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Ailes mess to begin with. >> bill shine called me in response to my e-mail promising to deal with o'reilly. by 8:00 p.m. that night, o'reilly had apparently been dealt with. and by that i mean he was permitted with management's advance notice and blessing to go on the air and attack the company's harassment victims yet again. >> msnbc contributor dave sherman is a special correspondent at vanity affair who exposed roger ailes. the big news is the allegations of repeated harassment, nonconsensual sexual relationship, a term i'm having a hard time getting my head around, sending of gay pornograp...

In january. kate snow has been tracking the story for us through all the developments. kate, bring us up to speed here. >> reporter: so bill o'reilly says he's hamstrung because help can't comment specifically on any case that has been, as he put it, resolved. he said that he resolved three cases while at fox news. that's half the number of settlements "the new york times" is reporting. >> am i mad at god? yeah, i'm mad at him. i wish i had more protection. >> reporter: overnight, bill o'reilly firing back on his podcast. >> if i die tomorrow and i get an opportunity, i'll say, why did you guy...

According to "the new york times," lis wheel was alleging harassment and a nonconsensual sexual relationship with o'reilly. we don't know what she says exactly happened because she is now sworn to secrecy. but "the new york times" obtained details of the settlement and published them over the weekend. o'reilly says he has never mistreated anyone. he says this is bogus, and he is vowing to respond on monday. but the "new york times" story was a shock to the tv world. i spoke with former fox news anchor gretchen carlson who sued roger ales last year. she received a $20 million settlement herself...

And a long-time legal analyst at fox news named lis wheel. she was a regular on o'reilly's program, "the o'reilly factor," until the end of last year. that's where the story gets really complicated. in january of this year, she went to o'reilly and threatened a sexual harassment lawsuit. o'reilly settled out of court. he grid to pay her $32 million. a few weeks later, fox news renewed his contract for an incredible $25 million a year. now the next part of this story, you've probably already heard about. it's when bill o'reilly was fired by fox news in the midst of a sexual harassment scandal. ...

Until the end of last year. that's where the story gets really complicated. in january of this year, she went to oh really and threatened a sexual harassment lawsuit. o'reilly settled out of court. he grid to pay her $32 million. a few weeks later, fox news renewed his contract for an incredible $25 million a year. now the next part of this story, you've probably already heard about. it's when bill o'reilly was fired by fox news in the midst of a sexual harassment scandal. this happened in april after the "new york times" reported on other secret settlements that o'reilly had reached with accu...