warren jeff is now in prison for sexual assault of numerous children.hrough it, how bad was it for you? >> it was completely horrible. i grew up with three moms and 20 siblings. there was no time to be raised. it was children raising children, and i was a number. >> obviously you worked together on this show, "escaping the prophet," do you feel a bond with other people that went through it? >> that's exactly what it is. you feel a bond and you can understand what they're going through, why they're acting the way they are and help them understand that it's okay to reach out and have a voice and choose a different lifestyle that can make them happy ultimately. >> you both believe that the power of warren jeffs continues from even inside prison. >> yes. >> how does it manifest itself? >> warren is still doing chur services from his prison cell. my sister told me about church services where warren would call in and for 15-minute phone call, they would record it and play it over and over and over for like eight hours. the babies would be crying and they woul

at one stage. >> yes, by my father. >> you had the double blow, i guess, of you are a nephew of warren jeffst of the family. how does that stigma make you feel? >> the stigma of having a last name jeffs is a double edge sword. everybody sees my last name and i'm pretty sure that there's going to be a preconceived notion of who i am and what i stand for. but it also gives me the power and the voice to say it's okay to stand up against the abuses that happened to me and others in the flds. >> you were sexually abused? >> i was sexually abused by warren jeffs when i was 5 and 6 years old and physically abused by my third mom. it was very abusive growing up. >> people know about this sect, everyone in america knows about it. warren jeff is now in prison for sexual assault of numerous children. to have lived through it, how bad was it for you? >> it was completely horrible. i grew up with three moms and 20 siblings. there was no time to be raised. it was children raising children, and i was a number. >> obviously you worked together on this show, "escaping the prophet," do you feel a bond with ot

and if you try and take somebody out of it, it never works. >> brandon, warren jeffs is in prison, butuence over this community, correct? >> yes, he definitely does. he's still running it from prison. i would compare it definitely to organized crime or the mafia. he gives direction from the prison and they obey blindly and they do whatever he tells them. >> if there's one message that you have for folks who are still living this life, what message would that be? >> my message would be that it's okay there's an outside world. not everybody outside the lds community is bad. there are people who want to help you and show you the real world. there's oceaneducation you can . we want to get the message that it is okay to come forward and ask for help. most of the children and the kids who leave with conditioned not to asking for anything. they think if they leave the flds community, they're going to burn in hell. when i left, i bought a car from my older brother and left. i was fortunate enough to have an apartment to go to when my two brothers left. one was a heroin addict and a coke addict

warren jeff never would have been able to control his people without them living in the fear and oppressionnever have been to be able rise to power. >> we decided to go public because there were so many things out there that were a part of our life. when we were adults we chose to be in this life and chose to marry cody. we fell in love as adults and want that known and want people the see that. that's why we went public because there are a lot of stories out there that are horrible, terrifying. but we are not that. we wanted to show that. >> what happens is that these people and these communities are more afraid of the law breaking of their families than they are of the perpetrate wror actually, you know, abusing them. this is why it creates a future abuse. >> i take your point, cody, when you make something wrong, it then can allow to it fester in a way because you don't see what's going on. i get that. do you also recognize that we do have to do something to ensure that young and vulnerable women aren't put in compromised situations where -- >> absolutely. >> yes, we absolutely agree wit

. >>> we're back with senator jeff merkley, we're also joined by dorian warren, associate professor ofical science at columbia university. msnbc contributor josh barro, also politics editor. here's the chart that made me sit up and think art how should i feel about the imperial president executive power? here is the history. something i'd have no occasion to visit except for this. basically in context there's a bunch of presidents then there's fdr. that huge bar you see there is fdr. there's everyone else, they're around once in a while and fdr absolutely using this as a main lever. dorian, fdr is our hero in many ways as liberals but he was also unquestionably in some ways the most aggressive about executive power of any modern president. how should a liberal feel? >> one thing we have not come to grips with is when he think about the new deal and we, you know, remember the new deal and how great it was. half was legislative. the other half was executive order. >> he closed the banks. >> there are two i want to mention, though. one is an executive order extending paid six days to fede

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jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. >> all west virginia public schools in our viewing areas will be closed tomorrow. as well loudoun, culpeper, and warren county in virginia and washington county in maryland. major school districts have not announced their plans. we will let you know as soon as those decisions are made. >> and other story tonight, the indictment of governor bob mcdonnell and his wife marine. they face federal charges related to the gift a scandal that rocked the final year of their administration. scott thuman is following the story from the newsroom tonight. fall from grace. a and his wife indicted in scheme, the charges, wire fraud, making false statements, 14 felony counts in all. scathing indictment for the former governor and his wife as prosecutors lay out 43 pages of back-and-forth, gifts received, private flight, a watch and 100 thousand dollars in loans. prosecutors allege in exchange for legitimizing a dietary supplement for the company star scientific and its head jonnie williams. >> not a great thing to have happen for an election official, taking gifts from people. >> you have to be convicted first. an indi

jeff, and john readily and and larry winter. >> the best of the screen play, nominees are, eric warren for american hustle woody allen for blue jasmine. spike jones for her. and bob nelson for nebraska. now again, we are listening live from hollywood, two names we have heard quite a bit so far the movies from american hustle and 12 years of slaves and we will keep track of what is happening and bring you all of the details later on. >>> and involving san francisco politicians and police, that meeting comes after a string of pedestrian accidents and today's goal will be reviewing investigating and reporting collisions involving pedestrians and cyclists. mayor ed lee is increasing enforcement and citywide public awareness on the issue. >>> a woman is recovering from a leg injury which happened on the corner of sampson. she was taken to san francisco general hospital. now the flu deaths have occurred in many counties. a woman with underlying health problems died from the flu yesterday. and an 84-year-old man with several issues has died and the death of a 48-year-old man last month was flu related. our reports showed at least 20

jeff pope for fill hell me that. and terrance winter for the wolf of wall street. >> for best original screen play t nominees are -- eric warren singer and david o'russell for "american hustle." >> woody allen, for "blue jasmine." craig borton and melissa wellic for "dallas buyers club." spike jonze for "her." and bob nelson for "nebraska." >> for best animated feature film we are pleased to nominate the groods. despicable me 2. earnest and celestine. froz frozen, and the wind rises. >> for best documentary feature, the nominees are -- the act of killing. kite and the boxer. dirty wars. the square. and 20 feet from stardom. nominees to be determined. >> for best foreign language film the nominees are -- from belgium, the broken circle breakdown. italy t great beauty. from denmark, the hunt, from cambodia, the missing picture, and from palestine, omar. >> we've been listening to the nominations from the oscar awards happening in beverly hills. we'll continue to monitor these and gather them because there are so many and we'll put it on our 6:00 a.m. newscast as well as on nbcbayarea.com. supporting actor nominees bradley cooper

jeff davis a lawyer 13 years older than her. >> i mean blurring the lines or i should have been more precise. these were lies the same as elizabeth warrenen an indian. central focus of her life story, hard-luck story would have been amazing if true is that she was raised by a single mother, started working at 14 to support her struggling family, then she became a single mother, lived in a trailer park and woah ends up in harvard law school. no. she basically came from middle class family, her father ran a dinner theater. she got married young, had a child young, got divorced at 21. age between 19 and 21 i don't think makes a big difference but that isn't the hard luck story. through 50s most women were getting married and having children before 20. but big part is the reason being a single mother and it would be impressive if she ended up at s. >> he was granted parental custody. >> connotation is that you were supporting a family and raising your kids she was neither supporting her family nor raising her kids she married a sugar daddy whom she asked to meet. he supported her and raised kids she went to harvard law school. i mean, it sa

jeff sessions and the president. look like they're having fun. they're not in the same party. >> i remember tweeting that out. got a lot of funny comments about it. >> how often -- that's elizabeth warrenenator from massachusetts, what were you looking for here? >> that was one of the days you walking around the capital looking for different things. there was a couple votes taking place. off the floor there were a couple caucus rooms where senators invite constituents come up to talk. i walked in. she never even looked at me and i was there taking pictures for ten minutes. just watched the meeting unfold. that's great thing about the hill. it's not as restrictive as the white house is. most of the senators are familiar with having photographers around -- around. there is never any objection. >> how much is this next picture something you knew in advance getting? it's carl levin. >> no idea. we did not know who all was coming to this meeting. it was obviously on the budget and it was one of those meetings where, all right, all the name plates are here, who's really going to show. when those two came in, obviously they were the players and lindsey graham there -- >> black and white. >> y

steve coogan and jeff pope for "philomena," john ridley for "12 years a slave" and terence winter for "the wolf of wall street." >> for best original screenplay, the nominees are eric warrenraska." >> for best animated feature film, we are pleased to nominate "the croods," chris sanders, kirk demicco and kristine belson, "despicable me 2," chris renaud, pierre coffin and chris meledandri, "ernest & celestine," benjamin renner and didier brunner. "frozen," chris buck, jennifer lee and peter del vecho and "the wind rises," hiyao miyazaki and toshio suzuki. >> for best documentary feature, the nominees are "the act of killing," joshua oppenheimer and signe byrge sorensen, "cutie and the boxer," zachary heinzerling and lydia dean pilcher, "dirty wars," richard rowley and jeremy scahill, "the square," jehane noujaim and karim amer and "20 feet from stardom," nominees to be deterined. >> for best foreign language film, the nominees are from belgium, "the broken circle breakdown," from italy, "the great beauty," from denmark, "the hunt," from cambodia, "the missing picture" and from palestine "omar." >> for best achievement in directing, david o. russell for "american hustle," a

steve coogan and jeff pope for "philomena," john ridley for "12 years a slave" and terence winter for "the wolf of wall street." >> for best original screenplay, the nominees are eric warrenfor "blue jasmine," craig borten and melissa wallack for "dallas buyers club," spike jonze for "her" and bob nelson for "nebraska." >> for best animated feature film, we are pleased to nominate "the croods," chris sanders, kirk demicco and kristine belson, "despicable me 2," chris renaud, pierre coffin and chris meledandri, "ernest & celestine," benjamin renner and didier brunner, "frozen," chris buck, jennifer lee and peter del vecho and "the wind rises," hiyao miyazaki and toshio suzuki. >> for best documentary feature, the nominees are "the act of killing," joshua oppenheimer and signe byrge sorensen, "cutie and the boxer," zachary heinzerling and lydia dean pilcher, "dirty wars," richard rowley and jeremy scahill, "the square," jehane noujaim and karim amer and "20 feet from stardom," nominees to be determined. >> for best foreign language film, the nominees are from belgium, "the broken circle breakdown," from italy, "the great beauty," from denmark, "the hunt," from cambodia, "th