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Today despite the time, the "me too" era that we're in women still have such a difficult time when they come forward and tell their stories. and what we're seeing in the brett kavanaugh case the same way we saw in the early days of bill cosby is women are not being believed. they're not able to tell their stories. that's the frustration we're seeing from -- >> and that's what makes them equivalent. again, from a legal standard they're not the same thing, they're not in the same place. but the question is at the core do we believe the stories of women with regard to sexual violence. and too oft...

Qualified to discern what the facts are that are separate from the actors in the case to determine what the facts are. and absolutely i think there's a fair case to be made and i think in some senses is republicans haven't handle this had well. put somebody else who is independent of the political process in charge of discerning what the facts are in this case so everybody can deal with the same facts. >> so listen, let me -- because you said you don't see it as evidence, right? i'm not sure how much stock we should be putting into yearbooks and to what people write. sometimes it's coded so th...

Or choir boy or however you want to say it, but there's other evidence including his yearbook and whatever. it's just -- but does it all add up when you listen to the interview? >> no, i think your word evidence is a bit of an overstatement. what we're lacking here is a real fact finding mission, an independent fact finding mission. i have been very clear saying has not a me toot incident. me, too is about men in powerful positions in the workplace asserting their power over women in subordinate positions and using that superiority to be able to perpetrate a sexual predation on women and stymi...

Him the benefit of the doubt and not allowing the women to be believed in this situation if we're going to hold men like bill cosby, harvey weinstein accountable. >> who is not allowing her to be believed, though? many people believe her. many people don't. i personally don't know what happened. i don't know anybody with a brain who could say she's telling the truth or he's telling the truth. you can't. >> within the context of a society that promotes rape culture, our default position is to not believe women, and the issue is that we have to change that orientation. studies show, statistics s...

Talmud or whatever. but does it all add up? when you listen to the interview, are you buying -- >> i think your word evidence is a bit of an overstatement. i think what we're lacking here. >> is evidence. >> is a real fact finding mission, an independent fact finding mission. i have been clear about saying this is not a me too incident. me too is about men in powerful positions in the workplace asserting their power over women in subordinate positions and using that superiority to be able to perpetrate a sexual predation on women and then stymie their career. >> you're saying this is boorish b...