a judge could decide today to dismiss all or some of the cases against the movie mogul. it deals with incidents with two women. this is complicated. over all-up to 100 women have accused that man harvey weinste weinstein, 100 women, of different levels of sexual assault, or at least misconduct, but today it s just about two specific women. we ll stay on that story. now i have to turn to washington. the house is expected to vote on a continuing resolution that would fund the government to avoid a partial shutdown. the way the vote went down in the senate is getting a lot of attention. during a voice vote, a group of democrats were singing christmas
politics, sometimes very successfully. he was connected to the revelations which ended up bringing down eliot spitzer in connection to a prostitution charges, but he essential picking up, if you will, where roy cohen left off. he is that kind of scummy operator, who somehow becomes an ally of some of the worst people in american politics, from joe mccarthy to donald trump. i have a different worse people. the case against harvey weinstein, we have an update. stephanie gosk is at the courthouse. what have we learned? reporter: this was a critical hearing, up for debate and discussion was the judge s decision. the judge hayes denied the defense s motion to throw out
these charges. he set another hearing date. effectively if he had thrown them out, this case would have been over. it was their argument that if they had evidence it would prove their client was innocent. the judge, obviously, this morning disagreeing. this case is going to trial. hallie? i want to bring you in. earlier this week, i spoke to people who have been extensive ly reporting on harvey weinstein, who thought this thing was over and would get dismissed on technicality. how big of a deal is it that it s going to stand? very big deal.
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october, according to the documentation, when argento became front and center, because she said that she was raped by harvey weinstein. and that is also when the new yorker article came out his attorney was take it was too much for him to bear because he remembered back when he was 17, a minor, what he says happened in the california hotel room. that s when this young man s attorney sent a letter of notice of intent to sue citing intentional infliction of emotional distress. that s when the negotiations began. according to the times documentation, april is when the final summary order was between the two parties. there was a schedule of payments, $380,000 that she may be in the process of paying right now. and it was stated that it was to help the accuser that s how it was termed. but the full details are not published.