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ronan farrow, welcome to hardtalk. good to be here.many people won't be familiar with the expression catch and kill. can you explain what it means? catch and kill is an old term in american tabloid journalism. it refers to buying the rights to a story not to publish it, but to bury it — sometimes at the behest of a powerful person. it is used both metaphorically, in the plot that unravels in this book — because this book is about circles of mutual protection and power that buries stories in both of our cultures — and also literally, because i'm following a trail of clues that leads from harvey weinstein, using the media to bury stories, all the way up to donald trump doing the same. ok, now, you say that this is effectively what nbc did — yourformer employer — when you were working there and starting trying to uncover the various allegations against harvey weinstein. well, what happened at nbc is, i think, metaphorically in the category of the media conspiring with adverse subjects of reporting to bury difficult stories, and there's a

and ronan farrow is here as we get news that mr. pecker from the inquiry is talking to the authorities and an exclusive look. what do you say? let's get after it. >> the big case addresses this the judge crushed it. here's the quote. simply stated, the primary takeaway is that presidents are not kings. now, this is not just about mcgahn. what about mulvaney? bolton, pompeo, others, mike pence and his documents the doj is already vowing to appeal this case. but the law's against them on the issue of having to appear before congress when rightly subpoenaed. the key question is what can people be compelled to talk about once they appear? for the implications of the ruling, let's bring in ellie honing, jenna ellis. thank you both and thanksgiving week i'm thankful for you both. what does this mean for mcgahn when he shows up and says the president doesn't want me to talk about that. we go from immunity to privilege. what does that mean? >> it tells mcgahn you do have to show up. the president's position is that he didn't even have to sh

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words and actions and then in catch and kill, pulitzer prize winning investigative journalist ronan farrow details efforts made by others to cycle his reporting area author bill bryson looks at how the human body works in the body, a guide for occupants and then msnbc's rachel maddow argues that oil and gas industry as we can democracies around the world in the book blowout

eastern, investigative journalist ronan farrow details efforts to stifle his reporting. >> this was not journalistic decision that was happening. we were told to cancel interviews with rape victims. we were told to stand down and not take a single call on the subject. i was threatened that i was going to be exposed as having been terminated and let go from the company if i ever disclosed nbc had anything to do with the story. >> saturday at 11:00 p.m. eastern, and his new book, sam houston and the alamo adventures, fox news' brian kyl mead offers a history of america's war for texas. >> sam houston got shot three times and should have died. get at was time to commission, he goes to washington, i have a ways app so i am about to see everything, burned to the ground. he learns his country is fragile and courage has got to be calculated. noon eastern, in-depth is live with wall street journal columnist jason riley read -- jason riley. >> the number of black officials in this country has grown from 1500 and 1970 to more than 10,000 today. that is the voting rights act. 9:00 eastern on after

we're talking about media possibly hides and this made me think of ronan farrow who originally wantednd then to new yorker, and started that "me too" movement. is this a commonality we need to accept in media world? >> unfortunately, yes. if you look at it you know major media they surprised harvey weinstein, and epstein story -- suppressed epstein and charlie rose, matt lauer, the number of sex scandals and media outlets is huge. and you know, when they break people, they leave. who watches the watchers. david: gary? >> let's be clear. this is simplistic. this is covering for the powerful. people little people like us, we would not happen, they would go after us. but you know the names that are involved, i have been watching this, i saw it i was you have to be kidding me this is what they hill back on after going after kavanaugh with a fervor with one person's thought process from 25 years ago, this is a same, and with all said and done, nothing will come of with, right? >> some people some money will exchange hands, i think. and maybe someone else would lose their job. but they won'

ronan farrow a former nbc reporter revealed in great detail how nbc killed his painstakingly reportedharvey weinstein. not wanting to let the peacock network get away with all the fun, abc and cbs are now getting into the mix after abc anchor any rohot mike rant went viral,e network said they were going to investigate -- it's not how this story was dropped but who leaked the embarrassing video? the investigation led them to cvs for the since departed employee reportedly now works or worked instead of protecting their employees, cbs acquiesced to abc's pressure and the fire to that person. if the network seems to be in competition over ratings and the stories, now they are just in competition to see who can engage in the most disgusting and hypocritical cover-up. the worst part? they are covering for each other. we are happy to be joined now by my friend tucker carlson, host of "tucker carlson tonight," how are you? >> i was reading the script as it was rolling it, it was making me so mad. they are acting as a cartel. >> laura: this is a cartel mexico style but in the united states. >>

meanwhile, before this week's debate for 2020 democrats, several urged comcast to look into ronan farrow'se network caved to pressure in killing his harvey weinstein expose. they worried about the message it would sent to sexual assault survivors -- [inaudible] to conduct an independent investigation into the toxic culture that enabled abusers and silenced survivors. but they showed up for the debate anyway. now, as someone who's been critical of both networks for their handling of the weinstein and epstein outrages, i still have to ask, should politicians be mucking around in the editorial decisions -- even wrong decisions -- made by news organizations? that could be a slippery slope toward government interference with media companies. >>> ahead on "mediabuzz," rachel maddow asks about impeachable. but first, journalist john solomon has drawn both praise and criticism at the impeachment hearings. he will be here next. ♪ ♪ chevy silverado hd. it offers head-up display. wow, that's dialed in. i can still keep my eyes on the road. my truck doesn't have that. it offers an optional technology

ronan farrow details the efforts made to stifle his reporting.celere told to interviews with rape victims. we were told to stand down and not take a single column. i was threatened that i was going to be exposed as having i everrminated if disclosed that nbc had anything to do with the story. >> sam houston and the alamo adventures -- branchial need -- brian offers words about texas. >> he learns that courage has to be calculated. when it is time to get a commission, he goes to washington. app, i can to just about anything. he looks at the ground and realizes that his country is fragile and everything has to be calculated. the number of black elected officials and his country has 1970 from here to 1500 in to over 10,000 today. that is the voting rights act. afterwards, sarah explores the political history of tobacco book "the cigarette." >> smoking was considered something almost un-american. it was a vice of the foreigner. the anti-smoking rode a wave of nativism and thought about what type of behavior is appropriate for healthy americans. >> wa

nbc said with ronan farrow harvey wine stein that story wasn't ready. is a parallel for sure. >> tucker: whole thing no wonder people are paranoid about the media. they have every reason to be. elizabeth, thanks so much for that i appreciate it. >> thank you, tucker. >> tucker: that robach tape you should watch it. more abc's role in spiking the story she also expressed her thoughts about how jeffrey epstein died. watch this. >> so do i think he was killed? 100 percent. yes, i do. because you want -- he made his whole living blackmailing people. there are a lot of men on those planes, a lot of men who visited that island. a lot of powerful men who came into that apartment. and made it seem as though he made that two weeks later. but his lawyers claim he was roughed of up by his cell mate around the neck. that was all like to plant the seed and then -- i really believe it. like really believe it. >> tucker: the federalist mollie hemmingway joins us tonight. what do you make of this, mollie. >> so interesting. it was confirmed it was real by the reporter

charles: you couple this with of course ronan farrow promoting his new book. >> right.rles: allegations there are again, just shocking, shocking. it feels like there was this power, this wall of elite powerful people protecting this predator? >> yes. and now of course, you hear dr. bauden whom we all know, saying that the injuries to his neck are far more consistent with homicide than suicide. two video cameras were not working. two guards were asleep. the cellmate mysteriously removed the day before. there is more here than meets the eye. charles: maybe more and more will keep coming out. i do want to ask you about a story, interesting story, the trump administration suing drugmaker gilead science infringing on two hiv patents. the federal government lawsuit says gilead. the company was invented and patented by centers for disease control. i'm not sure how gilead would have gotten control of this? >> this also is a head-scratcher. if you read the complaint, which i read for you, all 86 pages of it, basically it says the patent was given by the patent office to the cent

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. -- investigative journalist ronan farrow. >> we were told to stand down and not to casing -- not takeingle column on the subject. i was threatened that i would be exposed as having been terminated and let go from the company if i ever disclosed that nbc had anything to do with the story. >> saturday at 11:00 eastern, in his new book, fox news brian kyl need offers -- >> sam houston talks about courage. he felt he was impervious. he got shot three times and should have died. when it was time to get a commission, he goes to washington. ground.o the what does he learn? this country and -- is fragile and courage has to be calculated. >> sunday at noon eastern, in-depth is live with wall street journal columnist jason riley. >> the number of black elected officials in this country has grown from fewer than 1500 in 1970 to more than 10,000 today. that is the voting rights act. eastern, sarah my love explores the political history of tobacco in america in her book, the cigarette. she is interviewed by david kessler. >> smoking at the turn of the 20th century was considered something almost a

eastern, ronan farrow details the efforts made to strengthen reporting. >> this is not a journalisticsion. he was told to cancel interviews as we were told to cancel interviews with rape victims. we were told not to take a single call. i was threatened to be exposed as having been terminated and let go from the company if i ever disclosed that nbc had anything to do with the story. announcer: saturday at 11:00 made.astern -- brian kyl to talkhouston wants about courage. he felt he was impervious. he was shot three times and should have died. when he goes to washington, pretty close to here, i have a can see just about everything -- burns to the ground. what did we learn? seniorepth is live with fellow and wall street journal columnist jason riley. >> the number of officials and this could -- fewer than 1500 and 1972 more than 10,000 today. i think that -- including the twice looked it black president or that is the voting rights act. announcer: at nine eastern on professors, a explores the political history of tobacco in america. in her book, "the cigarette." she is interviewed by dav