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julie, you wrote a letter alongside gretchen carlson speaking out for survivors of sexual harassment assault. why was it important for you personally to send this letter? >> well, gretchen carlson and i, in the wake of our own experiences at fox news, created an organization called lift our voices that's dedicated to eradicating silencing mechanisms in the workplace that cover up things like sexual assault and sexual harassment and the beauty of what we were able to accomplish is that the senate unanimously voted for our law, the speak out act, which effectively allows survivors and pre-dispute ndas to get out of their ndas and to tell their truth. and so, from our perspective, the very same senators who unanimously voted for this legislation and also something called the ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harassment act, which also gives women back their voice. these senators unanimously voted for both these bills and gave brilliant floor speeches about how they wanted survivors to come forward, how they wanted to give survivors back their voices, how they wante

laura: gretchen carlson of lift our voices, thank you for your time. ank you. ♪ geoff: president biden has just one week left in office and the raging wildfires in california have become fodder for political debate. for the political stakes of the moment, we are joined tonight by tamara keith of npr and andrew desiderio of punchbowl news. amy walter is away. welcome to you both. as we continue covering these destructive wildfires out west, the state's governor and los angeles's mayor are fending off attacks from donald trump and his allies, namely elon musk. how is this unfolding and what is at stake if donald cuts off or withholds federal disaster relief? tamara: to be fair, they are also fending off criticism from residents of their own states, who are frustrated with the response and, you know, the reality is that these fires move so fast and so furious, it was like hundreds of simultaneous house fires they were trying to fight, so there's only so much that can or could be done in that moment. but, yeah, the politics broke out immediately. i mean, th

not also democratic strategist alicia johnson and journalist and lift our voices co-founder gretchen carlsonchen, are you surprised by this sort of 11th hour uncertainty? hard to tell how real it may be. we heard thom tillis there saying he's looking for evidence but hasn't really found anything. >> yeah, we thought it was a done deal. after the procedural vote yesterday, with only two republicans saying no. but you know, it started percolating earlier this morning that there was maybe some consternation amongst republican senators, others who are voting yes. and it's just sort of been building throughout the day. i mean, there's sort of this feeling now that it may not happen. and exactly what manu was saying is that thom tillis and mcconnell are the two that might actually end up voting no. you know, listening to thom tillis and how he was saying how he's looking at all the evidence and he wants to talk to first party people. you see, this is what i think all senators should have been doing from the beginning, like to just come out and say, i'm automatically supporting this person with all

joining us is journalist and lift our voices co-founder gretchen carlson, also cnn political commentators ashley allison and brad todd. um, gretchen, i mean, how problematic is this payment in your mind? the payment to the payment of $50,000. >> um. >> you know, look, it can go both ways. i mean, people can argue that you do this because you want to get rid of it, right? that's kind of the old school argument. you can also argue that you do it because it's real. so i don't know if we'll ever know. what i do know is that apparently the fbi never even went to speak to this woman during the investigation. so people have to understand that this was not even though it was under the biden administration. it wasn't the biden administration leading the fbi as to how this investigation should happen. this was obviously run by the trump transition team, and it's very similar to the kavanaugh fbi investigation, where, you know, certain things are uncovered and certain things are not. and i think that we saw that at play now, because now we're seeing other statements come out from the fbi. supposedly

we've also had gretchen carlson, who more in an up to date world, worked with pete hegseth.rvices committee to let hegseth alleged victim provide testimony anonymously. here's the quote while mr. hegseth has allegedly released his the survivor from her nondisclosure agreement, his attorney has threatened to sue her for defamation if she were to come forw to discuss what happened to her and to her testimony were to prevent mr. hegseth confirmation. mr. hegseth threats cast a chilling pall on women who simply want to speak out about sexual misconduct or and should be and in and of themselves disqualifying. what do you make of that? we've had something like that. we've had thousands, 28,000 service members have experienced unwanted sexual contact. in 2023, 82% of them were women, 18% of them were men, eight 8515 reports of sexual assault involving service members are still active. should this man should the should the woman who was allegedly assaulted by him be allowed to testify in your view? or should she be protected somehow and allowed to testify? >> so that's that's the pr

>> and let me just point out the hypocrisy here, because i actually got the only two federal gretchen carlson, and i got the only two federal pieces of metoo legislation through the senate and the house. and every single one of those, one had to do with ndas. and every single one of those senators who voted for him today, every single one, all said that they supported a ban on pre-dispute ndas for sexual misconduct, and every single one gave these great speeches about how ndas have no place when it comes to sexual misconduct. and we're living in a whole new world now, and women need to be believed. and it was a beautiful moment. and then they turn around and do this. i mean, talk about hypocrisy, talk about throwing out your values on behalf of donald trump. >> i'm shocked. >> i'm shocked too. i'm shocked. i'm floored. exactly. but i mean, but but it does mean something, right? because these people did stand up with tears in their eyes. we have to believe all women and we have to. ndas have no place. and look what happened. look what happened. the minute donald trump told them to bend the kne

you to the senate armed services committee or to your chair and ranking member from fox news, gretchen carlsonors of sexual misconduct at fox news and co-founders of a nonprofit organization dedicated to eradicating silencing mechanisms in the workplace. we write to you to share our perspective. while hegseth has allegedly released the survivor from her nondisclosure agreement, his attorney has threatened to sue her for defamation if she were to come forward to discuss what happened to her and if her testimony were to prevent mr. hegseth confirmation hexes. threats cast a chilling pall on women who simply want to speak out about sexual misconduct and should be, in and of themselves, disqualifying. have you asked your ranking member to talk to the accuser, or what efforts have the democrats made to ascertain the truth about these disturbing accusations and allegations? >> we've sought more details, nicole. >> but let's be very clear. >> the attorney for pete hegseth has threatened the accuser, the survivor of that sexual assault, with a lawsuit, defamation, part of a purposefully and relentless

gretchen carlson is a former fox news host and co—founder of the women's rights nonprofit, lift 0ur voices about him as they begin to weigh this upcoming confirmation vote. ., ., confirmation vote. thanks for havinu confirmation vote. thanks for having me- — confirmation vote. thanks for having me- l _ confirmation vote. thanks for having me. i never— confirmation vote. thanks for having me. i never had - confirmation vote. thanks for having me. i never had any i having me. i never had any personal interaction with pete at work because we were working on the opposite ends of a time schedule. based on the allegations that have come forward, i think there is a myriad of problems here. it's notjust myriad of problems here. it's not just the sexual myriad of problems here. it's notjust the sexual misconduct issues it's also the mismanagement allegations that the two nonprofits that they ran allegations of excessive drinking. ithink ran allegations of excessive drinking. i think there's a lot of things here that senators should be paying attention to and so far only two republicans have said th