sending out multiple tweets in which he seemed to ignore the fact that she is a republican who told the post that she voted for donald trump. shears bit more of what roy moore has tweeted. quoting him, the obama clinton machines liberal media lap dogs just lawn shds the most nasty round of attacks ever against me i've ever faced. that was just one of several, as you can see. meantime the president of the united states is echoing the reaction of a lot of republican lawmakers urging roy moore to drop out of this u.s. senate race. here is u.s. white house sarah

such a -- there was the incident with harvey weinstein allegedly doing this in front of a female reporter in a restaurant in a hallway. but it's such an odd thing that he would talk about it openly in his act. one of the apologies, didn't he say something about, i was going through a difficult time? >> yeah, that was one of the women who he -- the woman who he spoke with when he was speaking with her on the phone, he said i was going through a dark time, i was going through a tough time. i apologize for it. it seems from those messages that he was saying it's behind me now. but, of course, we don't know if that's true. >> because louis decided not to comment for our story. >> cara buckley, appreciate it, and melena ryzik, thanks very much. thanks for watching 360. time now for don lemon and cnn tonight. i'm don lemon, and we begin with breaking news. the republican candidate for the u.s. senate in alabama fighting back against explosive allegations that he had a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old girl when he was in his 30s and engaged in questionable conduct with other teenager

that with harvey weinstein. we heard about the ndas through his company. but what i've learned today from speaking to an attorney who has handled a lot of these cases is that these particular ones, these capitol hill cases, the ndas are so broad they include you can't talk to your family and friends about it. you can't talk to your therapist about it. you certainly can't talk to your colleagues or report it to the police or to the house ethics committee. so the limiting nature of what that means if you go forward and report it through the process, which you noted is the way that they're supposed to do it, then you are so limited in -- you give up so many of your rights to approach the problem from a different perspective. it really dissuades a lot of people from reporting at all. we know from congresswoman speier's office that 80% of the victims that have come forward to them in the last few weeks with stories, 80% of them did not go through this process because of what they learned it was going to be. some of them say they started the process and walked out, saying this is not going

high. you ask why didn't they come out earlier against harvey weinstein, in a number of these cases, well, at some point there's strength in numbers. where it no longer becomes i'm going to hide this in my background and it becomes this is something i must do so it doesn't happen to others. as a former prosecutor i saw so many victims in this case of criminal sexual abuse, it was a horrible experience to have to come forward and testify in front of the eyes of the jury, but i also saw redemption through all of it. they didn't want what happened to them happen to someone else and that's why they're coming forward. >> appreciate you being forward. thank you. >> thank you. >> coming up a rare admission from someone recently accused of allegations, louis c.k. recently said the statement from five women are true. what he is saying in a statement next. by victories. by those with the resourcefulness, the ingenuity, and the grit to help ensure the next energy to power our dreams, will be american energy. t-mobile's unlimited now includes netflix on us. that's right. netflix on us. get 4 un

public opinion around them is so different than a harvey weinstein or someone in the media like a charlie rose because there are not millions upon millions of americans who are in the charlie rose party or the harvey weinstein party. >> right. >> what's the incentive for a woman to come out and make false accusations? people aren't thinking that way. in politics the instinct is -- >> everything is tribal. >> so i want to defend the person in my corner. >> thanks so much. happy holidays to all of you and your families. president trump released the secret jfk files so what could be so secret inside his tax returns that the irs is now putting them, yes, in a special safe. remember how the economic crash was supposed to be a wake up call for our government? people all across the country lost their savings, their pensions and their jobs. i'm tom steyer and it turned out that the system that had benefited people like me who are well off, was, in fact, stacked against everyone else. it's why i left my investment firm and resolved to use my savings for the public good. but here we are nin

lost his job, charlie rose lost his job, mark halprin lost his job, harvey weinstein lost his job, but in politics, conyers still in congress, moore is still running, and trump is still president. trump is still president. what do you think? >> you know, what i think is what i see. from this strange perch, brooke, that we have a president who couple weeks ago was weighing in on ray moore. he wanted ray moore, regardless -- because he is desperate for a win, legislative win, one legislative win, and he was throwing all caution to the wind and going for this. now, you know, with all of this coming up, we have a president who is the moral leader, who is faced with 12-plus allegations, 12-plus women who are concerned about sexual misconduct with then civilian donald trump. he cannot escape this. and as the chorus grows of names, it puts a spotlight back here on this president. he may not or sarah may not want to talk about the new allegations, but it's still there. and that's something he's going to have to address because the chorus is growing and grows. >> the spotlight seems like back o

, this whole harvey weinstein era in the last month that have come out, yeah. people need to take a long, hard look at the culture that has been happening since, you know, men and women have walked the earth. >> right. >> and i hope it's changing, and i hope it will change because it's going to take all of us. and not only what happens behind closed doors, a lot of this abuse and harassment happens in front of other people. and when other people let it happen and don't speak up to say something and say look, that's not okay, it's going to continue. >> well, was anybody there -- >> no. >> it was just you too two. >> yeah, backstage behind the cordoned off curtain area. >> what do you think about the senate is calling for an ethics committee investigation, franken himself called for it, but just a day ago, when it came out that more than $15 million had been paid off in settlements to women for sexual harassment and other charges by congress. there was a lot of question about should congress really be in charge of investigating itself? can we really? i mean, i don't know if you saw in

and how the news gets made. this hour ronan farrow will join me live talking about the weinstein effect throughout the industry. this week npr's head of news was forced out and kevin spacey was suspended from "house of cards." >>> plus an all star panel here to react to this week's news in robert mueller's russia investigations. why is rupert murdoch trying to use his media empire to discredit mueller. >>> first, new poll numbers. this is what a white house creditability crises looks like. a new "washington post"/abc poll released just a few hours ago asked, do you think president trump is honest and trustworthy or not. only 33% said yes, he's honest. 65% said they do not believe he's trustworthy. this would be devastating for any white house, particularly for an administration that has only been on the job for nine months. let's talk through this and all the day's news with kellyanne conway, counselor to president trump. she joins me now from the white house. thanks for being here. >> my pleasure. >> given president trump's historically low approval ratings, what specific steps

global phenomenon, something that started with harvey weinstein and led to numerous other allegations of misconduct by other men in positions of power. this week, democratic senator al franken was added to this growing graphic. journalists are continuing to investigate and corroborate me too accusations. women courageously continue to come forward and speak to journalists. is it hard to imagine a world where accusers no longer have to do this? >> only after a great deal of agonizing consideration and great number of sleepless nights that i am able to talk of these unpleasant matters to anyone but my close friends. >> he exposed himself to me and he asked me to kiss it. >> he tried to kiss me and then i pushed him away. tried to kiss me again. i push himd away again. >> he began squeezing my neck, attempting to force my head on to his crotch. >> people have been texting and calling and they're like, you know, stay strong because you're doing something that is going to make the world better for your daughter. maybe i am. if i am, okay. i'll take it. >> that was a remarkable interview this

. there had been rumors about harvey weinstein for a long time. were there about matt lauer. >> there were rumors. we didn't investigate rumors. we started investigating two months ago. and the real hero of this story, like the heroes of all the other stories that have run are the women that have come forward and shared their stories and taken a stand and said this is the kind of behavior that doesn't belong in the workplace and we're going to share what happened to us so other women don't have to go through it. >> elizabeth, i read your story. just the first couple of paragraphs of the story, stunning details. randi referenced a sex toy he gave somebody on the staff and describing what he wanted to do with it. he had a button under his desk? >> yes. so we have multiple sources who have told us he had some sort of button under his desk that enabled him to push it so the door would shut so he did not have to stand up so if we were with a woman in his office, he could have privacy. >> and lock the door automatically? >> yes, close the door. >> and the women went know that the door was l

with harvey weinstein allegedly doing this in front of a female reporter in a restaurant in a hallway. but it's such an odd thing that he would talk about it openly in his act. one of the apologies, didn't he say something about, i was going through a difficult time? >> yeah, b that was one of the women who he -- the woman who he spoke with when he was speaking with her on the phone, he said i was going through a dark time, i was going through a tough time. i apologize for it. it seems from those messages that he was saying it's behind me now. but, of course, we don't know if that's true. >> because louis decided not to comment for our story. >> cara buckley, appreciate it, and melena ryzik, thanks very much. "tipping point -- sexual harassment in america" starts now. >>> tonight, it's a watershed moment. what started in hollywood -- >> they said he was in his room. i was like, are you kidding me? >> as dozens of stars accuse mega producer harvey weinstein of lewd, even criminal acts. >> it was disgusting and kind of pathetic, really, to stand b there and look at this man. >> has unle

they come out earlier against harvey weinstein? at some point there's strength in numbers where it's no longer i have to hide this and it becomes this is something you must do so it doesn't happen to others. as a former prosecutor, i saw so many victims of criminal sexual abuse. it was just a horrible experience to have to come forward and testify front of the eyes of the jury. what i also saw was redemption through all of it. they didn't want what happened to them happen to someone else. and that's why they're coming forward. >> senator klobuchar, thank you for being with us. >>> comedian louis c.k. admits the allegations from the "new york times" is true. what he's saying in his statement tonight. tions up to 8. ...don't know if you can hear me, but [monica] what's he doing? [lance] can we get a shot of this cold front, right here. winter has arrived. whooo! hahaha [vo] progress is an unstoppable force. brace yourself for the season of audi sales event. audi will cover your first month's lease payment on select models during the season of audi sales event. ronoh really?g's going on

roy moore. >> giver us a way to do it. i have not heard anyone else sayi sayi saying harvey weinstein, just explain some of that denials and if it is convincing enough. that's where some of these guys are and we'll see what happens in the eight hours. >> 7.5 hours now. >> brian and shelby, thank you very much, again, the president is speaking, making some sort of statements at the top of the hour. ahead here on cnn. "harassment on the hill," two current lawmakers are harassers and millions of dollars have been paid out to accusers, we'll be right back. directv has been rated number one in customer satisfaction over cable for 17 years running. but some people still like cable. just like some people like wet grocery bags. getting a bad haircut. overcrowded trains. turnstiles that don't turn. and spilling coffee on themselves. but for everyone else, there's directv. for #1 rated customer satisfaction over cable, switch to directv. and for a limited time get a $100 reward card. call 1-800-directv i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my m

think we have found a pattern. here is president trump on harvey weinstein just last month. >> i'm not at all surprised to see it. >> how about anthony weiner or elliot spitzer? well, there is a tweet for both of them. quote, with the two wacko perverts spitzer is weiner, nyc politics has become a joke all around the world, unquote. that's his view on high-profile democrats. let's turn to conservatives, republicans and friends such as the late fox news ceo roger ailes. >> it's very sad because he's a very good person. i've always found him to be a very, very good person. >> a good person. that's how the president described fox host bill o'reilly. the pattern we've been able to discern, if you're an opponent, he believes the charges and if you're a friend, he stands by you. nowhere is this more apparent than with mr. trump's opinion of bill clinton. in the midst of the lewinsky scandal in 1998, clinton's then friend donald trump said this. >> paula jones is a loser. he's had such bad advice. it's been so badly handled. >> but then after bill clinton and his wife hillary became enemi

weinstein tape that you heard the girl when she was wired up for the nypd and just persistent and badge r badgering and relentless. so i was just like, okay, fine, just so he would shut up. and he just sort of came at me and did the line, and he came at me. before you know it he would get close and put his hand on the back of my head, and he mash he had his face, happened to fast, stuck his tongue in my mouth so fast. and all i can remember is that his lips were really wet and it was slimy. and in my mind i called him fish lips the rest of the trip because that's what it reminded me of. he stuck his tongue down my mouth. and i remember i pushed him off with my hands. and i just remember i almost punched him. because every time i see him now my hands clench into fists and i'm sure that's probably why. i said if you ever do that to me again i'm not going to be so nice about it the second time. and i just walked out away from him and i walked out. and i just wanted to find a bathroom and just want today rinse my mouth out. because i was just disgusted, you know. they give you cds as you leav

looking the other way. we have a similar language, whether it's harvey weinstein or charlie rose or roy moore. in each case very different, and it's troubling to put them together. we talk about people looking the other way. people not realizing it was right in front of them. this is all fundamentally about power dynamacs as aim ea said. >> in this case it's different because they were literally told this was going on and said charlie being charlie. brian, bill, amy, thank you so much. thank you for your reporting. >>> you are the leader of the free world. what do you to do spend the weekend? tweet about a football player who didn't stand for the national anthem, the father of a baseball player who you don't think paid you the proper respect. trying to define what it says about this president from someone who wrote the book on him literally and seriously. that's next. >>> the president was busy on twitter this weekend and into this morning. the leader of the free world turning his folks on an nfl play, writing mar thon lynch stands for the mexican anthem and sits down for our nation

and saw. i donidn't know about that. roger ales. harvey weinstein in the entertainment industry. i've had people tell me b about experiences and people they knew hand that's why we moved to have a hearing on this to really identify what the problem is on capitol hill. and i'm happy to say when they reported yesterday that you know, they aren't getting a lot of reports. maybe that's good, but what we don't know is how big the problem is that's why we wanted to bripg attention to it. i think it is a moment right now. we've seen that. with people who have come forward. so i think we need to focus on the victims. i do believe the woman in this case as i have with roger ales and you know, we're all dealing with this in a lot of different industries. so what i can deal is -- >> in the house. so i want to play what you said. it's significant you believe the women. you're disappointed that the president hasn't said anything, but at the house hearing, you told a story about something that happened to a female staffer in congress. it's disgusting. i want to play how you described it. >> s

weinstein story. in reality this conversation began in the 2016 election both with the roger ailes revelations at fox news, and with the "access hollywood" tape you played. so i think that was always going to happen. but i keep the president puts accelerant on that when he decides to weigh in on one issue while ignoring the other. there's frustration in the white house when we cover things we tweets. he couldn't not tweet and then that wouldn't be a focus of conversation with but he's the president and he has a bully pulpit and it's going to shift the focus back onto -- he's trying to divert it to franken, but there's no way on this top -- his aides are aware he has a problem on this, that it could raise other issues. identify had conversations with some of them about it. he just wanted to get involved, a . >> by shift to go franken, he pulls it back on himself. specifically about alabama, we're a month away from election day, which, you know, coincidentally the about the time frame that existed between the "access hollywood" tape and actual election day. right now you have roy moo

weinstein, and the kevin spaceys and the louis c.k.s and the consequences they are already facing. why is it not the same in politics? >> we really did see that. we heard from people time and time again that thought there would be some watershed moment that was imminent on the hill. a lot of this is about the power dynamic of capitol hill. you have very young staffers working directly for very powerful men. that was something that i heard repeatedly. that it's a very insular place. so if you move on or complain and then you become labeled a complainer, you're less likely to get another job working for someone else on capitol hill, or even in politics in washington. you know, one of the things that we heard, mj and i and many of us, that there is sort of like an informal list of people to stay away from. and this is not something we just heard from women, it's something we heard from men, too, on the hill. they know who the so-called creeps are and not only do the women stay away from them but also the men try to keep women protected from them. i mean, think about that for a second. the fa

harvey weinstein story. in reality this conversation began in the 2016 election both with the roger ailes revelations at fox news, and with the "access hollywood" tape you played. so i think that was always going to happen. but i keep the president puts axel lant on that happening when he decides to weigh in on one particular issue while ignoring another. and there tends to be this great frustration in the white house when we cover things we tweets. he couldn't not tweet and then that wouldn't be a focus of conversation with but he's the president and he has a bully pulpit and it's going to shift the focus back onto -- he's trying to divert it to franken, but there was no way on this topic -- it's interesting. his aides are very aware that he has a problem on this. that it could raise other issues. because i've had conversations with some of them about it. but he just wanted to get involved, and that then becomes something -- >> he wanted to shift to franken, but by shifting to franken, he pulls it back on himself. specifically about alabama, we're a month away from election day, wh

is guilty and bill clinton and that he's not surprised about harvey weinstein, but he is willing to extend the benefit of the doubt to two notable individuals, roy moore and then the man caught on tape saying this. >> you know, i'm automatic lg attracted to beautiful -- i just start kissing them. it's like a magnet. and when you're a star they let you do it. you can do anything. >> whatever you want. >> grab them by the -- do anything. >> let's bring in our panel. joined now by david gur again -- david, first to you. the president weighing in as he did over night. what does it accomplish for him other than making him look like a hip credit. >> his team really think we're stupid, that they don't notice, that they don't see the hypocrisy, that they don't really care. i think eats got it absolutely wrong. people care increasingly. women are coming forward cure agesel all across the country on these issues. americans are looking for leadership out of the white house, especially moral leadership. they're not getting it. the president is taking an enormous gamble and that is if he can jus

harvey weinstein, bill o'reilly, mark halperin, roger ailes, i could go on and on. again, i just want to raise, we seem to be in something of a sea change on these issues. >> i hope that's one thing that people take away from this, a little more courage to come forward or perhaps to form groups. i do think it's easier when you hit this point where it's hard to disagree with a number of victims or to alienate a number of victims versus just one or punish them. and so i hope that's a strategy that's sort of being borne of this that helps people to bring down folks who are really powerful and it's a warning to folks, like, let's not protect them. they need to be punished. >> there was a great a.p. story with former members of congress talking about being harassed, touched inappropriately, and so on. speaker ryan said that staffs on the gauge the -- i have a suspicion we're going to hear more on capitol hill. >> right. when it first started happening and everyone was saying, oh, it's hollywood. we have such a big problem in hollywood. i said, no, it's everywhere, actually. >> thank you so mu

weinstein awakening sweeping this country. a man accused of sexual abuse of a child nearly 40 years ago could still become the next u.s. senator. republican candidate roy moore staying put. refusing to leave alabama senate race after these bombshell allegations that "the washington post" broke. they were made by a woman named lee cor lee corfman, goes back to 1979, she was 14 years of age when she said roy moore sexually abused her. moore totally denies this. sent out a flurry of tweets in which you seem to ignore the fact that she voted for donald trump. so roy moore tweeted this. the obama clinton machines, media lapdogs lawn shld the vicious attacks against me i've ever faced. the forces of evil will lie, cheat, steal, if they believe it will shut up christian conservatives like you and me. meantime the president is doing the reaction urging roy moore to drop out of the race if these allegations are true. but his former chief strategies steve bannon is sticking by the senate candidate. >> but it's interesting, the bezos, amazon, "washington post" that dropped that dime on donald

this is another celebrity coming out in the weinstein fallout and kevin spacey scandal. >> add him to the list. because unlike you the others on this list of allegations of sexual harassment, this is masturbating in front of women, not actually physically touching them. >> no physical contact has been alleged at this point. but this is the reason why sexual assault are difficult to define. they die fine it as unwanted behavior without their consent. so technically speaking this may fall under that definition. however, i very rarely have seen prosecutors prosecute where there isn't actual physical contact. >> where there isn't? >> correct. where there is not physical contact. so i don't see a criminal prosecution. also, many of these are decades old. and prosecutions really the reason why we have statute of limitations for these types of charges. because over time witnesses memories fade, their credibility, they lack credibility when they get on the stand and recount events that occurred years and years ago. in the wake of the bill cosby scandal, many states came out doing away with

persisting and it reminded me of the harvey weinstein tape that reminded me of the girl who was persistent and badgering and relentless. you know? i was like okay, fine so he would shut up and he came at me and we did the line and he came at me and before you know t you get close and he just put his hand on the back of my head and mashed his face against me. it happened so fast. he mashed his lips against my face and stuck his tongue in my mouth so fast. all i can remember is that his lips were really wet and slimy and in my mind i called him fish lips the rest of the trip. that's what it reminded me of. he stick his tongue down my mouth and remember i pushed him off with my hands and i remember i almost punched him because every time i see him now my hands clinch into fists and i said if you ever do that to me again, i won't be so nice about it the second time. i walked out away from him and i wanted to find a bathroom and rinse my mouth out. i was disgusted. it was one of those -- i don't know. i was violated and felt like he betrayed my trust. obviously that is not what i wanted. i felt

harvey weinstein will lead to positive change. 74% feel the attention will lead to greater understanding what constitutes sexual harassment and a salt. and 22% say it will reduce what they face. so with that, cnn entertainment reporter who has broken this kevin spacey from the beginning wide open. the fact that this whole movie was shot, set to release in a month, and. >> six weeks from now. >> and reshooting all of those scenes with kevin spacey. >> i've never heard of a situation like this before. usually a case where a star passes away and still make sure they have included them. in this case they are cutting kevin spacey completely out. keep in mind he's a supporting actor in the movie don't have to reshoot all the scenes. but big names. we have michelle williams. mark wahlberg. this could be one of the biggest manufacture ease we have in ha ward season as getting into that right now. but again they have a lot to do. and sony doing this, getting kevin spacey out of the picture with just six weeks to go, reshooting, going to cost a lot of money, all the trailer, everythi

. details are next. uma therm an blasted harvey weinstein about the sexual assault allegations against him and a warning of more to come. alright, off you go. casual fridays at buckingham palace? surprising. what's not surprising? how much money nathan saved by switching to geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. man's inner voice: why talking property taxes.ere? ♪ woah. go over there! then, make a mountain out of that reddi-wip. i'm out. made with real cream. reddi-wip. instant greatification. >> new signs president trump's security adviser michael flynn could be cooperating with investigators. a source said flynn's attorneys have shopped sharing information with the president's attorneys, a sign that there is now a conflict of interest. you will recall in march flynn tried to seek immunity. his lawyers said his client had a story to tell. i want to bring in gary meeks of new york. you worked as a prosecutor and assistant district attorney. you worked as a judge as well. do you see that as a possible sign that flynn may be seeking a deal or cooperating? >> abs

denounce harvey weinstein. how quickly is donald trump going to denounce roy moore? and i think that, donald trump was elected president, if he had had a board of directors, he would have been fired and he would have had to leave. you know, there's nobody really to fire roy moore, but other members of the senate or the alabama republican party. and if they do not take the steps that we have seen in the private sector, if they do not take steps to protect women and say this is unacceptable, then i think that this will haunt the party for a long time to come. >> let's look at the character of judge roy moore. this is somebody who has been removed from the alabam supreme court twice. he does what he thinks is right regardless of what the u.s. supreme court says is right, regardless of what modern society says is right. i find it very hard to believe, david challion that he's going to step aside. >> i'm with you, jake, he just seems to be totally impurves you to societal norms or that kind of pressure, public pressure, even from his own party. i mean, remember, this woman who -- she's no

recall with harvey weinstein said i caused pain, but i'm seeking help. he said this is true and i'm sorry. i'm going to step back and listen. this is a statement he just released 24 hours after the "new york times" story came out. he have seen his movie premier canceled and netflix and hbo back away from him. louis ck deciding he is going to issue a long statement where he said he is very contrite. at the same time he talks about how the women admired him. some viewers might say he is coming across as egotistical, but he acknowledges the accountings of the women who said he masturbated in front of them a number of years ago. he said simply put, these stories are true. >> thanks very much. giving us the latest on that. up next, we will go to a different subject and the senate's latest tax plan and it includes more tax brackets than the house version, but which would do more to help middle class americans? (upbeat music) - [announcer] presenting the shark ion flex 2x. the free-standing, cord free vacuum that can live anywhere because it has two rechargeable batteries. that means you can alw

" story, the duke lacrosse case. recently nbc passing on the weinstein stuff even though it was well reported. >> the media has aggressively covered these stories. >> i'm explaining to you why people will look at that and go they've messed this up before. the press should check details that are checkable of these stories. they have. the "washington post" piece was very well reported. roy moore's wife, it should be said, has led the charge in posting on facebook about some of these details and claiming for instance that the restaurant in question was not open at the time the victim alleged. it in fact was if you go back and check these things. she also put out a letter saying a bunch of pastors were behind him and they later said we weren't really behind that. we should check their checking of the details as well. >> no question. that's something we're certainly pursuing aggressively on that story, as are many other media outlets. before we go. rebecca, it's been awhile since there has been a poll there. i think it was a fox news poll that put doug jones ahead 50-42. freshness of poll

advocated for in terms of policy and behavior from other people. even about harvey weinstein. it's so clear that that flies in the face and is hypocritical to his actions. >> in the court of public opinion that, is going to be everything. what make makes him more similar is that he argues prior to his tenure as a senator is going to rule the day. i wasn't yet a senator. this did not take place. roy moore is making a similar and much more stretched argument about the same poppic about what he is doing prior to running for the senate. this similarity has to be addressed. to address what we had before. >> hook how careful they are being when responding to al franken. they are not sure how it will unfold. they are graced for more disclosures with more members of congress. al franken and john conyers and others are providing a template for what you can do. how do you survive? we can't talk about that. it's a top out and the ethics committee provides that cover for all of them. why aren't they being named? >> the members of congress? >> right. >> the and why can't they serve as a cover for

outrage for democrats like franken, harvey weinstein and anthony weiner. >> i've known harvey weinstein for a long time. i'm not at all surprised to see it. i know anthony weiner for a long time. i knew before they caught him with the bing, bing, bing, right? he was a bad guy then. it turned out that he was a really bad guy. >> there's no argument with that. and these men did ugly and horrific things. but where is the president's outrage on moore? so far he said next to nothing and the white house is feeling the heat. >> to suggest that this white house, and specifically that this president, hasn't weighed is just inaccurate and wrong. he weighed in. he said if the allegations are true, he should step aside. >> to be clear, she's right. trump has only weighed in to say if the allegations are true, roy moore will do the right thing and step aside. that was a week ago tonight. when he promised he'd have more comment when he returned to the country. he has punted every single day since. and his endorsement of roy moore still stands. ryan nobles is "outfront" tonight at the white house. and

, i think what you have seen over the last weeks or since the harvey weinstein stories are a lot of powerful men who have taken a very big, hard and dramatic fall. and i think what it means is that there is a reckoning going on in this country. and that bad behavior will not be tolerated and that women who have been quiet for a very long time have finally decided that they will be protected if they actually tell their stories. and if they tell their stories accurately. and that they are -- you know, there are numbers of them so they feel a little more secure in that are sense. and they also feel i think that there is more of a willingness to believe them than there ever was in the past. so if they speak truth to power now, they really have a sense that they will be listened to in the way that they would want without fearing for their livelihood which was always a problem in the past. so i think it's not just in media and not just in entertainment. i think it's in corporate america and i hope it will you know, i hope it will spread but it doesn't come without a lot of pain on all sid

actions dating back decades come under scrutiny. whether harvey weinstein or bill o'reilly. >> sure, absolutely. >> louis c.k. and when the women are interviewed, they often say that they were inspired by other women coming forward. also, just having now covered a few of those stories, i know that it takes awhile in many cases for women who have horrible incidents like this allegedly in their past to get the courage to come forward. >> well, that makes sense and i understand that, but i would counter what you're saying with the simple fact. roy moore has run multiple times in the state of alabama. governor, state supreme court chief, u.s. senate. just finished a very aggressive u.s. senate race. millions of dollars of opposition research against judge moore. where was it ever found? why is it showing up now? >> all i know is that some "washington post" reporters were down there doing a profile and they say that they heard these rumors and they chased them down and they spent days and days if not weeks trying to convince the woman to come forward and they did. the story in the "washi

weinstein was a film icon, charlie rose and mark halperin were journalistic icons. bill cosby was a comedy icon. i can go on and on. why is congress acting like they are somehow special if their members get caught doing unacceptable things for women? i mean, who cares if they're iconic if they were actually sexually harassing and assaulting women? >> well, first of all, jake, you're absolutely right. they're totally unrelated and it doesn't matter if you're an icon in business or film or media, and if you conduct yourself in that manner then you are no longer privy to those roles that you held. so you can on the one hand say someone is a good journalist, but the fact that they have conducted themselves in a fashion that was sexually harassing, you know, taints it. there is no question about it. >> i want to turn to senator al franken. he told minnesota public radio that he couldn't be sure more accusers would not come forward. what do you think of that? >> you know, i guess i'm a little tired of the dance. because that would suggest to me that he, in fact, knows that he has done tho

harvey weinstein and mark halperin opened the doors to that. there will be more with more members as we already know and staff. this is when you have members of your own party backing away from you and not ruling out expulsion, that's a tough place to be. >> amanda? >> i am curious about the whole prospect of senate ethics investigation. in my mind, what is there to investigate? you have the woman's story, who everyone appears to believe, for a good reason. you have a photo of a sitting senator groping her and an apology, which is admission of guilt from a senator. what is left to investigate unless we believe there is more to the story, more, perhaps they want to extend it to others. i want clarification on that question. in my mind, i have seen enough. >> that's an interesting point. and fair. he says in his statement, the first thing i want to do is apologize, i'm sorry. there's no excuse. i look at that picture, i'm disgusted. he is saying he's sorry and acknowledging it happened. chris, his accuser said she doesn't want him to step down. let me play what she said. >> i have been

accused clinton, and weinstein. other women, not so special. not the women accusing roy moore, bill o'reilly riley and roger ails and of course not the women accusing donald trump. none of them of course special enough to believe. one thing that is special, according to ivanka trump, she says there's a special place in hell for people that prey on children. that place must not be near alabama for her father because he left open an idea to go and campaign there for a pan accused of molesting a 14-year-old girl. now we know. cnn's jeff zeleny joining us now. he's traveling with the president. >> reporter: john, good evening. we should point out this is a relatively easy decision for the president to make. hee not going against the base of his party or roy moore defiance there, he's simply accepting his denials. the reporting we've got, and we heard the president say in the last 48 hours. i am told by someone close to this white house, the noise and confusion for all of these alleges of sexual misconduct. from hollywood, to the media, to politics has helped the president along in comin

about the allegations around harvey weinstein who checked himself into rehab. now we have comedian luis e -- louis c.k., multiple lewd conduct, i cannot stand to louis c.k., does he deserve the presumption of innocence? every american does. we reached out to him for comment, he accuses -- judge morris, they are all welcome here. this brings us back to roy moore, judge moore, any accusation of sexual misconduct is beyond a deeply disturbing. i say a that as a father and a brother, but every person in this country deserves the right, there presumption of innocence o ountil proven guilty. we should have learned a lot from duke, ferguson, and what happened down in florida grade and we should have learned a lot with the cambridge police prayed a lot over a lot of people. but some members of congress, m they seem to have forgotten. to this basic right including john mccain, tweeting "the allegations against roy moore are disturbing and disqualifying." you should immediately step aside and allow the people of alabama to elect a candidate that can be proud of." what happened, senator, to t

. they don't believe every allegations edible. harvey weinstein still insists none of his encounters were not consensual. glenn thrush doesn't remember them the same way. that's what al franken is dead. he doesn't recall them the same way as his accusers. these apologies are sounding the same and they are not enough to stop men from facing consequenc consequence. >> shannon: glenn thrush that i apologize to any woman who felt uncomfortable in my presence and for any situation where i behaved and appropriately. any behavior that makes a woman feel disrespected or uncomfortable is not acceptable." "the new york times" that he's going to be seeking treatment. he has had trouble with drinking, which he is admitted. going to be seeking outpatient help. he has been sober since june. these young women were in their 20s. they talked about the fact that they felt powerless against these men who they thought had a lot of control over their careers, over their lives. and they felt they are nowhere to turn. >> this is the exact kind of allegation that's causing democrats to revisit what was wron

though it reminds me of what we were hearing about harvey weinstein that oh, i'm shocked. i can't believe that harvey weinstein. and then you heard -- i had heard about harvey weinstein in 1997. i was on the today show a bunch of times. i always liked matt lauer. he was you a liberal guy. he was nothing but nice to me. i had very minimal reaction with him. from the katie couric comment to that odd promo. there were a couple other things that have popped up on tape, it's a little strange for a network that prides itself on being so pro-women and we are all for girl power and it's a little odd and jeff zucker, he doesn't come out on camera today. one of his old friends. old buddies. nothing. >> you have to cringe looking at these now skits and what katie couric said and all that what happened was the environment has changed. whereas it might have been easy for nbc and other networks, laura, other networks have this these problems. >> we have. >> not turn a blind eye to some of the women complaining in the era of harvey weinstein and all the politicians now al franken and roy moore.

controversy, but the harvey weinstein and a lot of stories coming out about sexual harassment and impropriety. i think he's in a different position than some of those stories in that so far we're not hearing any serial allegations. it's an allegation about his activity on one particular trip sponsored by the uso and some inappropriate conduct against a skit and posing for a photo and so forth. so he's asked for this to be referred to the senate ethics committee. that will presumably happen. i don't think people should look at the senate ethics committee as a way to ventilate or dig in to what happened here. that sort of a black hole. it's a place where complaints about senators go to die or certainly not a way to publicize them in any kind of open fact-finding process. >> shepard: if it's not -- what good is it if it's not for getting to the bottom of things? >> there sometimes are investigations, but the preference is to do everything behind closed doors. if people are thinking this would address them in a timely or public why, i wouldn't be looking at them to do that. >> shepard

. new questions raised over nbc's call to scrap ronan farrow's findings on harvey weinstein. did the network know the peace might eventually lead back to lauer? the disgraced morning news anchor released to apology today. he says "there are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain i've caused others. some of what is being said about me or mischaracterized but there is enough truth industries to make me feel embarrassed and ashamed. i am committed to beginning the effort." almost the exact same words al franken used. do you remember from last week? >> jesse: he doesn't necessarily agree with the women's perception of what happened. sorry if i may have given you the impression. >> dana: says there's enough truth in them that the actions envious he took to fire him was warranted. >> jesse: was a finely written statement by an attorney or p.r. executive. see five or all of the above. >> dana: is he going to need an attorney, kimberly? >> kimberly: there was some speculation he was in the hamptons i'm meeting with a friend who is a criminal defense attorney. it depends on the

against al franken and we believe the allegations against roy moore and harvey weinstein and louis ck, why not believe allegations or at least the accusers raising concerns about president trump. no doubt that some people are turning the spotlight back to him as part of the broader cultural moment. arthel: voters are watching the closely which should be another source of bipartisan concern? >> oh sure. there are a lot of political operatives watching what is unfolding in washington who say and this is just broadly speaking these developments are another instance that will turn off voters from twisting government in washington but the immediate electoral conference is potentially for taking place in alabama and will have to see what happens with roy moore. he has faced numerous on the record allegations which he denies but an early test of the political conferences for such allegations unfolds excellent. arthel: any sexual misconduct, sexual harassment, sexual assault certainly it should be considered with sincere concern but are they in dc about trying to make sure that there are rape char

. harvey weinstein hired private investigators to look into my private life. private investigators just to smear us. me for having written a best-selling book and doing some legal work for paula jones. jesse: how do you know private investigators were look into you? >> one of my ex-toy friends shut it down. harvey weinstein, talk * magazine got shut down because of the private investigator. jesse: the floodgates are open. every day another shoe drops on someone. where do you see in a year, five years, where do you see this current atmosphere? >> i think it's great the clintons have lost their power. there has been a regime of liberal men feeling they can get away with anything. you couldn't, jesse. after what happened with clinton and democrats in the senate applauding him. he says he saved the constitution by him he jack ejaculating in the over office? >> it was the clintons only. jesse: ann, thank you very much. exclusive steve bannon video up next. no one else has this. a man with an emotional support squirrel causing controversy. the man and the squirrel will be here. i don't think

out it does cut across we have seen that in person and entertainment with harvey weinstein, politics, a lot of accusations made in the reporting field is a moment in their culture with the big shift with women to come out to feel emboldened to tell their stories titled think it will go away because certainly it has spent a major point of focus in recent weeks so it is clear congress will be putting the spotlight on this with the ethics investigation is ongoing as well as. rick: fish without franken. is it your sense that he will survive this test?. >> i think it is too soon tear tell. clearly he says he is ready to get back to work to prove he can regain trust. he is openly excepting blame to say he is ashamed making a point to move faster this but it depends on his allies that have already called on him to resign will step up or democrats will stand by. i don't think he is out of the woods yet as the accusations came out as they left town and we will blow something in the coming days but he is not out of the woods yet. rick: we appreciate your time. monday is the deadline

all know now about the allegations swirling around harvey weinstein that also checked into rehab. and lewis c.k. is convicted of committing multiple act of lewd conduct. i can't stand louis c.k. does he deserve the presumption of innocence? everybody america done. we invited him to come on. the accusers of judge moore are welcome here. this brings us to judge moore. any accusation of sexual misconduct is beyond deeply disturbing. i say that as a father, as a brother. every person in this country deserves the right, the presumption of innocence until proven guilty. we should have learned a lot from duke and a lot from ferguson and a lot from what happened in florida with trayvon martin. we should have learned a lo with the cambridge police. should have learned a lot from a lot of people. however some members of congress seem to have forgotten this basic right, even john mccain. he said the allegations are deeply disturbing and disqualifying. the allegations? he should step aside and allow the people of alabama to elect a candidate they can be proud of. what happened, senator, to the pr