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courthouse behind me. he questioned her over two days for around seven hours. i was in court today and what struck me is unlike last week's testimony, which was very emotional at times, she would answer questions through tears, today was much more technical. they were very often presenting her with evidence asking her to respond. now they're goal here to undermine the credibility of her story. and to try to prove that she was politically motivated. now among the things she was asked today, about some facebook posts including one she said she was a fan of the apprentice and asked people if they would have sex with donald trump for $17,000 if they got to keep their eyes closed. now she responded say, yeah, she was a fan of the apprentice and had some friends on the show and did make jokes about trump. and they asked her about portions of her book why she hasn't sued former cbs chairman less moonves who also denied her aaccount of an alleged assault
>> sandra: less moonves will not receive his severance pay following sexual assault allegations. the board of directors making the announcement after a five month internal investigation. they say he violated company policy and did not cooperate with an investigation into the allegations with moonves has denied. the search for a new ceo at cbs is ongoing. >> i think there are a number of chances we might avoid the shutdown. at the same time i am not very optimistic that democrats will yield in providing $5 billion. >> do you think there will be a short term continuing resolution to avoid a shutdown? >> no. what makes january any better than december 21st? i'm willing to stay here through christmas to get it done. >> bill: that was mark meadows
deal. she says she moved on. awhile back she saw moonves at a restaurant and it activated her anger, shep. >> shepard: trace gallagher live in los angeles. fox weather alert. in california, they're preparing for more rain and possible mudslides in areas devastated by a massive will fire last month, this is malibu about 30 miles west of l.a. crews clearing storm drains, clogged with debris in the wild fire. they have been happening out sandbags to help people prepare for the storm. chief meteorologist rick reichmuth is live with more. >> the storm last week that brought a lot of rain, this won't have as much rain with it. but overall, the storm tracks have been across southern parts of the country. that, by the way, is kind of an el nino pattern that we're going into an el nino season. some indications that we're starting to see that. this is total rainfall the next couple days. we'll see a couple spots, maybe two to three and that could
law firms to conduct the investigation and a draft report is extensive. more than 21,000 words saying less moonves engaged in multiple acts of serious nonconsensual sexual misconduct in and out side the workplace both before and after he came to cbs in 1995. the report goes on to say the lawyers had spoken with moonves four times and found him evasive, untruthful and he repeatedly lied. they interviewed 11 of the 17 women that accused him of sexual misconduct and found their accounts to be credible. the big take-aways of the investigation include that a cbs employee was on call to perform oral sex. the employee was not identified. a cbs board member who has since passed away knew about an alleged assault and took no eggs and a secret resignation letter was drafted for moonves but he refused to sign it. bottom line here is the report
concludes that cbs was entitled to terminate him for cause, which as you pointed out could cost him $120 million. cbs says the board has reached no conclusions so far. shep? >> shepard: what if anything from this new accuser? >> her name is june kimmel. she made the allegation a year ago at the height of the me too movement. it's only now gaining traction. kimmel says in the mid 90s when less moonves was the head of development at 20th century fox, she pitched him a movie project and she said he liked it and would make it. she goes on to say "he hugged me, i thought he was being genuine and he held me super close and proceeding to took his tongue down my throat. it was revolting." she said she got carried away and cold a few days later and asked to see her again. when he rebuffed, she claims that was the end of the movie
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this investigation? there was charlie rose, les moonves. there's questions about jeff f. a. ger, who heads up "60 minutes." he's back from vacation. there's been questions into what he knew. >> moonves not the only person accused in farrow's stories in the new yorker. fager stands accused of unwanted advances and toxic environment in "60 minutes." >> which he has denied. >> best-known news show in america. moon if you have a problem at the top, you can't do anything about the lower ranks until you deal with the top. now that moonves has stepped down, we may see updates and movement on some of the other issues inside cbs. frankly this company, which has been so embarrassed by this scandal, would desperately like to move on. >> finally, for these 12 women who come forward, what's justice look like for them?
within the country. there's one thing to take away from primary season on the republican side this year, is that republican voters are not feeling what ben sasse is feeling. >> that's fine. is there anything more blind than my party right or wrong? that's exactly what we elect senators to do, to be an independent conscious of the nation and vote on principle at least as much as pure politics. if it's simply rhetoric, couple of sasse tweets he's missing the opportunity of leadership because the mantle has fallen to him with the passing of these other folks. >> thank you for being here. appreciate it. still to come, a titan in the television industry is out this morning. cbs ceo les moonves stepping down amid harassment allegations. this story out of dallas. police officer -- police there arrest one of their own. this is the officer who is charged with manslaughter this morning after shooting one of her neighbors and killing him, an unarmed black man, in his own apartment. what his family is calling for this morning. >> and serena williams fined
i mean, i just lay on the floor and cried. i mean, i didn't know what was going to happen to me. >> brian stelter is not only with me but broke the news yesterday when this happened. no apology. and women like that saying he threw me against the wall. >> this is ultimately a story about power, also about money. we'll get to that in a minute. but the power here is extraordinary. two things are true at the same time. moonves was an accomplished, acclaimed television executive. according to these women, he abused that power. he used that power, in some cases, to deny women jobs if they turned him down. and farrow's reporting in the new yorker, posted on the website this time yesterday, was deeply disturbing. there were two in a row, one in july that prompted internal investigations into cbs but frankly a slow investigation. as a result more women, including the one we just heard from, also decided to speak on the record with their own accounts. >> and really articulate exactly
what they say he had done to them. >> yes. >> this one is really what turned the page. within hours, moonves was out. >> yes. >> you talk about money and 8k filing. this is a publicly traded company that just came out. >> yes. >> what do we know about what money he may leave with? >> this make the me too case -- if he was forced out for no good reason yesterday. obviously the company feels they have a good reason to break with him and have him leave effective immediately. for now $120 million is in a pot on the table. it will be put in a trust. once those law firms finish the investigation, then the cbs board of directors will decide if moonves gets the money, when's fired for cause, which means they don't have to pay him. or if they decide maybe these allegations didn't add up. for some reason we believe he is owed the money. ultimately, poppy, this will be litigated, argued about ina for