every time we turn around there is another ronan farrow scoop, another ronan farrow book. is literally according to the world of ronan farrow. how on earth do you manage it, first of all, disparate subjects, me too, america's role in diplomacy, very different subject? >> you know, i've been really fortunate to have leads come my way and brave sources turn whistleblower as they did in this book war on peace as all these brave women did as part of the me too movement and present hard truths that i really have had no choice but to work around the clock to ferret out. >> you've won the pulitzer. you have the pope, a whole load of awards coming your way. does it feel like victory, does it feel like vindication to you? >> it feels like a relief, christiane. particularly the harvey weinstein story. we easily forget came at a different time in our history. already there is an been all this analysis and all these brave people coming forward. but as i was reporting on this, i was very, very fearful that this story was going to be fully shutdown and these women would never be heard s

real. >> this week the daily beast reported that nbc news general counsel threatened to smear ronan farrow if he continued to report on weinstein. the story also claims that one of weinstein's lawyers threatened farrow saying nbc had assured him in writing that farrow would not use any information he obtained about weinstein while reporting for the network and, of course, both nbc news chairman andy and on oppenheim come under fire for reports that both were involved in the decision not to run farrow's story. former producer rich mchue says something else had to be going on because you never let an explosive story walk out the door. plar that? >> martha: interesting that he decided to leave. trace, thank you very much. here now mark steyn, journalist and political commentator. mark, good evening. good to have you on the story tonight. you listened to trace's recount of what we know so far in this story and that this producer just left one more quote i want to get your thoughts on rich mchugh telling the "new york times" that weinstein associates were trying to squash the story and he said

david: another nbc story is ronan farrow and a producer who left nbc, it was the top brass trying toronan farrow had to leave nbc to report on it and presented it to the "new yorker" magazine. >> the #metoo story is one of the biggest pieces of journalism done this year. any journalist would be proud to go after a villain like harvey weinstein. but nbc tried to kill this thing so many so that ronan farrow had to leave the network and go to the "new yorker" to publish it. they were stopping them from doing interviews. they weren't even allowed to do the interview with the sources they were looking to pursue. nbc reported to have threatened ronan that he wasn't able to take his reporting with him when he left nbc. this is bad news all around. and further evidence there is a culture of corruption at nbc that is negatively affecting their ability to do good journalism. david: neil armstrong, i just reported on it before. the movie that avoid planting the american flag because it was a worldwide achievement according to the lead actor. >> what does ryan gosling know. he has no stake tonig

you talk to people they spoke to as ronan farrow did in youth speaks to menendez. it cbs has got a dilemma. they may think he's the greatest leader and businessman of the world but do they want the black tights to use the logo analogy that keeping him in place would result in if in fact these allegations are confirmed by outside investigators. melissa: this is not the blue. all of us who are in the media know that this is something reporters have been investigating for a long time, right? >> yes. the rumors have been around but rumors around for a lot of people. but "the new yorker" did and those are my snood media figures who were forced to leave it sees documented, ronan farrow documented. he admitted mistakes and he feels immensely regretful about those mistakes but he has not the knowledge the most serious charges. that's where we'll see what if anything gets done by this call. david: we did mention the role of sherri sherri redstone if there is a rope which he played in giving some of this information in the context to ronan farrell. we mentioned les moonves i

ronan farrow is telling stories that he has a story coming in a week or two, stay tuned. the tweet that moved cbs shares. that idea back to that cbs on les moonves narratives are so intertwined. and so much of the futures is at stake even sherrie redstone's intent to march the companies. >> exactly. people are worried about the succession plan. leslie buzz has not set aside anyone he has said it would be his successor. him to be his number two if the companies were merged. but the market does not i that at the moment. he has never run a company. he is not the cfo. he is the coo. there could be a leadership vacuum. time the hottest event and will be their earnings call. what are we expecting? nabila: muslim does is going to be on the call. lisa: wow. scarlet: very carefully lawyered. nabila: i'm sure he will. the board came out and said they appointed a couple of law firms to look into these allegations. it is surprising that they will have him the front the call with investors and analysts. although as an investor pointed out, he did not think analysts would ask anything

elizabeth: you know, it was really pretty controversial that nbc spiked ronan farrow's story, eric.what we're hearing. they say they support the fair press. he won the pulitzer, what's your take on all of this? >> i think that, you know, what we just heard is true. i think they had inside or -- insider desiring to continue a relationship with weinstein. inif this report is true, weinstein had tremendous power. this is a case where they got caught in a whole backlash that became a movement, and now it's exposed. but we're going to find out. i mean, it's a report. i don't know that it's true, but if it is, it's bad. elizabeth: you've been great tonight, thank you so much for coming on. >> thank you. elizabeth: next up, president trump calling out social media last night at that indiana rally, warning that large social media companies should not be allowed to censor conservatives and control what we and cannot see. is that what's really going on? we're bringing in retired lieutenant colonel and former florida congressman allen west. he thinks it's time to investigate. we'll also talk t

that was way before ronan farrow's new yorker story. "the l.a. times" story is based on two anonymous sources. the story says prosecutors did not file charges because the alleged incidents were in the 1980's, way past the statute of limitations. the company hired a law firm that the allegations did not require further investigation. the author of against the case the case of impeaching trump, alan dershowitz. great to have you on. is the cbs board in trouble here? >> this is nationwide, worldwide problem. we have to make sure we see in place due process safeguards that protect all parties, protect those women who say they have been abused and the men accused of abuse. we can't just allow corporations to make multibillion dollar decisions based based on allegations. i like idea they hire very good law firms to do the investigations and the investigations have to be completely transparent and the public and stockholders and shareholders have to see the product of the investigation so i think cbs acting properly. whether they acted properly in the p

abc news overnig overnight, the assertion that nbc news tried to kill the weinstein story while ronan farrowt nbc news or even more ludicrously after he left nbc news is an outright lie. adding that farrow was allowed by nbc to take the story to the "new yorker." mchugh who formerly worked at abc news said nbc owed it to those brave women who spoke to us to get their stories out. but nbc says at that time farrow did not yet have a single victim of or witness to misconduct by weinstein who was willing to be identified. according to an nbc official who spoke to "the times" one of those women, rose mcgowan was willing to go on camera but at the time unwilling to name weinstein and eventually became his most vocal accuser. >> i have a visceral need for him to have handcuffs on. >> reporter: farrow went on to publish in "the new had on the report accounts from asia argento, mira sorvino, rosanna arquette and four other women and nbc says not one of these seven women was included in the reporting farrow presented while at nbc news. and rich mchugh tells abc exclusively as the father of four girls

they might have known about the allegations and many questions remaining unanswered tonight is ronan farrow broke the story gearing up to do yet another piece on moonves and stewart now, good to see you >> so give me your initial reaction to not addressing this at all this evening on the call? >> i think it's trick, because as you know, he said, he did address it to the new yorker and he would have made a reity raising of the statement it's significant that in the new yorker comment he didn't deny everything he did apologize and say he was sorry if he made advances that made some women uncomfortable. i read that and i said whoa! who approved that statement? that's an admission that something went on here and that's a serious issue for cbs as they go forward and also, as i pointed out, it's a very serious issue for the board. if that's the case, are you surprised that he wasn't suspended pending the investigation? >> yes i was initially surprised. i thought, look how disney has handled similar allegations even with senior people they immediately go on leave that's not to say they're guilty i

that doesn't mean ronan farrow didn't go to her for help.u idea, i don't cover -- david: ronan farrow is the journalist came out with the story. >> let me explain something to you, this is out there that she might plant this investigative reporter a long time, i've been doing, i don't cover this stuff, namely "me too" movement, ronan farrow does, when you cover big stories and do one big story, other stories generally come to you. not like someone has to plant it. when people see in his case, when he was writing about harvey weinstein, various women, many prominent hollywood actresses being cited and quoted, other women see that and they call him. david: they feel empowered. maybe i can do the same. >> same thing when i was covering merrill lynch and morgan stanley and goldman sachs, city group, financial crisis, people would, they come to you. david: happened with latin america. all of sudden i got all stories. i got more scoops than anybody. >> i think cbs board tried to suggest shari redstone leaked this. they actually put that in their s

reporter ronan farrow worked at nbc until last year.is then supervising producer, rich mchugh, now says, "as we were about to interview a woman with a credible allegation of rape against weinstein, i was told not to do the interview. effectively killing the story. those orders came to me from the highest levels of nbc." but nbc calling the accusations an "outright lie" and that at the time, farrow "did not yet have a single victim of -- or witness to -- misconduct by weinstein, who was willing to be identified." of the seven women who eventually went on record with farrow at "the new yorker," including asia argento, mira sorvino, and rosanna arquette, nbc says, "not one of these seven women was included in the reporting farrow presented while at nbc news." mchugh, a former abc news producer, resigned in protest from nbc news this month, telling abc, "as the father of four girls, i knew that if i didn't pursue this story with everything i had, how could i live with myself?" tom, the president of nbc news gave his blessing when farrow ask

rich mchugh worked on the story with ronan farrow whose reporting was eventually published by "the new yorker" magazine. mchugh says they were about to interview a woman with a rape allegation against weinstein when nbc executives told them to stand down. he tells abc news those orders came to me from the highest levels of nbc. that was unethical and a massive breach of journalistic integrity. overnight nbc responded saying at the time the story wasn't ready for broadcast because no alleged victims were ready to go on the record and it says the assertion that it tried to kill the story is an outright lie. >>> the silent sam statue may be gone but protests over the confederate monument are not. people on both sides of the debate clashed at the university of north carolina overnight. opponents moved the statue without permission last week. heavy police presence and pepper spray kept the two groups apart last night. three people were arrested. >>> time now for a look at your weather on this friday morning. >>> good morning. we're watching for severe weather today across iowa and minnesota

to be part of a speaking tour of australia starting in september along with american journalist ronan farrow time easy coats and maureen dowd think the two are organizer told the media we are very disappointed to learn that the department of home affairs has taken this approach and will be vigorously advocating for her ability to enter australia. i guess this is how we will treat the real heroes in our society we will deny them entry and silence their voices until we start watching the hawks . what would you look like real that it would be analyzed from the bottom it. would be like you but i gotta. look at. this. because. well the more the watch remarks i am tyrrel the that capitalist. i can be read to wrap my head around this as i say is a bit out what. yeah. that is steal from us trail years ago written around the garden let me in let me know there are official response or questions i have is which is pretty ridiculous a spokesman for the department of home affairs which is or so oversees the you know kind of immigration or visitation of the people of the country told the guardian that the

today, author ronan farrow tweeted that the claims appear to stem from allegations not included in our story, from a different, additional woman. "the new yorker" cited six women who claimed moonves sexually harassed them, four of whom say he forcibly kissed or touched them. moonves acknowledged there were times decades ago when he may have made some women uncomfortable by making advances but claims he always understood "no means no" and never misused his position to harm or hinder anyone's career. he has denied sexually assaulting anyone. the cbs board of directors left their meeting yesterday with moonves still in charge, staying only that outside lawyers will conduct an independent investigation. on "the late show" last night, stephen colbert reacted. >> i like working for him, but accountability is meaningless unless it's for everybody, whether it's the leader of a network or the leader of the free world. ( applause ) >> reporter: stock analyst richard greenfield watches media companies. his reaction to the board's decision? >> shocked, really. and i think nothing short of shocked

news susan wiener threatened to slime and trash ronan farrow. if he continued with the weinstein investigation even after he had left n.b.c. now so she denies this vehemently and says she only spoke to farag to say make sure people know you're no longer working for n.b.c. and you are working for the new yorker and we have nothing to do with this now i don't see why she would have to tell him that i mean if he's not at n.b.c. he's not n.b.c. if he's writing in the new yorker he's writing in the new yorker but this is an accusation that's out there and if that's true that's a whole nother ball game. what do you make of the fact that we're only hearing from mckew at this point and farrow has not come forward with anything. oh i don't i don't think that that's all that unusual again. again and again i don't mean to suggest that pharrell was in this for money but if he starts giving interviews left and right now and starts complaining and in fact he's working on a book then when the book comes out you already heard the story and you already heard fro

today author ronan farrow tweeted that the claims appear to stem from allegations not included in our story, "from a different, additional woman." the "new yorker" cited six women who claimed moonves sexually harassed them, four of whom say he forcibly kissed or touched them. moonves acknowledged there were times decades ago when he may have made some women uncomfortable by making advances but claims he's always understood no means no and never misused his position to harmerer the cbs board of directors left their meeting yesterday with moonves still in charge, saying only that outside lawyers will conduct an independent investigation. on "the late show" last night stephen colbert reacted. >> and i like working for him. but accountability is meaningless unless it's for everybody. whether it's the leader of a network or the leader of the free world. >> reporter: stock analyst richard greenfield watches media companies. his reaction to the board's decision? >> shocked, really. i think nothing short of shocked that to not put moonves on leave was shocking. >> reporter: we reached out to

to be part of a speaking tour of australia starting in september along with american journalist ronan farrow time easy coats and maureen dowd think the tour organizer told the media we are very disappointed to learn that the department of home affairs has taken this approach and will be vigorously advocating for her ability to enter australia. i guess this is how we will treat the real heroes in our society we will deny them entry and silence their voices until we start watching the hawks . at the bottom. like you that i got. this. week. well we're going to watch fox i am tyrrel them for that capitalists. i can't even wrap my head around this as i say is a bit out what. yeah. that is steal from us trail years ago written around the garden let me in let me know their official response or question i have is which is pretty ridiculous a spokesman for the department of home affairs which is or so oversees the you know kind of immigration or visitation of the people of the country told the guardian that they would not comment on individual cases but that all non-citizens entering australia must m

joining me now is ronan farrow.nd months ago about the enquirer's catch and kill. the news that david pecker, the publisher, got immunity, why is that significant? >> this is a pattern very clearly. they were paying money to identify, investigate, and then kill stories. there is a case when they paid karen mcdoogle. and there was a time they silenced a doorman. it clearly put ami in legal jeptjep jepordy. given the proximity to the election, it could get them in hot water. it is not such a surprise there is at immunity deal. >> what was the nature of the relationship? >> dozens of employees said they were really close. pecker would identify stories to be killed for trump, we know how that that is exactly what was happening, there was a formal arran arrangement, and michael cohen would work with him to make sure that they didn't show up in the news. >> i will stick to the ones that i reported about, but this was certainly a pattern. >> you also are not surprised by the report that there was a safe with secrets about

your rheumatologist about cosentyx. >> jon: a former nbc producer now claims that he and reporter ronan farrowdered by that network to stop pursuing their story on sexual assault allegations against harvey weinstein. an investigation that farrow was able to public in new yorker magazine. he said i was ordered not to do the interview and killing the story. that was unethical and a massive breach of journalistic integrity. nbc denies those claims saying the assertion that nbc news tried to kill the weinstein story while ronan farrow was at nbc news or after he left is an outright lie. >> sandra: fox news alert as we learn more about a horrific bus crash if new mexico. seven people confirmed dead after a greyhound bus collided head on with a semi truck on thursday morning. the truck blew a tire, crossed over the median and hit the bus. jonathan hunt joins us from our los angeles bureau. jonathan, this is just a horrific scene. >> yes, sandra, we were watching as the first pictures started trickling in from this remote part of new mexico. it was obvious straightaway this was a major incident and m

as investigative reporter, i don't cover the "me too" movement, ronan farrow does. write one big story on that he has written more than one, other big stories to you. people are attributing nefarious, even the cbs board in the first statement, they raised the issue that she might have leaked story to him. when you do one big story, other stories come. here is what i do, average investors wants to see if he goes on the call. as of last night -- trish: he probably should. right? >> here is the thing. part of my mind set he will say no, because there will be pain in the rear end questions asked him about this the other half if you're ceo still, which he still is -- trish: supposed to on the call. >> supposed to be on the call. trish: hasn't stepped aside. >> hasn't stepped aside. trish: wall street loves him. >> wall street loves him. the stock has been down tuesday, wednesday and down thursday. we should point out the one-time the stock spiked up when we first reported he would be on the call, which meant that he is is sticking around. that is another reason why he sh

pushing a fake news story first with the "new york times," then the "washington post," and now with ronan farrow of the "new yorker." someone is saying that they overheard a conversation in which i told donald trump in october of 2016 what exactly would be in the wikileaks disclosures and when they would be disclosed. this is categorically false. >> thoughts? >> well, first of all, i wouldn't believe what roger stone has to say any further than i could throw him. there are any number of statements he made under oath to our committee which have been put into question by other things that have been reported since. there if you look carefully at what he had to say he is denying that he told the president exactly what would be in the wikileaks disclosures. and it would be just like roger stone to say, well, i didn't say that i didn't tell him what would be in, it i just said that i didn't tell him exactly what would be in it. sow simply can't believe anything roger stone has to say, at least from my experience. he's one of the people that i think ought to be brought back for further questioning befo

tomorrow, watch nbc reportedly did to put the kibosh on that harvey weinstein reporting by ronan farrow. do you wonder why fox news is right up there, number two, in that study abroad media reliability and trustworthiness, right after the bbc. remember, that is a study that came out. up next, shannon bream and the "fox news @ night" team have a phenomenal show on tap. mace shannon. to. >> shannon: thank you so much, laura. hello and welcome to "fox news @ night" in washington. we begin with a fox news alert. his musical president trump leading another raucous rally in indiana, this time for a senate. nominee, mike braun. he he amped up the attacks of a media, came up with a new nickname for senator joe donnelly, and hours after the president told bloomberg news that attorney general jeff sessions is safe and has dropped, at least until the midterms, president trump staying in indiana tonight, he just wants the justice department to start doing its job, threatening to get involved with the doj can't straighten itself out. this was first and foremost about the midterms at the rally. team

tomorrow, watch nbc reportedly did to put the kibosh on that harvey weinstein reporting by ronan farrowou wonder why fox news is right up there, number two, in that study abroad media reliability and trustworthiness, right after the bbc. remember, that is a study that came out. up next, shannon bream and the "fox news @ night" team have a phenomenal show on tap. mace shannon. to. >> shannon: thank you so much, laura. hello and welcome to "fox news @ night" in washington. we begin with a fox news alert. his musical president trump leading another raucous rally in indiana, this time for a senate. nominee, mike braun. he he amped up the attacks of a media, came up with a new nickname for senator joe donnelly, and hours after the president told bloomberg news that attorney general jeff sessions is safe and has dropped, at least until the midterms, president trump staying in ind

i will say hollywood reporter is now reporting that ronan farrow has a second expo say comecoxpot nexte'rek >> sarah, thank you. >> a big news story about a brewer contessa has more. >> let's get to beer heineken selling its china operations to cr beer, the biggest brewer in the country. they will also take a 40% stake in the company in a deal worth 3.1 billion. cr has 90 brewers across china its biggest brand, snow, is the world's top-selling beer until 2016 snow was produced by china resources and sabmiller. mine k heineken will license its name to cr beer and the deal comes as heineken has struggled to get chinese consumers to buy lore-- priced brands. there have been changing tastes to alternatives like wine. but the premium beer category is growing by double digits shares of heineken are up 1% today. >> burgers and a beer. you live in manhattan. >> i do. >> do you eat at shake shack on >> once a quarter. >> shake shack having some problems stay tuned >>> your big individual stock stories include toyota the auto maker says profits r e rose 19 p% last quarter but the are cutting sal

a former investigative producer at the network said he worked with reporter ronan farrow before an ordero stop the story came from the highest levels of nbc. the producer says the handling of the story was a massive breach of journalistic integrity. nbc is firing back saying the reporting was not broadcast ready. "the new yorker" ended up breaking the bombshell story. >>> in the south bay neighbors are fed up after a crime wave in san jose's willow glen neighborhood. last night they demanded action and eddie garcia tried to ease concerns. of the dozens of arrests made in the last month, the police chief says ten arrests involved a group of mostly young teens and an adult victimizesing the neighborhood and police say 95 incidents linked to the group over a week including a number of strong armed robberies and carjacks. >>> san francisco's mayor taking a step towards creating more housing in the city. mayor london breed is ordering the city's building inspection department to fast track applications for so-called in-law units. those are separate living spaces on a property. the mayor wants

cube documents, which was part of our previous reporter at the "new yorker" with my colleague, ronan farrowuments, when we compared the language in this memo with the language in the documents, they were incredibly similar. echo chamber. the same list of individuals from the obama administration. including down to the wives, you know, of them. we were trying to determine whether or not this was a document that made its way to black cube or vice versa. >> vice versa, right. black cube is saying, we're -- >> we're not familiar with this document, and we were not able to determine a direct link. >> adam, thank you so much. tamara and zeke, stick around. >>> after the break, for better and worse, way worse maybe, congressman duncan hunter pointing his finger at his wife in court. don't blame me. my wife handled the books. what is behind this strategy? how his indictment may have an impact on the midterms more broadly. we're looking at that next. w. there's a serious virus out there that 1 in 30 boomers has, yet most don't even know it. a virus that's been almost forgotten. it's hepatitis c. hep

former investigative producer at the network says he was working on the story for months with ronan farrow before an order to stop the story came from the highest levels of nbc. the producer said the handling of the story was a massive breach. nbc is firing back saying the reporting was not broadcast ready. "the new yorker" ended up breaking the bombshell story. >>> president trump will not be attending tomorrow's memorial service for senator john mccain at the national cathedral. he was a vocal critic of mr. trump's job as president. this morning a new poll reveals the number of people who feel the same way is at an all-time high. the abc news/"washington post" poll asks 1,000 if they approved of how the president is doing his mueller vung and thoughts on impreechlts. 60% do not approve of the president's performance in office. more than 60% support a special counsel robert mueller's investigation. and almost half say they support congress initiating impeachment proceedings. >>> big sur's stretch of highway is reportedly cracking but state officials say it's normal and drivers have nothin

i want to quote a former staffer at ami who told ronan farrow of the new yorker when he did this big profile on pecker months ago, he said, in theory, you would think that trump has all the power in that relationship, but in fact, it's pecker. he has the power to run these stories. he knows where the bodies are buried. does pecker have the upper hand on the president here? >> pecker has the upper hand and the president is not happy about that. you know, anytime that you dance with the devil or know something about what someone is doing, that person doesn't necessarily want it to be told. and right now, it's about david pecker trying to save his own skin. because how deep is david pecker? this president talks about -- and poppy, you said it. he talked about fake news and crafting news. and he, indeed, himself, as a civilian, was crafting news. killing stories. and smearing people's names. this does not bode well for this president. i mean, you don't know how far this goes. and it's like every day, what level of crazy are we in? what level of reality show, white house reality are we in

rmer producer at nbc news going public about accusations executives tried to stop reporter ronan ex farrowct allegations against harvey weinstein. hoo dharvey weinstein hollywood harvey weinsteinpharvey weinsteinrharvey weinsteinoharvey weinsteindharvey weinsteinuharvey weinsteincharvey weinsteineharvey weinsteinrharvey weinstein harvey weinstein. >> reporter: nbc news saying he tried to stop the harvey weinstein actual ssment story is an outright lie. the claim comes from producerorommer nbc news producermmer nbc news producerer nbc news producer toich mchugh who worked on the in 2017. mchugh says nbc was resistant througut the reporting process and three days before going to interview a woman with a credible rape allegation, wa mchugh says ordered to stop, not to interview this woman and stand down on the story all together. in a statement, nbc news says it supported farrow's reporting for eight mont while furrow believed his story was ready for air, the network disagreed because he did not have a single ssvictim of or wit to misconduct by weinstein who was willing to be identified. the

stuart at "the new york times" where he raised questions about whether they knew about the specific ronan farrow, whether they knew about that at the time -- >> it's almost impossible to believe at that point they didn't know that journalists were looking, whether they knew what farrow had or didn't have at that time, that's harder to say. >> it's going to be fascinating. cbs reports later today on "closing bell" "closing bell." when it might be time to buy or sell? with fidelity's real-time analytics, you'll get clear, actionable alerts about potential investment opportunities in real time. fidelity. open an account today. >> reporter: welcome back to sidewa "squawk box." $218,000 on initial, that's up 1,000 from an unrevised 217 and if we look at the continuing claims picture, 1.724 million and that is darn close to unchanged. maybe just -- i take that back. there was a revision. that's down from 1.747. the numbers on the weekly continuing claims continue to auger for the notion that employment is tight. we're waiting for any type of transmission of wages into the inflation picture at large. w

statement, nbc news said "the assertion that nbc news tried to kill the weinstein story while ronan farrow was at nbc news or more ludicrously after he left nbc news is an outright lie. >> colin kaepernick's fight is heading to the courtroom. he claims that nfl owners conspired to keep him out of the league because of his protests over social injustice. on thursday an arbitrator denied the league's request to throw out the complaint and said the case will go to trial. kaepernick began a wave of protests by nfl players two seasons ago when he kneeled during the national anthem to protest police brutality and racial inequality. >>> lots of folks hitting the road this labor day weekend and there are some concerns over the weather apparently mr. roker. >> of course there are, big holiday weekend. let's break out the big wall. cool in the northeast, showers in the mid-atlantic states, heavy rain in the gulf, strong storms in the mid-mississippi river valley. western third of the country looking good sunday humidity increasing. a flood threat in the central plains staying hot out west and then o

. >> reporter: author ronan farrow wrote that new yorker article but wrote it appears to stem from allegationsot in our story from an additional woman. moonves has not commented on the latest, but previously did acknowledge there were times decades ago when he made have made some women uncomfortable by making advances. after our meeting, the cbs board on monday announced it's in the process of selecting outside council to conduct an independent investigation. cbs news received no response tuesday when we asked if that independent council has not been chosen. >> to not but moonves on leave was shocking. >> reporter: he believes the boards should have had moonves step aside during the investigation. >> it makes that much more challenging for employees to come forward if he's still in that seat. >> moonves has previously said in a statement that he has always understood that no means month. we reached out to him and along with every other cbs board member and didn't get any response. we learned that individual board members have been discussing this new information in phone conferences as recentl

in a statement, nbc news said, "thetssertion t nbc news tried to kill the weinstein story while ronan farrow at nbc news or even more ludicrously, after he left nbc news, is an outright lie. >>> colin kaepernick's fight against the national football league is headed to the courtroom. the former san francisco 49ersa rback claims that nfl owners conspired to keep him out of the league because of his protests over social injustice. well, on thursday, an arbitrator denied the league's request to throw out that complaint, and instd said the case will go to trial. kaepernick, of course, began a wave of protests by nfl players two seasons ago when he kneeled during the national anthem to protest police brutality and racial inequality. >>> all right, lots of folks hitting the road this labor day weekend. >> yes. >> and there are some concerns over the weather,, apparently mr. roker. >> oh, of course, there are. big holiday weekend. let's break out the big wall! we've really brought itll out for you to show you, starting off with tomorrow. still cool in the northea i, shower the mid-atlantic states,

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i think that there were rumors about this story, about ronan farrow's story for six to eight months iwent about it in a very stealthy way. normally when somebody's working on a story for that long, it starts to seep out into the sphere of where people at the company might start hearing about it they did not apparently hear about it except for the rumors of it. so i don't think they thought it was, perhaps, coming maybe that's a fault of theirs and maybe les said, you know, maybe they didn't want to confront les about it or whatever clearly the board voted 11-3 to proceed with this lawsuit and issue these dividends that would dilute the stake in the company by the redstones he had the members in his support when they last had a vote it's not clear what the board knew and when they knew it now they're going to do this investigation and they're going to spend a lot of money and they're going to do it libertyiliberty i -- deliberatively >> all right, bill, mary, i want to thank you mary, go ahead >> thank you i was just going to jump in and say -- i was going to say i think that's true. a

. >>> ronan farrow's former producer says nbc put a stop to reporting on harvey weinstein, the orderame, the producer says, from the very highest levels. larry, this is quite an nbc scandal, isn't it? >> it is. noah oppenheim, the president, named in "the new york times" article as somebody standing in the way. within two months this ended going to the new yorker and won a pulitzer. nbc news is in the news business, breaking big stories, getting a lot of attention, getting rewards, that is critical part of the news business. you add to that the fact that nbc is tied to universal and comcast. they had higher end hollywood deals going on with the weinstein company. you have to ask did that come into play with the decision to put the kibosh on the story with other relationships. let's not forget, nbc news had their own matt lauer problem brewing under the surface. at what point, stuart, does the ceo at comcast, some of the top executives pick up the phone, what kind of shop are you running over there? you're a liability for our company right now. stuart: well-said. larry, thanks for joi