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only on nbc bay area tonight former new york attorney general and former new york governor eliot spitzer spoke exclusively with our business and tech reporter scott budman today. before his fall from grace, he was a champion of the so-called 99% before the term even existed, right? >> spitzer calls himself a devoted capitalist, and he wants to see businesses do well, but while is he in town to talk business and technology, he told us he is impressed with the occupy movement and with their message. >> reporter: they may not know it, but these occupiers have an ally in eliot spitzer, who was attorney -- >> i support what they stand for which is redefining our political discussion so we consider issues relating to equity and fairness, which is really the other side of what we need to figure out. just as we care about job creation at the very high end in silicon valley and this incredible success that is so necessary to the fight future of our country, we have to think about how we distribute those gains. >> reporter: spitzer spoke to us exclusively about silicon valley job growth. >> well,

i found it ironic last night that eliot spitzer was interviewing people talking about these sorts of activities, and that cycle is going on and on. if you want to play a drinking game, you know, who wants to take bets of when we're going to have the first appearance of gloria allred? it's inevitable. i'm getting off the point a little bit here. but at some point i think it was around the time of the o.j. case where you had this confluence of a big public figure, it was a juicy trial, and cable news was just becoming a force. it changed the environment in which we operate, at least criminal system operates. because it's not just cases anymore, it's entertainment. it's a whole media frenzy on big cases. and i don't think that's a very good thing, but that is the environment in which we operate. and lawyers have to deal with that now. >> a very good point. we have some questions from the audience. i'm going to ask the first one for paulette. in taking tony's essence, who he is as a trial lawyer, how does you tell that story in the book? paulette's book is for sale in the lobby and also

it's like when eliot spitzer went down, the mad.com was e-mailing me -- the madam was e-mailing me. yeah, i'm going to explain to the wife that i was hanging out with a madam for a year. i got letters from charlie sheen's people. julian assange. i do like the stories that are off the beaten track because no one's heard of them. >> well, sex on the moon. this was a big trial. he got arrested in orlando -- >> 100 agents, helicopters, they closed a major highway, and yet they covered it up. i'm not going to say nasa -- i don't know how nasa covered it up, but they were very embarrassed by it. was it public or not? i don't know how public it was. i mean, it was a federal trial, i would assume it would have had to have been. >> yeah. >> there were reporters there. it was written about so little, and it didn't really just -- it never exmolded. there was a wonderful l.a. times article about it which was a four-page article, and that was really it. and that was, you know, years ago. >> did nasa cooperate with you at all? >> no, no, no. so nasa was not thrilled, and they told everyone not to

. >> client 9: the rise and fall of eliot spitzer. law & disorder. presumed guilty. the oath. >> and the winner is -- pov, presumed guilty, pbs. [applause] accepting the emmy, roberto hernandez, director. >>[speaking spanish] >> thank you. everybody involved in presumed guilty, come up on stage please. imagine being picked off the street, told you have committed a murder you know nothing about and find yourself sentenced to 20 years in a mexico city prison. this is what happened in 2005. he asked for help and he is here with us tonight. when he asked for help, my wife and i merely -- merely imagined it to get him a free trip -- a real trial. when i asked for help, they turned it into the most successful film and mexico city. if i may compare it, and almost every respect the mexico is the system just as worse than the u.s. except that one. they do not have the death penalty. thanks to that, he is here with us tonight and sadly troy davis is gone. [applause] >> all right. it thank you. >> the nominees for outstanding news discussion and analysis are -- teacher town hal

these male politicians who get in trouble from bill clinton to john edwards to david vitter to eliot spitzerthe woman when they stand by them, there's always, always wrong. he can't think of one off the top of my head where the accusations were false and the wife didn't look wrong or bad. so i don't think anything's going to change here. >> second question. >> it's sad. >> we're going to have fun on this. in an interview with gq herman names his competition's flavor. michele bachmann, tuty fruit yes, mitt romney vanilla and rick perry rocky road. with newt gingrich rising until the polls, what's his flavor this week? dana. >> this is difficult for me. i don't like ice cream. i'm going to get so much hate mail for that. i'm trying to think what the flavor would be. aside from better rhetorical skills, which i know isn't a an ice cream flavor the closest thing was cotton candy. i don't know. i'm going with that. i'm going with that. >> i didn't know that was an ice cream flavor. will. >> this is difficult for me, too, because i have limited creative bandwidth, but i guess something like a myst

former new york governor, eliot spitzer and that creep from south carolina, the former governor, markhiking naked on the appalachain trail when in fact he was in argentina with his lover. there are many more. some are still crawling around the halls of congress. the key in cain's case, we still don't know if he's guilty. although his clumsy handling of this hasn't helped him so r far. cain changed his story multiple times since the news broke sunday, that two women accused him of sexual harassment in the 1990s. it is unclear how much this is going to damage his campaign if at all. there are no polls that have been taken entirely after the news broke, but polls taken before show cain at the top of the republican field. the story seems to be rallying his base. cain's campaign raised more than $400,000 online on monday alone and several high pro file conservatives are sticking by cain. they're blaming the media and racism, which of course is always convenient when things aren't going your way. any way, here's the question. should, not will allegations of sexual harassment more than 12 ye

. >> thank on, hang on this is the party of bill clinton, john edwards and eliot spitzer going afterewt gingrich on values. >> they are not going to go after him on values, they are going after him on his records. he goes in with very high expectations. when he starts to stumble those high expectations work double against him. megyn: as a democrat do you worry about -- you've seen a debate in which gingrich goes up against obama. >> no i don't. he's had so many positions in his record over the years that his own words can be used against him very effectively and take him apart. i think that is his biggest problem. we are going to remember he's one of the most devisive figures in american political history. that will come back to haunt him. megyn: chris plant i'll give you the last word. >> oh, boy u know i think that was probably true before barack obama came to town and after the violence that we're going to see from the occupy wall street people after they recongeal around the election next year and on the lead up to election day now i think barack obama is so much more devisive th

it's like when eliot spitzer went down the madam was e-mail in me. i explained to my wife had to hang out with eight madam a year. and charlie sheen but again i don't think my wife would let me. everyone does contact me at some point. i like the stories of the beat because no one has heard of them. >> host: six on the moon is a trial. he got arrested in orlando, a big trial -- >> guest: the close a major highway and they covered it up. i'm not going to say nasa i don't know how nasa covered up the they were in paris by this guy and they were -- he was one of their own. big trial, yet was it public or not i don't know how public it was the 26 oral try all i would assume it would have to have been there were reporters there. it was written about so little and they didn't really -- it never exploded. there was a wonderful time about it which was like a four page article and that was it, and that was years ago. so -- >> host: did nasa cooperative? >> guest: no, nasa wasn't thrilled i was reading this book and told people not to speak to me which makes pe

eliot spitzer was on the right track. someone needs to get these little folks who are stealing millions of dollars, and they should be getting a lot more. they need to change the law. the need to give amnesty. they have to clean up wall street right away. that will give us on the ball. that should be number one. host: thank you for the call. they hope that you are not paying the republicans to go on tv with the republican message -- moveon.org is one of a number of groups weighing in on this and the impact it would have on entitlement funds. here's the latest from this organization. >> super committee democrats, cuts to social security and medicare benefits? are you crazy or just plain stupid? the overwhelming majority of americans oppose cuts to social security and medicare benefits. have you seen the news lately? people are marching 24/7. pull your head out of washington, wake up and listen to america. progress of solutions have gone mainstream. cuts to social security and medicare benefits, that is so far right fox new