all right. the money, let s start there. at a certain point, the justness of these two men, who are accused of this pattern, getting the biggest chunk of the money. but, two, can you move all this money around to pay for these claims without running afoul of the law in terms of disclosure of a public company? well, there s two things. on the payouts, you know, what i find fascinating is that fox news sign the bill o reilly to a new contract in march, fully knowing the new york times had this major was working on this story. this was being chatted about. as a very senior person inside the company told me, they went in this with eyes wide open. they new o reilly s baggage but he was too good for business. their philosophy was let s see how this plays out. maybe the times story will blow over and we have bill o reilly in the chair. it didn t work out that way, so contractually they were obligated to pay this out. there was an exit provision in his contract, so this $25 million g
here s my theory. i think trump has so wanted mainstream acceptance. he s wanted this since he was a new york developer who wasn t accepted by wall street finance folks. he got to the presidency. yep. rejecting it. since he s got there, you no he loves it that the foreign policy establishment is praising him. gary cohn is praising. he s forgotten what got him elected. david jolly and congressman ro khanna, thank you both, gentlemen. good to be with you. still to come, a bill o reilly accuser speaks out. her firsthand account of what she says happened between her and the now ousted fox news host. this as we learn just how much money o reilly could get as a payout. game sherman joins me to talk about that after the two-minute break. about your medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, or adempas® for pulmonary hypertension, as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure.
i was mortified because not only did it go was it sexual, i took that as a very plantational remark. such a blatant person with such a high profile making me feel uncomfortable, but then not acknowledging even acknowledging me. as a human. perquita burgess, a former temp worker at fox news detailed this morning on the view. burgess is just one of several women who have accused o reilly of harassment, leading to yesterday s announcement that fox and o reilly agreed he will not return to the network after over 20 years on air. today, we learned how much o reilly will get paid as he leaves. two sources confirm to nbc news o reilly will exit fox news with up to $25 million, one year of his salary. fox news parent company, 21st century fox has now spent more than $85 million on payouts related to sexual harassment allegations according to the
prosecutors, as we speak, in the southern district in manhattan are looking at this. fbi agents aring looing at it. these settlements, what they re looking at pre-dates o reilly. this is more about rogers ailes pattern of serially paying off women, moving money around the fox news budget, hiding money in other parts of the budget so that they wouldn t trigger any kind of disclosure. they re also looking at the way ailes used fox news budget to fund his dirty tricks, boiler room operations, you know, fox news is a lot like the nixon white house. this was a public company with investors, but roger ailes was running it as his personal fiefdom. you can run afoul of the law if you do that. there are fcc rules. they re looking at possible mail and wire fraud. this could mushroom into a real investigation. o reilly i mean there s some amazing irony here, which is how o reilly in some ways really made his first mark the first big story that put him on the map was what? well, so i
i m just setting there minding my business, and he walks past and says, hey, hot chocolate. but he didn t look at me when he said it. and i was like i didn t i didn t respond. i was mortified because not only did it go was it sexual, i took that as a very plantational remark. such a blatant person with such a high profile making me feel uncomfortable, but then not acknowledging even acknowledging me. as a human. perquita burgess, a former temp worker at fox news detailed this morning on the view. burgess is just one of several women who have accused o reilly of harassment, leading to yesterday s announcement that fox and o reilly agreed he will not return to the network after over 20 years on air. today, we learned how much o reilly will get paid as he