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On capitol hill, describing or touching or kissing someone on the head as part of cheering staffers on and doing devotional blessings. i quit doing that after 08 and i picked it up again and correct the record, he said, because all my young researchers seemed to like it. memo, they dont. ruth marcus writes in "the washington post," quote, hillary clinton, #metoo, #sowhat, how do you write a primal scream? because my head is about to explode over the story about alleged sexual harassment on hilla...

Blocked her access to the bank account. put her on a cash allowance. >> i recall a time she was in the car with me and she called him and said, you know, ive got $2 and we dont have any diapers. >> reporter: nancy couldnt get a job. she had no green card. she began painting a friends house to earn extra money. when she did, brad reduced her allowance. >> she must have been furious at him. >> furious would be an understatement. >> also tried to help nancy and she is very proud, she would feel gui...

Yip issues. those are serious. he campaigned against this system for the republican nomination. as soon as he gets in there, its just more and more money, more fund-raising. same thing is going on with the democrats. americans and thats how we get into this situation. >> real quickly, i have to ask you about hillary clinton and this news this morning that she saved, basically, the job of somebody on her campaign in 08 who was accused of sexual harassment. your reaction to how that might affect a...

Campaign accused of sexual harassment and then notes coming out that hillary clinton actually saved his job, essentially, even though she was asked to let him go. at that time, she tweeted out responding to that today. a story appeared today about something that happened in 08. i was dismayed when it occurred, but was heartened the young woman came forward, was heard and had her concerns taken seriously and addressed. as we understand, he was docked pay for several weeks, he underwent sexual har...

And thats never a smart thing to do. because you might have your own skeletons in the chosette. but it doesnt help things for democrats to sink to the same low level of then somehow equating everything donald trump does with steve win. ive got my concerns about donald trump. ive been vocal about them. but if you set a precedent that every time you have a donor who does something badly .you have to give back, one day youre going to have an underdog candidate from one party or the other who has al...

Ourselves. and this would be the first president to do that. lea: i was deployed to jalalabad, i was there back in 08. its difficult to see the violence increasing. i want to ask you about the strategy, the president trump strategy in afghanistan. in this violence that were seeing any indication of how thats going or is it too early to tell at this point? >> as i saw, i think its this violence thats likely, as a result of some kind of message sending to the administration, that you know, were st...

Hillary clintons 2008 presidential campaign raising eyebrows. clinton decided not fire a senior adviser who had been accused of sexual harassment. female campaign staffer accused his then faith adviser, berne strider, of inappropriate touching and sending her inappropriate e-mails. strider was sent to counseling while this younger accuser was reassigned. cnn obtained the statement from clintons 08 campaign. when matters arose, they were reviewed in accordance with policies and appropriate action...

Campaign manager and senior aide and say, he shouldnt be fired. >> the obvious question is, why not? patly doyle, campaign manager at the time. its my understanding she had no comment for the times who originally broke this story. rebecca, do we know why this man wasnt fired? because its my understanding then, as we reported, he went on to work with a support group to help out with the 2016 campaign and then separate to what happened allegedly in 08, there were other, you know, allegations of se...

Hillary clinton, facie ining accusations that she shielded an accused sexual harasser during her 2008 presidential campaign. clinton stepped in to save this mans job of then berne strider, accused of harassing a female subordinate. he was then sent to counseling while the accuser was reassigned. we did get something from the law firm who represented clinton in her 08 campaign. let me read this to you. to ensure a safe working environment, the campaign had a process to address complaints of misco...

Harassment claims there. so joining me now, david chalian, cnn political director. can we step back three steps and tell me more about who he is, his role in the 08 campaign and some of these allegations? >> so, as you mentioned, he was an adviser to the campaign. around this time in american politics, 06, 07, 08, democrats were trying to deal with the cultural divide they had with voters, certain voters in certain areas and putting forth the notion of importance to speak about faith in ways tha...