it's duvernay's imaginary version of linda fairstein. >> reporter: some police involved in the case are defending fairstein, including eric reynolds. >> it's appalling. most people who are against her, they hate her, they don't know the facts of the case. >> reporter: the jogger, meile said it's possible reyes did not act alone. >> there is medical evidence to support that more than one person was responsible for the attack on me. >> in the wake of the prosecutors dropping the charges against all of them, the police commissioned an independent report to evaluate the police's conduct. and that report concluded that it was still very likely that they attacked these other people in the park and that maybe they were even involved in the attack on the jogger. >> reporter: while the report concluded that police had not engaged in any misconduct in obtaining the confessions, the men continue to maintain that they were coerced into confessing and that they are innocent of all crime. >> the backlash that linda fairstein has received is fair. we don't want to isolate or scapegoat her. the problem

the miniseries triggering new backlash against cu one of the prors behind the 1989 convictions, linda fairsteinher crime novels, a petion getting more than 50,000 signatures. fairstein's twitter account deleted as anger boiled over with the trending #cancel ainda fairstein. lestered the men known as the central park five specifically about t former sex crimes prosecutor and her team. >> linda fairstein and others involved haven't eated a step. >> no apology, all the time we did for something we didn't do, and it hurts. >> they still think we were guilty. so how do we heal when'r weconstantly in a state of defending ourselves. >> reporter: when a serial rapist admitted to the crime in 2002 and his dna was a match, the five had their convictions vacated. they accused detectives of coercing confessions from them. to this day, fairstein utefends the prosecn's conduct and the decision to pursue the case, now calling the netflix miniseri grossly and maliciously inaccurate, misrepresenting the facts in an inflammatory and inaccurate manner. while one of the men wrongfully convicted had this to say to

amy: that is sharon salaam confronting the sex crimes prosecutors linda fairstein.this scene from "when they see us," the police interrogation of 14-year-old kevin richardson, after hours of questioning kevin alone without a guardian or a lawyer, the detectives bring in kevin's sister angie. by this time, they have written out kevin's confession for him and are tryi to get angie to sign it, too. >> kin -- >> kw, ang, n did not that, aie. >> he telli you he d not see nothg. whare you king h sign this? you havto sign ght here his.not signg angie, ease, si it. >>o you nt to ta her brher ho or not? cause can keehim. >> can't assignhis. pleas ust beuse you're wavg an atrney rht now, doesn't an it isorever. you get ur broth home. you t a lawy and we ll ear this all up. >> angie, please, sign it. amy: the enormous pressure these children in these families are under as each is thinking they can get out. talk about that, not only you're talking to the boys, but their families. deally, there is enormous here as the parents were trying, often without lawyers, to figure out wha

as the central park five specifically about the former sex crimes prosecutor and her team >> linda fairstein and others involved in the prosecution, they haven't retreated a step. >> no apology, all the time we did for something we didn't do, and it hurts. >> they still think we were guilty. so how do we heal when we're constantly in a state of defending ourselves. >> reporter: when a serial rapist admitted to the crime in 2002 and his dna was a match, the five had their convictions vacated. they accused detectives of coercing confessions from them. to this day, fairstein defends the prosecution's conduct and the decision to pursue the case, now calling the netflix miniseries grossly and maliciously inaccurate, misrepresenting the facts in an inflammatory and inaccurate manner. while one of the men wrongfully convicted had this to say to tmz. >> even though it's 30 years later, she has to pay for her crime. >> they made us lie. >> reporter: the anger over what they lived through never far from the surface, now tapped into once again. stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york >>> up next, as we cont

if you look at linda fairstein and at some of the prosecutors, they think that the city should neverat case. so we'll leave it at that. >> joining us now, eugene scott, political reporter for "the washington post," who just published a new piece on this. "both sides," that's the same language that we heard the president use when talking about charlottesville. what's going on here? >> we know that the president, when it comes to situations involving people of color, he often sides with those who are not the people of color who have been disrespected and injured, because he knows many people in his base do not see racism and issues related to people of color being discriminated against because of their race. the same way that people of color do. and so he's really concerned about pleasing his base. that's the priority that he has going into his 2020 re-election campaign. but he presents himself with a really difficult challenge. the trump re-election campaign said, one of the ways they hope to win black and latino voters in 2020 is by focusing on his criminal justice reform record. par

linda fairstein was never even in the precinct that day when the investigation was started, first ofcond of all, the district attorney does not give orders to the police department. they do not direct our investigation. our investigation was well under way once linda fairstein arrived at the central park precinct. >> someone who knows only of this case what they watched in that four-part series would come away thinking that the admissions, videotaped admissions were all coerced. that this was all the result of cops who were acting in a nefarious way to railroad those five individuals. as one of the police officers who made critical arrests in this case, you would respond how? >> well, that's ridiculous. all you need to do is look at the videos. watch the videos. look at each one of the defendants. see if they're being coerced. see if they're sleep deprived. you'll see their parents are in every single video. you'll see their rights are being read to them. it's a blatant lie. it's unfortunate. this is the first time that police misconduct is recorded on videotape and the rights allege

there's been some backlash against the former prosecutor in the case, linda fairstein.er. what is going on? >> what is going on is people are finally understanding how wicked she was. the witch hunt she created just so she could literally get a mark for herself. so now it's fitting that culture, which you know, often is a leading indicator, not politics or policy, that culture is getting some vindication for these young men. >> a very powerful story. it's landing on some people's ears for the first time. those of us who lived through it know all of the facts, but for a new generation to discover, it people are outraged. kids at columbia said they wanted ledderer who was a lecturer up there, they want her off campus. she was 2kr07d. lind ar fairstein lost her book publishing contract for much the same reason. society has changed. and hopefully nothing like this could happen again. >> it's interesting. i was watching it on sunday night. you saw chris and my cross-talk on this. it was so dark. i was getting depressed. there was a knock on the door. and i was actually glad

if you look at linda fairstein and some of the prosecutors, they think the city should never have settled that case. we will even at that. amy: the city settled with the five teenagers for $41 million. former prosecutor linda fairstein was dropped by her publisher and forced to step down from several nonprofit and education boards in recent weeks. meanwhile, new york's public advocate jumaane williams has backed a call from activists to reopen the cases. district attorney cyrus vance has so far refused. in a 5-4 decision, supreme court justices ruled monday along partisan lines that new york city's public-access station mnn is not bound by the first amendment, which would protect producers from editorial control or censorship by the network. justice brett kavanaugh wrote the opinion for the conservative majority. the case against the non-profit cable channel manhattan neighborhood network -- known as mnn -- was brought by independent producer deedee halleck, who said she and her co-producer were suspended after submitting a video accusing the station of neglecting the east harlem area, wh

linda fairstein lost a publishing book contract. society has changed.hing like this can happen again. >> it was interesting. i was watching sunday night. it was so dark i was getting so depressed. this knock on the door. it was chris cuomo. it is tough to watch. i haven't seen the entire episodes. >> the third episode is about essentially reentry. when they get out. it's easier to deal with. episode 4 is tough. i encourage everyone to watch it. >> nice job, ava. thank you. we'll be right back. get brighter eyes in a blink! new age perfect rosy tone eye from l'oréal. a brightening eye cream with imperial peony extract. helps instantly correct the look of dark circles for brighter looking eyes new rosy tone eye from l'oréal paris. we're worth it. din this clif bar isst brown rice syrup? which is just another name for sugar. this kind bar's first ingredient is almonds. which is just another name for... almonds. look inside this kind wrapper and you'll see wholesome ingredients like heart healthy nuts. with the taste of delicious dark chocolate. and only 5

linda fairstein has come under fire since the release of a netflix series about the infamous central park jogger case, which saw five harlem teenagers, four african-american and one latino, wrongfully accused and convicted for a rape in 1989. at the time, fairstein was head of the sex crimes unit for the manhattan district attorney's office. a #cancellindafairstein campaign has also grown on social media. to see our hour-long interview with director ava duvernay on the series "when they see us," go to democracynow.org. in minneapolis, a judge sentenced mohamed noor, the former police officer who shot and killed a white woman while responding to her 911 call, to 12.5 years in prison. in april, noor was found guilty of third-degree murder and manslaughter for fatally shooting australian justine ruszczyk damond in 2017, after she reported a possible sexual assault happening behind her home. when the police came, she came downstairs and noor shot her. and at last night's tony awards in new york city, actress ali stroker made history as the first wheelchair-user to win the prestigious ton

cult hit. >> reporter: in the wake of netflix's take on the case, fairstein's life and legacy have been called into question. >> lindaas sort of overnight become a pariah. she's losing esteem everywhere. >> reporter: in the days since the netflix series debuted, social media has taken fairstein to task with #cancellindafairstein. online petitions have sprung up demanding her resignation from various positions, even a request to prosecute her. fairstein has deleted her twitter account, resigned from the boards of several organizations, and has been dropped by her publisher. fairstein declined an interview request from abc news. duvernay also did not respond to abc news' request for comment. some police involved in the case are defending fairstein, including the former detective, eric reynolds. >> it's appalling. most people who are against her or hate her or whatever their feelings are, they don't know the facts of the case. >> reporter: the jogger told abc earlier this year it's possible reyes did not act alone. >> there is medical evidence to support that more than one person was responsible for the attack on me. >>

her twitter account deleted with the trending hashtag cancel linda fairstein >> others involved in the prosecution, they haven't retreated a step >> no. no apology for the time we did itur they still think we are guilty how do we hear when we are constant in a state of defending ourselves. >> a serial rapist confessed to the crime and his dna a match, the five vacat to this day, she defends the conduct and the decision to pursue the case. now lling the netflix miniseries grossly and maliciously inaccurate one of the men wrongfully convicted had this to say to tmz. >>s 30 yearter, she has to pay for her crime. roh,ev anger for whaivthey led thug ner far from the surface. nbc news, new york yes it is. you know, maybe you'd worry less if you got geico to help with your homeowners insurance. i didn't know geico could helps with homeowners insurance. yep, they've been doing it for years. what are you doing? big steve? thanks, man. there he is. k get tow geico and see how much you could save on homeowners and renters insurance. i'm jimmy dean, and only one like this any cer.orning hearty, he

the hashtag cancel linda fairstein trended on twitter.e than 75,000 people signed an online petition calling for a boycott of her children's books and mystery novels. >> raymond santana left jail a free man. >> reporter: we interviewed raymond santana, one of the central park five after his exoneration. >> what do you say to the people out there who just don't believe you're innocent? >> these people have their mind fixated on us being guilty. we have tried everything we possibly could to prove our innocence. >> reporter: santana now tells tmz that fairstein deserves the scrutiny she's now getting. >> even though it's 30 years later, she has to pay for her crime. >> reporter: in the wake of the mini series release, fairstein has resigned from vassar college's board of trustees, as well as the victim service agency safe horizon. in a letter to the agency's chairman, she says the show depicts me in a fictionalized version of events in a grossly and maliciously inaccurate manner. >> i think in part why this is directed more at linda is she h

another key figure, prosecutor linda fairstein resigned from several boards and was dropped by her book publisher, but she says the series "attempts to portray me as an overzealous prosecutor and a bigot and the five suspects as innocent of all charges against them none of this is true." in a special last night, oprah asked duvernay about fairstein's response. >> it's not about her, really not all about her. she is part of a system that's not broken it was built to be this way it was built to oppress. it was built to control. >> i am so happy and ecstatic that we can start the conversation now to make sure there will never be another central park five. >> reporter: an injustice three decades old spurring new calls for change kate snow, nbc news, new york. >>> up next, t comg to your weather forecast >>> next tonight, first major upgrade in decades to give you even more accurate forecasts when severe weather is on the way. here's kerry sanders. >> reporter: it's been 40 years since the federal government improved the computer technology that forecasts this type of extreme weather. >> tor

. >> reporter: in a "wall street journal" op-ed, linda fairstein said "when they see us" is "full oftortions and falsehoods" and misleadingly depicts her as a "bigot" and "evil mastermind." the four-part series details the 1989 conviction of five black and latino teens accused of raping a white woman after a night of rioting in new york's central park. it depicts coerced confessions, overzealous law enforcement and race-based prejudice. yusef salaam, antron mccay, kevin richardson, korey wise, and raymond santana recounted their experience to maurice dubois on "cbs sunday morning." >> i'm hearing korey being physically beaten in the next room. and i'm immediately beyond afraid. >> reporter: a judge threw out the convictions in 2002, relying on d.n.a. evidence and a new confession from another man, but not until after the so-called central park five spent six to 13 years in prison. fairstein denies the confessions were coerced, and said there was "certainly more than enough evidence to support those convictions" for the attacks on several other victims that night. >> miss fairstein co

fairstein, now a famous author, is facing backlash on social media with the trending hashtag cancel linda fairsteinresponse, fairstein has deleted her twitter account and resigned from the board of trustees at vasser college, her alma mater in an interview with "the daily beast," the director of the netflix series ava duvernay alleges that fairstein attempted to control how she was presented saying she tried to negotiate conditions for her to speak with me, including approvals over the script, adding, so you know what my answer was to that? and we didn't talk fairstein denies that took place and declined to speak directly with nbc news. but we received this statement from her attorney that reads in part, netflix and miss duvernay are doing a terrible disservice to the public and should be ashamed by their irresponsibility in failing to properly research the film and effectively compromising its accuracy the attorney goes on to current manhattan d.a. cyrus vance who issued a statement after the five men settled a case with the city of new york in 2014 for $41 million. after more than a deck ate in w

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. >> reporter: in the "wall street journal" op-ed published today, linda fairstein said "when they seeull of distortions and falsehoods" and misleadingly depicts her as a "bigot" and "evil mastermind." >> i never saw no lady. >> reporter: the four-part series details the 1989 conviction of five black and latino teens accused of raping a white woman after a night of rioting in new york's central park. it depicts coerced confessions, overzealous law enforcement and race-based prejudice. raymond santana, kevin richardson, korey wise, antron mccray, and yusef salaam recently recounted their experience with police to maurice dubois on "cbs sunday morning." >> i'm hearing korey being physically beaten in the next room. >> reporter: a judge threw out the convictions in 2002, relying on d.n.a. evidence and a new confession from another man, but not until after the so-called central park five spent six to 13 years in prison. fairstein denies the confessions were coerced and said there was certainly more than enough evidence to support those convictions for the attacks on several other victims t

. >> reporter: in "the wall street journal" op-ed published today, linda fairstein said "when they see us" is full of distortions and falsehoods and misleadingly depicts her as a bigot and evil mastermind. >> i never saw no lady. >> reporter: the four-part series details the 1989 conviction of five black and latino teens accused of raping a white woman after a night of rioting in new york's central park. it depicts coerced confessions, overzealous law enforcement and race-based prejudice. yusef salaam, antron mccray, kevin richardson, korey wise, and raymond santana recently recounted their experience with police to maurice dubois on cbs sunday morning. >> and i'm hearing korey being physically beaten in the next room. >> reporter: a judge threw out the convictions in 2002, relying on dna evidence and a new confession from another man. but not until after the so-called central park five spent 6 to 13 years in prison. fairstein denies the confessions were coerced and said there was certainly more than enough evidence to support those convictions for the attacks on several other victims

former new york city prosecutor i linda fairstein not having a great week. she was dropped by a book publisher and resign frdsed fro charitable organizations. the new netflix mini series is retelling the villainous role in the 1989 case of the central park five. it details the lengths to which she went to destroy the lives of five black and brown teenagers wrongfully accused and convicted in the sexual assault of a white woman. only later to be found innocent after years of incarceration. i watched her get praised as a law enforcement hero but we in the community saw her as a symbol for a racist predatory justice system. as you can imagine, she didn't like that. listen to what she told abc 20/20 show about yours truly. >> pretty intense. there were always protesters. >> lying devil. >> racist dog. >> al sharpton had rallied a lot of people on behalf of the five. >> no justice. >> no peace. >> no justice. >> there was always a line of people trying to get into the courtroom. >> now, let me tell you what's wrong with her approach. rather than try and act like

linda fairstein did not try this case, but she oversaw the interrogation. has deleted her social media accounts and she has stepped down from multiple boards. former new york city prosecutor linda fairstein, a key figure in one of the most polarizing incidents that rocked the country, is now facing major backlash after the release of the netflix series, "when they see us," surrounding the central park five. >> our case is they're all guilty. >> reporter: many online are calling for a boycott to some of her best-selling novels, fairstein just yesterday resigning from several boards. >> they were in the park. >> reporter: fairstein saying the series, depicts me in a fictionalized version of events. in the series, fairstein is portrayed by felicity huffman, the series based on the rain and assault of a woman jogging in new york's central park back in 1989. the trials did become internationally known while fairstein was not the lead prosecutor of the five who were falsely accused and wrongly convicted in two trial in the '90s, the defendants spent between 6 and

. >> she is firing off, sounding off in this "wall street journal" op-ed linda fairstein says she didly believes that the series, quote, does not speak the truth. >> reporter: embattled former prosecutor linda fairstein firing back this morning, doubling down on her own innocence, calling the new netflix miniseries when they see "us" so full of distortions and falsehoods as to be an outright fabrication. >> we are not in control and we can be. >> reporter: in a fiery op-ed in "the wall street journal," the former deputy district attorney played by felicity huffman. >> they brutally raped a woman and discarded her like a piece of garbage. >> reporter: takes aim at the show's creator ava duvernay saying her film attempts to portray me as an overzealous prosecutor and bigot the police as incompetent or worse and the five suspects innocent of all charges against them none of this is true. >> these kids were on a rampage. >> reporter: the netflix show focuses on the "central park five." falsely accused of raping a white woman in new york's central park back in 1989. the actor who plays fai

. >> let's talk for a moment here about the former prosecutor linda fairstein.e know she's resigned as a trustee of her alma mater and a couple of board positions as well. back in july, she defended her handling of the case in a letter to the editor of the new york law journal saying this, the confessions were not coerced, she wrote the questioning was respectful, dignified, carried out according to the letter of the law and with sensitivity to the young age of the men. cnn reached out to fairstein and her publisher for comment but have not heard back. what are you thoughts about her role in the case and the repercussions so many years later? >> clearly she's the villain as portrayed in the series and the tactics, the lengths she went to to force a narrative that these young men were guilty of this crime, you know, evidence of blatant abuses of her power. and i question whether she would have the same response today as we sit here, as the, you know, the miniseries has now debuted and she did when she wrote that letter. there was a certain arrogance about that le

this comes after former prosecutor linda fairstein was dropped by her publisher and forced to step down from several nonprofit boards, as well as vassar college's board of trustees, due to renewed public scrutiny following the release of a netflix series about the case which saw five harlem teenagers of color wrongfully accused and convicted for a rape in 1989. to see our our interview with ava duvernay air, the director, go to democracynow.org. in arizona, phoenix's mayor and police chief both apologized after a video showing officers pointing guns and yelling at a black family outside a family dollar store caused widespread outrage over the weekend. the officers say they were responding to a report of shoplifting when they drew their firearms and started screaming orders, using profane language, at a father, a pregnant woman carrying a baby, and a four-year-old girl. the girl had left the store with a doll which was not paid for. [bleep] >> are you recording? >> yeah, i'm recording. >> put your hands up. hands up. >> i can't put my hands up. i have a baby in my arms. i am pregnant. am

central park 5 trial and new york officials are calling for a second look into the cases handled by linda fairsteinr manhattan sex-crimes prosecutor, the city's public advocate is urging the state government now to get involved. >>we ask him to step in with it in that moment investigation. all that the state. him attorney general. does that mean as well. yeah and those 2 things into all. we stop and happened. >>manhattan da cyrus vance is the case was a tragedy. but he does not want to reopen all of fairstein's other cases the push was partly sparked by recent netflix series called when they see us. the talks about the 1989 beating and assault of a woman who had been jogging in new york's central park, 5 minority teenagers were convicted and spent years in prison. they were cleared only after serial rapist and murderer. but said us raise confessed in 2002. he was behind the attack. >>president donald trump is refusing to apologize to the 5 men who were wrongly convicted when responding to reporters statements that the men were exonerated the president said today quote you have people on both sides

look at linda fairstein and the prosecutors they think the city should have never settled that case.here are people on both sides here. one side was wrong. maybe intentionally so. maybe not. here's what we know. the boys didn't do it. the dna doesn't lie. i know that absence of evidence of dna doesn't necessarily mean that you weren't there. i get it. i know all about it. the judge vacated the decisions. the judge says they didn't do it. people lie. dna doesn't. the dna that was there belonged to none of them. it belonged to a man who admitted to the crime. alone. those are the facts. and i say today there would have been a different process because of the strength of gha value. we can't be sure because there's a problem with prosecution that produce wrong out comes especially when we're talking about black and brown young men. the president says he's all about law and order. i make this argument. but he's going to cling to a proven injustice. while the case against the prosecutor is for prejudice was hard to make. they settled the case. in this op-ed in 2014, the man who would be pr

if you look at linda fairstein and you look at some of the prosecutors, they think that the city shouldd that case. so we'll leave it at that. >> joining me now, cnn political commentator, the form er part o the black caucus. thank you for joining us. the failure to apologize. number two, the question of why are you asking this now. and number three, his phrase, both sides. i find those all fascinating in their own ways. first, he did not apologize. your take on that? >> well, there's no surprise here. donald trump has an inability to say anything when he's wrong to apologize, to acknowledge any wrong doing. what is so maddening about this to me, john, is this man acted as a rogue vigilante at this time. these are young teenage boys. of course people said he didn't directly call for the death of the central park five. but he used the central park five case for a reason why the death penalty should be reinstated. i think donald trump is no different than the vigilantes than the lynch mobs back in the day. i spent time with brian stevenson as he prepares for an upcoming documentary. all t

if you look at linda fairstein and you look at some of the prosecutors, they think that the city should never have settled that case. so we'll leave it at that. >> you know, i recommend so highly, it is so painful to watch this netflix thing about -- those of you who didn't grow up in new york in 1989, there were a bunch of kids running in central park, a white woman was found brutally raped. and if you watch at least what goes on in the movie, they just basically rounded up five random african-american young men, coerced them, and they were proven innocent over time vis-a-vis dna. their lives were still rooind, they still spent 12 years in jail, and i just want to show a clip, we'll get to it, dobnald trump to me -- this was the prebirther moment. understanding heinously how you can exploit, how you can market and how you can use racism. let's take a look at donald trump. >> if i was starting off today i would love to be a well educated -- because i do believe they have an actual advantage today. >> they want to kill my son. that devil. that devil wants to kill my son. you going to tak

if you look at linda fairstein and some of the prosecutors, they think the city should have never settled>> president not going to apologize. this should not be surprising. he's not apologized for birtherism. he does not go back when corrected, as we know. that being said, what do you see of the potential political impact on either side for this being back in the headlines now and the president being forced to answer that question again? >> the reason why this is in the news is because it's the 30-year anniversary. secondly, the new film "when they see us" is exposing donald trump's role in perpetuating a fraud on these five young black and latinos. what happened was that in 1989, they were accused of rape for something that they did not do. the dna evidence came out later that cleared them. they were completely exonerated. the actual rapist kpcame forwar confessed to the rape. donald trump took out full-page newspaper ads, spent $85,000 to do this, calling for the death penalty, to execute these five young black and latino kids. even after all the evidence shows that he was wrong, he sti

if you look at linda fairstein and you look at some of the prosecutors, they think that the city should so we'll leave it at that. >> no, we will not. because that is leaving it at prejudice. there are people on both sides here. but one side was wrong. maybe intentionally so. maybe not. but here's what we know. the boys didn't do it. the dna doesn't lie. and i know that absence of evidence of dna does not necessarily mean that you weren't there. i get it. i know all about it. but the judge vacated the decisions. antron mccray, kevin richardson, yusuf salam, raymond santana, corey wise. the judge says they didn't do it. people lie. dna does not. the dna that was there belonged to none of them. it did belong to a man named reyes who admitted to the crime alone. i iterate the facts because those are the facts. and i say today there certainly would have been a different process because of the strength of dna value. but we can't be sure because there's still a problem with prosecutions that produce wrong outcomes, especially when we're talking about black and brown young men. the president s

if you look at linda fairstein, they think the city should have never settled that case. we'll live it at that. >> what do you think of that, the president against the established dna, evidence of actual innocence, not an argument that it was badly prosecuted, but actual innocence, and he still sticks to saying they should be executed? >> well, as a former prosecutor, i cannot tell you how offensive it is. our job is to do justice, to be ministers of justice, to do our job without fear or favor. and the same should be said as a president of the united states. there was clear evidence here. they have been exonerated. and now he comes out and says this. i can't even -- i just think he said 10,000 lies, and it's one of the reasons i have come out with what you can do in your first 100 days. you just can't wait. yes, we can introduce the bills, and i'm going to do it. immigration reform. i think maybe we can get that done by the end of the year. there is immediate things we can do to stop this assault on people's health care, to make sure that we get the international climate

. >>> the "new york daily news" reports former prosecutor turned author linda fairstein has been dropped by her publisher over growing central park five fallout. five blacks were wrong pli convicted in the 1989 rape of a female jogger. she has also stepped down from her positions at vassar college and the nonprofit safe horizon. >>> alabama trustees have voted to turn a $21.5 million donation to a donor who called for a boycott over the state's controversial anti-abortion law. yesterday the eun vets removed hugh culverhouse jr.'s portrait from the law school. they claim it was made because of his attempts to interfere in law school operations. >>> it's about 22 after the hour. now here's a look at the weather for your weekend. >>> it's expected to draw a billion viewers from around the globe. still ated we'll head to the women's world cup, an event where the u.s. team has seen glory and heartbreak. >>> plus paris is one of the world's top tourist destinations, but like some of the other popular places, some of its venues are overcrowded with visitor. we'll look at the spike in traffic an

. >> reporter: she's firing off, she's sounding off in this "wall street journal" op-e linda fairsteinnnocent. she still believes it does not speak the truth. lynn si fairstein firing back this morning. doubling down onwn her o innocence. calling the new netflix mini series so full o distortions and falsehoods to be a fabrication. >> we are not in control. c and we be. >> reporter: in a fiery op-ed in "the wall street journal," the former district attorney played by felicy huffman. >> they discarded her like a piece of garbage. >> reporter: takes aim at duvernay who said she tries to portray me as a bigot. the pice as incompetent or worse. none of this is true. >> these kids were on a rampage. >> reporter: the netflix sho focuses on the central park five. five black and latino teenagers falsely accused of raping a white woman in central park back in 1989. the actor who plays fairstein is shown holding the teens in ustody without food, water, or parental supervision to get a conviction. fairstein writing it never happened. >>ou left that child unaccompanied by a guardian or a lawyer. wi

and actor netflix's when they see us, linda fairstein was dropped by her publisher.udience. >> i don't think that anyone created the loudest voice out of altruistic experience when they have the news cycle they give you an opportunity to talk about them. >> all of these docu series have gotten so much attention bringing up new allegations that may not have been known at the time. there's a certain power to seeing is believing. these projects engage audiences and compel audiences to act in a way we haven't seen before. >> really good story. exactly right. you watch these and you feel changed after watching them. >> a lot of compelling stories. molly hunter, thank you very much. >>> one of the stars of the loudest voice, seth mcfar land, is going to sit down with willie geist. >>> let's get another check of the weather with dylan out on the plaza. dylan. >> good morning, guys. it is a very hot and warm summer morning. and i found this family here and you are ball of energy. where were you born? >> we were born in hong kong and lived there for 12 years. >> really? where

linda fairstein. calls for boycotts of her crime novels.etting more than 50,000 signatures. fairstein's twitter account deleted as anger boiled over with the trending hash tag #cancellindafairstein. >> website. there's more. just today the "new york "daily news"" report wanted that two years after collecting a $41 million payout the men received another $3.9 million payout from the state of new york. remember the 2008 trial and disturbing allegations against r&b singer r. kelly? >> just getting the rest of the verdict. the jury acquits him on all counts of the child pornography trial. this has been going on for several years now. >> and then this year you had the lifetime docuseries that took a deeper look into kelly's alleged victims. >> in the the lifetime docu ser accusers detailing what they call his predatory behavior including claims of sex with minors and homes filled with sex slaves under kelly's control. >> it is a cult. >> okay. you get the point. "the jinx" investigated is robert durst was responsible for several murders. listen