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Today despite the time, the "me too" era that were in women still have such a difficult time when they come forward and tell their stories. and what were seeing in the brett kavanaugh case the same way we saw in the early days of bill cosby is women are not being believed. theyre not able to tell their stories. thats the frustration were seeing from -- >> and thats what makes them equivalent. again, from a legal standard theyre not the same thing, theyre not in the same place. but the question i...

Qualified to discern what the facts are that are separate from the actors in the case to determine what the facts are. and absolutely i think theres a fair case to be made and i think in some senses is republicans havent handle this had well. put somebody else who is independent of the political process in charge of discerning what the facts are in this case so everybody can deal with the same facts. >> so listen, let me -- because you said you dont see it as evidence, right? im not sure how muc...

Or choir boy or however you want to say it, but theres other evidence including his yearbook and whatever. its just -- but does it all add up when you listen to the interview? >> no, i think your word evidence is a bit of an overstatement. what were lacking here is a real fact finding mission, an independent fact finding mission. i have been very clear saying has not a me toot incident. me, too is about men in powerful positions in the workplace asserting their power over women in subordinate po...

Him the benefit of the doubt and not allowing the women to be believed in this situation if were going to hold men like bill cosby, harvey weinstein accountable. >> who is not allowing her to be believed, though? many people believe her. many people dont. i personally dont know what happened. i dont know anybody with a brain who could say shes telling the truth or hes telling the truth. you cant. >> within the context of a society that promotes rape culture, our default position is to not believ...

Talmud or whatever. but does it all add up? when you listen to the interview, are you buying -- >> i think your word evidence is a bit of an overstatement. i think what were lacking here. >> is evidence. >> is a real fact finding mission, an independent fact finding mission. i have been clear about saying this is not a me too incident. me too is about men in powerful positions in the workplace asserting their power over women in subordinate positions and using that superiority to be able to perp...

Hes certainly not on the amnesty international unfair trials list. he will never be. leonard pelletier, the rodney king trial, many others, the dred scott supreme court ruling, racism in the justice system, theres plenty of it. real racism. this is a spokesperson for cosby who clearly is lacking intelligence and has really absolutely offended the true victims of racism in this justice system. that was a ridiculous statement. >> also called, an rivera va, are the trial a public lynching. cosby re...

Kavanaugh case, the same way we saw in the early days of bill cosby, is women are not being believed, theyre not being able to tell their stories. thats the frustration were seeing -- >> and thats what makes them equivalent. from a legal standard, theyre not the same thing. theyre not in the same place. but the question is at the core, do we believe the stories of women with regard to sexual violence? and too often we dont. and when it comes to men in power, particularly white men in power, we d...

President nixon, he didnt want to just beat his political opponents. he wanted to destroy them. and the same way with donald trump. in that case, they are similar. but, you know, this is a different time here in the second decade of the 21st century. and the country has changed a lot. you know, in these theories of evolution, we talk about what happened to the dinosaurs. they were yesterdays animal, and they got to be extinct. if the republican party isnt careful, thats whats going to happen to ...

Save his supreme court bid. he tried to make his case on television tonight, but was he really speaking to just one person, the president? ♪ ok here we go guys, you ready? hi! cinturones por favor. gracias. opportunity is everywhere. ♪ its gonna be fine. its a door... ♪ its doing a lot of kicking down there. waiting to be opened. ♪ whatever your ambition... ♪ whatever your drive... ♪ whatever youre chasing... driver, are we almost there? were gonna have a baby! ♪ daddy! daddy! oppo...

He said, rosenstein should continue to do his job, protect the independence of the doj, and if the president intends to obstruct justice, force trump to fire him. >> well, wow. i have great respect for adam schiff. hes a stalwart, but im not sure i understand the logic of what hes suggesting there. that -- for me, that would be a take-home question. >> i gotcha. i think hes saying if you -- i think hes basically saying call him at his bluff, and hes calling it obstruction of justice if he -- you...