and the big bang theory he brought c.b.s. a much younger audience and it had in the decades prior to him coming on coming on boardas the c.e.o. but there are real questions here about leadership about transition and about c.b.s. is culture a toxic culture some are saying now for some women you know it's a far too often we hear about these horrendous stories or not but i pay talking about it it's important to bring them to light but the energy so bad with them that i don't like them because of the tell me there's also this change the parent company american amusements a parent of c.b.s. national newsman national news it's thank you and sherry redstone they've been having this ongoing dispute what's that been about and how are they resolving it right now with the board so the way that what's happening right now is that cherry red stone is that that bickering if you will between c.b.s. and national news mentioned. national news misremember owns eighty percent or controls eighty percent of c.b.s. corporation stock and what it is said now is that with moonves is ouster that that any pending litigation between between

has hired a law firm to investigate the assault charges he could end up with nothing and the c.b.s. boardwill be revamped in a settlement with c.b.s. parent american amusements and c.e.o. sherry redstone what will become of the story what will become of the storied company without it's important and influential leader professorial lecture at american university joins us to discuss now margo thank you so much for being here thanks bye and now there's breaking news out i mean literally it handed it during the break here. c.b.s. has spiraled with the c saying that mr moonves may be there for another year is thinking he was collecting things out of his desk we don't know any more than that right now do we know we don't just fox news is the first to report it saying that this i.c.c. filing says that he'll stay on for an additional year ok so that could give the board time to have this law firm do this investigation fear radically but look he's a been this important employer chill guy i mean what does it mean for the company whether or not he leaves this week or in a year i mean things could ge

c.b.s. as chief executive officer and fifteen years as chairman of the board les moonves is out and he has the very me to movement he touted and supported twenty seven thousand to thank for it in july of this year the new yorker magazine published a piece by journalist ronan farrow in which six women accused moonves of sexual abuse and intimidation only denied any wrongdoing in a statement to the press at the time saying quote i recognize that there were times decades ago when i may have made some women uncomfortable by making advances those were mistakes and i regret them immensely and quote in addition he claimed that he had quote never misused his position to harm or hinder anyone's career the board of c.b. of the c.b.s. corporation began an investigation and as of this weekend they were negotiating moonves separation from the company which reported over twenty billion dollars in assets and twenty seventeen this weekend and another exposé by pharaoh in the new yorker it was reported that six additional women have accused of sexual harassment of or assault it took only three hours three hour