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That is connected to fox 5 where there is an inherent conflict of interest. >> fox 5 is the local fox news affiliate here. fox news is technically a different thing. theyre all housed in the same spot over there. so who knows whats happening in those various hallways. joan, if you could get one question to the president of the united states about this, and about his friend bill oreilly and his defense of his friend bill oreilly, a defense that his friend rupert murdoch did not accept, what would...

Where women were degraded. the idea for so many of us at this point why were not popping champagne, although maybe later, is that we have a man in the white house who did -- who boasted of doing the things that bill oreilly and roger ailes have now been brought down for. im thrilled that they have been brought down. but its still kind of galling to know that they created a culture that el gate valevated and he is still there. >> the investigation should continue. because before bill oreilly, the...

>> immediately when "the new york times" story broke. nasty lawyers letter. which doesnt mean anything to me. i get a lot of nasty lawyers letters. but to a single mom who is not a wealthy person, that was very scary. i told him basically drop dead and talk to me if you have anything to say. and miraculously, i never heard anything further. but we came up with a plan. and the plan was we have got to keep the story alive in the news. this cannot be a one-day story that blows over. thats what fox ...

He was driven out of fox news last year once the basic outlines of his multiple offense sexual harassment lifestyle at fox news was revealed. it was impossible to get fired for sexual harassment at fox news under roger ailes running fox news. he was the sexual harasser in chief at fox news. it was also impossible to file a complaint for sexual harassment through the hr department. no one did. no woman during the time of roger ailes and bill oreilly filed a formal complaint for the fox news compl...

Everybody know shes a very temperamental person. >> screaming off camera and things. >> right. so she was really afraid. she needed this job. she did not want to lose the job. and other than bill oreilly, she said she liked the job. she thought she could rise up at fox news and do well there. so she just didnt say anything. but she lived with the stress. and i talked to her sister, her boyfriend at the time and her roommate at the time. and they all a corroborate she started the job as a happy-g...

That other executives within the 21st century fox empire were telling the murdochs that if this happened on our watch at our company, we would fire this person immediately. and net fox news seemed to operate by a different set of rules. bill oreillys firing shows possibly fox news is not going to be the rogue pirate ship that roger ailes ran it as. it will have to be run like a modern media company. >> were going have to leave it there. lisa bloom, gabe sherman, angelo karusones. it has been som...

We know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ ♪ hi, im dana perino. thanks for watching us tonight. before we get to the other big stories of the day, we want to address a situation many of you may already be aware of. bill oreilly, who hosted this program for 20 years, is leaving the fox news channel. we know that you, his very loyal viewers will have a lot of feelings about this, and we will talk more about it later on in the p...

New york times" report about bill oreilly was already known, including the most devastating case against him from 2004 which included transcripts of phone calls bill oreilly made to a fox news employee. the woman receiving those calls said it sounded as if bill oreilly was doing something other than just talking on the phone when he was telling her about all of the sexual things he wanted to do to her. those phone calls cost fox news $9 million. and they occurred 13 years ago. fox news knew ever...

At "new york" magazine and msnbc contributor. also joining us now angela carazon. lisa bloom is still with us. what did it? what was the decision made yesterday and what was the final straw? >> this has been evolving over several days. the murdoch family was divided. this is probably the most complicated decision theyll have made, possibly harder than getting rid of roger ailes because bill oreilly is the public face. rupert murdoch wanted to keep bill oreilly. his two sons were split. lock lan ...

Years ago a worse case where there were tapes that become public. >> i knew andrea mackris in 2004. i knew about the allegations of the tapes. i knew what she went through. i know that bill oreilly sued her. how dare he. and i have been angry ever since, frankly. and to discover that more women have come out with similar tapes of him and his sexually disgusting activities he was doing on those tapes which i probably cant say on your show, this is appalling that he was still there. i was very mot...