that's when rupert murdock and sons released this statement, the company and bill o'reilly have agreed he will not return. he was in rome today where the pope shook hands with him. he continued to deny the claims and issued his own statement saying it is tremendously disheartening that we part ways over unfounded claims. that's the reality many of us in the public eye must live with today. >> fox's ales redesigned under similar situations. fox risks a reputation of being unfriendly to women. >> a strike force is headed to korean peninsula. when president trump indicated that the arrest mad da was heading in that direction, it wasn't at all. in fact it was 3,000-miles away heading in the other direction to aaustralia for military exercises. the white house is acknowledging that but sean spicer said they didn't try to mislead anyone. >> it's a fact. it's happening. >> the trump administration made it clear the rare craft carrier was moving toward the peninsula to demonstrate strength to kim jong un. newspapers are accusing trump of lying and asks if the u.s. is bluffing its policy. >> a

you know, rupert murdock and roger ails were very close. d it was james murdock more than any of the other three who were sort of pushing more to have this next generation, of leadership and perhaps a different sense of some of the importance of corporate culture being more of a priority for fox. >> julia, thank you. julia boors the tin in san francisco on this developing story. obviously, you think the other cable news channels out there are probably sal rate ising at the idea of getting some audience, although, it's a different audience, pick e they're taking advantage of this weak inside, even if it's for the advertising dollars. >> yeah, i tell you what, i think fox has an audience that's not going to leave. i think fox has an understand that u audience that will be happy to see a new face in there i don't think this is an opportunity for people to knock this company down. i think they will figure out how to strike. >> he did have a tremendous following. we talk about a different type of person amendment. this was a cult-like following.

you're saying if the credit for this goes to the sons of rupert murdock, this spoke loudly, these logoslded into the decision. >> murdock's wife who was a model put pressure on her husband. this is no longer a people don't feel good about this. money is talking. advertisers are so concerned bot what their brands represent and it is women in the homes doing the spending and when you see the money walk out the door, then you kind of have to move with it and bill o'reilly a major name but tucker carlson, who may be a conservative but has a more nuanced positions has been welcome in that place. >> that's all we have for this segment and the time to discuss it. coming up after a break, a political veteran takes a wack attan ancswering the question w just happened to american politics? and are we now a nation of political tribes? it's how well you mow fast. it's not how fast you mow... ...it's how well you mow fast. woooh! it's not how fast you mow... it's how well you mow fast! it's not how fast you mow... it's how well you mow fast. they're nojust words to mow by, they'rwords to live by. th

they are controlled by the murdocks, rupert and his sons. ocks are not sure whether to continue standing by o'reilly. let's flashback to april 1st. "the new york times" reported on the previously secret settlements o'reilly struck with women who accused him of sexual harassment. he settled to avoid embarrassing headlines. sponsors started to move their ads from the o'reilly factor. a woman who has not settled in exchange for a payout called up and asked fox to formally investigate o'reilly. her name is wendy walsh. this is what her lawyer said. >> we received a return phone call from a couple of attorneys who represent fox news. they said that they are, indeed, going to do an investigation based on wendy's complaint. >> in response to that comment, 21st century fox issued a statement saying they investigate all complaints and asked paul weiss to continue assisting in the matter. this is a canned corporate statement that contained big news. he is the law firm that looked into fox news boss, roger ales and they concluded ales has to go. is the

locke lin and james murdock executives, reported pushed for the out offer and rupert murdock signing off. after a careful review of the allegations company and bill o'reilly agreed that he will not be returning. he released his own statement. tremendously disheartening to part ways due to unfounded complaints but reality many of us in the public eye have to live with today. comes after new images tonight showing him on vacation shaking hands with the pope at vatican today. in new york, fox executives were not forgiving. new accusers coming forward. including this foirn fox employee. shows her calling anonymous tip line alleging he would rear and grunt at her, calling her hot chocolate. one of the few publicly defended him, president trump. telling "new york times" >> i think he's a person i know well and good person. personally think he shouldn't have settled. >> reportedly a friend for years and guest on the show. after release the "access hollywood" video. >> not going to play too much because it's guy talk crude. >> roger ailes forced out with multiple accusers coming forward. ton

nothing's official until we hear it from rupert murdock or his sons.eilly is a -- it's crazy that o'reilly wouldn't be helming his show on fox. and that advertiser boycott, those advertisers abandoning his show, all of that adding up to a situation that's untenable for the murdocks. >> if it's true that o'reilly is on the way out, it shows how important ad dollars are when push comes to shove. is this just about ad dollars or the atmosphere inside fox? >> you have fox worrying about getting access to sky tv in eveni england. i think it's extraordinary, but i think the pressure on fox has just mounted to an incredible degree, almost an unbearable degree, because even if they're to bring o'reilly back, people are not going to let up. people are picketing outside the building, i don't know how they get out from under this, and another woman adding to the mix, it just goes on and on, the drip, drip of this, and they feel like they have to get out from under it. >> the new accusations that are being made, your client says that this occurred back in 2008? >>

. >> rupert murdock's sons are deeply uncomfortable.y help run the company, they're very uncomfortable with this advertiser backlash, whether or not they do anything about it is the question. >> obviously they're not uncomfortable with the fact that he's doing that, because they've been settling these lawsuit force a long time. >> there is an ongoing federal investigation involving payments involving roger ails who stepped down amid his own allegations of sexual harassment. >> just because there's a settlement, doesn't necessarily mean that he's guilty. and i have seen cases where men have said, settle the case, i can't deal with the embarrassment or the insurance company or the corporation you work for says okay. we don't know whether he's guilty in all of these cases or any of these cases. >> and they also don't know what is fox going to do. his contract was going to expire at the end of this year, at some point they said it was extended but this may be enough to keep them from extending ill. >>> out front next, jeanie mos and an man

if they were convincing, why did rupert murdock make the decision he did?d out at $40 million, roger ailes did, with the departure last year. now o'reilly keeping $25 million on his departure. do you think there is a new voice for the conservative movement? >> i certainly hope so. >> is it tucker carlson? >> i think we need to have voices for conservatives that are saying this kind of behavior isn't respectable. it's not acceptable at all. that's something that i think is going to be an increasing struggle for the brand. how do we reach out to women and make this a party about women and women's issues. i think women are frustrated with the political conversation right now because there is a lot of focus on sexual harassment, sexual violence. all issues are women's issues. i don't think the gop has done a good job communicating that, but minimizing issue with this one issue isn't helpful either. >> but the expanse that we discuss these issues, at the same time the election of donald trump, the tape from that came out, that demonstrated kind of what he said i

rupert murdock and his sons have emphasized changing the culture of the company so that this behavior is unacceptable. and pressure escalated once the company asked a law firm to address the allegations. >> did they do the same thing with roger ails who was ousted? >> i have sympathy for my counterpart covering this story as it's going on, but what's happening here is bigger than fox, as others were saying it's a milestone for corporate america. this is bigger than o'reilly, it's about the future of conservative media and about the future of standards in the workforce, there are probably women watching this program, who feel they have been harassed by their superiors in the workplace, maybe they feel a little more confident tonight coming forward because they have seen a david go up against a goliath in a couple of these cases, first with ailes and then with o'reilly. >> in their statement that we just played, him saying that it would only be women who felt uncomfortable. i think anybody would feel uncomfortable in that sort of a work environment. >> i would hope so. >> yeah, you woul

. >> there's a thursday board meeting for rupert murdock and his sons.timate men who make the decision about whether o'reilly stays or goes. perhaps we'll hear a decision by the end of the week. >> he was going to the vatican. >> he's going to italy today. >> sort of adds up that he would plan this and that he would be runk. that'sing the second part of it. what's changed that now talking about exit? >> number one fox will not confirm if he's coming back on monday. there's a bubble of silence around fox. it was reported earlier today that the sons james and lochlin are aligned against o'reilly. there's a clear division in the family against o'reilly. some say they don't believe he'll be back on the show. all the because of new york times story about the settlements and the prospect of other women coming forward. >> some of those settlements we had known about, right? >> for years. >> when it got public on the new york times. >> sort of a critical mass in a different era. most advertisers are no fan. another complaint. there's language in o'reilly's contr

roger ailes founded with pup ear -- rupert murdock, bill o'reilly was the first big star and still today. you have the people there, all the executives who supported ailes and were there along with. they were an apparatus that followed his orders and everyone pinned everything on ailes. i think if you're a woman in that environment or man in that environment or anyone in that culture you look around and wonder what changed. they brought in new human resources person who put out a statement, here are the numbers to call. i think it's very intimidating to make those calls. i think it takes a long time. i don't think there's ill intent all over the organization, but they have not taken steps clearly to make people feel like it's a safe place to work. >> the timing emily brought up about these latest settlements coming after roger ailes, going to add smoke to the situation. sarah, thank you very much. emily, i appreciate it. look forward always. thanks to you, our international viewers for watching us. for you "cnn newsroom" is next. but for our u.s. viewers, we have a lot of news. what do y

of course, the company's ceo, james murdock, his brother lachland and their father rupert murdock, alongel made the final decision this morning, i'm told by people close to the company, sealing mr. o'reilly's fate after recent revelations started to stack the deck even more so against him in terms of a couple of things i guess that have come out over the last few days, new people with certain allegations. so this was not a fait acompli, even though this morning it seemed to be, but the final decision made this morning after the three men who run the company and who essentially control it meeting with their lawyers on the phone, decided his time was up. on the financial impact here, i don't know if you guys have hit it at all, and we're watching the stock price here. not expected to be much. i have spoken to a couple of investors this morning. you know, you can kind of back into a revenue number that might say somewhere between 100 and $200 million, although a lot will be made up. so it is obviously a much larger statement in terms of the cultural -- the culture that they want at 21st cen

i think what's behind this is rupert murdock wants to buy sky news in the uk. a review coming up in the middle of may and will look at, quote, whether the new owners are fit and proper. they didn't want sexual allegations in the same sentence as fox news. >> i love the fit and proper, first of all. i think it's a wonderful way of describing. but the fact that fit and proper is not appropriate to sexual harassment -- you can't be fit and proper and having sexual harassment, that's new. >> there may be ridiculous reasons, and business reasons and money driven reasons. but this will prompt a shift of fox news which seemed to be locked in the early '90s. we've been in this business for a long time. almost 30 years if not more. >> me, too. >> i don't get that kind of behavior that you hear about at fox news. it did seem to be extreme. >> in the early years i definitely saw a lot of it. it wasn't sexual harassment. there are specific cases here in the bill o'reilly, roger ailes saga that are serious and they stand alone. but i think all women sort of felt sexual pres

the decision was announced this afternoon by rupert, james, and markland murdock.kurtz is here with details. >> bill o'reilly, the biggest star in the history of fox news, is leaving in the wake of mounting allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate conduct. the news came this afternoon in a terse statement from 21st century fox, saying that after a thorough and careful review of the allegations, they have agreed that he will not be returning. o'reilly, the top ranking hosting cable news is known for his combative, sometimes confrontational style. >> you are about to enter the no spin zone. speaker and a cordial relationship with president trump. the climate shifted dramatically after a "new york times" report that o'reilly or fox had paid $13 million over the years to settle five cases around sexual harassment. o'reilly, whose lawyer has accused far left groups of engaging on a sneer campaign, spoke with appropriate it is tremendously disheartening that we part ways due to unfounded claims, but that is the unfortunate reality many of us live with today. o'

the decision was announced by rupert james and murdock.means some programming changes on monday. tucker carlson is going to move to the 8:00 p.m. eastern hour. the 5 "the five" prime time at 9:00 p.m. still be five because it's five people. martha maccallum will stay at 7:00 and eric bolling launches a brand new program. "special report" will run until two hours until that monday. ♪ ainsley: police teaching berkeley a thing or two how to handle protesters. auburn officers getting tough on masked people protesting controversial people. take a look. >> take your mask off. no moodies no, masks. no moodies, no masks. >> back off. back off. >> take your mask off. >> take your mask off and can you go. >> you want to take the mask off. you are on camera, come on. >> we haven't done anything. >> take your mask off. take your mask off and can you go in or you will be arrested. your choice. >> joining me now is cabot phillips contributor of campus reform.com. good morning to you, cabot. >> good morning to you. >> have you two different scenarios, au