fox news got your message. in that tweet and in many, many others and protesters outside of the building, fox news got the message. 18 days. lisa bloom wasn't finished after she helped wendy walsh tell her story. lisa bloom kept cop asking at bill o'reilly with more women's stories. yesterday lisa bloom revealed the story of a black woman at fox news who says she was sexually harsd by bill o'reilly. and fox news decided they just couldn't take another day, after what lisa bloom did to fox news last night, i asked, how many more bad news days will fox endure? and i speculated that o'reilly would be out by friday. i was wrong. fox news couldn't take another day of what lisa bloom was doing to them. bill o'reilly's lawyers threatened lisa bloom and her client. and in the immortal words of mitch mcconnell, nevertheless, she persisted. joining us now, lisa bloom, managing attorney at the bloom firm. she represents wendy walsh and two other women who have accused bill o'reilly of sexual harassment. lisa, before "the

any other host on fox news with bigger ratings than anyone else on fox news. we now know the man running fox news roger ailes was at least as bad as bill o'reilly and possibly much, much worse. he was driven out of fox news last year once the basic outlines of his multiple offense sexual harassment lifestyle at fox news was revealed. it was impossible to get fired for sexual harassment at fox news under roger ailes running fox news. he was the sexual harasser in chief at fox news. it was also impossible to file a complaint for sexual harassment through the hr department. no one did. no woman during the time of roger ailes and bill o'reilly filed a formal complaint for the fox news complaint system, not one. because obviously no one trusted it. and they were right not to trust that system. run by roger ailes. lisa bloom advised her client wendy walsh to tell her story to "the new york times" before she told her story to fox news. and when wendy walsh's story of sexual harassment was published in the new york time, one of bill o'reilly's lawyers threatened to su

fox news is entitled to have an attorney. those are attorneys for fox news. done an independent investigation and that needs to happen immediately. >> now, lisa, here's what folks at fox are going to think. we know what they're going to think. you're a former nbc analyst and liberal activist on a competing channel, cnn, calling for an investigation of fox. isn't this all political? isn't this all competitive? >> yeah, that's all they have. bring it on. how many women have to come forward? how many millions of dollars have to get paid before fox news takes sexual harassment seriously? in my opinion, this network is the bill cosby of corporate america. women over and over again are driven out. >> what evidence do you have? >> the dozens and dozens of women who have come forward and said, i was sexually hassed there. how many gretchen carl sons. how many andrea tantarases do we need? all of these women driven out, their careers over. bill o'reilly is sitting pretty. this has been going on since 2002 according to the "new york times" article. this is absolutely o

after a fox news producer filed a sexual harassment suit against fox news, alleging o'reilly repeatedly spoke to her about his sexual fantasies. >> the last time i had spoken to bill when this inappropriate conversation had happened the last time. he said it was going to be in person, and i was -- i felt extremely threatened for many reasons. >> o'reilly vowed to fight the charge. >> this is the single most evil thing i have ever experienced. >> and filed a countersuit for extortion. the case was settled for a reported $9 million. and it didn't end there. in 2016, after accusations about fox news founder roger ailes became public, some women came forward with allegations against oe o'reilly. "the new york times" started looking into accusations against o'reilly, as well. just a little more than two weeks ago, the story detailed a total of $13 million in settlements between o'reilly and fox and the women who had accused him. the reaction was fierce. advertisers pulled out of his show by the dozens. and just like that, the cable news king, who once seemed untouchable, is off the air for g

i used to work at fox news and fox business.lly, literally, a towering figure inside the company. very tall, but ran sort of his -- he's . so it wasn't as if he was going to go on forever. from an investor perspective, say, okay. this is a big headline, but the plan was probably already in place at some point. >> yeah. absolutely. that's a fair point. you know. given his age. also just given the fact the schedule strengthened around him over the years. five years ago this would have been a bigger deal, because he towered over the rest of his shows more in terms of ratings. look at the other shows that are on the schedule around him now, they're closer to where he is. and, you know, so i think to some extent the fact that given his age, they knew there was a transition. they built out a schedule around him. i think that makes it easier for investors to -- >> people looked at the megyn kelly situation, thought she was so important. tucker carlson, his ratings are even better. is it possible, bill o'reilly, the same happen there's?

more details in the fox news bill oc'reilly fox news scandal.s was the start of a domino effect leading to ailes oust. dr. wendy walsh went public with her allegations against o'reilly and julie filed a sexual haras harassment suit and named bill shine saying shine retaliated against her. advertisers are abandonediing t program. by the end of the week the no spin zone was almost no ad zone. they are worried the ad boycott could spread beyond the o'reilly factor. first, lisa bloom is here, the attorney representing dr. walsh. we mentioned her a moment ago. she was a former guest on o'reilly's show that said o'reilly resended his offer to make her a contributor after she refused to go back to his hotel room in 2013. thanks for being here. >> good morning. >> you and i talked, there was no sense advertisers might speak up like this. >> listen, wendy and i are profoundly grateful to every advertiser that pulled out. sometimes when i represent women in sexual harassment cases, we feel all alone and nobody is there with us. i want to thank mercedes be

this was a decision up to fox news. but as a woman, i am thrilled that a corporation has made the seismic shift to put women's rights ahead of their bottom line and for this i feel grateful to murdoch. >> this is emotional for you? did we lose her? >> listen, it's word but policy and practices in place particularly at fox news which created a climate. women should not have to fear that they are going to be a victim of sexual harassment. we really need a friendly atmosphere at fox news. in addition to that, the investigations that i've called for will continue. the investigations at s.e.c. will continue and whether or not they reported settlements as income. again, they did not materially disclose these settlements to shareholders. in addition to that, i'm calling upon the human rights to investigate this climate of fear and sexual harassment and hostile work environment for people of color at fox news. he's out but it's unacceptable. roger ailes was out and the conduct continued and now he's out. the question is whether

fox news was bill o'reilly. he and roger ailes were the architects of the conservative media movement. >> even more than that, bill o'reilly, roger ailes and rupert murdoch changed american culture, changed our politics in the post-reagan era as probably no other individuals did. they had enormous power. now they no longer have the same place to exercise that power in the same way. we don't know where it's going to go. what we do know is that fox has seen that they had to make a very hard business decision about whether to keep him or whether to let him go. in the end, they saw they had to change their culture in such a way that this spokesperson for a point of view that had virtually nothing to do with real news and had to do with counter factual advocacy of a kind and significantly that donald trump also practices, they're both great showmen. let's not forget, o'reilly is a great tv performer. don't take that away from him any more than you would take away from donald trump what a great performer he is in term

we're moving and fox to do the same. it is a positive. well, fox has done it before. it is progress and progress should be celebrated. >> who replaces bill o'reilly? >> that's a question i cannot answer. i will tell you this. mr. murdoch, when i interviewed him at the time said they have a strong bench whenhe was on the verng of leaving, they wt in and brought in tucker carlson which no one saw coming. it hasn't even been a blip. the ratings have gone one tucker. no one saw tucker coming. we'll see of they have tucker and hannity and a big hole to fill of. >> they had three white men in the their prime time lineup. do you think fox news has a responsibility to vary it up? maybe to bring in someone who is not a white man? >> do they have a responsibility? not necessarily of the but you have to think about foch and the next generation. they do embrace global citizenship. they have a massive partnership with "national geographic." think of what it is like for them. we have the e.p.a. getting strict and more climate deniers than anyone saw coming rflt they suddenly going

how does fox recover from that? they are putting their trust in tucker karlsson, their bench is not that deep. how do they compete like they did a week or two ago? >> let me tell you how hard it will be to replace bill o'reilly, because he has been on the air 21 years there. he has been number one for 16 of those years. he is not only a host that people like. he is a part of people's families. they eat dinner and watch o'reilly. i know this i can go back to when i was home. my father sent me a text, just today, tonight, as soon as i got up. he said, here's the difference on o'reilly, he's not on tonight. o'reilly was must-watch tv. that's the difference. that's what the people have to keep with tucker karlsson. >> people have to look beyond what he did behind the scenes. >> absolutely. because they're selfish. because they like the show. he wasn't charged with anything. he was protecting his kids by paying people off like you said. >> you have insight on this story. >> a bet looking guy than me. >> that's a little p

fox was happy.em a chance to conduct the investigation to find out if other women had similar accusations and to have a cooling off period, essentially. advertisers were abandoning his show. we haven't talked about the financial aspects. many withdrew their ads and without advertisers, all they had were ratings. he does have a big, big audience. o'reilly grows every time, every night when o'reilly is on. he has this massive audience that comes in for him. without advertisers and without the support of his boss, the murdoches, he did not have much. he didn't have much power. he's over at italy listening to calls from his agents and lawyers trying to fight back but did not have that ability. he was at the vatican today. there's a picture of him with the pope. he'll have a longer vacation but i wouldn't be surprised if we see him on another network some day. some smaller channel who needs or wants him. a lot of fans may be angry with fox. >>> we're going to sneak a quick commercial break in. if you're

what they have issue issued, and i want to be very clear this is 21st century fox, not fox news. its a parent company of fox news. what they have done is issued a blanket statement saying they take issues like these seriously and they're continuing to stand behind bill o'reilly. both o'reilly and 21st century fox in their statements made reference to this hot line, this anonymous hot lines-please can call. what you're likely seeing is the set up of a legal defense that accusers had some outlet through the company structure but look, there's a reason that a lot of these women didn't want to pick up an anonymous hotline and it may have something to do with the fact that the former chief executive, roger ails had a litany of sexual harassment allegations against him. and there was a fear thatallies, might have been even been monitoring their phone calls. >> how many lawsuits are they facing? >> well, they're facing a lot. so you have a new one coming out today to the reporting of npr. you also have -- and i would say this is most significant. you have the federal investigation, whic

a fox news producer filed a sexual harassment suit against fox news. >> the last time i had spoken to bill when this inappropriate conversation had happened, the last time. he said it was going to be in person. and i was -- i felt extremely threatened for many reasons. >> o'reilly vowed to fight the charge. >> this is the single most evil thing i have ever experienced. >> and filed a counter suit for extortion. the case was settled for a reported $9 million and it didn't end there, in 2016, after accusations about fox news roger ails, allegations came out against women o'reilly. ails stepped down under pressure. just a little more than two weeks ago, the times story detailed a total $13 million in settlements between o'reilly and fox and the women that accused him. the reaction was fierce, advertisers pulled out of o'reilly's show by the dozens. and just like that, the cable news king who once seemed untouchable is off the air for good, at least at fox. >> this is all playing out with o'reilly on vacation, he was in italy, i know he spent this morning in the vip section in st. peter's

for some reason fox news keeps him.ndent investigation into fox news. >> reporter: tonight mercedes-benz reportedly pulled its advertising from "the o'reilly factor." >> fox is going to keep bill o'reilly on the air, and bill o'reilly if he's guilty of bad behavior is going to have to adjust. >> i am bill o'reilly. please always remember that the spin stops here. >> reporter: i'm nick watt for "nightline" in los angeles. >>> and next, the north carolina tar heels are ncaa champions. the most mind-blowing moments from the game. (de♪p breath) (phone ringing) they'll call back. no one knows your ford better than ford and ford service. right now, during the big tire event, get a $140 rebate by mail, on four select tires. ♪ imy moderate to severeng crohn's disease. i didn't think there was anything else to talk about. but then i realized there was. so, i finally broke the silence with my doctor about what i was experiencing. he said humira is for people like me who have tried other medications but still experience the sympto

i think fox is an outliar on this. a very good yessinye questi questi questions. >> going back to january 20th, that famous press secretary on january 21st, april, could we make the case that things have not been as bad as they could have been. they are still on pack ground briefings and interviews. can we make the -- >> to sean spicer's credit he has not pushed us out of the white house. if he did there would be a fi . fight. still the issue is access and information. he is doing that but the information piece is the problem. you have those pieces with many administrations. visitor logs, he'll direct us to another agency. he does get credit but the issues of transparency and other issues like that and more investigation and access, that's the problem. >> visitor logs. i am frustrated about this visitor log thing. the white house announced they will not be sharing who's visiting the white house. let's take a quick break and we'll talk about the power of pictures to give us access. we'll be right back with the panel in

been harassed call the fox news hot line. know, i want to say while i can be a little sarcastic about it, this is very, very difficult for the women. you know, i spent yesterday and today with a new accuser. she was very stressed, crying, she couldn't eat, she couldn't sleep. this is very hard on women. and that's why i'm doing all of this at no charge. these two women are not asking for a penny, they're doing it because this is about accountability, enough is enough, stop hurting women, stop damaging women's career, stop inthreatening women that if they don't sleep with you that you'll end their career. >> this is obviously something the board is considering, what would it say about fox news, about the culture there? >> it would say one thing that o'reilly has tremendous lawyers, he's got lawyers lined up with him tonight who are saying there's a left wing smear campaign happening trying to tear him down, those people would be fighting with fox to remove him. there's this contract, this legal language, fox believes it can if

fox news colossus for two decades. watched nightly by millions. >> you are about to enter the no-spin zone. >> reporter: today the ax fell after multiple accusations of sexual and now racial discrimination. 67-year-old o'reilly the pioneer of opinion-led commentary on cable news is gone. >> for 20 years, bill o'reilly was the most important face of the most important cable news network. >> reporter: the end came just hours after lawyer lisa bloom detailed the testimony of yet another accuser. >> she said that he would walk by her desk and say, mmm-mmm! and grunt and moan at her. otherwise he would never talk to her. he'd say, looking good, looking good, girl, when she got off the elevator. and probably most offensive to her was that he had a nickname for her, hot chocolate. she's african-american. >> fire bill o'reilly! >> reporter: allegations against him have swirled for years. perhaps the public protests, the advertiser exodus from the o'reilly factor, finally forcing his employer's hand. today while o'reilly shook

fox news ceo roger ailes. accused of this by now countless, countless women working at fox news, incluing megyn kelly. roger ailes was let go by the company because of all of the accusation as of sexual harassment against him. roger ailes has a lawyer who did not offer any substantive claim of defense against this latest accusation. when we come back, we'll be joined by gabriel sherman who literally wrote the book on fox news. he'll tell us about this latest case against roger ailes and everything bill o'reilly said about this tonight on his show. me in different countries that we traveled, what is your nationality and i would always answer hispanic. so when i got my ancestry dna results it was a shocker. i'm everything. i'm from all nations. i would look at forms now and wonder what do i mark? because i'm everything. and i marked other. discover the story only your dna can tell. order your kit now at ancestrydna.com. [ om[ sniffs ]c ] little girl: daddy! trapped by your unrelenting nasal allergies? [ meow ] [

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, 21st century fox can buy out sky tv and bring fox news to the uk. there's a lot of activists who don't want that. they reached out to me. i've connected to them and sent them the information about the sexual harassment scandal at fox news which is much bigger than bill o'reilly this week. i know that's being kred in the uk. >> one of the women who make these allegations aren't long. they are not on tv anymore. >> it speaks to this culture that if you speak out, they will retaliate against you and try to take actions that will harm your career advancement. if this culture is really going to change, it's pattern behavior. we're going to need the people at fox, the people in front of the camera and the men, the sean hannity, tucker carlson, chris wallaces' to take a stand and say that do not support this. they do not want to be part of a company that treats women this way. at some point everyone has culpability. it will be really something if these men who work there would say we're not a part of that. >> any chance of that? there's men and women who h

news, 21st century fox. i connected with the activists. they delivered it personally. i thought it was another pressure point that we could put on to get bill o'reilly fired. and also on a larger point, to get them to clean up this toxic culture and actually respect the concept that we women have rights in the u.s. we have the right to be treated as equals in the workplace. those laws should be enforced everywhere, including fox news. amy: back to donald. this is extremely significant, two men supported him in normal's lee, a whole network, i mean, roger ailes, even after he was forced out, now 20 women have accused roger ailes. he was quietly fold there was a lot of consternation expressed, advising candidate donald trump and then you have bill o'reilly. and you have the donald trump scandal. i want to go to the clip from "access hollywood" years ago and how significant this is full step in fact, describing the m. o. that he attacked your client with, reaching under her skirt. this is now the president of t

then we turn to bill o'reilly and the growing sexual-harassment scandal at fox news. ,> fox news has a very tired tattered playbook. and that is attack, attack, attack, especially women who speak out against their moneymakers. amy: more than 50 advertisers showoycotting o'reilly's over his history of sexually harassing women, but the fox host has picked up the support from one big fan -- president trump. he says he does not think o'reilly did anything wrong. we will get the latest. plus, we will look at u.s.-china relations. pres. trump: we cannot continue to allow china to rape our country. and that is what they're doing. it is the greatest theft in history of the world. amy: that was donald trump on the campaign trail. today, he is hosting chinese president xi jinping at his mar-a-lago golf resort. all of that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president donald trump said wednesday a chemical weapons attack in syria this week that left at least 86 people dead had altered his position on syria and its leader b

a former fox analyst. story about what happened to her at fox news with bill o'reilly. listen to this. >> i think it is stunning because bill o'reilly was fox news. he had so much power there and was unthinkable he would ever leave accept on his terms. i did his show regularly. i thought about an incident early on in my career where i was on with margaret hoover. he got margaret's name wrong. margaret said get my name keep . at the end, he says thank you for your blondeness to both of us. i went to his executive producer and say he needs to apologize or never do that again or i won't do his show. they said he is bill. he is a throwback archie bunker. i went to my boss's office and what can we do. it is bill. there is nothing we can do. we are sorry, but there is nothing question do. i complained to roger ailes. i was told it is bill. he's a jerk. nobody likes him. roger said bill likes to put up dirty pictures and ask pretty girls to talk about them. the whole thing -- then he said, what am i going to do?

rejected o'reilly's advances. >> fox is doing what fox should do. make a big public statement that women's rights are more important than the bottom line. >> in a statement o'reilly said he was proud of his time at fox and thanked his viewers for his success. and conservative host tucker carlson's show will take over "the o'reilly factor's" coveted time slot. anne-marie? >> hena daniels here in new york. thank you, hena. >>> north korea state media has a message for the united states. don't mess with us. it warned of a super mighty preemptive strike as tensions on the korean peninsula continue to simmer. secretary of state rex tillerson says the u.s. is looking for new ways to engage the north over its nuclear program. >> we're reviewing all of the status of north korea both in terms of state sponsorship of terrorism as well as all the other ways in which we can bring pressure to bear on the regime at pyongyang. >>> meanwhile the trump administration is trying to clear up confusion after the president said last week that a u.s. aircraft carrier was

donald trump watches fox. he said nice things about fox. important to you to be sceptical towards this president? tucker: i'm sceptical towards everyone all the time with the possible exception of my wife. scepticism is the heart of journalism. it doesn't mean working out an agenda. it means not taking things as face value from people in power. the press is tee easy on the people they agree with and accept uncritically cliche's and mindlessness. breakfast is the most important meal of the day? really? everyone says that. howie: there are fervent trump fans who don't like any criticism of the president. tucker: i think people who voted for donald trump want to see him succeed. they voted for the things he promised and for what he wasn't which is part of the group ruining the country. no one i met who voted for trump thinks it's out of bounds to ask honest questions ever. this country was run by small group of people who didn't want to be questioned about what they were doing and would attack you if you did ask them what they were doing. i as

fired at fox. bill o'reilly out after 20 years. >> it is the end of an era here at the fox news channel. >> "the factor" aired overnight, but o'reilly's name removed from the title after the fallout from that scandal. we'll have o'reilly's response this morning. what will losing its biggest star mean for the cable news giant fox? >>> the new showdown. the judge he targeted on the campaign trail. >> there's a hostility towards me by the judge. i believe he happens to be spanish which is fine. >> now back in the spotlight. a sign to that headline making case by that young man deported. plus why the supreme court could be heading for another major shakeup. >>> passenger versus pilot. the angry fight caught on camera. a man shoving this american airlines pilot just moments after landing even following him out to his car. what sparked the flight fight? ♪ i need some good news baby >>> and, oh, baby. serena williams serving up some major news with this photo announcing she's pregnant. the secret she kept

the biggest show at fox.bout three years later, i went back and said i'm willing to give it another try. he said sure. i came on the show. i never had another problem. we had a good relationship actually. it just spoke volume you s i ha handle it on my own and nobody was willing to say anything to him. you can't treat a political analyst this way. >> joining us now is margaret hoover. she used to appear regularly on o'reilly's show and just featured in that clip. joining us is editor at large chris cillizza and brian stelter. margaret, that exchange on the air where he said thank you for your blondeness. >> it was a moment that makes you feel you are a blonde back drop for o'reilly's opinions and not political analyst or as a person in their own right and experiences and opinions as contributing. that was frankly pretty common experience at fox news. for me with bill o'reilly, i continued to appear on his show for four years. i want to be clear. i was never sexually harassed by bill o'reilly explicitly. there

fox. so this sort of financial department being made by this boycott is not quite as extreme as it would be if they pulled ut en masse. you can see there is pressure on fox news, on bill o'reilly. you have to anticipate at the very least, bill o'reilly is going to have to issue an extraordinarily full-throated explanation and apology for what happens here. >> interesting. i think you think alan where the rubber meets the road. he calls it the no spin zone. the huffington post is calling him the no sponsor zone. you say it's -- >> it's the democracy at work the market in moderation. if you live by the ratings and you die by the ratings and the advertising revenue. this is a real check and balance on somebody who is supposed to be a check and balance on government. in the end, he's going to have to have a full investigation. fox has no choice. they're going to have to hire louis freed, former director of the fbi or somebody like that, the way they did in the penn state case and have a comple

john roberts of fox, please. >> mr. president, thanks so much. >> the next reporter donald trump called on was from "the hill" and so that reporter asked a procedural question about legislation in congress next week, which is "the hill's" beat and the italian prime minister called on two foreign reporters who have never heard of bill o'reilly. well, okay, one of them has heard of bill o'reilly because she works for a rupert murdoch operation. so we are still waiting for the admitted sexual harasser and sexual assaulter who is the president of the united states to comment on his best friend no longer in the news media, bill o'reilly, who even the protective rupert murdoch and fox news finally found indefensible. yesterday, rupert murdoch and his sons and company gave up in their 13th year of publicly defending bill o'reilly against accusations of sexual harassment. it has been an expensive run for o'reilly and for fox news. "the new york times" reports tonight that payouts related to sexual harassment allegations at fox

fox has no choice. they are going to have to hire the former director of the fbi or somebody like that the way they did it in the penn state case and have a complete and full investigation. let the chips fall where they may. and any woman who makes a complaint deserves a full investigation. any man complained against deserves a full investigation and i think both sides would benefit from a full investigation. >> you represent as i said, back in 2004, the case regarding sexual harassment. in 2004, o'reilly settled that case, and according to the times o'reilly and fox have settled with three other women since then. i spoke to a woman last night who accused o'reilly of inappropriate behavior in 2013. are you surprised it didn't change the actions of bill o'reilly or fox? >> not at all. as a matter of fact many big companies have window dressing. they set up what they call a hot line, and they say you know if you call in the hot line or you go to hr it's going to be taken care of and it will be anonymous.

you're at fox news, you're at fox news.h back and forth, but fox news is a dedicated audience. it's attributed to his genius. what's not attributed to his genius is the arrogance that resulted in long-term behavior of people like bill o'reilly. >> nailed it. >> mika, it's amazing how quickly this happened also. one year ago. one year ago, fox news was at the top of their game. bigger numbers than ever before. >> they're still good. >> their numbers are still great. but at the same time, they have to figure out where they're going to go. >> they have to reinvent themselves for the new era anyway. it was easy for eight years when they had president obama in the white house to position themselves as the voice of the opposition, voice of truth to an un -- dishonest liberal establishment. and how do they position snemsz. >> they're in the same position republicans are in. >> they are. >> which is interesting. >> which is something, by the way, when trump emerged on the scene, something they were worried about on the inside there

. >>> developing news tonight, bill o'reilly out at fox news. a stunning fall for a tv powerhouse for decades, brought down by new allegations of sexual harassment and millions in payouts. tonight the fallout and a renewed focus on behavior in the workplace. >>> disgraced nfl star suicide, convicted killer aaron hernandez found hanging in his prisonell. his lawyer raising questions. >>> a startling warning on iran, the trump administration escalating the war of words saying iran could follow the same path as north korea >>> saving on health care. an increasingly popular way families are saving money tax free on medical, dental, even prescriptions. >>> and girl scout pride, what makes this troop's bond so powerful, when they are together, they are right at home. "nightly news" begins right now. >>> good evening to our viewers in the west. bill o'reilly who has dominated cable news ratings for years is out tonight. fox news cutting ties with the fire brand commentator in the wake of a mounting trail of sexual harassment accusations and multimillio

fox hired an outside law firm to investigate. reaction was swift. over 50 of the network's advertisers fled the show. the fox news headquarters were picketed and leave lets like these were handed out. but the decision was complicated. >> thanks for watching us tonight. i'm bill o'reilly. >> the audience is incredibly loyal during the sexual harassment scandal. his ratings in fact have gone up. >> reporter: fox was stunned to hear of o'reilly's firing especially as the network's bosses seem to praise him as they pushed him out the door. by ratings standards, bill o'reilly is one of the most accomplished tv personalities in the history of cable news. in fact, his success by any measure is indisputable. >> there is a generational split at fox news. sources say the younger generations want to move fox news into a more modern era where these kinds of allegation s are not tolerated. >> thank you to cynthia mcfadden for that. mr. o'reilly releasing a statement in part it is tremendously disheartening that we part ways due to completely unfounded claims. we

he is a giant on fox news, the face of fox news, really. harassment allegations is an earthquake as far as cable news goes in washington, dc and even in conservative circles. was a real power player, he had a sit down interview with donald trump at half—time of the super bowljust a few months ago. the fact he has been remove doubt is truly remarkable. we know donald trump watches fox news, fox news more broglie is very important to conservatives in the uk. is it a network in crisis? it is definitely adrift. several major faces have departed, first of all the creator of fox news because of his own sexual harassment scandal lastjuly. his own sexual harassment scandal last july. megan his own sexual harassment scandal lastjuly. megan kelly, who had her own talk show, she left for another cable news network. there is a changing of the guard, it seems. tucker carlson will be taking over this brain hpm spot—on fox news. they have had trouble defining themselves in the donald trump era. initially they had problems with him and there was a little b

for 21st century fox. >> interesting.'m glad you said that i tried to explain to people for the last several days that it's not necessarily the advertisers, which they're important, but subscription rates bring in more money than advertising to cable. >> that's right. so we should just note there if you look at bill o'reilly's ratings, he continues to be very strong. he has a loyal audience that audience is sticking with him. as long as that audience is there, that's good for affiliate. >> they'll subscribe to fox news channel when they're trying to figure out what cable services. thank you, dylan. i want to bring in cale leagkal mcenany. >> kudos to o'reilly for the ratings. it's just sort of sad that i think dylan's point is exactly correct. if he were a lesser success or frankly not a television star, anyone elsewhere these kinds of allegations were made public so repeatedly, we can hope -- we can hope he would be out. then again honestly, i don't know, the truth is, this happens all the time. and the men the survive t

and fox news came under intense pressure to drop him. npr media correspondent david said it became untenable. >> they a had to decide whether they wanted the issue of sexual conduct to define their network. >> rupert murdoch told employees we want to underscore our consistent commitment to fostering a work environmental built on trust and respect. his ouster was announced while he was on vacation. a photo yesterday showed him at the vatican shaking hands with the pope. in a statement o'reilly called the allegations unfounded and said i will always look back on my time at fox with great pride and the unprecedented success we achieved. fox news founding chairman roger ailes resigned after similar arcizatiar accusations. >> one of the accusers, megyn kelly left in february. show was reportedly angered by comments o'reilly made on "cbs this morning" about her claims. >> i'm not interested in basically litigating something that is finished that makes my network look bad. >> radio host wendy walsh came forward and said she, too, was a victim o

among them, former fox chairman and ceo roger ailes.signed after former anchor, gretchen carlson, filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against him. the first domino in this dramatic turn of events. 21st century fox settled with carlson for a reportedly $20 million. ailes denied the allegations. with o'reilly's ouster, fox may have been trying to get ahead of other possible alleged accusers. >> i know more accusers. some have now told me, well, there is no point in coming forward now. he's been fired. others may have lawsuits against him, and they may file those lawsuits. >> reporter: o'reilly out of the country on a family vacation shook hands tuesday with pope francis in the vat ranican's vi line. a contrast to his firing hours later. this morning, the no-spin zone is no more. >> this morning, "national geographic" and publisher reportedly say they have no plans to sever ties with o'reilly, who has projects in the works. inside fox news wednesday afternoon, staff was stunned to hear of o'reilly's firing, especially as the network's bosses

at one point trump praised "fox and friends" and then that clip was played on "fox and friends" where >> "fox and friends" in the morning? they're very honorable people. [ light laughter ] >> wow. what do you think about that? [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: it was like steve doocy did a giant bong rip right before watching that clip. [ laughter ] what do you think of that? now to be fair, there are a few fox news anchors who covered the trump administration skeptically and subjected his team to rigorous interviews, like chris wallace, shepard smith and others. but of course, trump doesn't like to quote those guys in his twitter feed. instead, he prefers people like the "fox and friends" and of course, one of his favorite sources, bill o'reilly. in fact, you might remember that when trump tweeted out of nowhere in january, that he might send the feds to chicago, it had been uttered nearly verbatim an hour earlier by o'reilly. and then of course, there was the time trump saw a fox news segment about sweden and suggested there had been a terrorist incident there, even thou

what remaining questions are there at fox?ned him to the new contract, knowing that these allegations were going to come out, obviously there were earlier allegations that everybody knew about. and know that they were doing this -- there were settlements being paid after roger ailes' exit under the same sexual harassment cloud produced a lot of anger internally. and made women there question whether the murdochs were committed to a workplace based on respect as they said. >> do you believe they will feel that now after this decision? >> i do. i do. and i think the women who were afraid to come forward because they never thought roger ailes would be ousted had a new voice within the company. >> what are you hearing about the role that women at the company played behind the scenes? >> well, they were -- they were really disheartened. there were people described it to me as outrage, that the revelations came out post ailes. they obviously renewed his deal knowing that this story was coming of it, so they made a calculation then t