i am the hero. >> he introduced franco's to the room's fans. >> james franco. right here. >> franco decided to address them in wasou's curious accent. >> everyone close your eye and see if you know who talking. i think tommy is artist, you know, i look to tell story about artist, great artist. >> franco too is an artist. and a serious one. you may mav seen him in spiderman. if only i could cause you the pain that you caused me. or, his oscar nominated role in 127 hours. >> ah! >> but he has also written fiction and poetry. and staged art exhibitions over the course of his two decade long career. >> james. >> jam. >> today franco now almost 40, says he is slowing down. and putting a new focus on -- franco. >> we have been surfing what five months now. >> yeah. >> two weeks ago he got a new surfboard and invited us along for its maiden voyage. to hear him tell it, the new james franco swims with a different kind of hollywood shark. >> this fin, like jaws, pops up, like, from here to look right over there. >> are you telling me a story right now about a shark appe

i am the hero. >> he introduced franco's to the room's fans. >> james franco. right here. >> franco decided to address them in wasou's curious accent. >> everyone close your eye and see if you know who talking. i think tommy is artist, you know, i look to tell story about artist, great artist. >> franco too is an artist. and a serious one. you may mav seen him in spiderman. if only i could cause you the pain that you caused me. or, his oscar nominated role in 127 hours. >> ah! >> but he has also written fiction and poetry. and staged art exhibitions over the course of his two decade long career. >> james. >> today franco now almost 40, says he is slowing down. and putting a new focus on -- franco. >> we have been surfing what five months now. >> yeah. >> two weeks ago he got a new surfboard and invited us along for its maiden voyage. to hear him tell it, the new james franco swims with a different kind of hollywood shark. >> this fin, like jaws, pops up, like, from here to look right over there. >> are you telling me a story right now about a shark appearing on

i could see you as dracula. >> he introduced franco's to the room's fans. >> james franco. right here. >> franco decided to address them in wasou's curious accent. >> everyone close your eye and see if you know who talking. i think tommy is artist, you know, i look to tell story about artist, great artist. >> franco too is an artist. and a serious one. you may mav seen him in spiderman. if only i could cause you the pain that you caused me. or, his oscar nominated role in 127 hours. >> ah! >> but he has also written fiction and poetry. and staged art exhibitions over the course of his two decade long career. >> james. >> today franco now almost 40, says he is slowing down. and putting a new focus on -- franco. >> we have been surfing what five months now. >> yeah. >> two weeks ago hgo surfboard and invited us along for its maiden voyage. to hear him tell it, the new james franco swims with a different kind of hollywood shark. >> this fin, like jaws, pops up, like, from here to look right over there. >> are you telling me a story right now about a shark appearing on your ver

another claimed franco stormed offset when women declined to take their franco's attorney refuted the claims. >> the things i heard on twitter are not accurate. >> colbert and meyers also asked franco about the actress ally scheidy. >> i had a great relationship with her. she tack the tweet down. it was so shocking. i don't know. i just -- i guess i'm just letting things go. >> it will be interesting to see how it affects future awards shows. nominations will be announced on the 23rd. >> let's go back to the golden globes. oprah is now being criticize for her speech that night by a very unlikely star. >> me too. >> three days after oprah publicly supported victims of sexual assault in the wake of numerous allegations against harvey weins winfrey kissing the disgraced mogul. it reads, when you have been part of the problem for decades, but suddenly they all think you are the solution. ♪ give me love >> please welcome seal! >> the 54-year-old, who's appeared on oprah's show captioned his post, oh, i forgot -- that's right. you'd heard the rumours, but you had no idea he was actually s

one of them a student at the act, school that franco founded. she told us i feel there have an abuse of power. another claimed franco stormed offset when women declined to take their tops off. franco's attorney refuted the claims. >> the things i heard on twitter are not accurate. >> colbert and meyers also asked franco about the actress ally scheidy. >> i had a great relationship with her. she tack the tweet down. it was so shocking. i don't know. i just -- i guess i'm just letting things go. >> it will be interesting to see how it affects future awards shows. nominations will be announced on the 23rd. >> let's go back to the golden globes. oprah is now being criticize for her speech that night by a very unlikely star. >> me too. >> three days after oprah publicly supported victims of sexual assault in the wake of numerous allegations against harvey weinstein, singer seal instagrammed this meme, showing winfrey kissing the disgraced mogul. it reads, when you have been part of the problem for decades, but suddenly they all think you are the solu

one of them a student at the act,chw that franco founded. she told us i feel there have an abuse of power. another claimed franco stormed offset when women declined to take their tops off. franco's attorney refuted the claims. >> the things i heard on twitter are not accurate. >> colbert and meyers also asked franco about the actress ally scheidy. >> i had a great relationship with her. she tack the tweet down. it was so shocking. i don't know. i just -- i guess i'm just letting things go. >> it will be interesting to see how it affects future awards shows. nominations will be announced on the 23rd. >> let's go back to the golden globes. oprah is now being criticize for her speech that night by a very unlikely star. >> me too. >> three days after oprah publicly supported victims of sexual assault in the wake of instagrammed this meme, showing winfrey kissing the disgraced mogul. it reads, when you have been part of the problem for decades, but suddenly they all think you are >> please welcome seal! >> the 54-year-old, who's appeared on oprah

one of them a student at the act, school that franco founded. she told us i feel there have an abuse of power. another claimed franco stormed offset when women declined to take their tops off. franco's attorney refuted the claims. >> the things i heard on twitter are not accurate. >> colbert and meyers also asked franco about the actress ally scheidy. >> i had a great relationship with her. she tack the tweet down. it was so shocking. i don't know. i just -- i guess i'm just >> it will be interesting to see how it affects future awards shows. nominations will be announced on the 23rd. >> let's go back to the golden globes. oprah is now being criticize for her speech that night by a very unlikely star. >> me too. >> three days after oprah publicly supported victims of sexual assault in the wake of numerous allegations against harvey weinstein, singer seal instagrammed this meme, showing winfrey kissing the disgraced mogul. it reads, when you have been part of the problem for decades, but suddenly they all think you are the solution. ♪ give me l

er spo >>> palo alto native james franco says sexual misconduct allegations against him just are not true. the golden globe winner spoke out about the claims on the late show. kpix5 morning anchor michelle greigo has the story. >> reporter: when james franco won a golden globe award sunday, he was wearing a time's up pin promoting a new campaign to fight sexual harassment and gender discrimination, but following his win a number of women went on social media to accuse him of sexual misconduct including actress violent paley who tweeted that franco pushed her head down in a car towards his exposed groin. last night stephen colbert asked the actor about the controversy on cbs' the late show. >> you got criticized for wearing that. do you know why and what do you have a response, anything you want to say about that criticism? >> first i want to say i wore it because i do support it. the things that i heard were on twitter are not accurate, but i completely support people coming out and being able to have a voice. >> reporter: franco also responded to actress allie sheety who in a delete

actress violet paly, cute time's up pin, james franco. remember the time you pushed my head down in a car towards your exposed penis. >> i have no idea what i did to aly sheedy, directed her. in a playoff broadway. had nothing but a great time with her. total respect for her. i had, i have no idea why she was upset. took the tweet down. i've don't know. >> the things i heard were on twitter. are not accurate. but i completely support people coming out and being able to have a voice. because they didn't have a voice for so long. i don't want to, don't want to, shut them down in any way. it's -- it's a, a good thing. i support it. >> despite james franco's vocal support for the ti movement. he did not thank a single woman during his acceptance speech. we reached out to franco and the >>> we end this half-hour along the california coast where it is mating season for the elephant seal. they're huge, they are loud. and they look lazy. but researchers know differently. here is john blackstone. >> reporter: watching elephant seals resting lazily

actress violet paly, cute time's up pin, james franco. remember the time you pushed my head down in a car towards your exposed penis. >> i have no idea what i did to aly sheedy, directed her. in a playoff broadway. had nothing but a great time with her. total respect for her. i had, i have no idea why she was upset. took the tweet down. i've don't know. >> the things i heard were on twitter. are not accurate. but i completely support people coming out and being able to have a voice. because they didn't have a voice for so long. i don't want to, don't want to, shut them down in any way. it's -- it's a, a good thing. i support it. >> despite james franco's vocal support for the time's up movement. he did not thank a single woman during his acceptance speech. we reached out to franco and the women, mentioned in this story. but have yet to hear back. ng pc-17 f1 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 12345 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 67890 cbs caption test !!! maint. testing pc-17 f1 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 12345 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 67890 cbs ca

insuring times, event featuring franco and his brother dave franco has been cancelled in light of the allegations. >>> you tube is addressing an offensive video posted by logan paul, it was shot in the japanese bar where people go to commit suicide. it appears to show dead body. you tube says it took way too long to respond to the offensive video and it said paul could face more consequences for posting that video. paul took video down day after posting it but by then it had seen millions of times. >>> south jersey community has mark a high flying anniversary , hot air balloons were on display at deptford township's recreational center last night. you see, 225 years on jean pierre blanchard completed first hot air balloon voyage in american history. he flew from philadelphia and landed in department forward township. town officials also held a ceremony to commemorate this anniversary. >>> up next we will tell you about brand new plans to search for missing malaysia air liner. >> this has police in texas so concern, we will tell what you g around, that has got investigators trying to t

actor james franco were a time's up pinned to the golden globes on sunday night. in support of the effort to fight workplace sexual harassment and that spurred five women to tell the "los angeles times" that they experienced inappropriate or sexually exploited behavior by franco. megan alexander of "inside edition" joins us with more about this story. good evening, what we know about it? >> actor james franco best known for movies like "pineapple express" and "127 hours" is the latest accused of sexual misconduct. what triggered all this? you said it. it appears the pin for the golden globes with the times up pin on his tuxedo. five women have come out to "l.a. times" and revealed their stories. they range from professional and personal stories of how james franco pressured them to do things they did not want to do. several of the women say they were students at james franco's acting school in hollywood, now closed. while working with him, they were pressured to either post topless, post nude. if they refuse, they say james turner got very upset. if they agreed to

i support it. >> despite james franco's vocal support for the time's up movement. he did not thank a single woman during his acceptance speech. >>> we end this half-hour along the california coast where it is mating season for the elephant seal. they're huge, they are loud. and they look lazy. but researchers know differently. here is john blackstone. >> reporter: watching elephant seals resting lazily on a california beach it can be hard to imagine that unseen far out in the ocean they're athletes. >> they're really the polympian yaz of the diving world. >> the lab put tracking devices on elephant steals to follow them thousand of miles across the pacific. >> each white line here its t t trajectory of an animal we tagged. >> this becomes solid. >> there is a lot of animals. >> no idea they were diving to 2,000 feet or more and doing it routinely. >> researchers are impressed with what elephant seals do right here on the beach. >> did that guy send a message to the other one coming in here? >> that message says the researcher is surprisingly sophisticated. so that'

. >> james franco speaking out since multiple actresses him of sexual misconduct and now an event featuring the a-lister is canceled amid the controversy. >> what are you doing? what are you doing? >> new details about the teacher handcuffed at a school board meeting for protesting her boss' pay raise. would she have been arrested if she were a man. >>> plus, bats invade walmart. >> this is crazy. >> airline seats get even more uncomfortable and siblings meet for the first time thanks to a chance encounter on facebook. >>> we do say good morning, everyone. i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm maggie rulli in for diane macedo. we begin with the disaster unfolding in southern california. at least 13 people are dead and dozens are missing after heavy rains unleashed mudslides that swept homes off their foundations in the very same area of santa barbara county already devastated by month's historic wildfires. they left the hills barren with fog to hold back the water. >> some scenes, cars tossed into buildings buried in rivers of mud while boulders came crashing down rolling as if they were just marbles.

franco appeared on stephen colbert's show overnight. he was asked about claims against him made by several women including actress ally sheedy. >> i had nothing but a great time with her, total respect for her. i have no idea why she was upset. she took the tweet down. i don't know. i can't speak for her. i don't know. in my life i pride myself on taking responsibility for things that i've done. >> franco said if he's done something wrong, he will fix it. one of the women accusing franco claims he assaulted her and tried to lure a teenage friend of hers to a hotel room. >>> also this morning, michael douglas is denying a claim that he committed a lewd act decades ago. his denial comes even before a report about the alleged misconduct has been published. douglas says a former employee is accusing him of the act more than 30 years ago and he claims blackballed her, both of which he denies. >>> the recent revelation that apple deliberately slowed down older iphones is now getting the attention of prosecutors. authorities in france say shor

. >> james franco speaking out since multiple actresses accused him of sexual misconduct and now an event featuring the a-lister is canceled amid the controversy. >> what are you doing? what are you doing? >> new details about the teacher handcuffed at a school board meeting for protesting her boss' pay raise. would she have been arrested if she were a man. >>> plus, bats invade walmart. >> this is crazy. >> airline seats get even more uncomfortable and siblings meet for the first time thanks to a chance encounter on facebook. >>> we do say good morning, everyone. i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm maggie rulli in for diane macedo. we begin with the disaster unfolding in southern california. at least 13 people are dead and dozens are missing after heavy rains unleashed mudslides that swept homes off their foundations in the very same area of santa barbara county already devastated by last month's historic wildfires. they left the hills barren with fog to hold back the water. >> some scenes, cars tossed into buildings buried in rivers of mud while boulders came crashing down rolling as if they were

on twitter of earlier instances of sexual misconduct and franco denied the allegations on cbs during the late show with stephen colbert last night. >> the things i heard on twitter are not accurate. i completely support people coming out and being able to have a voice because they didn't have one for so long. i don't want to shut them down in any way. >> franco also said if there is restitution to be made, he will make it. the new york times canceled his appearance on a panel discussion due to the controversy. >> also, elite gymnast she said she was the first to alert usa gymnastics for allegations against dr. larry nassar. she said she did it in 2015 and the alleged abuse happened in 2012 when she was 15 and since then more than 150 women have come forward and nassar is already serving 60 years in prison for the child pornography case and faces more time for the sexual abuse charges. >> . >> one puff is all it takes for some people to become everyday smokers. researchers said more than 60% of those who tried smoking one time will be hooked. the survey study 215,000 people from teena

franco was supposed to talk about his latest movie, the disaster artist, the times said, quote, given the controversy surrounding recent allegations, it was cancelling the event. on the late show with stephen colbert, franco responded to those claims. >> the things that i heard that were on twitter are not accurate. but, i completely support people coming out and being able to have a voice because they didn't have a voice for so long. so i don't want to -- i don't want to, you know, shut them down in any way. >> both actress violate payly and film maker sarah capland recently accused franco on twitter of earlier instances of sexual misconduct. >>> meanwhile all the money in the world may be raking it in at the box office, but some say too little money was paid to the film's costar michelle williams. after sexual misconduct claims forced kevin spacey out, film makers had to reconvene the cast to reshoot his scenes. usa today reports that mark wahlberg's team negotiated $1.5 million for him, while michelle williams got less than $1,000. >>> making a grocery list while driving? the reaso

james franco just won. don't ask me why i left the film/tv business. >> i have no idea what i did to allie sheedy. i directed her in a play off broadway. i had nothing but a great time with her. she took the tweet down. i don't know. >> reporter: the post didn't allege a specific incident. it also said, why is a man hosting? why is james franco allowed in? said too much. night. love ya. >> what do you think about our relationship? >> reporter: sheedy is best known for her 1980s brat pack roles in "st. elmo's fire" and "the breakfast club." the unverified account has posted no further comments about franco. the actor told colbert he would make good if he needed to. >> if there's restitution to be made, i will make it. so -- if i've ton something wrong, i will fix it. i have to. >> michael douglas made a preemptive move, getting in front of a potential sexual harassment story about him. a former employee from 33 years ago claims he performed a sexual act in front of her. douglas stepped forward before the sto

the allegations surfaced after franco wore a times up pin. franco has kept a low profile since addressing the allegations on late night. last night he skipped the critic's choice awards. >> james couldn't be here to accept it. we'll accept it on his behalf. >> "e.t." learned he's planning to attend the screen actors guild awards. >> the 39-year-old denied engaging in any inappropriate behavior. an "e.t." source said he has evidence supporting his side. he doesn't want any women speaking out to feel silence. >> i'm not going to try to, you know, actively refute things. then i will. >> well, the time's up movement is showling no signs of slowing down. it was announced with the help of vogue's ana wintour 39 black gowns and tuxes worn by the stars will be auctioned on ebay to benefit the time's up legal defense account. let's talk kim and kanye now. they welcomed a baby girl. let the name game begin. >> any names? >> gotta think of a name. >> thunder. >> a smiling kanye seemed to still thinking of names today. with their last two kids names were

james franco just won. don't ask me why i left the film/tv business. >> i have no idea what i did to allie sheedy. i directed her in a play off broadway. i had nothing but a great time with her. she took the tweet down. i don't know. >> reporter: the post didn't allege a specific incident. it also said, why is a man hosting? why is james franco allowed in? said too much. night. love ya. >> what do you think about our relationship? >> reporter: sheedy is best roles in "st. elmo's fire" and "the breakfast club." the unverified account has posted no further comments about franco. the actor told colbert he would make good if he needed to. >> if there's restitution to be made, i will make it. so -- if i've ton something wrong, i will fix it. i have to. >> michael douglas made a preemptive move, getting in front of a potential sexual harassment story about him. a former employee from 33 years ago claims he performed a sexual act in front of her. douglas stepped forward before the story broke saying, "this is a co

what do you want to say to james franco? >> a lot of things but please just apologize. >> sarah and violet say they will continue to pursue careers in hollywood. sarah as a filmmaker and violet as a comedy writer and they hope by coming forward they can be a part of hollywood being safer for women to work in their early 20s and i hope they have long careers. >> nothing from franco. >> he said refer back to my former comment. >> very well spoken and on point. >>> coming up, those new concerns about the flu and children, a 6-year-old one of the latest victims. even after seeing a doctor. new year, new phones for the family. join t-mobile, and when you buy one of the latest samsung phones get a samsung galaxy s8 free. plus, unlimited family plans come with netflix included. so, you can watch all your netflix favorites on your new samsung phones. join the un-carrier and get a samsung galaxy s8 free. all on america's best unlimited network. this time, it's his turn. you have 4.3 minutes to yourself. this calls for a taste of chee

sexual misconduct charges dogging palo alto native james franco. days after winning a golden globe, franco is in the position of fielding tough questions on talk shows. last night setting myers pressed him about miss conduct allegations made online. franco is also being accused of hypocrisy after wearing a times up pin at the golden globe to support women speaking out about sexual assault. now franco is disputing the ac accusations but he says he does support the movement. >> that i will you know hold back things that i could say just because i believe in it that much. and if i have to take a knock because i'm not going to try and you know actively refute things, thenally. because i believe in it that much. >> most of the allegations come from his former acting students who complained they didn't want to appear topless him in the film that is yet to be released. >> the l.a. times reports other students of frank p.o.'s called his acting class a positive experience. >>> the mavericks surf contest could be a go this monday. sources say the world surf

franco is in a delicate place because it's walking a tightrope. he needs to be respectful of the times up, #metoo moment we are in. and he has to be in the public face because he's campaigning for an oscar. his film the disaster artist is out. he will be asked these questions time and time again. howie: michael douglas went public with the hollywood website deadline with an emotional denial of allegations made by a former employee that he masturbated in front of her 32 years ago. he says he was preempting a possible story by the hollywood reporter. what do you make of the michael douglas move here? >> it's a risky move. because if he did engage in inappropriate behavior and misconduct with other women, having a statement like this could inspire them to speak out. he did seem to want to get ahead of the story. he picked an outlet i assume he perceived would be friendly to him. and tried to kind of -- control the narrative. control his destiny. howie: so many of these hollywood cases, are the media having a burnout and not getting as much coverage?

franco, a couple others. elderly. his son giorgio was in exile in portugal, goes back to spain the putsch but it's such a dandy, and so much luggage that his plane crashes. and he never makes it to the putsch. the reason there's a putsch is because they don't like the republic, they don't like democracy. they don't like the anti-clerical is him what they're afraid of, leftism which they consider to the bolsheviks or socialist movement. the putsch is not supported by the entire country. there's assistance to the putsch as a result of which spain descended into civil war. colin intervenes in the civil war on behalf of the republic to help it defend itself against franco and franco's helpmate's inside spain and outside spain like mussolini and hitler. this becomes a kind of big moral struggle between fascism and anti-fascism or between franco and his putsch and the left. the left is made up of many, many different groups. anarchists to communists to splinter communist to democratic socialists and there it was called a po

. >>> another open up how james franco react to allegation from his a 80's movie star. also ahead. >>> leave a number of neighborhoods buried under debris i'm chris mar teen necessary burbank, california where clean up is now underway >>> and one of your resolutions was to lose weight or if you wanted to drop a few pounds, we have the list of the best diet, we are coming right back. >>> act offer james franco says sexual misconduct allegations against him are not accurate. >> the golden globe winner spoke to stephen colbert on the late show, last night. when james franco won golden globe award sunday he was wearing a times up pin promoting a new campaign to fight sexual harassment and gender discrimination but following his win, a number of women went on social media to accuse him of sexual misconduct including actress violet paley who tweeted franco push her head down in the car toward his exposed groin. last night stephen colbert asked the actor about the controversy on the late show on cbs. >> you got criticized for wearing that. do you know why and what -- do you ha

she started a play with franco and 2014 and tweeted "why does he was franco allowed in?" she followed when our later with another tweet. she later deleted the tweets and has not released a comment, wawrinka responded to her last night on "the late show." >> her. i directed her in a playoff of broadway. i have nothing but a great time with her. total respect for her. i have no idea why she was upset. she took the tweet down. i don't know. i cannot speak for her. i don't know. >> in 2014, he was accused of trying to pick up a 17-year-old girl on instagram. he admitted he used bad judgment in contacting her and said he learned his lesson. a group of democratic women in congress plan to wear all black to president trump's first state of the union address. dozens of actors and actresses dressed in black for the golden globes sunday to support the movements to show solidarity with the victims of sexual misconduct. now to a pay gap firestorm. a new report claims mark wahlberg was paid way more, astronomically more, than his female costar. according to usa today, he got a $1.5 mi

. >>> james franco under fire. overnight, the actor taking on those sexual misconduct allegations coming on the heels of his big win at the golden globes. >>> and breaking news about serena williams and her secret health battle. what the tennis superstar and new mom is revealing first on "gma" this morning. >>> and good morning, america. what a devastating scene in southern california right now. let's look at those pictures. there you see the destruction, fires then floods in those neighborhoods causing so much destruction, search and rescue operations are under way for some survivors, it is a difficult situation. >> very devastating. before and after pictures show just how serious the damage is. the roads and highways, you see there, completely caked with thick mud, cars and homes completely destroyed. >> so here is what we know right now. at least 13 people are dead, 20 injured. many are missing and most of montecito is without power on drinkable water. our senior national correspondent matt gutman is on the grou

tonight -- james franco. host of "the last word", lawrence o'donnell. music from the roots, featuring bilal. featuring the 8g band with allison miller. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: good evening, i'm seth meyers and this is "late night". how is everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] fantastic. in that case, let's get to the news. a fox news legal analyst said monday that president trump should, quote, "never, never, never agree to an interview with robert mueller, and sees the meeting as a trap." and i think he might be right. [ laughter ] president trump said today he would not sign a bill to replace the daca immigration program that does not include funding for a border wall. okay, can we just tell him it's been built already? [ laughter ] he's never going to mexico to check. just tell him it's big and beautiful and at the ribbon cutting, hillary clinton fell over on to the mexico side. [ laughter ] then we can just finally move on. [ cheers and applause ] new jersey governor

. >> james franco. >> reporter: as will also be on james franco, the globes comedy musical actor winner saw the allegations of misconduct against him go public in the los angeles times the day before oscar nomination voting ended. >> thank you for your frankness. >> reporter: best actress won't have room for all of the standout work even the incomparable meryl streep passed over by the s.a.g. awards will need to compete against saoirse ronan and margot robbie and supporting actress, that's the capital of oscar speculation nation this morning with "mudbound"'s mighty mary j. blige in the mix. >> you just come back. >> i will. >> you come all the way back. >> reporter: and could it be girls trip explosively funny tiffany haddish. >> that's hand sanitizer. >> it burns. >> reporter: also on sight to announce the names of this morning's lucky nominees. and so who is about to have one of the best previousal mornings of her or his life? perhaps while they're wearing pajamas. we are so close to finding out, guys. >> i love how you say that. oh, my goodness. at the least we'll have tiffany annou

on behalf of the republic the help it defend itself against franco and franco's health mates inside a outside spain like mussolini and this becomes -- a kind of big moral struggle between fascism and antifascism or between franco and his -- and the left. the left is -- made up of many, many different groups from anarchist to communist to splingter to democrat socialist and they're in what is called a popular front. a popular front on the left or no enemies to the left. so the made misapprehension of the spanish civil war by the way just a few years ago we finally got secret documents on the intervngs in the civil war. so we have a new story now that we didn't have before. which is detailed this one of the longer chapters in the book. but the main misapprehension is that the popular front in spain the left is coalition to oppose push in the civil war against franco -- but that left popular front failed because stalin was evil. and began to conduct purges arrest and asac nations on the left dividing left as a result of which it was weakened stalin didn't want to left this resolution or

david franco, everybody! ( cheers and applause ) i love him! >> i love him. >> stephen: you did this thing that was kind of nice is that you took all the nominees for best actor and best supporting actor out to dinner or most out to dinner, was this the night before? >> the night before. >> stephen: did you place bets on who was going to win? >> no. no, the point was the opposite of that. >> stephen: you were psyching them out. >> no! >> stephenng eyes with carell. shock eye on him. >> when i was nominated for an oscar -- an oscar nice opening to a sentence -- ( laughter ) >> okay. that year was the year of the king's speech and everybody was talking colin nominated for? >> 127 hours. >> stephen: i follow his career more than yours. ( laughter ) >> i thought it wouldn't disturb me. i thought okay, just let it go. >> stephen: you don't care, right? >> yes, but to show that i didn't care, me to host the oscars, and i hosted the show that i didn't care because eight hosts in the history of the oscars had hosted the night they were nominated and ou

david franco, everybody! ( cheers and applause ) i love him! >> i love him. >> stephen: you did this thing that was kind of nice is that you took all the nominees for best actor and best supporting actor out to dinner or most out to dinner, was this the night before? >> the night before. >> stephen: did you place bets on who was going to win? >> no. no, the point was the opposite of that. >> stephen: you were psyching them out. >> no! >> stephen: just locking eyes with carell. >> no! >> stephen: just going shock eye on him. >> when i was nominated for an oscar -- >> stephen: when i was nominated for an oscar, nice opening to a sentence -- ( laughter ) >> okay. that year was the year of the king's speech and everybody was talking colin firth. >> stephen: what were you nominated for? >> 127 hours. >> stephen: i follow his career more than yours. ( laughter ) >> i thought it wouldn't disturb me. i thought, okay, just let it go. >> stephen: you don't care, right? >> yes, but to show that i didn't care, they asked me to host the oscars, and i hosted

twitter went in on james franco at the golden globes. last night, he responded to his critics during a one-on-one with stephen colbert watch he said and why the new york times is canceling an event with the disaster artist star. good day at 9a starts now. ♪ all right. good day d.c. it is just after 9:00 o'clock on this wednesday, january 10th. we're halfway through the week i feel like he have has a little in their step just because of the weather yesterday and the fact it's getting warmer. >> nice little pick me up. >> exactly. >> much more ahead this morning. all the money in the world from mark wahlberg coming up later why michelle whim jumps got paid 1% of what her male co-star got in hollywood reacted to this new report it's quite the talker and we're going to talk more about it today. >>> we'll get you details first at 9:00 let's talk about that weather holly mentioned for the first time this year, we are not talking about subfreezing temperatures, wind chills, snow, sleet, ice. little bit of fog but that's it. instead we're talk

. >>> james franco answers tough questions from stephen colbert about misconduct. he says he has no idea why he's been accused by multiple women. >>> plus a former teacher is removed in handcuffs from a school board meeting after questioning a big raise for the superintendent. we have the video and the angry reaction. >>> but we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> this is real devastation. >> cars washing down, power lines washing down. huge boulders coming down. >> deadly mudslides sweep through southern california. >> dozens have been rescued as waves of mud and boulders flowed through the neighborhood. >> it was best described as horrific. >> just stunned. absolutely stunned. >> a federal judge in california temporarily blocking the trump administrati administration's efforts to end daca. >> president trump meeting with both parties with the cameras on. >> you're not so far away from comprehensive immigration reform. i don't care. i don't care. i'll take all the heat you want to give me. >> former adviser steve ba

. >>> james franco under fire. overnight the actor taking on those sexual misconduct allegations coming on the heels of his big win at the golden globes. >>> and breaking news about serena williams and her secret health battle. what the tennis superstar and new mom is revealing first on "gma" this morning. >>> and good morning, america. what a devastating scene in southern california right now. let's look at those pictures. there you see the destruction, fires then floods in those neighborhoods causing so much destruction, search and rescue operations are under way for some survivors, it is a difficult situation. >> very devastating. before and after pictures show just how serious the damage is. the roads and highways, you see there, completely caked with thick mud, c completely destroyed. >> so here is what we know right now. at least 13 people are dead, 20 injured. many are missing and most of montecito is without power on drinkable water. our senior national correspondent matt gutman is on the ground, has the la

. >>> james franco under fire. overnight the actor taking on those sexual misconduct allegations coming on the heels of his big win at the golden globes. >>> and breaking news about serena williams and her secret health battle. what the tennis superstar and new mom is revealing first on "gma" this morning. >>> and good morning, america. what a devastating scene in southern california right now. let's look at those pictures. there you see the destruction, fires then floods in those neighborhoods causing so much destruction, search and rescue operations are under way for some survivors, it is a difficult situation. >> very devastating. before and after pictures show just how serious the damage is. the roads and highways, you see there, completely caked with thick mud, cars and homes completely destroyed. >> so here is what we know right now. at least 13 people are dead, 20 injured. many are missing and most of montecito is without power on drinkable water. our senior national correspondent matt gutman is on the groun

. >>> james franco answers tough questions from colbert about allegations of sexual misconduct. he says he has no idea why he's been accused by multiple women. >>> plus a former teacher is removed in handcuffs from a school board meeting after questioning a big raise for the superintendent. we have the video and the angry reaction. >>> but we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> this is real devastation. >> cars washing down, power lines washiwn. huge boulders coming down. >> deadly mudslides sweep through southern california. >> dozens have been rescued as waves of mud and boulders flowed through the neighborhood. >> it was best described as horrific. >> just stunned. absolutely stunned. >> a federal judge in california temporarily blocking the trump administrati administration's efforts to end daca. >> president trump meeting with both parties with the cameras on. >> you're not so far away from comprehensive immigration reform. i'll take the heat. i don't care. i don't care. i'll take all the heat you want to give me. >> former a

franco says if he did do anything wrong-- he intends to fix it. (vicki) still ahead--- najee harris making the bay area proud... he led a big comeback in the college football championship game. and tonight -- we're hearing from his very excited local community... (lawrence) i'm chief meteorologist lawrence karnow, i'll have your full bay area forecast after the break. (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. lawrence karnow: it was a rather gloomy day for most of the bay area with plenty of clouds and light showers. those clouds continue outside but will likely become partly cloudy overnight. satellite shows high pressur building in but the clouds continue to move over the top of the ridge. it looks high pressure will strengthen for into the weenend to bring more sunshine and warmer temperatures. highs tomorrow will be cool and in the 50s and 60s with partly to mostly cloudy skies. more sunshine is on the way for friday and the weekend with some temperatures moving well into the 60s. it will be dry thi

three women have accused franco of past instances of misconduct. the biggest name, "breakfast club" star ali. she posted a vague tweet, why is james franco allowed in. said too much. this is during the golden globes. >>> in a new interview out overnight, franco says he does not know what prompted the comments. >> okay, first of all, i have no idea what i did to ali. i directed her in a play off broadway. i had nothing but a great time with her. total respect for her. i had -- i have no idea why she was upset, she took the tweet down. i don't know. i can't speak for her. i don't know. the others, look, in my life i pride myself on taking responsibility for things that i've done. i have to do that to maintain my well-being. i do it whenever i know that there is something wrong or needs to be changed, i make it a point to do it. >> viewers criticized franco because he wore the time's up pin in solidarity with the me too movement. franco says he wore that pin, quote, because i do support it. >>> i wanted people to understand that there is -- there is h

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. >>> the teacher takedown after questioning the pay raise and ds >>> actor james franco said that the allegations accusing him of sexual misconduct are not accurate. at least two accusers came forward after he won the golden globe. allie sheedy writes that james franco just won, and don't ask me why i left the film and television business. actress haley wrote, remember the time he pushed my head down toward your exposed [null] . he was asked about these allegations last night by stephen colbert. >> the things i have read on twitter are not accurate. i completely support people coming out and being able to have a voice.>> franco and participate in the new york times chat tonight about the recent film but after the allegations became public the invitation was withdrawn. >>> teachers are scheduled to rally in louisiana tomorrow in support of the colleague that was arrested after questioning the rays of the school superintendent and the former teacher of the year was handcuffed and forcibly removed in what was supposed to be an open exchange of questions and answers in the board meeting.>

james franco just won. don't ask me why i left the business. >> i had nothing but a great time with her in a play i directed off broadway. total respect. she took the tweet down. i don't know. >> reporter: the post didn't allege a specific incident. it also said, why is a man hosting? why is james franco allowed in. said too much. night. love ya. >> what to you think about our relationship? >> reporter: sheedy is best known for her brat pack roles from the '80s. the actor told colbert he would make good if he needed to. >> if there is restitution to be made, i will make it. so -- if i've done something wrong, i will fix it. i have to. >> reporter: and michael douglas has made a preemptive move, getting in front of a potential sexual harassment story about him. a former employee from 33 years ago says he performed a sexual act in front of her. he stepped up and said this is a complete lie. fabrication. no truth to it whatsoever. i don't have skel nons my closet. let's move on to the new drama surrounding the