mr. weinstein is partner of davis polk and orderiwell. in 2008 he was named homeland security adviser by president george w. bush. prior to his white house service, mr. weinstein was the first assistant attorney general for national security, before that, he served as u.s. attorney in washington, d.c., he has served as general counsel also of the fbi. mr. goodman, is mr. goodman is the founding co-editor in chief of a publication just security, an online forum focused on u.s. national security and that forum is based at new york university school of law. >> mr. goodman is a professor of law policy and sociology at new york university. prior to this, he served as special counsel to the general counsel of the department of defense. ms. janikowski is a global fellow at the wilson center in washington, d.c. she focused on eastern europe. focuses on eastern europe and russia. previously she served as a fullbright clinton public policy fellow. and worked in government relations at the national democratic institute for international affairs. we'

mr. weinstein's name.these two charges are in my opinion imminently defensible based on what we have learned. >> reporter: the manhattan district attorney saying the team is trying to attack the victims, adding the defendant's recent assault on the integrity of the survivors and legal process is predictable. in the meantime, outside the white house here in manhattan, his attorney tells us he's considering filing a motion to split this case into two. he says heelieveex s andheap chy ire two separate trials. linda lopez, abc news, new york. >>> say good-bye to the swim suit competition. this year, the miss america competition will no longer be a beauty pageant. the chairwoman made the announcement this morning on "gma," and in addition to banishing swim suits, the competition no requires contestants to wear evening gowns. jessica castro spoke about the big changes. >> do you think they watch the competition without the swim suits? >> yep. ironically, there's been stereotype out there forever and ever that pe

mr. weinstein. more than 70 womhi have accused m of sexual misconduct. he faces up to 25 years in i prisonfound guilty of eitherha of the two crges he faces. -- he'll be a deft ethiopia' ethiopia's governing coalition says it will accept a peace deal with eritrea. a land deal reterted disputed itory to eritrea, but that had been contested by ethiopia until now, and the two countries remain bitter enemies. the american fashion designer kate spade has been found dead at her new york city apartment , reportedly the result of the suicide. ms. spade founded her trademark rae of handbags and accessories in the early 1990's. she went on to sell the company, but her name remains synon with the brand. jmebbc's nada tawfikne a short time ago from new york. what do we know about the circumstances of her death? nada: the nypd says they are investigating this as a tragic suicide. the housekeeper found kate spade in the bedroom of her park avenue apartment unresponsive and called emergencyces. when they arrived, they said she waunconscious and they pronounced her dead

mr weinstein's lawyer, benjamin brafman, spoke on behalf of his client after the hearing.stain has tonight these crimes. he has maintained that he has never engaged in nonconsensual sex with anyone. he is taking this matter very seriously. he is working on helping us address these issues andi on helping us address these issues and i think under the circumstances he is holding up reasonably well. no—one can be happy to be in the position that he is in. as i said in court, rape is a terrible crime and he has tonight these allegations and as terrible crime rate is, it is equally reprehensible to be falsely accused of rape. another major story today — a new explosion at guatemala's fuego volcano prompted emergency services to order evacuations from the surrounding areas as people are desperately searching for missing family members. more than 70 deaths have been reported since the volcano erupted, but many more remain unaccounted for. ethiopia's governing coalition has announced that it will accept and fully implement a peace deal that ended its conflict with eritrea. a bounda

mr. weinstein has denied these allegations, that's where we are. >> reporter: now, dozens of women across nation have accused harvey weinstein, many have filed civil complaints and not just against weinstein but against the companies that he was associated with. miramax, disney and the now bankrupt weinstein company by the way, some of these civil complaints also named the board members of thesepaniess well gloria allred, victims' rightsay she doesn't represent the two named victims on who these criminal charges are based but other new york alleged victims as well. she says she thinks in this case previous bad acts are going to play a large role in the justice. and she's urging people to come forward. so is the d.a. by the way, if harvey weinstein is convicted of all of the charges here, he faces more than 50 years behind bars, guys. >> contessa, we'll rely on you to help us understand what's happening at the statereme court contessa brewer in manhattan >>> get a check on where the markets stand as we go to break. dow adding to losses, down about 54 color of the components really describe

mr. weinstein has denied these crimes. he has maintained that he has never engaged in nonconsensual sex and i think under the circumstances he's holding up reasonably well. >> weinstein is not in jail. he posted a $1 million bail. but he did give up passport and agree to wear a tracking device. >>> and exclusive this morning, the resource officer widely criticized for his response to the parkland, flora, school shooting is fending himself. his name is scot peterson. he did not go into the building during the shooting and people called him a coward and he talked to the "today" show savannah guthrie. >> families need to know that i didn't get it right because i don't want to go into that building or facing somebody. it wasn't like that at all. >> you weren't scared? >> there was no time. things went so fast -- >> were you a coward. >> never. >> that is what they called you. the coward of broward county. >> i never had a chance for a moment of being scared or a coward because i was doing things the whole time. it didn't even -

mr. weinstein has denied these allegations, that's where we are >> dramatic images from scranton, pennsylvania, showing the final implosion of the historic 100-year-old bridge the harrison avenue bridge had connected south scranton to the city's hill section since the early 1920s. >> andto made in detroit but not in a good way. yankees slugger aaron judge struck out eight times in nine at-bats during a doubleheader yesterday, setting a major league record for whiffs in a single day there you go that's the news update this hour scotty, i'll send it back to you. that's a bad day >> eight times in one day. >> it's a record >> a great analogy to investing, if you're always swinging for home runs, be prepared for some big drops. >> there you go. >> aaron judge gets a free pass. >> if you'ra power hitter, you're going to strike out 300 times a season >> i hope that doesn't get in his head that's a record and in the books he's got to hope for another guy to go nine >> thank you, sue. >> you got it. >> seema mody has a market flash fous >> i want to point your attention to the euro, which is spiking.

women used the first cases to come to court and scores of women went public last year accusing mr weinstein of sexual misconduct of a decades he denies any wrongdoing. of the death toll from guatemala as devastating volcano eruption has lived risen to sixty nine well thought is a warning that the number is in is likely to increase as rescue workers continue their search was a mahler's volcanic delf way go on volcano of fire as one of central america's most active sunday's eruption was its biggest for more than forty years president jimmy brown this is to create a state of emergency in calls for three days of mourning. everyone. amid the tragedy there are moments like this. when a baby pulled alive from the wreck of a mountainside home then i don't know. colleagues to come over to share in a moment that makes this complex rescue effort all worth while. you know i think about what i worry about but i guess. this is a risky operation more eruptions could happen at any time rescuers are having to tread quickly and carefully over still smoldering terrain. the weather could also hinder their effo

mr weinstein has denied these crimes.ith anyone. he is taking this matter very seriously. he is working on helping us address these issues, and i think, under the circumstances, he is holding up reasonably well. no—one can be happy to be in the position he is in. as i said in court, rape is a terrible crime and he has denied these allegations. as terrible a crime as rape is, it is equally reprehensible to be falsely accused of rape. our correspondent, neda tawfik is in new york. what happens from here on in? well, this is set to be a long, drawn—out process. we heard from harvey weinstein‘s lawyer that he is going to be filing several motions. he said he is going to first seek to dismiss the charges, he hopes it does not go to trial. he says if it does, he will work vigorously to clear harvey weinstein‘s name. in court, he had argued that these two separate cases happened years apart, and should be tried separately. that is, of course, going to be one of theissues is, of course, going to be one of the issues that the pros

trial.and if there is a trial, we will proceed expeditiously and vigorously to try and clear mr. weinstein'sges are in my opinion eminently defendable based on what we've learned. (catherine) brafman (catherine) brafman said that as bad as the crime of rape is - it's equally reprehensible to be falsely accused. weinstein's bail was earlier set a million-dollars - allowing him to remain free while he awaits trial. he's scheduled to return to court september 20th. (vikki) auto burglars are targeting vehicles parked at a pair of starbucks locations in an east bay city. it's a story we first brought you on friday. today police investigators took a longer view and found smash and grab burglaries are an emerging trend in other locations as well... kron4's haaziq madyun shows us where leaving personal items in plain sight in your vehicle is just the thing auto burglars are looking for in the city of hercules, where there has been a spike in smash and grab break-ins says hercules police spokesperson connie vanputten sot

mr weinstein is accused of sexual offences by scores of women, which ignited the hash—tag me too campaigny that this will go to trial. last week a grand jury indicted harvey weinstein on these felony charges of rape and a criminal sexual act and we have now had this procedural arraignment in new york state supreme court where he appeared in front of the judge supreme court where he appeared in front of thejudge and entered a plea of not guilty. now we start the long process of motions and discovery and a lot of legal proceedings on the way to a trial andi proceedings on the way to a trial and i think an interesting question many are already asking is whether this will mimic the second trial we saw in the bill cosby case where additional women were allowed to speak and give evidence apart from the women in the case itself. of course new york prosecutors say they have an open inquiry into harvey weinstein, that they could bring additional charges, but for now he has pleaded not guilty to these charges of rape and a criminal sexual act in regard to two women who have been named in the case.

mr. weinstein's name. ct attorney cyrus vance junior has said it was editable that weinstein's camp would attack the integrity of the women and of the legal system. president trump wants separate trade talks with canada and mexico. but white house economic adviser larry kudlow says the president does not plan to withdraw from nafta. kudlow told foxnews negotiating with multiple countries can lead to a bad deal. the court in puerto rico has ordered the islands government to release all death certificates issued after hurricane maria struck in september of 2017. there have been claims the storm's official death toll of 64 is severely undercounted. today afteromes puerto rico's institute of statistics sued the island's health department seeking more data on the number of related deaths. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and at tic toc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i mark crumpton. -- i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. julia: thank you very much, mar

mr. win's name. mark: manhattan's district it was predictable that weinstein's camp would intact it -- attacked the integritymen and of the legal system. the deputy who has been criticized for his actions during the shooting at a florida high school says he's haunted by what happened. nbc's "theson told today show" "those were my kids in their." unfolded so fast on the afternoon of february 14 that there was no time to intervene. the shooter was inside marjorie stoneman douglas high for six minutes. peterson resigned eight days after the shooting when surveillance video showed him standing outside the building. 17 people were killed. education secretary betsy devos says the federal commin on school safety set up after the shooting will not be looking at the role of guns in school violence. she told a congressional hearing today that it's not part of the commission's. today, she is chairing the panel president trump created inlowing that shooting parkland, florida. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. a recap oft's get today's market action. the nasdaq continues to build on record highs with mega cap tech na

this week, the #metoo movement, began with revelations around harvey weinstein, the hollywood producer. was a good friend of yours and mrs. clinton's. he gave a lot of moneyto your campaigns, i guess he also contributed to your defense effort during the impeachment period. there were so manyacusations by women against him, you nevere had anse, never heard anything or saw anything about that that gave you -- >> i didn't. you know what -- and -- it's funny, i think -- i've thoughtt abis a lot -- but every time we were together, i believe, over those years was either at charity event or a political event, if he wase, alr when his family was around. he was, over this period, married twice, and his family was there, and, so, i didn't know. one ever said anything to me. >> woodruff: sensitive questions. >> and where was the media -- mean, charlie rose, did anybody know about charlie? i don't know. and also, to me, in terms of just media being the kind investigators they should be, people have beetalking about e casting couch in hollywood for 40, 50 years, whaver the heck it is. no investigations. why does it take this to all o

mr. brafman's comments last time they were in court when he said that harvey weinstein doesn't invent theouch. if you remember, he said that, it pertains to the fact he said he defends criminal behavior, not inappropriate behavior and that was mentioned in court as she didn't like that very much and didn't appreciate those ents to the press. we'll see if brafman speaks to us again and makes any other further comments on behalf of harvey weinstein. >> that from the assistant district attorney as you mentioned. also, ben brafman, his attorney last time, right after said he didn't invent the casting couch, he said, quote, bad behavior is not on trial in this case. harvey weinstein is not being tried for bad behavior, he's being tried for rape. brynn, thank you, appreciate it. >>> dozens of democrats fighting for survival in california's jungle primary today. such a crowded field. will democrats completely bera ? we'll plain next. join t-mobile. and get netflix included for the whole family. so you can get lost in space in your own backyard... or get pumped up for your grand entrance. only t-

mr murdoch's media empire. the government had already referred the proposed fox takeover to the competition and markets authority and the media regulator, 0fcom. the film producer harvey weinsteinxual act charges at the supreme court in new york. it's the first time cases involving the 66—year—old are being tested in the criminal court. more than 70 women have accused him of sexual misconduct. he has denied them all. the comedian, michael mcintyre has been robbed by thieves on a moped, as he waited to collect his sons from a school in north london. the men smashed his car windows with a hammer, before taking his watch and speeding off. it comes amid a sharp rise in crimes committed by moped gangs in london in recent years. around 20,000 offences were reported last year alone. david sillito reports. this footage, taken just minutes after the attack, clearly shows the broken car window. and the comedian, michael mcintyre, speaking to police. witnesses described how men, riding on a moped, hammered at the window and forced michael mcintyre out of the car before robbing him. hello! unfortunately, that happens! michael mcintyre, one of britain's most successful comedians, is said to

represents other people including harvey weinstein at the time, is no slouch, said we have no legal defense to this>> why doou thin pardoned? >> i don't know. mr jail time. the reason you have a system and you have an attorney and the way most pardons have been granted over time. there are bad pardons on all time. i don't know why donald trump does what he does, but it sounds like he didn't read any documents and he decided to pardon to please his political base. >> i want to ask you about this new document that says manafort was witness tampering. do you think his bail should be revoked? >> yes. >> jeff toobin was on and anne milgram. >> we tal earlier. i am a little bit surhey didn't ask straightaway that they didn't ask for bail revoked or revise. it seems to be an egregious. i think it is possible that they will bring additional charges which is the obstruction statute. and c, there is a decent chance this evidence is going to come in to show he was conscious of what he was doing was wrong. i am surprised why the hearing is going to take place 11 days from now and not sooner. maybe the judge is trying to give the defense a chance it respon

weinstein show podcast at the national review online online. jamie, thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> arthel: we've seen mr. guliani all over the media as of late, in full force. what is your take on mr. guliani's media tour, we'll call it? what's behind it? >> i think it's in part because as he has said, that much of the remedy if there was criminality would be impeachment. so it's really a political process. what i think he's trying to do is kind of delegitmize the entire investigation. if something arises where there is an impeachment proceeding, they've muddied the field, saying donald trump has been treated unfairly. what i found interesting today is it's not even clear rudy guliani agrees with the entire memo which was not written when he was on the legal teal. it was written by paul dowd. george stephanopoulos asked him whether the president can end cases and that would not be obstruction of justice, a pothetical, what if the president murdered somebody and there was an investigation into that, the president could close that down and guliani said well, i wouldn't go that far, that was written by john

mr. crews: it was hushed up. the culture at the time, i believe no one would believe me if i went public. once the me too movement broke and once i saw some of weinstein's victims come forward, it empowered me to come forward. senator feinstein: to talk with others? you find that they are empowered now to stick it out? i see it with a lot of women coming forward. i don't see it with a lot of men coming forward. mr. crews: there have been men coming forward, but i have to say that the silence is deafening when it comes to men talking about this issue simply because you are talking about a complicit system. you are talking about women who are raped, thrown behind dumpsters and their dad say we should not ruin his life. men look at, where other women. another systeme with a view the casting couch as the perks of the job. i have been privy to these conversations and i have to say i'm not point the finger. am a member of this toxic world. did i assault anyone? no, but i was complacent because i looked the other way. i was said men need to hold other men accountable. that is the only way the system is going to change. when you see this type of behavior. if an

mr. weinstein. now professor goodman. >> i want to start by thanking chairman grassley and ranking member feinstein and distinguished members of this committee for holding an important hearing such an important issue. it's an honor for me to be here to testify before you. the russian organization that used social media tools to interfere in the most recent presidential election called its mission quote information warfare against the united states of america, end quote. like the terrorists on 9/11 our enemies used our systems against us. al qaeda used our commercial air transportation systems, the kremlin used our social media. and communications systems. moscow hijacked platforms such as facebook, twitter and youtube. in its attack on the united states. the russian operations wreak havoc in the u.s. election began long before donald trump or hillary clinton announced their runs for the presidency. code named or referred to as the quote, unquote, translation project, this specific russian operation