joining forces with behind the scenes power players like scandal executive producer shonda rhimes.t sexual misconduct in tinsel town and beyond. the coalition of more than 300 women calling itself time's up, taking out a full-page ad in newspapers, including the "new york times," writing now unlike ever before, our acces decision-makers has the potential of leading to real accountability and consequences. the sexual scandals rocking hollywood and beyond. ashley judd told diane sawyer of her alleged experience with harvey weinstein. >> then he obviously grabbed my hand. it's like the look on my face is abject terror, like i can see it in my eyes. >> reporter: but time's up also vowing to help less-privileged women fight back, saying to every woman employed in agriculture who has to fend off unwanted sexual advances from her boss, every janitor trapped nightly in a building with a predatory supervisor, we stand with you. we support you. the initiative establishing a legal defense fund for working class women, backed by $13 million in donations from the likes of meryl streep and direc

shonda rhimes telling "the new york times," "if this group of women can't fight for a model form for other women who don't have as much power and privilege, who can?" >> time's up is calling on companies and organizations in hollywood to fill half of their leadership positions with women by 2020. >>> and there's a new study out this morning that shows people are moving westward, but not to california. according to united van lines, three of the top four destination states in 20 17 wer oregon, idaho and nevada. it was actually vermont that had the highest percentage of inbound migration. california is considered balanced between inbound and outbound moves. young professionals and retirees are leaving our state. >>> two retail giants could be teaming up in 2018. next in your morning money report, why o >>> now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> hey, welcome to tuesday. we're looking at a change in the forecast. not quite yet. looks a lot like yesterday. maybe just a little bit hazier. a real lack of sunshine out there. but with a southerly bli breere look at the temperatures

panelists included natalie portman, american ferrera, kathleen kennedy, tracee ellis ross, shonda rhimesshonda rhimes, and reece witherspoon. >> so we are in this new territory where there really is no playbook for this. how do we as a society have a mature, nuanced conversation about how men and women should be relating to each other? because there are so many men-- men and women now-- who are uncomfortable in their workplaces because of all that's been uncovered and aren't just really sure how to be. what do we say to them? >> we're humans. we're all humans. and i think it's treating people as fellow humans, and it's not because you have a daughter that you respect a woman. it's not because you have a wife or a sister. it's because we're human beings, whether we're related to a man or not, we deserve the same respect. we're all human beings, and it's-- should be-- i think it's a-- we have an nsync about how to treat our fellow human bein beings. >> ninan: it's a wide-ranging discussion many will be talking about on monday and it airs tomorrow on "cbs sunday morning." up next, a vacatio

launched by reese witherspoon, jennifer aniston, shonda rhimes, kerry washington, and meryl streep - along with hundreds of other women in hollywood. the group -- writing an open letter... vowing support for women in the entertainment business and beyond. "time's up" will include a legal defense fund - and advocate for legislation, combatting workplace harassment. there is much more coming up on good morning washington. morning washington. an icy nose dive in montgomery county. a car falling in to a frozen creek. the frigid rescue while you were asleep. breaking overnight: chaos at airports across the country. thousands of people waiting in lines.. as the delays pile up. the customs computer outage behind it all. and an instant classic. the college football playoffs living up to the hype. who's headed to the national champioinship.. as tickets approach super bowl prices! good morning washington. toss to eileen

time's up initiative has the backing of power players like reese witherspoon jennifer aniston and shonda rhimes who you see there it aims to help victims of sexual misconduct working in low income industries . to saudi arabia now where the government says its ban on women behind the wheel will be lifted in june the majority sunni country is under strict sharia law and it's the last country in the world where women are forbidden to drive instead they have to ask a chauffeur or their member to drive them. the women sit in the back and a young boy is in the driving seat. videos these making fun of the country's ban on female drivers fifteen thousands of times it was a good guy it's going to be out of date. as of next june ratana hashmi will be announced to drive a car. and she's already lining up a perfect right. car shopping has become a popular whole bay for wealthy saudi women. you just want to be free with the car you can get your groceries every stuff every shopping you don't need to to to wait for somebody to take you to do is small things you know your daily life thing when you go to my off

initiative has the backing of a list power players like reese witherspoon jennifer aniston and shonda rhimes it aims to help victims of sexual misconduct working in low income industries. with the winter olympics just over a month away now south korea has offered to hold talks with north korea on whether p.r. can send its athletes to the games south korea's president in said his country is ready to negotiate on letting north korea join next month a lympics hosted by the south but he stressed that north korea's nuclear threats would be a major point in any talks. let's go straight to seoul now and reuters senior correspondent josh smith is good to see you could this moment there's a limb pick diplomacy signal some kind of breakthrough and actually reduce tensions . well that's certainly what officials here in seoul are hoping this is something that south korean president. has been pushing for some time he has proposed to the americans for example to delay a major joint springtime military. drills until after the olympics they're hoping that. new year's speech maybe that opening that they've b

initiative has been backed by a list power players like reese witherspoon jennifer aniston and shonda rhimes he's seen there. the project aims to help victims of sexual misconduct working in low income industries much of the central us started the new year under a bone chilling cold that has led to at least two deaths and has broken century old records the national weather service has issued wind chill advisories across vast areas of the country's midwest. california has become the largest us state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana voters approved the move in a referendum to twenty sixteen the change in the law is set to generate a billion dollars in tax revenue every year but some users say that despite this new legislation they will still buy the drug on the black market. with these three . cutting the ribbon the owner of this medical center in oakland says he wants california to be a beacon of hope to parts of the world where people are still suffering under prohibitive as he put it. customers have been lining up since early in the morning to be the first to take advantage of

reese witherspoon, shonda rhimes, meryl streep. steven spielberg and kate capshaw's foundation $2 million. oprah $100,000. altogether, 300 celebrities took out a full-page ad in nooups saying, now unlike ever before our access to the media and to important decisionmakers has the potential of leading to real accountability and consequences. this initiative a response to the avalanche of sexual misconduct accusations rocking hollywood and beyond. actress ashley judd, a member of time's up, told saudiane sawyer about her alleged experience ith disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein. >> he grabbed my hand. the look on my face is abject terror. i can see it in my eyes. >> the fund will provide subsidized legal support, the statement says, to every woman employed in agriculture who has to spend fend off unwanted sexual aadvances from her boss, every janitor trapped with a predator supervisor, we stand by you, we support you. as the powerful tv producer shonda rhimes says, if this group of women can't fight for a model for other women who

it's shonda rhimes who credits with helping her find her voice. she tells the magazine i'm 48 now. i got to the place i'm okay with asking for what i deserve. >> well i'm 42. "entertainment tonight" who do i talk to? >> think outside the box. >> still ahead katy perry comes clean about plastic surgery rumors. what she's admitting to having down. >> then it was the murder that rocked the fashion world. we're with the stars of american crime story versace before the premiere. >> betty white on her 96th birthday. the golden girl shares her secrets to staying young. >> you never seem to age ever. >> i appreciate it. i don't have to believe it, but it's great to here. >> closed captioning provided by -- ♪ >> that is katy perry. yes she's wearing her sunglasses at night. she's celebrating stella mccartney. you were there. >> all the "a" listers coming out to support stellar including katy. ♪ >> tell me about the outfit tonight. did you get ready together? >> it's so comfy. i love it. >> we're smoking. >> i'm getting in and under. >> i've got so many layers. >> katy stepped out in that dr

joining forces with behind the scenes power players like scandal executive producer shonda rhimes.sexual misconduct in tinsel town and beyond. the coalition of more than 300 women calling itself time's up, tinsel town and beyond. the coalition of more than 300 women calling itself time's up, taking out a full-page ad in newspapers, including the "new york times," writing now unlike ever before, our access to the media and to important decision-makers has the potential of leading to real accountability and consequences. the sexual scandals rocking hollywood and beyond.

hollywood stars like reese witherspoon jennifer aniston and shonda rhimes are amongst the celebrities backing a campaign against sexual harassment called time's up and an open letter to the new york times more than three hundred actors writers and directors said they particularly wanted to focus on women in low wage industries whose lack of financial stability left them open to exploitation campaigns only been going for a couple of days and it's already closed close to its target of thirty million dollars for a legal defense fund. time is up the time for putting up with sexual harassment is over three hundred powerful women from the business and entertainment world are starting a campaign and using their status to help those women who have none they're bringing their support but ordinary workers to take their tormentors to court. the launch has already raised thirteen million dollars and that figure is sure to rise actresses such as reese witherspoon and eva longoria launched their appeal in the new york times and in an open letter there are also demanding tough penalties for companie

they include producer shonda rhimes and a host of actress, including reese witherspoon. they call the movement "time's up." it includes a legal defense fund with nearly $14 million in donations to help women in blue-collar jobs who face sexual misconduct. the group also strives to achieve gender parity at studios and talent agencies. well, the temperatures with 3 degrees when the ball came down in times square, the coldest new year's in 100 years. it's freezing in a lot of places that don't usually get that cold. meteorologist liz horton is with our cbs station in miami, wfor. good evening, liz. >> reporter: the bitter cold continues throughout a lot of the country. as you can see, the dakotas, minneapolis, all the way down toward the gulf states still under a wind-chill advisory. in addition, wind-chill washings for all the areas in the midwest warnings now for much of the south from texas all the way over to florida, areas that are not used to dealing with such cold weather. teens and single digits will be felt. there tuesday's low below zero from kansas city to the no

hundreds of women together to fight sexual harassment from reese witherspoon to jennifer lopez and shonda rhimes. how hollywood's heavyweights are helping every woman no matter their background or industry. two of the founders join us live only on "gma." ♪ who let the dogs out >> the dogs do it again. >> and the georgia bulldogs on their way to their first championship game in decades after a thrilling double overtime rose bowl win. >> deflected. >> georgia bracing to face powerhouse alabama. who will be crowned the champs of college football? ♪ who let the dogs out ♪ who let the dogs out >>> and good morning, america. happy new year. sure is a happy one for those georgia bulldogs. >> especially deb roberts and amy robach, you know, they're big uga fans and -- in fact, deb was at the game last night and amy is here talking about that. boy, it is cold outside. >> check out what happened new year's eve. a million people here in times square. i do not know how they lasted in that cold. ten degrees out there. >> how did they do it. >> that's times square this morning. they learned. >> they learn fas

initiative has the backing of a list power players like reese witherspoon jennifer aniston and shonda rhimes the project aims to help victims of sexual misconduct working in low income industries . much of the central united states started the new year under a bone chilling cold that has led to at least two deaths and has broken century old records the national weather service has issued wind chill advisories across vast areas of the country's midwest. a member of germany's parliament and leading figure in the far right party may face charges of illegal hate speech for her angry tweet on new year's eve beatrice fahnestock he ranted at police in the city of cologne for publishing a new year is creating an arabic she said that they were trying to appease quote barbaric gang raping muslim hordes of men well twitter swiftly deleted that post and also froze her account for most of new year's day a new german law requires social media to delete hate speech within twenty four hours or face fines of up to fifty million euros. and we have team coverage of this happening let's bring in our political c

movement, panelists included natalie portman, america ferrera, kathleen kennedy, tracee ellis ross, shonda rhimesna shaw and reese witherspoon. >> i think a big part of this too is not just changing the written rules but the unwritten rules. and i think what we are experiencing right now is a tectonic shift underneath our feet where women and men are feeling like we can no longer not say the truth, and when the truth is said, there is maybe a ripple in our culture right now that is going to allow for there to be a change. >> i feel like there is a constructive theory that has resulted in a resolute pursuit of equity, like there is like this, as you said, that tectonic shift and then like something has galvanized that we are all like, this is not just my hurt, this is more than my hurt. this is not just my anger. this is our anger. and instead of it just being a feeling, it is becoming an action. >> i heard of the confusion about the difference between -- people are afraid to even say there is a difference between inappropriate behavior, inappropriate comments and sexual assault, and sexual predat

to wear pins with the logo of "time's up"-- the group recently launched by reese witherspoon, shonda rhimes and hundreds of other women to fight sexual harassment. host seth myers has said he will tackle the issue during the show itself, and the issue is very likely come up during awards acceptance speeches as well. >> sreenivasan: colleges have always been a source of political discourse in the united states. and in the past year, tensions on campus have risen as controversial guest speakers have been shut down, and faculty have been suspended over offensive comments in the classroom. some fear that so-called" political correctness" is overtaking free speech on college campuses. in 2016, the dean of students at the university of chicago went so far as to say to incoming freshman that the school would not condone "safe spaces" and" trigger warnings." in tonight's signature segment, newshour weekend's ivette feliciano examines the case of one small liberal arts college in the pacific northwest that's dealing with its own controversy surrounding race, equity in higher education, and political

jennifer lawrence joining forces with behind the scenes power players like scandal executive producer shonda rhimesffort to fight sexual misconduct in tinseltown. the coalition of more than 300 women calling itself time's up taking out a full page ad in newspapers across the country including the new york times writing now unlike ever before our access to the media and to the important decision makers has the potential of leading to real accountability and consequences. actress ashley judd a member of time's up tells diane sawyer of her alleged experience with disgraced movie producer harvey weinstein. >> the look on my face is terror. i can see it in my eyes. >> we'll have two of the women behind this new movement coming up live at 7:00 a.m. with your "gma" first look, i'm kendis gibson, abc news, new york. yep, we've got a mouth breather. well just put on a breathe right strip and... pow! it instantly opens your nose up to 38more than cold medicine alone so you can breathe... ...and sleep. go to breatheright.com toda to request a free sample. turn with one a day men's. a complete multivitamin wit

initiative has the backing of a list power players like reese witherspoon jennifer aniston and shonda rhimes it aims to help victims of sexual misconduct working in low income industries. in iran violent demonstrations are sweeping the country and they show no sign of easing after nearly a week of anti-government protests at least twenty people have been killed and hundreds of others have been arrested the protests began over economic woes and rising food prices but have since turned into political rallies against the country's religious leadership iran's supreme leader has accused the country's enemies of stirring the unrest. for more we're joined by a.f.p. correspondent eric randolph in tehran eric thanks for joining us we're days into these protests now people have died and the government is suggesting it will crack down on protesters how much of a threat are these demin demonstrations to the government. well it remains to be say we've seen violence picking up in the last couple of days although it's art you know protesters were talking police stations and other symbols of the regime we'v

among the early donors to the legal fund, reese witherspoon, shonda rhimes. >> how about a few more men join in that group. le. >>> ahead, when we talk about high temperatures, it's a relative term at best. how long will the deep freeze last? >> the chilly details next. >>> temperatures are climbing up to a balmy 25 degrees here in new york today. the cold snap won't go quietly. actually on the warmer side of what we'll see over the weekend. good morning to you ivan. >> breaking out the shorts in new york city this afternoon i think with 25 degrees. we are -- i haven't seen something like this in quite some time. we now have wind chill advisories stretching from the canadian border to the mexican border. you will not leave the wind chill advisory. we're checking in this morning in minneapolis at minus 24. minus 7 in boston and there's new york. you're above zero. that's an improvement. the wind will vary. wind chills continuing. atlanta single digit wind chill values. doing a little bit better but still 37 in orlando. the it will freeze with that kind of number. as far as the high tempe

shonda rhimes telling "the new york times" if this group of women can't fight for a model for other womenh power and privilege, then who can? "time's" up is also urging women to wear black to next sunday's golden globes and use red carpet interviews to speak out against sexual harassment as well as gender and racial inequality in hollywood and organizers say they have already heard of male actors who plan to do the same which is a pretty cool united way to confront this. >> getting involved and so, amy, we'll talk to two of the founders of time's up, they're joining us exclusively. attorney nine that shaw and tina tchen who helped spearhead and was chief of staff of former first lady michelle obama. thank you both so much for being with us. ni nina, let me start with you. >> good morning. >> good morning. tell me how this group came together in i'd like to say that we're outrage funneled into action. you have a group of women all of us were obscenely disturbed as was all of america as was all of the world about what had happened and we immediately started to say, what can we do? what can

people like oprah winfrey, michael jordan, kanye west, shonda rhimes. these two and even this cultural icon. hey. i spent my awkward teenage years on the south side neighborhood of hyde park. there's the restaurant that didn't hire me. and look at the two dorks with the cool guy in the middle. that's jason and rob. i'm the one in the middle. chicago isn't only famous, we're also infamous. like m.c. al capone. and chicago isn't ashamed of this history. you can literally go on a bus tour of al's greatest hits. that's where he sent his goons to murder 14 people on valentine's day. "ooh let's get a bobblehead." 70 years after his death chicago is still plagued by gang violence. in 2016, there were 762 murders in chicago, making it one of the deadliest years in decades. that's more homicides than new york and los angeles combined. these numbers led to chicago's all too depressing nickname chiraq, which makes it sound like it's not in america any more. this narrative being too dangerous to live in pisses me off. as many in the media, sorry, cnn, are painting

from both in front of and behind the camera, shonda rhimes, kathleen kennedy, donna langley, ava duvernaysolway in front of the camera, meryl streep, reese witherspoon, among others, as well as top talent agents and attorneys driving this initiative, which includes a legal defense fund to help less privileged women. farms, factories, restaurants, hotels, protect themselves from sexual misconduct and retaliation. this fund has already raised nearly $14 million from nearly 5,000 people with the talent agencies and steven spielberg among the major donors the organization also aims to educate people about harassment and their rights, connecting them with resources. it's working on legislation to prevent companies from using nondisclosure agreements to silence women and is also pushing for 50/50 gender parity at studios and talent agencies by the year 2020 this news comes on not only the heels of outrage over sexual harassment, but also reflecting their audiences. the top three grossing movies of last year all starred women. kelly, back over to you. >> fascinating julia, i'll take it there. ap

hundreds of women together to fight sexual harassment from reese witherspoon to jennifer lopez and shonda rhimesod's heavyweights are helping every woman no matter their background or industry. two of the founders join us live only on "gma."

television producer shonda rhimes, actress and producer reese wither spoon, and actress eva long ore i can't are among 300 prominent women behind the initiative called times up. they say they plan to fight sexual harassment in hollywood, but they also aim to helpless powerful women like nurses and workers in the hospitality and service industries. their program includes a legal defense fund to help protect women from sexual misconduct and the fallout from reporting it. >> history on the today show for the first time in nearly seven decades, nbc's morning program will be hosted by two women. you've probably seen the story all over social media. hoda kotb was officially named co-host of today along with kotb has been a main stay at nbc, and also she has roots in our area. did you know she graduated from fort hunt high school in alexandria? she went to virginia tech. after the show today, the two co-anchors talked about their unique opportunity to work together. >> i get to sit next to savannah guthrie starting in 2018, and it was so cool. there was something about hearing our names tog

their stand against harassment. 300 prominent women in the industry, including reese witherspoon, shonda rhimes, launched this, time's up, an initiative aimed at protecting women in the work force from sexual harassment. it includes a legal defense fund to help working class women protect themselves from harassment. >>> the highly anticipated "star wars" sequel, "the last jedi," was the film of 2017. the movie got $517 million domestically in the last month alone. you have to figure franchise owner disney has to be happy with that, considering second place goes to this year's remake of "beauty and the beast," also a disney movie, grossing $500 million domestically. >>> another highly anticipated event, recreational marijuana legal in california. you have pot shops opening today. regulators working through the weekend to issue more licenses. friendly reminder to viewers out in the golden state, it's about 8:40, can't smoke and drive, even if you're a passenger. news you can use, folks. >>> the freezing temperatures are here to stay for parts of the u.s. last night, crowds of people were huddled

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mick oel kid man and jennifer lawrence joining forces with behind the scenes "power players" like shonda rhimesall in an effort to fight sexual misconduct in tinsel town. calling itself times up taking out a full page ad in newspapers across the country including "the new york times" writing now unlike ever before our access to the media and to the important decision-makers has the potential of leading to right accountability and consequences. ashley judd a member of times up tells diane sawyer of his experience with harvey wine tine. >> it's abject terror. >> we will have two men coming up live at 7:00 a.m. i'm kendis gibson, abc news, new york. >>> the resignation of minnesota senator al franken becomes effective today sending the state's lieutenant government to the upper house of congress. franken resigned december 7th in the face of more than a half a dozen women accusing him of sexual misconduct. he had been in the senate since 2009 when he beat his republican challenger by slightly more than 300 votes. minnesota lieutenant governor tina smith will be worn? today. >>> former fox news anch

initiative has the backing of a list power players like reese witherspoon jennifer aniston and shonda rhimes it aims to help victims of sexual misconduct working in low income industries. and here in germany a member of parliament and leading figure in the far right alternative for germany party could face charges for an angry tweet on new year's eve in the tweet beatrix fun store she made a reference to quote barbaric gang raping hordes of muslim men post came as a new german law aimed at cracking down on online hate speech came into full effect twitter promptly removed the tweet and temporarily suspended store shoes account. new year's eve celebrations passed without serious incidents this year but two years ago hundreds of women reported being sexually attacked many of the perpetrators were migrants since then police in cologne have pushed the slogan respect they use social media to spread the word in many languages including arabic bad to expunge voice a leading member of the far right alternative for germany party mom the action in a tweet and criticize the police do you think it is to

initiative has been backed by a list of power players like reese witherspoon jennifer aniston and shonda rhimes who you see there the project aims to help victims of sexual misconduct working in low income industries. while to kick off a new year we will be bringing you a preview all this week of what to expect from top local players in twenty eight teams today we're taking a closer look at germany's chancellor angela merkel now number one on her agenda is forming a new government it's now been more than one hundred days since september's election later this week merkel's conservatives are set to start exploratory talks with the center left social democrats but even if these talks are successful it could take months before a government is in place. each day a new record is broken here in berlin never before has it taken so long falling in election to build a new government. and in the middle of it all chancellor. or at the moment interim chancellor. if decisions are being made in parliament she has to search for allies so far she has not been able to find a fixed coalition partner it looks like

shonda rhimes there. time's up on silence. using that hash tag, #timesup. longer accepting sexual harassment as equality. the attention to harassment was largely focused on showbiz. time's up is expected to include the plight of working class women, as well. >>> still ahead, taking control of your health in 2018. our "start today" experts have everything you need to know to begin your journey. >>> and we're getting so much reaction to our exciting news. hoda is officially the co-anchor of "today." we're going to share some of your tweets. you're trending. >> my phone is under a pile, as usual. >> we're back after your local news and weather. us. it's what this country is made of. but right now, our bond is fraying. how do we get back to "us"? the y fills the gaps. and bridges our divides. donate to your local y today. because where there's a y, there's an us. achoosnap achoo! snap achoo! achoo! snap snap achoo! achoo! feel a cold coming on? zicam cold remedy nasal