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Might come down the pike. >> lisa, you said two of your clients are not looking for damages. is that -- has anything on that changed now that fox has decided to get rid of bill oreilly? >> none of my clients are seeking a penny. all of the work has been at no charge to them. i knew andrea back in 2004. i know that it was alleged that she had tapes of mr. oreilly calling her while he was masturbating. another one of his accusers similarly has tapes like that according to the "new york times." thi...

Interview. she did an interview. i had other accusers reaching out the me already, which i also knew would happen. because these guys who are so arrogant and powerful, there is also multiple accusers. and theyre always afraid -- >> these are not women you knew about before wendy went public. >> right. >> but you believe when wendy goes public, others will call, you have to come out publicly in a big way so they will call you. i as an attorney cannot call people. i wouldnt have known who to call ...

The distinction that wendy drew was they were bound by confidentiality and nondisclosures, wendy did not file suit and not bound by that and able to speak from a legal perspective. if further accusers come forward there may be more payouts, but i bet a million bucks it costs more for fox news those payouts will be done quickly and fox news can move on from this scandal. >> my understanding, you tell me if im out of line, ive never worked there and i know that column hasnt worked there, you spent...

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 motived to bring him down. somebody had to do it. and that had to be us, right? so i had wendy call into the hotline. and i knew uthat that would trig their legal obligation to do an investigation. and we made the video to protect ourselves to make sure that it was recorded. we released the video p...

And they just cant bear the cost anymore. by the way, chris, its really interesting to me that president trump, when he commented on allegations against roger ailes, said -- and im quoting -- totally unfounded based on what i read. and then the word "unfounded" comes out in bill oreillys statement today, where he says we part ways, referring to fox news channel, due to completely unfounded claims. now, thats interesting to me. of course you know i have a lawsuit against president trump on behalf...

To them. bill oreillys lawyers threatened lisa bloom and her client. and in the immortal words of mitch mcconnell, nevertheless, she persisted. joining us now, lisa bloom, managing attorney at the bloom firm. she represents wendy walsh and two other women who have accused bill oreilly of sexual harassment. lisa, before "the new york times" story came out, you knew that saturday, that friday that it was going to be out in the sunday times. we didnt. we got the sunday times. we read it. what did y...

Public will be in agreement theres always bad apples in every bunch. its not an indictment of bill oreilly or roger ailes. they have done what they have done and at this point hopefully say that it is over and that the culture of sexual harassment is done. >> really quickly, in the last hour, a person with direct knowledge of the matter has confirmed to nbc news that there is now a federal inquiry into fox news, the manner and method some of these settlements were made to some of roger ailes acc...

What bill oreilly was doing or what the accusations against him were are just not true. that gets to a question of what happens with fox now? is there more talent at the network that might be accused of sexual harassment? then, perhaps most importantly theres a question about who knew what and who tolerated what. some of the women who came forward and accused roger ailes last year also implicated bill shine who was roger ailes right-hand man, has since taken over a as co-president of the network...

She found the whole thing very upsetting. >> well, cnn legal analyst arrivea martin joins us now. his lawyer says hes been the victim of a character assassination. he also went on to say its been orchestrated by the far left, a smear campaign, he has evidence which hell come out with. where is he going in terms of a legal defense? >> i think hes trying to save his job, first and foremost. theres really no need for a legal defense, because theres not been an action filed with respect to these las...

But we also know there was $13 million paid in settlement for women who made very similar allegations, and in most companies, most individuals would have been fired long before this. its just because of the cash that hes brought into the network, which is why hes still in the position today. >> so you talk about the legal settlement theyve made with fox news. but the latest accusers, wendy walsh and the latest accuser today, that i not after money. >> no, but lisa bloom has said repeatedly, he w...