earlier today that weinstein sexually harassed them. other actresses are telling "the new york times" that weinstein was making unwanted advances. heather graham is also speaking out. she told variety that weinstein said if she had with him, he would get a movie deal in the movie role. and weinstein's wife georgina chapman told "people" magazine she is now finally leaving her husband. according to the daily mail, weinstein is taking a page out of the clinton playbook. he's hiring a top hollywood lawyer in an attempt -- if you read it -- to discredit his victims. only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to allegations against harvey weinstein. with even more disturbing is the fact that people, many of them in hollywood knew what weinstein was doing and they knew it for decades and they did nothing about it. some in hollywood are even being accused of helping to cover this up. according to a former "new york times" reporter, there
is a 2004 story that she was working on about weinstein. allegedly point paying a woman to keep her silent after he sexually harassed her. that was killed with the help she says from actors matt damon and russell crowe. david is denying he played any role and says the conversation he had with the reporter was not about weinstein. there's also a fashion designer, want to be outraged? donna karan has apologized today after saying on sunday that weinstein's accusers were "asking for it." there's also the fact that as we highlighted last night, weinstein is a huge, massive, major democratic donor. their estimate is that he contributed over $2 million to democrats since the year 2000. very key top democratic names and players. including an estimated $44,000 to hillary clinton. that's in addition to the
$15,000 that weinstein gave to her super pac. weinstein also donated over -- dollars to the obama victory fund. maybe that's why took clinton and the obama's five days to begin to speak out. that's not all. the hollywood executive dished out over $97,000 to the democratic national committee. he wrote checks for over $76,000 to the democratic senatorial campaign committee. some democrats to their credit giving the money back. others are donating to various liberal groups. really? not every single democrat isn't doing that. even though they should be. remember during the campaign? i made such a big deal about all of the money that hillary clinton, or foundation, was taking in from countries like saudi arabia, qatar, oman, kuwait. the uae. they treat women horror to make horribly. in some of these countries gays
and lesbians are put to death. christians and jews are persecuted. five days after the scandal broke, we want to remind you what the women who accused bill clinton of sexual misconduct said. i don't remember hollywood stars speaking out against clinton or talking about his issues that he had to deal with. or how hillary defended him. you may remember this. >> it he described a scene when he was biting on your lip and when it was all over, he was leaving. inside you better put some ice on that. >> yeah. and casually put on his sunglasses and walked out the door. it was a terrible ordeal for me. no woman should be subjected to it. >> sean: he assaulted you. he touched, grabbed, fondled and kissed you against your will. an allegation not made by one woman. it's made by many others.
>> next thing you know, she pulled down his pants, everything. he was exposed. and i said i am not that kind of girl. and i need to be getting back to my bed. >> sean: remember what hillary said? she said their accusations were part of the vast right-wing rig conspiracy theory. the ever so eloquent statement she put out about weinstein today... i was shocked and appalled by the revelations about harvey weinstein. the behavior described a women coming forward cannot be tolerated. their courage in the support of others is critical in helping to top this kind of behavior. really, hillary, really? three genetic sentences and your silence over the years? here's the truth about the clintons and weinstein. they've known weinstein for years. they've been more than happy to take all of his money and run
campaigns. foxnews.com is reporting that weinstein donated $200,000 to that clinton foundation. maybe that's why she waited to condemn weinstein. she never criticized those countries that treat women, gays and lesbians, christians and jews horribly. finally at this late hour, the obama's finally put out a statement about weinstein that reads this... michelle and i have been disgusted about the recent reports of harvey weinstein. any man who demeans or degrades women in such fashion needs to be condemned and held accountable regardless of wealth or status. we should celebrate the courage of women who have come forward to tell these painful stories and we all need to build a culture including by empowering our girls in teaching our boys decency and respect so we can make such behavior less prevalent in the future. okay, a obama loves to opine
have spoken out about the treatment of women, gays and lesbians, kristen's aunt jews under sharia. hollywood is a perfect example. we've been hearing about this type of behavior, that weinstein is being accused of. he's definitely not alone. it's bigger than anyone is going to tell you. we will be investigating. people have been talking for years. ever hear the phrase the casting couch in hollywood? we've all heard that phrase. guess what? hollywood has turned a blind eye to the systemic abuse. they just accepted it. all while attacking conservatives as being anti-women, feeding moral outrage, selective moral outrage any time a conservative is caught up in a scandal or an alleged scandal. hollywood does not care about the issue that they talked about because if they did, someone would have spoken out about weinstein sooner. people have known for years and they did not do it. hollywood, what do they do in the movies? they romanticize violence and
sex. and of course, cartoon characters. they slant left. this is why it's bigger than anyone will tell you. i have a video from 2003. remember? a guy accused of rape and even admitted to part of it? roman polanski. he went back and oscar for best director. the left its audience, how did they respond? he was in the 40s when the accusation took place. the girl was 13. the same polanski accused of raping a 13-year-old girl after giving her champagne and quaaludes. he fled to europe before he got the full sentence he deserved. which is why he was absent from this award ceremony. now that you know this, close attention. how did the hollywood oscars
crowd, how did they cheer for this accused child rapist? watch this. >> roman polanski for "the pianist." [cheers and applause] >> sean: seeing that after knowing what roman polanski did to a 13-year-old girl? should we really be surprised that hollywood leftist liberals did not expose weinstein sooner? we also have to point out that some in hollywood, they still support polanski. back in 2009, he was arrested in switzerland. people wanted him extradited to california on the 1977 case. but over 100 leftist hollywood celebrities, we will show you some of the notable ones right there. they all signed a petition. demanding the guy that did this
to a 13 euro girl be released. there are also reports that harrison ford and harvey weinstein himself signed that petition. this hypocrisy is stunning. it's shameful. beyond disgusting. here's my prediction tonight. this harvey weinstein scandal is only the tip of the iceberg. for example, after terry crews, he announced he was sexually assaulted by "high-ranking hollywood executive," we will have a lot more on the days and weeks ahead. here with reaction, fox news correspondent geraldo rivera. radio talk show host larry elder and monica crowley. i want to start with you. you knew him. >> in 2001, he worked as an editor and writer for talk magazine. it was half owned by harvey weinstein. and his first movie studio, miramax. he controlled half of the magazine. while i never experienced or witnessed sexual harassment
myself, i did witness extremely abusive behavior on the part of harvey weinstein directed to the editor in chief and others who worked at the magazine. he would come in that office once a week, a couple times a week. screaming. the vitriol that he spewed was so abusive. rather than being productive, it actually had the contrary effect. we all heard whispers about the other part of it. it's the abusive behavior in one area certainly tells us about abusive behavior in other areas. >> sean: how is it possible, geraldo? i have friends. they told me the same thing that live in los angeles. everybody knew. everybody knew and is far more pervasive than anybody knows. the guy in new zealand whose hiring attorneys to expose all of these people. i think this is going to get bigger. >> it's huge.
nobody can pretend to be surprised. you mentioned the expression "casting couch." i've done at least a dozen exposes on the casting couch over the years. in 2013 when seth mcfarlane, the very gifted comic was presenting the nominations for the academy award for best supporting actress, he said of the five nominees, now they didn't have to pretend to like harvey weinstein anymore. this was a generalized -- this was general knowledge. furthermore, to your political point, i don't think the progressive side of the political agenda, the liberals can in any way denied that they dropped the ball regarding these specific allegations. there's no doubt but if this was one of us, if it was bill o'reilly again or if it was bill cosby, the left would have had it. it would have been the lead in the "saturday night live" monologue or the weekend update.
it wasn't even mentioned. the late-night comic didn't even mention it at all. it's a lamentable that a person who is a predator like this -- a pig but if you are a right-wing pig, they would have been all over this on friday. not waiting until tuesday. >> sean: so true. larry, you lived in l.a. it's different in this sense. everybody i know that lives out there, there are so many people, young people that go out there with dreams and aspirations and they want to be actors and actresses. and models and all of this. i am told by my friends there, this is so pervasive. it's worse than anybody knows. what do you hear from other people in the industry? >> that's why this is so appalling, sean. it's one thing for a young starlet, naive, the casting couch in the behavior of harvey weinstein.
it's another thing for an accomplished, established actors like glenn close to say yeah, i knew about this for a long time and never said anything. knowing about it all this time and not saying anything, knowing full well he's doing this to younger actresses? my goodness, where have you been? we are not to be surprised by this kind of hypocrisy. paula jones, she works at the national organization for women. she was told i'm sorry, you are in bed with the wrong people. she told me she called gloria aldrich's office twice and they didn't even return the phone call. >> sean: the clintons got a pass. because they are liberal. all the things i've been thinking about the money they take from countries that have sharia, the clintons got a pass on all bill clinton's garbage and they all knew that was true. >> sean, one more thing, there's a book called no one left alive too. it was written by douglas brinkley, a very respected
historian. by christopher hitchens. he said that bill clinton has been accused of >> greg: >> ser twice but three times. >> sean: it didn't stop them -- not a peep out of hillary. go ahead. >> hillary clinton said over the last year that these kind of women make these accusations should be believed. harvey weinstein in the first day of this scandal was telling people this was going to blow over because he believed as a good liberal throwing his money around that he would be protected. for a long time, he was, sean. it shows a very deep, corrosive moral degradation. not just in hollywood but in the culture. >> sean: i'm not going to cast dispersions on one group of people. i'm not going to cast dispersions on women that were afraid to talk. but so many waited and then thinking if you are waiting,
you've got to know in the back of your head this guy is not changing his behavior. some were very rich and powerful. >> when it's happening to you, you think you are alone and it's only happening to you. that this kind of thing was only directed to you. >> sean: good point. >> when you walk out of a situation like this, you are terrified to tell anybody because you think you're the only one and you are not going to be believed. >> sean: geraldo. >> the partial solution to this as this emerges -- one harvey weinstein paid off these people, i have no doubt that he and his privately held company of which he and his brother own 42%, they deducted those payoffs, the silence money from their income tax. as a legitimate business aspect. that's a violation of tax law. the frustration that the new york county d.a. voiced
about the inability to prosecute him for the groping of the actress, because she may have been unreliable or whatever it was -- now the tax man can unpeeled a lot of this nonsense and hold people accountable for clear violation of the irs tax code. a felony, by the way. that's the way to go. many of the complainants coming forward, in the bill cosby case, many of the alley vacations were 20-30-even 40 years old. i suspect in the weinstein case, there are fresher allegations in which the statute of limitations is not so old. >> sean: i promise we'll get to the bottom of it. young people deserve better. the casting couch crap has got
to stop. i'm sorry about what you went through, too. roger caddell, a huge announcement on the national anthem controversy. you're going to want to hear this. newt gingrich and studio as we continue tonight on ah, dinner.
>> sean: welcome back to "hannity." nfl commissioner roger goodell finally responded to the national anthem controversy playing the league. hello, roger. in a letter he wrote... the current dispute over the national anthem is threatening to erode the unifying power of our game and is now dividing us and our players and many fans across the country. he continued... like many of our fans, we believe everyone should stand for the national anthem. we need to move past this controversy and we want to do that together with our players. meanwhile, dallas cowboys owner jerry jones repeated his position that he will bench players who disrespect the flag. good for him. watch this. >> the policy is if you do not honor and stand for the flag, a lot of the fans feel that you should.
if that's not the case, then you will not play. >> sean: remember, people fought bled and died under that flag. unfortunately, those on the left in this country were quick to accuse jerry jones of being racist. this is pathetic. watch this. >> jerry jones displayed leadership but i need to be with my players, he got down and linked arms. i understand that. it seems like that's where he was going. now it seems like it was as phony as a three dollar bill. the word that comes to mind, i don't care if he doesn't like me using it, plantation. the players are here to serve me and they will do what i want, no matter how much i pay them. they are not equal to me. >> jerry jones -- his decision in many ways, smacks of the plantation mentality. >> sean: what about nfl players?
are we restricting their free speech rights? and when they put on their cleats 9/11 oh oh two meg zero? they were forbidden from doing that. you can't twerk or taunt or do a fake bow and arrow in the end zone. author of how to turn good men into whiners, weenies, and wimps. burgess owens is back with us. there are plenty restrictions on free speech in the nfl. can't remember 9/11. you cannot honor dead police officers assassinated in the line of duty. one player wanted to honor his mother with pink but it wasn't the month of october. he was denied this request. why can't they make rules here without being called racist? >> here's the problem, i think
the nfl commissioner had it right. we have to remove the barrier and move forth and find a way for america to come together. i think the players should stand for the plaque. >> sean: this is about low ratings and revenues walking out the door. this is not about principle. people aren't watching it. the disrespect of the brave men and women who fought, bled, and died for that flag. to play its part and they get paid a lot of money. >> we need americans who stand with us for the flag to stand and erase the racial divide in our country. we have issues monday through sunday. >> sean: burgess, i mentioned this. robert kraft said to all his players, i will match you dollar for dollar. let's do something in our communities and help people. >> i am so excited about this conversation we are having. what we are seeing in the black community, as we pull back the
underbelly of socialism and marxism, you see people that don't have any hope. at the end of the day, we have a chance to have the conversation. where are the black leaders? all these guys who are now complaining, talking about racist owners. where have they been as we fed the misery for black people for all these years? it's been total silence. i'm glad we are having conversation. americans do what we do best. we are going to give these kids hope. give money to the right organizations. not naacp. those are front doors for marxism. april giving these kids hope. doing the right thing for them. >> sean: i am all for -- i make my living with freedom of speech, daryl. it's a shame that no one paid attention in obama's adopted hometown during his presidency and 39 people killed.
18,000 shot. the final six years of his presidency. where was everybody? where was everybody when kids are dying? god's sons and daughters are dying. i've scrawled their names. >> you need to hear from the nfl players. they are saying to america and our president we have a racial issue we need to talk about. we need to have that conversation. until we have that conversation, i don't think we've properly responded to these players. the president owes it to the country into players in the league. all americans are going to stand for the flag, make sure we have this conversation to address the issues that so many of these players have brought to our attention. >> sean: burgess, last word. >> ever in the history of mankind, the black community, these people are telling these kids for 20-30 years that they can't make it. the conversation needs to be had but we need to tell them what the real deal is in our country
and not let the socialists run this. >> sean: we've got to leave it there. i appreciate it. roger goodell statement about players standing for the anthem, a big win for president trump. we will asked newt gingrich about harvey weinstein, whether or not republicans can get anything done and the battle between senator corker and president trump. we have a lot of ground to cover on this busy breaking news
your wife has a new book out. she's going to beat you in ambassador to the vatican. "remember the ladies." >> she now works for the american people. >> sean: congratulations. i think it was right to bring this debate on the nfl in the anthem. >> one of the things driving the elite media crazy is that trump has this instinct for taking the side of the american people in taking the side of american history. and being willing to stand up to every politically correct left-winger there is. he's gradually beginning to break through, i think. it's not measurable in traditional terms. if you go back and collect all the columns about how wrong it was for trump to do this, the
american people said no, that's exactly right. and winston did their poll and found out that the nfl had collapsed -- >> sean: dramatically. >> i'm sure roger goodell in the moment of deep patriotism desired not to to go broke. >> sean: now you mean when the revenue is sinking and the ratings go down? >> they decided that they too wanted to stand for the flag. >> sean: they too. very clever. i want to go back to this harvey weinstein issue. it's a huge political component here. you've known me all these years. i met you in 1990. the first time, a holiday in in decatur alabama. the thing that frustrates me,
that republicans are racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, islamophobic. every election cycle. poor met romney had resumes of women and was accused of misogyny. could not meet the nicer guy in your life. right? now, all the hypocrisy, hilary takes money from countries that practice sharia. they take money from weinstein. everybody i know in hollywood says this was an open secret. how abusive and horrible this man was. the "the casting couch" is not w concept. it did not matter that bill clinton treated women horribly. they still voted for bill and hillary. why the double standard? >> there's a great daily blog, pointed out two things. if hillary had won, this was still not be a story. they would have smothered it. it was so directly brings back
bill and hillary. this is a story that could only emerge when you had somebody new in the white house. in the old days, people like weinstein. this would make an amazing movie or novel, it's not just him. there were people who had the power -- they could go to the various publications, the women's publications and say i can get a start to be the cover of your next magazine. you really want to pick a fight with me? >> sean: they owned them. >> the democratization of media, there are too many small people out there to bribe. someone comes along and says -- >> sean: twitter, facebook. >> i am willing to report this and you can't do anything to me. what's interesting is, this is part of an ongoing process. you're going to see hollywood come apart at the seams.
just as you've seen silicon valley. it becomes inappropriate for economic power to coerce and blackmail and bribe people it's been exploiting. >> sean: there is an ugly, hypocritical underbelly here, though. the left will tolerate the sins of the left. hollywood celebrities tolerated the sins of the clintons because of what their politics were. any conservative, even if it's not true, they will go forward with the fierce feigned outrage. >> what gets to people like you and me and the most of our audience is the left is determined to say they are morally superior. they have to come in and say whatever the topic is, you are a bad person. you are a bad person.
as you said, they come up with these nasty, big terms. i just saw a study that says the next generation of college professors, it's 12-1 democrat. 12-1. it says to me that campuses are gone. people that walk around smugly saying i am morally superior and you must be inferior because after all, you don't believe what i believe. >> sean: do think deep down in their hearts they know how hypocritical they are? >> no, that's what's frightening. they are totalitarians. this is what george orwell in 1984 wrote about. >> sean: they will tolerate the sins of their own. it's like leonardo dicaprio. a big green guy. not enough to celebrate new year's eve once with a private jet to australia. and that a private jet to fly back to vegas, you get to celebrate it twice.
of course, you can buy carbon offsets. the equivalent of buying a diamond watch, ring, and necklace if you are unfaithful to your wife and say it's just an offset, honey. no problem. that'll work. a carbon offset -- i can send all i want. put out all the admissions but you've got to get rid of your caravan and drive a bicycle. >> you are not going to jump from there in a mean-spirited way and talk about al gore's swimming pool. >> sean: [laughs] i have a video of him getting off on goma street. it's only him and his wife. [laughs] i am the only person in life they can throw you off. i am sorry. >> i have no idea what i was about to say. >> sean: there's double standard hypocrisy. >> what drives him crazy is, and candidly, one of the things that saved bill clinton was that he knew he was a hypocrite. he's kind of cheerful about it.
it was the people around him who worked. it's a guy who went down and talk to a group of people and said i think i did too. he had this arkansas country boy all shocks, here i am doing the best i can. there is is not what these people are. these people would destroy you. not just you, sean hannity but but -- >> sean: any conservative. >> anyone on a college campus that speaks superficially. >> sean: i want to talk about the battle between corker and the president and the agenda and whether it can get done. and your new book. i don't know if it will do as well as "understanding tromp." you can't do better than 30 weeks in a row. >> it's about north korea and terrorism. it leaps off the pages. i think it's going to do very well. >> sean: i will pull it up in a second.
i will start reading it tonight. and i have an ..
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>> this is a very important book and it's it's very important things about national security. >> sean: this is your passion. you aren't really a commentator. although you are one of the best speakers integrate political visionaries, you actually can give a course to these idiots in washington today. had to have urgency and get things done. this is your passion. it models right from today's headlines. >> i worry about our national security. i think it's the most dangerous period since the 1962 cuban missile crisis. i think it's partly a problem because we think okay, we are going to deal with north korea but it's not north korea. it's the terrorists and iran and russia. you have to think networks of behavior. in the point we make is what if terrorists got to -- swapped it to make dirty bombs?
>> sean: that's a possibility. >> or the old-fashioned way, building official. building a missile. and the marine major, or third volume. she works with a mossad agent. the three of them are assigned before this stuff can get to the u.s. or to israel. >> sean: can i get the movie rights? i have my first movie coming up. we have this battle going on. i know most people -- when you became speaker, you also would take out of your pocket a piece of paper, first 100 days we are going to do these ten items. you did them and kept your word. repeal and replace, seven and a half years. do you know how aggravated i am? now it appears they may not be ready for this moment in terms of the tax bill, the forgotten
men and women need. and bob corker, in a war with donald trump. this isn't going to help the country. by the way, they hate him. let's be honest. i talked to people in that senate room. what was exactly said by lindsey graham, senator mccain, mitch mcconnell and bob corker, they don't like this president. >> by the summer of 1940, the only american president to be elected four times was so disliked by the congress that he turned to general george marshall and said if we are going to get an extension to the draft, you have to go get it because none of them trust me. this was the president who arguably was the most effective politician in american history. >> sean: at least he had three terms by that point. we haven't gotten through the first year.
>> founding fathers designed a system for independently elected people in three places and it's really, really hard. i want to say something about patterns. he was a good example of what we were talking about. the paul ryan postcard that you could fill out. 85 or 95% of americans will be able to do all of the taxes on a postcard. it saves about 5 billion hours of paperwork and probably $100 billion a year. >> sean: the house has sent over 280 pills. it's only gotten a third of the presidents appointments. it's a year. what are they doing? >> part of what the problem -- >> sean: the brother talk. calm "hannity" down. >> i'm not trying to calm you down. defending democracy, which is people -- i may do a course on how to legislate. >> sean: for them or for us?
>> for the country. including them. >> sean: especially them. >> that includes the white house. the first and you have to understand, this is a system designed to be hard and if you screw it up, it becomes impossible. >> sean: why am i having a hard time yet i think i speak for a lot of people, you ask for the house in 2010 and you get it. in 2014, you get it. 2016, you get it. you've got it all and then you have all this lead up time. >> you are right. people have every right to be frustrated with the republican party, which institutionally has been unable for ten months to get its act together. >> sean: how is that even possible? >> you have a brand-new president who has never served in public office. a whole bunch of senators that are skeptical. >> sean: did you hear how pompous and arrogant and how
much of a jackass bob corker sounded in the interview? those are my words. >> those are your words. all i can say is... people when they get unleashed, there are moments that night -- i set a whole bunch of stuff about the fact that hillary and bill were mcgovern knights. that becomes page one on the new york times. why would you say that? i would say -- my advice to senator corker who was a very bright guy and president trump is -- >> sean: keep your promises. >> not just that. call each other. have lunch. decide that serving the country is more important. >> sean: thank you for being with us. we will see you soon.
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>> sean: a couple of reminders before we go, you know what? i'm so sick of hollywood. about two years ago, i had a meeting -- i got involved as an executive producer. my first movie, i think i'm out of my mind. the project is down and is, in out. it's not formulaic. it actually has values that you and your whole entire family can go see. it's got a great story. it's going to be in theaters october 27th. take a look a look. >> the basic tenets of christianity. >> timeout. don't you dare tell me about the love and compassion of your so-called god. if you felt like sacrificing his only begotten son. that's his business. he should have plenty well keep his hands off off of mine!
the idea of possibliy resigning. what's unclear is how serious that was. whether he said something like i am willing to resign if the president wants me to or whether he said i intend to resign and i'm going to do it on monday. we don't know the exact nature of those conversations. >> eli, i want to hear about your reporting. i want to show our viewers what phil rucker is talking about. let's watch. >> i have a message for the president tonight. under zero circumstances should the president fire anybody. >> if you are laying a trap for donald trump, this might be exactly how you'd do it. >> okay, professor, what will president trump do now? >> well, if he's smart, he'll take advantage of this and not fire either -- any of these people, not mueller, not rosenstein, and not sessions. >> so this is important point because i think a lot of people are really scared after the
rosenstein's people to come out and say, he expects to be fired. his people were putting that out to what end, we don't know at this point but certainly today for all the claims the president having a really busy schedule. he was free today between 9:30 and 2:15. almost two hours he spent at trump tower. he was on the phone with kelly and talking to rosenstein during that time. and this is a man who, as we know, for all the reputation that he loves to fire people, he doesn't like to do it in person. and so the idea that he's putting this off, he had this opportunity today while out of town. if he wanted to do it, didn't take it and then is going to go back thursday to washington and meet with him. it's impossible to predict what this president will and won't do. based on precedent, we know he generally sh lly shies away frot confrontation and firing people face to face. >> the substance of this got lost. the substance of the report that rosenstein may or may not have offered to resign over was as early as may of 2017, 16 months
before the unanimous op-ed shows up in "the new york times," a cabinet official was talking about invoking the 25th amendment and bringing other cabinet officials along to that judgment. and offered to wear a wire to expose the chaos in the white house. he should have worn one today because the white house looked chaotic today. back to the substance of this. the substance of what rosenstein was reported to have been concerned about in may of 2017 lines up with the omarosa book. lines up with the unanimous op-ed and every page of the woodward book and seems to be another pillar in this picture that from the inside, the trump presidency is much more alarming than what we see from the outside. >> that -- the substance of that report was three weeks into rosenstein's time at deputy attorney general. he had exposure to him in two big instances. the dealings around the comey firing and the second was his dealings with the president when he sat in on all the interviews for potential fbi directors. if you read the story, one thing people missed in the substance of that story was the takeaway was that rod rosenstein was
really having a tough time. and whether he was serious or not in his remarks about the 25th amendment, whether he was serious or not in his remarks about wearing the wire, he was a person in some ways a ship without port. was not sure where to go. >> you worked in the justice department. i worked in the white house. i attended a lot of nsc meetings. we made jokes. you don't put in a memo, jokes. >> that is not a suggestion that a deputy attorney general who really is in control of the situation makes in a serious manner because it's never going to happen. but i don't think he was joking. the takeaway is he was not in control of the situation at the time. he's faced a few tests, more than any deputy attorney general in the history with the possible exception during watergate. he failed the first one when he wrote the comey memo. eight days later, another one, and he passed when he appointed bob mueller. he's facing the next big test. will he step down quietly or if
trump really wants to get rid of him, will he make him fire him? it's a critical test for his legacy and independence of the justice department. it would be a massive step for him to step down voluntarily now. >> talk to me about the idea of wearing a wire. that's also in the report and if he's offered to resign or fired, that was also the substance of what that story revealed, that in the spring of 2017, in this period of time before mueller was appointed, when they were interviewing candidates for fbi director. i've talked to some people who interviewed for that job. a couple pulled themselves out of contention. it was a chaotic time for this white house. he suggested that one of the candidates going in and wear a wire. why would you do that? >> prosecutors, fbi agents, cops, the only time they talk about wearing a wire is when it's against a bad guy. so understand the gravity of the deputy attorney general of the united states actually verbalizing, even if in jest, the possibility that he might wear a wire against the president of the united states in the oval office. and what that means about the
viewers of all the bleep he's put up with. he's got an entire house republican caucus that's drafted in articles of impeachment for him. he faces abuse every time he's on capitol hill. trying to release unredacted memos with state secrets in them to protect president trump from the russia probe. one scenario he's agreed to stay until mueller's investigation is over and the two walk out arm in arm. >> that would be the best possible scenario that he actually allows this to be completed. i think what you saw here was an effort, a game of chicken, as one former u.s. attorney said to me. an effort to get rosenstein to see if he could be bullied into resigning. to see if he would go quietly. when that was impossible, they backed off a little bit. and i think the reaction from capitol hill, from the media was sufficient to back them off. but this is a temporary stay of execution. and i think what all of us and what the commerngress has to st
thinking about is who would succeed mueller -- who would succeed rosenstein, excuse me. would it go to the solicitor general? does he have conflicts? >> that's noel francisco. but his firm jones day represents donald trump in the russia investigation. >> exactly. sounds like a conflict to me. >> and there may be something directly on point, according to other ethical people who say like he can't do this. then you drop down to olc. and goodness knows how far we're going to go with this. but it is important to remember that somebody other than jeff sessions is going to be managing that mueller probe, unless the president fires the attorney general and the republican senate, if there is one, confirms somebody new. number one, i think the senate owes the country the obligation of saying we will not replace jeff sessions with a presidential pick until the
mueller investigation is complete. and number two, i think it behooves mr. francisco to be very up front and clear about what his ethical obligations are. in that case, there will be a career individual in the justice department who is supervising the mueller probe. >> rod rosenstein's deputy, callahan is the political appointee. there are other names there. we have to watch that line of succession. i don't want to lose the thread on this. i want to bring phil and eli back on this. i want to remind everyone why rosenstein is such a trigger for the president and why most of the venom the president has unloaded, until recently about the russia investigation, he unloaded on rosenstein. he didn't name mueller until about eight, 12 weeks ago. and part of that was because rosenstein was the official who signed off on the raid of michael cohen's offices. the president has tweeted about him, i am being investigated for firing the fbi director by the
man who told me to fire the fbi director. witch hunt. the president has laid so much hate red for the justice department at the feed of rosenstein. >> he's praised him for other things the doj has done. it's hard to follow. when the president is the angriest about where he is with the mueller probe, with sdny, he does come back to rosenstein. and he does grumble about it. he does tweet about it. and i think has felt boxed in because of the fact that he can't, or hasn't been able to feel like he can do whatever he wants to because of the political implications. when he expresses frustration, i'm the president, why can't i do this, a lot is directed at rosenstein and feeling boxed in. this is an interesting moment for him. >> it's an interesting moment to wonder if the congress, if democrats take over, should bring every cabinet secretary up to the hill and ask them to festify whether they think the 25th amendment is necessary. it's the fifth account we know of the cabinet talking about the 25th amendment. one guy isn't into the 25th
amendment. that's mike pompeo. let's watch that and talk about it on the other side. >> if you can't be on the team, if you aren't supporting this mission, then maybe you ought to find something else to do. i've told that to my senior colleagues and junior folks, we need everyone who is engaged in helping achieve president trump's mission. i hope that everyone in every agency, doj, fbi, state department, is on that mission. if you aren't, you should take this time to go do something more productive. >> and i assume that talking about wiring the president, talking about the 25th amendment is not being on the team. >> not remotely. >> is it possible that if you think he's cuckoo, it's called being on team america, phil rucker? >> well, what you just heard there from secretary pompeo is the prevailing view inside the white house. and at the senior ranks of the administration which is if you can't get on board with what this president is trying to do, then what are you doing in this job? but there are people with sort of mission critical assignments
like rod rosenstein overseeing the russia investigation who see it as their mission, their duty to the country to continue to do that work. remember, it's not an investigation into donald j. trump personally. it's an investigation into a foreign government, in to russia's attempt to interfere in the u.s. election in 2016. to interfere in our democracy. and that's what the department of justice is trying to get to the bottom of with the mueller investigation. i think rosenstein sees it as his duty to stay in that role at the tip of the spear as long as he can to protect the integrity of the investigation. >> frank, i worked in a white house for six years. plenty of political problems, national security challenges, criticized from the right and the left. never one did i hear a joke about the 25th amendment. i had to google it. didn't know what it was until i started watching "homeland" last season. always ahead of the curve in american politics. the 25th amendment being
discussed. the woodward book, the omarosa book, unanimous op-ed and report friday about rod rosenstein. should we start separating the cabinet secretaries, put them in categories of political stooges and truth tellers? who goes in what category? mattis and rosenstein belong in the truth teller category. >> 25 years in the federal government, 25 years in the fbi, lots of gallous humor and joking. never once did anyone ever joke or mention the 25th amendment involving the president or wiring up against the president, even in jest. and i have to tell you something first. that's the first time i've heard the full clip from mike pompeo. he specifically mentioned the fbi. as somebody that, as a team that needs to fulfill the mission of the president, that is not the role of the fbi. and on a larger scale, as you're saying, when it comes to the 25th amendment if you think the president is unable to fulfill his duties and powers, you're on team america.
whether or not that's part of the mission of the president. so, yes, indeed if the right people were in charge of congress, we would be having hearings. we would be getting cabinet members in a room alone and asking them whether or not he can fulfill his duties. and that's not going to happen under this congress. >> all right, phil rucker and frank figliuzzi, thanks for scaring me. the saturday night massacre. that's how the ranking member of the house judiciary committee describes the president's war on justice. we'll get his reaction to the latest news about deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. also ahead -- the president doubles down on his supreme court nominee as new allegations emerge. and the midterm elections are shaping up to be a worst case scenario for republicans. new polling spells trouble for their chances of holding off a big blue wave.
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but will you fire rod rosenstein based on this treachery? >> i don't want to comment on it until i get all the facts. i haven't gotten all the facts, but certainly it's being looked at in terms of what took place, if anything took place. and i'll make a determination some time later. but i don't have the facts. >> rod rosenstein's fate still hanging in the balance this hour. his critics bracing for a potential constitutional crisis. the top democrat on the judiciary committee saying we've been watching a slow-moving saturday night massacre with donald trump firing comey and mccabe and his attacks on doj officials and special counsel mueller. if potus fires rod rosenstein, it would be a serious escalation in the case for obstruction of
justice. joining us now is congressman jerry nadler and former u.s. attorney barbara mcquade. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> are you worried? are you scared? >> i am very worried. we have seen from this administration an attack on the institutions that we depend on to preserve our constitutional order and liberties, attacks on the press othe judiciary, on the fbi, attacks on the department of justice. and we know that there is massive russian interference in the last election. and there's a proper investigation of that to see what they did and who in the united states abeded it. and we know that there's been a -- that the president has persistently attacked that investigation. and it's, as i said, it's a slow motion saturday night massacre start with his demanding loyalty from comey, then his firing
comey, firing mccabe. his attacks on the doj, attacks on individuals in the doj, his attacks on rosenstein, his attempts to fire sessions. his attacks on bruce orr who is a career person in the doj. his attacks on the fbi. this president is willing to subvert major american institutions in the service of himself. and rosenstein has been in charge of the mueller investigation, making sure that mueller has the wherewithal and the freedom to pursue the investigation where it leads, which is what this country needs. i'm very concerned that if they fire rosenstein, they'll put in somebody who will, in fact, constrain the investigation and we'll not find out what we need to find out, and we will not be able to contain the damage to our institutions that we depend on for our liberty. >> rod rosenstein and bob mueller are both republicans. is it a strange position to find yourself in where -- and you
talk about the saturday night massacre. the ultimately, nixon faced a congress that once they had all the facts and saw obstruction detailed in full light, they fulfilled their duties. are you concerned that as more and more evidence comes out, it seems to have no impact on republicans in congress? >> i am very concerned. in fact, the republicans in congress have been -- some of them, the chairman of the judiciary committee, the chairman of the investigations committee, the heads of the freedom caucus, various others have been doing whatever they can to -- >> is that mark meadows? jim jordan. >> bob goodlatte, trey gowdy. they've been doing what they can to subvert the investigation, to attack the investigation. to launch an investigation of the investigation. >> why do you think that is? >> to protect the president. i think they are putting the welfare of the president personally and politically above the welfare of the country. and i think the character of the republican party over years has
changed. i am not at all sure that they would go along with impeaching nixon today with the evidence that they had. so i think that i don't say this in a partisan base, i though it will be hard for people to believe, but i think for the welfare of the country you have to have a democratic congress because, or at least one house because the republican congress has absolutely refused to do their constitutional duty, which is to be a check and a balance on the president, to exercise account, to force accountability, to launch investigations and to be the check and the balance that matters in the framers of the constitution insisted the congress be. and without that check, an executive who has no c compunctions and no sense of institutional integrity can run amok as this president is doing. >> not strange to hear democrats
say that, but there are other republicans -- you're in that camp. so this is now the view not just of democrats but of everyone who is interested in protecting trump no matter the fact. is it weird, as a democrat, as a former democratic operative, former democratic justice department official, to be the one standing on the line protecting republican officials like bob mueller and rod rosenstein? >> no, because there is a long tradition that people inside the administration, you expect to have respect for certain fundamental values like the rule of law. that's not supposed to be a partisan issue. that's supposed to be believed by democrats and republicans between administrations and also on the hill. the weird thing is the caucus of republicans that believe in just basic institutions has shrunk so -- to be so little. one of the things -- >> i go further. they're corrupted.
they don't just not believe. the caucus of republicans has been corrupt. that's why i asked you why. they've been corrupted by something. >> and the conversation that every democrat has had is, what would we do if we were in this situation and you like to think you'd do the right thing. we'd be one of the republicans like jennifer who would stand up and say, i can't believe this is happening. i'm not going to put partisan loyalty ahead of the country and the basic values that we hold dear. you don't know until you face the test. watching all the republicans on the other side, they've all crumbled until you're left with almost nobody in either house of congress. >> i want to bring barbara mcquade in. >> the congressman raises the important point which is there are so many different ways in which the congress has failed. first of all, they've rubber stamped every single nominee who has gone through, whether that's judicial nominees, whether it's cabinet positions, many of whom have had to leave because of corruption. they've not had any oversight on the meddling within the justice department. they report is policed their
own. no ethics probe with devin nunes as to has revelation of classified material or his efforts to uncover the name of a -- outing a confidential source. they haven't had any investigation as to the efforts, the plotting to fire rod rosenstein, to manufacture these sorts of crises. so there are many, many things that a normal congress would be doing. they'd be having oversight. they'd be calling in rod rosenstein and asking, did the white house ever instruct you to do x? did the white house prevent you from doing y? and that is completely absent because, as you say, we do not -- we no longer have a system of checks and balances. we have one party that has thrown up the constitution and thrown up our democratic institutions and they don't care. >> barbara mcquade, i want to ask you about some reporting in "the washington post" today, part of the rosenstein watch, if you will. the post is reporting that this
person said rosenstein had expressed to others he should resign because he felt compromised. felt very compromised and was now a witness in the russia probe, rather than a supervisor. what did we learn in the last couple days that turned him into a witness instead of a supervisor of that probe? >> well, if he is someone who is involved in investigating the president or if this report is true that he offered to wear a wire to obtain incriminating statements made by the president. we still don't know what all those facts are, whether he did this, whether he did so in jest or had a genuine concern about the president's ability to serve and was acting the best interest of the country by invoking the 25th amendment. what president trump is doing is actually making sense which is, let me talk to him face to face on thursday and get a sense of what this is all about. but it could be that rod rosenstein, even if he survives his job finds himself in a position where he has to recuse himself from the investigation
and then in effect may be the same which is that we now have someone else taking over the supervision of this investigation. >> you are shaking your head. i want to let you react and also ask you if you should take over control of the house which looks increasingly possible by the chaotic day. were you prepared to embark upon impeachment proceedings for the president? >> i think it's too early to say that. we don't know enough yet. we have to wait and see more facts. and that's one of the reasons why the mueller investigation is so important. it's certainly a possibility. certainly if the president were to act in a way to shut down the mueller investigation or greatly impede it, that would be another major indication of the president involved -- being involved in massive obstruction of justice. probably an obstruction of judgment, too, but that's -- >> probably predates the obstruction of justice. >> it's an impeachable offense, but i think it's too early to
make those determinations, and we should concentrate now on making sure that the investigation can go forward properly. the investigation of the russian involvement in our election and the investigation of the ongoing obstruction of justice which is equally important. and we should -- we won't, but we should pass that legislation that's been pending for, what, four, five, six months to protect the mueller investigation. but that's of key importance. >> last question. if the president has been convinced by people like sean hannity and tucker carlson, for better for worse not to fire rod rosenstein, what would your message to rosenstein be today? to hang in there? >> to hang in there as his patriotic duty to make sure that mueller can follow the facts where they lead and that he's not either fired or compromised in terms of the investigation being told don't look here, don't look there. that's rosenstein's duty, and i don't think he's got -- no
matter what happened in that disputed conversation, which led to nothing. there was no invocation of the 25th amendment. no wiretapping of the president. i don't think that precludes him from -- or puts him in a conflict of interest situation that would preclude him from doing the job we need him to do. >> thank you for spending time with us. after the break, the kavanaugh nomination was supposed to supercharge republicans as they limp into the midterms battered by an unpopular president and constant chaos. how his crisis has rocked republican chances. could help them save money on car insurance? yea,that and homeowners, renters, motorcycle and boat insurance. huh.that's nice. what happens when you catch a fish? gecko: whoa. geico. more than just car insurance. see how much you could save at geico.com. i'm ok!
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saying in a statement, quote, once again, those alleged to have been witnesses to the event deny it ever happened. there is now a frenzy to come up with something, anything, that will block this process and a vote on my confirmation from occurring. these are smears, pure and simple. and the president agrees with him. again voicing support for his supreme court nominee this morning. >> he's a fine, fine man. a great scholar. great at everything he's ever done. and it would be sad indeed if something happens to reroute that. this is a fine man. and we certainly hope he's going to be confirmed and quick ly. his family has suffered. his family has suffered. what's going on is not something that you should happen. brett kavanaugh is an absolute outstanding person. hopefully he will be confirmed quickly. thank you very much. >> that was just moments ago in new york. joining us is ron clan, former chief of staff to biden and gore
and former chief counsel to the senate judiciary committee during the clarence thomas hearings. barbara mcquade is still with us. let me start with you and your thoughts about, not just where this nomination stands. it seems to be in serious jeopardy, but the conduct of the president and the republicans seems to be to allow no prospect, no possibility that these allegations, which as detailed in "the washington post" last week, couldn't be read any other week than as credible. >> yeah, i think they've -- i think what that says about their view about women in these claims is one thing but as a matter of process, it's hard to explain. i was chief counsel of the senate judiciary committee when democrats controlled it and george h.w. bush was president. we sent it to the fbi, the white house. a conservative white house counsel sent it on to the fbi. and the fbi ran it to ground. the assistance by the trump white house and by the
republicans on the judiciary committee that the fbi would not be brought in to look into this charge, to look in the other information that's coming out, does no service to the process. in the end, it does a great disseverance to judge kavanaugh because there's no independent investigation for the senators to go on and as they go weigh this information. >> i want to let you elaborate on that. this is a point getting lost by republicans who probably intend to make things better for kavanaugh but not allowing her account to be viewed as credible. whether you believe her or believe him, this is about getting to the facts. can you elaborate on that point? i think it's important and lost. >> sure. no nominee likes to be investigated. let's just accept that, nicolle. but it's in the interest of the nominee, him or herself, and the institution to which they're going to be names, the supreme court, to run these things to ground. to find out what happened.
that means having the fbi interview the person bringing the allegations. interview the nominee. look at the available evidence. we hear third hand, fourth hand. he has calendars from his high school days. he is talking to friends. but all this is being done in a slap dash extraordinary way. that's why the fbi, professional, neutral investigators, look into this material. supplement background files with new information as it comes up and create a basis on which people can make a judgment. the effort to rush this nomination from the start, to not turn over all of judge kavanaugh's white house papers, to just kind of ram this thing through is kind of part of what's coming home to roost here instead of running this through the appropriate, regular full, complete process. >> what ron is perhaps not articulating completely, but i sure will is that this will not end, even if he gets on the court because we have had no
vetting of all of these allegations. the fbi has not gone out to interview the yale people who say that they heard deborah ramirez calling out brett kavanaugh's name or others heard this about this incident because we have not had that. these can always be raised again. there may be other women. there may be more people who come forward. and what do we do then? we embark on an impeachment of a sitting supreme court justice? there is no way that kavanaugh wins with questions still pending, with controversy still out there and how many of us are confident that we've talked to all the women that we've heard from all the women who have witnessed or been a part of this? we now have one of the witnesses from complainant number one, mark judge, who makes an appearance in the new yorker story as someone who apparently told an ex-girlfriend, yeah, i was involved in this incident of having sex or more than one people having sex with a woman who was drunk. gosh, don't you think the fbi
should go talk to him? what if he writes a book later on where he confesses what he told to his girlfriend. this has the opportunity, this has the possibility of corrupting the supreme court, of throwing in doubt every decision they make with him on the court. this is serious stuff. and they are treating this like just another political game. i would also add this notion, particularly by lindsey graham, which i find appalling for a military lawyer that there is nothing to investigate is preposterous. ronan farrow and jane mayer are out investigating and finding witnesses and finding confirming evidence. you can't simultaneously say there's nothing to go on and and at the same time say the fbi can't go look. those two things are completely incompatible and it's indicative of people running scared and people who think they can just jam it through because they have the votes. well, we're going to test the meddle of people like jeff flake and susan collins and lisa murkowski. >> those are the four.
this is, if you want to keep up the analogy that you and ron have talked about, this is the political game they're playing. lisa murkowski, susan collins, jeff flake and bob corker. those are the votes they're watching. is it your sense the white house thinks this is salvageable or a sure thing or in peril? >> i think they think it could be salvageable but they're worried about it and look at their options and don't have a better option than trying to keep going. if this falls apart, they're not getting another nominee put through before november. they look at the impact on november and they want to animate conservatives and excite them by putting another conservative on the supreme court. they're trying to get everybody to go back to their corners by turning this into yet another partisan fight and getting everybody to look at it through that lens. but there is risk in that. as they try to attack the process and try to attack democrats, you heard mitch mcconnell doing it again. the president saying the same thing. it's hard to do that without at least implicitly attacking or dismissing the women here.
and saying, you know, like the president did, this happened 30 years ago. why are we just hearing about it now? it's awfully fishy. mcconnell last week told the president that's not helpful. today was saying the same thing on the senate floor. as women see these accusers dismissed leading into the election, whatever cahappens wi kavanaugh, that's not helpful for republicans. >> professor ford has invited the scrutiny and, really, the turning upside down of her life and of this, hat she describes as a painful memory by the fbi. when an accuser does that, what does that look like to law enforcement? does that usually mean these confident in her facts or that she's telling the truth? >> yeah, i think that there are a couple things she has done that enhance her credibility. one is inviting the fbi to come in and look at her past. look at her life and scrutinize this story. the other thing she's done that gives her credibility is putting at the scene mark judge. this is somebody who is a friend of judge kavanaugh.
someone who would likely take his side and yet she puts him at the scene to say ask him. i think both of those things lend credibility to the story she's telling. there's two issues going on with the members of congress here and mitch mcconnell. one is saying, you know, do we believe her? and if we -- even if we do believe her, is this a big deal? he seems to be suggesting by his words and actions that the answer is no. most people would say the answer to those might very well be yes. do we believe her? let's at least find out what she has to say by giving this a full investigation. and if we find it to be true, is it a big deal? sexual assault is a crime. if someone commits it today at age 17, they'd be charged with a crime as an adult. if they were convicted could be sent to prison and would be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of their lives. those are the stakes. and i think she has suggested that she's very open to an investigation. i think we owe it to her and all the girls on judge kavanaugh's basketball team to send a message that we take these allegations seriously. >> last word.
>> i'm not surprised by the moral failing here. the refusal to even give any space to the idea that she might be telling the truth. the victim attacking they continue to do. they don't care about any of that. they want the seat just as they didn't care that donald trump had confessed on tape to sexual assault. they wanted the presidency. i'm surprised by the political blind spot they can't see how this plays around the country with, and not just with women but with a lot of men, too, who have seen this awakening in this country in the last year and a half about the way women are treated. and that awakening has not extended to the republican members of the united states senate. there's time for them to withdraw this nomination and still get another nominee confirmed before the new senate takes place in january. they could do this in the least politically harmful way possible. they seem dead set against not doing that. >> all right. barbara mcquade, thank you. when we come back, you've heard of the blue wave. get ready for the pink wave. new reporting from "the washington post" about how women may help usher in an electoral rebuke of donald trump's alpha male style of governing. alpha
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well, the fate of the kavanaugh nomination is still unclear. the accusations against him could prove to have dramatic political consequences come november. especially for a party led by donald trump. "the washington post" reports quote strategists in both parties say trump's agenda and style and the fact that the gop leadership stands mostly in lock step with him are undoing years of often painstaking work to court more female and minority voters. he solidifies the republican party as the party of men. he's framing the midterm elections as a referendum on his presidency and that has leaders and operatives in the party fearing what has been termed a pink wave of women powering a democratic takeover of the house or perhaps the senate to deliver a rebuke to trump. if you wonder how the
president's female advisers stand by while he attacks and anchors plastic surgery or makes derogatory remarks about female politicians or stands by roy moore, consider this from "the post" report. inside his orbit there's been what one former white house official called a mindness to gender issues. as a political liability in part because the president resents the accusations that have been brought against him personally and because they see the broader issue as a liberal talking point. i'm sorry, it's not a liberal talking point to think that women deserve better than a president who stands by his endorsement of an accused child molester of roy moore. >> this guy reminds you of your abusive ex-husband. he's a bully, he lies. he makes your life miserable. you feel the contempt from him. he makes you feel like a nonperson that's what american
women see when they look at this man and when he stands by as you said roy moore, when he goes after multiple now women complainants who have come forward to lodge complaints against judge kavanaugh, and pursues either a mistaken identity thing or a nutty and slutty theme as they did with anita hill, the american recoil and i think men as well. you have already seen the women running for office like never before. we saw a little bit in my home state in virginia in 2017. suburban women turned out in droves. >> ron, let me fete you on the politics and get you on the one woman who seems to break the mold, stormy daniels, she's out with a new book and she's outtrumping trump by being more crude than him, talking about the body parts. this is a body part day and getting under his skin by going
at him where it hurts. his -- you know, his ego. his frail male prowess if you will. and it seems like if there's a political lesson here it's sort of fighting fire with fire. is that something the democrats have to take into consideration? >> i don't know about that -- >> you're not going to nominate stormy daniels? >> no, nor am i going talk talk about where it hurts. the big ore issue -- bigger issue is how the republican party is remaking itself in the american image and not that trump carries a pall over his party, but the republican candidates kind of mimic trump. so you have the republican nominee for senate in north dakota this week running against an incumbent woman, heidi hide camp, say about this kavanaugh incident that, you know, it was just the attempt that never went anywhere. as if, you know, what happened, what wasn't a serious attack at all.
so, you know, i think it's not trump himself is a problem for republicans but republicans are acting very trumpy and that's going to get them in trouble. record number of women running for office, 180 democratic women are running for the house, 50% more than any year in american history. the previous record is 120. that's a pink wave coming and it will have a big impact this fall. >> god willing. we're due a pink wave. let me put up something that came into us. kavanaugh and his wife sat down with martha mccallum on fox news. let's look at a clip. >> did you ever say, we're out, this isn't worth it? >> i won't let false accusations drive us out of this process d and, you know, we're looking for a fair process. i can be heard and defend the -- my integrity, my life long record. my life long record of promoting
dignity and equality for women starting with the women who knew me when i was 14 years old. i'm not going anywhere. >> eli? >> well, i think it's interesting. that has to be viewed in the context of the last 48 hours and the republicans ramping up this line of the democrats and they're politicizing this nomination pro ses. what you see is a political shop and the rnc everybody trying to defend him. you see them putting kavanaugh on television fighting this in the pr space ahead of thursday's hearing. ahead of when dr. ford is supposed to testify first. she will testify after this interview tonight. she's reportedly turned down a lot of press interviews and wants to keep this just in the space of the senate hearing on thursday. but they're out there. they are fighting a pr battle on the republican side.
they are digging in on this because again i don't think they see any other great options for them at this point. and, you know, this is -- it's just fascinating. i think people will be watching this tonight. but he's telling his story and getting out in front of the accuser for sure. >> and he's doing it on fox news. speaking to for human beings, murkowski, senator corker and senator flake, do you think that is helpful? >> it might be helpful with the few senators. look, obviously it's the playbook from a number of male accusers. they do the interview with their wife and bill clinton did that in 1992. they're worried he doesn't make it until thursday because you could come out before the hearing and answer these accusations then. i think they're worried that if lisa murkowski and susan collins said our votes aren't there, don't put the country through the hearing, don't put the republican majority through the hearing where you have 11 male
republican senators glowering at dr. blasey ford from the dias, it will be harmful for us. they can't wait for thursday to tell the story and let's be honest they need to do it under much friendlier questioning. he won't be asked did he drink until he blacked out, is there other women? he'll get a much more friendlier audience. >> there are some questions that he deemed too personal. >> that was first sense i got that there are people in the white house who would rather he not go through this. you do not leak those source of details if you have complete confidence in the nominee. it was an effort that he should wake up or maybe we should get him out of to way. this is not going to end on thursday. you have another accuser, deborah ramirez, with multiple confirming witnesses. how does susan collins and jeff
flake who said i'm not going to vote until i hear from this woman. this not going to end on thursday. >> let me give you the last word. can you speak to how you see this interview in the context of what we're discussing all hour about this nomination in controversy? >> i think it's a sign of the politicization of the process, they're putting him out on fox, as opposed to the neutral outlet. but you know the last time the republicans jammed through a nominee was 1991 and they got their man in the end. but they lost the elections badly in 1992. you know, justice should be done -- as with judge kavanaugh, but then the women of america will have the final say come this november. >> do you think there's any space in this debate to slow this down? do you think it would behoove the republicans to say at the beginning of your appearance here it's in his interest too to slow this down.
zeman c.e.o. jerry qasr praises saudi arabia's vision of a high tech future but after the killing of a saudi journalist he says business as usual is no longer an option also coming out of the u.s. federal reserve surprises no one keeping rates on hold with a hike expected expected play to eat at the dia. and schools of mysterious wooden towel was pop up all over hungry journalists blame corruption and gary and i want to. this is your business update on how to hunt for a glad you could join me well german industrial powerhouse siemens posted a mixed bag of results on thursday net profit for the fiscal year remained just over six billion euros that's a slight increase in the previous year the company's had some setbacks recently in securing new orders vying for a multi-billion euro order to build
a power grid in iraq a job the company might use to us can best the g.e. off to the white house and divvy is also problems in saudi arabia siemens was very late to counsel their attendance at the recent riyadh investment for him most companies who dropped out off to the murder of a saudi journalist kushal name on the home scene and saw the shares drop twenty percent over the course of this year. and earlier today my colleague. spoke with siemens c.e.o. a joke asr about a couple of particular geopolitical risks including saudi arabia and where the case his decision to pull out of a saudi invest a conference over the murder all of the journalists cost as he means a twenty billion dollar major power plant deal in the kingdom. the fact is that we did not sign a significant deal which was worth north of twenty billion that's true but obviously you know. things go as taiko and we have always made it clear we had
a very reliable partner competent partner of the kingdom of saudi arabia we have more than thirty million people mostly young people in the kingdom has been a lot of reforms which have been initiated so i think we need to look at all factors the things which really really are a bit well in the kim going to be shunted this thirty is a very very promising. vision and strategic concept going forward so there is a lot of cool things for there also have been talk things and i mean let's face it with the way what we have seen and heard about what happened in turkey is just not something which has moved into ordinary course of business with a greater sense parents either scallop the trust is this is what what the kingdom has promised to do and will see how it goes. staying in in the in the regions even
it was also in the running for thirteen billion dollars infrastructure project to electrify iraq again there are reports you lost that deal or parts of it at least to general electric after don't trump intervened can you confirm that. a lot of stories being written about this topic the fact of the matter is that stevens has had a very very comprehensive compelling concept not just about rebuilding iraq in terms of electrification but also help the country in training in education with the dual apprenticeship program of the german industry we also promised to help the people in the freed up so for basic healthcare so there was a very comprehensive concept which reached the government that the customer liked a lot that overstated has been. unusual special forces have been intervening maybe out of good reasons that's not my churchmen to make
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unilateral move from the united states through to bail out of the the agreement we obviously need to see what that is who you are you know respecting the saying since we are very very very clear on that matter and that's exactly what we do i mean obviously these are unfortunate that there was a unilateral bail out of the agreement but it is what it is we need to deal with it and we are going to deal with it. that's exactly what we do and look at the economic impact is not really available to siemens thought as the money goes how much we're concerned about a further let's say it's collation on on on on the conflict in the middle east which is the last place we see to yet another conflict seaman c.e.o. joe case i thank you very much for joining us your case is speaking to my colleague says that while the u.s. federal reserve kept the benchmark lending rate unchanged on thursday the move
highlighting the continued strong performance all for the economy but it also pointed to a slowdown in business investment the fed's noted solid job gains for winning on employment and growing household spending they also signaled that there may be further rate royce after the rate rise before the end off the year. and i want to bring in our financial correspondent now jose luis and hot oh jose luis no rate rise this time around how is the market reacting to that and what all investor expectations for the next meeting. reaction from investors helen i was a pretty muted as there was no press conference or any update on economic projections that said as it is there right now the central bank is ready to increase rates have poured a fourth time this year next a design birth children from president criticism of freddie's looking those are full employment and salaries that are growing at its fastest paisley nearly
a decade are signs of that will justify such a move and avoid a danger was overheating of the u.s. economy trend will continue next year even. economic growth moderates right now investors are ready for at least two hikes in two thousand and nineteen while to put all these are projects three something that will call down the financial conditions and probably a stock markets but for sure will not sit well with the white house. or on wall street for us thanks as ever for your insights. google says it will change the way i handle sexual harassment claims google c.e.o. sun that shine promised more transparency in how allegations are handled as a week after twenty thousand cuban employees around the world stage to walk out to protest against what they call the culture of complicity and dismissiveness the shyness that they'll be no more mandatory operation sexual harassment and sexual assault claims and
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the wednesday year praises saudi arabia's vision of a high tech future but after the killing of a saudi journalist he says business is usual is no longer an option also coming up the u.s. federal reserve surprises no one keeping rates on hold with a high kicks baited expected play to eat at the year. and schools of mysterious wooden towel was pump up all over hungry journalists claim corruption and i'm gary and i want offices. this is your business update on how to hunt for. glad you could join me well german industrial powerhouse siemens posted a mixed bag of results on thursday net profit for the fiscal year remained just over six billion euros that's a slight increase on the previous year the company's had some setbacks recently in securing new orders vying for a multi-billion europe order to build
a power grid in iraq a job the company might use to us can best to g.e. off to the white house and divvied there's also problems in saudi arabia stevens was very late to counsel their attendance at the recent riyadh investment for him most companies who dropped out off to the murder of a saudi journalist. homes demons soulish struck twenty percent over the course of this year. and earlier today my colleague as hot as this spoke with siemens c.e.o. a joke asr about a couple of particular geopolitical risks including saudi arabia and where the case is decision to pull out of a saudi investor conference over the murder all of the journalists cost as he means a twenty billion dollars major power plant deal in the kingdom. the fact is that we did not sign a significant deal which was worth north of twenty billion that's true but obviously you know. things go as they go and i've always made it clear we had
a very reliable partner competent partner of the kingdom of saudi arabia we have more than thirty million people mostly young people in the kingdom there has been a lot of reforms which have been initiated so i think we need to look at all factors the things which really really well in the came going to be shunted the thirty is a very very promising. mission and such a concept going forward so there is a lot of good things but there also have been dark things and i mean let's face it with the way what we have seen and heard about what happened in turkey is just not something which has moved into ordinary course of business with a kind of spear and see this kind of the trust is this is that what what the kingdom has promised to do it will see how it goes. staying in in the in the regions even it was also in the running for thirteen billion dollars infrastructure
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a unilateral move from the united states through to bail out of. the agreement we obviously need to see what that is you know respecting the sanctions we are very very very clear on that matter and that's exactly what we do you know over the is unfortunate that there was a unilateral bail out of the agreement but it is what it is we need to deal with it and we need to deal with it. that's exactly what we do and look at the economic impact is not really available to siemens as the money goes how much we're concerned about a further let's say it's collation on on on the conflict in the middle east which is the last place we see it's yet another conflict seaman c.e.o. joker's i thank you very much for joining us sir k.c. speaking to my colleague as says that while the u.s. federal reserve kept the benchmark lending rate unchanged on thursday the move
highlighting the continued strong performance all for the economy but it also pointed to a slowdown in business investments the fed noted solid job gains for winning on employment and growing house hold spending they also signaled that there may be further great royce after the rate rise before the end of the year. and i want to bring in our financial correspondent now jose luis. jose luis no rate rise this time around how is the market reacting to that and what all investor expectations for the next meeting. reaction from investors helen i was a pretty muted as there was no press conference or any update on economic projections that said as it is there right now the central bank is ready to increase rates for the fourth time this year next said these embers shield him from president criticism of freddie's looking up full employment and salaries that are
growing at its fastest paisley nearly a decade our signs are that will justify such a move and avoid a dangerous overheated of the us economy trend will continue next year even as a tax cut fades and economic growth moderates right now investors are ready for at least two hikes in two thousand and nineteen while the federal reserve projects three something that will call down a financial conditions and probably a stock markets but for sure will not sit well with the white house. or on wall street for us thanks as ever for your insights. google says it will change the way i handle sexual harassment claims google c.e.o. summed up his shine promise more transparency in how allegations are handled as a week after twenty thousand cuban employees around the world stage to walk out to protest against what they call the culture of complicity and dismissiveness fisheye said they'll be no more mandatory operation sexual harassment and sexual assault claims enabling complainants to go public or sued in future employees will also
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a european public prosecutor. with out on these thieves will live their whole lives never being brought to justice. in the village of two caught the european anti fraud office olof is already investigating and e.u. project is thought to have been declared far more expensive than it was eleven wooden towers were erected using e.u. money at seventy thousand euros per tower they were apparently built to promote tourism but there's no hotel or restaurant in sight hardly anyone in the village will speak to us than someone who agrees but wants to remain anonymous the towers are of no use to anyone here he tells us people just made money off them people who initiated the project. it seems to have set a precedent a total of one hundred eleven similar structures have sprung up across hungary the
journalist who uncovered the case has been blacklisted by the hungary and government. behavior of my past that the initiative to build the towers came from a group of villagers everyone involved received around twelve thousand euros but of forrester also got a considerable sum for construction costs and the rest went to an employee in the ministry like. hungary is sinking further into a pit of corruption the organization transparency international ranks hungry at number sixty six tied with a semicolon. the money pouring in from brussels is only making the problem worse according to variety by a large from independent think tank budapest institute. and the utopian agency all of that is in charge of setting this question is on demand so they only look at the few projects and the band they actually tell us that that was i miss you was that
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there challengers. this seventy seven percent. platform for security. this is news coming to you live from berlin the dangers of being a journalist in myanmar more and more reporters in the country are being locked up simply for doing their job why is de facto leader aung san suu cine so determined to silence her critics you have a special report from myanmar also coming up young people have traditionally been reluctant to vote in the united states but as the parties ramp up the rhetoric
ahead of next week's midterms it seems that may be about to change we ask what's motivating america's millenniums. and spanish football giants barcelona are opening three. in china as they look to recruit the asian. and boost their friends in the reach. hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program to journalists in myanmar jailed in connection with their reporting of the written crisis are expected to file appeals this week the reuters reporters wall alone and. were sentenced to seven years in prison while investigating the massacre of revenge of muslims during a military crackdown last year many countries condemned the trial but as d.w. southeast asia correspondent boston heartache reports as part of
a wider push by the government in myanmar to stifle freedom of the press. a workers' strike on the outskirts of yangon. things get heated when protesters confront the police and. lying to us and why is right in the middle reporting it live on facebook. but situations like these are not the dangers journalists like him fear most it's criticizing the powerful which has once again become a present danger in me and mark a risk blankets and why has to weigh up carefully whenever i. have to publish a news and story i need to think. three times. that this story and heart my security of this story can love me in the deal was in many kids that i told you when to when to hide the real situation the true
information so. so they also had the authority of also tried to address the threat alone and just so only too well the two reuters journalists were sentenced to seven years in prison after investigating the involvement of me and maher security forces in mass killings in rakhine state these are the walls of yangon's notorious insein prison back in the days of military rule that housed many a political prisoner nowadays more and more journalists have to do time here not only well known and also whose case to international attention there are many more just recently three journalists were arrested and brought here because they reported on shady business deals by the end on regional government and its head human tame a close confidant of state councilor and nobel peace prize laureate aung san suu chief's three journalists have been released on bail but the incitement charges so
far have not been dropped if convicted they face up to two years in prison. de facto leader on sense to cheat was once the figurehead of the democracy movement in her country a symbol of resistance against the decades long oppression by me and mars military rulers now she heads a party into government that alongside that same military cattails press freedom in intimidates critical voices. they are lying runs me in march first investigative magazine he says the laws like the official secrets act the two reuters journalists were charged under need urgent reform as things stand he says journalists remain under threat. even when we use in our phone we very nervous who are sent which if a mission to my for everyone can sense so if a mission for to me if some official. fall some secret
if. it will be valid into the say secrecy very we have very nervous not only me but also my family also very worried about that the last threatening journalists like they are lying are currently under review a spokesperson for city's party told us but it's not only the interests of the media the civilian leaders are considering they are also careful to avoid confrontation with the country's powerful military. harty who filed that report joins us now bastion as we mentioned we are expecting a reuters journalist to appeal their prison sentences this week how likely is it that their sentences will be overturned. well terry it's very hard to say how the court is going to rule in that second case should it come to that in that second trial should it come to that the credit fact of the matter is that the first trial was widely criticized also for example because one of the witnesses
a police officer testified that the police basically set the two up they lured them into a trap gave them documents and then immediately after they were arrested and that's only possible because of this law this official secrets act which dates back to colonial times and it makes it a crime to possess state secrets you don't even have to do anything with them it's just the position itself is already punishable under that i under that law and state house uncensored she said that this conviction is according to the law but the problem really are these laws they're so broad in this official secrets act is not the only one there are others as well defamation laws telecommunication laws then they easily lend themselves to intimidating and silencing critics and as long as they need to be amended that's what critics are saying and as long as they're in place like this there's there's little chance of things changing fashion you
mention aung san suu kyi the former pro-democracy activist who is now myanmar's de facto leader some say that press freedom has actually declined since she took office was it naive to expect an improvement under her leadership. was definitely a surprise to many that things developed in the way they have many expected things to get better with a sense that she and her party the national league for democracy taking power that they expected to things were going to improve freedoms were going to going to improve and things were going to go more towards a democratic system but the fact is that it seems that the opposite is. actually the case many journalists in myanmar say that they feel they have more freedom under the previous president to taint same who was a member of the military or a former general and so the question is why is this happening and many are pointing their fingers to the military especially within the government saying this is the
military's fault but it's also true that it's not only the military because if we consider for example that case that we heard about in the report of those three journalists who were recently arrested they reported on the regional government of yangon and that's headed by an n o d a member and they're the ones who press charges indeed they wouldn't have to do that so it is a surprise and also disappointing for many that things are developing in this direction terry bustin thank you so much d.w. southeast asia correspondent bustin heartache there talking to us from bangkok now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today german chancellor angela merkel will be in warsaw today for a joint session of the polish and german cabinets bilateral relations are tense in germany of the european commission are concerned that the polish government's controversial judicial reforms are undermining the rule of law. police in china say an on board quarrel between a bus driver and a passenger is to blame for
a deadly accident in the country's southwest the bus plunged off a bridge in the city of chong chain thirteen bodies have been retrieved have been retrieved from the water two others are still missing. and donald trump says the central american migrants who threw rocks at u.s. border troops would be treated as if they were armed told journalists that a group of several thousand migrants moving north toward the border had already thrown rocks at mexican police as if the u.s. would quote not put up with that. immigration of. well politicians in the u.s. are pulling out all the stops to win over voters ahead of next week's midterm elections they're singling out one group for special attention the young most agree that youth turnout will play a key role in the outcome of next week's election in the past millennial have been difficult to motivate but as the w.'s my way to reports that may be about to change
. alexander violences one thousand years old first year university student and she's from new jersey a rather blue democratic state her vote is a prime target for both of republicans and the democrats are for young americans like alexandra who aren't gripped by politics the motivation to vote is low i really don't know if i'm going to vote yeah i want to vote it's just there's nothing pushing me there's no one there my parents tell me to vote but i feel like i don't have anything around needs and how you should vote this is the registration this is everything polls show that young people go for democrats over republicans by a wide margin and largely disapprove of president donald trump that's good news for democrats if they can convince those voters to show up and in the last midterm elections only sixteen percent of eligible voters from ages eighteen to twenty nine voted new york needs and deserves a mutation publicans also know it's to their advantage to convince first time
voters that their party is young and engaged but it won't stop me from working hard america is an exceptional place and it's still a young country bridget the president of george washington university student democrats says her group has been running big get out the vote campaigns on campus sense the first day of the semester their goal is to convince young undecided students to vote in this huge voting bloc i think the largest voting bloc and just the most under-represented in terms of whether or not we shop to the polls so i think that if we end up showing that we'll have a large impact recent polling suggested young voters may defy expectations and show up to vote in significant numbers this year if so that might tip the balance of power in congress. the trump administration has called for a cease fire in yemen which is facing what could become the worst humanitarian catastrophe in decades that's the warning from the un impoverished country on the
arabian peninsula has been a war zone since two thousand and fourteen iranian backed the rebels are fighting the yemeni government which is supported by saudi arabia twenty eight thousand people have died and nearly fourteen million are threatened by hunger and disease. this is a bitter harvest the leaves of this runoff plant are all there is for lunch no bread rice or noodles to be had anywhere the members of the family have to fend for themselves. but you know aid organization has helped us a toll i've been asking for help for families who are suffering in the war. and the money go out of. this family is one of many who have fled to the remote region of how to escape the fighting between the saudi led coalition and the iran back to sleep rebels but the lack of humanitarian aid and means subsisting on less which don't really nourish and life. now you can shock i know what this woman
explains that when her husband still had work they could buy anything for their seven children rice fish chicken milk juice whatever they wanted. yet even. the family is far from alone many acutely malnourished children have been brought to her just central hospital the idea being i think she says this year the number of malnourished children is higher than in two thousand and seventeen and i think this intervention from. the u.n. fears that if no ceasefire is forthcoming yet more children will perish. now the u.s. which has supported the saudi led coalition in yemen may be rethinking its position thirty days from now we want to see everybody around a peace table based on a ceasefire based on a pullback from the border and then based on she dropped in a bomb it sounds like
a clear call to the saudis who have pounded yemen with air strikes for three years in other states is set to impose further sanctions on iran following president trump's decision to quit the iran nuclear deal earlier this year a new set of sanctions will come into effect on monday but some experts doubt that washington's hard line will achieve the desired result still the white house is determined to forge ahead with punitive measures he has made up his mind down the drum withdrew from the iran nuclear deal and it threatening they ron would think john stop for once then ever before they've asked president wants to inflict pain on the iranian regime to force it to strike in us and better deal i ask all members of the security council to work with the united states to ensure the iranian regime changes its behavior and never acquires a nuclear bomb. the sanctions will mainly target iran's oil and gas industries
foreign companies that buy or ship iranian oil can be excluded from your ass markets and the banking system unless they obtain waivers from the administration some of them have already pulled out of iran and u.s. officials are optimistic that more will fall on soon. trouble's goal is to ultimately kill the nuclear deal to brink iran's economy to the point of total collapse and to contain the regime's involvement in syria yemen and iraq however the question is whether tribal strategy can succeed without the support of america's allies in europe and without china and russia who all oppose new sanctions it will work says james phillips middle eastern affairs expert at the heritage foundation but it will need time for the sanctions to bite me when truly i think they will be forced back to the negotiating table because they're paying
a very heavy price for. nuclear technology they say they are going to need. but so far the you asked goal of cutting iran's oil exports to zero since on the rela stick and the regime itself remains defiant back by the europeans who together with china and russia are trying to save the nuclear deal and find a way to circumvent you asked sanctions the number of problem is that saudi arabia trumps crucial partner in his and tehran efforts is facing global censure and threats of sanctions from congress after the killing of journalist and saudi dissident jamal khashoggi penalties against saudi arabia could undermine efforts to keep global oil prices stable just in the end from supposedly on the run will backfire says jared lang under president obama he was responsible for implementing the yuan nuclear deal the former state department official. questions the
administration's motives i think that there are elements within the trumpet ministration that they wanted regime change before they came into office they are pursuing a policy using policy instruments that certainly look like they are aimed at regime change so it seems to me that he's an english expression that if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it's a duck. the trombetta mini thracian has strongly denied the accusation and seems determined to move forward with the thing sions increasing pressure on iran. spanish football club barcelona is opening three football schools across china's southwestern you non province in collaboration with u.s. company ground a sports academy project aims to force the next generation of footballers in china but it's also seen as a savvy marketing move. on enjoy. for these young lads the dream of being the
next messi has just become a tiny bit like. three barcelona football academies promise to bring the beautiful game to chinese youngsters one in the city of cuming has already opened and will admit more than one hundred students aged between six and fourteen every year. the methodology. we will be training the same way with the same guidelines and also with the same values. barcelona famed for their player development will surely also have other benefits in mind china is a massive market for football the english premier league with its stoss studded teams is currently the most popular league there but the catalan club have begun cultivating the next generation of bossa fans and who knows if they heed the advice of their coaches these youngsters may follow in the footsteps of their idols. spreading legend you saying bolt's quest to become a pro footballer is on hold after his trial at australian side central coast
mariners officially end the thirty two year old jamaican a league team failed to negotiate a contract all scored twice and in october a friendly match but financial considerations meant the club could not afford to sign a time olympic gold medalist. munich are in hot water over a photograph from a halloween party had that defender jerome boateng posted on twitter in the photo which the club itself also posted later brazilian defender ruffin yo wore a traditional arab headdress and a fake mustache while holding a box that says danger. social media users have widely criticized the choice of cost zero. since tweeted that it was not his intention to hurt any feelings it's. tennis news and roger federer remains on course for his one hundredth career title
after beating fabio fognini to reach the paris masters quarterfinals suess was a great scene at the top of the screen here dominated throughout and he produced some memorable moments including this delightful dropshot the thirty seven year old progressed in straight sets for his italian opponent double faulted federer is ten career victories behind men's record holder jimmy carter. business with ben a revolt of sorts of the tech elites the high paid engineer google who are emerging from their comfy tech bubble for the first time to demonstrate against the mistreatment of women waves of workers all around the globe walked out yesterday chief executives on the pitch i says his company is grappling with the issue organizers of the walkout for real change have hit out at what they say is a culture of complicity dismissiveness and support for perpetrators of sexual
harassment and misconduct at the company. at the tech giants headquarters in california hundreds of employees took part in the hour long walk out. there are so many stories that we've heard for so long and it's time for action can change real change that's why we're calling this. the one for real change. similar protests were organized at google offices around the world including the web giant you headquarters in dublin last week the company disclosed that it had fired forty eight employees including thirteen senior executives for sexual harassment in recent years. in london bad weather kept most of the demonstrators inside but some braved the elements to take the protests to the public. so we walking out to support fully any workplace it's up to the restaurant to ensure that the right is
on protected or will be with the. google employees in singapore tokyo and many other cities also walked out one of the key demands of the walkout is an end to for starbucks ration which is used to stop complainants from suing we're going public the demonstrations come after a new york times report allege that google paid a ninety million dollar golden parachute to a senior employee who's dismissed for sexual misconduct. the american tech giant apple has fallen back below one trillion dollars in market value a warning on holiday sales taking a big bite out of its share price leading to a further drop in the stock executive said those felt releasing i phone sales of unit sales that is a key indicator of quality quality quarterly rather success if it is becoming less relevant as customers buy bundle products apple c.e.o. tim cook blames the poor sales for council house in a budget it's. could this be the trade war
truce we've been waiting for china's foreign ministry says president xi jinping and u.s. leader donald trump think they should enhance trade relations that's for been our financial correspondent to get the european perspective on this story daniel cope how trade is they're reacting to the news. events shares in the u.s. already made a jump after a tweet of the u.s. president in which he pointed out that there could be an deed as soon lucian for the ongoing trade war between the u.s. and china a trade war that has been dominating the headlines and also the interaction here at the stock market so i what's behind this according to the news agency of. bloomberg trump has already advised his senior staff to work on a trade agreement with china all of this was happening after a phone conversation between the two leaders traders have reacted very positive and will most likely see a trump effect happening at the markets today the blue chip index stocks already
open with more than one hundred and sixty points higher this is also happening after already shares in asia. saying the nikkei all in the winning zone with a plastic between three and almost four percent it really happens that we see a positive effect on a trunk here at the market you sound all excited about this story is it all too good to be true. well that's a question because we know that u.s. president donald trump is in campaign mode at the moment the very crucial and important midterm elections are just days away and everybody knows that the republican party of the u.s. president will benefit with good numbers at the stock market so now everybody is wondering how sustainable this news is and that's hard to say investors around the world hoping for a solution but we know that the u.s. president can change his mind every day there just needs to become a new treat of trade surplus off china and you might see my tweet something
completely different to hope with his fingers crossed that the private stock exchange iran's poor are expected to bear the brunt of u.s. oil sanctions the cost of living has sordid recent months leading to protests against the government and the rielle keeps falling because of next week's sanctions with heavy demand for dollars among ordinary iranians trying to protect their savings iranians earning average wages can afford little nowadays. the value of the iranian currency the reaal has tumbled food imports medication and electronics are becoming more and more expensive many iranians have little hope of finding a good job u.s. sanctions have frightened away foreign investors german companies that recently opened offices in iran are already pulling out of the country because the trumpet ministration is threatening to penalize them the u.s. market is much larger and much more lucrative. a minister today represents the
german packaging machine producer multivac in the gulf region it's much more difficult to do business in his homeland because u.s. sanctions have cut off iran from the international finance system. a lot of customers now find them difficult to do payment to us and even these days with the current economic situation and because of their. mentality happening in iran market . a currency iranian currency is also depreciated towards europe and it become more difficult. a simple bank transfer from iran to germany or in the opposite direction is now a problem few european banks are willing to carry out the transactions because all the major financial institutions do business in the us and fear reprisals maku spec a measuring of the federation of german banks says the u.s. sanctions are not the only reason doing business in iran is difficult the
a canoe from basically we can do business in iran but we have to be sure that it complies with money laundering in terrorism financing laws that's very difficult because iran has relatively little transparency in its commercial sector there is a lot of state interference in the economy even by the revolutionary guard. stott. garden and i'm on book soft given these doubts a bank would rather stay away from iran combats bond had to pay billions in penalties for violating u.s. regulations the choice between iran and the us is clear for the international finance industry their risk is simply too high compared to the opportunity to turn a profit in iran and the u.s. market is simply too big and too important. you're watching deal with your news live from berlin for one more news next hour with terry not.
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i think. the thousands of google employees around the world have gone on strike in protest at the company's treatment of women the walkout comes after news of sexual harassment at google emerged implicating several top executives also on the program there in the bronx u.s. sanctions in iran are already changing ordinary lives as european companies pull out of the country and how a bunch of thais school kids are busy cutting a passport and sells to boards running a business and there are a few years. i'm krista coburn bilin good to have you with us staff at google offices around the globe on thursday staged an unprecedented serious of walkouts in protest at the company's treatment of women employees are demanding several key changes in how sexual misconduct allegations are dealt with at the firm last week
google chief sarpa chide disclosed that the company had fired almost fifty employees including thirteen senior executives for sexual harassment in recent years but in one case the culprit had received a multimillion dollar payout despite his misconduct. organizers of the walkout for real change have hit out at what they say is a culture of complicity dismissiveness and support for perpetrators of sexual harassment and misconduct at the company at the tech giants e u headquarters in dublin hundreds of employees took part in the hour long walk out. i find to coordinate open bob or one of the many google fights that are walking out today and thoughts are with everybody with the clarion any form of. or misconduct. similar protests were organized at google offices around the
world last week the company disclosed that it had fired forty eight employees including thirteen senior executives for sexual harassment in recent years in london bad weather kept most of the demonstrators inside but some braved the elements to take the protests to the public. so we will continue to support fully any workplace that has suffered a restaurant and to ensure that that right is protected or rewarded google employees in singapore and tokyo as well as in cities in the u.s. including new york and the google alphabet headquarters in california also walked out one of the key demands of the walkout is an end to forced betray sion which is used to stop complainants from suing or going public demonstrations come after a new york times report alleged that google is still paying a ninety million dollar golden parachute to a senior employee who was dismissed for sexual misconduct in twenty fourteen let's
bring in our man on wall street and scored against what do investors make of much of the work force of a global company just walking off the job. now well i mean we see overall a pretty tight labor market and we also see a fight for talent specially in the id industry also a wall street is on the hunt more and more for. people meaning that employees at a company like google do have certain leverage and it's not the first controversy that receiving receive google and this is a year earlier they had to pull back from a contract with the pentagon where actually some google employees have left and then there's all the controversy about a possible censored search engine for the chinese market to where also employees have actually said that they're not happy with this development either soul all of
that theoretically could have some impact on google's businesses even if wall street overall is not too concerned in the regard so for google and this and the stock price at this point and yes in other news u.s. president donald trump says he has had a cold very good talk with his chinese counterpart on trade now do people on wall street see an all of the brands there in this bitter trade dispute the two sides have been having now you could clearly tell when this. actually got aired earlier today that the stock market did react quite a bit specially companies who do some business with china like kater pillar of boeing for instance they did pretty well also chinese stocks being traded here in new york like ali baba for example picked up a so yes there is hope that maybe an escalation of the trade tensions can be
avoided if there's going to be true it remains to be seen but overall we had a very strong start into the first or the first trading day of november yes court in new york thank you. i after the closing bell apple reported another record breaking quarter profits left by thirty two percent to over fourteen billion dollars the tech giant says earnings were boosted by gains in digital content and service a soul to i phone users the outlook for is less optimistic c.e.o. tim cook said sales for the crucial holiday quarter could miss wall street expectations blaming weakness in emerging markets and a certainty whether apple can keep up with demand for new products shares lost four percent in after hours trade. washington is toughening its approach to venezuela nicaragua and cuba and u.s. president donald trump has begun by ordering fresh sanctions on venezuela he is not
targeting the country's gold industry washington fears been as well and gold exports are undermining efforts to put pressure on the south american countries president nicolas maduro and his government americans will no longer be allowed to trade in venezuelan gold washington has already imposed sanctions on several vendors and officials as well as its oil industry. the u.s. is also reimposing sanctions on iran from monday next week they'll affect the oil and gas and banking sectors washington will penalize countries and companies that do not halt iranian oil imports although it may give some nations in the more time european for firms have been pulling out already and the average people of iran are now feeling the consequences. seppi de s.m.c. is once again looking for a job the thirty four year old iranian will soon be unemployed again that's because her employer a german manufacturing giant siemens is leaving iran and if the economic situation
is very difficult it's not just affecting foreign companies but iranian ones as well i've been writing job applications since i was told i was going to lose my job but i haven't had a single reply yet carmack at. seventy day has been working in the h. r. department examines for three years before that she worked for a norwegian company but that company also pulled out of iran because of the u.s. sanctions so every day as says she is reliving a bad experience. on mash about since i have had trouble even getting up early in the morning it's so demotivating to have to put so much effort into something only to be let go and there's nothing we can do. does her shopping in the evening but that is especially hard for her prices skyrocketed in the last year and now she has to consider if she can afford even the most basic
foods like milk the shop owner has now gotten used to his customers looking at the prices very closely. they want the prices of gotten so high that my customers often pick up a product only to immediately put it down again after seeing the price now they really only buy the necessities. in recent weeks iran's currency the reale has lost about eighty percent against the dollar import goods have now become a luxury even the instant coffee which seppi day has decided to splurge on today. back home she watches the news the future of her country depends on international politics especially on decisions made in the united states. to have harmony that are we the normal people pay a high price we're losing our jobs and we can't afford to pay the rent anymore the nuclear deal is signed and now one of its signatories is pulling out i still hope
it holds up and we can once again look to the future he said today it has little hope in the european union's plan to develop a trading platform with iran too many companies have already pulled out of the country and it's people like her whose lives are in the balance. this. new legislation in germany now allows consumers for the first time to jointly sue companies for damages and a consumer organization made use of the new legislation on the very first state filing a lawsuit against fox like according to the plaintiffs fox wagon deliberately cheated drivers by using software that manipulated emissions results b.w. diesel owners can sign up to the legislation for free as lawsuits have been common practice in the united states since the nineteenth century in its dirty business scandal v.w. had to refund the full purchase price of vehicles to most american cost. how old were you when you got your first job while in thailand
a group of primary school students are already picking up a useful trade cutting hair from barber shop gives the kids a leg up on a potential future in running a business and students at discount her. a quick trim here will run you between fifteen and thirty cents depending on your age the barber himself he's looking forward to his thirteenth birthday no this isn't your typical barber shop bump and boom barber is put on by a primary school in the china province of central thailand the three barbers received a six week training course from a volunteer now they're giving discount cuts for fellow students a tremendous side the school would cost five times as much those who don't have the money can do some small volunteer tasks in exchange that saves parents money and it gives students a leg up for a future profession. the shop is run like a business revenue is ploughed back into operations the barbers take home a small cut as do three staff members hygiene is also an important part of the
business as is upkeep of equipment and customer satisfaction it seems pretty high. and there sure do look happy with a new haircut. thanks for watching wherever in the.
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