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-- argument in a trial. what were learning in this particular moment, post-#metoo, less than year since the story first broke in the "new york times," in the court of public opinion, we dont acknowledge, or dont accept bad behavior any more. we have a different bar of what we are accepting in terms of how we behave in the workplace, how people engage in think profession, whether in hollywood or a restaurant. at this moment, women and men learn two different lessons from this #metoo movement. wom...

Himself versus kim jong-un. he calmed him little rocket man. hurled insults the way you would expect a north korean leader to hurl insults at presidents and in the way in the past theyve done that to u.s. presidents. that was the fatal flaw in all of this. donald trump needs to be able to put aside his ego and diplomacy. this is not, who is going to ask him to the prom. this is about denuclearization and ensuring that north korea does not have the weapons and the delivery systems it can use to t...

Psychology suggests theres a reason why. ill talk to the author, cognitive neuroscience professor, about the science of lying. it should be a fascinating conversation, but first, if you plan to travel this memorial day weekend, make a little room in the budget for gas. this weekend, pay $1 billion, with a b, $1 billion more for gas than last year and thats because prices are up 50 cents a gallon in the last year and in part due to a shrinking supply and pending u.s. sanctions against iran and ve...

Someone i know has been a victim of sexual assault and harassment. i think in this moment, harveys going to make his case in court, but in the court of public opinion in terms of the culture of conversation, this is a new moment. >> danny, one of these complainants, 2010, this was a woman who was a rising senior in college who claims that harvey weinstein tried to get her to perform a next act in his new york office. another woman claims that harvey weinstein raped her twice. once in 2014, one f...

Spoke ton kim jong-un and hes dodged the question bp this is not a president -- one of those -- strikes me as the kind of guy, if he talked to kim jong-un he would want to tell you they had the conversation and what they talked about. do you get the sense they have, perhaps, had conversations on the telephone? >> beats the heck out of me. i mean, when the president says something, its not exactly something you can take to the bank. so, you know, its possible hes had some indirect conversations. ...

Researchers have taken a look in the "washington post" fact checker from president trump and found the spread now l presiden more often. 4.9 falsehoods per day in his first days in the oval office. now 9 lies per day. the researcher joins me from san francisco, an associate professor of cognitive neurosciences at university college london and the author of "the influential mind" and dana milbank, an influential mind. also is a columnist for the "washington post" and joins ow conversation as well...