as powerful and as far reaching as harvey weinstein, is actuallyjust described, you could not get him into a courtroom, and we need to acknowledge that. we also need to understand the legal system has never served survivors. in this country. cautious solutions once a bus and we need to understand that. rape and sexual assault have the lowest arrest and conviction rates for a reason. we are clear that moments like this why the movements are necessary, and we have a movement. this is why the work has to keep happening and why we keep going. almost seven years ago, because these brave women, in this case, broke their silence, because these brave women, in this case, broke theirsilence, millions and millions and millions of others found the strength to come forward and do the same. that would always be the victory. this doesn t change that. and the people who abuse their power and privilege to violate and harm others would always be the villains. this doesn t change that. we
settlement is shortly. jana katsuyama has been talking it to her sources. what can you tell us? reporter: frank, just in the past minute, you can see behind me, the mayor is here. members of the seiu and atu have come down from the 3rd floor where they have been meeting tonight, and it has been a waiting game. about 7:00, the mayor came out, and as you mentioned, she put out the tweet. at 7:00 she said there was going to be an announcement shortly. i m hearing from some of my sources upstairs there was some sort of agreement that the unions signed. you can see here the crowd, there is the mayor in the middle, and then we have members of the union, and behind in the lobby, just behind this group, i m seeing more people coming in. members of b.a.r. t. management team and negotiation team have been here since early in the evening. all of this has been happening with the go between, shuttling between the groups at three separate locations, trying to bring these sides together.
what can you tell us? reporter: frank, just in the past minute, you can see behind me, the mayor is here. members of the seiu and atu have come down from the 3rd floor where they have been meeting tonight, and it has been a waiting game. about 7:00, the mayor came out, and as you mentioned, she put out the tweet. at 7:00 she said there was going to be an announcement shortly. i m hearing from some of my sources upstairs there was some sort of agreement that the unions signed. you can see here the crowd, there is the mayor in the middle, and then we have members of the union, and behind in the lobby, just behind this group, i m seeing more people coming in. members of b.a.r. t. management team and negotiation team have been here since early in the evening. all of this has been happening with the go between, shuttling between the groups at three separate locations, trying to bring these sides together. it has been a very emotional day. i ve been talking with some of the peopl