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Cant change what happened to you, but if you work with us and we publish the truth, we might be able to protect other people. >> at the time, harvey weinstein was one of the top advertisers in "the new york times," is that right? perhaps the leading spender for advertising in "the new york times"? >> i think he used to be. >> he used to be. >> there was a long history of advertising there. >> so he leaned on the company and said, hey, ive been a prominent advertiser for many years. what are you ...

Administration repeatedly mishanded classified intelligence and could contribute to exposing the covert source as a spy. now, that is shocking. and many pro-trump allies and commentators tried to tear down that reporting and say it might not be true. do you stand by that reporting now a week later? >> 100%. we would not have gone there if we didnt trust the sources involvement, information, and level of involvement in that those discussions. this is an important story. any story involving intell...

Editor is, is there a possible way to square the circle here? is it possible, if you strip out the analysis and the context that each news outlet is providing, what have we learned thats actual facts? can they both be true? "the new york times" reported that in late 2016, an initial decision was made by the cia to think about exfiltrating, bringing out this agent. and then only later, that the agent refused, and only later, as jim reported, did this actually occur. to me, those are both very sig...

Back. >> and part of that is moderate democrats that were also elected in this freshman class. its a remarkable story. the process is really interesting in this case. one more story for our panel, and thats john bolton. this weeks drama with bolton either being fired or resigning. susan glasser, you have a column about this on newyorker.com. is it fair to suggest that boll tor bollton was more influential when he was a fox news commentator than when he was actually in the white house? >> its an ...

To take away from covering weinstein and writing this book? >> we really want people to read this book and feel what we felt, which is that even at a time when everything seems so stuck, even at a time when it feels like the very notion of truth is collapsing, facts can cause social change. carefully documented facts can really trigger empathy and compassion and action. >> about a week and a half after your first weinstein story and ronan farrows story came out and other accusers came forward as...

Democrats are losing. and im noticing that the dems are under increasing pressure, including from members of the media to explain their mixed messaging and their failure to communicate. wherever impeachment is in the air, there are stories about the process, stories about the substance. process on one hand, substance on the other. this is actually true in all sorts of political coverage. with nixon, the substance is about crimes and cover-ups. with clinton, its about lying under oath and obstruc...

Reporting, with a story like this. cnns big scoop on monday described how in 2017, one of americas top spies inside the russian government was extracted, basically evacuated from russia. cnn chief national security correspondent jim sciutto knew more about the spys intel and identity, but kept it out of his reporting. it turns out that other news outlets had been chasing the same story, and those outlets then came out with more information. "the new york times" wrote about the agents past work a...

We are having almost this medieval, ecclesiastical debate. its confusing. democrats are defensive and divided about it. and have made the story into their own inability to understand how to counter trump. at the same time that trump clearly, i think he perceives a political benefit in talking about it, warning about impeachment. >> interesting. i think right-wing media does as well. as we see on fox all the time about impeachment, but doesnt actually live up to whats going on in the house of rep...

Democrats in the united states do not take action against this potential corruption thats going on every day? >> well, it means that you have the republicans and the democrats agreeing that whatever it is that trump is doing isnt sufficient to warrant this conversation. and that has to be wrong. it has to be exactly inverted. democrats are supposed to be saying, look, the kinds of things that nixon was -- the articles of impeachment against nixon, the articles of impeachment that were actually c...

Lost in the reporting is that after that may 2017 meeting, as we reported in our story, two months later in july 2017, and this is the first time this was reported, president, famous meeting in hanburg, germany, with putin in which he confiscated the translators notes, very unusual step, that after that the intelligence community again had concerns that the president had discussed classified intelligence with russians. this is not an isolated incident with this president. >> thats true. and that...