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Only remfresh usesodys ion-powered melatonin to deliver up to 7 hours of sleep support. number one sleep doctor recommended remfresh-your nightly sleep companion. a dramatic day in new york city conference. disgraced harvey weinstein arraigned on charges including rape. two separate women. earlier in the women harvey weinstein turned himself to police and es courted out in hands cuffs. harvey weinstein attorney say he is no boy scout but he is not guilty of a crime. >> we believe at the end of...

This, special correspondent jamie engal and special kors sara azari. this is such a profound moment for them. going back, jamie, to when you listened to the attorney outside the courthouse steps saying he didnt invent the casting couch, how is that indicative of how he may defend him? >> i thought it was fascinating. he was almost putting the me-too movement on trial. it was clear he said hes going to plead innocent, but theyre going to be very aggressive about this. there was another thing he s...

Hes walking out of the courthouse. it looked to me like he was smiling on his way out. what do you think hes smiling about? >> you know, part of me thinks maybe it was nervous laughter. could it really be that hes so delusional that he thinks that hes, you know, innocent? i dont think it could be but i dont know how far his delusions take him. i think hes very smug and disrespectful. >> you heard his lawyer outside the court, right, he maintains all of this sexual activity was con se consensual ...

>> a volley of nos, which he ignored. >> reporter: and mcgowan. >> we got you. yes. to see him in cuffs on the way out, whether he smiled or not. thats a very good feeling. >> reporter: weinstein denies having nonconsensual sex with any of his accusers and his attorney insisted today his client is innocent. >> my job is not to defend the behavior. my job is to defend something that is criminal behavior. bad behavior. mr. weinstein did not invent the casting couch in hollywood and to the extent t...

And bad behavior, mr. weinstein did not invent the casting couch in hollywood and to the extent that there is bad behavior in that industry, that is not what this is about. >> if you stay positive you have -- >> reporter: and it is a stunning fall for the man behind several major movies like "silver linings playbook", the can kings speech". >> and shakespeare in love. some of which earned him dozens of award for his work behind the camera. >> reporter: but now hes the focus of investigations for...

For almost 40 years and i think most of you know that. i think the federal investigation, if it occurs, we will deal with it when and if that happens. i am hoping to continue my discussions with the southern district and my efforts to dissuade them from proceeding that investigation too has gone on for many months. thank you very much. >> dozens of women say there is a pattern of behavior, a pattern of misconduct by mr. weinstein against these women. >> let me say this, without defending behavio...

Those women, seeing them cry, seeing them beg and say no, theres no way he could not have known. thats my opinion. im talking from my only personal experience that he was terrifying people. no, he didnt invent the casting couch, but its time it ends. >> to your own personal experience, ca okatherine, youn aspiring actress, take us to the worst of it. >> i had trained and gone to acting school to meet and work with this luminary and that i was given scripts and that he wants to read with me and t...

Tremendously. but first of all there was a shocking statement seen shally saying not only that the sexual contact between weinstein and his accusers were consensual, but also that this is how it is in hollywood. that the currency in hollywood is the trading of the casting couch for sex, essentially, its your career for sex. so that was the shocking part of the statement. and second part of the statement i actually agree with. because look what happened in the bill cosby second trial. in the firs...

Of a crime you vehemently deny. and then the interesting part, kate, there was a little bit of a turn when asked the question what does he have to say to all those women who made that accusation -- those accusations against him and brafman, his lawyer, basically says that he didnt -- weinstein didnt invent the casting couch, that he doesnt defend -- his job is not to defend bad behavior, but criminal charges. i want you to hear more about that, it was a very important part of this news conferenc...

>> chloe, what message does it send for weinsteins attorney to suggest that weinstein didnt invent what he called the casting couch? >> its an interesting choice of words, wolf. first of all, nobody said that harvey weinstein invented the casting couch, which has been something thats a term thrown around in hollywood, since hollywood began. but you have 80 women that have come forward with accusations against harvey weinstein. this is not about, you know, old hollywood tales. these are some pret...