cnn's brynn gingras has more. >> reporter: as bill o'reilly fights off sexual harassment claims, donaldis in his corner. the president saying o'reilly is a good person and quote, i think he shouldn't have settled. you should have taken it all the way. i don't think bill did anything wrong. five women accused o'reilly of sexual harassment received payouts totaling $13 million according to the times. the cable show host denies the allegations. more than 30 advertisers are pulling their dollars from "o'reilly factor." the comments may seem like deja vu as the president defended roger ailes when he was sued for sexual harassment last year. trump characterized ailes as a good person. >> i can tell you that some of the women that are complaining, i know how much he helped them and recently and when they write books that are fairly recently released and they say wonderful things about him and now saying horrible things about him. >> reporter: trump was criticized for seemingly blaming the victim decades ago after fighter mike tyson was convicted of raping an 18-year-old beauty pageant. >> mike

cnn's brynn gingras has more. >> from reality tv to the white house -- >> you're fired. >> reporter:e boardroom to the campaign trail and into the oval office, donald trump, the former star of "the apprentice" brings the skills he learned in reality tv to his new reality in washington. >> donald trump lives by being unpredictable. he likes the element of surprise. he likes the element of shock, and he employs that shock value in his communication strategy. >> you think your team won? >> reporter: shock, surprise, and strategy. where have we seen that before? >> rebecca, you're outstanding. randall, you're hired. >> reporter: remember the drama around choosing the secretary of state. would it be rudy giuliani, that dinner with mitt romney, a twitter tease. whether i choose him or not for state, rex tillerson, the chairman and ceo of exxonmobil is a world class player and deal maker, ending with stay tuned. or when he narrowed down his supreme court choices to a two-person finale. >> potential supreme court pick. >> saving his pick for prime time. >> he is very much trying to mastermin

manhunt is underway for the stephens who is considered armed and dangerous(steve/bam ) reporter brynn gingras is tracking developments..... and has more on what we know about the suspect. chief calvin williams, cleveland police department: "our message to the community at large is to be careful."a cross-country manhunt tonight for a cold-blooded killer, as schools are placed under lockdown, and communities in five states are urged to take precautions. 37 year-old steve stephens is on the run after he shot 74-year-old robert godwin on sunday...then posted video of the killing on facebook. the video shows stephens randomly choosing his victimas he can be heard saying quote - "found somebody i'm about to kill, about to kill this guy right here this old dude then stephens is seen getting out of the car and pointing a gun to godwin's head. the video stayed up on facebook for hours before it was taken down.many who saw it called 9-1-1, but stephens was already on the run, describing himself in a separate video as a "monster" with "built in anger and frustration.chief calvin williams, cleveland poli

brynn gingras. thanks so much for that.our buried lead, stories we think is not getting enough information. the trump investigation is calling on chechnya to investigate reports of gay men being killed. nikki haley says this violation of human rights cannot be ignored. two men are providing efld of this grotesque barberism. one man has a cell phone video that proves the chechen government is hunting down gay men and beating them. the men say they escaped persecution from chechnya. they told their story to cnn's matthew chance who joins me live from moscow. is the chechen government or even the kremlin taking these very disturbing claims seriously? >> reporter: well, jake, they are certainly not taking them as seriously as they should be. what the kremlin says is that they haven't got any reliable information about a crackdown on gay men in chechnya. the chechen authorities are simply dismissing the allegations out of and, but tonight we've spoken to several chechen men who now been evacuated to safety, who are helping us bu