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Rockefeller, the governor new york had his hand on my leg. i said nothing. i was embarrassed, i was young and didn't know what to say or do. that's what we are dealing with. because of strong women who have been strong enough to come out and talk about it. mark halperin, bill o'reilly, bill cosby. because of them there is safety in number. we are seeing a little bit of sisterhood is powerful. howie: a piece in the "new yorker" on harvey weinstein. daryl hannah. and annabella sciorra says weinstein brutally raped her in his apartment. she slept with a baseball bat for years. weinstein is denyin...

In some ways. but the truth is we are talking in many of these cases that goes from sexual abuse to sexual vie lebs and assault, down to only men wearing dirty rain coats were doing. one of mire friend at nbc says sexual harassment is a dignified term for disgusting behavior. howie: halperin put out a second statement saying he offers a profound apology and he went to counseling and hasn't repeated the conduct. some journalists say his actions were an open secret at the time. lynn: i was in a different situation. i was older than mark.

Charges against mark halperin. they say he propositions them for sex and there was unwanted groping. and he kept pushing them to sit on his lap. >> our hearts break for mark and his family because he is our friend. but we fully support nbc's decision here. we want to know more about these stories and we need to know what happened. we are not going to avoid the story just because he is our friend. howie: the story on bill o'reilly has also drawn widespread attention. more than 50 women have accused harvey weinstein of sexual assault and another actress saying he raped her. >> i was sitting on a...

Talking to harvey when he pushed me back and assaulted me. howie: joining us is lynn sherr. she was the first sexual harassment ombudsman person. howie: msnbc suspended him. does all this show how much the culture is changing? lynn: sexual harassment as a criminal thing has only been around for 40 years. i think mark halperin may have been in high school at the time. we have known about this for a long time. but the point is that it changed

Fake your other colleagues with you. mitch mcconnell, good-bye. john cornyn, good-bye. howie: mark halperin los -- loss his book deal after sexual harassment charges. i'm howard kurtz and this is "mediabuzz." the unsubstantiated dossier about donald trump, it has been disclosed the hillary clinton and the dnc spent millions on an