i think that's why this whole story has become a politics story about harvey wine steen because there is is close relationship. obama, hillary clinton, bill clinton, they were personal friends with harvey winestein, it is not clear how close they were but they appeared together, the candidates came to his house to do fund raisers. and it's not entirely sure how much way winestein had on democrats but he had a direct line i think generally to bill clinton and obama and hillary as well. host: that being said, how have democrats responded so far to the sexual harassment story? guest: i think the response has been a little bit slow. i think a lot of people were caught off guard by this story. and i think people who cover him, this has been an unspoken story that there have been whispers and rumors but no one had nailed the story until the "new york times" did on october 5. and so that big story came out. the new yorker one that came out a little later. but people basically have been -- reporters went to politicians and said to them, what do you make of this? and people were asking for sta

. >> since we last heard from you, harvey wine steen has become the subject of serious sexual hard racks allegation monday and building pressure among democrats who receive to additions from him to send the money back. does the president support the idea that democrats who got donations from this person depend the money back. >> that's a decision for those individuals to make. whether or not that's money they want to take, that's up to them. that's not a decision for us to make. >> one more. why hasn't the president fired john coscon from the irs? >> i'll have to ask him. >> the president's lavashe de -- [inaudible] -- >> can you speak up a little bit? >> nevadays credit federal money programs to deal with terrorist attacks for the great response. you have cuts in those programs in your budget plan. are you rethinking that? >> i think at this point we're continuing to move forward. if there is a moment where we feel like the safety security of american citizens may be at risk because of cuts, i think we have to revisit it at that time. jim. >> sarah, the nation lost 32,000 jobs in septem

the organisation behind the oscars votes overwhelmingly to expel disgraced hollywood producer harvey wine—steenboard said it wanted to send a message that there was no place in the industry for "sexually predatory behaviour." motorists who cause death by speeding, street racing or while on a mobile phone are among those who may be handed life sentences under government proposals. austrians head to the polls for a snap general election — the 31—year—old conservative party leader sebastian kurz is tipped to become europe's youngest leader and form an alliance with the far—right. a0 people have died and hundreds are still missing following six days of wildfires in california. it's the most lethal outbreak in the state's history with more than 100 thousand people have been displaced and whole neighbourhoods reduced to ash. coming up in a few minutes, our sunday morning edition of the papers. this morning's reviewers are sian griffiths, education editor for the sunday times, and the political commentator vincent moss. before the papers, sport. for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here's ri

now on friday we were talking about the harvey wine steen scandal thank you to iranian news editor for correcting me on the pronunciation i was saying once time anyway the story was how twitter temporarily blocked the account of rosemarie down as one of the actresses accusing him of sexual assault which led to a sort of solidarity movement online a hashtag called women boycott twitter sarra you have an update for us this is changed now in the space of twenty for us i do actually come all in fact so much so that some people are women that we have actually some of them have changed their mind and instead of being silent for twenty four hours they decided to actually speak up and us comedian a killer boycotted twitter for twenty minutes but then came back online because of another course she felt was more important now an online campaign which was cool w c affirmation that stands for affirmation of women of color it's quickly becoming a worldwide trend and that was started by this activist and social media influencer april ryan who's known for starting social media campaigns like the vira

i think that's why this whole story has become a politics story about harvey wine steen because there is is close relationship. obama, hillary clinton, bill clinton, they were personal friends with harvey winestein, it is not clear how close they were but they appeared together, the candidates came to his house to do fund raisers. and it's not entirely sure how much way winestein had on democrats but he had a direct line i think generally to bill clinton and obama and hillary as well. host: that being said, how have democrats responded so far to the sexual harassment story? guest: i think the response has been a little bit slow. i think a lot of people were caught off guard by this story. and i think people who cover him, this has been an unspoken story that there have been whispers and rumors but no one had nailed the story until the "new york times" did on october 5. and so that big story came out. the new yorker one that came out a little later. but people basically have been -- reporters went to politicians and said to them, what do you make of this? and people were asking for sta

harvey weinstein. amazon has projects with the wine steen company. there's a conflict there as well.so entangled in incidents because isa hackett said she was willing to share more about the event because she's boldened on what to give out. >> do you know if there was action taken after the investigation in 2015? do you think the suspension that they announced yesterday is because of the harvey weinstein stuff that amazon was trying to get in front of this? >> we don't know. we know that isa said she told amazon about this incident back then. that it was investigated. amazon told us that the information, the same thing earlier this summer. i think yesterday she had a lot more detail about the nature of his remarks, some very explicit and graphic details. i believe that made this tougher to ignore. >> you learned that amazon brought in the same investigator who looked into isa's claims two years ago to talk with employees in the spring. tell me about this. because what we hear about in other companies where sexual harassment or assault is uncovered. companies bringing people to talk t

harvey win steen? >> this is a different academy. they're trying to stave off more negative publicity and meet this outcry to punish harvey wine teen. >> something weinstein's brother bob endorses in an interview with "the hollywood reporter." saying he had no idea about the type of predator he was. adding i want him to get the justice he deserves. harvey weinstein denies any allegations of nonconsensual sex. with more than 30 women accusing him of sexual harassment or misconduct this morning he is facing retribution from his brother and hollywood. the question is will criminal justice be next. for "today," anne thompson nbc news new york. >>> former white house senior strategist steve bannon taking aim at the republican convention. this as questions surround president trump's decision to slash health care subsidies that were provided under obamacare. nbc's kelly o'donnell is in washington to wrap it all up for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, willie. it's been a couple of months since steve bannon left the white house, and he is back and he likes to describe himself as a fighter. he's getting in the ring. he's taking on

harvey weinstein. women in hollywood say social media, plus the anger about trump getting into the oval office instead of hillary were propelling forces in the fire raining down on wine steen it is a witch hunt. i hope it is a purge. there are people we have to get rid of in our business. let's put aside witch hunt is the wrong word to use here. do we think hollywood will follow through and truly purge? >> i'm not sure yet. i think, look, i think a lot of us, this town is a place where there is power imbalances in all the of the hallways. >> capitol hill. >> a lot of women have experienced a lot of things like this. i think the question is going to be is the culture on now a long-term ark of change or not? are women going to be willing to happened to me, it's not okay. >> okay. i give you an insight on this topic and the discussion we should have this morning. and one of my producers said the way i feel about the gun control debate which feels like we are always in cul-de-sac and it goes nowhere, she was arguing that's the sexual assault conversation we have and women in the workplace. we have the conversation when something high profile happens and then it goes away. >> i

wine steen former president obama finely breaking silence about the donor says michelle and i have been you disgusted bir reported about harveyaenz degrades women in fashion needs on the condemned held accountable regardless of welt wealth or status hillary clinton stays behavior described cannot be tolerated the support is critical in helping stop this behavior weinstein's wife is leaving him saying quote my heart breaks for all women who have suffered tremendous pain because of these unfor gifbl actions. >> the legal story can be charging. >> he could be charged for rape case but they do date back sometime, one of them in 2004, and so prosecutors would have a hard time bringing this case against them, because of the evidence the women have to be willing to come forward, and in case of the audio recording that we heard, that woman she settled, so there will will be no cases. >> however, i will point out legally if people get subpoenaed then the restrictions in these nondisclosure agreements fall away if in a lawsuit subpoenaed those restrictions no longer apply some rape cases the article in new yorker covered, there is one