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Keep saying, oh, if i take you out to dinner and i pay for your tab, isn't that a gift? no, it's not. >> okay, i got a lot of friends. luxurious vacations, private jets. with menendez in a position to lobby government officials to help this guy's business. come on now. >> yeah, well, the thing is the prosecutors do have a high burden. they have to show was this quid pro quo. and we had a recent supreme court decision last year where they narrowed that definition and said that official acts have to be actual acts. it cannot be phone calls. it cannot be meetings. it cannot be, you know, just mak...

To the desk and i said mr. weinstein, is he on the patio, and there's like, he's in his room, and i'm like, are you kidding me? >> weinstein's spokesperson has provided this statement to nbc news. quote, any allegations of nonconsensual sex are unequivocally denied by mr. weinstein. you know we're going to cover this now. i want to bring in my friend, attorney midwin charles, msnbc legal analyst. i've had the chance to speak now with a number of harvey weinstein accusers. their accounts, crushing. we're up to 67 accusers. judd said if weinstein is, quote, a rapist, then he should go to jail. b...

Mentor. it is not known if that person took the complain further. abc news tells cnn no complaints were filed during halperin's time at the network. halperin, who is a senior political analyst at msnbc said in a statement last night, i did pursue relationships with women that i worked with, including some junior to me. i now understand from these accounts that my behavior was inappropriate and caused others pain. for that, i am deeply sorry and i apologize. under the circumstances, i'm going to take a step back from my day-to-day work while i properly deal with this situation. nbc news has not...

Spokeswoman released a statement saying, quote, any allegations of nonconsensual sex are unequivocally denied by mr. weinstein. mr. weinstein has further confirmed that there were never any acts of retaliation against women for refusing his advances. joining me now, attorney and "essence" magazine contributor, midwin charles and marvette britto. could he be facing criminal charges? >> well, as you know there's a statute of limitations when it comes to crimes. what i find the most astonishing is given this audio tape that we've just heard, we know that the manhattan d.a. also had his hands on t...

Consulting business on the side, why wouldn't president trump turn on him? he is no stranger to changing his views on people. >> i agree with that. look, if it turns out that flynn was doing all sorts of things that were not authorized, that were contrary to u.s. policy, u.s. interests, u.s. law, then he absolutely was properly fired. and i think the key points here, stephanie, is if it turns out that flynn in fact was doing things he shouldn't do, was he freelancing? we've seen his reputation in washington can be somewhat of a loose cannon at times and it wouldn't surprise me at all if it tur...