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She said "i feel a wave of truth coming, purging those who should not be in positions of power. women are rising up and had enough. we must end this cycle of abuse of power and sexual violence." that's the difference involving this story, from all the me too accounts we've heard, all the allegations against prominent men, it has primarily been about sexual assault and sexual harassment. in this case, schneiderman is also accused of abusing his power and acting in violent ways separate from any sexual activity. that's one of the reasons the story stood out, why it's so disgusting to read. these...

The reporter from a "new yorker" describes a former girlfriend who said not all the abuse took case during sexual encounters. schneiderman reportedly slapped his girlfriend during an argument. how does that change any argument that slapping someone is a sexual proclivity? >> it's very odd he would parse it out the way he did, that he'd never engage in nonconsensual sex. that's the line he would not cross. apparent lly assault is not onen which he'd vehemently deny the allegations and simply say he vehemently contests the allegatio allegations. a very interesting legal term. maybe because he ha...

This is role play is no excuse for balling up for fist and punching somebody when they rebuff you or having a young lady's ear bleed when you're having sex. that's beyond perverse, beyond wild and unacceptable and i'll let laura comment on this, it's probably a crime. we have to understand this is more, this is allegations of domestic violence, physical abuse, and assault and battery by the sitting attorney general as of right now. by the way, the last thing as we're talking about this cascading pr, i don't know who told him it would be a good day to go to work tomorrow. >> yeah. >> there is n...

With schneiderman, you cannot separate the politics from it. the politics of how quickly those elected officials responded. again, i go back to the fact that governor cuomo is in a tight race, tougher than expected race, with a female, cynthia nixon, who has been uplifting women throughout the state of new york and been running an awesome campaign. he's compelled to move quicker as well. senator gillibrand, this is her bread and butter issue. she's compelled to move quickly as well. now you have a political fi firesto firestorm, you have a person who's been for lack of a better term, he's been...

Former federal prosecutor. again, this a fast-moving story. many of the details developing be. the women accusing him, schneiderman, of nonconsensual physical violence hours after the story broke. the governor asked him to resign. he's resigning tonight. >> yes, a public official who in public was an outspoken proponent of the me too movement who has brought a lawsuit against harvey weinstein, his brother, bob, and the weinstein company, who has been trying to drive a path forward for new york state as an opponent too the trump administration. all that is the context for tonight's shocking dev...