ashleigh banfield came out swinging.r temperatures response to the initial remarks was even more interesting, i think. howie: let's get to that. katie wade is the woman to interviewed the source. she sent this long email saying shame on ashleigh banfield. shelby: i'm personally saddened by this. what we are seeing on the streets across the country and around the world is a powerful #metoo times up movement. women need to have each other's backs. ashleigh banfield has every right to speak up about this woman's experience. her point was you should have gone to the cops. what you did was go to the press. and it was a bad date. howie: what do you make of a young journalist writing burgundy lipstick, bad highlights. emily, that's disgusted. that chiseled away at the movement even more. it doesn't need to be a fight between two females in the media. samantha bee said just because this wasn't sexual harassment and was a bad day doesn't mean we shouldn't talk about it. it's the way in which it was published that may have been in

. >> with me now, ashleigh banfield, hln host of "crime and justice with ashleigh banfield." sure you were as riled up as i was watching this whole thing, especially today. but this judge -- this judge, how unprecedented was that? >> it was remarkable. i think it went on for over 45 minutes, the dressing down of this defendant. but i think there was something going on that might have been bigger. and that was the movement. in her words -- and i'll paraphrase because i could never match what she did -- this is something that has hit the headlines because of the work of brave young women, journalists who were dogged and the system itself, which she said is a great american system of justice. we're all hoping, brooke that we don't have to be as angry as you are, as we all are. because of this, women and young girls might actually speak up more, might be believed because there's action, real action. >> so a total of 175 years. >> uh-huh. >> has he gone away forever and ever amen? >> hardly unlikely he will ever see the light of day. he has the federal sentence for the porn charge

we spoke with ashleigh banfield about the accuser. >> how is she minimizing the metoo movement?>> kim and kanye's baby girl arrived monday morning via a surrogate. she weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces. a source says both parents were inside los angeles' hospital >>> and number one, matt lauer's former "today" show co-host react to his firing. ann curry spoke to cbs this morning. >> i could say i would be surprised if many women did not understand that there was a climate of verbal harassment that >> and katie couric opened up to "e.t.." >> it's been really crushing, i think. you know, there's been a lot of cognitive disnance. to make sense of it has been almost impossible. >> also in the news, jay leno is back on tv. jay leno's garage airs thursday on cnbc. meanwhile, is there a chance he could return to the late night world? he said why won't happen. >> you leave and you do something different. when you're 67, you're the creepy old guy, you know what i mean? >> he's not mincing when it comes to a possible late night return, unlike david letterman who has a new netflix monthly series.

. >> ashleigh banfield completely destroyed this woman. >> you had an unpleasant date and you did not. that is on you. >> and there's no reason to go public with this. >> conveniently after he won a golden globe. >> where they all come out after awards. when james franco won too. harvey: at the next award ceremony, they're going to say give it to him! give it to him! >> we got chrissy teigen and john legend. she's tweeting with sophia the robot. >> any plans to meet with sophia the robot? >> i want to take he

my colleague, ashleigh banfield, delivered a searing monologue against ansari's accuser. ed together some of the precious of being in television, some of those pressures being very close to what we're discussing today. she's a fiery communicator, she's talented. she throws her heart into the conversation often at her own peril. she's traveled the world. she's covered 9/11. i think this might be her most important moment on television. here it is in full. >> i would like to say something here, and maybe this is best done in the form of an open letter to aziz ansari's accuser. ready? dear grace, not your real name, i'm sorry that you had a bad date. i have had a few myself. they stink. i'm sure it must be really weighing on you. it's hard being a victim, very painful. just ask anyone who has been on that end of crime and justice. i cover them every day. it's no picnic. but let's take a moment to reflect on what you claim was the worst night of your life, end quote. you had a bad date. your date got overly a.m. lly . after protesting his moves, you did not get up and leave. b

. >> kimberly: what about the fact that ashleigh banfield came out. >> dana: yesterday we had the quotendoleezza rice. maybe there is some cooling being done. >> kimberly: interesting that it's happened so quickly. on the brian kilmeade show he was talking about this. >> jesse: greg made some great points. i would say it's not a crime to be a jerk. there's a lot of guys that are groups out there. >> greg: you prove that, jesse jesse. >> kimberly: look at juan's face. >> jesse: juan wants to call a lawyer. what's happening now is your trivializing real sexual misconduct when a bad date is splashed all over the internet as something in the "me too" movement. it is starting to find the guardrails. they are getting a little loose and going around the corner and bumping up against some stuff. bad dates is not in the "me too" movement. half of the stuff was consensual. she could have left at any time. i said yesterday, bring the slap back. girls, slap them in the face. nothing is going to get a guys attention like a nice brisk slap. that's going to end things quickly. >> juan: my take on this