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finally been released. quote, unfortunately or fortunately, unquote. youll know what that means in a second. "the lead" starts right now. >> shes accusing me of rape, of raping her. the worst thing you can do, the worst charge. >> rather interesting comments revealed today from the former president of the united states as the world finally gets to see what mr. trump had to say about e. jean carrolls rape allegations. then a fake warning? the russian mercenary group wagner says they w...

Its real. we remind everybody the president apologized for it. is this the president deciding on an alternate reality as his truth? >> well, i suppose thats what hes attempting to do based on what he has told some of his allies and the reporting in "the new york times." it seems so improbable given that he admitted that he said those things when that tape first came out and as you all have shown, the footage of him apologizing for having said those. the one thing that struck me is that he someho...

Authentic. "access hollywood" issued a statement tonight saying, no, its real. we remind everybody the president apologized for it. is this the president deciding on an alternate reality as his truth? >> well, i suppose thats what hes attempting to do based on what he has told some of his allies and the reporting in "the new york times." it seems so impossibleable given that he admitted that he said those things when that tape first came out and as you all have shown, the footage of him apologiz...

On an alternate reality as his truth? >> well, i suppose thats what hes attempting to do based on what he has told some of his allies and the reporting in "the new york times." it seems so impossibleable given that he admitted that he said those things when that tape first came out and as you all have shown, the footage of him apologizing for having said those. the one thing that struck me is that he somehow has taken this moment and elevated his own problems on this topic. and why the white hou...

Its the bill cosby effect. you know, a much different charges, but im not the only one or hes not going to sue me or take me to court. and so i think they feel comfortable going forward now. >> so step back, with even further that be the debate, step back to when the "access hollywood" tape came out, which that really is the trigger for all of this. youve got your boss on tape saying these things, where hes condoning and bragging about sexual assault. when that happened, there was a lot of discu...

He came out and he set the right tone. and he gave examples of how he could relate to the pain and the struggle that continues in black america when it comes to law enforcement and black victims not being treated as victims. and the shooters and the killers of black people not being held accountable to the same level in other cases. so he came out and he spoke about that. and i think that in this case today, you know, we realize how far we have not come since rodney king, since abner louima and ...

Could relate to the pain and the struggle that continues in black america when it comes to law enforcement and black victims not being treated as victims. and the shooters and the killers of black people not being held accountable to the same level in other cases. so he came out and he spoke about that. and i think that in this case today, you know, we realize how far we have not come since rodney king, since abner louima and the work that still needs to be done. when this case happened, when th...