-- >> i want to stand beside them. >> sreenivasan: katherine kendall, thank you very much foraking with us. and hopefully there are other people that are empowered by you coming forward. >> i hope so. thank you. >> sreenivasan: astrophysicists and astronomers all over the world are celebrating a golden moment this week-- the announcement of a scientific finding that has nobel prize written all over it. they witnessed the collision of two incredibly dense neutron stars and found a scientific holy grail. it provides further proof that albert einstein was a genius-- relatively speaking. the findings help us understand the universe better, and as a result, we now know where all the gold and silver and platinum in the world comes from. it's the focus of our "leading edge" segment this week, and science correspondent miles o'brien joins me now. tell me yare they so excited about this? >> it's a textbook changer, hari. it happened in august, and it began with two observations. one of gravitational waves, ripples in space time, if you will, followed right on its heels by the recording

now katherine kendall, an actor who accused harvey weinstein of sexually harassing her in 1993.ou for coming on this evening. >> thanks for having me. >> thank you. >> tell me your experience. >> i met him when i was 23 years old. i had taken a general meeting at miramax. everybody there was, you know, the first meeting with him was very open. there were women there. his assistant. i thought everything was completely legitimate. he invited know join the miramax family and i thought wow, he's going to be a mentor for me. they'll bring me in for auditions, read scripts, he said come to screenings, and he invited me to a movie that night. i thought it was a screening. but it was in fact just a movie. and i was just there with harvey at the movies. i felt really uncomfortable. i tried to sort of skirt out of it afterwards, but he wanted me to stop by his apartment with him quickly while he ran up to get something. i said, i didn't feel comfortable going up. he convinced me to. made me feel safe. said his wife might be home. you know, i thought okay, okay. next thing you know, i went

. >> katherine kendall's experience allegedly happened. >> he was going back and forth and he said if you won't let me give you a massage, or you give me a massage, or let me do this or that, then at least just pick up your shirt and let me see your breasts. >> he returned in nothing but a robe with the front open and he was buck naked. >> the former actress outlined details of her own encounter from 2008. >> he led me to list bathroom pleading that i just watch him masturbate. i pulled my arm away finally and headed to the door. he started following me he and telling me that i could get a free picture deal and he would green light my script. but i had to watch him masturbate. >> some accusers say walking away came at a high price. this actress said after turning down the alleged sexual advances, her career suffered. oscar winner mira sorvino said she felt similarly after she turned him down twice in 1995. once at a hotel and once at her apartment. sorvino talking to ktla. >> it is a travesty that this sort of behavior is normalized and accepted for decades in this industry. >> weinst

. >> katherine kendall, thank you so much for speaking up. >> thanks.ks for having me. >> moving on now, got to talk about some breaking news involving russian linked facebook ads used during the 2016 election. and when we will get to see them. next. >>> all right. breaking news now on cnn members of the house intelligence committee investigating russian interference in the 2016 election say they plan to release russian linked facebook ads. let's go to senior correspondent that is over this. tell me more. >> that's right. after a meeting with facebook coo cheryl sandberg two leaders of the house russian investigation emerged saying these russian linked facebook ads will be linked as quickly as possible according to the words of congressman mike con owe way of texas. adam schiff also said when i asked him is this going to be released by facebook or committee, he said they would be done by the committee. the economy will work with facebook to scrub any information. get that out as as soon as possible. this will likely not happen before november 1st public

. >> katherine kendall reports. >> give me a massage.f you won't give me a massage, will you pick up your shirt and show me your breasts. no, i'm leaving. >> reporter: ronan farro reports this story. >> reporter: birmingham battilana gutierrez said in 2015 he groped her and tried to put his hand up her skirt. she went to the d.a. and that wired her. she went in the hotel. the audio was obtained by "the new yorker." >> please, come on. i'm sorry. i'm used to that. >> you're used to that. >> yes. >> no, but i'm not used to that. >> won't do it >> reporter: weinstein was questioned by the nypd, but the manhattan district attorney declined to prosecute him. the weinstein company said it is shocked and dismayed by the allegations of extreme sexual misconduct and sex assault, which came as an utter surprise to the board. f f farrow told me there is reason it took 20 years for this story to unfold. >> culture of fear, broad aray of legal settlements and machines described the keep them quiet. >> to cope weinstein safe? to keep him employed? >>

we are joined now by two of weinstein's accusers, katherine kendall and louisette allred. therine, let me begin with you. this happened at the beginning of your contrary. tell us what happened. >> yeah, i was 23 years old and i had a meeting with miramax and met with harvey, he was very warm, he made me feel like he would be a mentor to me. he gave me scripts, said welcome to the miramax family, come to screenings, you know, come to auditions and he just made it feel like it was going to be a fun process and that he was sort of taking me under his wing. it was in his office so it felt very legitimate and he invited me to a screening which i went to and it ended up being just a movie with -- >> just you and him. >> just me and harvey and i sort of had that sinking feeling the whole time through the movie like this is so -- this isn't -- me you know, very uncomfortable. >> you made it through the movie then what happened? >> i tried to sort of skirt away and say, i've got to go home now. he said let's have a drink. i said no. he said, you know, a lot of bargaining with him. t

. >> katherine kendall's meeting with harvey weinstein two decades ago is still fresh in her mind. >>t give me a massage. just let me kiss you. well, if you won't give me ray massage, will you at least pick up your shirt and let me see your breasts. i'm like no, i'm leaving. >> ronan farrow conducted a ten-month long investigation for "the new yorker." >> there are 13 women in this story. three of them are alleging rape. >> one of those women says this 2015 weinstein groped her and tried to put his hand up her skirt. she went to the nypd who asked her to wear a wire. the next day gutierrez recorded the conversation as weinstein tried to get her into his hotel room. the audio was obtained by "the new yorker." >> yesterday you touch my breast. >> please, i'm sorry, just come on. i'm used to that. >> you're used to that? >> yes, come in. >> no, but i'm not used to that. >> i won't do it again. come on. >> weinstein was questioned by the nypd, but the manhattan district attorney declined to prosecute him. the weinstein company says it is shocked and dismayed by the allegations of extreme