a typical story in hollywood. if you bemoan it then you're just kind of like a victimologist, and i think that is a very bad thing to be because people who come to hollywood and then complain about hollywood, where were they? didn't they read f scott films jerald residents the last tike con. -- tycoon. it's always been the same. >> host: like how. >> i have my -- i wrote enemies and people were saying it was the best adaptation ever and -- blah blah blah. i made a million dollars but part of me was saying, -- it lasted 20 minutes, and then an earlier investigation of that when i wrote "the big fix" and wrote the screen adaptation of my own book, it was a burst of that. i worked with richard pryor and unless your name is steven spielberg, it is not -- nowhere near as glammous as it used to be. now it's more drill industrialized. >> host: when your wildfire was starting a new company, higher education, political correctness, share your politics? >> guest: yes. we couldn't do that at the other university. definitely

well some hollywood actors like ronald reagan actually became f.b.i.informants others refused to disavow their first amendment freedom of political association during the witch hunt and september of nineteen forty seven we have got the first hearings about the hollywood ten as we've come to know that they actually called for forty one witness is nineteen of whom they expected to be hostile and those nineteen ten testified ten leading hollywood people seven of whom were writers only one was an actor but they claimed the first amendment and refused to answer a question. ns about their political affiliations based upon the first amendment they were later found to be in contempt they were sent to prison in one thousand nine hundred fifty these are people like dalton trumbo ring lardner lardner was the most highly paid and successful screenwriter in hollywood at the time i mean these are the top names these were academy award winners and they were clearly very very patriotic and they refused to talk about whether they had been members of the communist party

a bad thing to me because people come to hollywood and then complain about hollywood. it was all there. it's always been the same. >> host: what's it like to be on top? >> guest: is great for ten minutes. i had my ten or 20 minutes. when i wrote enemies people were saying it's the best application ever and a nobel prize winner i felt like a million dollars. that's part of me was saying this isn't going to last. it lasted maybe 20 minutes and an earlier version when i wrote the basic end of the screen adaptation of my own book, there was a verse of that. but unless your name is steven spielberg that's what it is. it's nowhere near as glamorous as it used to be. now it is more industrialized. it doesn't even make the attraction. >> host: you mentioned you and your wife are starting a new company dealing with higher education and political correctness. does she share your politics? >> guest: yes. we couldn't do this if she didn't. it wouldn't be a marriage made in heaven. it's not political correctness per se. it's a company that is going to try to open up the higher educ

while some hollywood actors like ronald reagan actually became f.b.i. informants others refused to disavow their first amendment freedom of political association during the witch hunt and september of nineteen forty seven we have got the first hearings about the hollywood ten as we've come to know that they actually called for forty one witness is nineteen of whom they expected to be hostile and those nineteen ten testified ten leading hollywood people seven of whom were writers only one was an actor but they claimed the first amendment and refused to answer a question. ns about their political affiliations based upon the first amendment they were later found to be in contempt they were sent to prison in one thousand nine hundred fifty these are people like dalton trumbo ring lardner lardner was the most most highly paid and successful screenwriter in hollywood at the time these are the top names these were academy award winners and they were clearly very very patriotic and they refused to talk about whether they had been members of the communist party

the standards of america hollywood is liberal we live extravagantly. obviously our sex lives and in the scene for the recent news or above normal extraordinary you would say. we spend liberal on things that seem crazy to people to spend a million dollars doing scenes in a movie you know plus it's got an aura of fun and since the one of the darker sides of brody and psychologies elaboration on childhood sexuality is not only be increasing sexualization of teens and pre-teens by media but the overt pedophilia that has been exposed in recent years from washington to hollywood. with former speaker of the house dennis hastert being sentenced and hollywood celebrities like kevin spacey and director bryan singer accused has anyone asked bryan singer do you have settlements with anybody asked marty singer bryan singer's attorney as did bryan singer settle with anyone you know no one's asked and no one wants to ask that's the thing nobody in hollywood wants to ask the tough questions because it's going to cost them a lot of money we're talking about the x.-men

they said they open office in hollywood the pentagon always had this hollywood relationship going back for years but cia never quite this way so they opened an office in ninety six they sent out a guy called chase brandon he meant toward any kind involved with sum of all fears our go zero dark thirty the alias series and my three charlie wilson's war is more of a pentagon deal but there it was complete distortion tom hanks is a hero charlie wilson was an idiot a moron who went to afghanistan and caused a lot of damage bill casey was running his own war in afghanistan it's a very complicated story but. the analysis of charlie wilson's war is that you know we have to go to war for afghanistan because it's over the soviets are going to destroy afghanistan and threaten our way of life. zero dark thirty is also an egregious example of propaganda one of the premises of zero dark thirty is that torture is not only efficacious but beneficial and more against quote unquote terror. your friend. can help you. break you. any questions waterboarding has been a u.s. instrument of interrogation datin

authorities in the next few moments for years he ruled hollywood but now the disgraced movie mogul faces a rest in new york after an avalanche of accusations of sexual assault and bring. north korea tells donald trump is still ready to talk at any time this despite the u.s. presidents are up to cancellation of the summit which the words leader kim jong un . and holds open in ireland historic abortion referendum the mainly catholic nation has one of the strictest abortion laws in europe as close result is expected. i'm simply so much going to thank you for joining us we're going to take you now right to new york city where former hollywood mogul harvey weinstein is expected to hand himself over to police on charges of sexual misconduct in just a moment these are live pictures you're looking at you can see a large crowd of journalists and onlookers there on hand this is in the middle of manhattan and after surrendering to authorities weinstein is actually expected to go to the manhattan criminal court to be arraigned oh officials close to the case say weinstein will be charged with rape an

be so misconduct good to have you with us we start in new york city where former hollywood film mogul harvey weinstein is headed and self in the police and is now in custody on charges of rape and sexual assault why seen arrived at the police station shortly after seven am local time flanked by detectives following his official arrest weinstein was taken to a manhattan criminal court to be arraigned he's now been charged with rape and sex crimes involving two women has denied any non consensual sexual contact but more than seventy women have made accusations against the co-founder of the miramax studio and the weinstein company the allegations gave rise to the me too movement and this will be the first time weinstein has been formally charged since the avalanche of allegations emerged. harvey weinstein was once one of hollywood's most celebrated moguls his studios were behind a string of oscar winning films in weinstein's hands an actor's career could be made or broken but his story began to fall last october when the new york times published multiple reports of serious sexual miscond

months of allegations harvey weinstein hands himself into authorities according to your charges the hollywood film producer with rape and sexual assault before releasing him on bail his lawyer says he will plead not guilty. also coming up after conciliatory words from pyongyang u.s. president donald trump says that his summit with north korean leader kim jong un could take place after all that's despite trauma counseling and only yesterday. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program former hollywood film producer harvey weinstein has been arrested and charged with rape and other sex crimes that's after he turned himself into authorities in new york a manhattan court has now released weinstein after he posted bail of one million dollars he also has to wear a moderate device while the criminal case against him proceeds more than seventy women have accused weinstein of sexual misconduct. arriving at a court in new york hollywood's most famous power player turned to riot gear to face the first criminal charges to be brought against him think huge rate and other sex crimes involving two separate women

to hollywood here the former hollywood film producer harvey weinstein is expected to hand himself overto new york police later today on charges of sexual misconduct or the seventy women have made accusations including rape against the co-founder of the miramax studio the weinstein company the allegations gave rise to the me too movement this be the first time wise team has been formally charged since the avalanche of allegations emerged. harvey weinstein was once one of hollywood's most celebrated moguls the studios were behind a string of oscar winning films in weinstein's hands an actor's career could be made or broken but his story began to fall last october when the new york times published multiple reports of serious sexual misconduct more than seventy women came forward to accuse weinstein including some of hollywood's biggest female stars allegations range from unwanted sexual advances to rape. only days ago actor asia argento spoke out at the khan film festival i have a few words to say. in one thousand nine hundred seven i was raped by harvey weinstein here at cannes i was twe

matthews there hollywood reporter talking to us from l.a. . well people in ireland are heading to the polls today at a historic referendum their boat will decide whether to reform the country's near total ban all abortions polls have just opened and the result is expected this weekend ireland has seen weeks of bitter campaigning which has left the mostly catholic nation divided currently ireland has some of the most restrictive laws in europe the only legal case for an abortion is a pregnant woman's life is at risk in cases of rape or fetal fatal fetal abnormalities women in ireland have to travel abroad for abortions g.w. went to meet one of those women. and a loving mother that's what jennifer ryan always hoped to be six years ago she was pregnant for the second time it seemed like a normal pregnancy until a routine scan in the twenty second week brought jennifer as well as crushing down she can still remember the doctor's exact words. hero no i think your baby has a lot of problems and she has a very severe form a spinal bifida starting on

they said they reached out to hollywood elites who said this is how hollywood works. harvey run this is town. you'll never get anywhere. harvey weinstein being arrested, arraigned, the times up movement. does it change things? >> i think it changes things globally. i don't know about hollywood. hollywood is retro, and it really does feel like i can almost sense them missing their king. you know? they're sad about this in a lot of ways. they miss their de facto leader. it doesn't matter that he's a rapist, but it matters to us culturally. it matters to the world, and hollywood puts the images and thauk thaukts -- thoughts out for us to see, and how we know who is behind it. >> you think even though harvey has been arrested, hollywood doesn't change? we talk about it all the time. >> i think hollywood has operated like a mafia for so long. they take a vow if you're in it, but for me i kind of said nobody asked me to take a vow of silence, so no thanks. >> well, when you tweeted today, we got you harvey, we got you, what does that mean? what does his punishment look like

also coming up for years he ruled hollywood but today harvey weinstein faces arrest in new york the disgraced movie mogul is expected to surrender to police after an avalanche of accusations of sexual assault and rape. and voting is underway in arlin's historic abortion referendum but mainly catholic nation has one of the strictest abortion laws in europe a close result is expected. hello i'm terry martin thanks for tuning in north korea says it will start talks with still wants talks rather with the united states insisting that it's open to them it any time this after u.s. president all trump abruptly canceled a highly anticipated summit with north korea's leader kim jong il and in a message to kim president trump blamed his decision on quote open hostility from pyongyang south korea has expressed regret that the summit is not going ahead. donald trump's letter that puts a plan summit with north korea on ice the u.s. president blamed paean yang's open hostility towards washington with korea but trump left open the possibility of meeting at a later date if north korea fulfilled the u.s. deman

them. >> narrato it was no longer hollywood's open secret. sexually harassing female employees and actors... >> (reporter speaking chinese) >> (report speaking spanish) >> (reporter speaking french) >> narrator: "the new yorke times" published mul allegations of sexual harassmenc going back dades.ar >> hy weinstein seemed to conduct himself as if he was invincible. so we really kind of held our breath after the story broke wondering if it was gonna have an impact. >> narrator: further allegations-- some of assault and rape-- would follow in the "new yorker." in the following weeks, dozens more women-- some famous, some not-- would come forward. ♪ >> i had no idea of the breadth and enormity of the story, i that was the most shockingus. thing, realizing that he was a serious predor, and he had been seriously abusing people with total impunity for all this time. (camera shutters clicking) narrator: soon after the newse, breinstein was fired from his company and went into thery. >> i spoke to harvey, he doesn't und sad and dejected, he sounds a

that was hollywood reporter kim matthews speaking about harvey weinstein's arrest now another hollywood giant is also facing accusations today actor morgan freeman has issued an apology after reports of multiple sexual harassment allegations according to us media reports women have come forward saying freeman had subjected them to a range of troubling behavior on film sets or promotional tours the allegations include the hollywood actor making comments about their bodies or touching them suggestively in a statement the shushing credentials star apologize to anyone who felt quote unquote comfortable or disrespected. to some other news now in north korea says it is still willing to talk with the united states at any time this after u.s. president donald trump abruptly canceled a highly anticipated summit with north korea's leader kim jong un in a letter to camp president trump blamed his decision on quote open hostility from pyongyang south korea has expressed regret that the summit is not going at. i. the banners read we condemn trump in south korea surprise at the canceled summit is qui

of allegations harvey weinstein hands himself into authorities a court in new york charges of a hollywood film producer with rape and sexual assault before releasing him on bail his lawyer says that he will plead not guilty also coming up in the netherlands and australia say that they hold russia legally responsible for shooting down and made seventeen over eastern ukraine almost four years ago moscow denies any response ability for the attack which killed all two hundred and ninety eight people on board and is it on or is it all after conciliatory words from pyongyang u.s. president donald trump says that his summit with north korean leader kim jong un could take place after all. i'm sorry kelly walking to the program hollywood film producer harvey weinstein has been released on a one million dollars bail after appearing before a manhattan court he was charged with rape and sex abuse involving encounters with two women weinstein agreed to wear an electronic monitor and refrain from traveling beyond new york and connecticut the movie producer was toppled from hollywood's highest ranks las

news live from berlin harvey weinstein will turn south into authorities today for years he ruled hollywood but in just a few hours' time the disgraced movie mogul faces arrest in new york after an avalanche of accusations of sexual assault and brings. north korea tells donald trump is still ready to talk at any time this despite the u.s. president's abrupt cancellation of a summit with the north's leader kim jong un. and polls open in ireland's historic abortion referendum the mainly catholic nation and one of the strictest abortion laws in durham a close result is expected. i'm serious almost kind of welcome to the show the former hollywood film mogul harvey weinstein is expected to hand himself over to new york city police and just a few hours time on charges of sexual misconduct more than seventy women have made accusations including rape against the co-founder of the miramax studio in the weinstein company the allegations gave rise to the need to movement this would be the first time weinstein has been formally charged since the avalanche of allegations emerged. was harvey weinstein wa

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w >> narratonstein was at the top of the hollywood establishment.s in the movie industry was investigating a disturbing rumo abm. >> we had heard that gwyneth paltrow had been assaulted. we hea it from a director who was very upset about it, and wanted it to be out there. and we thought well, "yeah, you know, we gotta try and do this." but there was no path forward al that point a if you call their publicist andt say, "i wanted to ta gwyneth paltrow because i heard she was attacked by harvey weinstein," you can image how that phone call would go. it would be short. (laughs) >> narrator: paltrow didn't address the rumors at the time, and never accused him of assau. but she's since said that weinstein harassed her, and thah she to agent, and her then-boyfriend brad pitt, whonf nted weinstein. >> it's a hard choice to make. she could take him on or havem her career, annot blaming her for not wanting to take him on. wehee seen in the aftermath, lengths to which he would go to destroy people who tried to take him on. (indistinct chatter) >> narrator: wha

the man who has done some incredible hollywood music like the music from ocea ns hollywood music like neck of the woods. we are trying to reflect the woods. we are trying to reflect the musical soul of each of the cities in the line—up. the musical soul of each of the cities in the line-up. it sounds incredible. thank you, matt everett, speaking to us from that event in belfast, which kicks off in about an hour. now, if you've ever found yourself getting antsy and annoyed while ordering a takeaway, you're not alone. new research suggests the trauma of waiting for pizzas and other fast food increases our heart rates from 70 beats per minute to 87. stress levels also increase from 17.25 to 18.38, which sets in around a0 minutes after ordering food. dr martin khechera, who conducted the research at wolverhampton university, joins us now. talk about first world problems, ta ke talk about first world problems, take trauma?! yes, i will work has really shown that this might be a really shown that this might be a real thing. we did this work at our facility at the university at wolverhampton

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right in the middle of hollywood.ap. >> a solo mission that put hollywood at a stand still. the massive premier capps off an epic week with donald glove. it started with hosting "snl." >> yes, i am danny glover's father. ♪ this is america >> and the release of his politically charged video. it has for than 80 million youtube viewers in a week. >> this is a highlight. >> captain lando calrissian. >> the film's breakout star, d alden ehrenreich plays solo, a role that made harrison ford a star. compare this experience? >> doint thing they let me into the party pip was 19. i was like, trust me. i'm supposed to be at the party. >> you don't get in tonight, there's problems. >> then the screening really didn't go well. >> coming up -- >> i'm being honored for something i love doing most in life. >> what makes jessica simpson mom of the year? how far will she go the keep her kids happy? >> cute to watch them have fun. >>> plus, meghan markle's connection to princess diana you never knew. and we're with harry and meghan toda

arresting him earlier today on the right unsexy huge challenges for months after he was toppled from hollywood's most powerful ranks by an avalanche of misconduct accusations will be going live to new york in just a second also on the program is it on or is it all fall to consider true words from pyongyang u.s. president all trump says is so much with north korean leader kim jong un could take place after all we'll take you to washington for more on that. and the island focus in a historic referendum on abortion the mainly catholic nation has one of the strictest abortion laws in europe analysts are expecting a close result. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring it feels good to have you with us we start in new york city where former hollywood film producer harvey weinstein has been released on a one million dollars bio after appearing before a manhattan court he was charged with wright and sex abuse charges involving encounters with two women weinstein agreed to wear an electronic monitor and also to refrain from traveling beyond new york and connecticut the movie producer was toppled

hollywood greats. we know politicians court hollywood stars for support katy perry is paid over seventy thousand dollars to perform for the hillary clinton campaign well it seems no money was needed for that he stood to stump at their public a national convention in two thousand and twelve harvey weinstein's ties to the clintons and barack obama ran deeper than the millions of dollars of campaign contributions he's raised obama's daughter malia went to in turn for the weinstein company after his presidency a political campaign support should be expected from citizens celebrity or not. the deeper threat arises when film and media are influenced to tell stories on behalf of the political establishment such products could be construed as propaganda. they were a lot of people in hollywood who have some kind of relationship with the cia and department of defense an awful long list of individuals that we have in the book maybe loads of these people have visited langley and some of them have a close connectio

he almost ran hollywood, he was such a powerfulfigure. ran hollywood, he was such a powerful figure. more than 100 women have accused him of sexual assault over a period of a0 years and some of those accusations even include rape. in regards to the charges we do expect at least one accuser‘s allegations to be part of that indictment. he is expected to face those charges in criminal court tomorrow. that women, lucy evans says she was an aspiring actress and still a college student when she met harvey weinstein in 200a at his new york offices and she says what was supposed to be a work meeting turned into a nightmare for her when harvey weinstein forced her to perform sexual acts. she said she tried to get him to stop but he simply overpowered her. any response from the da's office? they are not commenting and neither is harvey weinstein‘s lawyer or spokesperson. he has denied in the past any allegations of nonconsensual sex. he has denied in the past any allegations of nonconsensual sexm will be a busy day free tomorrow, thank you for tell

hollywood mogul harvey weinstein is charged with rape and sexual abuse — his lawyer says he'll plead guilty. mr weinstein did not invent the casting couch in hollywood and to the extent that there is bad behaviour in that industry, that is not what this is about. bad behaviour is not on trial in this case. it's on, it's off — and now it could be back on again as president trump says he is having very productive talks with north korea. we're talking to them now. they very much want to do it. we would like to do it. we will see what happens. after five days of protests by striking truckers, brazil calls in the military to try to unblock the nation's roads. and south africa prepares to capture spectacular images of space as it links—up its telescopes in a unique project. exit polls released after the republic of ireland's referendum on abortion, suggest a landslide in favour of liberalising the law. the forecasts suggestjust under 70 per—cent voted to amend the constitution to allow terminations. the irish leader, leo varadkar, who supported the changes, says it looks like history could

are still without hollywood this automobile would never have got so far that is without the hollywood of the one nine hundred fifty s. and sixty's it was grace kelly and her talbot on the french riviera the renowned dustin hoffman and so on and so forth they were filmed in the european cars which essentially presented them to a global audience objects of desire. not even the jurors were left are moved by the fact that this lancy a stratus appeared on the big screen with michael jackson. it's always the history of a given model or unit what it's experience that plays a bigger part in what the op at least at the feet of four visit how many a previous owners has it had who were there and if one was a famous name that increases the car's value beyond the purely rational. before phillips era film joined a parade at the village desk day he stopped to pick up his girlfriend canadian pop star avril levy. the jury awarded the certificate for the most popular star of the silver screen to the lancer stratosphere oh. but as soon as the award changed. time for lunch here wouldn't start had to be p

inexplicably tattoo flopped in germany but it was frank has taken to hollywood. after one more german feature the tragic comedy the family jewels. schrenker made his hollywood debut with flight plan starring jodie foster as a woman whose daughter disappeared. you know where my daughter is. what are you telling me say it. was somebody has a book that's quite an assumption is perhaps a house constructed. can you think of another way you think and i want to thank you then switch to romance with the time traveler's wife. and with red to action comedy featuring a star studded cast including bruce willis helen mirren morgan freeman and john malkovich. old man in miami. three less successful was the comic book adaptation r.i.p. with jeff bridges and ryan reynolds. but frank has got his box office mojo back with the science fiction trilogy divergent directing the last two films of the series. a year later he was back in germany for the captain of the black and white drama premier to toronto film festival and received five nominations including best film at the german so

. company, from where he was such a powerfulfigure in hollywood.te a spectacle tomorrow if in fact he does turn himself into police and then afterwards does appear in criminal court on these charges. it's been a months long enquiry from both the manhattan district attorney and the nypd because as you say, there have been allegations for such a long time and as recently as 2015 the nypd led a sting operation against weinstein on the half of a model who said he had groped her. the manhattan district attorney at that time did not bring any charges and since these allegations came out in october they were under really intense scrutiny. certainly amongst harvey weinstein's accusers, i am sure there is a lot ofjubilation that he will be brought to court to face the charges. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... i'll bejoined by 11 year old violin prodigy chloe chua — as she shows us just why she won one of the most prestigious musical contests in the world. up up to 39 people have taken part in sponsored athletic events to

hollywood mogul harvey weinstein is charged with rape and sexual abuse — his lawyer says he'll pleaduilty. mr weinstein did not invent the casting couch in hollywood and to the extent that there is bad behaviour in that industry, that is not what this is about. bad behaviour is not on trial in this case. it's on, it's off — and now it could be back on again as president trump says he is having very productive talks with north korea. we're talking to them now. they very much want to do it. we would like to do it. we will see what happens. we have a special report on the internet gangs from ivory coast — involved in a particularly nasty form of blackmail. and south africa prepares to capture spectacular images of space as it links—up its telescopes in a unique project.. exit polls in ireland suggest that people have voted strongly in favour of liberalising abortion laws in the country. they forecast a two thirds majority for the yes campaign. that would mean the scrapping of the eighth amendment, which bans abortion in all but exceptional circumstances. the irish leader, leo varadkar,

you've done a lot of work a lot in hollywood last over over ten years. looking back over that i mean. what or or me or who had you think of the most blast the impact on you from you know your period and in hollywood. i have i very early on. decided that i wanted to be a working filmmaker and by that i mean i wanted to try things out try different things out put different colors on my palette and and. you know learn my craft and i think the most i've learned from were generous actors actors who. who did things a different way than i was used to a way that i thought was interested in and intriguing and that i sort of. picked up on so you know jeff bridges was was or was great. helen mirren this is big george best when we're guests in the business. i killed people. john malkovich was terrific. i mean they all talk me something and just by by virtue of working with them i learned a lot we have to talk about the captain i think this problem is radical. what force what we take a quick look at the film the captain. the focus of this war story isn't the victims

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for twenty years what did you do there still ab so i got to hollywood from new york from here about the time that the web was starting and there was almost nobody then who could code so i was a programmer and i've been a pretty. i'm a geek yeah how actually shocking to look at me yeah i don't get. that skill desperation i was a music producer here at a record label coming at n.y.u. and i say all the money to our i could reply there on the same time yeah it's a good school eighty three i think it's still around yeah then why is there a real real estate property developer and that's right out of the education business that's a much better business education's a horrible business all right so let's move on the me to movement which is taken down some of the most powerful men in hollywood of the past decade and miramax was a huge player and they produced like you know three hundred a movie titles come out here in hollywood there are later thirty of them huge prestige oscar winning case so they're gone basically there now is that change the industry now i don't think so i mean they're goi

they disgraced movie mogul was arrested today on rape charges months after he was toppled from hollywood's most powerful ranks by an avalanche of sexual assault accusations. also coming up the on again off again interest between donald trump and kim jong un after conciliatory words from pyongyang trump says talks could take place as planned next month. ireland votes in the historic abortions referendum have made the town take catholic nation as one of the strictest abortion laws in europe to a close result is expected to just leave the british forrest gump rob pope old brother from liverpool spends a year and i'm going to fifteen thousand miles across the united states he says he took his inspiration from the fictional characters portrayed by tom. i'm sorry so much going to thank you for joining us we start in new york city where former hollywood film mogul harvey weinstein has been taken to court for arraignment after handing himself in to police he faces charges of rape and sex abuse for encounters with two women weinstein will be granted bail for one million dollars cash or ten million

weinstein did not invend the casting couch in hollywood. to the extent there is bad behavior in that try, that is not what this is about bad behavior is not on trial in this case. it's only if you intentionally committed a criminal act, and mr. weinstein vigorously denies that >> reporter: brafman says weinstein has deposited a million cash for bail. he's being fitted with an will be trong device and he's waived extradition where other jurisdictions are still investigating him. brafman says they will decide yesterday -- who by the way "new york times" a grand jury is looking into the initial financial payments allegedly made to other women who accused him in the past. weinstein is due back in court by july 30th one more point in new york state, a felony count of rape carries a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison. guys >> contessa, thank you stay with us we're going to bring in julia boorstin from l.a. with more this has been an incredibly swift fall for one of the biggest moguls in hollywood. >> reporter: it's been really remarkable to se

the hollywood film producer harvey weinstein is reportedly preparing to surrender to police in in nework. they've been investigating alleged sexual assaults. and we'll meet the 11 year old violinist who's taking the world of classical music by storm. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 9pm in washington dc, where president trump has cancelled the much—anticipated summit with north korean leader kim jong—un. mr trump blamed what he called "tremendous anger and open hostility" from north korea. in the last hour, pyongyang has said it had made the utmost efforts to hold the summit, and the cancellation was not in line with the world's wishes. our north america editor jon sopel reports. the historic would it, wouldn't it happen singapore summit had hit the buffers, as many had predicted. donald trump's letter to kimjong—un, in it he wrote sadly that tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your latest statement, it's an appropriate to have a long planned meeting. his letter spoke about the power of the us nuclear arsenal and that the meeting was kim's idea, not