it did not belong to me, tavis, it belongs to the state of mississippi now.he rifle that was used to kill medgar is apart of the exhibit there that was not mine but, there are other things that are there that belonged to my family that had been donated and i think it is critically important that those who were searching for materials went beyond the family and webt nt to medgar's friends and whatnot, the razor of one of the things he used, the intricacy of what he put in him in this is highly recommended. >> and the house that you lived in and the house that van was born in and the drive way to which medgar came home and which he was assassinated, i have been to the house a number of times. i never go to jackson. my mother and i were there not too long ago and we went there together and spent the afternoon there and took pictures and had prayers, i don't like to go as part of the state. is the house now -- it is officially a -- what is it? >> i understand it is official a national monument. >> i don't have papers that states that and i need to pursue that and

i'm tavis smiley.ight, a conversation with a legendary journalist, dan rather, whose career spans a half century. he's written a collection of original essays about what it means to be an american. the text is, what unites us. we are glad you joined us. the conversation with dan rather coming up in a minute. ♪ ♪

i'm tavis smiley. it's make or break week for the gop's $1.4 trillion tax cut plan, mostly for the wealthiest americans. the senate could pass its version of the plan as early as thursday despite democratic opposition and a razor-thin republican majority. tonight former labor secretary robert reich joins us to talk about the numbers and the politics. we're glad you've joined us, a conversation with former labor secretary robert reich coming up in just a moment. ♪ ♪ >>> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >>> welcome back robert reich to this program. the former labor secretary from the clinton years is now a public policy professor at berkeley. his most recent text, "saving capitalism," is the basis for a documentary on netflix with the same name. >> we're on the way to becoming a two-tiered society, composed of a few winners and a larger group of americans left behind, whose anger and whose disillusionment is easily manipulated. once unbottled, mass resentments

i'm tavis smiley. tonight, a conversation with a legendary journalist, dan rather, whose career spans a half century. he's written a collection of original essays about what it means to be an american. the text is, what unites us. we are glad you joined us. the conversation with dan rather coming up in a minute. ♪ ♪ >>> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >>> i'm pleased and honored to welcome dan rather back to the program. the former anchor for the cbs evening news is concerned about the future of this country. he's written a series of essay that is will inspire you. the book is called "what unites us." i'm honored to have him back on this program, my friend, dan rather. how are you? >> great. >> how is your bride? is she still painting? >> she is. thanks for asking. she would delighted you asked. >> give her my regards. let me start with this quote. i love how you put this quote at the beginning of the book. the quote is the greatness of america lies not in b

how is tavis smiley different? tavis smiley is different in all of this? has only had consensual relationships. i've got a staff full of people because of people rushed to judgment that are in the unemployment line. if this in fact does end up in court because now they've come back to continue the investigation, if this does end up in court the real tragedy is millions of taxpayer money is going to be spent for pbs to defend itself against this bad decision, and that's not how i think the american people want their tax dollars spent. >>> and when we come back, a report tonight that president trump considered rescinding the supreme court nomination of neil gorsuch after gorsuch criticized him. sounds like loyalty is not exactly a two way street in this white house. just like some people like wet grocery bags. getting a bad haircut. overcrowded trains. turnstiles that don't turn. and spilling coffee on themselves. but for everyone else, there's directv. for #1 rated customer satisfaction over cable, switch to directv. and for a limited time get a $100 reward

>>> good evening from los angeles, i'm tavis smiley as gop leaders and the senate hammer out their final tax bill. it's pretty clear that many ideas brought out in the 2008 crisis are under threat. and actress allison janney joins us to discuss her portrayal of tania harding. we're glad you joined us, phil ang angelides and allison janney coming up in just a moment. >>> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. so please welcome phil angelides back to this program, the former chair in california chaired the inquiry commission and recommended prosecutions for a number of executives who they felt were accomplice it in what was called the wall street doctrine. unfortunately, none of those high profile names were locked up by the obama administration, and here we go again. phil angelides, great to have you on the program. let me start with you, why did not the justice department and the obama era find any one of these persons libel to be locked up? >> i think it's one of the successes, for all the good regulators put in process, i think this is one of the sem

tavis smily howie: pbs suspended tavis smily's talk show.variety" reports he had sexual relationships with a number of subordinates who worried their jobs were tide these relationships. >> it's clear this has gone too far, and i for one intend to fight back. pbs overreacted and launched a sloppy investigation. how rsh joining us from new york, lynn sherr. tavis smily is fighting back. he said he had a consensual relationship at least in one case. without pbs writing the details, how are we supposed to judge whether there is a big problem here? lynn: we need to differentiate, this drip drip drip that's a flood, the only way to avoid drowning tonight, find out and differentiate between something that destroyed a woman's career and something that makes her want to take a shower alone. i know nothing about a advice smiley's case. i know when he says we need to start the conversation, that's the point. we are never going to ban sex in the workplace, though i think there will be less mistletoe at holiday parties. but we need to determine the bound

>>> good evening from los angeles, i am tavis smiley, tonight a conversation with leslie odom jr. he gist relowsed a deluxe edition of his "simply christm christmas" album. we are glad you are joining us with leslie odom jr. in just a moment. ♪ >> and by contributions by your pbs stations from viewers like you. i am delighted to have leslie odom jr. on this program, he is best known of the role aaron burr, he's focus on film project and music. he just released his deluxe edition, you can see him in theaters on the "oregon express." oh, you are a busy brother. some of the videos for "christmas walts." ♪ santa is on his way and still staying with me and think for you and for me ♪ when the world falls in love as we say merry christmas, may your new year's dreams come true ♪ >> that voice of yours, how old were you when you knew this was your gift? >> i still don't know. [ laughter ] >> if you don't know by now you ain't never going to know. i was singing since i was a kid and when i was a teenager, i got serious about it and you know how it is, when i was singing in philly, i was sin

tavis smily fighting his suspension by pbs.om hanks, meryl streep, and steven spielberg on why they think their film on the pentagon papers reas naits with attacks on the press. he'd be stopping for more pills right now. only aleve has the strength to stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. aleve. all day strong. howie: senator skier step senatd on the president to resign. and mika brzezinski said if the press secretary backed her president, she should resign. >> do not lie and do not defend the president of the united states for what he did. howie: that brought out blasts from her father hike huckabee. >> i was stunned by all the people who were going to give a lecture on morality and family, it's mika? >> what a sleazy thing to do. what a sleaze bag. what a predictably stupid thing for you to do. it's unbelievable. howie: joining us, guy benson and jessica tarlov. what do you think of mika brzezinski saying if you defend your boss you should go. guy: the president says sexist things sometimes and has done 60'si

i'm tavis smiley. one of the most challenging years every, and the nightmare of 1968. tonight lawrence o'donnell joins us to reflect on that troubling year, of political assassinations, convention violence and the election of richard m. nixon. all laid out in his new text, playing with fire. glad you joined us with lawrence o'donnell in just a moment. >> and from con vi tribuplease lawrence o'donnell, back to the program. host of the msnbc "the last word" worked inside the beltway and behind the scenes of hollywood including as a writer for the west wing. his latest text is called, playing with fire. the 1968 election and the transformation of american politics, lawrence o'donnell, good to have you on the west coast and on our program. my friend. >> so good to be in the studio with you. usually, you're coming on my show. and you i am in new york doing it on satellite from here. and we always get the tavis smiley bump in the ratings, what we are going for. never in the same room. >> sure my ratings will

i'm tavis smiley. tonight, part 2 of my conversation with virtual reality pioneer jaron lanier, his new memoir, and his fears about how technology influences our minds and affects our world. more with jaron lanier in just a moment. ♪ ♪ >>> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >>> pleased to have jaron lanier back on the program tonight. his new book is "dawn of the new everything: encounters with reality and virtual reality." if you're wondering why i have my shoes off, it's because he has his shoes off. if none of that makes sense to you, go back to last night's show and you'll understand how the shoes ended up coming off last night. if you missed last night's show, go to pbs.org and you'll see how our shoes were discarded last night. last night you were just getting into something that was really starting to really -- i was trying to process it. this notion of -- can i say negative stimuli. >> absolutely. >> for those who forgot where we left off, pick up on th

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we want to welcome tavis smiley to the studio. tavis, thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure., paula. first and foremost you deny any wrongdoing. >> absolutely. i have never groped. i have never coerced or exposed myself inappropriately to anyone. in over 30 years, there has never been any allegation of that. i celebrate and applaud the women that came out and told the truth and lead us to a conversation about how to create healthy work spaces. and i have had some of those women on my program, in fact,. at the same time i want to make sure we don't lose all proportionality in this because if we do people end up guilty by accusations. >> you admit to having consensual sexual relationships with your subordinates. do you understand how that can be viewed as an abusie of power? >> certainly. i understand who people have a viewpoint any consensual sexual relationship in the workplace is wrong. some people believe there is no such thing as a consensual relationship in the workplace. i hear that point of view and i respect it but there are other points of view on this. my company, le

why the network suspended tavis smiley. >>> and serial burglars with an unusual getaway vehicle. the church van theft not the only one police are trying to solve tonight. >> announcer: news 4 at 11:00 begins with breaking news. >>> well, good evening, everyone. sorry we're getting a little bit of a late start due to some technical difficulties. we've still got a newscast to get to. so let's get right to that breaking news. in silver spring, downtown silver spring tonight, police and paramedics responding to a high-rise on fenwick lane for a death investigation. >> news 4's jackie bensen has been on the scene for about an details. jackie whax have you learned so far? >> reporter: this is still an unfolding scene here but i'm going to tell you what i do know. montgomery county police were called here about 8:45 tonight. i think we have some video of what it looked like here earlier. they were called here we understand for a report of an assault. when they arrived, they found two people and those two people's deaths are being investigated in what is referred to or what we've been to

tavis smiley's been on tv for au long time but he had his show suspended last week by pbs after pbs sayst received "credible allegations of sexual misconduct." smiley admits to having several relationships with hisib employees, but he says he's not a harasser, has never groped or coerced anyone. he also said pbs never gave him a chance to respond to the anonymous allegations against him. meanwhile on cnn this weekend, former obama spokesperson jen saki said that all accusations of sexual misconduct should be presumed true without exception. >> there are false accusations out there. s it does happen. even the most liberal, most progressive advocates for women against violence could concede the point. is an accusation enough?ag >> yes, it is enough. i completely agree that in the time we are in right now this is going to be perhaps a bloodieded period. the fact is that democrats and democratic party -- here you have a waiver, zero tolerance, but...ty >> tucker: that's the state of play. tavis smiley joins us tonight. >> it's my pleasure, thank you. >> tucker: what specifically did pbs accu

>>> good evening from los angeles, i am tavis smiley, we look at poll titics having on t higher education of america. first on challenges of making higher education available to all and brandon busteed looking at the wild majority that colleges that are harmful toll america, i am glad you are joining u all of that is coming up in just a moment. ♪ >> and bill of milenda gates foundation and by contributions of pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> please welcome jaime merisotis, it is great to have you on the program. >> thank you for having me. >> why 60% and why 2025 and is it doable? >> first of all, it is definitely doable and 60% comes to the fact that two-thirds of the jobs created today requires a college education and some of a secondary or a certificate or education. and places like korea and canada, they are at or above 60%. i think we can get there. 2025 because the nature of work changes so fast in the novel of economy and we'll accelerate our progress increasing post secondary team and if we are able to keep up the changing nature of work. today we got a long way t

i'm tavis smiley. perhaps the most shocking fact to emerge this year is the following. three americans have more wealth combined than half the population of this nation. at the same time, one in five folk in america have zero or negative wealth. tonight, we have a conversation about our nation's wrong equality with chuck collins, senior scholar and co-author of the new report, billionaire bonanza, 2017. then actor bill pullman is here to discuss his film called the ballad of lefty brown. ace coming of age western for a 69-year-old man. we're glad you joined us in just a moment. ♪ ♪ >>> by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. some might say that chuck collins was born lucky in the stratosphere of economic class. when he was in his 20s, he gave it all away, donating his inheritance to charity, he made his own way and turned his life story into his mission. he currently leads the program on inequality and the common good at the institute for policy studies and the author of the book, born on third base and billionaire bonanza 2017, the forbes

. >>> plus talk show host tavis smiley fighting back against ?.legations about his con >> ie1 can tell you we've had a bit of breaking news in this case. >> we'll tell youçó what that i. he says his side of the story tonight on this program. i'm going to ask him what about those troubling allegations. >>> let's begin with thexd gop x bill and what it could mean to you.xde1e1 here with me . good the toe1 see you, gene, here's the president talking about thee1 tax plan today and then we'll talk. >> we are days away fromt( passg historicq tax cuts for american families and businesses. it will be the biggest tax cut in the history of our country. >> youe( reaction? we problems we have people worried about the middle class, economi( inequality, insecurity, there's so much we could have done with $1.5 trillion. we could have done something on infrastructure. cut taxes just for workingñr pressed. [kzlls, free community college. and instead, we're goingxd to ge the major bulk of thisxd to the largest companies, to foreign investors, to the most well off i

award winning talk show host tavis smiley fires back after losing sponsors. he's here live speaking out for the first time only on "gma." ♪ >>> and the force is strong with this one. "the last jedi" soaring to an out of this galaxy opening. now, the second largest of all time and it's just getting started. >>> and good morning, america. welcome back from the weekend. also a big welcome to our weekend anchor paula faris. >> thanks, george. great to be here on a monday. >> boy, it was not a happy weekend in atlanta's airport. >> my brother-in-law was one of the million that was stranded. my sister-in-law said he had a hard time calling her. the communications were bad and he was literally and figuratively in the dark and airport. he's still there. >> 11 hours of chaos. what it's like there. in you see the airport cloudy and foggy. there you see it right there. the planes on the tarmac live. >> adding insult to injury, thousands were stranded in darkness last night wandering through the airport and others stuck on planes on the tarmac for hours forced to walk ba

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i'm tavis smiley. >> suspending tavis smiley's late night talk show. >> it's clear this has gone too far. i intend to fight back. >> salma hayek is adding her name to the list of women who accuse harvey weinstein. >> simmons facing multiple new allegations. >> spurlock said he used to call his assistant hot pants or sex pants. he paid a settlement to her when she quit. >> i missed a lot while i was gone. >> i'm really glad i never had anyone call me that at work. >> let's begin with something we both know well. taxes. the taxes we all pay and the sweeping changes that are now expected to be approved as early as next week. >> congressional republicans say they have reached an agreement on a final version of their controversial plan to overhaul the tax system for the first time in decades. it keeps republicans on track for a final vote next week with the goal of president trump signing the measure by christmas fulfilling one of his campaign promises. >> we're very, very close to a historic legislative victory. the likes of which rarely has this country seen. it will be bigger than anyt

howie: tavis smily is fighting after after his show was suspended over sex allegations. pope francis says media bias and sensationalism is a grave sin. this is "mediabuzz." with president trump getting this big win on tax reform days before christmas. the media is starting to reassess a man they spent 2017 telling us wasn't accomplishing much. joining us are mollie hemingway and joe trippi. new york times quoting six unnamed officials who attended a meeting with the president or briefed on the meeting, the president reportedly said haitians all have aids and nigerian immigrants won't go back to their huts. rex tillerson and others deny this. it seems like a classic confrontation. the white house calling it lies. mollie: the "new york times" used two anonymous sources. two for the haitian immigrants. one who was in the meeting, one who was not. people who didn't feel con fir dent enough in their claims to put their names behind it. then you have general mattis, general kelly, secretary nielsen and the white house saying that's not true. it makes you wonder what the standa

and tv talk show host tavis smiley is accused. he denies wrong doing and posted a response on social media. pbs overreacted and had a sloppy investigation. it's time we have a conversation in this country about where the lines are. >> in sprons so tavis, cbs says it stands by the integrity of its investigation. >> all right, let's turn to our jamie foxx news. jamie celebrated his 50th birthday with a star studded party. >> jamie never publicly confirmed he is dating come come, but there's no doubt now. >> look at smile on the actress's face. she was beaming. the clan december tine couple for surrounded by others. he hinted his birthday bash was going to be special with this video. >> thank you so much for the birthday wishes. i'm about to turn up. i had a fantastic day with my family and friend who did so many great things for me. >> the massive event was held on a sound stage at paramount studios. come come sat with a baseball cap. toby maguire also attended. posted this pick with jamie and his birthday cake. ice cube and snoop d

my gut, tavis, he is really ticked off. is he mad.ship in the workplace is tantamount to sexual harassment. what's your take. >> the thing that stuck out to me when tavis was talking about. he kept on talking about consensual relationship. that's great if he had one. but the allegations from pbs, they talked about multiple relationships. and that's what's interesting. >> laura: how about multiple consensual relationships? you can't have those? i thought it was free love generation now can you do what you want. >> you can do what you want. not just one person. several. >> laura: how is that harassment? >> this whole notion of due process. due process is a legal term. when we are talking about employment. that does not go into the realm of the employment agency. >> wenty, in the name of justice though, you can't just be charging men and having secret investigations with people who may have had consensual relationships with them. maybe he is telling the truth. here's my problem. we are seeing a rash of this. this feels like a revival of

garrison keillor, i don't care for him any more than you care for tavis smiley.y bbc show 25 years ago and he was cold fish and deeply unpleasant, but i feel about him the way you feel about tavis smiley. if he's going to justim be vaporized and have his life's work wiped out, at the very least, we should know what he did and who he did it to. >> tucker: so why is nobody saying that? >> i think there is a general t agreement on the left and that has been essentially driven by left-wing dominated industries that they are now weaponizing sex the way they weaponized race. they've concluded it's a useful weapon to them and that necessarily means a kind of clearing out the decks. i mean, i'm astonished. on the vast empty plains of the pbs and mpr schedules, you can actually hunt buffalo there. all the septuagenarian hosts are gone in moments and it's absolutely astonishing to me and it will make social relations impossible. you must think, as i think occasionally, do i really want to be alone with a female employee now? who knows how she's going toe feel about it in 3

. >> they pull tavis smiley off the show but the host is vowing to fight back. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. a republican kentucky lawmaker accused of sexually assaulting a teenager four years ago has apparently killed himself. dan johnson died last night from a single gunshot wound on a bridge in northern kentucky. monday there was an article published that johnson allegedly assaulted a girl in the basement of his home. tuesday in a church where he was a pastor he called the allegation totally false. he admitted he was gruff with the teen on the night of the alleged incident, but denied that he sexually assaulted her. >> before these accusations came up, i don't want to get into any details, but it was nothing to do with me or anything sexual. >> johnson said the allegations were politically motivated. earlier on facebook he wrote for people to care for his life. he said ptsd will take my life. i cannot handle it any longer. an autopsy will be performed today. president trump invited

with tavis smiley, you get the impression that tavis smiley also has the intention of digging in andng these allegations. >> and he again also says that all his relationships were consensual. but what's happened there is pbs hired an outside firm to look into those allegations. whatever they've uncovered was enough for pbs to suspend the distribution of tavis smiley's show, but you do see mr. smiley fighting back, saying, look, i had relationships, but everybody was happy in that relationship at the time. >> morgan spurlock, for his part, appears to have come out of nowhere -- >> well, you wonder who was about to, you know, spill the beans on him, but he admits to being accused of rape after a drunken one-night stand in college, cheating on his two wives and all his girlfriends and settling a sexual harassment lawsuit. and then saying he wants to be part of the solution. >> it does make you wonder if he had not started to get those calls from reporters and this was his attempt to get in front of it. emily, you've written this week about sexual harassment, specifically in the restaura

i'm tavis smiley. tonight, a conversation with virtual reality pioneer jaron lanier about his complicated relationship with technology. in his new memoir he writes about its beauty and endless possibilities as well as his fears about the ways digital technology is affecting our minds and influencing the world. we're glad you've joined us. computer scientist and author jaron lanier, coming up right now. ♪ ♪ >>> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >>> please welcome jaron lanier to this program. more than 30 years ago he founded the first virtual reality company and is widely credited with popularizing the term. his new memoir, "dawn of the new everything: encounters with reality and virtual reality," gives us a glimpse into his unusual childhood and how it led in part to his lifelong relationship with technology. an honor, sir, to have you on this program. i saw the maureen dowd piece on you, did you like it? >> oh, yes, charming piece. >> it opened my eyes to th

pbs's late night talk show host tavis smiley was indefinitely suspended on wednesday after multiple crediblens of misconduct surfaced about the popular host. reports show some believe the victim's jobs depended on a sexual relationship with smiley. smiley hasn't responded to the allegations. al franken's senate seat goes to tina smith who is also a fellow democrat. the announcement follows his resignation. he faced pressure from his party to step down after he was accused of improper behavior by eight women. >>> a topic in the making for sometime except this one is actually fake news. there is an elaborate hoax going around about the and washington redskins changing their names to the red hawks. apparently a native advocacy group is behind the name change and has created if i can url's to mirror espn and sports illustrated's web sites to post the articles. there was a press conference that's expected today at rfk stadium. >>> oprah winfrey will have one more award. expected to be honored with the cecil b. award. >>> cheese lovers rejoice. you'll be able to get your hands on another cheetos c

the founder of defjam records, russell simmons, and talk show host tavis smiley.men are refusing to take these claims quietly, publicly firing back. new accusations have also surfaced against matt lauer. nbc news senior national correspondent kate snow has the latest. >> reporter: on instagram russell simmons was defiant writing today, i begin to properly defend myself. in extensive reports in "the l.a. times" and "new york times," nine more women accuse range of misconduct from vulgar language to assault to four instances of rape in the 1980s and '90s. i shut my eyes and waited for it to end, tina baker told "the new york times," adding simmons said, don't fight me. two weeks ago simmons stepped back from running his business empire after two other women accused him of rape. simmons is denying the allegations vowing to share evidence of his innocence and to contrast the popular hashtag #metoo writing #notme. >> it is clear this has gone too far and i, for one, intend to fight back. >> reporter: tavis smiley also on offense after pbs said it suspended distribution

. >>> talk show host tavis smiley firing back at pbs after they suspended his show. defending his behavior and saying they made a huge mistake. smiley suggested some of the allegations against him might be from people exploit iing this m too movement. >> we fire a lot of folk. there's folk who have some axes to grind. i don't think this moment should be used in this country talking about how to create a healthy workpla workplace. this should not be used to exploit wanting to grind -- it should not be. in an exploy tative way to seek revenge on someone. >> pbs is is standing by its decision after smiley appeared on abc, they said, tavis smiley needs to get his story straight. the network pointed to perceived inconsistencies in his explanati explanation. >> a powerful federal judge abruptly retires after a number of staffers accuse him of sexual misconduct. in a statement released, he apologized for his actions but defended his broad sense of humor and candid way of speaking to male and female law clerks. he sits on the ninth circuit court of appeals covering the west

and also breaking overnight-- p-b-s suspending distribution of "tavis smiley" amid what it calls troubling and credible allegations against the news show's host. according to variety-- an independent investigation found that smiley had engaged in sexual relationships with multiple subordinates. in a statement posted on facebook overnight, smiley said he was "as shocked as anyone else by pbs' announcement." and he added that he never groped, coerced, or exposed himself inappropriately to any colleague in his entire 30 year career. developing now-- the father of a missing teen-- later found dead-- now speaking out about the tragic circumstances of what happened. and he is wondering if more could have been done to save his son. farshid sepehri says he tried to direct police to his missing son's cell phone several times, after 17-year-old navid did not return from a party. but he says officers did not listen to him for hours. sepheri says he found his son in the woods, not far fr sepheri says he found his son in the woods, not far from the home where police had broken up a party. speaking with

. >>> and tavis smiley has been suspended by pbs, following allegations of sexual misconduct. he posted a video statement overnight saying he is shocked by the accusations and denies ever groping, coercing or exposing him self inappropriate to any colleague. he says it is an overreaction by pbs who he accuses of conducting a sloppy investigation. he vows to fight back, but that's unclear whether that means filing a lawsuit. >>> and morgan spurlock has the problem. he is known for his film about mcdonald's, called "super size me". he recalled his own misconduct in the workplace. he was accused of rape in college and settled a sexual harassment allegation with a colleague about eight years ago, he says he's now getting treatment. >>> abc's parent company is expected to make it official, a megamerger to combine disney with much of 21st century fox. disney is expected to pay $60 billion for a large portion of rupert murdoch's empire. the purchase of the assets will help with disney's planned launch of its own streaming services. fox news channel is not part of the deal, that means

. >>> pbs has countered statements from tavis smiley w disputing the allegations of sexual misconduct againstes him. on "good morning, america" he acknowledged having relationships with women working on his program but denied any wrongdoing. in a statement from pbs, they said smyly needs to get his story straight and that he should not have had relationships with women where employment may be linked to sex. new accusers are coming forward. >>> the fda is planning some changes, balancing safety concerns about homeopathic drugs with the desires of consumers who want to use them. about $3 billion of those drugs are sold annually, marketed for treatment for everything in colds to cancer. now the fda is issuing tougher enforcement. >>> there are a couple of storms to watch that could make for an unhappy week before christmas. the snow brought shovel green bay's lambeau field. more snow is expected through the great plains. the system will bring rain into the south into tomorrow. flooding could be seen from texas to the carolinas, and tomorrow we will start track ago cross country storm tha

for what it's worth, tavis smiley has ever said anything we agree with politically.oint is it began as a noble effort to eliminate sexual harassment from american life, and effort we agree with the humanly. it's rapidly turning into something dark and menacing. innocent people fear persecution and that's always the hallmark of a witch hunt others use allegation to settle scores or to gain power and thus the opposite of justice. the rest of the country looks on bewildered and afraid, unsure of what the new rules are, but certain of this punishment for violating them. imagine if you were accused by someone whose name he didn't know of a deed you couldn't remember or didn't commit. how would you respond to that? you might go on facebook to protest her innocence, but would that be enough to get your job back? would it be enough to regain reputation with respect to your children? probably not. what would you do then? mark steyn joins us now. i feel so intimidated that i have to say out loud, i think sexual harassment is abhorrent and those were guilty should be punished,