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Hello everyone. Thank you for joining me this sunday. Im fredicka whitfield. We begin in hollywood where after the last four days of marathon negotiations, striking writers and studios could reach a deal as early as today. Its a glimmer of hope for an end to a strike that has dragged ob for nearly five months and impacted the production of scores of tv shows and movies. Cnns parent company, Warner Brothers discovery, is a part of the negotiations with the union. Cnns Camila Bernal joining me fro...

Has wound up doing is committing these unforced errors that he has had to walk back things that he has done and its cost people to question his leadership just at a time when he needs to take full control of the company and lead it into a new millennium. this is a tough problem for him. >> it sure s its not -- its only the most recent we have seen this employee uprising, think about spotify and joe rogan, it was employees putting pressure on the ceo a couple months ago and now its happening at d...

Friday here is the apology he issued to his employees, saying he believes we are at infinitely better and stronger company because of our lgbtq plus community. i missed the mark he said but im an ally you can count on and i will be an outspoken champion in the future. chapek completely botched this throughout the week and eventually conceded to his employees, deadline this weekend calling it chapeks biggest toughest test running one of the worlds biggest media companies. we will speak with eric ...

♪ you may me feel ♪ you make me feel ♪ like a natural woman >> lester holt, nbc news. >> a life well-lived. lets bring in michael erik dyson, a close friend of arethas. aalong with us eric deggins, nbc media analyst. >> you guys stay there for a second. we want to bring in aaron nevell who is joining us now. aaron sang with aretha franklin at the soups bowl in detroit at 2004, it was the lions versus the vikings. aaron, what was it like to be up there next to aretha franklin? aaron, you wi...

Tapes. [ laughter ] >> look, sean hannity had no legal obligation to disclose his relationship with michael cohen, but if there is anything remaining of journalistic ethics at fox news, he certainly needed to disclose that fact when he was going on and on and on talking about michael cohen, the raid on michael cohen and this entire, you know, legal proceeding here. in your previous discussion, are there any standards any longer? weve talked a lot about being in a post-factual political world. yo...

Important for people who have been marginalized to find their voice and to be featured fairly. and thats all that i think people are wanting right now, and thats what theyre pushing for, both for women and for people of color. >> eric, always good to read you, to hear you, great to talk to you as well. eric deggans from los angeles, ahead of the golden globes. unwatch "the 75th annual golden globe awards" tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern. steve bannon sends an olive branch to the oval office via m...

Table that is one of hollywoods darkest moments. and so, the balancing act is going to be how do you celebrate some of the best in motion pictures and television while also talking about something that is one of the worst scandals to affect hollywood in recent years. that will be the balancing act we see tonight and it will be interesting to watch it play out. >> eric, how much is it in the water, how much agreement is there about this being a big issue hollywood needs to deal with? in the "post...

Welcome back. im david gura. tonight the 75th annual golden globes on nbc will be unlike previous awards shows. many attendees plan to send a powerful message standing together. they are set to wear all black on the red carpet in solidarity for victims of sexual misconduct. dozens of women are expected to participate, even actors like the rock and tom hiddleston participating as well. host seth meyers addressed how he will tackle the elephant in the room, telling "vanity fair," "for as bad as th...

Department of justice is suing to block the massive at&t time warner deal saying the deal will result in reduced competition and innovation and higher bills for consumers. at&t released a statement calling the lawsuit, quote, radical, an inexplicable departure from decades of antitrust precedent and says it plans to fight it in court. the case has attracted intense scrutiny because of trumps criticism of cnn joined by time warner. joining me now, tv critic eric deggins. and back with me, digital...