He basically laid on the floor in his living room and proceeded to seduce me. I guess you would say. And during the course of that he removed my clothing. Let me just tell you, roy moore denies it. And by the way, it totally denies it. The president of the United States effectively endorsed an accused child molester for the u. S. Senate. And thought youd repeat that to let it sink in. Lesson if you listen to the president that is if you deny the allegations, you get the benefit of the doubt and politics. That is a strange donald trump does not see a problem with the neonazis and apparently not of the accused child predators either. The president taking a pragmatic approach to the Alabama Senate race while republican victory would ensure the senate gop would preserve its majority by the current margin. What is behind this tsunami of criticism for the president . This eskimo woman accused al franken of probing them. He keeps on apologizing and congressman john conyers admits a harassment with a former staffer. And the father of ucla basketball player the president got sprung from chinese custody. The scorecard says his picking fights but is it true . All of that as mediabuzz. The president initial statement that roy moore should get out of the Alabama Senate race if the Sexual Misconduct allegations against him are true, then he suddenly seems to ship to stanford i was after lee kaufman who first told the Washington Post that he accosted her when she was 14 appeared on the today show and explain why she did not speak out when he first got into politics. My children were small. I was a single parent. When youre in that situation, you do everything that you can to protect your own. So when the Washington Post sought me out i didnt look for this this fell in my lap. Because the presence of questions from reporters and made clear to the former judge in the senate over a democrat doug jones. We do not need a liberal person in there, a democrat, jones. Is an accused child molester better than a democrat . It is an accused child molester better than a democrat . Because he denies it. If you look at what is really going on and all the things that have happened in the last 48 hours, he totally denies it. He says it did not happen. And the new york tabloids reacting with these headlines. With the same theme. Join is not to unless coverage we have ellison barber, dale trotter and williams. As we just saw this caused a huge media uproar. He was seen as essentially endorsing roy moore in the race. Has white house pushed back . Is a nonendorsement endorsement. Initially the white house said that if these allegations are true, he should step down. And then repeatedly said that the president was devoted alabama to decide. Is noticeably not said anything about it until those comments on the south lawn. They had the comments on the south lawn had been treated like identity that it is better than nancy pelosi or Chuck Schumer puppet. There is like so much they can push back. At some point. They can say is what you want that he was the alabama voters to decide. But if he thinks that those are tricky things that they should step down. It does not matter what the president comes out and says but i think you have to take his words more than anything from the press secretary. Much of the media portraying this as a dramatic shift for the president. And they say well if he is essentially siding with roy moore or attacking the democrat, it shows he does not care about the Sexual Harassment allegations. Is that a his previous stance was that if these are tricky step down. Then when he spoke to the prez early this week is that he totally denied it. He says it was a long time ago and thereve been multiple races where this is not. I think you would say he did not change his position. And will he go to campaign for roy moore . He says he will decide next week. Saying that he is endorsing roy moore is inconsistent. The press does not seem to be buying that argument. And this is not everyone but many say that in effect, he sang the democratic judges if you listen to the denials he is sending a signal. So is there a leak there . No, i think you have to put this in political context. And it is this. Remember, the president does not back judge roy moore in the republican primary in the state of alabama. He picked the incumbent, the employee. So once you get in the situation where then, once roy moore won the state that was on him i think he felt somewhat maybe i made the wrong call earlier. My bases with judge roy moore. Is the present reading him right . I think they are. I do not think there is question is steve bannon who has been involved in is and is part of the push in the press by the way of breitbart, to get people to look at roy moore differently has also influenced the president. While it may be fear, as Gayle Trotter points out, i think the statement he made going after the helicopter for the things giving helicopter was far more aggressive and public in terms of support for roy moore than anything he had done before. I think part of the contest is that the president did not speak about it until the south lawn. So in terms of did he change is a matter he said this, depressed team this. Many of these politicians try to avoid the media allegations. So for example, roy moore, the initial conversation with sean hannity, after that he is not talked to a journalist. He may be can do that, but the president is constantly in photo ops and opportunities, he ultimately does not have that option. Does he . Not necessarily. You see reporters that shot questions and he keeps walking by so he can certainly strategically avoid them if he wants or not answer. I do think whether people love or hate the president , i think the most thing everyone agrees on is that he usually does not, i dont think, usually ignore a lot of questions. I think when questions are there and sometimes, i think his press office would wish that he doesnt. I think usually responds with her is twitter or whatever. He usually is better at responding. That is right was particularly notable. He talks him a lot more than he used to. And more than most president s i must say pc segments trying to resurrect the harassment allegations against donald trump himself. About a dozen women have made these allegations at the end of the Campaign Last year. Is it fair or unfair for the media now to revive that issue . Certainly relevant for the media to bring it up. Because it is historically interesting and gives color to the story. It certainly gives an insight into what the president is thinking and if he truly believes that these women were liars than doctor show why he would be more likely to support roy moore and that there should be a deception in a sense. Like Juan Williams was saying, i was surprised he did not come out and say i was right. I supported the challenger to roy moore and like ellison barber said, there is no filter on him. So he has the ability to go out there and say that. It is surprising that he didnt say i was right. I think then he opened the door to the media criticism of his past and going back. The argument would be that voters are different than a private employer. You mentioned some cases at the top of the show charlie rose, and others. These are people who are in the public eye but really work a private enterprise, a media organization. There is no verdict by the voters. Correct. But here with the president there was a verdict by the voters. Some people say well does that mean that they were judge and jury with regard to the Sexual Harassment claims . What do they prefer him as president . I do not know if they are truly judge and jury but i think positive people in the president s camp say the issue is dead. I think people misinterpreted what i said last week. That noting there was an election. Ivanka trump said she believes the women involved. And certainly taking a different stance. I guess it does lead to the question g to the democrats. If i can just go through, three more accusers is less presented al franken grabbed there but in a followup. He has apologized again said that he crossed the line and the senate will talk to the reporter ticket 88yearold john conyers, a democrat, first reported by buzzfeed that he was using tax money to settle a former suit. And he denies it. It is all becoming a blur . Is it muddying the waters about who did what . I do not know if i would say a blur but i would think it depends on how you think of that . I think in terms of the amount of information being thrown at a reader, maybe there is a lot to process and digest. I think every day im trying to keep it up with it. And we do this for a living but there are distinctions to be made at the level of conduct or harassment compared to people who have been accused of Sexual Assault or rape. I think the difference can be seen usually in reporting. I think the reporters job is to accurately portray where this falls and whether it is Child Molesting work a rape accusation or something else. It does not mean it should be covered simply because there are others and other distinctions to be made in the conyers case. I think it is more of an allegation now correct me if im wrong, he used taxpayer dollars. To buy off or this was just a couple of years ago done in secret. That is the case, that is different what we are talking about. Other cases i do not know about settlements but the idea that youre using public funds, if that is not common practice on capitol hill, i think that is a problem. And that is why the Detroit Free Press call for him to resign. Yet because theres a clear Public Interest here because of taxpayer money. I have another case with tongass congressman barton. They have a recording of him but some people are saying that joe barton is a victim of revenge porn. Is he that he is hard to be a victim of anything beyond his own stupidity. We look at a person in the public eye and he will give privacy laws that govern this kind of rape or porn revenge statute, then it is hard to say how that will play out with someone like this. Yeah, i want to say he is not accused of harassing anyone. But certainly may be guilty of the conduct. Let me get a break. When we come back, frank will join us on whether people trust all that is reported on these allegations. And later, the journalism that prompted three networks to fire charlie rose and how cbs handled it. New controversy brewing over the president s latest attack on cnn. You know we have the veteran political analyst frank, let me put this up from yesterday. This is much more interested in the United States that seen in the still major source of fake news and they represent our nation to the world very poorly the outside world does not see the truth. Our job is to report the news. Does this kind of thing potentially hurt cnn and correspondence around the world . That the present is so publicly blasted network . It undercuts the credibility but i think at least a bigger point. In the year that we never dreamed looking to have. Had more contention, anger and division. The media has a responsibility to report the truth but the responsibility is essential. And when you undercut them, when it becomes impossible to look at cnn will be the New York Times and simply not trust at, there have a problem. So youre making the leap that many people will not turn into cnn because of the constant barrage of big news. And we also say fox news. There is simply the people do not trust the media anymore. Without effective efficient media, how do we know what is truth . How do we get our news . Im concerned that axis of our democracy under threat. Which means the news organizations have to be more accurate. You have to be more careful in most important need to have to be more accountable. Be more accountable. But just trashing b not helpful to democracy. In the example of roy moore. Nine women that did not know which of making accusations. He has chosen to attack the Washington Post. One of his aides said it was a worthless piece. Do you think that this is having an impact on alabama republicans who are more inclined to distrust the meeting them believe these women . That is the whole problem. If this had been bill clinton, imagine what the republicans would have said. They would have handed him his resignation. But it is perfectly acceptable that is a republican released to turn a blind eye. That is not right. And the same thing because the democrats like al franken and others. They will hold back a bit before likely to criticize. If youre going to drain the swamp that is republicans and democrats alike. Peace of the country, we do not serve one third of the country. You serve every american. And in these focus groups i am doing, the level of distrust and anger is even higher today than it was on election day. And frankly, we have a president in the congress and a news media where all of us are responsible for this level of cynicism and it is only getting worse. Charlie rose in 24 hours, lost his positions at cbs, pbs, bloomberg. All over Sexual Misconduct allegations. And he was a consultant for training them for halfdozen years . What do you think . He was the most respected journalist in america one week ago. And today he is the least respected. What does that do for our faith and confidence in the democratic processes . At some point, you start to see it unraveling. People say well, it is not the revolutionary war. We have had worse times. The fact is, we never have worse times on the air. It is funny, i do not see this for my own personal perspective. I see this from a National Perspective and it is a tragedy. And i love how gayle king handled it because she spoke strictly camera without a teleprompter and spoke from her heart. You will get to that in a few moments. I will seem a little later in the program, thank you frank luntz. Ahead, the White House Reporter suspended for behavior. But next, the fate of cnn after the Justice Department tried to block a big mega merger. And the president talks time of the upcoming pudding. Pudding. [sigh] did grandpa win again . What do you think . Yes download the new words with friends 2 today. The president said he is taking a pass on times person of the year on or after winning last year. He tweeted the magazine called to say he would probably be named but would have to do an interview with a major photo shoot adhesive probably is not good enough. Time called it inaccurate and they say that peck remains secret until early december. Go exactly what are they denying . They do arrange interviews and photo sessions with defined whiskers is the president trying to save face or just working the refs here . The future cnn got bracket is here the Justice Department filed a suit to block at t from taking of the norse Parent Company time warner. In the president well alester say he approved. I am not going to get involved in litigation but personally, ive always felt that that was the deal is not good for the country. I think the pricing will go up. Donald trump made no secret of his disdain for cnn and some outlets say that is what is behind the lawsuit. With the doj, whether prodded by donald trump were not raises key issues. It is trying to block this 85 billion merger. At t will control content including hbo and at t which has sports. Because already on directv justice argues it would mean higher monthly fees for consumers. At t says that is nonsense with is a perfectly reasonable antitrust concerns. The Trump Administration does take over cnn will keep operating as it has been and probably keep making the president back. We met some folks have had fun with rand paul over and attacked by his neighbor left him with six broken ribs. His wife kelly says that her husband has not taken a single breath without pain and has pneumonia. She dismisses concocted theories about ongoing landscaping dispute with the neighbor. It is incredibly hurtful that some news outlets have victimized rand paul the second time as he struggles to recover. This was not a scuffle or a fight as many in the media and say. It was a deliberate blindsided attack. She is right and it hurts. And then the president generates more headlines by punching beckett sports figures. Is that a distraction . The first, charlie rose and his media empire. Run. Jump. Or swim in for our tempurpedic black friday savings event. Get the limited edition tempurlegacy Queen Mattress set for the best price ever. Or save up to 500 instantly on select tempurpedic Adjustable Mattress sets. And with our 90day trial, your satisfaction is completely guaranteed. Tempurpedic sleep is power. Find your exclusive retailer today at tempurpedic. Com. Today a new yorker article online shares accounts from several women that come forth about Sexual Harassment and assault. It took 24 hours for cbs 2 fire charlie rose as the morning coanchor and 60 minutes correspondent and from pbs and bloomberg to drop his nightly talks over this after the Washington Post reported a woman saying that he groped them, walked around naked and had other forms of Sexual Misconduct. Within the office this is relatively pretty well known. I think many of them have a tremendous fear about speaking out against someone this powerful. He said in a statement, i deeply apologize for my inappropriate behavior im greatly embarrassed. Im beginning and sensitively at time and accept responsibility for that. Though i do not believe all these allegations are accurate. His former colleagues and cbs this morning tackled the issue head on. I have held him to such high regard. I am really struggling because how do you, what do you say when somebody that you deeply care about has done something that is so horrible . How do you wrap your brain around that . Let me be very clear, there is no excuse for this alleged behavior. A systematic and pervasive. Cbs news spoke with 3m and identified women at the network may allegations be one thing that he whispered a sexual innuendo and improperly touching her and the form