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Charged with here? which ones do they think they've got him on and what's the potential he's looking at if he's convicted here? >> so there's one criminal indictment that's been brought by the grand jury against harvey weinstein for two separate victims. for one victim, there are two counts. one first degree charge of rape, one-third degree charge of rape. then for the second victim, it's the forcible compulsion oral sex charge that's being brought against harvey weinstein. for any of the first degree charges which is also the last one we just discussed, it's anywhere from 5 to 25 years in pri...

Exactly he's been charged with here? which ones do they think they've got him on and what's the penalty he's looking at if he's convicted here? >> so there's one criminal indictment brought by the grand jury against weinstein for two separate victims. for one victim, there are two counts. one first degree charge of rape, one-third degree charge of rape and for the second victim, it's the forcible compulsion oral sex charge being brought against weinstein. for he for any of the first degree charges which is the last one we discussed it's anywhere from 5 to 25 years from prison. the third remain...

Charges. >> help me understand that better. so there's two specific women, but we know more than 90 women have accused mr. weinstein of at least sexual misconduct. the reason, again, those 90-plus women aren't part of this? >> so for almost all of them, from what we know at this point in time, the statute of limitations prevents a lot of crimes to be brought against harvey weinstein. we know he's been doing this type of criminal conduct for a number of years. however, in the state of new york, danny mentioned the phrase "forcible compulsion." that means the statute of limitations was done away...

So to the extend that other accusers may not be part of the criminal prosecution, they may end up being witnesses if they are substantially similar situations in the past. these charges are very, very serious. in new york, rape in the first degree is a 5 to 25 year sentence, minimum of five years because it's a sexually violent crime. but the criminal sexual act is equally as serious. it carries virtually the same punishment and that is oral sex by forcible compulsion and that is something equally as serious as rape, at least in terms of the felony classification and the sentencing. >> katie, ...