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The National RepublicanSenatorial Committee today moved to end its fundraising agreement with the candidate, ahead of the december 12 election. When asked in a radio interview whether he remembered dating young girls, moore said, not generally. He also flatly denied inappropriate interactions with a 14yearold, as the post had reported. It never happened, and i dont even like hearing it because it never happened. And theyre doing this a month away, this has never been brought up, never been even mentioned, and, all of a sudden, four weeks out, theyre bringing it up. And it involves a 14yearold girl, which i would have never had any contact with, nothing with her mother, in a courthouse or anywhere else would i have done that. Woodruff the Washington Post reported the accuser has voted republican in the past few president ial elections. Also today, alabamas republican governor was asked if she found the account of moores female accusers trustworthy. She responded, why wouldnt it be . These allegations are deeply disturbing. I will withhold judgment until we get the facts. People of alabama deserve to know the truth. And then theyll make their discussions. Woodruff also today, utahs g. O. P. Senator, mike lee, asked for his image to be removed from moores fundraising pitches. In another revelation coming in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, olympic gymnast aly raisman says she is among the young women sexually abused by a former physician with u. S. A. Gymnastics. The threetime olympic Gold Medalist told 60 minutes she was 15 when she was first treated by doctor larry nassar. He is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to child pornography charges. Well take a closer look at the constant drip of Sexual Misconduct allegations, after the news summary. President trump again made clear his America First vision at a summit of World Leaders in vietnam today. The president railed against global trade practices that he said have disadvantaged americans for decades. He said the u. S. Wont enter into any more large trade agreements, and repeated claims that past u. S. Leaders were to blame for making bad deals. I do not blame china, or any other country, of which there are many, for taking advantage of the United States on trade. If their representatives are able to get away with it, they are just doing their jobs. Woodruff later, President Trump came face to face with russian president vladimir putin. The two were expected to hold a formal meeting on the sidelines of the summit, but it didnt happen. Mr. Trump did shake hands and exchange a few words with putin, as they stood side by side for pictures with other leaders. Islamic state leader abu bakr salbaghdadi may now be in a town in eastern syria. A media outlet linked to the Syrian Military says hes holed up in an area near the iraqi border, that was partly recaptured by Government Forces this week. Syrian opposition activists denied the claim, and the u. S. Led antiisis Coalition Says it had no releaseable information on baghdadis whereabouts. There were new questions today about lebanons Prime Minister, who resigned this week in a televised address from saudi arabia. Saad hariri today denied that he is being held as a prisoner in riyadh. But the Lebanese Militant Group hezbollah disputed that claim, saying that the saudis forced him to resign. The groups leader called for hariris return. translated lebanons Prime Minister is detained in saudi arabia, and it has to release him. The lebanese should work to bring him back to lebanon, and then, it is up to him to go wherever. Maybe he wants to go back to saudi. It is his call. Woodruff meanwhile, u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson said that hariri should return to lebanon to make his resignation official. He also said that lebanon shouldnt be used as a venue for the regions proxy conflicts. The special counsels russia investigation is said to be taking aim at possible dealings between exnational security advisor Michael Flynn and turkey. The wall street journal says that Robert Mueller is probing an alleged plan to give flynn millions of dollars in exchange for his help in forcibly returning a muslim cleric from the u. S. To turkey. It has also been widely reported that muellers team has interviewed white house Senior Policy Adviser stephen miller. The government says more than 600,000 americans signed up for Health Coverage in the first week of this years Affordable Care act open enrollment period. That puts signups at least on track with previous years, despite President Trumps claims that obamacare is collapsing. Some 77 of those consumers were renewing their coverage. And on wall street today, the Dow Jones Industrial average lost 39 points to close at 23,422. The nasdaq rose a less than a point, and the s p 500 dropped two. For the week, all three indeces fell a fraction of a percent. Still to come on the newshour women breaking the silence about Sexual Harassment is it now safe for them to speak up . An effort to clean up the toxic agent orange in vietnam. And, much more. Woodruff the revelations and allegations about Sexual Harassment and in some cases, assault have been coming almost hourly. Just as the news about Alabama Senate candidate roy moore was published yesterday, we learned of alleged Sexual Misconduct by the popular comedian, louis c. K. Today, he admitted to that behavior, saying he had long tried to run from his actions, and apologized for it. The hardest regret to live with, he said, is what youve done to hurt someone else. Much of the attention has been focused on celebrities and public figures, but we want to expand that to what this moment may mean for women in all parts of american society. Lin farley is an author, journalist and noted feminist. Shes credited with coining the term, Sexual Harassment in the 1970s. Jocelyn frye specializes in womens rights and Economic Issues at the center for american progress. Megan twohey is one of the reporters who broke the Harvey Weinstein story for the New York Times. And Lynne Bernabei, who is an attorney in washington, d. C. Who works on Sexual Harassment cases. And welcome all of you to the newshour. Lin farley, im going to start with you. Do you think we have turned a corner . Well, we certainly are seeing something very different in the development of this issue, and that is the numbers of male harassers who are being prosecuted, who are being caught, who are admitting, like this fellow louis, saying, yes, i did it and im really sorry, this is all new and an Extraordinary Development in the history of the issue. Woodruff jocelyn frye, if weve turned a corner, why is that happening . What is making some women, at least, feel freer to speak up, do you think . I think that part of the change is you see just an onslaught of women who have now come forward, who have taken the power of the numbers of people coming forward and said, you know, if she can do it, then i can do it, and i think that that has had a snowball effect, which is a positive development and is unlike prior cases where, you know, maybe you would have one incident and one person coming forward and then a bunch of people jumping on top of that person. Woodruff megan twohey with the New York Times, you were one to have the reporters who broke the original Harvey Weinstein story. Talk for a moment about how hard it was to get those women to talk, to go public, and whats happened since then. Well, i mean, actually, to go back to your first question, which was a good one, i think thats what happened is youve seen the media step in on this issue and provide a platform for women to go public with allegations. But a real question here, is you know, if theyre in companies, there are h. R. Departments who should be handling the issues. There are attorneys who step in when women come forward with allegations and often help them reach settlements with accusers, and i think what were seeing with the role the media is playing now are questions about the failure of the system thats put in place to protect these women in the workplace with lawyers. So i think that moving forward the question will be, yes, a lot of women have been coming forward in the media, but whats going to happen in the workplace for women to sort of be protected day in and day out as they do their jobs. And in terms of getting people to go on the record about these issues, its really hard, in large part because there has been a systems that has allowed predators to continue acting largely unchecked and that has silenced women often through these settlements in which women will step forward, you know, with a complaint, and there are attorneys who swoop in and strike deals in which they get paid, but they have to remain silent. They cant speak. Even when journalists come knocking on their door woodruff we have with us an attorney in Lynne Bernabei who has been representing these women. Has the system failed, as megan twohey said . I think the system has failed insofar as there is every profession, every racial group, every economic status is still subject to Sexual Harassment. I think what makes this point in history so important is part of healing from Sexual Harassment or Sexual Assault is, largely, women being able to tell their stories and somebody listen. One of the terrible things about this field is no one wants to hear them, and now people are listening to these stories over and over again about Sexual Assault, rape and Sexual Harassment. So we have to get the stories out there first, and then we can Start Talking about remedial measures. Woodruff lin farley, youve looked at women in bluecollar jobs, socalled pinkcollar jobs, how are their experiences with Sexual Harassment, zek sexual abuse different than the women in the entertainment industries, for example, or the media . Well, i think if its angelina jolie, it makes headlines. If its a woman on the Assembly Line at grayson heat control, it doesnt make headlines and goes unseen. But what we have to focus on is, i have the long view, i have been at this 40 years, i think what is going to make for a change in the workplace for women is if we start to have parody between men and women as supervisors, managers, bosses, owners. Thats when youre going to see a real see change on the job for working women. What we have seen over the last 40 years is that court suits dont do it, Sexual Harassment training hasnt done it, everything thats been tried as an effort to stop Sexual Harassment has failed miserably. We have more victims now than ever before. What is going to make for a change is an equality in the workplace in terms of positions of power and authority, and im hoping that what we can see, because of the metoo, is women banding together to demand that to say, no, no, were not going to promote another man, were going to promote a woman and see parody in the workplace. Woodruff jocelyn frye, thats something women have been saying should be the case for a very long time. I think we would all agree that should be the way it is right now, but its not. Can we wait for that time and, if not, what do we do in the meantime . Well, i dont think we have time to wait, but what we can do is hopefully take advantage of this moment to do some of the things that lin and others were talking about. We need to focus on how to create equity in the workplace, but we also need to recognize that, in every workplace, it starts from the leadership at the top. Sexual harassment cuts across all industries at all levels, lowincome women, women of color, lots of bluecollar jobs. Woodruff right. And the reality is that Sexual Harassment has been around for decades. So it is about changing the culture of the workplace, which doesnt happen overnight, but it does mean attacking it at every level and it has to be rooted in equality, the notion that everybody is equal and deserves to be treated fairly and also means making sure that our supervisors, all the folks in the workplace, have equity. Woodruff and Lynne Bernabei, back to you, as someone who looks at these cases up close and hears these womens stories firsthand, what can change . I mean, what has held them back in the past from coming forward and how does that how is that going to change . I think we need more women in positions of management. I think we need a Critical Mass of women in management, not just a token, and i think people will come forward if they think there is something to change. It happens all the time, and i think we need women in management to give people courage that that will happen. Woodruff but right now that is not the way it is. Its most of the men who are most to have th to have moste managers. Youre right. The talk of banding together, the metoo campaign, all the campaigns to bring women together to create that change or break through the veil of silence on this issue is going to be the most important thing we can gain from this series of scandals. Woodruff megan, going back to the women youve talked to and other reporting youve done, what will it take to give these women the courage to speak up and lose the very natural fear of losing their job, of being shunned, not believed, and so on. Right. Well, thats a good question. I mean, in terms of our coverage of Harvey Weinstein, i think its important to point out that there were many women who stepped forward over the years. We were able to document five settlements, and the number is growing since our first story, who had stepped forward. Women who worked for him, young assistants, other people, other female employees in the company, actresses who crossed paths with him in the workplace, who stepped forward alleging there had been Sexual Misconduct on his part. What was the response . Basically for lawyers to swop in, and sometimes lawyers who straddle both him as an individual and the company and basically pay these women off in exchange for their silence and create a situation where they could basically face legal damages if they spoke out. So you had this repeated pattern in which he was able to continue operating un unchecked. These women were stepping forward and they kept being swept under the rug and he kept continuing acting as a predator. Woodruff lin farley, to women listening who experienced something and they feel theyre in a field where theyre not sure there is going to be support out there, what should make them feel confident they can speak out now . Well, i think, again, solidarity. I think women have to band together and stick up for each other. I would like to throw out something, too, which i think is important, which is teenage girls all across this country look for jobs in the fast food industry. Its an industry rampant with Sexual Harassment. They have used it as a technique to keep high job turnover. They dont have to deal with unionization or raising wages. These are kids frequently workingclass kids who need the job. Theyre not out there for the experience. They have been kicked out to have the house or come from a family thats alcoholic and they desperately need the work, and you have male managers across the board taking advantage of these kids and ensuring that their first job experience is one of misery and virtually prostitution. Ill give you this job, honey, if youre nice to me, if you will do whatever, whatever, whatever. I think we really need to focus on not just the Angelina Jolies and the gretchen carlsons, but whats happening to teenage girls across the country in the fast fort hood industry, and i think these kids really need help. Woodruff and as we focus, jocelyn frye, we need to focus on them and other women who are in a part of our society