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Producers and talk show host who met on the job. millions of americans who met their spouse at work. i don't think i have the right to tell people who to date. the problem here is that we are starting to criminalize legitimate relationships between consenting adults and that's a real problem for me. and if this does in fact end up in court, millions of taxpayer dollars are going to be spent by pbs to defend itself and i don't think the taxpayers want their money spent that way. >> tucker: i've never agreed with you are very much, tavis, but i have said i agree with you on a lot of what you jus...

Presumably from inside pbs, persons close to the investigation, that's the phrase they use. they have time to research my background, there is background material about me in the story. leaks they placed in the story, i assume an editor looked at this before it went online. but all of that was done inside of 12 minutes. you tell me whether or not there's an agenda here. >> tucker: yeah. do you think the rule ought to be that you are not allowed to sedate your subordinates, should that be allowed? t >> i certainly understand that there are persons who believe there is no such thing as aa consen...

Simply to simply not distribute my show anymore. they told me they suspended me under 5.1 but they said to the press it was 5.1. cbs to this moment has not specifically told me what i'm being suspended for. >> tucker: they issued a statement accusing you of some nonspecific sex crime in effect. you don't know what that is, you don't know who has accused of this and you don't know the substance of it? >> i do not. cbs launched an investigation without telling me about it. i found out in the streets one former colleagues of mine started calling me they were receiving strange phone calls asking s...

Overly from inside pbs, person close to the investigation, that's the phrase these. they have time to research my background, there is background material about me in the story. leaks they placed in the story, i assume an editor looked at this before it went online. but all of that was done inside of 12 minutes. you tell me whether or not we have an agenda here. >> tucker: yeah. do you think the rule ought to be that you are not allowed to sedate your subordinates, should that be allowed? >> i certainly understand that there are persons who believe there is no such thing as a consensual relati...

>> there are false accusations out there. it does happen. even the most liberal, most progressive advocates for women against violence could concede the point. as an accusation enough? >> yes, it is enough. i completely agree that in the time we are in right now this is going to be perhaps a bloodied period. the fact is that democrats and democratic party -- where you have a waiver, zero tolerance, but... >> tucker: that's the state of play. kevin smiley joins us tonight. >> is my pleasure, thank you. >> tucker: what specifically did pbs accuse you of doing when they enter show off the air? >>...