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Previously had been five settlements regarding allegations of harassment against o'reilly at the time that they renewed his deal. >> so this raises two big questions for fox, doesn't it. number one, what's going to happen with that federal investigation. the justice department has been looking into the other settlement payments in the roger ailes' scandal. i think it's notable, david, even though the trump administration is in charge and rupert murdoch is very tight with donald trump, that this investigation is still taking place inside the justice department. >> yeah, you know, that's interes...

Speculate. >> the alternative theory is it means they were in a relationship, she didn't feel like she could get out of it and thus it was nonconsensual. so for our viewers -- >> and the other thing that we do know too is that mr. o'reilly wielded a large amount of power over her. she regularly appeared on his show. there was a special segment she was featured in called "is it legal." she's a harvard grad and former prosecutor. she is a very prolific author and published a number of books over the years and he frequently promoted them on his show. we also know that there were a couple of times...

$32 million. what does it really mean? let's bring in one of the reporters who broke this news wide open. emily steele of "the new york times." she and michael schmidt reported this story over the weekend. also with us, david zerwick, media critic for "the baltimore sun." let's take this piece by piece. emily, first to you. this story came out on saturday. it was shocking to everybody who read it. how did you all learn that he paid this much money to an accuser. >> you know, we did some very extensive reporting. this is myself and my colleague, mike schmidt. we talked to about a half dozen sou...

You take bill o'reilly on and you are on the wrong side of history. fox is on the wrong side of history. it can talk all it wants about its ratings. this is an epic cultural change that's taking place in terms of predatory sexual oppression of women in the workplace, and they're on the wrong side of it. you want to hire him thinking you're going to get ratings? good luck. you're going to get infamy, that's what you're going to get. >> emily, thank you for being here. david, thank you as always. up next, a sunday morning exclusive, gretchen carlson. she'll join me live in just a moment. custa...

sure he can't win? as the penn state tragedy unfolds, is stwitelevision let something defend themselves in brief interviews that don't say much? >> in retrospect, i -- you know, i shouldn't have showered with those kids, so -- >> that's it? >> yeah, that's what hits me the most. >> plus, we'll talk to the young pennsylvania newspaper reporter who broke the story. and nbc hires chelsea clinton as a correspondent while msnbc brings megan mccain on board. is a famous last name now more important than knowing anything about journalism? i'm howard kurtz, and this is "reliable sources....