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Next tonight, another big story were following. the worldwide walkout at google. thousands of employees walking off the job today, from singapore to dublin, london and across the u.s. workers protesting the companys handling of sexual harassment complaints. some executives accused of misconduct reportedly receiving millions in severance packages. heres abcs kayna whitworth. >> time is up! time is up! >> reporter: in new york city, the sign "times up tech." across the country in san francisco, "d...

Deval patrick, being talked about as a possible 2020 presidential candidate. governor, you now work at bain capitals double impact division which focuses on social progress. corey booker and gillibrand met with workers right groups about targeting private equity firms such as bain capital, that would force the firms like bain to fund severance packages. do you find thats a good idea? >> it might be. i want to look at that legislation. you know, circumstances are different. not every deal works a...

People already knew about the sexual harassment claims. so, a, why sign the new contract? and, b, was that $25 million clause put in there because they already knew? >> why sign that new contract? well, i dont think it was a cret to anybody that bill oreilly was the cash cow for fox news. th millions of dollars that came in from advertisers. you know, you couldnt top it. he was the guy for them. however, in the end the ultimate liability exposure proved to be too great. and with the new change i...

Companies is not to provide quality health care to all people. its to make as much money as they possibly can. ted, lets work together on a medicare for all, single payer program so were finally going to get private insurance companies out of our lives. as you know, we are the only major country on earth that allows private insurance companies to run the system. but its not only the points that ted made about the insurance companies. what he forgot to tell you, even adding insult to injury, as m...

Severance packages. are you going to have your job? even though what happened down the road at carrier a lot of jobs were saved. hope is not a reality, it is the idea that something could change. if its not your job, its other jobs in this country that donald trump can help bring back. >> a lot of places in this country are facing the same dilemma. so, yeah, were all working on hope, praying for hope. were hoping for a change in the attitude of the ceos of these corporations that are out for not...

To build sustainable shareholder value over time and that is what we did. the heart evidence thing for a chief executive to do is to tell someone they dont have a job anymore and that is why we provided the rip of the severance packages in the industry and why we provided employees with counseling so they could go on and fine another job. when you have a big, bloated bureaucracy that costs too much, that is becoming inept and that is what we have in washington, dc, by the way, there are some job...

Severance packages. however, these workers arent being let go. starnes says local officials forced him to meet demands. workers are expected to get wire transfers tomorrow. a daredevil defies death by walking a tightrope 1,500 feet above the colorado river. we had nick walenda on this show hast year. >> thats a view there, buddy. praise god, this is awesome. >> it took wallenda 22 minutes to walk a mile on the cable over the colorado river gorge. he paused and squatted down twice because of th...

Terms of severance packages? >> if they are cut they should get a surveillance package. cuts are made all the time in the private sector. conservatives who say we have to watch budgets and wanted to compare it to the private sector you cant then say, this is an exception this is jobs program. people sign contracts with companies all the time. >> but they dont go to jail. if you quit walmart you dont go to jail. they are not allowed to quit. >> first amendment rights of the military. there are lo...

Back in the day. from what this woman has said, it was clearly not just a sexual harassment claim but there was battery here or some kind of crime that she is saying he committed. she never went to the police. however, sean. herman cain did this to himself. hes the one that put that noose around his neck and started tightening it as quickly as he could. >> sean: what does that mean? >> dismissing the claim of the women. hes hanging himself. he dismissed the claims of the women that he had settle...

They would not have taken two women and given them money whether you call it a settlement or severance. >> lets get some facts straight here. number one, he didnt sign anything. nonnumber two, there were independent investigations and the board of directors and the human resource office found there was no cause to go forward with anything. these severance packages in these kind of situations are done all the time because the cost of litigating is a lot more than getting the matter resolved. tama...