the bologna the fox business network at 4:00 p.m. eastern time. paul is back next week, we hope to see you then >>. arthel: this is a fox news alert i may just take up on cbs. fox news is learned and battled chief executive les moonves is expected to step down hours after new sexual abuse allegations from six women came to light. hello everyone i am arthel neville, live in los angeles. welcome to a brand-new hour inside "america's news headquarters". we are covering this coast to coast. i am eric in new york city. more bombshell accusations coming in the new yorker magazine. the network could be paying the powerful executive up to $100

million to potentially leave. arthel: charlie gasparino joining us now on the phone with more information. first of all, how do they come to this decision at this time? and how did they settle on $100 million payout? >> to be real clear this is what we know appeared by the way eric, i love you but he's not leaving the country he is leaving the company. [laughter] in any event, here is what we know. he is out. sources close to the company tell me he is out. the press release needs to be signed off if they come hours, it may come minutes or tomorrow morning. but he is done. the real question is the compensation package. if you look at the contract, which i've done a lot of reporting on he's owed about $180 million if he leaves with more perks. from what i understand and there were reports last week that they were offering him $100 million in cbs stock.

i understand there are some strings attached to the settlement. i guess this package. it is just that they will not give him the amount of money he will receive, this is what we are getting from sources, with nor -- with knowledge, with the full airing of the -- investigation into the sexual harassment allegations. that were profiled in the new yorker today and in the past articles. from what i understand it is not simple as cutting him a check and letting him go. the amount of this morning is dependent on the outcome of the investigation. what cbs believes to be truthful and accurate and real allegations of sexual misconduct and depending on that, it's how much money he will get. that is what i am hearing. we'll have to see at least that is what was on the table up until hours ago. we have the final package, to see what it looks like.

but i understand that this is not just -- arthel: i understand what you're saying you have to let the investigation play out. but even still, if you look in the neighborhood of $100 million it is an exorbitant amount of money, charlie. the average person would not see this as punishment. is the real retribution damage to his reputation? >> yeah, listen here's the thing.you have to put yourself in the boards position. his contract says what it says, right? but that said, if the board gives him just hands him the money here, they are open to so much shareholder litigation it won't be funny. they know that. that's why there is something in this agreement, we have to see exactly what it is that was to play the amount of money he gets and how it ties into the outcome of the investigation. which at least as of -- arthel: really quickly, they tell me to jump i have to, what about the cbs parent company? >> we love to see exactly what the deal is with the red

stones. if they do with the board wants him to do, give them a two-year standstill agreement, which they can do what they want without interference or merging with viacom shares will likely go up for cbs because the bottom line is they will try to sell the company the minute this is over.arthel: wow! all right, charlie gasparino, thank you very much. eric: leaving the company, not the country. les moonves has been one of the biggest executives from hollywood to new york. now a second new yorker article describes more graphic and explicit alleged incidents that are recounted in the magazine by a variety of women dating back to the 1980s. the magazine says quote - in a statement les moonves acknowledged three of the account is been said they were consensual. the appalling accusations in this are untrue and i can only surmise they are surfacing now for the first time decades

later as part of a concerted effort by others to destroy my name, reputation and my career and anyone that knows me knows the person described in this article is not me, the magazine quotes les moonves as saying. the new yorker also notes this quote - the cbs board of directors says it is committed to a thorough and independent investigation of the allegations. that investigation is court actively underway and the cbs corporation says they take the allegations very seriously and call the board investigation thorough and ongoing. from a reaction enjoined by the host of -- howard kurtz. this really is a huge fall. >> it is. i would say this is the top most important person yet at least in the media entertainment business. charlie rose, matt lauer, much better known as personalities but les moonves, is a giant corporation, a force in hollywood movies and entertainment for decades. being forced out over the stories now, it coincides with as you say, new article by the

new yorker with far more serious allegations against les moonves. his denial about all three of these were consensual would have more weight if you would say which three women these are. eric: the article really is a shock if you read through it. it is graphic and explicit. the casting couch has long been talked about in hollywood and it is now collided with the me too movement. he should never have been allowed.as this change in culture in hollywood, do you think there is a reckoning or will there be? >> i think there has been a reckoning in the last year. started obviously with harvey weinstein. it continued with major media companies, major entertainment companies, of course it spread to business, silicon valley, the restaurant business. this is uncomfortable but the article says at least two of the women say les moonves, at various times, force them to perform oral sex. two women are on the record, a one veteran executive, filed a

criminal complaint but because of the statute of limitations expired, it will ruin careers, retaliation, one called him a predator. it is a very ugly picture. it is only now i think because of the change in culture, in the me too movement that some of the women previously remain silent, some say their careers were ruined, and feel comfortable enough not to come out and go on the record. makeup artists, some massage therapists as well as producers and executives in the television and movie business. eric: it is pretty astounding and it is a day of reckoning. and apparently now is the apparently, biggest name so far. howard kurtz, thank you. we will stay on the story. arthel: getting back to politics now. the white house responding to the controversial new york times op-ed published last week. this morning, the vice president mike pence, saying he

is 100 percent certain that the author of the article criticizing president trump 's leadership is not on his staff. the person should resign. >> every senior official in any administration, takes an oath to the constitution. to have an individual that took the oath, literally say they were not going to frustrate the president advancing the agenda he was elected to advance, is undemocratic. it is not just deceitful, but it is really an assault on our democracy and the person should do the honorable thing, step forward and resign. arthel: ellison barber is at the white house now. as the white house pointing to a specific crime here? >> no, they are not. the present reportedly believes that this person could be playing some role within the national security team and according to vice president mike pence, it is part of the concern here. a couple of days ago, white house officials did tell the

associated press that when the president said the attorney general jeff sessions could get involved, he was expressing his frustration with the op-ed and not ordering federal prosecutors to take action. then on "fox news sunday" this morning the vice president said the doj involvement actually would be appropriate. >> we will find out. there was criminal activity involved. >> was there classified information? >> we will see epic the president's concern is that the individual may have responsibility is in the area of national security. and if they now published an anonymous editorial, that says that they are misrepresenting themselves. speak the other say the idea of the doj getting involved is ridiculous. enter mccarthy, some of our viewers probably recognize from here he is -- he tweeted this. quote happened to be one of the handful of people in the u.s. who have prosecuted conspiracy

case to conviction claims of the anonymous op-ed is treasonous or lunacy within a key called vibe. please stop. thank you. arthel: ellison barber, has the justice department commented? eric: they said deduction or affirm or deny. top advisor said that they want to know and whoever wrote this should identify themselves and resign. some democrats like senator chris coons also said a person is to tell the public who they are. and resign. chris coons told "fox news sunday" the idea of doj getting involved is wrong and troubling but he did say that the person should go public, tell the world who they are and about their concerns regarding the president's fitness to serve. arthel: ellison barber, thank you very much. eric? eric: president trump in the former president obama will both continue their trek to the

campaign trail this coming week. now less than two months to go before the election day. this is the chair of the republican democratic parties today, explain what they believe will sway midterm voters. >> i welcome president obama on the campaign trail because he is fighting for the issues that people care about. our healthcare is on the ballot. in our democracy as we know it is on the ballot. >> democrats will try and make it about the president. they will try and make it about personality. but results don't lie. coming out of this administration. we are a better country. we are better off than we were two years ago. and everyone around the country is filling up. that is because of this president. eric: what can we expect? garrett tenney live in the newsroom. >> it has long been an unwritten rule that former presidents do not criticize their successors. but on friday we so that will not be the case ahead of the midterm elections. the first appearance on the campaign trail since leaving office, former president obama went after the trump administration for dividing the

country. then on saturday at a rally for congressional candidates in orange county, he did not mention the present running but cast plenty of shade on the current commander-in-chief. >> we look at the art of american history, there has always been a push and pull between those who promote politics of hope and those who exploit -- politics of fear. >> democrats hoping obama can bring excitement for a number of house races across the country. help get voters out in november. on "fox news sunday" the vice president mike pence suggested the strategy could also help turn out republicans this fall. >> i was very disappointed. to see president obama break with tradition of former presidents. and become so political, roll out the same tired arguments that he and liberals have made over the last eight years. the truth is, the iraqi people

in 2016 rejected the policy and direction of barack obama when the elected president donald trump. >> will former president obama and president trump are planning to aggressively campaign across the country between now and november. we can expect to see a lot more of this in the days and weeks ahead. eric: oh boy! it will be big. thank you. arthel: thank you.for more on all of this we are going to bring in the white house correspondent for the washington examiner. robert, are we about to witness the battle of the political titans? >> i think obama speech this week heated up a battle between two worthy of political figures. probably what we will see is maybe the rivalry of the 2018 election cycle. it is worthy of noting the obama and donald trump are the two most successful political campaign as we have seen in quite some time. it is where the noting that

obama left office with a 59 percent approval rating and remains kind of you know the figure of the democratic party. a party still trying to figure out exactly what it is in 2018 and exactly who will challenge donald trump in 2020. undoubtedly, obama on the campaign trail will be for democrats. i think there's a double edge sword though. i think while he is going to rile up democrats to come out and vote in midterms which is the key to winning anything is getting people to vote it is baseline. i think he could work to rile out conservatives and republicans. i think republicans can agree on one thing really, it is that they do not like obama. they remember his foreign policy, the member obama care and they remember what it was like eight years under him. i think he has to worry about that.i think if you couple the anti-obama rhetoric with president donald trump 's success rate, his endorsement, batting 1000 in terms of endorsements. it could under work or work

against the inflationary pressures that obama could bring to democrats the cycle. arthel: you and you are saying that to your point you're saying that president obama there on the campaign trail could bring some of the moderate and conservative republicans together. something they can agree on which is their dislike for president obama. but isn't that something else or perhaps that they could agree on which is that the president's tendency to freestyle at his rallies and not stay on message. thinking that can be problematic. is president trump ready to focus? >> i think we start with the speech from obama last week, underscoring or highlighting the one thing that the democratic party agrees on right now, which is resist donald trump. resist republicans, resist pretty much anything that is happening in the nation right now. i think that strategy will only be successful if president trump approval rating goes down. now it's about 41 percent.

unless it falls precipitously into the low 30s or mid 30s, i'm not entirely sure that just resisting the president and being like, we have a candidate here, he might be better than the president but you know this president has brought a booming economy and other things. i think it will be a message that might slip unless donald trump favorability falls. we know is that 90 percent within republican voters. we know that overall if he's around 40 to 45 am not sure the strategy will work out. arthel: listen, i think every point. i think people want to hear what can you do for us as a country? how can you make the country better? i think the other side, they need a message. i don't think either side will make any leeway by just doing anti-this or anti-the other side. so now, last question for you, robert. in what ways could each of the presidents make mistakes? or have their efforts backfire? which i think we touched on. and what is each of the strong

suits? >> obama is a strong suit is affecting is probably the best order we have ever seen. and you know, he has an air about him at least as a millennial. i know millennials like him because he's got what we like to call swagger. he has got an easy tone. and he really does typically have a unifying message in broad speeches. he tries to bring the fact that we are all americans. i think if he continues to do that it might be helpful to him. in terms of president donald trump, i think if he does what he did just two days ago and he stands at the podium and reads off economic statistics. the unemployment rate among those with a high school diploma is the lowest it's ever been. and african-american unemployment rate, the fact that the economy is adding 200,000+ jobs per clip every jobs report. wages are rising. if he can stand message with that i think he will be fine. also, i think the president has proven that he really much of what he can say in much of what

he does say does not seem to affect his favorability within republicans. and conservatives. so i think if he has a large misstep otherwise he should be fine. arthel: robert donachie, we have to go.and swagger by the way is not a millennial phrase. it's been around for a long time! >> i guess swag, maybe? arthel: no, no! that's another thing. we will talk off camera. >> all right. [laughter] eric: thank you, arthel. something was missing from the huge parade in pyongyang, north korea celebrating the nations 70th anniversary. it has observers guessing if kim jong-un is sending us a message and what it can mean in the nuclear talks. make a smart choice. replace one meal or snack a day with glucerna... made with carbsteady to help manage blood sugar... ...and end the day with a smile. glucerna®. everyday progress.

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kim jong-un for hosting the 70th anniversary of the founding of korea. with a parade that did not include really for the first time, the presence of long-range ballistic missiles. the president tweeting this quote - this is a big and positive statement from north korea. thank you to chairman kim, will

both prove everyone wrong. there is nothing like good dialogue from two people that like each other much better than before i took office. what does this mean? retired navy captain foreman national security advisor to vice president dyck cheney joins us, bob wells. good to see you. >> good to see you, eric. eric: is the absence of ballistic missiles, that constantly on display, is a true sincere message do you think? or empty symbolism? >> i think is a true sincere message to two different audiences. i think first of all the macro audience of north korea. it's interesting that mr. kim invited the international media there and has a different focus with regard to what is trying to achieve outside of pyongyang. instead of pyongyang, the focus on economic development this time is an important communication an important message to the rest of the people of north korea. as i recall during the news descriptions of the actual event for the 70th anniversary, yes, there was a large military parade but you also had

statements i talked about the importance of the achievement of military power by north korea and the transition to make their life better through economic development. it's an important step. eric: do think it really and is a sense of shift by the regime that kim jong-un perhaps has seen the light to try and actually really help his people instead of killing, imprison and starve them to death? >> i think it is, it's a great question. i think each step is being taken with a very calculated strategy. looking at maintaining control within the regime itself. with all of the expectations over the years, all of the sacrifice that has been done to the korean or the north korean people as you mentioned with the incarcerations and the starvation. all of the support for the billing of the military, he has made a strategic statement to the world as well as north korean people that he is trying to transform focusing on

economic development. military power has been achieved and i think that is the bet. also i think most important, the real dialogue that continues to go on with the north and south. i think the leadership of president moon, the goodwill that was generated prior to the olympic games, the continuing discussions of high-level, with kim's participation. and then after this anniversary, mr. muniz understand is heading to pyongyang. eric: yes they're having a summit.11 days from now. >> bottom line is, as the president just described, the positive development, we will wait and see obviously. we're still firm in the united states with regards to demilitarization. eric: it really hasn't gone anywhere. yes, they did deactivate one site but basically, it was

crushed and they could not use anymore. i'm going to put you on the spot. yes or no answers. has north korea, kim jong-un, have accepted and agreed to international inspectors of every site? >> no. eric: has north korea agreed to open up their labs to us? >> no. eric: has north korea agreed to allow un inspectors to verify their production facilities and turn it over and do what qaddafi did and send it to the department of energy to put in storage? >> great question, not like qaddafi, there is a process underway that with regard to the united states working through the united nations. eric: basically the answer is no. almost every meaningful, concrete step in terms of verification, revealing everything that they have, access to the inspectors, access for the scientists. they have not done anything yet. they have not even handed over a list apparently where their production facilities are. and it needs to be done. it is exceptionally correct with regard to the policy

objective as well as what needs to be achieved. it is one of the reasons that mr. pompeo was not permitted to go to north korea just yet. we need to see deeds rather than rhetoric. it is a process but it is better than the intercontinental ballistic missile demonstrations on this anniversary or missile firings and a lack of discussion with the regime itself. eric: it is an achievement on the administrations policies apparently they have deterred those long-range and short-range missile launches. the president perhaps is right. they have not done that during this time. finally, summing up my line of questioning, you say that they canceled the meeting. you think it is leverage to say to kim, hand over the paperwork. give us some of the documents or we are not taking another step further. >> i think it is part of the leverage. it is also part of the diplomatic conversations through the south korean president with mr. kim. also looking at, i like the set up as you probably know, the president trump will chair the security council meeting on

iran. the issue of geopolitical issue and concern with regard to nuclear proliferation, nuclear weapons and the power of the inspections regime at the united nations really shifts to the united nations after with the meeting with president moon and mr. kim. i think this is still a work in progress. i think your points are well taken with regard to the deeds that north korea still has not demonstrated based on the singapore summit and we still need to basically get them to agree to denuclearize and have access by the united nations inspectors like other countries, libya, have done in the past. eric: to do that kim has to show his cards. he has not done that. always good to see you, thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much, eric. arthel: thank you captain wells and eric. and out of control wildfire just on a 50 mile stretch of interstate. while officials say it could be

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forcing evacuations in northern california. the delta fire is burning north of sacramento. it has covered more than 40,000 acres. it is only five percent contained. we have jonathan cox, battalion chief at cal fire on the phone with us right now. chief, the 16th wildfire is burning i am told that the delta fire is the worst.is that due to location, sir? >> a number of factors. it comes down to the of typography, fuels that are burning, rain and we have not gotten much of a break over the

last couple of months in california. the biggest of which are in it was a delta fire. arthel: and i understand that it is near the national forest. >> doctor appeared is actually, we have -- the impact is having is on i-5. one of the priorities is to get that open as soon as possible. and really make sure that we can get people moving in again. arthel: because that is a major thoroughfare moving from mexico, we are talking about the i-5. when do you think that the parts are shutdown will be reopened? how soon? >> i do not want to speculate on exact time or date. what's happening is obviously firefighters are trying to tame it quickly as possible. everyone is trying to make sure the area is as safe as possible.

we do not want trees to fall down that maybe half burned or where people can encounter fire as a drive down the highway. everyone is working as hard as they can to make sure that the priority gets reestablished. but when we do close the areas for the public safety. >> of course. what about the residents in the affected areas? are the heating evacuation orders? >> yes. there are evacuation orders throughout several of these fires in california right now. and over all we tend to have good compliance with people but what we are safe to leave early and have your belongings that you need to get out. one of the worst things to do is to not heed warnings and suddenly have it become too late to get out. we have a lot of fires ahead of us in california in the season. no matter what people are just know that if you're in an impacted area the time to get out is as soon as possible. eric: and chief, you and your

cruise, you all are literally putting out fires. i mean, how taxing is this to firefighters? physically and emotionally? >> we all sign up for this for one reason. that is to protect the public. it's what we do. obviously, fire after fire can be tiring. we have two rest. everything 14 to 21 days, we pull the folks off the line and actually reset the time for a couple of days. get them home and get them decompressed before they come back. on the fire lines we work 24 on a 24 off. we're in the middle fire season right now. what we consider in our stride. we are really hoping that the tempers come down with rainfall in the near future. arthel: i hope that we are hoping for you chief. are you getting help they need

with money, funding and volunteers? ? >> yes one thing that we are, we are one of the most robust in the country. agencies from all over the state at any given time for priority. that includes engines, dozer, helicopters and aircraft. we are here, we are not going anywhere. these firefighters will be out here so all the fires until they are 100 percent. even if it takes a couple of weeks. arthel: chief, thank you, thank you cruz, the nation is with you in your efforts doing such much-needed work. we wish you the best, sir. thank you very much for taking the time to talk with us. >> thank you. eric: and emotional and story memorial honoring heroes of flight 93. it was unveiled today in pennsylvania.

you're listening to what is called the tower of voices. massive wind chimes that hang in this culture. each one represents a passenger or a crewmember who fought back bravely against the terrorist hijackers on 9/11 17 years ago this coming tuesday. molly was at the ceremony and is there in pennsylvania. reporter: hi, eric. a lot of rain and a lot of wind but despite that, family members and large crowds gathered here to watch the dedication of the tower of voices. as you mentioned, it is meant to honor those crews and passengers that fought back against the hijackers on 9/11. the tower has 40 chimes, eight are in place so far and represent the 40 heroes that collectively took action fighting in an effort to regain control of the plane. losing their lives in the crash at the sacred ground but saving an unknown number of innocent people at the terrorists

intended target, believed to be the capitol building in washington d.c.. gordon, his brother edward, was among the heroes of flight 93, sees this as a defiant symbol. >> he was a wonderful father. wonderful husband, brother, so . we miss him dearly. there is not a day that goes by where we don't think about our loss. but the gift that he and the other heroes were able to give to the country. through their actions, helps us remember. reporter: no other chime structure quite like this one exists in the world for the tower stands 93 feet tall, the chimes 5 to 10 feet long. a memorial in a musical instrument in one. former pennsylvania governor tom ridge, the first ever secretary of homeland security, under president george w. bush, spoke at the ceremony today. >> there will now be an everlasting concert by our heroes under the sky and under

the stars. whether it rains or whether the sun shines. reporter: on tuesday the president and first lady are expected to arrive here at the national memorial site. to take part in a ceremony marking the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. eric: the quiet rain and somber gray skies certainly seem fitting for this special and meaningful memorial. thank you. arthel? arthel: very, very special. there has been so much news out the you might have missed this one. happening late last week, the leaders of facebook and twitter, back on capitol hill. the failures they admitted to and the changes they are making to get rid of bots and hackers trying to influence your political stances. >> at facebook, we're investing in security for the long-term.

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appearance. can they clean up their act? we have a chief executive with us. we just saw sheryl sandberg and jack dorsey from his book and twitter. but google was absent. they wanted to send a lawyer may be their top lawyer but it was not good enough for the lawmakers. are they all doing enough? >> i think we have to put things into perspective.look, google is a company that does $110 billion of sales a year. it makes up 70 percent of profits and their largest search engine in the world. 1.2 trillion searches conducted on google every single year. this is a missed opportunity for google. while we consider all the and try to argue why they were or were not at this hearing, i think at the end of the day, he could have sent larry, he could've been up there talking about how they are doing a lot to really combat the problem. i have confidence they are doing a lot. and i think --

eric: you do? and twitter and facebook? >> i think they're also doing lot behind the scenes. they clearly all have a lot of work to do. i think that was the biggest theme of the hearing. it was that we are not going to be ready for the november elections. they are still is a lot of technology they need to build and they working on artificial intelligence, hiring new people to combat the problem. but they are making progress. i think that is the big theme of this hearing. i wish google did play a part. eric: and jack dorsey said there are 8 to 10 million fake accounts every week. he says that they stop half a million. let's get back to google is second. here is senator tom cotton of arkansas. he did not take a liking to the fact that page script the hearing. listen. >> perhaps googled and ascended senior executive today because he recently taken actions such as terminating cooperation with the american military on programs like artificial intelligence that are designed not just to protect the troops

and help them fight and win wars but to protect civilians as well. this is at the very same time that they continue to cooperate with the chinese communist party on matters like artificial intelligence.eric: is google or does they have it both ways? >> look, google has use artificial intelligence, right? they are too big of a country cannot employ people all day long to try and solve all of their problems. ai in machine learning is becoming prolific across every single part of the technology world. and you know, look, they're doing the best that they can. i think in that same vein, twitter, facebook will also be going to be using artificial intelligence. it is not a scary thing. it is constantly look at in a negative light but at the end of the day we needed. and we also needed to solve the problems that these senators are talking about. eric: in terms of finally, where do you expect, do you expect new restrictions, for example the attorney general

talking about getting some of the state attorneys general together in the coming weeks to try and draft state laws. you've got the honest ads act and talk about weakening section 230 that protect internet companies from content put on it. what type of new laws do you think they will pass? >> i think you can look at three themes. one being attribution, attribution of people who are actually posting things on facebook and twitter.making sure they are the real people behind the fold and they are who they say they are. number two, i think we need more transparency. advertisements, they need to start saying where they are coming from, who is purchasing the ads. we already see it in radio and t.v. today. i think it's going to happen very soon. honestly it's an easy thing to implement. and we need to understand as a whole dynamic between bots and humans. people need to know if their reading something created by

some sort of automation and they need to know if it was an actual, real human that wrote the piece of weather news article or posting. and so i think these are three easy things that all companies are trying to solve today. they moving in the right direction. how fast they can move, time will tell. eric: hope we get there and we will be on guard especially for russian interference in influence on the social sites for the midterm elections. in san francisco, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. eric: a few miles south, arthel is in los angeles. arthel: pageant winners taking aim and calling on top leaders to step down. woman: it felt great not having hepatitis c. it's like a load off my shoulders. i was just excited for it to be over.

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. >> no bathing suits on the beach today with all this rain, and no bathing suits on stage tonight because of the changes to the rules here. one of the reasons for the backlash against a new leadership. the other pushback from the young lady who currently wears the crown. north dakota's says her dream came true when she was crowned miss america last september

when. gretchin chair was named pageant chair, the bullying began, controlled, manipulated and minimized because carlson wanted the spotlight. in a five-page letter sent during the last few weeks of her reign to every titleholder, mun says carlson gave her talk points, requiring her say miss america is relevant. #metoo movement started with miss america gretchen carlson and gretchen carlson went to stanford, she says carlson and ceo regina hopper systematically reduced me and essentially erased me in my role. more than two dozen of the pageant's state organizations have called on carlson and the current board to step down along with 23 former winners of the crown. including 2018's teresa

scanlon. >> i find it difficult to speak up when people in power are involved in the situations and knows full well that there may be backlash as the reigning miss america. reporter: in a statement a couple of weeks ago, carlson denied being a bully and was surprised and saddened by kara's comments. we'll see if the new miss america talks about any of this after she's crowned. >> thank you so much. we'll be right back. ...to give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you don't. i'll take that. [cheers] 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar. new ensure max protein. in two great flavors.

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. >> that's it from a rainy 62 degree new york. now to artheth -- arthel in los angeles. >> the time is now, friends, let's get after it. this is a travishamochrie. it is a travishamockery, a sham and a mockery. it comes from a beer commercial. >> and he's an idiot jacka hole. [laughter] . >> wednesday the "new york times" ran an anonymous op-ed trashing donald trump, for g