harvey weinstein leaves miramax and launches the weinstein company. but the old magic seems to be missing. there's a series of films no one wants to see. >> i left the coffee pot on again didn't i? >> the harvey movies are feast or famine. you know harvey is going for oscar credibility and he's trying these big things and sometimes they work and sometimes they don't. but it's not all bad. >> reporter: in 2007, weinstein marries georgina chapman, a former model and actress who was launching a new fashion line. weinstein is now in his mid 50s, rich and famous, with a beautiful young wife but, his accusers say, still not satisfied. >> he was really flattering. he seemed surprised by how well-read i was, which at the time made me feel great. >> reporter: los angeles tv anchor lauren sivan says she met weinstein in new york in 2007. the same year of he released denzel washington's movie "the great debaters." >> it's a feel good, it's not a feel good movie, it's a feel great, movie. >> reporter: sivan says weinstein was charming until she says he cornered h

harvey weinstein leaves miramax and launches the weinstein company. but the old magic seems to be missing. there's a series of films no one wants to see. >> i left the coffee pot on again didn't i? >> the harvey movies are feast or famine. you know harvey is going for oscar credibility and he's trying these big things and sometimes they work and sometimes they don't. but it's not all bad. >> reporter: in 2007, weinstein marries georgina chapman, a former model and actress who was launching a new fashion line. weinstein is now in his mid 50s, rich and famous, with a beautiful young wife but, his accusers say, still not satisfied. he seemed surprised by how well-read i was, which at the time made me feel great. >> reporter: los angeles tv anchor lauren sivan says she met weinstein in new york in 2007. the same year of he released denzel washington's movie "the great debaters." >> it's a feel good, it's not a feel good movie, it's a feel great, movie. >> reporter: sivan says weinstein was charming until she says he cornered her alone in the basement of a

did it have to do with the fact that he's taken all that money from weinstein and invited weinstein weinstein to the white house? back in 2013, the former first lady michelle obama praised harvey weinstein during a white house event. watch this. >> this is possible because of harvey. he's a a wonderful human being. good friend. just a powerhouse. >> sean: here's a question, are the clintons and obamas, are you going to give the money that weinstein donated, are you going to give it back? beyond despicable and shameful. these rumors have been out there for years. it's not surprising when it comes to the left. i have explained over and over on this show, liberals love to be so sanctimonious. holier-than-thou. they are really hypocrites. they claim moral authority over republicans and conservatives over issues like women's rights, gay rights, religious freedom. we conservatives on this program have spoken out about the treatment of women, gays and lesbians, kristen's aunt jews under sharia. hollywood is a perfect example. we've been hearing about this type of behavior, that weinstein is being ac

the film was distributed by the weinstein company, which harvey weinstein co-founded. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. we continue our look at the fallout from two shocking investigations which revealed a slew of rape and sexual assault allegations against disgraced and now fired movie producing -- producer h harvey weinstein,hoho had been one of ththe most powerful men in hollywood for decades. he is also been a major contributor to the democratic party. and you go we're joined by tomi-ann roberts, you just heard, prorofessor of psychology now at colorado college, who describes her experience in 1984 with harvey weinstein when she was in aspiring actress. in los angeles, we're joined by louise godbold, who wrote about her experience and a blog post that was entitled "my encounter with harvey weinstein and what it tells us about trauma." she is the executive director of echo parenting & education. can you tell us, louise godbold, about what your encounter was and what it t tells you about trauma? h

about weinstein. for those of you who may not know about the casting count, it's a practice where auditions were paired with a sexual quid pro quo. in other words, you may get the role in the job if you sleep with somebody. in hollywood, it's been an open secret for years. according to multiple accounts from actresses like rosanna arquette, heather graham, this hollywood scandal was no secret. i could be one of the most disturbing aspects of this story. even hollywood liberal jane fonda admits that she knew about weinstein's sexual deviance for at least a year but said nothing. she now says she should have been braver. watch this. >> i found out about him about a year ago. i wish i had spoken out. it doesn't happen to me. >> i understand that. >> i did not want to expose. i admit i should have been braver. >> sean: wow. moral courage? she always seems to be on the wrong side of things. gwyneth paltrow has also come forward with her own personal knowledge of harvey weinstein's casting couch abuse. a vi

about weinstein. for those of you who may not know about the casting count, it's a practice where auditions were paired with a sexual quid pro quo. in other words, you may get the role in the job if you sleep with somebody. in hollywood, it's been an open secret for years. according to multiple accounts from actresses like rosanna arquette, heather graham, this hollywood scandal was no secret. i could be one of the most disturbing aspects of this story. even hollywood liberal jane fonda admits that she knew about weinstein's sexual deviance for at least a year but said nothing. s she now says she should have been braver. watch this. >> i found out about him about a year ago. i wish i had spoken out. it doesn't happen to me. >> i understand that. >> i did not want to expose.sn i admit i should have been braver. >> sean: wow. moral courage? she always seems to be on the wrong side of things.. gwyneth paltrow has also come forward with her own personal knowledge of harvey weinstein's casting couch abuse.

they take money from weinstein. everybody i know in hollywood says this was an open secret.w how abusive and horrible this man was. "the casting couch" is not a new concept. it did not matter that bill clinton treated women horribly. they still voted for bill and hillary. why the double standard? >> there's a great daily blog, pointed out two things. one, if hillary had won, this was still not be a story. they would have smothered it. it was so directly brings back up bill and hillary. this is a story that could only emerge when you had somebody new in the whiteha house. two, in the old days, people like weinstein -- this would make an amazing movie or novel, it's not just him. there were people who had the power -- they could go to the various publications, the women's publications and say "i can get a star to be the cover of your next magazine.s you really want to pick a fight with me?" >> sean: they ownedov them. >> with the the democratization of media, there are too many small people out there to bribe. someone

who co-founded miramax and later formed the weinstein company weinstein had worked on films like pulp fiction and the english patient and good will hunting and during this time not many people outside of hollywood even knew or cared who weinstein was but then on october fifth the new york times ran a massive investigative piece on the years of sexual assault carried out by weinstein the piece quickly went viral and force winds seem to be removed from the company that he founded well one of the women who came forward with the allegations of inappropriate behavior was from weinstein about why she was ashley judd according to interviews judd said that nearly twenty years ago weinstein and invited her over to his hotel for what she believed would be an early morning meeting instead she was sent to his private room where he asked if she would watch him take a shower really judge said she wanted to leave the room quickly but in a manner that wouldn't put her on weinstein's bad side i suppose and prevent her from getting work in the future she had to play it cool the new york times reports t

made this movie. >> i must thank the book of weinstein. mazel tov. >> but by sunday his own career seemed to be over. the weinstein board including harvey's younger brother bob fired the company co-chair. >> it's possible that there were things that they know that we don't know that haven't come out yet that may be even worse. >> sharon waxman was a "new york times" reporter back in 2004 when she says she first tried to break a story about weinstein's alleged inappropriate behavior with women. >> went to london to meet with somebody who i was -- i could confirm had been paid off, but i didn't know how much. i didn't know for what. i didn't have the details. it was not something that i could publish in "the new york times" or elsewhere. but i knew she existed because i met her. but she was terrified to speak. i understand why. because she knew she was open to legal liability if she did that. >> the "times" responding to waxman saying no one currently at the times has knowledge of editorial decisions made on that story. but the only reason a

happened in harvey weinstein's hotel room. the settlement says that it is not to be construed as an admission that something untoward happened. >> reporter: that would be one of eight reported settlements weinstein would pay out over the years. but harvey weinstein's ambitions and appetite seem limitless. as his power grows, so too do his alleged aggressions. to include, according to "the new yorker," allegations of rape. >> there are assaults in there. and over and over again there's activity that is highly criminal. >> reporter: by 2005, harvey weinstein had left miramax and launched the weinstein company. but the old magic seems to be missing. there's a series of films it seems no one wants to see. >> i left the coffee pot on again, didn't i. >> reporter: it's not all bad. in 2007 weinstein marries georgine that chapman, a former model and actress who was launching a new fashion wine. and he's found success on tv with a fashion reality show "project runway." >> none of you should feel safe. >> reporter: the same year, back

the film was distributed by the weinstein company, which harvey weinstein co-founded. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. we continue our look at the fallout from two shocking investigations which revealed a slew of rape and sexual assault allegations against disgraced and now fired movie producing -- producer harvey weinstein, who had been one of the most powerful men in hollywood for decades. he is also been a major contributor to the democratic party. and you go we're joined by tomi-ann roberts, you just heard, professor of psychology now at colorado college, who describes her experience in 1984 with harvey weinstein when she was in aspiring actress. in los angeles, we're joined by louise godbold, who wrote about her experience and a blog post that was entitled "my encounter with harvey weinstein and what it tells us about trauma." she is the executive director of echo parenting & education. can you tell us, louise godbold, about what your encounter was and what it tells you about trauma? harveyd y

instead he let weinstein go. shortly after harvey weinstein's lawyer sent him a $10,000 donation. coincidence? right. what about tina brown? in the late 1990s, she left "the new yorker" magazine to partner with weinstein. brown conceded there were whispers about weinstein's behavior. she admits that he would get favorable treatment to favorable women he was cultivating. she saw him squash negative articles about himself by leaking information about other stars. but nobody really knew for sure. come on. i worked for "talk" magazine at the time. trust me. tina brown knew. she was weinstein's business partner for two years and a famously perceptive person. until now, she's never mentioned any of it. it's not like she hasn't had the chance. for the past seven years, tina brown has a run the women of the world summit to discuss the challenges women face worldwide. a single word from brown in any of these conferences might have saved a lot of women a lot of pain at the hands of harvey weinstein. but tina brown didn't say a word, nor did hillary clinton or meryl streep, both longtime fri

given weinstein's tremendous power and influence in hollywood, like some of them have said, weinstein could have crushed their careers and destroyed their entire lives. but people in hollywood knew this was all going on and many could have done a lot more to stop this. the weinstein scandal was an open secret in hollywood. for example, take a look at this video from 2013. it is comedian seth macfarlane making a so-called joke about weinstein. >> congratulations, you five ladies no longer have to pretend to be attracted to harvey weinstein. >> sean: it resurfaced this week, seth macfarlane explained that the reason he made the so-called joke back then was because he said a friend told him she had an uncomfortable encounter with weinstein. there's also this joke from a 2012 episode of the nbc show "30 rock," let's watch this. >> i am not afraid of anyone in show business. i turned down intercourse with harvey weinstein. >> sean: clearly what we know now, the joke wasn't funny. this was an open secret and left-wing hollywood. clearly people involved in the production of that nbc show, th

but the larger weinstein saga is just beginning. many powerful people knew what harvey weinstein was doing, and not only ignored his crimes but actively took his side against his many victims. it's a long list, but at the very top of that list is nbc news. nbc had the story months ago. their former anger, ronan farrow, conclusively exposed mos against weinstein by women who say he sexually harassed, groped, even raped them, but the number killed that investigation. nbc news president noah oppenheim said the company had good reason for doing that, but that the company have good reason? chris gallagher is taking very close look at this question and he joins us with an answer. trace? >> tucker, and be seen as has been on the record saying the reason he decided not to run the ronan farrow story on harvey weinstein is because he didn't have enough reporting to go on the air. well, now, a number of outlets including "the daily beast" and "huffington post" are refuting that, saying that farrow began reporting back in january, and by july,

why were charges never brought against weinstein? >> this special edition of "nightline," hollywood in scandal, the women speak. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ it feels good to be back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ "nightline." hollywood in scandal. the women speak. >> then he comes back out and he is totally naked. >> he just kept asking me to watch him masturbate. >> i said no a million times. >> my heart was racing and i was very scared. >> the wall of silence officially collapsing. today new allegations of assault. angelina jolie and ginlth paltrow. >> at a certain point you have enough witnesses that it becomes very difficult to deny. >> paltrow once considered the first lady of miramax, winning an oscar for shakespeare in love. >> i would like to thank harvey weinstein and everybody at miramax films. >> paltrow talked about what happened when she was 22, freshly cast in the lead in emma, asked to take a meeting with weinstein. it ended with mr. weinstein placing his hands on her and suggesting they head to the bed rule for ma sandals, she sai

naturally, weinstein is there. in his element. and so is actress rose mcgowan, who previously starred in weinstein's blockbuster "scream." >> what the hell are you doing? >> reporter: mcgowan claims she found herself alone with weinstein in a hotel room. >> according to "the new york times," harvey weinstein paid rose mcgowan $100,000 settlement because of something that happened in harvey weinstein's hotel the settlement says that it is not to be construed as an admission that something untoward happened. >> reporter: that would be one of eight reported settlements weinstein would pay out over the years. but harvey weinstein's ambitions and appetite seem limitless. as his power grows, so too do his alleged aggressions. to include, according to "the new yorker," allegations of rape. >> there are assaults in there. and over and over again there's activity that is highly criminal. >> reporter: by 2005, harvey weinstein had left miramax and launched the weinstein company. but the old magic seems to be missing. there's a series of fil

the film was distributed by the weinstein company, which harvey weinstein co-founded. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. we continue our look at the fallout from two shocking investigations which revealed a slew of rape and sexual assault allegations against disgraced and now fired movie producing -- producer harvey weinstein, who had been one o of the most powerful men in hollywood for decades. he is also been a major contributor to the democratic party. and you go we're joined by tomi-ann roberts, you u just heard, p professor of psychololy now at cololorado college, who describes her expxperience in 14 with harvey weinstein when she was in aspiring actress. in los angeles, we're joined by louise godbold, who wrote about her experience and a blog post that was entitled "my encounter with harvey weinstein and what it tells us about trauma." she is the executive director of echo parenting & education. can you tell us, louise godbold, about what your encounter was and what it tells you about trauma? h

given weinstein's tremendous power and influence in hollywood, like some of them have said, weinstein could have crushed their careers and destroyed their entire lives. but people in hollywood knew this was all going on and many could have done a lot more to stop this. the weinstein scandal was an open secret in hollywood. for example, take a look at this video from 2013. it is comedian seth macfarlane making a so-called joke about weinstein. >> congratulations, you five ladies no longer have to pretend to be attracted to harvey weinstein. [laughter] >> sean: it resurfaced this week, seth macfarlane explainedv that the reason he made the so-called joke back then was because he said a friend told him she had an uncomfortable encounter with weinstein. he added that the comment came from a "place of loathing and anger." there's also this joke from a 2012 episode of the nbc show "30 rock," let's watch this. >> i am not afraid of anyone in show business. i turned down intercourse with harvey weinstein. on no less than three occasions. >> sean: clearly what we know now, the joke wasn't funn

why were charges never brought against weinstein? >> this special edition of "nightline," hollywood in scandal, the women speak. we'll be right back. "nightline." hollywood in scandal. the women speak. >> then he comes back out and he is totally naked. >> he just kept asking me to watch him masturbate. >> i said no a million times. >> my heart was racing and i was very scared. >> the wall of silence officially collapsing. today new allegations of sexual assault. angelina jolie and ginlth paltrow. >> at a certain point you have enough witnesses that it becomes very difficult to deny. >> paltrow once considered the first lady of miramax, winning an oscar for shakespeare in love. >> i would like to thank harvey weinstein and everybody at miramax films. >> paltrow talked about what happened when she was 22, freshly cast in the lead in emma, asked to take a meeting with weinstein. it ended with mr. weinstein placing his hands on her and suggesting they head to the bed rule for ma sandals, she said. i was a kid. i was signed up. i was petr

who co-founded miramax and later formed the weinstein company weinstein had worked on films like pulp fiction and the english patient and good will hunting and during this time not many people outside of hollywood even knew or cared who weinstein was but then on october fifth the new york times ran a massive investigative piece on the years of sexual assault carried out by weinstein the piece quickly went viral and force winds seem to be removed from the company that he founded well one of the women who came forward with the allegations of inappropriate behavior was from weinstein about why she was ashley judd according to interviews judge said that nearly twenty years ago weinstein and invited her over to his hotel for what she believed would be an early morning meeting instead she was sent to his private room where he asked if she would watch him take a shower really judd said she wanted to leave the room quickly but in a manner. that wouldn't put her on weinstein's bad side i suppose and prevent her from getting work in the future she had to play it cool the new york times reports

the producer harvey weinstein sexual harassment. coming up with russia out of the white house but when i think the york times were like that with my. well. funded sexual cutting it's dark. hello i'm richard burton you're at the listening post here is what we're looking at this week exposure what the harvey weinstein story the one that u.s. media failed to report until now says about the relationship between the film industry. and the news business some people do stand up to hollywood they work at the cia and the pentagon iranians say goodbye to one of their oldest online institutions is shutting down and a car bomb kills a journalist in malta her son calls the country a mafia state in hollywood it was one of those open secrets something widely known that no one was prepared to say out loud harvey weinstein one of the most successful producers in the movie business a serial sexual abuser using his a men's power and influence to force women including staff in turns and mostly actresses to succumb to his will the fame of those involved

why were charges never brought against weinstein? >> this special edition of "nightline," hollywood in scandal, the women speak. we'll be right back. "nightline." hollywood in scandal. the women speak. >> then he comes back out and he is totally naked. >> he just kept asking me to watch him masturbate. >> i said no a million times. >> my heart was racing and i was very scared. >> the wall of silence officially collapsing. today new allegations of sexual assault. angelina jolie and ginlth paltrow. >> at a certain point you have enough witnesses that it becomes very difficult to >> paltrow once considered the first lady of miramax, winning an oscar for shakespeare in love. >> i would like to thank harvey weinstein and everybody at miramax films. >> paltrow talked about what happened when she was 22, freshly cast in the lead in emma, asked to take a meeting with weinstein. it ended with mr. weinstein placing his hands on her and suggesting they head to the bed rule for ma sandals, she said. i was a kid. i was signed up. i was petrified.

the hollywood producer harvey weinstein is now facing allegations of rape from three women... the british film industry has distanced itself from harvey weinstein, the hollywood producer accused of sexual misconduct... tonight at ten, police in new york and london are now investigating allegations against the hollywood producer harvey weinstein... the hollywood sex scandal deepens, and other actors comes forward claiming she was raped by film producer harvey weinstein... police in britain are now investigating claims of sexual assault by three women against the hollywood film executive harvey weinstein. tom hanks tells us hollywood has to change, as he becomes the latest star to speak out about the harvey weinstein allegations. last week we aired some viewers‘ objections about the extent and nature of that coverage, but as it has continued this week, so too have the complaints. one viewer felt that... annabel smith wrote to us, contrasting the level of coverage of harvey weinstein with that of saturday's bomb attack in mogadishu, which killed around 300 somali civilians. she

let's begin with harvey win stoo -- weinstein. weinstein, may reach a new low. this as the board of the company he founded insists they knew nothing about the many incidents now being alleged. the new york times reports that a-list actresses, gwyneth paltrow, angelina jolie, they both say he made unwanted advances on them in the late 1990s. they've joined a number of growing actresses who have spoken out making frighteningly similar accusations. also allegations that weinstein raped three women. >> part of the allegations of nonconsensual sex are denied by mr. weinstein who has further concerned that there were never any acts of retaliation for women refusing his advances. for respect to any women who have made allegations he believes all of these relationships were consensual. cnn is reaching out for clarification on each specific allegation. >> the new yorker also posted audio from a new york police department sting operation in 2015. in it a young model resists weinstein's efforts to get her into his hotel room and she refers to a previous incident where she

but the larger weinstein saga is just beginning. many powerful people knew what harvey weinstein was doing and not only ignored his crimes but actively tookrv his side against his many victims. it's a long list, but at the very top of that list is nbc news. nbc had the story months ago. their former anchor, ronan farrow, conclusively exposed more than a dozen allegations against weinstein by women who say he sexually harassed, groped, even raped them, but the network killed that investigation. nbc news president noah oppenheim said the company had good reason for doing that, but did the company have good reason? trace gallagher isny taking very close look at this question and he joins us with an answer. trace? >> tucker, nbc has been on the record saying the reason they decided not to run the ronan farrow story on harvey weinstein is because they didn't have enough reporting to go on the air. well, now a number of outlets including "the daily beast" and "huffington post" are refuting that, saying that farrow began reporting back in

three women told me that weinstein raped them, allegations that include weinstein forcibly performing or receiving oral sex and forcing vaginal sex. quote, four actresses, including mera sore conveniento and rose anna car equity told me they suspected after they complained about them, weinstein had them removed from projects or dissquaded people from hiring them. and, again, this may be at this point the most unfathomable or at least most jaw dropping mart of it. quote, 16 former and current executives and assistants at weinstein's companies told me that they witnessed or had knowledge of unwanted sexual advances and touching at events associated with weinstein's films and in the workplace. all 16 said that the behavior was widely known within both mere amaximum and the weinstein company. 16 people who worked there or witnessed it or say they knew about it, and they knew that everybody else knew about it too. now, i should tell you that harvey weinstein, hiss representatives put out a statement in response to the new yorker reporting. i'll read the statement. any allegations of none c

we are also learning more about how some weinstein company employees believe they may have enabled weinstein's alleged actions. ronan farrow who broke the story talked to 16 current and former employees for his explosive article detailing the allegations. take a look. >> they talked about feeling profound guilt in feeling they aided and abetted a pattern of company meetings that they thought were little more than a cover for advances on vulnerable women. >> joining me now danny cevallos and ann bremner. ann, in ronan's article, one female executive claimed some of weinstein's assistants served as a, quote, honey pot. at first they join the meeting during weinstein and a woman. then he dismissed the employee leaving the woman alone with him. doesn't the company bear any responsibility? maybe when that assistant left the room, maybe he didn't sexually assault those women, maybe he didn't commit rape. but is it not an issue the company should serve some liability for if he said i would like to see your breasts, i would like to massage you, can i masturbate in front of you. those things seem highl

one of the sexual misconduct against harvey weinstein. a lower richard burton you're at the listening post here's what we're looking at this week exposure what the harvey weinstein's story the one that u.s. media failed to report until now says about the relationship between the film industry and the news business some people do stand up to hollywood they work at the cia and the pentagon iranians say goodbye to one of their oldest online institutions clude is shutting down and a car bomb kills a journalist in malta her son calls the country a mafia state. in hollywood it was one of those open secrets something widely known that no one was prepared to say out loud harvey weinstein one of the most successful producers in the movie business a serial sexual abuser using his a men's power and influence to force women including staff in turns and mostly actresses to succumb to his will the fame of those involved made this story headline news raising the question of why something that took place over a period of decades was not reported until no

instead he let weinstein go. shortly after harvey weinstein's lawyer sent him a $10,000 donation. coincidence? writes. what about tina brown in the late 1990s, she left the new york magazine to partner with weinstein. there were whispers about weinstein's behavior. she admits that he would get favorable treatment to favorable women he is cultivating. she saw him because of negative articles about himself by leaking information about other stars. nobody really knew for sure. come on. i worked for talk magazine at the time. trust me, tina brown knew. she was weinstein's business partner for two years and a famously perceptive person. until now, she's never mentioned any of it. for the past seven years, tina brown has a round of the world women in the world summit to discuss the challenges women face worldwide. a single word from brown in any of these conferences might have saved a lot of women a lot of pain at the hands of harvey weinstein. tina brown didn't say a word, nor did hillary clinton or meryl streep, both longtime friends of harvey weinstein. we could go on and on. hollywo

happened in harvey weinstein's hotel room. the settlement says that it is not to be construed as an admission that something untoward happened. >> reporter: that would be one of eight reported settlements weinstein would pay out over the years. but harvey weinstein's ambitions and appetite seem limitless. as his power grows, so too do his alleged aggressions. to include, according to "the new yorker," allegations of rape. >> there are assaults in there. and over and over again there's activity that is highly criminal. >> reporter: by 2005, harvey weinstein had left miramax and launched the weinstein company. but the old magic seems to be missing. there's a series of films it seems no one wants to see. >> i left the coffee pot on again, didn't i. >> reporter: it's not all bad. in 2007 weinstein marries georgine that chapman, a former model and actress who was launching a new fashion wine. and he's found success on tv with a fashion reality show "project runway." >> none of you should feel safe. >> reporter: the same year, back

and hollywood producer harvey weinstein the actual. call it was called i shot twice but i want to show your time. with a. little. fun in that section because it's dark and white. hello i'm richard burton you're at the listening post here is what we're looking at this week exposure what the harvey weinstein story the one that u.s. media failed to report until now says about the relationship between the film industry and the news business some people do stand up to hollywood they work at the cia and the pentagon iranians say goodbye to one of their oldest online institutions is shutting down and a car bomb kills a journalist in malta her son calls the country a mafia state. in hollywood it was one of those open secrets something widely known that no one was prepared to say out loud harvey weinstein one of the most successful producers in the movie business a serial sexual abuser using his a men's power and influence to force women including staff in turns and mostly actresses to succumb to his will the fame of those involved made this st

weinstein is denying charges. thanks for being with us. >> good to be here. >> a couple of follow-up questions on this. i wanted to ask you because of your own family background and history -- >> sure. >> -- i feel you have some insight into the show business part of this. that's part of it i have to say i don't understand at all. you were just talking about the fact that maybe one of the reasons this dame out now, people were willing to basically willing to go public, saying he's not as powerful as he used to be. how important is that to understanding what's going to happen next in whoid? i mean, this is a whoid disgrace. that this was a huge open secret for decades. >> sure. >> and everyone tacitly allowed it and excused it. what do you think will happen in the industry? >> i don't think that this is a hollywood phenomenon. i don't think this is about harvey weinstein ultimately, i don't think this is about the film industry. the abuse of power is something we see over and over again in every culture. i'm talkin

what was it like about harvey weinstein? >> i don't know how much an open secret it was back in the day. i was talking earlier and i said after ashley judd did the "vanity fair" article, i think the talks started getting louder saying did she talk about harvey weinstein, i think she's talking about harvey weinstein. that's when you started hearing about this as general talk this much, this layer, it is is blowing me away and i've been covering hollywood a long time. >> when you see gwyneth paltrow, angelina jolie willing to publicly speak about it, the flood gates have opened. >> and i think it's very important. we should all be very glad they the did. like we saw over at fox news, once gretchen carlson said this happened to me, it let the door open for a lot of other women to say this happened to me, this happened to me. and i don't know how many women are going to come forward. we might see what we saw in the range of bill cosby, around 50 women or more. who knows what this man was doing. >> it doesn't matter whether it's

owns bravo and harvey weinstein was the producer of project runway which is owned by n.b.c. so you know you pat my back all pat yours you know we don't want to rock the boat these media conglomerates are so big and so there's so many divisions the news divisions get compromise because the entertainment divisions can't put the kybosh on a story that may threaten that part of the enterprise and that's very frightening. in journalism sometimes the best question to ask isn't why it's why now and theories on why the weinstein story is more newsworthy now than in years past ranged from the shifting fortunes of his company to signs that when it comes to certain men in positions of power in america the times are changing the reason why harvey was taken down now it is my firm belief is because he wasn't that powerful anymore he wasn't making money for other people so ten years ago he's raking in the oscars he's raking in the cash nobody is going to give him up there's no way that all these women could have come out and felt comfortable enough to say what they said eventually to the n

have you ever seen a brand implode as fast ats weinstein company and harvey weinstein? you remember it's less than two weeks ago the "new york times" broke their story. just over a week ago we got the story from the new yorker. dozens and dozens of women. you talked about lisa bloom and rose mcgowb ashley judd gwyneth paltrow and angelina jolie have come out. this is evolving. something else your viewers might be interested. in we have seen the movie academy and producer's guild. we hear talk that the tv academy because weinstein produced a lot of shows like project runway that they, too, are now serious yuresly looking into tossing him out. sea producer without a home. a producer without a company and a reputation that's in the toilet. >> tucker: nicely put. dominic, thank you for that update. appreciate it? >> thank you, tucker. >> tucker: harvey weinstein gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to politicians and to the clinton foundation over the years. in a statement today, the clinton foundation announced that it is not returning the money. it's refusing saying that

weinstein. >> please come in. i'm everything -- i'm a famous guy. >> i'm feeling very uncomfortable right now. >> he's come in now. >> why some of the most famous women in the world are coming forward. >>> in the age of ailes and cosby and weinstein -- >> believe me, she would not be my first choice, that i can tell you. >> why? some men pay a price and others don't. >> it's like unbelievable. >> when "all in" starts right now. >> good evening from new york. since a senior republican senator referred to the white house as an adult day care center, it has become increasingly clear that top officials in the white house view their job as taking care of the president of the united states. after "the new york times" released audio of senator bob co corker, republican chairman of senate foreign relations committee, telling the reporter the president's volatile behavior could land us in world war iii the president responded this morning where else but on twitter where aides can't restrain his message.

. -- fundraiser with weinstein. out forctors are coming the democrats, generally. they would work together with weinstein to plan these fundraisers. voight-types came out for grump. that was a's -- came out for t rump. that was a smaller group. told that hollywood actors are very mobilized, post-trump. you are seeing a lot of tweets. whenever something happens in people get -- are upset by something trump says or does, you see a lot of tweets from celebrities. they are trying to do what they can to be part of the resistance. what is it like to be a republican or conservative in hollywood these days? they feel like they are not really heard. lump actors and entertainers together, they are all democrats. but they have tried to have a and donald trump was a fan of entertainment, and knows actors. but the popular perception of hollywood is not, for them, accurate. out too muchcome about weinstein. it is more the democratic entertainers. it, but that is by virtue of the past two donations weinstein's -- past donations we

tell you the producer harvey weinstein the actual crash. was coming it was called right out of the mines but when there's a really hard time record. with the. well. funded that sexual crime against harming whites to. a lower richard burton you're at the listening post here's what we're looking at this week exposure what the harvey weinstein story the one the u.s. media failed to report until now says about the relationship between the film industry and the news business some people do stand up to hollywood they work at the cia and the pentagon iranians say goodbye to one of their oldest online institutions is shutting down and a car bomb kills a journalist in malta her son calls the country a mafia state. in hollywood it was one of those open secrets something widely known that no one was prepared to say out loud harvey weinstein one of the most successful producers in the movie business a serial sexual abuser using his a men's power and influence to force women including staff in turns and mostly actresses to succumb to his will the fame o

weinstein. and then the judge can make a decision as to who should prevail. i think it makes sense, of course mr. weinstein is going to have to wave and give up and agree not to assert the statute of limitations as a defense. agree not to say it's too late. you are barred by the time period set by law. he can set that aside. he has the delight set that aside and let's just have a trial on the merits. and so i think that that will be something mr. weinstein has appeared to indicate he has that his day in court, this is unfair to him. let's give him his day in court. day in court to the alleged victims and let's have a decision by a judge. >> gloria alred, thank you so much. lisa giess, stay strong. thank you for coming on. we appreciate it. >>> when we come back, another woman speaks out. she'll tell her story when we come back. i am totally blind. and non-24 can make me show up too early... or too late. or make me feel like i'm not really "there." talk to your doctor, and call 844-234-2424. love

weinstein. there are allegations whether he could face criminal charges. we have it all covered for you. brynn has the latest development. so much has happened in 24 hours. >> it really has. multiple sources with the nypd tell me there are no open investigations into harvey weinstein right now. no new allegations have been made to police at least here in new york. over two dozen women, though, have come forward with strikingly similar and disturbing accounts of their interactions with weinstein over the course of decades. the board of the weinstein company insisting they had no knowledge of co-founder hafrb where weinstein, calling the claims "an utter surprise." this despite widespread rumors that weinstein's alleged abuse was the worst kept secret in hollywood. seth mcfarlane. >> congratulations. you five ladies no longer have to pretend to be attracted to harvey weinstein. >> some of the host prominent actresses have come forward. gwyneth paltrow telling the "new york times" when she was 22 a

david, what has harvey weinstein said for himself? well, he has issued a statement today, basically denying any suggestion of nonconsensual sexual intercourse with these women, also making the point that he would like, at some stage, the chance to earn forgiveness and return to his role as a hollywood film producer. but you know what? such has been the level of condemnation from everybody, from hillary clinton downwards, to these allegations that it's very difficult, i think, to see a way back for this man, even in a town as traditionally forgiving as hollywood grown in many countries across tropical south east asia, the spiky, stinky durian is known as the king of fruits. but it's an acquired taste. the fruit is loved and loathed in equal measure. eating durian is banned in many outdoor spaces throughout singapore and carrying it, is prohibited on public transport because of its smell. now, scientists in singapore have idientified a gene that gives the fruit its notoriously pungent smell. professor patrick tan was one of the leaders