>> well the line congressman is, back the question is for how long. tonight, i am laura coates live. you know, you have to wonder what took them so long. the house ethics committee releasing a report, shock full, and i mean chalk full of evidence that george santos allegedly's campaign phone so his own personal profit, also lodging he reported fake loans and kept it all going through a, quote, constant series of lies. not mincing words, they say quote, he blatantly stole from his campaign. unquote. they brought the receipts. i mean they literally brought the receipts. a $3,332.81 airbnb listed as a hotel stay on an fcc report for july seven 2022. a day's own campaign calendar listed him as off, and spending the weekend in the hamptons. 1400 dollars at a spa that month, charged to a campaign debit card and described as botox, and expense spreadsheets. 1500 dollars at another spa, also noted as botox. i do not know about botox, mud that is a whole lot for somebody who is relaxing in the hamptons. there is more. you knew there would be more, right but this might surprise you, $4,127.80 at hermes, now i can't afford it, so i will call it -- just for effect. there are also hotel bills, plane rides, taxi bills, casino charges, and get this, what is intriguingly described in the report as a purchases at onlyfans, and sophora. now if you don't know a lot about onlyfans, the new york times describes it as a platform where some participants charge money for explicit content. i would just leave it at that. i defined george santos calls the report biased, but what you expect from the congressman who only lied his way into the job in the very first place. telling one major whopper after another, lying even about graduating from college. lying about working on wall street. after saying he was a very proud of his jewish heritage, claimed he did not mean he was jewish, he meant to-ish. even lying about meaning a college volleyball star. now it would be funny if it wasn't for real, and this wasn't a member of congress. it could have an impact on your actual life. and it is kind of funny, but do not take my word for it. see what snl thinks. >> people need to know who you are. >> i'm george santos, -- if you are nasty. i graduated on a volleyball scholarship from -- university, four years of -- and i am a proud representative for my district in long island, new jersey. what are you talking about? >> madonna is calling me. hello. like a virgin? i remember, i was, there i was the virgin. >> now comedy aside, the fact is he is already facing 23 federal criminal charges. he pleaded not guilty, and of course there is a presumption of innocence. today he also said he is not going to seek a second term. for that time honored reason, because of his family. he says that they deserve better. now he faced the possibility of being expelled from congress, and we ask the members of a non partisan -- from the third congressional district who organized to have santos expelled. i asked them what they think of all of this? >> george santos wanted to do, was to run a campaign, and use the campaign funds as his personal piggy bank. he needs to go. >> it has been almost a year, and nothing has been done. santos has been collecting a big six figure salary, with full health benefits, on taxpayers backs. you know, shame on congress for not getting rid of this guy. >> you should be expelled immediately, no more excuses, this committee report has been released. >> everybody knows he is a crook. the fact that he hasn't been expelled yet is a symptom of the broken political system that makes my generation feel disillusioned with our institutions. >> a lot of opinions there. i want to bring in maureen dailey, she is a managing editor of the north shore leader, and the reporter who first broke the story of the santo scandal. maureen, thank you for being here this evening. you actually wrote an article when he was running, when he was running for the seat, marine. it is the -- asked a lot of suspicions on claiming the net worth of $11 million. i want to read for people just so they know, just go ahead of the game you are here. it's as controversial u.s. congressional candidate george santos has finally filed his personal financial disclosure report on september 6th. 20 months late, he's claiming an inexplicable rise in his alleged net worth to $11 million. two years ago, in 2020, santos personal financial disclosures claimed he had no assets over $5, 000, no bank accounts, no stop accounts, no real property, and net worth barely above zero. so i have to ask, you maureen, today when you see all of this coming out, and you see this ethics report, are you feeling vindicated by your own reporting? >> i'm feeling vindicated. we were called everything. that man called our paper everything that he could possibly come up with. things i could never repeat. every form of liar, everything wasn't true, and we have absolutely been vindicated. excuse me. i'm very proud. >> i know you, feel i have a cough myself, marine. pause for a second. do not worry about it. >> i'm so proud of our team, and i'm so proud that we have been proven right. if only we have been listened, to if only someone had taken notice before election day, we would not be where we are today. but the article did not get the pick up that we would have liked for it -- >> well, why do you think that is the case? >> you know, i think because people don't realize how important local papers are. news is local. everything is truly local. we have a staff, our reporters live, except for a few of, us live in the district. we live in the neighborhood. the man delivers our papers receives our papers. he is a subscriber. it is hand delivered to the coffee shops. it is hand-delivered to the mom and pop shops. it is hand-delivered to the delis. people go out of their way to find it. we cover the local stories, yes, but this was a major local story. this was very important that people of council district congressional district three deserved better. they did not deserve this. >> maureen dailey, thank you so, much and again you were ahead of the game. now here we are at this point in time. thank you, maureen, i appreciate it very much. >> thank you. >> i want to bring in robert zimmerman, a former new york congressional candidate that ran against and also lost to congressman santos back in 2022. robert, thank you for being here. first of all i want to echo what maureen had to say about all politics really being local, this might be another indication of the power of those stories. but there were actually, just going through, it robert, there were thousands of dollars spent on designer goods. and botox, and onlyfans, all on the campaigns dime. i wonder, what is your reaction tonight? what are you hearing from the folks in your district about all these revelations? >> well, i must say first to maureen and to her publisher, for their excellent work they did. we certainly took their articles and recirculated them throughout the district, 80,000 went door to door and homes, we shouted the alarms as best we could, we are the only ones amongst the candidates whoever did. santos was running for four years, and never -- republicans never raised these issues, the democrat who ran before me never did opposition research on him. so we did our best as, well also blank state media -- others trying to azwell sound the alarm. but i think when you look at the results today, you look at the stories today. yes it is vindication for journalists, and they did their best on it. but the bigger point that strikes me is that as you said at the beginning of the show. what took so long? this is not -- this is a petty thief and hood. in fact, the ethics committee -- access to the banking records has this information. why did it not come earlier? >> that is the question, robert. excuse me. that is the real question for it. for the reasons you have laid out, most people have not been a part of a campaign, or don't know what goes into it, but they assume that opposition research happens, and the airport includes a thing called a vulnerability report. now that was commissioned by santos 2022 campaign, it is 137 pages long. details lies about his education, is work history, so you have talked about the idea of the usefulness of research, why did this not get raised earlier? >> you know, -- we were the only ones in the four years of his congressional campaign that never sounded the alarm on it. now the democratic national campaign committee which was in charge of opposition research on sandals produced an 87-page report. it lifts a lot of stuff, i will not fan that. but they also nail a lot of important issues as well. but part of the problem here, laura, as you're on cnn contributor said, the media covers the marquee races, they don't cover the local elections. they get lost in the process. many journalists, made a sincere effort, but came back and said we don't have the money or staff or time to do this kind of work. part of the problem the journalists have, campaigns have, that the federal election commission that should be charged with overseeing the financial reports, that are being issued, doesn't have the staff to do that type of investigative work. so that is the real first reason. here is the bigger one. for a year now, laura, the republican majority in congress has known the story about this guy. there is no mystery here. yet, for a selfish manipulation of power, and desperation to hold on to their majority, they buried these stories. this work was not over the past couple of days, these facts have been known for a long time. they held on, and they covered up these facts. in fact they were complicit to his crimes by trying to cover up the situation and protect him. now they had to release it because of pressure, but we are not there yet, do not take for granted he will be expelled, we have to keep the public pressure on to make sure he is expelled from congress. >> i do wonder, what will happen next, including who might take his seat, and who will run again. will it be you, robert? >> you know, my focus for the past year honestly has been building a bipartisan coalition to make sure his expelled from congress, keeping the pressure on congress, we are making progress. a lot of other great groups are helping us along the, way doing their own, conducting their own work to do that as well. but in addition to that, frankly, when there is time for political discussion, we will have it. i will clue you in. right now when they have a special election, there may be a new congressional district as well on top of that. so now is not the time to talk about the political agenda, now is the time to focus on restoring integrity to our system, representation for over 750,000 people who have not had representation, not had a congressional office, they are to service them, and i have been working on those casework issues with my campaign staff because quite frankly, i am no one there calling because his office is virtually shut down. >> robert zimmerman, i will put that down in the tbd. thank you so much for joining us this evening. i want to bring in -- tbd is something i wkyt peabody fine. another acronym another day. all right look i love you. thank you so much. i want to bring in cnn legal analyst elliott woodmans and former republican congressman -- i love you too, it is a lovely, nightclub both of you are here. listen the most i get from this is, what is gonna happen now first of all you have been a member of congress. it did take a long time to not get to this particular point, what happens next? is it a guarantee hole be expelled? >> i think so, because look at the political taken this long, but expelled because republicans want to go on war. he is damaged goods, we are heading to an election year, they are going to move this on quickly -- how they stack up and charges an ethics in play we have to wonder does this help -- the justice department, and they went back and forth as to whether they pause the congressional investigation while this is going on so there could be more charges here is already been charged with a number of crimes, and could there could be more. i think the important thing here, is it is easy to get wrapped up in the botox, the hamptons, all the nonsense. really what this comes down to, when people give money to campaigns, they ought to know that their money is being spent by the campaign. campaigns ought to be transparent with the public about what they are doing. george santos did neither of those two things, and take the public's money, and abused his position in congress. that could be a crime. >> a really important point about, that a idea about the irrespective test. they have this pretty straightforward as you talk about, elliott, test to figure it out. if the expense would exist even in the absence of the candidacy, or even if the officeholder were not in office, and then the personal use men apply. the fancy way of saying, you can spend the money on things that are not related. so you look at this, you look at the hermes back, botox, only fans, forget the irrespective, test it doesn't pass the smell test. you have to be so careful about where you classify everything. there was none of that here. he basically lived off of his campaign. there is no gray area here. everything he did he left off his campaign. it is one of the most agrees issues abuses of campaign finance have ever seen and the beauty of the house ethics committee, people don't know, there's so much in congress is partisan and>> and the house ets committee is split equal number of democrats and republicans in order to move something forward, they both have to agree on -- some bipartisan agreement here. that is clearly here. this was caving in its tone, starting with literally the first sentence something like george santos cannot be trusted. those are strong words from anybody in congress. >> he is now going to have a press conference on november 30th, is terms are not over, he would not run for reelection. why is he going to say, do you think? >> they will move on this pretty quickly after thanksgiving. so we will know. look, i may be the lone wolf at this table, this is historic. the only members who have been booted is because they joined the confederacy, or were convicted in a court of law. i worry about this precedent of expelling a member who has been charged. >> that is why they were so aggressive about leapfrogging the justice department so they could expel him. if they waited for the justice department process to play out, it could have been years before he got prosecuted. here they needed and wanted to get him out of congress, that is why they moved as quickly as they did. >> i want to hear from his perspective as, well if you're talking about trying to have some currency, some bargaining chip, being a member of congress -- i would, leave is that enough for what happened? i will note for everyone, he did beat in a decisive -- by about 20,000 votes. in a district where biden won by eight points. now the question will be, canada win and run there, or will it be -- thank you both so much. so, why are some young americans who are on tiktok saying the sympathize with the people osama bin laden, and why now? that is the question i have for the editor in chief of --- and d he i is here nexext. >> dozens of young americans on tiktok now say they sympathize with osama bin laden. you heard that right. the terrorist orchestrated the 9/11 attacks, the worst terror tax on u.s. soil in history, now suddenly going viral on tiktok. i'm not comfortable seeing has -- the users have been posting videos on social media platforms, supporting a letter bin laden wrote in 2002, criticizing the united states and its support of israel. justify the targeting and killing of american civilians, and filled with antisemitic tropes, and conspiracy theories. let's talk about now with editor in chief -- men is also a former new york times media columnist. ben, thank you so much for being here today. i want to just -- before hearing about this for the first time this evening, and shocked for a lot of reasons. one of the videos posted on tiktok, a new york-based lifestyle influencer writes this about bin laden's letter. quote, if you have read it, let me know if you know if you are g through an existential crisis in this very moment, because in the last 20 minutes, my entire viewpoint on the entire life i have believed and have lived has changed. and i ask, is it shocking that 22 years after 9/11, a letter written by osama bin laden has not only reemerged, but so many americans seem to be finding on that platform, persuasive? we >> yes. you know, this letter went fairly viral on tiktok. the guardian had posted it years ago and got hundreds of thousands of used to their website. obviously, in the defense of young people, this was not just young people, i would say it was a diverse array of -- who for who this was all new, and were just totally interested in fascinated by it. it was not an enormous phenomenon, and in fact we do live in this moment when really dark strange theories or spilling out into the public in ways they did not used to, and i think america has always had these very weird occurrence, and now they're much more visible. i think we should also be a little careful about amplifying them. in fact i think a lot of the attention to these totally nuts videos came actually after from journalist like us seeing them and saying what is this? >> well you know, the guardian you mention actually had a link to the letter, and then had an article that provided context to analyze it more so. they then pulled it down, and that fueled some conspiracies about, wait, they are trying to shield people from the information. so it became a cyclical prophesy going on about that very issue. when you talk about being careful about it, fearful is not necessarily synonymous with tiktok for example as it would be for maybe a media outlet for new service. but according to a new poll, ben, a third of americans between the ages of 18 to 29, they get their news from tiktok. i'm wondering, when you think about that scope, and that cross section, is there an added danger at the prospect it could go viral? it could be very quickly absorbed and consumed? >> you know, it is interesting. we just lived through this decade in media where facebook and twitter where the dominant platforms for information on news. a lot of what you got was people who you thought were crazy or -- screaming at you. one of the things that has made tiktok so popular is that it does not do that. it serves you stuff it knows you will like. it reinforces your biases, it keeps you in your own bubble. i think part of the reason we haven't seen as much of this on tiktok, because it is happening in, private when crazy stuff is being discussed on tiktok, it is not always at the surface. i think in this case it absolutely did. >> i want to if you think people or a lot of the feedback i heard from people who are avid uses of tiktok and hearing about the story, they find it condescending to think there is some snobbery around where they can get their news from, and it is up to you to decide whether an echo chamber or to be. do you think this is a snobbery being imposed on people or legitimately a concern about the type of information that circulating? >> you know, i think it is some of both. there is old people like us who have always been panicked about whatever 19-year-olds were consuming, >> who are you calling? old i don't know who are you talking, about i'm not, old go ahead. thank you. >> but you know, at the same time, america has always had a deep well of people who believe really profoundly strange and -- in this moment, in also surveys that is breaking through to the, surface you are starting to see it. among the many patients of bin laden letter that are objectionable, it is incredibly antisemitic. it straightforwardly blames the for pretty much everything, i think that is part of its appeal to some of these folks. >> men, after talk to, more stick around for, me i want to carry around our conversation. it is very important. the problem with antisemitism is not just cropping up on tiktok. elon musk and acts are having the same issues. i will talk about next. >> elon musk is under fire tonight, being accused of using his influence on social media to promote antisemitic rhetoric. musk recently endorsed a users post that falsely claimed that jewish pushed quote hatred against whites, calling it quote, the actual truth. he posted an agreement with the false claim that jewish communities have been pushing the exact kind of hatred against whites that they claim to want people to stop using against them. hours later, musk appeared to backpedal, clarifying he does not believe hatred of white people extends to all jewish communities. also today, ibm said it is pulling its advertising from platform acts, wallowing airport that the social media platform ran the company's ad alongside pro not see material. back with me now, ben smith. man, elon musk is embroiled in yet another controversy, endorsing a claim that there is a pushing of hatred against whites by the jewish community. he has been called out for so many of these dispute and controversies. it does not seem like he cares, or there will be consequences for him. >> yeah, you know, in the last segment we were talking about random morons on tiktok saying crazy stuff, this is really different. i think even for mask has been through a series of these where he follows and engages with not seize, i think this one was different, and people i'm asked her to say something is antisemitic, and there are a lot of jewish who are very broad community, but when you run into somebody who starts talking about the jewish, and blaming them for staff, as though there is some unified conspiracy. that is textbook antisemitism. that is what he was doing here. i think this felt to me like even in the span of elon musk outrageous, a real break and step for him in the path of henry ford, and american industrialist to wind up really in a very dark strange place at the end of their lives. >> speaking of the industrialist, and the companies they represent, corporate america is weighing in in a way here. ibm pulling its ads on acts, because it appeared next to neo-content. this is impacting x business ultimately, will that make a difference? because sometimes corporate america cares what is the bottom line is impacted, even if socially prior to that they cared not. >> yeah, i think twitter is a privately owned company that elon is running in the ground, and that the is pretty much cast. the bigger question is whether tesla, spacex are going to start seeing consumers not want to buy their products. and actually spacex in particular, they are basically a government contractor. and musk's most important business are governments, international governments, and it may be harder for him to do these deals. >> and we know to look for misinformation in an election year on platform such as this. now hate is also on the menu. that is surprising for a lot of people, and knowing full well it could intensify the closer you get to election day. what do you say? >> yeah, i think probably like you, i have gone my whole career without seeing a lot of overt antisemitism in america. it is just everywhere right now. elections do tend to bring out the absolute worst in everybody. so i think you will probably see a fair amount of that. >> i guess the worst may be yet to come. that is striking for a lot of reasons. ben smith, thank you so much. thank you. >> thank you. >> one of the world's most high-profile producers and musicians facing accusations of, and abuse. now sean''diddy''combs it's facing a lawsuit from his former girlfriend, the singer cassieie, the shococking allegatitions are nenext.. >> tonight music mogul folk sean''diddy''combs use of and abuse in a new lawsuit filed by his ex girlfriend casandra ventura known by her stage name us cassie. the lawsuit filed in federal district court in new york alleges years of sexual abuse,, as well as quote, luring her into a shrug fueled lifestyle. during a long romantic relationship. in a statement to cnn, they say, quote after years of signs in darkness, i am finally ready to tell my story. she also says with the expiration of new york's adult survivors act fast approaching, quote, it became clear that this was an opportunity to speak up about the child i have experienced, and i will be recovering from for the rest of my life. lawyers for combs into cnn vehemently denying these allegations, calling them offensive and outrageous. here to discuss -- executive editor at one world rock lip. also the former editor in chief of ebony magazine. i am so glad you are with me today. i have been going through this complaint, and the allegations contained in it. it is pretty stunning. you have helped women come for the glanced men who are very powerful in the music industry and beyond, like r. kelly, like russell simmons, didi is known as a mogul. so from your experience, how difficult do you think it was for her to even come forward with these allegations? we >> first, thank you always laura for having me. except this evening, it is so unfortunate. you know, it had to be incredibly difficult. it is difficult for me just a couple hours in, just to really grasp the degree of her allegations of abuse. but also, just being reminded that there is often so much more than meets the eye when we are talking about even legendary man -- puffy, diddy, well known as is an icon he is a legend. literally a living legend within music culture and entertainment culture. certainly black culture war. it is a heartbreak for many people i think to imagine even a fraction like -- but the truth is, these rumors have been around for a long time. very long time. >> they met when she was 19 years old. he was 37. say what you will about age differences, there is a power dynamic, not only in the age gap but also she claims that he exerted his power and influence, that's a quote from her. she would have been and rmb hopeful. how does that power dynamic factor into all this? >> look, there can be a power dynamic in a relationship between a man and a woman, where there are not millions and millions of dollars in the room. where there is not someone, like i said, actually a living legend, who is almost 20 years or senior. you can have a power dynamic with everyday people, when it comes to gendered violence and sexual assault, and everything that cassidy is alleging. when you think about what she was actually doing, and how singular not many of us know what is like to be partnered with someone who is at this level and has this much power, access, control. she was also his employee technically, as an artist. the ways in which he -- the matchup was not existent. she almost did not exist, if you look at who she is in comparison to who he is, especially at the time. there's a lot of heartbreak for me. i know all around the community, there's just a lot of heartbreak. many of us are friends or friends of friends, and many of us came up in this business together, all hoping for the best, and all aiming for the best. didi -- >> i did not to interrupt you, kyra, but i had to say, the -- these are allegations. there are a lot of opinions that have informed about this already. everyone's phone was blowing up thinking about the allegations. but his attorneys, i want to say, his attorneys are accusing her of blackmail. they are adding, quote, for the past six months, mr. combs has been subjected to miss ventura's persistent demand of $38 million, under a threat of writing a damaging book about their relationship. she's being accused of this being a money grab, is that fair? >> i don't think it's fair. i also don't know whether or not that it's true, but even if it is true, it does not discount what she is alleging. i think that is keeping our eyes on the prize. when someone has been partnered, again, for over a decade with a person of this kind of a men's wealth and power, there is a lot of money made, right? that kind of intimate partner relationship, almost as if a marriage, when partners slippery and one spouse says, hey, i am entitled to so much with what you created during your time. when she talks about darkness, i had to say, that's the thing that feels most resonant to me, just does it witness to that time in the entire entertainment industry. the 2000s became dark. the drugs, the violence at the 90s almost seeded itself to another kind of darkness, where drugs and this kind of rampant power that got him in the business, exerted -- was a dark time. so, i am not an attorney. i have my own personal feelings, and i really don't plan on sharing those publicly, but i do think that there is a lot to be learned when women come forth, and we should listen and also read between the lines. as i said, for so many of us, these rumors have existed for so long, it's almost as if this testimony kind of aligns with the whispers. it's a deep time, i have to say. it's a troubling, to say the least. i am wishing the best for cassidy, for all of the vulnerable, who are taking advantage of the slim amount of time that is left. just imagine, a year exists for many women, who have been abused in this kind of way that cassidy alleged. it takes a lot of time to come forward. some when we go to the graves with these kind of stories. i think that there is an impetus because there is a window of time that says, hey, look, we will listen, and we may potentially validate your claims of many years ago. i think that's a good enough reason for a woman, about whether or not cassie feels she's intended to money, whether they're black male, i don't know. >> a lot of unanswered questions, and this won't be the end of the conversation. in many ways, it's the beginning of a longer one. kierna mayo, thank you s so muc. we'l'll be rightht back. >> back come before you as a representative at the intergalactic union of beings from all non universes and beyond. we have been observing a species for many, what you call, years. our study is not complete. we no longer wish to have any further contact with you. we have returned your music sampler but will no longer tolerate any further efforts on your part to venture beyond your home. >> that was from x-files, but i don't, know it was a certain message that was signed and delivered to a certain congressman today. no more contact wanted, too soon, i digress. gentleman ought to settle the mystery once and for, all the elián kind once and for all, well, maybe, contributing erudite are at wired, jared graff. he has a brand-new book, ufo, the u.s. government search for elliott life here and out. there i cannot tell you how excited i am about the book, because you and i talked about star trek and other things before. what a book about ufos. >> so, laura, we have lived through a radical transformation in washington, where issues people are talking seriously about ufos in the context of things maybe pilots are seeing, the pentagon is studying this. nasa is studying this. to me, as you know, i come at this from a national security standpoint. i am not a life along ufo -ologist. >> is that i think? i like it. >> it is. >> all right, all right. >> what got me interested in this was hearing the conversation changed and thinking, if serious people or talk is usually about this, it's worth exploring and trying to trace the history. >> so, do you believe that there is life out there? >> this actually is one of the amazing revolutions and human knowledge in the last 20 years. the math is on the side of the aliens. in the last 20 years, we have come to understand just how big the universe is, and just how habitable is so much at the universe actually is. the new estimate now is about a six trillion habitable planets across the universe. that's a billion trillions of habitable planets. when you start playing with that math, we are almost certainly going to see life in a lot of places across the universe, probably a lot of intelligent life in places across the universe. the question is, is anything going to be close enough that we would ever have any meaningful contact. >> have not seen any of it? >> no, i don't think we're seeing it here. there is something to the ufo phenomenon, which the government calls uaps now, but i think the answer will rely on signs that we don't yet understand. this could be weird stuff. it's atmospheric science, meteorological science, astro astronomy, which we don't yet understand, and the basics of physics that we don't understand. >> this is an incredible book. you heard it here first, everyone, gary graff saying that there is no intelligent life. we are in washington d.c. after all. look, the inside story of the search for at the life here and out there. thank you all for watching, our coverage continues. this is interesting. in order for small businesses to thrive, they need to be smart, efficient, savvy. making the most of every opportunity. that's why comcast business is introducing the small business bonus. for a limited time you can get up to a $1000 prepaid card with qualifying internet. yep, $1000. so switch to business internet from the company with the largest fastest reliable network and that powers more businesses than anyone else. learn how you can get $1000 back for your business today. comcast business. powering possibilities. tonight on three 60, new video from israel, they say proves hamas use gaza's largest hospital as a command and control center. we will have the latest on the, war and the body of an israeli hostage recovered today.