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Questions about elizabeth warren or pocahontas? 7. number of times racial slur or racially relating to the name pocahontas? 7. number of questions about the access hollywood tape. 4. about roy moore? 2. the number of questions about sitting democratic center al franken who just held a press conference saying he was staying in the senate despite several accusers coming forward including photo evidence of him groping a woman asleep. one. number of questions about democratic congressman john conyer...

Transcript. questions about elizabeth warren or pocahontas, seven. number of times racial slur or racially were broached as it relates to the name pocahontas, seven. number of questions about the "access hollywood" tape, four. number of questions about alabama republican senate candidate roy moore, two. heres the kicker. number of questions about sitting democratic senator al franken, who had just held a press conference saying that he was staying in the senate despite several accusers coming fo...

Dealing with here is trying to break through a silence in culture, who makes agreements. jim, who makes these kinds of agreements? who knows about this kind of behavior? what avenues are they for women not to take on everybody else in order to come forward? those are real changes. we dont hear about that after the firings. your take? >> first of all, we hold ourselves up to higher standards those of us that take news seriously, and its incumbent upon us to take action and keep reporting. the pol...

Recall that on november 9th the original "washington post" story came out with 30 sources, a story that included the credible allegation that roy moore picked up a 14-year-old outside her moms custody hearing for her and molested her several days later. one day sexual abuse accusers and "the washington post." post reporter saw that woman who claimed to be jamie phillips walk into james okeefes office yesterday. they believe okeefe is behind the operation and asked him about it multiple times yes...

A couple of things struck me just in terms of the way people are reacting and kind of retreating to their respective corners. first of all, i was thinking this earlier in the show. the fact that mitch mcconnell said i believe the women when he did about the moore accusers -- >> not a guy who sticks his neck out. >> very resonant, though. its a moment in time where women are being believed and action is being taken swiftly in the case of nbc ahead of the more public revelations. now you have stev...

Worse. i want to bring in gretchen carlson. author of "the new york times" best-seller "be fierce." it was her lawsuit against roger ailes that led to his ousting and many say began this wave of accusers coming forward. thanks for joining us. what makes lauers case different in any way or is it just common like all the others? >> i think what makes it different is that it was handled so swiftly and the accuser who came forward just monday night was actually believed. i mean, that would have neve...

>> tucker: melanie s >> tucker: melanie sloan was the longtime executive director of the progressive watchdog group, citizens for ethics and responsibility in washington, also senior advisor at american oversight and a former federal prosecutor. before all of that, she was a congressional staffer, working under congressman john conyers of michigan. she says that he harassed her. at first, nancy pelosi did not seem to believe that account. watch. >> just because someone is accused, was that one a...

Extraordinarily popular, did this to me, and it wasnt right. we have to look at her and applaud her for the courage to come forward and to do this. i am struck today as i have been struck for the last few weeks that we have a very different set of standards for men in the media, men in hollywood, men in tech than we have for men in politics. and i dont really understand why that is. why certain men lose their jobs and why others, we have to wait and see whats going to happen. is it just because ...

To john conyers as an icon. she noted the anonymity of the accusers. has she been sending the right message here from the beginning? >> well, i certainly think she was inartful if her conversation with chuck todd, immediately sending out a statement kind of clearing that up, and then having a meeting with one of the accusers against congressman conyers. and i think those signal that she is taking this seriously. i just want this expedited. and were not in charge of the house. were not in charge ...

Concerning for everyone is why are women still anonymously coming forward and is that a result of fears of what happens to their career or it could be, of course, a personal decision as well just that it would rock their personal lives. >> sometimes its a life concern, right? it is one of those things where if you are going to report sexual harassment, you cant -- you dont see a lot of good options lined up in front of you. >> all right then. lets bring the rest of the panel in. scathe kn kate s...