conversation on sexual harassment, we go back to the 90's when you talked about clarence thomas and anita hill and bill clinton and monica lou within ski, but now there are men saying hey, me too. >> i think it's so important for us to include both you know men and women in this dialogue, and also the trans community. this impacts every single person. we see that you know, there's so much shame that's associated with sexual assault and sexual harassment, that i really hope that this to dialogue is people not just in hollywood but from white collar workers to blue collar workers, remove that shame, there's no shame in being a survivor, and every person deserves a safe work environment. >> you're right. angela when we talk about the me too, we know that that movement sort of spread, we started with harvey weinstein. we went to capitol hill. we've seen lawmakers, we're seeing hollywood and most recently, we just got the information about today show hottest matt lauer were you surprised all of a sudden seems like so many people are empowered to come forward and say me too >> it is surprising, not

i covered clarence thomas, those hearings and noe knew what was going on in judgments of anita hill and clarence thomas and we all knew which senators to tell our internals to to the -- to got -- no. go near. no one knew you could report anything and i have a lot of questions, why didn't we speak out? we didn't know where to go to either protect colleagues, ourselves or just to get feel reported. there was no way to get anyone reported and the ethics committee was notoriously slow, ineffective and secretive. robert: the white house has had a complicated response. president trump still faces accusations from last year's campaign, more than a dozen women. >> with the accusations that came out last year during the campaign, trump categoryly denied them and fails nod rep decisions. in, he was -- ref cushions. in fact, he was elected president because of it. there are a lot of americans, inclusmeding senator al franken there who feel likes this president needs to be held accountable for his arkses. it's not just the video where he bragged about sexual assault but the allegations of inappropr

assessment was a time when people didn't know what sexual harassment was and we're talking about anita hill and clarence thomas, a lot of the attention was paid do that then, some time between then and now, that's a long time, things changed -- what changed? >> you know, we went and we had -- we declared that every corporation needed a sexual harassment training, have sexual training and awareness classes and programs that were mandatory everywhere. did we implement them? did we really learn something? did we upgrade? yeah, we were more careful, but we're going back to school. this is a time for a whole new generation of sensitivity and awareness and action, the window of opportunity and the referendum that's in front of this country, and we're watching our fellow is extremely important, our daughters are watching. our sons are watching. future generations are going to be deeply affected. >> when you say sensitivity, when you -- that -- that -- that brings to mind a whole new idea that when you say we have to be sensitive about issues, that's political correctness, trash, we shouldn't worry

and many others as well as the leaders of high powered talent agencies, and it will be chaired by anita hillever believed 1991 was the end. >> reporter: she became a national figure when she accused clarence thomas of sexual harassment. she recently spoke at an event supporting the me too movement. >> everybody that's participated in this movement, this will somehow step up and make it where we should have been 26 years ago. >> reporter: the commission's formation follows a cascade of sexual harassment allegations in hollywood. >> is it enough that the commission can be held accountable? >> i think the accountability question is the key question here because it's all talk until there are actual consequences for the behavior. >> reporter: members of new commission told us they're not doing interviews yet, but plan to reconvene at the beginning of the year and say more announcements are coming soon. carter evans, cbs news, los angeles. >>> more now on the bay area wind it caused big problems today in saucelito. of boats that drag anchor and people that are trapped and in harm's wa no one was h

sally: all right like anita , hill. gretchen: i have never met any of the women i had spoken to, who that was the reason for wanting to come forward. sally: for me, it was over 40 years ago with the john tower thing -- over 50 years ago. i never told the story until last year when i did tina brown's women in the world summit. i was on with kerry washington. in front of thousands of women. i started telling the story and thought i was going to lose it. i almost started to cry because i had never told that story before. at this point in my life. i can only imagine -- i waited so long to tell that story. does that make it less legitimate because i waited that long? gretchen: no. sally: but that's the point. it is shame. you don't want to talk about it. you somehow feel embarrassed. it's your fault. you don't want to bring that sort of attention on yourself. don't want people to think you are a troublemaker, a complainer. but i agree with you. i think that the idea of people talking about it when it happens and telling peop

that group will be led by anita hill. >>> new attacks from the president against the fbi. this just moments before speaking at the agency's national academy graduation ceremony. >> it's a shame what's happened with the fbi. but we're going to rebuild the fbi. everybody. not me, everybody. the level of anger of what they have been witnessing is certainly very sad. >> let's bring in zelena maxwell for the clinton campaign now progressive program or for sirius xm. and joe watkins, aide to george w. bush, and michael steele, former adviser for jeb bush's campaign. good saturday morning to all three of you. attorney general jeff sessions provided something of a different take on the fbi yesterday. let's listen to that. >> president trump clearly suggested that the reputation and the status of the fbi is in tatters. do you share that view? >> well, i don't share the view that the fbi as functioning is not functioning at a high level all over the country. >> how do you make sense of the president's insistence that the fbi is in tatters? >> we are seeing a coordinated and strategi

every major hollywood studio, tv network and record label announced a new commission to be led by anita hill. in a statement, "star wars" producer kathleen kennedy said the "commission on sexual harassment and advancing equality in the workplace" will seek a "comprehensive strategy to address the complex and interrelated causes of the problems of parity and power." the relatives of three victims of last month's mass shooting at a church in sutherland springs, texas, are suing the sporting goods chain that sold the gunman the firearms he used to kill more than two dozen people. the lawsuit accuses academy sports and outdoors of negligence and seeks $25 million in damages. the sporting goods chain has confirmed that it sold devin patrick kelley two firearms from its stores in san antonio, but insists that it complied with all gun laws. read the details of the g.o.p.'s final tax plan at www.pbs.org/newshour. when we turn on the faucet, we expect the water that comes out to be safe. water providers around the country test for hundreds of contaminants known to be harmful to human health and try t

the clarence thomas time was at the beginning of when you were you're out there the clarence hill anita hill. yes in the early one nine hundred ninety s. and of course you can tell from our title that we're primarily interested in women the vast majority of our staff are women and we sort of originally formed as an alternative to feminist organizations that we believed were getting away from being trope women and. more. democrats organizations or left leaning organizations so we wanted to step in and be a program an organization with an alternative voice now on the health care i'm not sure if it's going to happen or not be a see a portion it looks like it might but you know if the individual mandate is goes computing is killed what happens to that what happens to the country then what gets put in its place remember the president was going to repeal and replace what didn't seem like there's any replace now so what happens the of think oh it's and.

i would also say that 20 on is the year of the women 2.0 just like after anita hill in 1991, 1992 washe year of the women, where more women were elected to congress than ever before. i think that will result as the presidency of donald y. trump. >> joe, think back to what it has brought us, what would you say is the worst moment of 2017, politically speak something. >> the worst moment is in charlottesville, virginia when the white nationalists and kk and nazis got together and held a protest in that beautiful town and one very courageous woman lost her life protesting against the nazis and the skinheads. that was probably the worst moment for me of 2017 the saddest moments for me. >> important not to forget about that. rick, what do you consider that worst political moment? >> let me brond it out a bit. i think as a calm person the worst moments come from the white house briefing room and the communications strategy overall. the white house has been inconsistent, contradictory, mostly incoherent, stepping on their message. i know they don't have a lot of to work with in the president

around the clarence thomas time was at the beginning of when you were you're out there clarence hill anita hill. yes in the early one nine hundred ninety s. of course you can tell from our title that we're primarily interested in women the vast majority of our staff are women and we sort of originally formed as an alternative to feminist organizations that we believed were getting away from being troat women and. more. democrats organizations or left leaning organizations so we wanted to step in and be a program an organization with an alternative voice now on to health care i'm not sure if it's going to happen or not the a c. a portion it looks like it might but you know if the individual mandate is goes computing is killed what happens to that what happens to the country then what gets put in its place remember the president was going to repeal and replace what didn't seem like there's any replace now so what happens do you think. oh it's if that naming issue for people who like to study help policy of course the individual mandate in itself isn't really a solution in terms of health policy i

job to fox news you know anita hill said you know yes that he did well but you know who now works as an anti-discrimination professor at brandeis university told time magazine last year mandatory arbitration clauses in negotiating away the civil rights of an individual are just plain a bad idea what we're talking about here with harassment is a civil rights violation you know our policy is driven from the point of view of the people the men who are more powerful engaging in the use of behavior women are skeptical skeptical coming forward because they don't trust the procedures and i think they are. absolutely right the better for seizures as we get better procedure and i don't have a sneaking feeling that wall street bubble is going to pop the bubble not the money bubble but the me too bubble that's going to pop and they're going to see more and i hope so i hope that's not the case but some are really at the end of the day here . since mankind first looked to the heavens we've asked the most universal of questions are you on the search for the answer to that question continues to thi

sally: like anita hill. gretchen: i have never met any of the women i had spoken to, that was the reason for coming forward. sally: for me, it was over 40 years ago with the john tower thing -- over 50 years ago. i never told the story until last year. i told the story and i was on was kerry washington in front of thousands -- i was on with startedashington and i to cry as i told my story. i waited so long to tell that story. does that make it less legitimate because i waited that long? gretchen: no. sally: it shame. you don't want to talk about it, you somehow feel embarrassed, it is your fault, you don't want to bring that attention on yourself, don't want people to think you are a troublemaker, a complainer. but i agree with you. the idea of people talking about it when it happens and telling people -- the feminist point of view is, and i agree with this, if you say it happens, it happened. it should be done. however, there is this other side of the story. it happens occasionally on i college campuses. an

it will be chaired by anita hill who famously testified that she was harassed by aran ce thomas. >>> gun safety pledge cards were handed out to children to make them aware of the dangers to firearms. >>> there is much more to come on "action news" saturday morning. it's a close call for shoppers who witnessed a firebombing inside a grassry store. >>> we'll look at the future of self driving cars. one company is predicting they won't just save you from the stress of the road, but save you money, too. >> reporter: christy if you're sick and of the cold whether the and the snow there's a nice warmup coming in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. stay with us i'll have the details up next. >> welcome back sky6 live hd taking a live look from our city hall camera, you can see folks enjoying the rothman ice rink at this saturday morning, cold today, beware of slushy, icy secondary roads, a nice warmup heading our way this week. >>> investigators in new york have released this surveillance video the moment a man threw two molotov cocktails into a store. the man runs out of the stor

they have chosen anita hill to lead it. she became notable in coming forward to accuse clarence thomas of sexual harassment. hill says she is proud to lead the effort. "it's time to and the culture of silence. i've been at this work for 26 years. this moment presents us with an unprecedented opportunity to make a real change." one of the executives spearheading the commission's kathleen kennedy who produced franchises like "jurassic park" and "star wars." kennedy says for hollywood this marks a new era and that new era begins with tonight's premiere of "all the money in the world, world,." kevin spacey was supposed to play getty but he was replaced with christopher plummer. surprisingly ridley scott, the director who replaced kevin spacey said this about the flood of allegations. listen. >> i think it is reaching overkill. to a certain extent, look after yourself. don't go into an apartment to meet someone. go to the blood the office. >> the fallout is still prevalent in business, politics, sports. carolina panthers owner je

. >>> next up attorney and professor anita hill has been picked to lead a new commission tasked withg rampant sexual misconduct in harassment. [inaudible] mark hamil best known for his role as luke skywalker clapped back at republican senator ted cruz in the twitter debate about ending net neutrality. >>> and finally it's always tough to answer questions under pressure as we've seen time and time again on these tv quiz shoes. the spanish game show who's still standing, well, he was asked what steve rogers was in the avengers, was o he a doctor, was him. >> and you still missed the question. >> chalk it up to nerves. >> he might -- just might not have known his altar ego. like doctor strange, do you know his real name. >> yeah, but i don't have a shirt. [laughter] >> you don't know all the superhero names, i'm just saying. somebody may have given him the shirt. i'm trying to cut him some slack. >> all right. one superhero fan to another, we hear you. >> we got you. >> thanks wisdom. coming up, one of the wo face a federal probe connected to a slew of delivery complaints. >> and most o

statehouses to the actual rules that make this behavior harder because, you know, at the time of anita hill and clarence thomas, a lot of women who i've talked to, many of them are mentors, said, look, it was a similar feeling at that time that we had that things were really going to change and the media attention went away. they did not change. so that is the challenge upon us, to make sure that the rules change so the culture starts to change, too. >> and in the case of this lobbyist, it can be hard to write a policy to try to deal with something like that so it has to be a cultural shift, you're right. >>> okay. just ahead, black balled and baby sitting, we're going to be talking to the attorney for one former hill staffer who got an $84,000 settlement from her former boss but now she can't find work. >>> plus, congresswoman pramila speaks next. >>> i don't think congress is equipped. i don't think they have the tools to do the kind of accountability that the american people are searching for. >> that was new york senator kirsten gillibrand as the sexual harassment claims against blake f

the new group will be claird anita hill. the famous declared clarence thomas of sexual harassment. it is formed by media and entertainment executives including cos from disney, netflix and paramount pictures. you heard sue mention a couple of minutes ago, if you have not been outside it's really nice compared to the last couple of ds. the gloves or the hats and you get the bope us shot of the sunset. >> that cloud deck coming across , it's a jaw dropper. good news, no snow pellets coming out of them today. so we'll have some clouds around tonight. they'll blanket us for the evening and keep us from getting cold in the overnight hours and how about the temperatures, easy to get your running around done if you're in the run up to this big weekend. it was easy for you today and guess what, you get a do over for tomorrow. it's still 53 here in gaithersburg. d.c. 51- degrees. you get down to the south, 56, fredericksburg still coming in at 59 as is quantico and then cooler near the water, annapolis 46, baltimore at five p. a wider view and not finding -- we're not finding a lot of cold

these sort of situations and allegations really for the last 25 years in many years beginning with anita hill i think what you saw was that over time and in mrany different cases it appeared as though the men who were responsible for these alleged acts were essentially exonerated and given a pass in our public life. so i see the situation with president trump as being the last straw. it was harvey weinstein's case that pushed it over the edge and changed the conversation. this is where i would also argue that donald trump is to me is much more theo plomega rather tn the alpha. going back to the long held secrets about vietnam, the country in so many ways is adjudicating the 70s much more so the 21st century. >> it's interesting to watch. i have to dell you it's much more interesting to have a front row to it as well. i wonder what, in ten years, if i make it that long, looking back i will say at least i survived this. thank you both merry christmas. appreciate it. we will come back, republican senator tim scott helped to write the tax cut bill because of a tweet we'll see what was said. when

they have tapped anita hill who accused clarence thomas of sexual misconduct to read it.ofile names in the entertainment industry have been accused of harassment and assault in recent months. phil was a professor of social policy, law and women's studies at brandeis university. the goal of the commission is to create safer and fairer and more equitable and accountable purposes. >>> ruben was facing multiple allegations of sexual harassment says he will not seek reelection next year. this follows the house at the committee that is investigating allegations against the representative. he was considered a rising democratic star is facing pressure to resign. i'm patti ann brown, now back to "watters' world". world." jesse: eating meat creates toxic masculinity according to a professor. and it reenforced gender stereo types. but it tastes so good. why is eating meat bad? >> i think at the beginning you said eating meat creates toxic masculinity. toxic masculinity is already there. jesse: does eating meat make it worse? >> it's one of the ways to reinforce social structures inc

. >>> meanwhile top hollywood executives have chosen anita hill. hill leveled sexual harassment allegations against clarence thomas during his supreme court confirmation hearings back in 1991. she said it happened when the two worked together at the department of education. the commission was formed in the wake of a slew of allegations of sexual abuse. >> the eagles coaching staff was not expecting quarterback nick foles to play just like an uninjured carson wentz. the birds are 11 and 2 while the giants are 2 and 11. new york has a new head coach who is out to prove that he can turn the giants around, but the odds makers are not expecting that to happen. the eagles are heavy favorites. >> i have all the confidence in him. >> time now 6:10. still ahead on action news, celebrating this season. we'll take a look at some of the more festive and fun events this weekend. >> look who's making nice this holiday season an visiting kids in the area. >> temperatures actually got a little bit milder yesterday. we went from 29 degrees friday to 42 yesterday bu

. >>> anita hill selected to lead a commission on sexual harassment.harassed by clarence thomas. thomas denied it. now, back to "dateline." >>> welcome back to "dateline extra." i'm craig melvin. the prosecution had made their case. now, it was the defense's turn. and they had their work cut out for them. could they convince the jury to see justine winter's text messages in a different light? once again, keith morrison. >> every day in this montana courtroom, the family of now 17-year-old justine winter, dutifully shuffled to the seats directly behind the defense table. their faces, by their attorney's decree, they say, an intentional blank. emotionless. their apparent demeanor, a spur on the hide of an already angry town. but almost no one knew what was really going on. justine's mother, mary, who'd been struggling with alcohol caved in to the stress. tell me how it changed your life. >> i ran away from it all. i couldn't deal with it. i just left the house. i didn't come back. >> justine's brother, kyle, dropped out of college to help keep things tog