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This "me too" movement. do you think this is just the beginning, gloria? >> i think its very, very significant. i do. and of course my clients, the accusers were coming out, we were doing press conferences almost every month before the charges were filed a year later. and this is long before the #metoo. but in the #metoo people can go on internet, they can challenge the persons they say abused them, and then there can be consequences. but its the wild west. no ones under oath, there are no stand...

Is eones beyond the culture. this is the first conviction in this me too movement. do you think this is just the beginning, gloria? >> i think its very, very significant. i do. and of course my clients, the accusers were coming out, we were doing press conferences almost every month before the charges were filed a year later. and this is long before the #metoo. but in the ha#metoo people can on the internet, but its theal wi wild west. especially in a criminal case there are very strict rules of...

Bush. i think she should be our next cia director. >> senator bill cassidy, thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> melissa: long-time nbc news anchor tom brokaw facing accusations of sexual harassment. why his accuser is coming out. and hundreds of migrants making their way from central america to mexicos u.s.-boarder. where are they headed next?

To allow five women to speak. we dont know what the jury found most powerful. the defense will use that for appeal. one more observation, i think the defense ought to look in mirror as it considers what went wrong. i think they dusted off a 20th century play book for a 21st century jury. they attacked constands credibility. they attacked the other accuser. that used to work well wu maybe not so more. >> do you think the metoo environment has helped reach this conviction that the jury was influen...

30 years in prison. he will be added to sex offender registry. cosbys attorney say fight is not over. they are appealing. he be back in court for two to three months for sentencing. joining me now is lisa green. a cosby accuser who was a jane doe in the 2005 case. welcome, both. first of all, your reaction to the verdict. >> it was a stunning verdict. i prepared myself for an i qu acquittal or hung jury because these cases are so difficult to prove or win. it took me quite a while to process the...

Of this problem. and if you still have a situation where there are women and men who are -- who want to remain anonymous, that does hamper a companys ability to investigate properly. its difficult to balance the anonymity of an accuser with a deep investigation. people have begun to not really trust h.r. departments and to feel that they represent and protect companies more than the individuals. that might be changes. im sure that the people in h.r. are aware of that impression, and thats an iss...

Different stories, whether it is an accuser of bill cosby, of harvey weinstein, this is a -- this is a remarkable day in terms of that conversation? >> yeah, this is huge. i dont think we can underestimate erica, how significant this is for women. ive been a civil rights lawyer for two decades. ive watched what has happened in this country around sexual assault how this movement has evolved and to see someone like bill cosby convicted is monumental. we have to remember that the prosecutors in th...

And my guess is the second issue that would be foremost is the idea of allowing more than one other accuser, uncharged crime to come in. as you had mentioned in the setup to this, there was four additional ones this time around. and that usually is a problem. you might remember, wolf, in the specter retrial, that was the same prosecution game plan they used in that case. >> laura coates suggested, mark, and i wonder if you agree during this period leading up to sentencing, he wont be sent to jai...

One of cosbys accuser said shes been quote """validated." the man once known as americas dad, the most powerful people in hollywood clinged s to his team after found guilty. hes convicted on all three counts. one of the accusers was overwhelmed with her emotions and outside she was aesthetic after a year trying to bring the 80-year-old to justice. >> i am full of joy and gratitude for the prosecution and andrea constand and witnesses. my survivor sisters who courageously stood on that bench. i w...

Personal truth now being affirmed and validated by an actual jury verdict. and it cannot be overstated when people feel as though theyre going against the he said/she said scenario, where we have laws in this country and we have the idea that oftentimes you even have to have protection against exposing the sexual past of the alleged accuser or victim in a case like this, it is overwhelming to see the response and believe that none of the women you saw in the video were andrea constand, they stil...