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Producers and talk show host who met on the job. millions of americans who met their spouse at work. i dont think i have the right to tell people who to date. the problem here is that we are starting to criminalize legitimate relationships between consenting adults and thats a real problem for me. and if this does in fact end up in court, millions of taxpayer dollars are going to be spent by pbs to defend itself and i dont think the taxpayers want their money spent that way. >> tucker: ive never...

Presumably from inside pbs, persons close to the investigation, thats the phrase they use. they have time to research my background, there is background material about me in the story. leaks they placed in the story, i assume an editor looked at this before it went online. but all of that was done inside of 12 minutes. you tell me whether or not theres an agenda here. >> tucker: yeah. do you think the rule ought to be that you are not allowed to sedate your subordinates, should that be allowed? ...

Simply to simply not distribute my show anymore. they told me they suspended me under 5.1 but they said to the press it was 5.1. cbs to this moment has not specifically told me what im being suspended for. >> tucker: they issued a statement accusing you of some nonspecific sex crime in effect. you dont know what that is, you dont know who has accused of this and you dont know the substance of it? >> i do not. cbs launched an investigation without telling me about it. i found out in the streets o...

Overly from inside pbs, person close to the investigation, thats the phrase these. they have time to research my background, there is background material about me in the story. leaks they placed in the story, i assume an editor looked at this before it went online. but all of that was done inside of 12 minutes. you tell me whether or not we have an agenda here. >> tucker: yeah. do you think the rule ought to be that you are not allowed to sedate your subordinates, should that be allowed? >> i ce...

>> there are false accusations out there. it does happen. even the most liberal, most progressive advocates for women against violence could concede the point. as an accusation enough? >> yes, it is enough. i completely agree that in the time we are in right now this is going to be perhaps a bloodied period. the fact is that democrats and democratic party -- where you have a waiver, zero tolerance, but... >> tucker: thats the state of play. kevin smiley joins us tonight. >> is my pleasure, thank...

Even the most liberal, most progressive advocates for women against violence could concede the point. is an accusation enough?ag >> yes, it is enough. i completely agree that in the time we are in right now this is going to be perhaps a bloodieded period. the fact is that democrats and democratic party -- here you have a waiver, zero tolerance, but...ty >> tucker: thats the state of play. tavis smiley joins us tonight. >> its my pleasure, thank you. >> tucker: what specifically did pbs accuse yo...

Why did pbs do this do you think? >> whenever something like this hits the media, there was always more to the story than meets the eye. i dont want to say much more than that because my attorneys are hard at work. theres a lot more behind this. i did say earlier today that it is strange when you finally get this three hour meeting, an hour and a half after that meeting ends they pull the plug on the show. clearly when we went into that meeting pbs had already made up its mind without talking to...

Based upon his relationship status? the answer is no but they werent even asked those questions. >> tucker: do know where the original came from? >> i do not. >> tucker: you dont know how this started and you dont know whos making the accusations. you dont know what the accusations are, so what did you talk about for three hours with their lawyers? >> a bunch of vague questions. what if, might you have ever done this, sir? it was basically a bunch of what if scenarios. no specifics, no places, n...

Why did pbs do this, do you think? >> whenever something like this hits the media, theres always more to the story than meets the eye. i dont want to say much more than that because my attorneys are hard at work. theres a lot more behind this. i did say earlier today that it is strange when you finally get this three hour meeting, an hour and a half after that meeting ends, they pull the plug on the show. clearly when we went into that meeting, pbs had already made up its mind, without talking t...

Under 5.1 but they said to the press it was 5.1. pbs to this moment has not specifically told me what im being suspended for. >> tucker: they issued a statement accusing you of some nonspecific sex crime in effect. you dont know what that is, you dont know who has accused of this and you dont know the substance of it? >> i do not.t t pbs launched an investigation without telling me about it. i found out in the streets one former colleagues of mine started calling me they were receiving strange p...