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Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to an additional 16 years in prison on Thursday, but his lawyers will continue to fight for him to have a life outside of jail, pledging to appeal his Los Angeles conviction.

One more woman will be allowed to testify in Harvey Weinsteins rape trial by the judge.

Becoming the first witness to take the stand for Harvey Weinsteins upcoming Los Angeles trial, a limousine driver testified on Wednesday about working for the Hollywood producer.

>> victims rights attorney gloria allred, thank you so much for being here. shes represented accusers of both donald trump and bill cosby. gloria, weinstein maintains his innocence. but with the "me too" movement raging and everything thats happened to bill cosby, do you see this going to trial or is he setting himself up for a plea deal here? >> let me start by saying, ryan, i also represent numerous accusers of harvey weinstein, and also have sued mr. weinstein and the weinstein company on beh...

Asked very tough questions by weinsteins defense attorneys. to a certain extent their background could s could be on . how do you prepare a victim in a case like this for that very difficult job of getting on the witness stand? >> and youre right, because a defense attorneys tactic is often, dont put our own client on trial, put the victims on trial. but here let me just also say that it will not surprise me, again, the similarity between the weinstein trial, if there is one, and he doesnt plead...

I dont think harvey weinstein would testify in his own trial let alone in front of the grand jury, but perhaps he will. >> motion to dismiss. how high a bar? >> whether or not the prosecutors at this stage have actually alleged the elements of the cause of action for each of the counts, or each of the three counts in the case. its actually not that high of a bar. remember, this is also criminal court. not civil court. in any proceeding, at any stage, in criminal court its actually a decent chall...

Today were particularly mindful this day being his 1,000th day in captivity. >> the u.s. it continues to coordinate with the syrian government on his case trying to get him home following the death of a series of american hostages and journalists taken in iraq and syria from james foley to just last month when a drone killed a hostage, warren weinstein. there have been calls to create inside the u.s. government something that youd call a hostage czar. somebody in the federal government to better...