but she said she was also paying laurie luhn worked for roger ailes for more than two decades and she says for much of that time she was harassed, intimidated, and pressured into performing sexual favors. laurie's story first exploded onto the pages of new york magazine and now she's sharing it exclusively with us. tell me, first of all, why you've decided to speak out. >> elizabeth, i think that i went through such hell for so many years. i finally felt safe when i saw that other women were speaking up. >> a naive 28-year-old when she first met roger ailes while working in a low-level job on george h.w. bush's first presidential campaign. >> i wanted to meet him. i wanted to work for him. i was so excited. i introduced myself to him on the elevator. and then i think later on he ran into me in the hall, was super friendly and had acted like he'd remembered me. and i was flattered. >> reporter: after the campaign ended, laurie says she was financially strapped and at the meeting, she says he asked her questions that felt more personal than professional. >> i think that he wanted to gau