To bbc world news. The movie producer Harvey Weinstein has been expelled from the prestigious film academy that organises the oscars. In the last ten days, there have been numerous Sexual Assault allegations, including rape. Harvey weinstein has been fired by his company and criticised through sausage by many celebrities. Today he was called a depraved predator by his own brother. Laura bicker sent this report from la the glitzy veneer which has hidden hollywoods darkest secrets has now been peeled back. Harvey weinstein was credited with over 81 oscar wins nominations, awards which now seem tarnished. This is a key moment for an industry which stands accused of developing a culture which made women feel that exploitation was a price they had to pay to get a job. Harvey is not in the academy because everyone thought he was a nice guy or even played fair, its because he has been a genius at picking and promoting films and so in that way, he has helped a lot of filmmakers. Now hes also p
Talking about the fbi probe into nrim. Democrats saying this dances uncomfortably close to the legal def significance of obstruction of justice. When are you persistence in persuading that director to back up a specific investigation of specific investigation that is ob struvx justice and thats a serious matter. The white house vehemently denying allegations saying the president has never asked mr. Comey or anyone else to end any investigation while once again republicans are trying to circle this all back to leaks. The use of nonsourced materials in this town is amazing. Someone committed a crime here. Theres a weasel. This latest report one day after the Washington Post report claiming the president allegedly divulged classified information to russian diplomats. Clearly the president didnt do anything illegal. My advice to the president would be if you talk to the russian about anything sensitive run it through the system first. House Oversight Committee chairman said ft. Comey memo
But we hear a lot less about the people who are helping. People like jorgos maniatis. He decided he couldnt stand by any longer and watch as refugees arrived in his home country of greece, only to find themselves on the streets, with nowhere to live. The problem for greece of course is that its still trying to recover from the financial crisis. So the authorities there are finding it hard enough to help greek people, let alone support migrants too. But jorgos has come up with a very radical way of providing desperate people with shelter. Reporter wecome to the City Plaza Hotel in athens centrally located, four stars, 300 rooms, friendly staff at the reception, a restaurant, a bar, and spacious double rooms for guests like this family of three. But theyre not here on vacation theyre refugees from the war in syria. And Giorgos Maniatis and the other Staff Members arent employees. They squatted this hotel in downtown athens because they couldnt stand to see thousands of refugees living on