and the women's caucus has called for cy vance's resignation. one of the heads of the caucus said that they want to be sure that the district attorney is going to be involved in -- in aggressively dealing with sexual assault and not privileging white men. >> does anybody believe that if robert hadden were harvey weinstein were low-wage workers, men of color who w were lower on the social total pole, that they would not be sitting in jail right now based on the evidence against them? i think it is quite clear in sex crimes and other crimes that we have an unequal system of justice. now there are some efforts to even the skills, but it is challenging. the job of a powerful personon o wants to get out of a possible charge against them is to make price so high. prosecutors are not known for wanting to bring cases they are going to lose, right? they brag about the conviction rates. they don't take risks if they don't have to. powerful people understand how to make the price so high that they may well lose the case. prosecutors may well lose the case.

was there anything in what cy vance was saying there that caught your ear by surprise? >> not at all. the thing is when the stories of this case are written from a legal standpoint, it was a little bit of a tricky case of the district attorney said it was difficult on some levels and i really like the way he put it which is in terms of an ongoing relationship, as i covered this case it became a parent and i sort of fashioned what i thought the prosecutor should argue which is that the victims even though they may have contacted him after the assault, even though they may have texted him "i miss you," the reality is that's not fatal in terms of proving the case beyond a reasonable doubt because the argument, harris, is that they were willing to put up with even criminal conduct because of the context of the relationship which was that they were desperate and trying to get parts in hollywood and he was overwhelmingly powerful. so i think the d.a. was referencing, in a sense of the jury understood that not withstanding a very unusual dynamic, he was still guilty beyond a r

have a good day. >> cyrus vance jr. there, the manhattan district attorney saying he is satisfied and praising the jury, praising the witnesses against harvey weinstein convicted of two counts, acquitted of three counts in a felony sexual assault trial. let's get back to our legal analysts paul callan and jennifer rodgers. paul, on the one hand he lost thr two out of five. on the other hand, he is on his way to prison in handcuffs to face charges of sexual assault. is that true or is this a big high-powered conviction? >> cyrus vance is breathing a huge sigh of relief today. he's taken a lot of heat over the past couple years with what has happened with the harvey weinstein case and not charging him a while back. so these charges and the conviction on these charges are a real vindication for him. i think what he's saying is it's just a very challenging case when you talk about the relationship between harvey weinstein and his victims, even going, in many cases, to after the incidents themselves. so that makes it a tough

district attorney vance, thanks for being with us. we are talking about one of the most famous, most powerful men certainly in hollywood, maybe the country. to the defense's point, do you think it is possible that harvey weinstein got a fair trial? >> i do think harvey weinstein got a fair trial. the judge was very careful in extensive voir dire or questioning of the jurors to make sure that they explored whether there was bias or inability for jurors to provide an impartial review of the evidence, and the jury was selected as a result of their answers. i have no indication that the jurors did anything but this their jo which was focus on the evidence or lack of evidence and come to a decision. >> nawaz: you spoke yesterday of the impact you think this verdict could have. you said that in this day and age, attorneys won't be able to question alleged victims in the same way in future cases. what did you mean by that in. >> in the examination of the survivors during the weinstein trial, there was a lot of victim blaming, a lot of harsh

there are many right now who are calling for cyrus vance to resign. among the cases around dr.addon, the columbia diversity that thesity ob/gyn wife of andrew yang said she went in, she was seven months pregnant, and he sexually assaulted her. since she spoke out at a rally, 40 more women have come forward, bringing the total to 70 women who came out against dr. haddon. unbeknownst to her, he had been arrested six weeks before she was assaulted but allowed to go back and continue to practice. he never served a day in jail. so many are calling for cyrus to resign over this or to bring charges around dr. haddon who simply lost his license. >> it is ridiculous that it takes 90 women to get two convictions. 60 and 70 women to come forward to get attention to these issues. the fact that cy vance did not bring a case against harvey weinstein over the years when he has had other evidence is something that we do have to look at. his statement yesterday was great, but that does not erase what you did not do. many of us will never see the inside of a courtroom. so many survivors will nev

listening to cy vance, the prosecutor speak, two things jumped out to me. one thing you just mentioned. he basically touted what he called the honest testimony and the bravery of the individuals who spoke out, the women who spoke out. we should note they spoke out initially to journalists, the "new york times" and other outlets, not directly to the criminal justice system. that's important, because according to many of those women and lawyers, representatives we have heard from, they felt in many parts of the country, many d.a.'s offices it wasn't working and they aren't taken seriously. we've heard that and seen that. it's interesting to see a prosecutor who had a partial victory today, 2 out of 5, basically, in a way, acknowledge that. number two, he said something so important in these cases, the fact as the prosecutor put it, some of the facts here were quote complicated doesn't undercut the legitimacy of the charges, what he called the honesty of those witnesses and accusers. that's so important, whether you're looking at a sex crime or other types of

of clashes which is exactly what the realignment podcast seems toli explore also joining us is jd vance was the premier guest the author of the best-selling highly influential book hillbilly all edgy and recently cofounded a venture capital firm investing in people and technology and also a visiting fellow at aei i have only started i have only read his book if you haven't it's an important discussion that they would say is outside of the bubble at the beginning of the book to say pluralism is the cure i'm not sure if that is a throw down to a room full of people in washington dc but we are pleased to start from that discussion. wens will take questions later in the program and e-mail those to event at hudson.org as we get to that part of the program so that this will not be a problem so please join me to welcome michael and jd vance if you have any questions am sure you will be sick of hearing us talk so with that marshall start us off. >> from the managerial elite what is class war? >> it is a conflict of quasi- hereditary classes your parentage is associated with a particular structu

joyce vance, starting with you.t do you make of all these top officials and all kinds of officials, bipartisan group, public servants, professional prosecutors, if you will, investigators, what do you make of all them coming out like this putting their names on something, this document? you're on there, joyce. i just learned that. >> it's unusual for this many prosecutors to speak with one voice, chris. obviously this is a topic that one would expect heated debate on. the letter, i understand, was the product of a lot of negotiation, but at the end of the day 2,000, and that number continues to grow as more people sign the letter, have voiced their concern about this attorney general's continued service. >> who is at the head of this? what was the straw that broke the camel's back, if you will? whose group was behind this that got the signatures together? >> i think there were a number of different groups of people inside d.o.j., alums, as you say, former assistant u.s. attorneys, former u.s. attorneys. if you look

joyce vance very quickly, what would make you think that barr isn't being disingenuous.hat action could he take next? >> if barr got on a same with the president and announced that they were taking legislation to the congress that would change the sentencing guidelines for people accused of witness intimidation and that they would be making similar recommendations in every case pending nationwide and asking for sense reductions for people that are serving sentences that are similar to the one that roger stone is being asked to serve, then this might look like it wasn't disingenuous. until they do that, this is just a favor they are doing for one of the president's longtype friends. >> joyce, carol, kelly, i have to say, it's still -- i know there is a lot of doubters on here, but i have to say, this is going to be an interesting one. i will be very curious to see if the president can handle bill barr, essentially, pushing back at him. thank you very much. >>> coming up, much more on the attorney general's comments because when a loyalist like barr rebukes the president p

vance and we have compared notes. we could see that in deed, we do have a common ground, and that is we all want to have a more productive america. we want to see the american dream revived. for so many folks, the american dream is just a fantasy. talk about aspirational, to me, that is what the declaration of independence is about. i just got back from monticello, another long story i won't get into. i am going to wrap this up, but just as thurgood marshall refused to celebrate the bicentennial of the constitution , but he did celebrate the improved constitution, because the original constitution wasn't perfect, that it had the mechanism for its own improvement. that is where i am today, ladies and gentlemen. i feel like we all know where we stand now. we are all aware of common ground. we need to talk about how can we move forward together? thank you very much for your patience. [applause] >> next, i am going to introduce dr. john sibley butler, longtime friend and probably the nation's foremost expert on the histor

>> well, i think, first, i think today this conviction does belong to the courageous women as sy vancet only risk their careers, risked humiliating days in the courtroom. this could not have happened four or five years ago. this is really a result in this case of more than 80 women coming forward. and in the words of tawana burke saying, me, too, and standing up for each other. it was a spark that was lit and it is not going out. and i do think it's about something -- it's about the courage of these women, courage of jodi, of megan of really pursuing the story. and it's showing women the power, what they can do when we actually stand up and for each other. i think it's obviously catapulting into this election where women are finally realizing that they have the political power to change what's happening in this country on a whole host of issues and not least of which is sexual assault and harassment which is rampant in this country. and, again, of course not just in hollywood, but experienced by women in the work force all across america. >> women's health is now under assault by some

joyce vance, talk to us about what the range of sentencing could be here. the prosecutors have revised their softer recommendation and they are recommending significant jail time. >> so keeping up with doj's position has been a little bit like watching a ping-pong match, andrea, and i expect we'll here official or unofficial commentary after sentencing ends about why the government's different positions are all consistent. we'll have to assess that when it happens. but the judges is in the process of building a record. she knows this sentence will be appealed, wherever she decides to sentence, whether it's within the guideline range or above or below it, she knows stone will likely appeal any significant sentence. she's making an air-tight record that will be difficult for the court of appeals to review, dislodge in any significant way. that sentence is based on stone's prior criminal history. he has none and also assessment of his conduct. there's an assigned value for the conduct. but what the judge is doing now is looking at additional factors to decide

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cyrus vance said the verdicts represent a new day for the verdicts represent a new day for the victimsf sexual offences. the verdicts represent a new day for the victims of sexual offencesm isa the victims of sexual offencesm is a new day because harvey weinstein has finally been held accountable for crimes he committed. the women who came forward courageously and at great risk make that happen. wine scene is a vicious serial sexual predator. —— harvey weinstein. he tricked, humiliated and silenced his victims. he has been found guilty of criminal sexual act in the first degree and who will face ace state prison sentence of no more than five years and up to 25 yea rs. his attorneys, his publicist and his spies did everything he could to silence the survivors. but they refused to be silent. he spoke from their hearts and they were heard. they sacrifice their privacy and self projection knowing better than anyone the extent of his power, manipulation, reputation and abuse. to them, i would say he breaks silence to hold them accountable and believe me, when i say, that because you have do

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meantime the district attorney here in manhattan cy vance came the women who came forward to testify heroic and courageous. his sentencing is scheduled for march 11th. however, there are separate criminal charges also now facing in los angeles. those charges where he's accused of raping one woman and assaulting another in 2013, the charges were announced on the very same day his trial started. laura and christine, here in new york. >> erica hill, thank you so much for that. >>> the coronavirus has sickened people now in 36 countries, so why is this not a pandemic? cnn is live in beijing. ♪ let's get down to business. the business of atlanta on monday... ... cincinnati on tuesday. ...philly on wednesday. ...and thursday back to cincinnati . modernized comfort inns and suites have been refreshed because when your business keeps going, our business is you. get the lowest price guaranteed on all choice hotels when you book direct at choicehotels.com. $$9.95? no way.? $9.95? that's impossible. hi, i'm jonathan, a manager here at colonial penn life insurance company, to tell you it is poss

we begin with paul butler and joyce vance. miss vance has a new piece out in "time" magazine that says if trump can turn the justice department into a political weapon n weapon no, one is safe. good evening. your views when you heard these four prosecutors stepped down and the wider issue. >> so president trump is using the justice department and bill barr is using the justice department to punish the president's enemies, and to reward his friends. this is unprecedented. if i were one of those prosecutors, i would have quit, too. think about it. they're standing up. they've been in this courtroom over a year representing the united states of america. and then the sentence recommendation very carefully considered 7 to 9 years. a long time. but think about the crimes, the seven felony that's roger stone was convicted of. aggravating factors. it happened over a long period of time and he threatened wiflth he told one witness, get ready to die. so the seven to nine years was within the guidelines. the president says he doesn't lik

don, the manhattan district attorney cy vance has not spoken publicly about the case.e's refused our requests for interviews but in a statement the da did tell us that while with stand by our disposition of this difficult case we regret this resolution has caused survivors pain. the alleged survivors of dr. robert hadden say that's just not good enough. don? >> we'll be right back. take cae of yourself. but nature's bounty has innovative ways to help you maintain balance and help keep you active and well-rested. because hey, tomorrow's coming up fast. nature's bounty. because you're better off healthy. i feelbusiness cards...new nlogo...outdoor sign. you always get me. now, get free 1 hour in-store pick up... ...at office depot officemax and officedepot.com. same time next week. yes! a but i hearsearches fa different calling. the call of a schmear of cream cheese. for i, am a schmelier. i practice my craft at philadelphia. here, we use only the freshest milk... that one! go! go! and the finest ingredients... what is this? until perfection is achieved. she's ready. schm

attorney joyce vance and matt miller a former chief spokesman at the department of justice is here. take me through what's being reporter about what looks like another special counsel-like examination into the investigators who investigated a trump ally. >> what they've told us is that barr asked the u.s. attorney in st. lieues to look into an inquiry in the flynn case, specifically his fbi interview, which is at the center of everything having to do with flynn. our understanding is it happened recently. it was very sensitive. so, it was not necessarily something he wanted out in the open. like we've seen with these other sorts of inquiries that barr has ordered up. the concern that people i talk to had is that it could be one of two things. one is if you look at who was involved in the fbi -- flynn's fbi interview t was january 24th, 2017, andrew mccabe, peter struck and those are all the greatest hits that the president likes to harp on and has criticized and have said should face some sort of criminal penalties. and they haven't yet. this could be a sort of way to dig at them som

without any further a do, join me in welcoming michael lind and jd vance. [applause] >> one point know, michael be here until after the talk to sign books. you can get some of those afterwards. if you have any questions, events@hudson.org. with that, marshall, why don't you start the talk? rex the book is called - - saving democracy from the managerial elite. first question, what is a class for >> it's conflict among quasi-hereditary classes. where your parentage is associated with a particular structure of occupations. we think we use in a - - system. but if you look at what i argue is the fundamental cleavage in the transatlantic societies which is educational. you are much more likely to get a diploma if one or both of your parents had diplomas. which are the new degrees of nobility. then if both of your parents did not.i argue in europe as well as the united states, i think both sides of the atlantic are similar enough now to make robust generalizations. that would have been the case 40-50 years ago. europe has become more multiethnic as united states h

manhattan district attorney vance has not spoken publicly about it.aying while we stand by the decision of this difficult case, we regret that the resolution has caused survives pain. those alleged survivors of dr. robert hadden say that's just not good enough. drew griffin, cnn, atlanta. >>> next here, a heat wave in the an atarctic, as ice melts, why scientists are blaming global warming. (beep) the ups and downs of frequent mood swings can plummet you to extreme lows. (crying) lift you to intense highs. (muffled arguing) or, make you feel both at once. overwhelmed by bipolar i symptoms? ask about vraylar. some medications only treat the lows or the highs. vraylar effectively treats depression, acute manic and mixed episodes of bipolar i. full-spectrum relief of all symptoms. with just one pill, once a day. elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis have an increased risk of death or stroke. call your doctor about unusual changes in behavior or suicidal thoughts. antidepressants can increase these in children and young adults. report fever, st

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powerful and white and because -- and because he's contributed to the governor's campaign and psi vancehappening, because he's been convicted and that's the right thing to do. >> rosanna, i'll never forget reading the description of what happened to you in that hotel room with harvey weinstein in ronan's article. i know you and i met many, many years ago in l.a. and so it also had that resonance that i know this person who i'm reading about in this room. and what -- did you realize that the weight of your career was on the line when you -- he was trying to make you feel that by giving you these examples and trying to convince you that other people have gone along with this and it's helped them. did you realize that this could mean as it did down the line he was going to xwlok you from getting roles and everything that he did do? >> i knew it immediately as i went down the elevator. i just knew it. i said oh, my god. and i was right. and yes, i am in "pulp fiction," which happened after the incident that quentin tarantino asked me to do the movie. but i am the only person that doesn't ha

vance and i have the same hometown, middletown, ohio, on i'm three and a half decades ahead of him. but i had life better for me because we were there in the last great days of post war productivity. great factory town that over time with changes in the economy, changes in politics and all, in recent years we went from the an all-american city to be known as one, having one of the worst opiate addictions and overdose problems in the country. i was shocked to find in 2017 my hometowns city budget, 10% of the the previous year, ganja ambulance calls. that's a sign of complete deterioration, degradation, breakdown in community. i have another unusual friend, charles murray, who i first met charles murray, actually back in the '80s. india, i love turning short stories into long one so please forgive me. [laughing] i just want to say i was upset with charles for various flaws i saw in the bell curve which he co-authored. but in 2011 he came out with a new book called coming apart, which focused only on poor white people. he got so much heat for talking about race. he said, i'm going to d

vance. [applause] >> michael is going to be available after the talk. just to reiterate if you have any questions, at that point i will speak for you. with that, why don't you start us off, marshall kosloff. >> the new class war, saving democracy from the managerial elite. let's defined terms. what is a class war? >> a class war is conflict among quasi-military classes. your parentage is associated with a particular structure of operations and we think we live in a meritocratic system but the fundamental cleavage in modern transatlantic society is educational, not a matter of after-tax income, you are more likely to get a diploma if one or both your parents had diplomas. than if both of your parents did not. i argue that in europe as well as the united states, both sides of the atlantic are similar enough to make robust generalizations. that would not have been the case 40 or 50 years ago but as europe has become multiethnic as the united states has become more secular there is some convergence. what you see is arguably a widening divide socially and po

meantime the district attorney here in manhattan cy vance, called the women who came forward to testifyand courageous. his sentencing scheduled for march 11th. however, there are separate charges in los angeles. those charges where he's accused of raping one woman and assaulting another en2013, the charges were announced on the very same day his trial started, laur york. >> thanks, erica. >>> they came, they cried, they said a final fair well to kobe and gianna bryant in the house that kobe built. andy scholes with the bleacher report next. recommend cascade platinum... ...with the soaking, scrubbing and rinsing built right in. for sparkling-clean dishes, the first time. cascade platinum. sales tax, real estate credits, solar incentives... and we have no way to integrate all that? no...but bdo does. (announcer) people who know, know bdo. i am all about living joyfully. the united explorer card hooks me up. getting more for getting away. traveling lighter. getting settled. rewarded. learn more at the explorer card dot com. when your v-neck looks more like a u-neck... that's when you know

instead of somebody else's sentencing, like joyce vance said.rump than the rest of us do, and donald trump is scared. >> oh, exactly. i mean, look how trump is going above and beyond for roger stone. there's no doubt that stone has made it very clear, this is the guy you need to protect. because he knows where all the bodies are buried. it's interesting, joe, look at the attack on joe jackson. everybody needs to understand something here about this judge. her record is non-partisan. when republicans believe it or not, a time when republicans actually defended congressional oversight. he took the obama justice department to court sued over use of executive privilege trying to shield documents for their investigation called fast and furious. the judge who ruled for congressional republicans in they're favor was judge jackson. the idea now that they can permeate this ridiculous absurd notion she's partisan and has it out for republicans and for trump completely betrays her record. and not long ago republicans touted her judgment saying on the side

>> joyce vance, about a month ago, bernie sanders said that's when he heard about it. it was starting to become public that william barr has declared that any consideration of any version of any investigation of anything involving a presidential campaign must go through him. he must okay every step of it. any possible linkage there? >> well, it is hard to know what's going on at this point. the time line overall has a lot of coincidences that will only understand the full value of in hindsight. the important takeaway from this is that what the president is doing is trying to destroy many of the institutions that contribute to our national security. instead of looking at the justice department and the intelligence community in isolation, which has been i think what we've done until now, we need to begin to look at these as one time line of occurrences and the president tries to weaken doj. tries to weaken the intelligence community. there is no more speaking truth to power. instead, there is just trump insisting he hear only facts and a narrative that suit him. that's d

. >>> leading off our discussion tonight, the author of "information wars," and joyce vance, a former federal prosecutor from the university of alabama school of law. all three msnbc contributors. and a big difference between bernie sanders and donald trump in the reaction to russian interference in the campaign. >> yes. bernie was very strong and forthright, spoke to camera, addressing it to vladimir putin as you mentioned in the introduction. donald trump has never done that, has never acknowledged it. it is a little unclear what russia is doing on behalf of bernie sanders. in 2016, it was clear. they were anti-hillary. they were trying to subvert her campaign so they were supporting bernie. why they're supporting him now is not clear. maybe as bernie points out, they do try to sow discord and a campaign between donald trump and bernie sanders might sow as much discord as we've ever seen in a presidential election. it's unclear why they're doing it. >> bernie sanders said everything about this today that donald trump has refused to say. >> that's right. he made very clear that he's

erin, the manhattan district attorney, cy vance, hasn't spoken publicly about the happeneden case.se for an interview. but in a statement told us that while we stand by our disposition of this difficult case, we regret that this resolution has caused survivors pain. the alleged survivors of dr. robert hadden say, that's just not good enough. erin? >> all right. drew griffin, thank you very much. >>> and we'll be right back. hi guys. this is the chevy silverado with the world's first invisible trailer. invisible trailer? and it's not the trailer right next to us? this guy? you don't believe me? hop in. good lookin' pickup, i will say that. oh wow. silverado offers an optional technology package with up to 15 different views - including one enhanced view that makes your trailer appear invisible. wow. - that's pretty sweet. - that's cool. oooohh! that's awesome. where'd the trailer go? i love it. it's magic. woman: what does the word "partner" really mean? someone i can trust. (impact, click) who is with me for the long-term. who understands i'm dealing with lives, not only livelihood

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cyrus vance jr. the manhattan district attorney.own an effort to charge weinstein, even though they had a taped confession from a police sting of him admitting to an assault. they dropped that effort to assault him. then you have cyrus vance celebrating this conviction and saying it doesn't matter which a woman reports immediately or years after, it's a crime. it's serious. you see a real transformation in how leadership figures in the criminal justice system have to behave around this. >> harvey weinstein was no ordinary defendant. he was one of the most powerful men in hollywood at one time. there are so many young women, women whose names we'll never know, women whose names we didn't know and powerful actresses who had to run through his gauntlet. i thought it was really interesting. the form eer ceo of focus featus said harvey weinstein is the within going to jail, but all of us who sustained and benefited from the hierarchies of power who allowed his crimes to multiply and victims to multifly, it is we who were found guilty tod

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kerik is soin som ways discussion tonight are joyce vance, former uss attorney for the northern district of alabama, she's a professor at the university of alabama school of law. barbara mccanadiquaid is with u. and editor in chief of law, senior fellow at the brookings institution. all three are msnbc legal analysts. joyce, let me start with you and let's start with the pardons and the commutations and your reaction to that package delivered today. >> if this was the first time we'd ever seen president trump deliver a pardon package, as you called it i think more aptly, a pardon party, then maybe we would think that he was trying to fulfill some kind of a commitment to criminal justice reform and doing justice. but we know better than that at this point in the trump presidency. we know that this is a president who uses pardons to signal to people who have been his friends and have been his associates that if they will not turn and testify against him, that he will take care of them down the road. and with this package of pardons for people who have engaged in public corruption, lying to

attorney and professor at the university of alabama school of law and msnbc contributor joyce vance.are not prone to saying things that are designed to fear monger, but this is different. this is the united states justice department which we all understand is a branch of the executive. but what we have not understood until this last week and maybe we should have but we have not understood the degree to which bill barr is acting like donald trump's attorney general as opposed to the attorney general of the united states. >> i think that's right, ali. although the "time" article is not mine, i share those sentiments. i think the important thing for people to understand is that there should never be any politically motivated interference in the criminal justice system. the president can't use criminal prosecutions as a political tool to punish his perceived enemies and to help his friends. and the concern here is that is what we're seeing with this doj and it's worth pointing out that something that prosecutors take enormous care with is to avoid not just improper actions, but also the

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speaking just after the guilty verdicts in new york, district attorney cyrus vance, hailed a new dawna dark alley or by an intimate partner in a working relationship. it's rape whether it is committed by an indigent person or a man of immense power, prestige and privilege. rape is rape whether the survivor reports within an hour, within a year or perhaps never. it's rape despite the complicated dynamics of power and consent after an assault. it's rape even if there is no physical evidence and even if it happened a long time ago. this is the new landscape for survivors of sexual assault in america, i believe, and this is a new day. let's hear now from someone who accused harvey weinstein of sexual assault — the model and actress ambra battilana gutierrez. that complaint didn't result in any charges, but ms gutierrez told reporters how she had involved the police. back in 2015, i was assaulted and i went to the police an hour after. i, the next day, worked with an undercover operation with the police to record him in a meeting what he did to me and nothing then was brought to justice. i

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. >> reporter: manhattan district attorney cy vance did not get a conviction on the most serious charge- predatory sexual assault -- which carried up to a life sentence. >> well, i'm certainly not dissatisfied by the verdict. i think this was a very difficult case, that really moved our understanding of what sexual assault is. >> reporter: the 67-year-old weinstein was led away in handcuffs after the verdict was read. was he upset? >> i mean, he's been fighting this case for two years. i think you come to some realization that this could happen. i think he understood it was a possibility. >> reporter: during the month-long trial, jurors heard from six women who described in detail how weinstein allegedly sexually abused them. the case centered around two women, former production assistant mimi haley who says weinstein forced oral sex on her in 2016, and aspiring actress jessica mann, who testified that weinstein raped her in 2013. more than 80 women have accused the movie mogul of sexual abuse, harassment, and threats. among them model ambra gutierrez who was outside the courthouse toda

>>that is is now the cyrus vance who is the district attorney in n york city.made a statement this is a new a. th is a new dawn. your response to that. >>you know i saw i saw the statement and i think that it's frightening to think about a new dawn in the criminal justice system that doesn't have changes right ou criminal justice system is steve 10. our rights as citizens and our rights to due process and our rights and a presumption of innocence. and if this notion is that we ould just start believing people just becau they make claims i thnk that challenges the criminal justice system as we know it. >>that was jean casarez reporting r us toght again weinstein faces at least 5 years in prison on his convictions. still to come kron four's highlighting area tonight we will introduce you to a recovering heroi addict now rking to help others get clean and diey's strikes a new deal to make their menus little more vegetarian. >>friendly what we know about the company'new partnership with impossible foods plus a warning for anyone who likes a extra salt to their food

if you are familiar with hillbilly lg, a best-selling book, jd vance wrote it from middletown, ohio, and highlighted the nature of things that went on. i hope he writes the seek will of how -- sequel of how great things are now. last year at the state of the union i brought the middletown police chief out and we highlighted the success on dealing with opioids, community policing, getting the community involved, and dealing with the broad array of things pushing people to use drugs. host: steve in cincinnati, ohio, independent. caller: thanks for all you do. guest: thank you. caller: if you know about it, there has been dr. francis boyle who wrote the bio laws in the 1980's, the health legislation bio laws, has come out with an article pointing out five years ago that north carolina university along with the institute of the military has sold china something that looks similar to the coronavirus. could you comment on that or please go find out? please get rid of all the surveillance on american people. it has done nothing and it never will. it is just for surveilling the people. thank

. >> reporter: manhattan district attorney cy vance did not get a conviction on the most serious charge, predatory sexual assault, which carried up to a life sentence. >> well, i'm certainly not y the verdict.y the verdict. i think this was a very i think this was a very whaicult case that really moved our understanding of what sexual assault is. >> reporter: the 67-year-old weinstein was led away in handcuffs after the verdict was read. was he upset? >> i mean, he's been fighting this case for two years. i think you come to some realization that something like this could happen. i think he understood it was a possibility. >> reporter: cbs news legal analyst rikki klieman says even the minimum sentence could be hard on weinstein. >> five years for harvey weinstein at this stage is certainly going to be a difficult time for him, and i'd expect the judge to be more harsh than five years. >> reporter: during the month- long trial, jurors heard from six women who described in detail how weinstein allegedly sexually abused them. the case centered around two women, former production assistant

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