Much more angry . It took me a long time to realize that they, that these artists want to show beauty. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff new allegations of Sexual Misconduct tonight against highprofile figures. The Washington Post reports eight women are accusing veteran pbs journalist charlie rose. They tell of lewd phone calls, displays of nudity and groping aimed at employees and interns from the late 1990s to 2011. And late this evening, cbs said they are suspending him and pbs said it would halt distribution of the charlie rose show. Joining us now is the reporter who helped break this story for the Washington Post, irin carmon. Irin, thank you for joining us. What are these women alleging . Judy, the eight women we spoke to describe a range of behaviors that va lot in common. In many cases the behaviors began with a happened on their leg, perhaps mid thigh, and in some cases it escalate to Walking Around naked during the course of their employment at his apartment from which he often worked. One woman described lewd phone calls in which one woman said he would describe his sexual fantasies about her and ask her intimate details about her private life. Two of the women described sexual contact with mr. Rose, touching their private areas, one woman said she we want through the entire encounter in an interview for the charlie rose show. Woodruff how did you go about confirming any of these allegations . Judy, i first became aware of this story in 2010, when i was a reporter at the web site jezebel, and i attempted to report on them, but, unfortunately, i hit a wall and was not able to confirm the story. People were not ready to talk, frankly. It occurred to me now in the last few weeks because to have the amazing report because of the amazing reporting thats been done on Sexual Misconduct and abuse that perhaps the women who were worried about retaliation, who were afraid of mr. Roses power in the industry, about his wealthy friends, famous sitdown interviews with World Leaders that, perhaps, they were ready to talk. Amy britain, a reporter in the Investigative Unit at th the Washington Post and i started contacting the women i had heard allegations about as well as people who worked on the show and, honestly, we have a lot more reporting that we would like to do on this story, but, at this point, we could say there are eight women who have alleged what could constitute Sexual Harassment and sexual assaults. Woodruff free 3 00 opened record. Three gave their names at enormous personal sacrifice and i want to thank them for their courage because even in this moment of curlture change, it is not easy to put your name on something this independen ind one described it as one of the most degrading experiences in their life. What is charlie rose saying. Charlie rose issued a statement this afternoon which he provided to the Washington Post. He says that he does not confirm all the statements made by the women. He mentions he believes there were shared feelings or believed at the the time there were shared feelings in these instances which disputes what these women have told us. He says were at a new cultural moment. Woodruff irin carmon, again, saying there is more reporting being done on this story with the Washington Post. Thank you very much. Thank you, judy. Woodruff also today, a second woman has come forward to accuse senator all franken of Sexual Misconduct. Lindsay menz says the minnesota democrat grabbed her bottom during a picturepose in 2010. By then, franken was serving in the senate. Meanwhile, one of the women accusing alabamas Republican Senate candidate roy moore, Leigh Corfman says she was 14 when it happened. He removed my clothing. He left the room and came back in, wearing his white underwear. And he touched me over my clothing, what was left of it. And he tried to get me to touch him. Woodruff corfman said she was paid no money for speaking publicly. For his part, President Trump has criticized franken, but said nothing about moore. And, the New York Times suspended White House Reporter glenn thrush over allegations hes made unwanted advances toward several women. Regulators in nebraska gave the green light today for construction of the keystone xl pipeline across the state. That was the last major regulatory hurdle for the long delayed project. But, the regulators approved an alternate route, and opponents, including environmental groups and american indians, say that could open new legal issues. The true cost of the opioid drug epidemic may be far more than anyone thought. The white house today put the cost at 504 billion in 2015. Thats more than six times greater than any previous estimate. The report cites Overdose Deaths and Law Enforcement costs. In zimbabwe, the military announced president Robert Mugabe is working toward what it calls a definitive solution for the country. But the ruling party said its starting proceedings to impeach mugabe, ending his 37year rule. John ray of independent Television News is in zimbabwe. He reports from the capital city, harare. Reporter as their president plays for time, so his peoples patiences breaking point. This is generation mugabe. Students whove known only one mans rule their entire lives. Whether he wants to or not its time now for Robert Gabriel mugabe, and its time for us the Younger Generation to take over. Reporter harare is full of opponents plotting feverishly to force him from power. Zimbabwes war veterans set him a noon deadline that came and went. So we want to make sure that he leaves now. We want to see his back now. Mugabe your rule is over. The emperor has no clothes. Reporter late last night africas oldest leader confounded the hopes of his country and the generals who have him under house arrest, by refusing to resign. However we cannot be guided by bitterness or vengefulness. Reporter so tomorrow the drama shifts to parliament, and a plan to impeach him. Hatched today by his former comrades in zanupf. So you want him gone . Of course. Reporter is president mugabe fit to be the president of zimbabwe . No, no. Thats the reason why we have called on the members of parliament of our party to appreciate the seriousness of the matter. Reporter the very people who helped him rule now accuse him of ruining the countrys economy. Theyre not the tyranny of which many of them would say they too were apart. These people are giving up their president but theyre not giving up their power, though power has not yet en transferred. This past week zimbabwe felt transformed. The power has not yet been transferred. Woodruff that report from john ray of independent Television News. The Supreme Court of kenya today upheld president uhuru kenyattas disputed reelection. The decision touched off violent protests, leaving at least two people dead. The opposition had boycotted last months election, and charged it was rigged. The Court Ordered that vote after it nullified the original election, in august, over irregularities. The u. S. Is putting north korea back on a list of state sponsors of terror. It was removed from the list under president george w. Bush, in hopes of ending the norths nuclear program. President trump announced the new policy today during a cabinet meeting. He said its part of his maximum pressure campaign. It should have happened a long time ago. It should have happened years ago. In addition to threatening the world by nuclear devastation, north korea has repeatedly supported acts of international terrorism, including assassinations on foreign soil. Woodruff north korea already faces a number of sanctions, but the president says this new designation allows additional penalties. Argentinas navy says its now analyzing sounds that could have come from a missing submarine. It disappeared last wednesday after reporting an electrical malfunction, more than 270 miles out in the south atlantic. 44 crew members were on board. An International Rescue effort is under way, including ships and aircraft. Their work has been hampered by 20foot waves and strong winds. Charles manson, who masterminded gruesome murders in los angeles, nearly half a century ago, died sunday night. He drove his followers to butcher seven people with knives, over two nights in 1969. Among them, the pregnant actress sharon tate. The crimes horrified the nation, manson was ultimately captured, and convicted. He spent the rest of his life in prison. Charles manson was 83 years old. Federal reserve chair janet yellen formally submitted her resignation today. She said shell stay on until jerome powell, nominated to succeed her, is confirmed and sworn in. On wall street today, the Dow Jones Industrial average gained 72 points to close at 23,430. The nasdaq rose nearly eight points, and the s p 500 added three. And, Britains Queen elizabeth the second and her husband Prince Philip celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary today. They were married on november 20, 1947, when she was still a princess and he was a naval officer. Elizabeth became queen in 1952. She is now 91. Prince philip is 96. Still to come on the newshour the Justice Department blocks at ts proposed merger with time warner. Who the republican tax proposal benefits and hurts. Global implications as germany fails to form a government, and much more. Woodruff the department of justice announced it is suing to block a 85 billion merger between Media Telecom giants at t and time warner. It is the first major antitrust case taken up by the trump administration. Lisa desjardins has the story. Desjardins the Justice Department said the merger would have harmed consumers. At t will challenge the governments move in court. Some observers have openly wondered if the decisions is influenced by the president s continuing battle with cnn, which is owned by time warner. David shepardson of reuters has been covering the story and he joins me now. David, wow, what a story. Lets start with these two companies. At their core, they dont compete, theyre related businesses, but why is d. O. J. Arguing they violate antitrust laws . Youre right, these typical vertical mergers, companies which dont directly overlap generally go through, but in this case the Justice Department says the combined company would have too much power. They would be able to use the content to charge its rival distributors like comcast hundreds of millions of dollars more per year as well as pass the costs on to consumers. So the big argument is going to be will a judge buy that a larger vertically consolidated company pose as threat or is it a better competitor to new Companies Like netflix and amazon . At t fired out a very fiery statement that called this a radical and inexplicable departure in the law. Is this unprecedented as far as the Justice Department goes and what did at t say in response . So it is that unprecedented but its been about 50 years since the government took a vertical merger to court and, certainly, by comparison in 2011, the Obama Administration allowed comcast to acquire u. S. Universal a similar vertical merger. But a lot has changed. There are serious concerns about will Companies Get too large, have too much market power. But, oarntiond at t says, look, this is civil law, looking at the marketplace, given the competitors, people are limited in raising prices in this marketplace. They deny the governments allegations but goes back to the question of whether then candidate donald trump and the opposition to the merger and cnn were in opposition. The scope of these two companies, they have massive influence and u. S. And global life. Why did they want to get together in the first place and what effect would it be if they did . This is a huge Company Beyond direct tv and at ts mobile service. Time warner owns at t, cnn, a lot of studios that make a lot of content. At ts argument has been to compete with facebook and google, the Companies Getting huge control of the Advertising Market and internet, that they need to build used data from these three Different Companies in order to compete with these other rivals. So, you know, their argument is we have to get bigger in order to compete and the governments argument is if you allow them to get this big, they will be able to deny that content to a rival and you can only get hbo potentially on direct tv versus comcast if they didnt agree to pay higher prices. What this would mean for consumers, this might be oversimplifying but its like if walmart would want to buy legos and control the market, how would this affect consumers who get their entertainment not through time warner . What would happen at comcastat t universal is the government asked for conditions, comcast had to agree not to treat how it used that differently and other rival distributors. At t raised questions about that in 2011. So, you know, the difference is here is the government is not seeking behavioral condition but rath tore sell off certain assets. They asked at t to sell off direct tv or turner broadcasting which includes cnn so they get smaller rather than agree to behavioral changes. Have the opportunity to affect the marketplaces. You talk about the cnn factor here and the timing of that. Last week the president was criticizing cnn. As a candidate in 2016, then candidate trump said he would not allow the merger to go through. Since then hes not directly commented but at t will clearly make whether the president exercised influence over the Justice Department as a result of the anger with cnn as part of the case, thats an open question whether the judge will agree. What a case. Thank you for joining us. Thank you. Woodruff congress may have gone home for the holiday, but republicans are working during the break to get a tax bill on the president s desk before the end of the year. One of the Big Questions surrounding the battle over a tax overhaul whos benefiting from the changes . Lisa desjardins begins with this report. Desjardins from the negotiatorinchief today, his summary of the end game on tax cuts. Its up to the senate. And if they approve it, the house and the senate will get together. Ill be there right in the middle of it. Desjardins President Trumps words followed a weekend where indeed one senator stood out. I dont think that provision should be in the bill. Desjardins senator and key vote Susan Collins of maine said shes against the current idea of using tax reform to repeal the individual mandate to buy health care. The fact is that if you do pll this piece of the Affordable Care act out, for some middleincome families, the increased premium is going to cancel out the tax cut that they would get. Desjardins sure enough, President Trumps budget director said he is open to dropping the repeal. If it becomes an impediment to getting the best tax bill we can, then were ok with taking it out. Desjardins a quick reminder republicans tax plans would lower individual and Corporate Tax rates, while also ending the personal exemption and cutting some popular deductions, like those for high medical costs or state and local taxes. Democrats have decried it a giveaway to the rich, especially big corporations. But g. O. P. Defenders insist it will cut most most middle class taxes and boost jobs. The argument became agitated at the Senate FinanceCommittee Last week, between democrat Sherrod Brown and republican chairman orrin hatch. This tax cut really isnt for the middle class, its for the rich. Spare us the bank shots, spare us the sarcasm and the satire, and lets. I come from the poor people and ive been here working my whole stinking career for people who dont have a chance and i really resent anyone saying im doing this for the rich. Desjardins that debate, and the final bill, are still fluid, even as the senate hopes to vote on its version next week. For the pbs newshour, im lisa desjardins. Woodruff lets focus on how the benefits are distributed in these tax bills. The senate bill, for example, would make the Corporate Tax rate cut permanent. But benefits for individuals and families would expire after 2025. That led Congress Bipartisan joint committee on taxation to conclude that, by 2027, most americans earning under 70,000 would pay more in taxes. We turn to two economists, from the left and the right, who study these issues. Jared bernstein, of the center on budget and policy priorities. Hes worked in the white