it is the biggest of all. >> what happens is after they lost megyn kelly. they extended o' riley's contract. they extended knowing that these deals had been made with women coming forward making accusations against him. they knew there was a good chance that these things would be public. they saw mr. o' reilly of such an important network that they're willing to do that. >> what the murdocks have not answered is that why did mr. o' reilly stayed and mr. ailes had to leave. th similar allegations have been made of mr. o' reilly but they stood by him. >> there is a question about advertisers. fox says don't worry about -- we are not running ads on mr. o' reilly show. you cannot really have the 8:00 hour of the network. it is really key time where advertisers really wanted directly reaching the millions and millions of people that are watching. so the question is what would lead the murdock to get to mr. o' riley. that's something that we kept our eyes for. that has not happened yet. >> if advertisers don't want to do business with fox. what they can do is mov

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when megyn kelly left the ratings improved.iend greta left for msnbc and they survived her departure. and the departure of roger ailes. people thought fox would collapse if he left. so far things are going pretty well. bill o'reilly and roger ailes created the ratings empire that fox has become that's quite durable and it can survive people coming and going. howie: my began kelly left -- megyn kelly left for nbc, maybe if she stayed her ratings would be entire. joe: roger ailes out. greta, bill o'reilly, no longer here. what that tells me is when you look at the ratings, for the last 15 weeks fox has been number one not only over its cable competition, but all newcomers. that shows there is an exceptional brand of news. it avalanches an op-ed and conservative side other networks won't go near. that shows me, i said it once and i'll say it again, it doesn't rebuild, it simply reloads. i think fox can survive this, but this will be their biggest challenge yet. howie: fox news has a loyal audience that doesn't trust the mainstream

severance after allegations of sexual misconduct by a number of women including former anchors megyn kellynd gretchen carlson. genie: this is france 24. are today's top stories. three days to go around one of the french presidential election and the candidates are crisscrossing the country trying those crucial undecided voters. on wednesday two people were shot dead as hundreds of thousands took to the streets demanding the president resign. the u.s. accuses iran of trying to destabilize countries in the middle east. rex tillerson thing to iran is behind alarming provocations. tehran is behind alarming provocations. it is the campaign beat. just three days to go until around one. the race is tight as candidates continue to battle for those top slots. >> latest polls from today. you can see emmanuel macron the centrist at the top with 25%. right behind him is marine le pen, the far right candidate. francois fillon the conservative and jean-luc melenchon tied for third place. these candidates are virtually the end neck. -- the end neck. -- next and neck. -- next and neck. not -- not -- and n

they saw the megyn kelly situation in january. they saw her get so easily replaced, this big star, they offered her $100 million. tucker karlsson who worked on "fox and friends" weekend a couple months before. are you familiar with there show. >> i we heard of it. >> he stepped in the ratings improve. they see themselves as a formula. as a place where people will come regardless of who is sitting in the anchor host seats, because it's fox news. they know how to talk to certain viewers out there. >> let's where i from reeva here, according to a lot of people that work at fox news, apparently, this has been going on for years and years, not a shocker. this is a culture at the fourth quarter. how do you clang a culture? you can kick out the people that are causing it. >> that culture that underlying culture can still exist, can it? >> absolutely, allison. it starts with more than words. what we we heard from fox is when roger ails was terminated from the company, we we heard them say we have a zero tolerance for sexual harassment or

number one, megyn kelly's nbc start date is set and it's soon. >> we have all summer to have fun. >>e ladies at "today" are planning her warm welcome. >> well, we hope she'll come and drink on ours. okay? >>> then, erin moran's "happy days" family and hollywood friends mourn a star gone too soon. >>> and, number three, channing and jenna dewan tatum bring magic mike from their kitchen to vegas. >> breakfast and boom. >> as i step up and play couples counselor. >> plus, your "insider" bonus. can david ross and lindsay climb out of dancing's ballroom basement? >> it could be anybody going home. >> inside their game plan to get nsync. >> and why chris pratt's family made his walk of fame ceremony an emotional experience. >> i believe that god gives us signs and gifts.

a megastar, you have megyn kelly, three of them out. >> greta van susteren was a primetime player. >>his speaks to the idea that fox is bigger than any single star but bill o'reilly was by far the biggest star on fox. he was what the network was built on. i'm reading out an internal memo shared with staffers going beyond the statement. >> are you talking about the murdoch statement? >> yes. "following an extensive review in collaboration with outside counsel." that means the law firm brought in two weeks ago to examine these allegations. the memo goes on to celebrate o'reilly's success. >> "bill o'reilly is one of the most accomplished television personalities in the history of cable news. in fact, his success is indo indisputable. we have full confidence that the network will continue to be a powerhouse in cable news." so the murdoches are trying to say we'll be fine. we're bigger than any single star. that's true. but at the same time, this has shaken the network in a profound way. there's about to be a staff meeting there at 3:00 p.m. you can imagine what it's like when your primet

number one, megyn kelly's nbc start date is set and it's soon. >> we have all summer to have fun. >> the ladies at "today" are planning her warm welcome. >> well, we hope she'll come and drink on ours. okay? >>> then, erin moran's "happy days" family and hollywood friends mourn a star gone too soon. >>> and, number three, channing and jenna dewan tatum bring magic mike from their kitchen to vegas. >> breakfast and boom. >> as i step up and play couples counselor.

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one of his accusers, fox news star megyn kelly wrote about it in her book.e was here with james patterson when they were promoting their children's book. >> megyn kelly has a new book out. have you read it? >> no. >> you're in it. >> it seems if i'm in a book -- i want to see what she's saying about me. >> what is she saying about me? i'm trying to stay out half that kind of stuff. it doesn't pertain to my life. i wish her well. she's a very smart woman. you know, it's a very tough book environment. we'll see. we'll see if people respond to it. i have not read it. but it's not a diss. it just came out. so -- you know, i'll look at it. >> bill, it just came out. but you know people, you can get the book early if you wanted. >> no, they lock that thing down. >> she's not going to be on your show to talk about it? >> we'll see if she's on the show or not. >> it's called -- >> i want to be candid here. i'm not that interested in this. >> no? >> in sexual harassment, you're not interested in sexual harassment? >> i'm not interested in basically litigating somethi

. >> like megyn kelly? >> she was one recently, right. we introduced her there. so those are cosponsored events.and we have an arrangement that was started a couple of years ago where we took over the operation of the book sections in the restaurants and half a dozen busboys and poets in the d.c. area and also, we occasionally sponsor author talks. in some of those restaurants. because you know each busboys and poet has a separate room with a stage in a sound system that is very conducive to an author talk. >> the obama's are regular customers of yours. should -- i am sure the clintons were as well. what if donald trump committed by books? >> president obama was here a couple of times in michelle obama did come here for a signing. and the clintons have talked in a few times. president clinton did a couple of signings here. we did do an event, a very large event off-site for hillary clinton's last book. but - look, i think we would welcome the president. you know we have been hoping when vice president mike pence reliving out to part with the story here that, befo

megyn kelly is from upstate new york. everything she has made herself. with the other w women. whether you agree with her politics or not. they did a lot. chelsea clinton has been a s documentary filmmaker. >> she is producer for documentary films. >> tucker: she had a paying gig on "the today show." professor at ivy league college.t >> has she hit 18 holes in one? i guess the point is heir very life steams like insult to the a meritocracy she got all of that because of her parents. isn't that embarrassing? >> you are saying her lifefe is insult because she was born to prominent family? that seems like a strange thing to say, tucker. >> get a job hedge fund.ro ivy league professor. documentary film producer whatever that is those things are not connected in any way. those are very different skill sets. unless she is like a genius in all of them. this is just inept tim and insulting to all the people trying to make it in this world. >> we are honoring chelsea for her work with organization for alliance for healthier generation. regardless much your politi

among them star anchor megyn kelly. >> it culminated in a physical attempt to be with me, which i rejecteded you? >> he tried to kiss me three times. so i rejected that. and when i rejected that he asked me when my contract was up. >> i think it is a culture of sexual harassment that started at the top with roger ailes and his departure has not done much to remedy the problem. >> i mean, if we were talking about discrimination of any other minority, this would be -- conversation wouldn't be happening. >> reporter: last year laurie luhn who worked for ailes nearly 20 years opened up on "20/20" to elizabeth vargas. >> i went through such hell for so many years. >> reporter: luhn says ailes would ask her to strip to her underwear and dance for him. >> he would have me get down on my knees and tell me you know what you are, laurie, you're my whore. you're my sex slave. you're going to do whatever i tell you to do at any time. do you understand that? >> reporter: luhn says ailes then instructed her to perform oral sex. >> i didn't question it. and that was his big thing, just don't ever questio

they go up. >> right. >> which means they weren't really watching megyn kelly, they were watching fox news. you can replace anybody there and the ratings stay the way they are. o'reilly, it seems, as far as i can tell in that constellation, has a unique hold on his audience. he's the one who i believe has the strongest hold on the audience. that's why they book him on other shows all the time. "the view" and these other places. they believe he has a hold on his audience and the book business shows that he has a hold on his audience that is different from everybody else at fox. >> yeah. >> and these conditions show that he has a hold that's pretty strong. when this stuff comes out, completely continue tick lly co everything in his new book, everything about what he preaches and they hang in there with limb and that's, you know, that's somethings that he's developed with that audience over a loonng period of time. it's also because every night he's saying exactly what they want to thahear about everythin >> the question becomes what is the tolerance of fox tuesday for an ad-free environ

i think megyn kelly was one recently. lissa was there and introduced her. so those are cosponsored events. with busboys & poets, that's an arrangement that was started a couple of years ago where we took over the operation of the book sections in those restaurants, several, have a dozen busboys & poets in the d.c. area. and also we occasionally sponsor author talks and some of those restaurants. the guest each busboys and poets as a separate room with the stage and a sound system that's very conducive for an author talk. >> the obama as were regular customers of yours, and i'm sure the claims were as well. what if president trump came in to buy some books? >> i wouldn't say they were regular customers. president obama was here a couple of times and michelle obama did come here for a signing, and the clintons popped in a few times. and president clinton did a few signs and we did an event off-site, a very large event for hillary clinton's last book. but look, i think we would welcome president donald trump. we've been hoping with vice president pence was liv

>> well, i mean, megyn kelly ended up being replaceable.er believed that anchors were fungible. if they were, carl, you wouldn't be making the big bucks and nor would o'reilly be making $20 million a year. it's an opportunity for fox, especially if lock lap and james redefine what fox is doing. go to the younger demographic and a new audience. >> that brings me to another question, walter, that is you talk about o'reilly helping define what cable tv now is. you know, we're coming off of fa and it's unclear if they'll graduate to the new methods of communication. i wonder if that changes the landscape for the type of personalities that appear on cable news. >> yeah, i mean, o'reilly was one of the forerunners when i was at cnn as you'll remember, carl, you know, we were paying $1 million a week to keep a baghdad bureau open. suddenly, people at time warner were saying, excuse me, you know, i know they're paying o'reilly a lot, but it's 1/120th cost of keeping reporters overseas in a bureau like that and they get twice the ratings. so that wa

when megyn kelly left and tucker was put in her spot, nothing happened. the viewers remained happy. i have a feeling mr. o'reilly is replaceable. the graveyards are full of indispensable man as charles de gaulle said. >> mr. will, good to have you on. george will. >> glad to be with you. >> noted conservative columnist. >> an update on president george h.w. bush. according to a family spokesman president bush will not be discharged from the hospital today. he remains in the hospital after a mild case of pneumonia. his spirits are high. >>> it's a vehicular edition of the good, the bad, and the ugly. gasoline, cars, and helicopters coming up plus bloomingdale's employees making demands. we'll tell you what they're asking for next on "power lunch." 're on to you, diabetes. time's up, insufficient prenatal care. and administrative paperwork... your days of drowning people are numbered. same goes for you, budget overruns. and rising costs, wipe that smile off your face. we're coming for you, too. for those who won't rest until the world is healthier, neither will we. optum. how well get

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. >>> plus, is megyn kelly's first interview putin? >>> medical b goes after the nanny.ot a restraining order against the other woman. and the hot pursuit for sex tapes. where they could be hidden. >>> are you in possession of mel b's sex tapes? >> chelsea handler versus ivanka and melania. >> i don't need to talk to either o

roger ales resigned last year after allegations from megyn kelly. >>> the governor of georgia has declared a state of emergency after this fiery scene which happened on thursday. chris clone has the story. a suspect made his first appearance in court today. >> reporter: bay i will elleby made his first appearance in court as his public defender tried to block his face, the man, believed to be homeless is form formally accused of setting the fire which caused the freeway bridge to collapse. >> i'm going to set a bond of $100,000 or each charge. >> reporter: the fire broke out during even rush hour. the fire was started in an area used to store construction materials. both the north and southbound sides will have to be replaced. >> that's over 700 feet of bridge that has to be removed and totally rebuilt. >> it's going to take months for them to fix it, which is going to take a lot of patience. >> reporter: 225,000 cars travel the affected portions every day. federal government has released $10 million to help jump start reconstruction. >> we are committed. this is our highest priority, to o

number one, megyn kelly's nbc start date is set and it's soon. >> we have all summer to have fun. >>es at "today" are planning her warm welcome. >> well, we hope she'll come and drink on ours. okay? >>> then, erin moran's "happy days" family and hollywood friends mourn a star gone too soon. >>> and, number three, channing and jenna dewan tatum bring magic mike from their kitchen to vegas. >> breakfast and boom. >> as i step up and play couples counselor. >> plus, your "insider" bonus. can david ross and lindsay climb out of dancing's ballroom basement? >> it could be anybody going home. >> inside their game plan to get nsync. >> and why chris pratt's family made his walk of fame ceremony an emotional experience. >> i believe that god gives us signs and gifts. >>> now "the insider" tracking hollywood from the inside out. jennifer lopez caught dancing with another man? don't worry, j-rod fans. it's not exactly what you think. that is all coming up in just a bit. louis aguirre is off today. michael yo is here. >> happy to be here, deb. >>> let's talk megyn kelly news tracking number one

. >>> plus, is megyn kelly's first interview putin? >>> medical b goes after the nanny.ot a restraining order against the other woman. and the hot pursuit for sex tapes. where they could be hidden. >>> are you in possession of mel b's sex tapes? >> chelsea handler versus ivanka and melania.

you can tell the story and move on in the gretchens and megyn kelly can come forward.y can make something after that. that's the way it should be. you should not have to be subject to inappropriate behavior. i hope this culture is on the way to repairing. there are so many good friends and

in the past year we have hosted megyn kelly, thomas freedman, trevor noah, and senator corey booker just to name few. we drive to bring glow finest writers and thinkers and we're honored to host senator elizabeth warren for her new book "this fight is our fight" she is committed to working and fighting for working families and the middle class inch the aftermath of the 2008 financial cries she was chair of the congressal oversight panel for the troubled asset relief program. her efforts to protect taxpayers, hold wall street accountable and enshire top oversight of the bush and obama administrations, one praised from both sides of the aisle. recognized as one of the nation's top experts on bankruptcy and the financial pressures facing working families. senator warrant i credited for the original thinking, political courage and relentless persistence that led -- thank you. thought maybe you hadn't got that. applause mautz. >> that led to creation of the consumer protection bureau. [cheers and applause] >> says member of the commissions on spanking, house affairs, health education and labo

they lost megyn kelly, replaced very effectively as we know. and now they lose mr.ot to mention roger ailes, the man who built this network and made so many of the key decisions in terms of personnel. that's still a possibility, isn't it? that we see an audience erosion over time? >> well, i think that given, you know, regardless of your political persuasions where fox news is on the political spectrum, they really have a strong hold on the right let's be honest. unless we see a real competitor to that, a place on the spectrum, i think that the ratings should hold up fine. we even see that as fox news ratings are at an all-time high. they're up since the election. you know, you mentioned the replacements for o'reilly. you know, tucker carlson when he effectively replaced megyn kelly, if you look at her ratings and compare them to tucker's, his ratings are 10 to 12% higher than hers so you have somebody like dana perino as part of "the five" who could step in. she could take a more prominent role at fox news. she is well liked internally and think highly of her. i'm

donald trump made during the campaign, whether it was about john mccain not being a war hero or megyn kellyer, we all thought was going to hurt his chances for president. we were wrong and he was right. >> again, just the irony it is the same judge who oversaw the trump university case which never was -- it was settled. >> the judge didn't have to decide it, but he is capable of deciding this and any other case. >>> coming up, in the end what are the consequences of being accused of sexual harassment by multiple women? you may lose your job, but if you're bill o'reilly you may get paid $25 million. it's not the first time someone has cashed in after being accused of such misconduct. >> it's called a wheel. that's the word i was looking for. >> the wheel goes round and round. thank you. it's your tv, take it with you. with directv now and at&t, get the ultimate in entertainment plus unlimited data. get directv now for $10 a month when you have the new at&t unlimited plus plan. [student] i can just quit school and get a job. [ex student] daddy's here. [wife] hi [dad] hey buddy [son] hey dad [

you can tell the story and move on in the gretchens and megyn kelly can come forward. they can make something after that. that's the way it should be. you should not have to be subject to inappropriate behavior. i hope this culture is on the way to repairing. there are so many good friends and people who still work there. >> absolutely. we all feel that way. we are watching with close attention to see what happens next. ladies. thank you. >>> thanks to the international viewers. for you "cnn newsroom" is next. forviewers, can the health care bill pass? "new day" continues right now. >> this is a great bill. a great plan. >> president wants a victory. he keeps coming back to it. i can't see it is feasible. >> a lose-lose-lose situation. we will do everything to stop it. >> the government shutdown could come on his 100th day. >> they have one week to get it done. that's a real deadline. >>> france on high alert after terror attack rocks paris. >> a second suspect has handed himself in to belgian authorities. >> a very, very terrible thing that is going on in the world. i

. ♪ extra, extra >> new photos megyn kelly heading into nbc reportedly with kim, khloe and kris.they are coming out of the gates with a mega kardashian exclusive. >>> jennifer lopez dressed to kill telling all about her hot new relationship with a-rod. >> yes, yes. good times right now. >>> our new interview as j-lo steals the show at the billboard latin music awards. why it was such an emotional night. >> it is so much part of who i am. >>> new trouble for bachelor chris soules. his shocking history of drinking and driving just revealed. breaking details on his 2005 dui bust after he fell asleep at the wheel.

. >> and megyn kelly. >> he had bill o'reilly has a lead-in. so it does put a lot of extra pressure on tucker. the good thing for them is that there's a lot of interest right now in the news cycle with the trump administration. so they have a little bit of a cushion there. >> there's definite an audience for them and also for bill o'arrivy. his ratings have been quite good over the last few weeks. >> miss his fans are very loyal. as well as tucker is doing, he still loses a third of the audience. >> so bill has been a great lead-in for multiple people on that lineup. so it will be interesting to see how it shakes out. and bill's audience is loyal. it is not there at eight clorks oh, i'll watch this instead. that may not happen. >> mike, talk about the cultural moment that we're in. i keep getting push back from our other guests saying, no, no, this is you a about ads. i have to believe there's a cultural component. i covered the bill cosby situation for a long time. do you think we are culturally at a different point than we were ten years ago?

david joyce writing he expects minimal impact based on tucker carlson replacing megyn kelly and the cableews viewing up 31% year to date. more than makes up for the loss of bill o'reilly. the big question is whether his ouster helps fox with the fit and proper test with which britt herb authorities are evaluating the purchase of the rest of sky. which is far more important than bill o'reilly to the bottom line. back to you. >> thank you. let's bring in "the new york times" reporter who along with his colleague led the investigation into fox's $13 million of payouts to cover up harassment charges against bill o'reilly. and then resulted in his dismissal. michael smith is that reporter and joins us now. michael, it's not as though there weren't reports about bill o'reilly years past and some of his behavior. yet there was a very different reaction this time to your excellent reporting, by the way. in terms of the details. but why do you think that was? why was it so different now than opposed to five or ten years ago when we heard any number of stories about what might have been termed even

megyn kelly and now bill o'reilly.me for fox because we are coming into the upfront selling season where the tv networks go to the advertisers in may and to say, here is what we are going to give you next season. if you are an advertiser you can say, maybe i will step back to see how the ratings play out on the fox network. >> japan ending the first quarter on a pretty strong note, right? we saw the export and import numbers beating expectations in march. was it largely expected that these numbers would come in quite strong? >> betty, i think we thought the numbers would look good, but not this good. the exports were supported by shipments of auto parts and steel, and one of the big numbers is the 16% growth in exports to china, their biggest trading partner, so it is all a bullish picture. there are some questions about whether it is sustainable as we get into the second half of the year. those china numbers probably distorted by china's lunar new year effect and other doubts on the horizon, but it is a bullish set of

the past 15 years, there is question after departures of gretchen carlson, greta van susteren and megyn kelly. the o'reilly show generated higher revenue than any other show bringing in $325 million in revenue over the last two years. it was also a valuable lead-in for other shows such as tucker carl kr carlson. an attorney representing two of his accusers says she is not giving up until he is gone. >>> talking about what the impact would be on an o'reilly exit. former cnn president, john klein, now ceo and co-founder of tap tv. good to talk to you again. >> just from a programming perspective, how do you replace the biggest anchor in cable news without dramatically affecting ad revenue. >> fox news is sort of the new england patriots of cable news. they have got a system and they can use their tom brady and still peel off a winning street. this isn't a cataclysmic event but it is a big challenge. last week with o'reilly on vacation, their ratings were down 26% but fox news was still by far the number one network in all of cable tv. not just cable news. so they have got a cushion here. they c

both, but their hand has been forced for one primary reason when you have gretchen carlson and megyn kellys was an isolated incident and perhaps the employer should not be liable for what they do not know and now there is an issue at being a settlement and it hinted that the culture of a hostile workplace environment was certainly known. it was paid for to some degree and now they have their hand forced because when an employer knows about it and there's any tangible work action related like there is a demotion, a firing, a mistreatment. those two go hand in hand to make fox news liable. >> so here's what bill o'reilly's attorney is saying in a statement. bill o'reilly has been subject to a brutal campaign of character assassination that is unprecedented in the post-mccarthyist america, this law firm has uncovered evidence that the smear campaign is being orchestrated by far left organizers bent on destroying o'reilly for political and financial reasons. smear campaign, brian, by the far left and that's the legal case, it sounds like. >> this is a lawyer well known as a pit bull and has re

there were timeslots taken by megyn kelly, at 9:00 after bill o'reilly, and he stayed in the later part remember that was a big deal. how does this position him now? how does he feel about the situation? how does he re-tool his presentation to become the fox news bedrock? >> part of it is fox news is fortunate to have him because he has this incredibly close relationship to donald trump, which goes back to last year. he was one of the first conservative commentators to jump on the trump bandwagon. he was really supportive of trump and gave trump had a lot of air time, had trump town halls, trump basically lived on his show. even when trump was struggling and it looked like trump was going to perhaps lose, hannity never wavered. he really hammered other conservatives who were waffling a little bit about whether they would back trump. i think trump has respected the loyalty and given back to hannity. he gave hannity the first cable news interview after he became president. he has given six of his first tv interviews on fox news. that is great for fox news ratings. hannity is in the middle

so despite the departures of megyn kelly and gretchen carlson and even the former chief of fox news rogeriles. >> yeah, all of a sudden it is not one or two things, it is quite a bit. we will see what happens. thank you, julia. >>> meantime, 40 minutes to go until the close. dow down triple dig et cetera, at the moment it is 20,420. seems like 21 -- did we only close above that once or twice? >> we actually never cloeed above 2400 on the s&p, we just touched it. elsewhere in the dow, meanwhile american express will be reporting earnings after the bell today. we will be delivering those numbers to you, plus two leading analysts debate whether am ex's best days behind it or not. coming up. >> also ahead, what lengths would you go to for a new credit card. we are going to speak to the millennial who chased town her dream in costume. she will join us. stay with us. [weather reporter]: governor has declared a winter weather emergency... announcer: soon, insurance companies won't pay for damages, that is, not if they can help prevent damages from happening in the first place. at cognizant, we'r

megyn kelly leaves, tucker carlson comes in.appens to the ratings, except that they go up. which means they weren't really watching megyn kelly, they were watching fox news. you could replace anybody there and the ratings stay where they are. o'reilly has an unique hold on his audience. he's the one who i believe has the strongest hold on the audience. and that's why they book him on other shows all the time to view in these other places is because they believe he has a hold on his audience. and the book business shows that he has a hold on his audience that is different than everybody else at fox. these conditions show that he has a hold that's pretty strong. when this stuff comes out, completely contradicts everything in his new book and everything about what he preaches. and they hang in there with him. you know, that's something that he's developed with that audience over a long period of time. but it's also because every night he's saying exactly what will they want to hear about everything. >> but the question then becomes

tucker carlson brought in to replace megyn kelly replaces bill o'reilly for now. >>> exxonmobil looks its drilling with rosneft. it was unveiled under then-ceo rex tillerson but blocked two years later when the obama administration hit russia with those sanctions for an exing crimea. now exxon is asking the trump administration for a waiver. cnbc's v joins us. you have john mccain weighing in on twitter saying, are they crazy, referring to exxonmobil. >>, yeah i think, tricky is an understatement. a lot of critics going after them on this particular topic. remember, when those sanctions came into effect in 2014, the joint venture between rosneft and exxon was allowed to continue as a legal entity. they're now seeking to drill in black sea, part of that $500 billion deal you just mentioned. what they're hoping is they'll get thesis waivers. they've had several smaller waivers for what's known as limited legal activity to deal with corporate structures under the obama administration. a lot of people asking whether under a trump administration with rex tillerson now as secretary of state

. >>> megyn kelly starts her new job with nbc next month.w set to air sunday evening will debut in june. the former fox news anchor left for nbc in early january. evening, the writers behind some of your favorite television shows have authorized a strike, and that could mean a change in what you'll be watching in the coming week. the writers' contract runs out on monday. they want changes in work rules and a boost for their health plan. if they strike, it will affect late night comedy. the tv networks are in talks with the writers unions. >>> when d.c. police tried to raise awareness about missing teenagers in the district, it backfired. another story emerged and went viral. >> and at some point, people believed hundreds of young children were being abducted here in the city. since that story broke, we've been working to help separate fact from fiction. justin finch explains why some of the missing kids leave home and where most of them turn up. home, old rundown buildings, just a few spots where police have found missing young people. >> wh

among them star anchor megyn kelly. >> it culminated in a physical attempt to be with me, which i rejecteden my contract was up. >> i think it is a culture of sexual harassment that started at the top with roger ailes and his departure has not done much to remedy the problem. >> i mean, if we were talking about discrimination of any other minority, this would be -- conversation wouldn't be happening. >> reporter: last year laurie lund who worked for ailes nearly 20 years opened up on "20/20" to elizabeth vargas. >> i went through such hell for so many years. >> reporter: lund says ailes would ask her to strip to her underwear and dance for him. >> he would have me get down on my knees and tell me you know what you are, laurie, you're my whore. you're my sex slave. you're going to do whatever i tell you to do at any time. do you understand that? >> reporter: luhn says ailes then instructed her to perform oral sex. >> i didn't question it. and that was his big thing, just don't ever question anything i ever ask you to do, laurie. >> did you try to refuse? >> it's too late. the minute it happ

then many other women came forward including megyn kelly. ales was forced to resign. there's a federal grand jury investigation. other unrelated lawsuits are pending and o'reilly is sort of the center of the fox universe. the biggest star with the biggest ratings on cable news. responsible over the course of his 20 years on fox for hundreds of millions of dollars in profit. o'reilly says that makes him a big target. he is denying the claims against him. but all of this begs the question, if ales was discussed with numerous harassment claims, this behavior would not be targeted, then why does o'reilly still have a job, the biggest job on cable news? we will talk to one of the attorneys for an alleged victim coming up. joining me first are the two reporters who broke this story, emily steel in new york and in washington michael schmidt. they co-by lined the story. and also matthew garahan broke some news this week about fox about the mourdock empire. so thank you all for being here today. emily, let me start with you on the broad strokes of this story here. you have a v

they then lost megyn kelly, which i think has been greatly under estimated.ne a good job of saying she doesn't matter, we just plugged tucker carlson in. she was one hope of journalist respectability. she was one person that covered trump honorably. she's gone. this is is surprising. you cited the column i have today. i was surprised, that went online friday. i was surprised by how many women who work at fox still work at fox, some former women privately contacted me to say zuri absolutely right. you get to a point at fox where any woman that has other options, why would she want to work in that? that's a culture that roger ailes instituted what 20 years ago? he's such an autocrat tick pers personality. hear is the dilemma for the murdochs running it. >> sorry to interrupt. jane, you worked there in the 2000s. what do you say? is it a cancer? >> i don't like -- i love david zurik but i don't like the metaphor of a cancer. let me tell you what i think they should do. i don't want to not say what i think. i think they -- 21st century fox, you know, clearly as d

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some say she hurts women by glossing over the issues like the megyn kelly women and women who have accused him like the "access hollywood" tape and things he said about women like hillary clinton and carly fiorina. >> do you think she glosses over those serious words? >> we've talked about those issues at five months. at a certain point we move forward. president trump asked for forgiveness in those comments in that access hollywood tape. i've given it to him. others should, i think, and after five months of talking about this i think she just wants to move on to addressing things like the syria chemical weapons attack and i think it's time to move forward. >> jonathan? >> i would build on what my friend maria said and remind people it wasn't just comments that donald trump made. he basically in my view committed the crime of sexual assault if not argued for it when he talked about and i don't want to use the words here. but donald trump is a sexual predator and he's treated women with disrespect and i don't think whatever ivanka trump does it's so built in. you pointed out 60% but it's no

megan kan megyn kelly worked there. we want to be fair. i'm just saying. bill hemmer works there.ill i'm sure makes a lot of money. do you understand the point? brit hume works there. he makes a lot of money. and on and on. >> look, i think here is the thing. the other thing is it's knowable. i'm just saying i don't know. but i think that fox probably does no, right. the people who have had access to the -- >> and so i think that they know what happened. and they have to make a decision what they want to do. it's hard for me sitting here not having access. >> kaleigh says redemption, right? it is hypocritical, though, when you're the family values channel to allow someone who possibly did this to stay on the air and not question it? we'll talk about that when we come back. as after a dvt blood clot,ital i sure had a lot to think about. what about the people i care about? ...including this little girl. and what if this happened again? i was given warfarin in the hospital, but wondered, was this the best treatment for me? so i asked my doctor. and he recommended eliquis. eliquis tre

. >> they saw the ads go up after megyn kelly was replaced by tucker carlson.saw that coming. he may not look irreplace number that lineup. >> you will have to imagine that over the next two weeks the murdochs are going to be scrutinizing the ratings for the sub toot host. >> let's get lisa bloom in here. we are joined by lisa bloom, she is the attorney for wendy waubl. wendy walsh broke this case, the o'reilly story wide open. lisa, that's because your client was one of the people who could speak to the "new york times" when they did their massive story on this two weeks ago because she was not bound by a legal agreement not to speak about bill o'reilly. i would like your reaction to the sudden announce member that bill o'reilly is going on vacation. >> it is a coincidence, lawrence, because tomorrow i'm going on vacation as well. but the difference i i for sure am coming back to work on monday. and bill o'reilly should not be coming back to work on monday, because he has sexually harassed so many women. wendy walsh has been so brave the come out like anybody