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He admit s that these allegatios or not, whether he contests them, he's saying he is. he saw no way forward. with the governor calling for his resignation, other prominent new york officials calling for his resignation, the path was clear. jane baker and ronan farrow, known for his reporting on harvey weinstein. >> since we're talking about the governor calling, asking him to resign, laura, we'll get to the legal part of this in a moment. politically, how might this play out? >> it moved quickly. governor cuomo came out, a lot of it had to do with the fact it's election season. he came out ext...

She said "i feel a wave of truth coming, purging those who should not be in positions of power. women are rising up and had enough. we must end this cycle of abuse of power and sexual violence." that's the difference involving this story, from all the me too accounts we've heard, all the allegations against prominent men, it has primarily been about sexual assault and sexual harassment. in this case, schneiderman is also accused of abusing his power and acting in violent ways separate from any sexual activity. that's one of the reasons the story stood out, why it's so disgusting to read. these...

As rape in other people's worlds, doesn't mean you didn't commit the other crimes you're accused of including the slapping. also the very important one. there are threat. allegations in the report there were threats made if they yower to go forward, there would be wiretapping on their phones, there would be repercussions in many ways. remember, this is an allegation that many women and men who have contested proceedings against, say, a person in law enforcement, an officer, somebody in the court system, will often feel as though they have no recourse. no one will believe them, and they will be...

Story and that includes the people around him. >> and there isn't an authoritative no. >> let's talk about scott pruitt tonight, because "the new york times" is reporting tonight that senior white house staff members are encouraging the president to fire scott pruitt, his embattled environmental protection agency chief. now 11 federal investigations that involve him. how can he stay in this job? >> i mean, he shouldn't be allowed to stay in the job, but i think two things are keeping him in the job. one is, there's been such a historic turnover, such embarrassing turnover, that people don't wa...

The reporter from a "new yorker" describes a former girlfriend who said not all the abuse took case during sexual encounters. schneiderman reportedly slapped his girlfriend during an argument. how does that change any argument that slapping someone is a sexual proclivity? >> it's very odd he would parse it out the way he did, that he'd never engage in nonconsensual sex. that's the line he would not cross. apparent lly assault is not onen which he'd vehemently deny the allegations and simply say he vehemently contests the allegatio allegations. a very interesting legal term. maybe because he ha...