The disgraced hollywood film producer, Harvey Weinstein, has had one of his Rape Convictions overturned. Judges at new Yorks Top Court said weinstein, who will remain in prison on separate sex offences, did not receive a fair trial in 2020. They said prosecutors were allowed to call witnesses whose accusations were not part of the charges against him. A lawyer who represented some of weinstein s victims said the decision was a tragic step back. The case fuelled the me too movement, which exposed sexual abuse and misconduct at the highest levels in hollywood. Deanna levels in hollywood. Paul is a former reporter which deanna paul is a former reporter which she reported on Law Enforcement and the weinstein case. Can you talk us through this case. Can you talk us through this case on 2020 and the reasons were hearing for this being overturned, saying that he didnt get a fair trial because prosecutors were allowed to call these witnesses which were part of the charges against him . The whi
Thanks clarke and the Aspen Institute have having me back. Lucky to have the Homeland Security jeh johnson. Not going through his bio. You have it in your pamphlet. The two things that struck me as the most interesting preparing for this. It is difficult to know where to start in an interview with the secretary. He has Legal Council at the pentagon was involved in the most important issues that the Obama Administration inherited from the Bush Administration and many of you know he was responsible for helping resend dont ask dont tell he was the last legal word on every drone strike outside of the main seeders of war at the pentagon, he was in charge of the fraught issue of figuring out how to shutdown guantanamo bay, and the list goes on and on. With that background, it does make you realize why you were the guy for dhs which is another institution with a lot of problems when you inherited it. I want to ask you given that background you went from the pentagon and offense on the war on
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National captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] things are winding down here at the press club. If you missed any of the discussion of discussion with the chancellor at unc, you can find it online at cspan. Org. The herald newspaper today reporting that Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell thinks the senate could pass along stalled Cyber Security bill before leaving for august recess, but that it will take cooperation. Could see a procedural vote to move forward on that measure tomorrow. Party lunchesin right now. You can catch the White House Briefing on cspan2. And of course, the senate with a gavel back in. More live coverage is coming up in about one hour, talking about the future of afghanistan with general John Campbell, the general of Operation Resolute support starting at 3 00 eastern time. Throughout the month we are looking back at the cities we visited this
Scenes and below the spotlight, our governments are working together very well on a number of things. Things. How do we improve our borders . How do we integrate our Economic Resources . Those kinds of things are going to adhere to the benefits of the citizens in both countries, i i dont think we have a handsoff relationship. I think it would be well if our congress or senate would couldnt firm Roberto Jacobs as our basset or as well as the Mexican Government appointed an ambassador to the United States. Its an important position in both countries and it needs to be there, they need to be on the ground, hands on. I think roberta would do a terrific job represented the United States and understanding the relationship very well. Those would be my comments. Thank you. Is peter still there . Yeah. What would be the positive scenario . And how what i envision it . I believe that many of the reforms on paper, are things that mexico needs. The problem, and im not one of those people who belie