contract renewed because of a rape accusation. portnow told cbs in a statement that he was exonerated after an investigation saying, there was no basis for the allegations, and once again, i deny them unequivocally. there s a bit of a haze around the grammys this year. reporter: matt beloni is the editorial director for the hollywood reporter. the allegation is that there is a second level of these committees that essentially doctor the voting in order to get certain artists nominated and performing on the show. and if that s true, then that is a giant scandal. reporter: we reached out to the recording academy for reaction to dugan s latest comments but haven t heard back. previously, the academy said it immediately launched investigations into the complaint against dugan, as well as her accusations. norah, we should disclose the grammy awards show airs sunday on cbs. o donnell: all right, vlad, thank you. tonight, there are emotional family reunions as nine parents depor
names of multiple female victims. we had a story journalist looked at that said this should get on air immediately. he said when the story made its way to execs they killed it. this was a case where a news organization ordered us to stop, do not take so much as a and to cancel interviews in some cases with alleged rape victims. this book explains why. reporter: weinstein himself was threatening nbc saying he would go public with sexual misconduct allegations against matt lauer. he also sent former nbc staffer brick told him lauer raped her in 2014 episodes the olympics. now some of the network staffers speaking publicly about the ordeal. i want to say that we it was not easy to come forward then, it s not easy now. he was able to break through was effectively a conspiracy of silence from nbc news management. nbc execs claim be removed lauer from the air and the payroll two years ago as soon as they found out about the rape accusation. news president noah oftentimes
the extensively reported ronan farrow book has been two facts can t be gotten around as they try to discredit him. as chris hayes said it was proved to be not just an incredible expo say of harvey weinstein but kicked off the me too era. secondly, for all of the denials i m hearing from the network i haven t heard the executives address this point. simply ronan farrow says in his book there were six or seven settlements, secret settlements by nbc with women who said they had been victims of sexual misconduct and several of those involved matt lauer, it undercuts the argument if true we didn t know anything about the allegations about matt law you are until we heard the rape accusation. bill: he clearly does not believe people who manage him or employ him
if you even think about donald trump headlines in the last week, a rape accusation, getting very close to striking iran. the mueller testimony. the mueller testimony. theres a lot that could have been covered last night, especially if you want to tell the american people we need to get this guy out of office and it didn t happen last night, are you going to bring it tonight? i m not going to put my hands over my ears and say none of this is happening. this is happening. we are on this stage because of the danger that donald trump po he ises to us. i don t think we can t talk about t but i don t want us to aim so low to think all we re doing is beating donald trump. i believe the promise of america is you work hard and dream bigger. these problems on student debt, gun violence will persist beyond donald trump so we need a leader who will solve them. you were at homestead and you come from california so you are pretty in tune to what s going on at the border. i want to read anoth
donald trump jr. says enough is enough. money changes everything in trump world. it even changes the word rape. after donald trump reached a financial settlement with his first wife, she gave donald trump a statement about her rape accusation. she said during a deposition given by me in connection with my matrimonial case, i stated that my husband had raped me. i referred to this as a rape, but i do not want my words to be interpreted in a literal or criminal sense. donald trump jr. s lifestyle and financial future depend on him saying enough is enough when someone accuses his father of rape. lindsey graham s re-election next year in south carolina with