liz: amy powell denying she ever made racially improper comments that led to her being fired.facebook founder mark zuckerberg over his comments seemingly defending holocaust deniers. >> there are a set of people who denied the holocaust happened. i find that deeply offensive. at the end of the day i don't believe our platform should take that down. i think there are things people get wrong. i don't think they are intentionally getting it wrong. it's hard to impugn intent and understand the intent. liz: it's hard to impugn intent? zuckerberg says it's because he owns 60% of the voting rights shares in facebook. >> i think this is something the market will decide. i wasn't in the room with the pair pament woman or the papa john's guy. but when it comes to facebook more speech fights hate speech. and it really comes down to the market. and when it comes to social media, i want to know where someone stands so i make sure i'm not following someone who is putting a lot of hate speech out there. liz: facebook stock is unaffected. is that the true measurement about this comment about

reporter amy powell from our sister station in l.a. has the details. >> reporter: the biggest star in professional basketball , lebro james, is coming to los angeles. fans are thrilled and so are downtown l.a. businesses. >> it's going to be good for us in downtown l.a. as well. we'll be very busy and mentally preparing we'll be ready for this every day every game event that will happen. >> reporter: sports marketing experts say james comes with his own fan base and his popularity makes him a powerful brand, something that will be attractive to other businesses. >> not only will brands that are already associated with the lakers want to continue working with the lakers, they'll be more excited working with one of the more premiere in the world. >> reporter: ticket p nba's onl already selling lakers jerseys featuring lebron's name. >> we'll probably incorporate marketing standpoints in the restaurant as well once we know what the number ends up being and we'll have fun with it. it will have a huge impact on business and success for ever

police say that an armed man held 50 people hostage yet at a trader joe's mor now from reporter amy powell from our sister station in l.a. >> reporter: frightened shoppers run away from a trader joe's in silver lake. terrifying moments when an armed man running in police crashes his car outside and then runs inside. >> he ran right behind me, and there were all these gunshots. >> reporter: people watched the suspect engage in a gun battle with police. >> about three or four shots were fired and then at that point they were telling everyone to get down in their cars and just try to duck for safety. and me and a couple of other people i know were in our cars for a good, like, 30 >> reporter: dozens of s.w.a.t. seam members and other lapd officers surround the store joined by fire department rescuers. inside, employees helping customers escape. >> you could hear the pop, pop, pop, pop. >> reporter: so you all immediately -- >> it was kind of like a mad dash, people that were in the front of the store started coming towards the back of the store to find the exit. and we assisted them and all t

inappropriate comments, par minute isn't saying what the comments were, they did kick out head of tv amy powellat were inconsistent with company values, that's what the company said, it didn't detail what she said but the wall street journal reports one person who was on a conference call where powell allegedly made comments and said that they were racial in nature and they were the ones that reported to hr and powell is saying that all of this is not true, denying that she made any sort of racially insensitive comments. adam: hillary, switching subjects you're still young and in shape and you can eat chips, lays will tempt us. >> and i do so with glee. adam: rub it in. >> here is what's coming out, dip dish pizza, fried pickles with ranch, that's one flavor. new england lobster roll, they will be scattered in stores across the u.s., not every store will have all of the flavors, whatever makes sense for your region, it's kind of the bummer, whatever makes sense for region that's the flavor you'll yet. another one pamento chip, crab spice, all of them sound dlishtous. gerri: that's directed at,

amy powell was terminated friday. she was president in 2013. in a memo -- the chairman of paramount pictures told studio staffers that other employees had complained about remarks made by powell. it is unclear what powell is accused of saying... but it sparked an investigation and she was let go. reports say..."there is no truth to the allegation that i made insensitive comments in a professional setting - or in any setting." she's reportedly exploring legal action. (vicki) mosquitoes in northern california have tested positive for the west nile virus. we'll pinpoint where you need to be extra careful. (grant) and next. how president trump is reacting to news his former laywer secretly taped him...about paying off a him...about paying off a former playboy star. (vicki) plus -- people taking a website's name a little too seriously. what the owners of rent-a-hit man dot com say their website is really about. (grant) a website's domain name is a play on words that has people contacting a computer hacking prevention service about wacking...or killi

if people can change, why wasn't the same mercy to roseanne barr, to amy powell, head of paramount television. she made a racially charged comment about an upcoming show. they got rid of her instantly. i believe in redemption. i think people are going to make mistakes. we see this idea that some offenses are instantly ex-communicable, and they instantly drive you out. you are unemployable. >> laura: you can't work ever. >> this is a panel from this weekend. actress zoe kravitz in the harry potter spin-off said this. >> if you could use your magic in the real world for good, what would you do? >> impeach trump. >> [laughs] [cheering] >> wouldn't it be better to just apparate him out of existence. >> dan is really good at making up spells. what would be the impeachment spell? >> right. impeacheous maximus. >> so i guess some speech -- there were a lot of people at comic-con who felt why did they have to politicize -- >> laura: everything is political. comicon is the infantilization of adults. i was once in the same city. these are men in their 40s and 50s dressed up as captain america. wonder w

memo from the ceo amy powell was fired for statements that were inconsistent, it says with company valuesdid not elaborate on what she said. >>> meanwhile the democrats, they seem to be finally getting on to the same page as far as their message. it just happens to be the utter wrong one. the party's new rising star, socialist, alexandria ocasio-cortez, she is being joined by a veteran voice, elizabeth warren, in saying that the economy is not booming. at least not for he one. watch. >> when people are working at minimum wage job that won't support them, or working two, three, four jobs, to try to pay the rent, keep food on the table, simply saying the unemployment figures have gone down just doesn't get you there. >> because everyone has two jobs. unememployment is low because people are working 60, 70, 80 hours a week and can barely feed their kids. capitalism has not always existed in the world and it will not always exist in the world. trish: because she has her way we'll all be socialists. you know, is this really the message, that the democrats want to run on, for november? is it re

in an internal memo, the ceo of paramount pictures said amy powell was fired for remarks that were inconsistente memo said multiple employees raised concerns about the comments which reportedly included racially charged language. sources say paramount considered disciplinary measures but decided to fire powell after she denied the allegations. >>> and "variety" reports that hamilton creator lin-manuel miranda is making his director debut. he starred in a stage production of "tick tick boom" in 2013. he said it solidified his drive to hone his own voice as a playwrig playwrig playwright. thing he'll do a good job. >> i think he's going to knock it out of the park. >>> an office manager exposed a michigan doctor who gave chemotherapy to patients who didn't have cancer. ahead, attorney and former judge alex speaks to the former employee would blew the whistle. >> patients were given chemotherapy when they didn't have cancer. >> it's david versus goliath. >> i was going up against a very powerful doctor. >> would you blow the whistle? >> my job was at stake, even my own personal safety. i had to ma

amy: in that case, judge powell denied the motother's asylum reququests and ordered h her toe deported.. ofelia calderon, can you elaborate on this? >> on the process, i mean, this is something that we need to beware of in terms of how that process works. that is exactly right. the process when you come to the united states is you go through interview andr demonstrate there is a significant possibility you will be subject to prosecution. once you pass that interview, you go on to apply for asylum, for which the standard is essentially, to break it down, you need to demonstrate there is 10% possibility that you are going to be persecuted on one of the five grounds. when you are at that level, honestly, the fact that you are able to articulate that persecution and a reason why should be sufficient to pass. seemed toabel, there be a blanket negative across the board, and that was shocking. that happened to my own client betty, who had good claims. subsequently, if you do not pass that interview, you have the opportunity to have your case reviewed by an immigration judge . that is what we