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Administration that are questioning the validity of that point of view. the state of new york is suing harvey weinstein, and his former film studio, complicating a deal to sell the weinstein company. the suit claims the company did not protect its employees from harassment and discrimination by weinste weinstein. for the sale to go through, victims must be compensated for any sale to go through. >> weinsteins attorney says many of the allegations dont have merit. more than 60 women have accuse...

To get information out of her. and that was happening again and again as you said with reporters, as well. there is one other wrinkle here. david boise the attorney, very well known attorney, he fought for gay marriage rights and marriage equality to the supreme court. he was representing harvey weinstein and has just put out a statement. it just came out in the last couple of minutes. he used to represent mr. weinste weinstein. he said he is no longer a client of mine. what came out in the new ...

Know, there are statutes of limitation. >> sure. >> having said that, were learning police in lon didnt are investigating, police in new york who once investigated an accusation are also looking into it. the nypd. we should point out that weinste weinsteins spokesman has said repeatedly any allegations of nonconsensual sex are unequivocally denied by mr. weinstein. hes further confirmed there were never acts of retaliation against any women for refusing his advances. but where is this investigat...

Welcome back to "velshi & rhule." new fallout for harvey weinstein who is facing several accusations of sexual misconduct from more than a dozen women. just a short time ago the british academy of film and television arts announced it was suspending his membership calling the allegations against him unacceptable. we are also learning more about how some weinstein company employees believe they may have enabled weinsteins alleged actions. ronan farrow who broke the story talked to 16 current and ...

Pleading that i just watch his masturbate. my heart was racing and i was scared. >> reporter: the string of new allegations triggered more condemnation from hollywood a-listers. among them matt damon, viola davis, leonardo dicaprio, and julianne moore. >> these women were young. its difficult to be 23 and feel like you have any personal power. >> reporter: president obama who received political donations from weinstein said any man who demeans and degrades women in such fashion needs to be conde...

Lawsuit. or youve signed -- youve forced someone to sign a nondisclosure agreement. >> but that actually speaks to the difference between committing a crime and fostering an abusive culture. a culture that degrades women time and again. amy, i want to talk about the hunting ground. it was released by a subsidiary of the weinstein company in 2015. and you said you first heard about allegations against weinstein after your film came out. and it made you consider making a film on predatory behavior...

Truly what could you do? who would you go to? >> well, i mean, he created people and he destroyed them. he said hed destroy them. so you can go to law enforcement that happened in new york. it was declined. but you can also go to the company. but guess what. >> who would you go to? he was the company. >> he was the company. >> he was the industry. right? if shows like "30 rock" make jokes about it. if its an open joke at the oscars and im a 23-year-old actress wh actress, who in the world am i g...

Saying theyre not going to be sexually harassed anymore. when they say were senior enough, were not going to fear retribution anymore and were going to stand up and say this is not acceptable and were going to change the culture of this society. >> do you think well get more women coming forward? >> i do. i think that -- i think weve already seen that effect. i mean, it probably a week ago if you had asked angelina jolie and gwyneth paltrow about weinste weinstein, you probably would have been s...

Ann, in ronans article, one female executive claimed some of weinsteins assistants served as a, quote, honey pot. at first they join the meeting during weinstein and a woman. then he dismissed the employee leaving the woman alone with him. doesnt the company bear any responsibility? maybe when that assistant left the room, maybe he didnt sexually assault those women, maybe he didnt commit rape. but is it not an issue the company should serve some liability for if he said i would like to see your...

who will have to get out of the race for the republican presidential nomination. also, dozens of people arrested in philadelphia last night, but well explain to you why they were all between the ages of 14 and 17. at the top of the hour, we start with the breaking news out of pakistan. the u.s. embassy is saying an american was abducted from his home in lahore. we have the latest from pakistan. >> reporter: t.j., this is the third time an american has been kidnapped in pakistan. th...