i think there is consensus among supervisor yee and stephanie and myself and supervisor ronan who was on the committee that this is something that has to happen and he want this to happen in the budget. but there still seems to be some questions. one of the things i wanted to ask director garcia because i did not think about it until we were in a meeting that day is part of the role that these staff will play in this new sharp division or office is they have to -- they have to regulate discipline and oversee different actors that are involved in the process. and a lot of them are actually d.p.h. employees. part of the question was does it make sense to have that oversight and office that would be recommending discipline for actions that were performed by d.p.h. employees. does it make sense to have it in d.p.h. so i wanted to hear your thoughts on that. >> absolutely. first of all, this office is not a regulatory body. it is a kaord nating body that will really look at these issues, but you have to work with each department. within the department. because it is at a very high level. w

supervisor ronan? >> supervisor ronen: thank you, madam president, i agree on the notice provisions but i also have been talking to the city attorney's office about an additional amendment regarding different languages that the notice is listed currently, the current draft of legislation only provides a telephone listing and i think we should provide additional information for those who don't speak english, the building or permit application number, basic details of the project and how to access plan sets and date time and location of the hearings. so i will be working with the city attorney and also believe i can get that amendment ready within a week. i see deputy city attorney jon givner nodding, so i will be supporting the continuance. i want to mention especially when it comes to the 100% affordable i will be supportive of the entire thing once these minor amendments are made and i do feel it works well in conjunction with the legislation i have introduced that will have a hearing shortly talking

fromve not read the report ronan farrow in the new yorker that says what happened.had been hearing for months that ronan farrow and others were looking into allegations against les moonves but no story has materialized. i heard it in the past couple of weeks that ronan farrow was going to publish a story and it appears that it will finally happen. david: we do not know what the allegations are and much less whether they are true that it raises questions, a broader backdrop of the fight between les moonves and share redstone about the control of cbs. how may this play into the dispute? and succession plan for les moonves? >> no effect on the legal matter of that case. but it would seem to weaken les moonves's position, depending on the allegations. his strength in his dispute over control of the company is that he has been one of the most successful media executives in recent memory and that he has the loyalty of the company, board, shareholders, and any serious allegations against ceo you what you wrote support. -- erode support. david: les moonves contributed might

investigative journalist ronan farrow joins us now. ronan. >> good morning. >> what are these women alleging? >> these are very serious allegations, allison, two of the women term what they went through assault. i think have a fair case that it would be within the conventional definitions of assault. we were talking about encounters in which women allege they were pinned down and struggled to escape. it's serious stuff but i also want to point out that in some of these cases, more than the initial incident these are women who said what was scarring was the threats of retaliation, that there appeared to be a pattern of saying this is going to harm your career. i think that's worth all of us looking at in a corporate context. >> not only the threats this is going to harm your career, these women allege it did harm their career. >> i'm glad you pointed that out because in some of these cases it's not a gray area i will yan na douglas, confirmed was fired from this with her deal with cbs. that is not disputed. cbs disputes why she was fire

and we hear from the reporter who broke the story, ronan farrow. here's abc's chief national affairs correspondent, tom llamas. >> reporter: tonight les moonves, one of most powerful men in hollywood, under investigation by his own company, cbs, after allegations of sexual misconduct. the accusations from six women from encounters that happened 20 years ago that range from inappropriate kissing to sexual assault, surfacing tonight in a "new yorker" expose by ronan farrow. in the article actress and writer illeana douglas tells farrow, "what happened to me was a sexual assault, and then i was fired for not participating." she recounts an incident in moonves' office. moonves' office. "in a millisecond, he got one arm over me, pinning me," she said. moonves was violently kissing her, holding her down on the couch with her arms above her head. producer christine peters recounts a similar experience in the article saying moonves told her during the meeting "this is really great," she recalled. "then he just put a hand up my skirt." >> each and every wom

les moonves has been accused of sexual misconduct in a ronan farrow exposÉ and shares down 4.2%.ust come out. we have not asked for a comment. this is the hollywood reporter reports. shares of cbs on the decline. expediak of the hour, on pace for its best day since february of 2016 with shares up more than 8%. we have more, is still are earnings report. >> they outstripped analyst estimates, earnings per share of $1.38 compared to an estimate of $.89. powering the share price move today. expedia has a history of large stock -- post earning stock swings, up 8% last quarter and the two quarters prior, double-digit declines. that should not take away from the quarter we are looking at today. is5 purchase of homeaway starting to pay off. updating technology and persuading hosts to handle transactions online. we saw profit at homeaway doubling in the second -- compared to one year ago. vonnie: thank you. falling, down 3.8%, the hollywood reporter saying the new yorker will pose an exposÉ i ronan farrow that will say that les moonves has been accused of sexual misconduct. no comment fr

joining us from los angeles is "the new yorker's" ronan farrow.an, good morning, and as we just heard, we know that that board of directors is meeting today. what do you think they're going to do? >> amy, it's really not for me to speculate about what will happen to leslie moonves. in fact, i think it's important to point out that the goals of these women coming forward, both the six with allegations about mr. moonves and also dozens more talking about a culture of abuse across cbs' different divisions weren't aiming to take people down. the goal was to expose stories that had been buried for a long time, both this harassment and what some women describe as assault in this story and also of retaliation. >> his accusers didn't say to you what they think should happen to les moonves? >> i think it's going to mean a great deal to these accusers and, look, to survivors of sexual violence and retaliation everywhere. whether a company is willing to take the kind of action espoused in a lot of the statements made since the advent of the me too movement w

ronan farrow, thank you for being here. we appreciate it. >> a pleasure. >> so, we heard two stories from alleged victims in eva pilgrim's report but there are several other women you spoke to in "the new yorker." did you see a commonality among the stories? did he allegedly have some sort of consistent m.o., les moonves? >> look, we're really careful not to draw inferences that are speculative at all, but these are stories one after another of varying degrees of severity up to and including cases in which women say they were pinned down and struggled to escape. these are all stories that happened during business meetings which i think made it particularly devastating for these working women who expected to be taken seriously and these are all stories in which women said one after another that they were terrified and intimidated and that they felt their careers suffered as a result. and one after another, this is the final point i make, they also said that they were speaking out because they were afraid there was a broader

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. >> ronan farrow article.t's very long we are reading through but the headlines at the top of the article it reads like this quote six women who had professional dealings with him les moonves told me that between the 19 eights and late oos he forcibly touched owner kissed them in business meeting in what appeared to be a practiced routine. two told me that he threatened to did he raihle career. saul said he became cold or hostile after his advances were reject andrea their careers suffered facilitator the article goes on to say a current and former employees of cbs told me such behavior extended from moonves to important parts of the corporation including cbs news and 60 minutes one of the network's most esteemed programs. now the statement quoted in the article, les moonves says quote throughout my time at cbs we promoted a kurmt of respect and opportunity for all employees and consistently found success elevating women to top executive positions cross our company. i recognize there were times decades aig whe

piano riff ) ( cheers and applause ) ronan isn't exactly known for his puff pieces about glamping. okay, well, i guess we're talking about this so, jim? >> six women who have professional dealings with him , lesles moonves, told me that between the 1980s and the late 2000s, moonves sexually harassed them, four described forcible touching or kissing in business meetings in what they said appeared to be a practiced routine. >> stephen: well, you know the old saying: how do you get in a ronan farrow article? practice, practice, practice. ( laughter ) is this just this afternoon? this happened moments ago. this cbs board met today and announced they're in the process of hiring outside investigators. i don't know why they're outsourcing this, they could just use the cast of the new cbs procedural, "csi: ceo." ( laughter ) i'll have more to say on this later over there, assuming we make it past the commercial break. ( laughter ) there's also allegations against somebody i don't work for. because last week we learned that "kimberly guilfoyle allegedly left fox news amid accusations of sex

ronan, spell out for us, what are the main allegations against les moonves?co >> over thse of eight months, judy, six women did an credibly tough thing overcoming what they described as profound fear of retaliationb to tell meut a range of sexual misconduct up to and including two cases at both of those women described as sexual assault in which they both said they were pinned down and hato struggle to escape an encounter. what's important her, e, judyis they're speaking about this because they are concerned there was a culture of impunity around les moonves and dozs of other employees, former and current across cbs, backed up that account and said that company knew about charges of harassment and retaliation and from moonves continued to promote some of the men at the heart of thosele negotiations. >> woodruff: what can you tell us about who is making these charges? >> so these are obviouslywh sourcewent through a long process of struggling of whether to come forwardnd what t ramifications would be for their careers. they include for the women king allegatio

i am humbled by this experience and thank you for sharing and thank you supervisor ronan for leading and the time for this is now. thank you everyone for coming today. i have general questions but i want to hand it over to supervisor stefanny first. >> supervisor stefani: i did sit through the first hearing on this and was very saddened at what i heard, and i just want to again thank everyone who came out. i know this is extremely difficult and i agree with supervisor ronen it is her her c and you empower other women to come out and feel they are not alone. as other people were sharing their stories with us, i started my career as a prosecutor because i wanted justice for victims and protect people from crime and it does break my heart how the criminal justice has failed all of you who testified and this blaming the victim in 2018 is just unacceptable. it is never your fault. if you are drinking and someone says you are drunk and that is what just happens it's never your fault. there is no excuse for being assaulted. i was thinking you really helped shine light on this issue and now

it was directly tied to hundreds of millions of dollars. >> ronan investigated this for a long time,of the allegations is that he didn't respect no means know, i think he is accused of pinning someone down, she had a hard time leaving, and it was interesting what he said, i may have done things many decades ago. people would have said is there a new lens? but he didn't always respect no means no it will be read on air multiple times, no one will read the whole 8,000 word piece, but as we go forward into monday, whether or not he will be asked to step aside. we know the board members asked this over the weekend, having him step aside possibly, but they will be meeting later to talk about this. it will be interesting to see if he will be allowed to remain at the top of cbs. as they investigate his conduct. >> the other aspect is what is going on in the network. this is so important to the bottom line of the company. you also have after the firing of charlie rose for "60 minutes" and the good morning program, allegations that have been denied by others about a culprit at 60 minutes. how

have you read ronan's article?i have not, and i'm not intimate with the article at all except it's a great reporter and backed up fact checkers at the new yorker >> assuming the story comes out and does allege sexual misconduct as a lot of people are assuming and as the hollywood reporter has reported, what does it mean for the future of leslie moonves and cbs? >> i think you have to start with the question when the independent members of the board say they're going to investigate, are they going to do it themselves or are they going to hire an outside firm which has more credibility that's the first question. the second question is will they find or will they agree with presumably the article that finds him and perhaps others at cbs guilty of bad behavior and if they do then presumably they're going to have to, you know -- figuratively which gets to the larger point which it settles the war between sheri redstone and leslie moonvez. he then sued her and a case that's supposed to go to court in the fall saying that

i want to thank hillary ronan for her leadership and bring attention to the women that were here. i don't see many men in the audience and that is part of the problem and why this issue has been ignored and put under the radar because women ove often he the voice and agency and this will do a small part in remed remedying that. thank you. [bell ringing] >> good afternoon. i am not a victim of sexual assault i do want to thank supervisor ronen for always being on the right side of issues. i am a broadcaster that broadcasts to the l latino community. i have heard a lot of stories and a lot of women are afraid to come forward because even though they are a sanctuary city they don't feel safe and they have even a worse problem and listening to jane doe's problem remind me of my niece who was being sexually harassed by her neighbor but when she went to the police here many the mission they dismissed her and said it's okay don't worry about it and it wasn't unti until her father intervened several times that the man stopped. for too long women have been dismissed and not been believed a

of should it be passed call roll. >> item 38, mandelman. >> aye. >> peskin. >> aye. >> supervisor ronan. >> aye. >> safai. >> aye. >> steph. >> tang. >> aye. >> yee. >> aye. >> brown. >> aye. >> cohen. >> aye. >> supervisor fewer. >> aye. >> supervisor kim. >> aye. there are 11 ayes. >> this ordinance passes unanimously. item 39 and 40, please, madam clerk. >> clerk: item 39 is a resolution to determine the prem advertise to premise transfer of a type 48 on sale general public liquor license for business development inc doing business as executive order located at 868 mission street will serve the public convenience and to request that the california department of alcoholic beverage control impose conditions on the issuance of this license and item 40 verified that cbtw inc doing business located at 34-14 has completed pre application requirements for the issuance of a new non transferable type 87 neighborhood restricted general liquor license. >> thank you, very much. seeing there are no names, colleagues can we take these items. same house same call? without objection of the items pas

last friday ronan farrow broke the news in the new yorker. detailing the news of six women. >> the goal here was to expose stories that had been buried for a long time. these women wanted accountability. >> reporter: one of the women who came forward telling npr moonves made an unwanted advance toward her. >> he said, look, you're really expensive and i need to know you're worth it. >> reporter: she turned him down and the show didn't get launched. >> and the conversation ended and he went from being very friendly to being really cold. >> reporter: cbs says that moonves has no recollection of the meeting or the phone call. now in response to the accusations the cbs chief says in a statement i always understood and respected and abided by the principle that no means no and i've never misused my position to harm or hinder anyone's career. the cbs board says they will fully investigate these claims and they'll hire an outside law firm to do so. maggie ruly, abc news, new york. >>> new at 11 the justice department announced a new liberty tax forc

you wrote about this clip, ronan. when you watch this clip, keep in mind, jeff fager is in the room while she is speaking. >> i just want to say one thing. i think there is a temptation to think that the last few months have been about individual men, that it's about a handful of bad apples and if we get rid of them, it will end the cycle of harassment and abuse. it is not true. the stories we've been doing are actually about a system. the system had lawyers and a good reputation, it had publici publicists. it has a perfectly reasonable explanation about what happened. it has powerful friends that will ask, is this really worth ruining the career of a good man? what one woman says, what four women say, what 35 women say? indeed, the system is sitting in this room. some more than others. the system is still powerful men getting stories killed that i believe will some day see the light of day. >> and i believe she was talking about her own reporting about fager that was never published by "the post." so why were you abl

can you tell president trump and ronan mcdaniel to make it public for the midterms. it's not fair that susan rice told obama's cyber chief to stand down when russia was me l meddling in the election. it doesn't make sense. >> i'm not waaware of that. if that's the case the american public should know about that. this is another issue that i think is really critically important and one i tend to agree with the president on. i went to a lot of committee meetings and town board meetings and went all around the district and tried troy eied report and another view of what was happening in the media. our country is the lack of media that's neutral. i think it's hard to be neutral. it's not interested in informing the public. my goal and i was a republican in a district that was mostly republican and run by republicans and i criticize republicans much more than democrats because they were in power. i find it's difficult to get news out and get facts out. in the washington environment you have a lot more choices. there's a lot more media o outlets. there's no one challenging

three decades' worth, prominent names, illeana douglas in the ronan farrow piece.ouple things shocked the company. management in total disa rare, on the board level, they are worried about les moonves having to be blown out on this thing and finding something more or something more substantial in the independent investigation where they have to move to take him out and the bottom line is they don't have a lot of good choices in terms of senior management replacing him which almost definitely means that the company will merge with viacom as shari redstone wants and les moonves is resisting, viacom is a lesser media outfit, nickelodeon -- liz: ratings are going down. >> versus what cbs brings to the table. thursday will be a big day. i believe it when i see it, though, liz, that he actually goes on the call. the elephant in the room -- liz: he's going to take calls is what you're saying? questions, rather? >> they're planing -- maybe they put him on the call. liz: any analyst worth his or her salt, have you modeled for your exit here. >> rich greenfield will ask, kno

ronan farrow tweeting that these allegations seem to be from an additional woman from the six he citeds story separately in the battle for control between les moonves and sherry redstone, today -- or yesterday it was revealed today, national musement filed a motion in federal court accusing cbs of destroying evidence. it used a self-destructing texting system for cybersecurity reasons calling it the sony hack we hope to hear from moonves directly in the earnings call coming up thursday afternoon brian, back over to you. >> julia, thank you very much. >> karen you're saying that cbs is a buying opportunity right now give us your fast pitch. all right, yes i am saying cbs is a buying opportunityright now and i fwaut this morning so for me, valuation is always the first thing i look at. we we have a very attractive valuation and relative to its own history and relative to its peers thshgs stock is trading very cheaply right now so i also love a catalyst. so what could be the catalyst here via com merger we're going to see as a lawsuit forms in october, maybe it doesn't get resolved right

seconded by supervisor ronan. supervisor kim. >> supervisor kim: thank you. i was on the roster because i wanted to ensure that the notice was included in the amendment, but our city attorney has read that into the record. and i just want to clarify for members of the board that we're not at land use committee today. the reason why i had asked for this additional amendment, it's because even if the use expires 72 months after the affected date of the ordinance, they could continue to use the lot as a parking lot, even after the expiration. and so this is to ensure that the landowner explores other adjacent to one park b.a.r.t. station and does not remain a parking lot in perpetuity. i think that given the density and the nature of the transit corridor, it's really important that we ask the landowners to pursue other uses including housing. however, i acknowledge, as supervisor sheehy has stated, that it takes a number of years, especially for a family trust to go down that path. they're not developers, as was mentioned. and so providing them six years to begi

the piece is written by ronan farrow.was involved in the harvey weinstein expose and he's now written of these allegations against les moonves. he says he' spoken to six women who have described various encounters with mr. moonves. in which they say they were forced to kiss him, there w forced touching in ore cases and in many cases they had their crease derailed or threatened to be m derailed by moonves. now, he has denied these legations. nonetheless they're being taken seriously by cbs. a news statement released making clear an nchingt is ongoing in that statement hey -- they say all allegations of personal misconduct are or taken seriously. the independent droshes of cbs have committed to investigating claims that violate the company's clear policy this is that regard. upon the conclusion of that investigation, have involves renal reernltsly reported allegation that is go back several decades, the board will promptly rufrl the findings and take appropriate action. it should be said that this investigation was actually

supervisor ronan? >> supervisor ronen: i want to publicly congratulate you, mayor breed and art former president of the board of supervisors. congratulations. incredible accomplishments and i also look forward to working with you in this new role. we always haven't seen eye to eye on everything, but i know that you act on what you think is best. and based on your heart. i do too. i look forward to continuing that work together. congratulations. i too hope you don't forget us over on the side of the hall. and to supervisor she he, it has been fun sitting on a committee with you. we both started together and i will miss you so much. i just really grateful for you giving this time to the city of san francisco. i know you serve the city and so many capacities for so long. it has been a real honor to get to know you. i too look forward to continuing our friendship. i just wanted to thank your amazing husband and daughter who have been sitting through this entire board meeting for sharing your incredible fam

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ronan farrow said he spent eight months vetting the women's accounts. >> these are women that began coming to me immediately after the harvey weinstein story. we have vetted and revetted these sources, and my honest impression is that these stories are not only true but also not fueled by opposition research. >> cbs news has hired a law firm to investigation the latest accusations of sexual misconduct and will include the allegations in the article. moonves says he denies having used his position to affect anyone's career. fager said, quote, it's wrong that our few kur can be defined by a few people with an axe to grind." tony decokoupildokoupil, cbs ne york. >>> police video was released of the fatal shooting of a black man thurman blevins. blevins was shot and killed june 23rd as two officers chased him on foot. a gun was recovered at the scene. both officers fired their guns. the mayor called blevins' death tragicic but didn't comment on what the video shows. >> in this quest to bring about greater transparency, there will be pain. transparency is not the absence of pain in cases like t

. >> cbs shares ended down 6% ahead of the expected article from the new yorker by ronan pharoh pharoh tweeted about an hour aig saying i don't comment about articles i haven't published if you are reading from second sources. you may not get the correct story where there is interest in down playing or spinning >> the cbs issued a statement ahead of the article saying it's investigating and taking appropriate actions. going on to say the timing of the report comes in the midst of the company's very public legal dispute. while the litigation process continues the management team has the full support of the independent board members along with that team we will continue to focus on creating value for our shareholders the legal dispute is enbetween movies and scherr y red stone. cbs is suing to dilute national amusedment controlling stake national amuse thes sueded back. red stone issuing a response to the board members saying, quote, the malicious insinuation that ms. red stone is somehow behind the allegations of inappropriate personal behavior by mr. moofs petition shoeps the investiga

"the new yorker" releasing an expose by ronan farrow featuring allegations from six women against the cbs chairman that range from inappropriate kissing to sexual assault. >> these are all stories in which women said one after another that they were terrified and intimidated and that they've felt their career suffered as a result. >> reporter: in the article, the emmy-nominated actress and writer ileana douglas, known for her roles in "goodfellas" and "six feet under," describes what she calls a "sexual assault" that occurred during a meeting with moonves for a show that she was cast in. she claims he held her down and began "violently kissing" her and even "pulled up her skirt." douglas says she tried to talk her way out of the encounter but afterwards was fired and told by moonves she would "never work at this network again." moonves admits trying to kiss douglas but denies sexually assaulting her. but the article went further allegedly a pattern of harassment at cbs news including "60 minutes" claiming that men on the show accused of sexual misconduct were promoted, even as the com

the piece is written by ronan farrow — and you may remember that he was involved in the harvey weinstein these allegations about leslie moonves. in them, he says that he has spoken to six women who have described various different encounters with mr moonves in which they say they were forced to kiss him, in some cases, in which they say that there was forced touching in other cases, and in which they claim, in many cases, that they had their careers derailed or threatened to be derailed by mr moonves. now he has denied all of these allegations. nonetheless, they're being taken very seriously by cbs itself. it's released a statement making clear that an investigation is ongoing. now, it should be said that this investigation was actually started a long time ago, among concerns about the culture at cbs. you may remember at the end of last year they fired one of their top presenters, charlie rose, over allegations that again he'd been involved in inappropriate behaviour. now, again at that time, he denied that inappropriate behaviour but he was removed from his post and he did apologise for

the piece was written by ronan farrow, you may remember he was involved in the harvey weinstein exposemoonves. in them, he says he spoke to six women who described various different encounters with mr moonves in which they say they were forced to kiss him in some cases, in which they say that there was forced touching another cases, and in which they claim, in many cases, that they have their careers derailed or threaten to be derailed by mr moonves. he has denied all these allegations. nonetheless, they are being taken very seriously by cbs itself. cbs has released a statement making it clear that an investigation is ongoing. in that statement they say that all allegations of personal misconduct are to be taken seriously. the independent directors of cbs have committed to investigating claims that violate the compa ny‘s clear investigating claims that violate the company's clear policies in that regard. upon the conclusion of that investigation, which involves recently reported allegations that go back several decades, the board will promptly review the findings and take appropriate a

ronan. us now, how much attention are you paying to these trump tweets?hether it is china manipulating their currency or him parading -- the rating the -- berating the iranian president? about the trade tension. it is on the forefront every day . this is something that is a weight on the equity market. this is the main focus now. tradext step on the tension well-being this week. commission, that will be an important focus for europe and european equity markets. mark: how selective should we be when it comes to european stock pickings? you have trade tension in europe. domestic sector has been more in favor recently. some could take advantage of the recent price move. -- the rating has gone too far compared to what has been announced. open some opportunity. vonnie: what about the euro? do you anticipate a major move? we think that is -- momentum on the global equity markets, including the u.s. europe, lower employment rates, etc.. we expect a change in monetary policy and that will have some impact on the ethics market. a stronger euro, higher bond yields,

in this article, which is by ronan farrow in the new yorker, and he has been covering a lot of theses, he says that four women describe leslie moonves attempting to forcibly kiss or touch them during business meetings and two told that leslie moonves physically intimidated them or threatened to derail their careers. now he has denied the inappropriate behaviour, but there is a statement from him in this article. it says, "i recognise there were times decades ago where i may have made some women uncomfortable while making advances, those were mistakes and i regret them immensely but i always understood and respected and abided by the principal that no means no and i have misused a position to harm or hinder anyone‘s career". nonetheless, there are damaging allegations and there are also wider questions about the culture at cbs, which you may remember last year fired one of their presenters — charlie rose — now he again denied any allegations of sexual harrassment, but cbs took the decision at that stage to stop his employment. and an independent investigation started back then they sa

this accountly douglas is revolting and underscores based on ronan farrow's reporting, and cbs which followed charlie rose for similar allegations also has a problem. >> if this is the behavior of the chairman of cbs, other executives. there are a lot of things we have to look at whether this culture needs to be dismissed. howie: there are questions whether he tolerated what other people were doing. the writer janet jones said after les moonves locked the door and threatened her. he locked the door. he said you will never get another writing job and i will fire you. and she threw up. these are harvey weinstein-type allegations. >> it could be physical harassment as well which is another level. these people feel their careers were destroyed are impacted by some of these victimizing allegations. howie: cbs confirms in the case of douglas that moonves kissed her, but denies other stuff. not since the late roger ails was forced out of fox news have they faced these times of accusations. >> in other instances or other industries. once the allegations come out there is immediate action. le

on sunday, ronan farrow, the author of "the new yorker" story, said he spent eight months vetting theomens' accounts. >> you know, these are women that began coming to me immediately after the harvey weinstein story. we have vetted and re-vetted these sources, and my honest impression is that these stories are not only true, but also not fueled by any kind of opposition research. >> reporter: cbs news has hired a law firm to conduct a separate investigation into claims of misconduct, which it says will include the allegations made in "the new yorker" article moonves says he has always abided by the principle that "no means no" and he denies ever misusing his position to harm anyone's career. fager, for his part, called it "wrong that our culture can be falsely defined by a few people with an axe to grind." elaine, not the end of this. >> quijano: all right, tony dokoupil, thank you. a 17-year-old palestinian was given a hero's welcome when she returned home. ahed tamimi spent several months in an israeli detention center after slapping two soldiers. a viral video of the incident helpe

. >> reporter: "the new yorker" article by ronan farrow alleges that six women who had professional dealingsh moonves said he sexually harassed them, and that 30 current and former employees of cbs said such behavior extended from moonves to important parts of the corporation, including cbs news and "60 minutes." one woman, actor and producer iliana douglas, says she met moonves at his office for a meeting in 1997 but claims he asked if she was single then held her down on the couch with her arms above her head "violently kissing her." she described feeling "like a trapped animal." >> she met with him in 2006 to discuss a projects. he was enthusiastic. then sat down with her on the couch. then he put a hand up my skirt touching her underwear. moonves denies it. the the article also says 19 current and former employees claimed former cbs news chairman and current executive producer of "60 minutes," jeff fager, allowed harassment in the news division. fager called those claims "false, anonymous," and said, "they do not hold up to editorial scrutiny." in a statement today, the independent direc

committee meetings here -- >> supervisor safai: we have an e-mail and i think you received that supervisor ronan seems like there is someone in your office us that has reached out to one of the affected bargaining units did you see that? >> i didn't see that but certainly possible. >> supervisor safai: we got that yesterday midday. actually it was sent to you and i just happened to get a copy of it. >> i get hundreds of e-mail a day and i'm always behind. >> supervisor safai: supervisor yee i sa, i saw your name on thr was that from before. >> supervisor yee: in regards to meet an confer i have had a little experience with that legislation and it was legislation to trigger the meet an confer at the committee, so i think it happens at different times. i'm notoverly concerned when it happens as long as it happens. you know, chair sefani has a good point in regards to the rules committee and our duty to listen to the issues that we are responsible for which is department that we choose. i personally prefer i think it should be not with the department of public health because it's kind of odd that i

reporters tweeted something, a link as well, in which they are citing expected stories soon to come from ronanr has done a a lot of the work on involving allegations of sexual misconduct at various companies. what i can tell you is this. is my expectation that a piece from mr. farrow is coming. hadn't been release yet and in it, i'm aware that cbs is aware as well that something is coming that will have and include accusations that go back a long period of time in terms of the behavior of ceo leslie moonbez let's leave it at that for now and see what it actually says and what the impact will be. one could imagine depending on what is in the article from mr. farrow, as to what the response will be given the incredible antipathy between cbs and national amusements. sherry redstone, who is on the board as well, and what this could mean, but i think we should wait to see what the article says did want to note this story b b about the coming story >> new yorker set to be publish that article today certainly having an impact on the stock, which is why we mention it >> i was talking about the weaknes

ronan pharoh wrote the new yorker article and spoke with cnn.ed to fear retaliation. janet jones, the writer you mentioned. describes him calling her afterwards and threatening her and saying things appearing to be cliche but after a work meeting and amp the alleged assault are serious and frightening like you're never going to work again. and she and the other women were still frightened to come forward but said they did so because they wanted to expose what they feared was a culture of impunity that could protect other women if reversed. >> in a statement moonves says quote i recognize that there were times decades ago when i may have made some women uncomfortable by making advances. knows were mistakes. and i regret them immensely. but i always understood and respected and abided by the principal that no means no and i never misusedpy position to harm or hinder anyone's krer. >>> superstar demi lovato still in a los angeles hospital after an apparent overdose sounded by family. cnn learned hess boyfriend is by her side. and we now have the 91

you are next paragraph sorry, supervisor ronan is on their. >> supervisor ronen: thank you. again, i have been very supportive of many of the tasks that i have heard from my colleagues. i just wanted to highlight a few. there are some that are especially important to me. the first one is the cultural district staffing central coordinator that is on here for $175,000 for both fiscal years 18, 19, 19, 20. >> supervisor cohen: the first question i have, district allocation. would you like to increase it? it is currently at $1 million. >> supervisor ronen: if we were growing the pot, i would like to increase it if we are not going to pot i would like to keep it. >> supervisor cohen: you're absolutely right if the pot is large, you will be considered growing it to what level? >> supervisor ronen: i mean, as far as we can go but i don't want to take away from is a citywide spending that we are taking away from. that is the additional position for mohcd which is overseeing cultural districts citywide. i think it is a pretty conservative ask given how many new emerging cultural dist