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Even the most liberal, most progressive advocates for women against violence could concede the point. is an accusation enough?ag >> yes, it is enough. i completely agree that in the time we are in right now this is going to be perhaps a bloodieded period. the fact is that democrats and democratic party -- here you have a waiver, zero tolerance, but...ty >> tucker: that's the state of play. tavis smiley joins us tonight. >> it's my pleasure, thank you. >> tucker: what specifically did pbs accuse you of doing when they yanked your show off the air? >> it's hard to know. the clause in my contract...

Why did pbs do this do you think? >> whenever something like this hits the media, there was always more to the story than meets the eye. i don't want to say much more than that because my attorneys are hard at work. there's a lot more behind this. i did say earlier today that it is strange when you finally get this three hour meeting, an hour and a half after that meeting ends they pull the plug on the show. clearly when we went into that meeting pbs had already made up its mind without talking to me early on in the investigation process. without having talked to my current staff. they had mad...

Based upon his relationship status? the answer is no but they weren't even asked those questions. >> tucker: do know where the original came from? >> i do not. >> tucker: you don't know how this started and you don't know who's making the accusations. you don't know what the accusations are, so what did you talk about for three hours with their lawyers? >> a bunch of vague questions. what if, might you have ever done this, sir? it was basically a bunch of what if scenarios. no specifics, no places, no times, no data for three hours. i'm a conversationalist but it's tough to have a three hour c...

Why did pbs do this, do you think? >> whenever something like this hits the media, there's always more to the story than meets the eye. i don't want to say much more than that because my attorneys are hard at work. there's a lot more behind this. i did say earlier today that it is strange when you finally get this three hour meeting, an hour and a half after that meeting ends, they pull the plug on the show. clearly when we went into that meeting, pbs had already made up its mind, without talking to me early on in the investigation process. without having talked to my current staff. they had m...

Under 5.1 but they said to the press it was 5.1. pbs 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.t t pbs 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 strange questions from investigators asking questions like, did tavis ever mak...