yang: congrats.o we are in the midst of this winner take all economy, and the question is how to we balance it or turn it around? bernie and elizabeth champion a wealth tax, which i understand and even agree with in spirit, but i am a facts and figures guy, and when they rolled out a wealth tax in germany, france, sweden, denmark, and half a dozen other countries, it did work and they repealed it in all of those places. so to me, if we do not learn from the experience of other developed countries who tried something, do we think the wealthy in america are somehow more excited about participating in a wealth tax than the wealthy in germany, sweden, france, and denmark? they are probably worse if anything, right? that would be the argument you make, it is going to work better here because -- why? because we are somehow different than their wealthy? the question is, how do you turn that around and balance the economy in a meaningful way? the way i would do it is through this value added tax that falls m

andrew yang. ♪ mr. yang: how are you? it is phenomenal to be here. love campaigning here in iowa every day, because you are among the most powerful, influential people in our country. i know it doesn't feel like it, just checking out the presidential candidates, but i have done the math. do you know how many californians each iowa caucus-goers is worth? 1000 californians each. look around this cafe. how many of us are here together? i will give a trumpian estimate. there are 900 people here. [laughter] the biggest crowd anyone has ever seen. i think there are 50 people, but 50 audio when caucus-goers is ane equivalent of -- iow caucus-goers is the equivalent of a football stadium of californians. if you have seen any of the tv ads, raise your hand. that is good, because we spent a lot of money on those ads. you will know i am not a career politician. i am running in large part to address a challenge, a question we have been struggling with for the last three plus years. that challenge is this. why is donald trump our president today? how did he win i

what we find in the yang gang is that we have another term for yang curious.it is soon to be yang gang. that is synonymous. somebody shout out for me, if you are yang curious, what has drawn you here today that might not have drawn you here a month or two ago? >> our granddaughter likes him. "our granddaughter likes them." how old is your granddaughter? >> almost 18. she is mr. marchand: when does she turn 18? [laughter] mr. marchand: hold on, folks, i need to know this answer. march. i like that. the number of people -- i do not mean to offend. i have been bald for a long time. at one point, this was a choice. not anymore. it was, until a few months ago, the reality was that most of the folks that were showing up in a room like this were pretty young and quite male. while i am a relatively young and quite male person, we had to the reality is that we had to diversify in order to grow our coalition. and what i see here are folks that are now saying, it is my kids, it is my grandkids, they are the ones who got turned on me turned on to at least take a look at a

yang yang! it's right there, man. >> one of the great things, if i didn't want to attend an event and he went -- ( cheers and applause ) ( laughter ) ( piano riff ) >> stephen: cnbc wouldn't know the difference. >> they clearly wouldn't know. >> stephen: okay, here's this big news -- i mean, this is damn big news -- so the yang gang just got one man bigger. this is you thanking dave chappelle and welcome to the yang gang do this for our kids. ( cheers and applause ) that's a huge get. that is one of the coolest celebrity endorsements i've ever seen. how did this come about? >> oh, dave's people reached out to my people, we got together for an hour-plus and just really connected. he's a parent, i'm a parent, we both are really concerned about the way the country is going, and we want to be able to do better and say to our kids we did everything we could to actually leave a country we're proud of for them. ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: good luck with the campaign -- good luck with the campai

what we find in the yang gang is that we have another term for yang curious. it is soon-to-be yang gang. somebody shout out for me, if you are yang curious, what has drawn you here today that might not have drawn you here in month or two ago? >> our granddaughter likes him. >> our granddaughter likes them. may i ask how old is your , granddaughter? >> almost 18. >> when does she turn 18? [laughter] hold on, folks. i need to hear this answer. march. that is great for the general. thate as much about that, andrew yang is going to be our nominee, folks. the number of people -- i do not mean to offend, and i have been bald for a long time. at one point, this was a choice. not anymore. it was, until a few months ago, the reality was that most of the folks showing up in a room like this were pretty young and quite male. and while i am a relatively young and quite male person, we had to diversify in order to grow our coalition. and what i see here are folks who are now saying, it is my kids, grandkids, they are the ones who got turned on to take a look at andrew yang

evel evel evel evelyn yang is breaking her silence.d accused the same doctor of something similar. it's a secret that yang kept for years even from members of her own family. she is now sharing her story for the first time exclusively with dana bash, and i should warn you, parts of her story are tough to listen to. >> evelyn yang has a story so secret she never even shared it with most of her own family. but spending time with her husband, presidential candidate andrew yang on the campaign trail and hearing so much gratitude from voters for talking about son christopher's autism made her feel newly empowered. >> meeting people and seeing the difference that we've been making already has moved me to share my own story about it, about sexual assault. >> it was 2012, she was pregnant with her first baby and found an ob/gyn who had a good rep takes, dr. robert hadden. initially she says her visits were routine, but after a few months, things changed. >> it started with inappropriate questions around how intimate i was with my husband, sexu

yang, we told you. mr. yang: i am a data-driven guy.ng $40 billion plus into the hands of black and brown communities every month is going to be a major positive. and if we learn things that we can make even better, i am all for it. but i am talking about the wholesale eradication of poverty in our society, which we should have done decades ago. to get worse.ng median african-american household net worth is projected to go to zero by 2053 if we don't do anything about it. why is that? because we are in the midst of an economic transformation. and we know who suffers the most when you have a tidal wave come in it is black and brown , communities who have low resources to respond to it. so we have to start rewriting the rules of our economy to work for us, for you, to work for your families. we can talk about the way in which we calibrate the tens of millions of dollars we put into people's hands right now, and i am going to be all for it as president. first, we eradicate poverty then start building a beautiful structure on top of it. >>

what we find in the yang gang is that we have another term for yang curious.t is soon to be yang gang. somebody shout out for me, if you are yang curious, what has drawn you here today that might not have drawn you here in month or two ago? >> our granddaughter likes him. >> our granddaughter likes them. how old is your granddaughter? >> almost 18. turn 18?oes she >> [inaudible] >> march. i like that. the number of people -- i do not mean to offend. i have been bald for a long time. at one point, this was a choice. not anymore. ago, theew months reality was that most of the folks showing up in a room like this were pretty young and quite male. relatively young and quite male person, we had to diversify in order to grow our coalition. i see folks now saying, it is my kids, grandkids, they are the ones who got turned on to take a look at andrew yang. indeed, the way that we win the election is by pulling and people that maybe were not too excited in 2016 or were not eligible to vote in 2016. get them excited for a generation. when you get young people excited to

>>> also tonight, evelyn yang, the wife of andrew yang, speaking out publicly, revealing painful allegations of being assaulted by her doctor. >>> he was arrested in his office, and he was let back to work. that's what's very painful is knowing that actually what happened to me could have been prevented. >> you're going to hear her unbelievable story, evelyn yang's story later on in this hour, stay tuned. >>> i want to get to today's historic news, the impeachment trial of president trump officially under way right now, joining me is pamela brown, amanda carpenter as well and frank bruni. frank, the seriousness and gravity of this moment, do you think it's sinking in for senators? they're going to have to sit in silence for six days a week. >> i think it is, i hope it is, it's hard to believe it wouldn't when they took an oath and the chief justice of the supreme court is over there administering an oath. >> powerful moment. >> it was extremely powerful, but it was also really, really sad. they all said they were going to administer impartial justice and we know at the end of this the forego

. >>> evelyn yang, the wife of 2020 presidential candidate andrew yang, is revealing something tonight she kept secret for years. something that she didn't even tell her husband about for months. it is a cnn exclusive interview. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, the breaking news. the fate of trump's presidency now in the hands of the senate. >> all persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment while the house of representatives is exhibiting to the senate of the united states articles of impeachment against donald john trump, president of the united states. >> and with that proclamation by the sergeant at arms, the historic impeachment trial of president trump is now under way. the chief justice, john roberts, and 99 senators, swearing in this afternoon. >> will all senators now stand and remain standing and raise their right hand. do you solemnly swear that in all things april pertaining to the trial of the impeachment of donald john trump, president of the united states, now pending, you will do impartial justice according to

ensure max protein. >>> evelyn yang, the wife of 2020 presidential candidate andrew yang, is revealing something that she kept secret for years. even from her husband. for first time yang is speaking out about being a survivor of sexual assault. she is sharing hercl exclusively with dana bash. her story is graphic and may be disturbing. >> reporter: evelyn yang has a story so secret, she never even shared it with most of her own family. but spending time with her husband, presidential candidate andrew yang on the campaign trail, and hearing so much gratitude from voters for talking about son christopher's autism made her feel newley empowered. >> meeting people and seeing the difference that we have been making already has moved me to share my own story about it, about sexual assault. >> reporter: it was 2012, she was pregnant with her first baby, and found an obgyn with a good reputation, dr. robert hadden. nr initially her visits were routine. after a few months, things changed. >> it started with inappropriate questions around how intimate i was with my husband, sexual activity, jus

breaking her silence, evelyn yang, wife of presidential candidate andrew yang, is revealing somethingcret for years, even from her husband. >> for the first time, she's talking about being a survivor of sexual assault. she's sharing her story exclusively with dana bash. as you watch, i want you to be aware -- i know that it's early morning, but it's a graphic story. i wanted to give you that heads-up. let's listen to evelyn yang here. >> reporter: evelyn yang has a story so secret, she never even shared it with most of her own family. spending time with her husband, presidential candidate andrew yang, on the campaign trail and hearing so much gratitude from voters for talking about son christopher's autism made her feel newly empowered. >> meeting people and seeing the difference that we've been making already has proved me to share my own story about it, about sexual assault. >> reporter: it was 2012, she was pregnant with her first baby and found an ob-gyn who had a good reputation. dr. robert haddon. initially she says her visits were routine. after a few months, things changed. >>

visit legacybox.com today, and get 40% off. >> evelyn yang the wife of andrew yang is revealing something she kept for years and did not tell her husband for a long time. she is speaking out about being a survivor of sexual assault. i should warn you, her story is graphic and it may be disturbing to some viewers. >> evelyn yang has a story so secret she never shared it with most of her own family. but spending time with her husband andrew yang on the campaign trail and hearing gratitude made her feel empowered. >> seeing people and feeling the difference we made already led me to share my own story about it, sexual assault. >> it was 2012, she was pregnant and found an obgyn with a good reputation. initially visits were routine but after a few months things changed. >> started with inappropriate questions around how intimate that i was with my husband, sexual activity. just very inappropriate probing questions that were unrelated to my health. the examinations became longer and more frequent. and i learned that they were unnecessary. most of the time. most women do not know what you are s

and evelyn yang told me she was going through letters that supporters sent her husband andrew yang andte that he said something about empowering female entrepreneurs and it inspired her, this woman, to sue one of her business investors for sexual assault. and evelyn yang said she read that and she thought to herself, i feel you. i have a story too. she said that and other experiences like it promoted her to go public. evelyn yang has a story so secret, she never even shared it with most of her own family. but spending time with her husband presidential candidate andrew yang on the campaign trail and hearing so much gratitude for voters for talking about son christopher's autism made people feel empowered. >> seeing the difference we've made already has led me to share my own story about it, about sexual assault. >> reporter: it was 2012. she was pregnant with her first baby and found an obgyn who had a good reputation. after a few months, things changed. >> it started with inappropriate questions around how intimate i was with my husband, sexual activity. just very inappropriate, probi

. >>> hundreds of people turned out tonight for a campaign event for andrew yang in san francisco. just yet, the democrat named the bay area lawmaker to cochair his national campaign. jana katsuyama was there with more on what yang had to say tonight to supporters. >> reporter: even though his poll numbers are still just in the single digits, they are gaining momentum. $16.5 million raised last year. a 65% increase over the previous quarter. and now he's brought on assembly member evan lowe from the south bay to ramp up the campaign here in california. >> reporter: the yang gang gave their favorite candidate a big bay area welcome. >> i'm here to win the whole thing! >> reporter: the fundraising event south of marketed this night comes as yang continues to hang in the race. even as other high-profile candidates such as cory booker and kamala harris have dropped out. >> this race is very much up in the air. anyone who's looked at it knows that no one's decided who they're gonna support down the stretch. and growing faster than any other campaign. so we're really excited about the ne

you got yanged, that means we got somebody in the yang. yanging and hanging which is what we're doing right now. >> this is the first place that really embraces the campaign. >> how or that it for you? are you looking for votes here? >> california has a unique opportunity. you can vote as early as any other state and you can choose who the next president will be. so it will be an enormous priority for us. >> when i saw you there, people were so excited to see you. >> it is a thrill and certainly i'm excited to be growing when other candidates have been dropping out. >> an abc news poll shows that he is now running a 7%, in fifth place right behind bloomberg and just ahead of buttigieg. now, despite the surge, he still lags behind in name recognition. it is the job of yang gang to try to change that. so you're kind of a #king at this point. nell what you do. >> for me, my main goal is to focus on the positivity. i have my own twitter called yang gang hangs together. caucuses together. >> automation is something that is undeniably taking job

in court filings, hadden's lawyer denied yang's allegations and meanwhile yang and 31 other former patients are suing hadden and the hospital system for failing to protect them. stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. >>> delta airlines is facing a new lawsuit after one of its planes dumped fuel during an emergency above several los angeles schools this week. four teachers say they were among some 60 people injured including children when the fuel was released at low altitude. >> i started yelling for my students to come back inside the building i didn't know where the smell was coming from. i thought oh my god, it must be a terrorist attack. >> reporter: the faa is investigating and says the pilots didn't clear the dump with the air traffic control. >>> a new alert on the flu it's wide spread in 48 states, 13 million cases have been confirmed this season with roughly 120,000 hospitalizations and 6600 deaths. children are being hit especially hard this season. >>> up next, why right now may be the best time to save big money on your home >>> finally as we head into the weekend, the business whe

. >> andrew yang's wife, she's been in the news lately. evelyn yang joined the women's march.e recently came forward with her story of being sexually assaulted by her doctor while she was pregnant. speaking at the march mrs. yang said her goal is to empower other survivors. >> the theme of this march, to rise and to roar, it's very personal. as terrifying as it was to share my story on a national stage, i had to believe that coming forward would help me reclaim my voice and help others reclaim theirs. >> joining us now, nbc campaign julia jester in manchester, new hampshire, this morning. good morning, julia. happy to have you in. i want to jump right in here. hearing her interview, it really was quite moving. it had to be very difficult for evelyn yang to come forward with her story. her message being well received at the women's march on saturday. how's it resonating with voters on the campaign trail? >> reporter: well, the campaign trail is what actually partly inspired evelyn yang to come forward with her own story. she just recently started going out on the trail with her

yang: that is closer to the truth. when i dug into the numbers, we millionomated away 4 manufacturing jobs. where were those jobs? ohio, michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin, iowa. all of the swing states that donald trump needed to win and did win. if you doubt this -- if you go through the voter district data, you see there is a straight line up between the adoption of industrial automation in a voting district and a movement toward trump. this happened in new hampshire, but it happened earlier. you all lost over 12,000 many -- manufacturing jobs in the northern part of the state. when you go to those towns, you see that many of those towns have never recovered. after the factory or the plant closed, and the shopping district closed and the population shrank. when i was in detroit, cleveland and st. louis, we saw a lot of the same things. we are in the midst of the greatest economic transformation in the history of our country. because what happened to the manufacturing jobs is not stopping there. it is now heading to r

andrew yang.ts it in the new piece for nbc think, this in part because yang's message is resonating with men who feel forgotten not only by the democratic party but by society at large and his message is resonating with voters in iowa. this photo from last night captures the biggest iowa debate that took place in des moines. joining me to discuss the author of the think piece and the vote for "the love of men" and robert costa is back with me. liz you said he's resonating with guys who feel forgotten. why? >> yeah, i mean, that was one of the reasons i wrote this piece. i started to see different men with different ideologies. all having this yang, you know, shaped hole in their heart. one thing that i think he's really tapping into and one thing i talk about in the book we're in the midst of a man crisis. there's a definitional provide. they want to be providers but in a lot of ways our economy and our political system makes it harder for them to define themselves in those ways and yang is often

john yang has that story. >> hey, folks. >> yang: the latesample: this selectively edited, 19-secondal video of former vice president joe biden. >> our culture, our culture. it's not imported from some african nation or some asian nation. it's our english jurisprudential culture, our european culture. >> yang: an anonymous twitter user posted the video, saying "biden proclaims 'european' identity of america: 'our culture is not imported from some african nation'." >> could you speak to your work th women and sexual assault, domestic violence-- ? >> yes. eo yang: but missing from the edited v the context of biden's full enmarks. in his more thaninute answer, biden called domestic violence a "cultural problem" from english common law of the 1300s that allowed menuse their wives. then, biden said this: >> folks, this is about changing the culture, our culture, our culture. it's not imported from some african nation or some asian nation it's our english jurisprudential culture, our european culture,'s that says ll right. >> right now, we're in no way prepared for what's abouto happen. >>

yang and 31 other women are suing hadden and columbia university where he was.t a remarkable number of women who jane doe in these documents and he served no jail time. that -- the after effect you can see a lot of stories have been written about why did the manhattan d.a. not put this man in jail. >> it's lucky dana bash got that interview. ayanna pressley reveals she has autoto immune disease that causes hair disorder. she says she began waking up every morning to sink fulls of hair and it made her feel ashamed. pressley says she's speaking out now because she wants to be free. >> this is my official public revealing. i am ready now because i want to be freed from the secret and making peace with having alopecia. i have not arrived there. it's about self-agency. it's about power. it's about acceptance. >> the national alopecia foundation says the disease affects nearly 7 million people in the u.s. >>> new developments in the sign stealing scandal rocking major league baseball. major league officials in response to social media rumors say their investigation of

. >>> andrew yang gang came out in force, still faith in the campaign. >>> now, news to build a better bay area, from abc7. >>> rain, hail, thunderstorms, flooding and snow. slow-moving storm swept through the bay area, packing a real punch. >> not done yet, meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking the current conditions. >> we're seeing some showers and snow showers, wintry mix. live doppler 7, as we get you in a little bit closer to the peninsula, moderate pockets of showers across 280 as you will notice. rainfall rate's about a third of an inch per hour. don't be surprised if you get caught under one of these pockets. snowing on mt. hamilton and other parts of the bay area. highway 101, north bay, looking at rain showers. widen out the picture, level one system is producing mountain snow in the sierra, back in time. we've had thunderstorms tonight as you will notice. lightning strikes passing through, hail here, as we go into the wee hours of the morning, showers will be winding down. but there's more rain in the future. let you know if will impact the

. >>> andrew yang gang came out in force, still faith in the campaign. abc7 news starts now. >>> now, news to build a better bay area, from abc7. >>> rain, hail, thunderstorms, flooding and snow. slow-moving storm swept through the bay area, packing a real punch. >> not done yet, meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking the current conditions. >> we're seeing some showers and snow showers, wintry mix. live doppler 7, as we get you in a little bit closer to the peninsula, moderate pockets of showers across 280 as you will notice. rainfall rate's about a third of an inch per hour. don't be surprised if you get caught under one of these pockets. snowing on mt. hamilton and other parts of the bay area. highway 101, north bay, looking at rain showers. widen out the picture, level one system is producing mountain snow in the sierra, back in time. we've had thunderstorms tonight as you will notice. lightning strikes passing through, hail here, as we go into the wee hours of the morning, showers will be winding down. but there's more rain in the future. let you k

yang: it came about an event here in iowa.k how we're going to to bring the country together and i thought "well, if you're going to bring the country because, together you have to start by talking to americans" and i started with the example of where the dnc decided not to have any of the presidential debates on fox, which i thought was a mistake. and i haven't had a direct conversation with the dnc, but i think it's just common sense. to me hopefully the dnc will adopt a different approach in the future because we have to bring the entire country together. we need to come together as a country to solve them. >> chris: we appreciate your coming on, thank you for your time and safe travels on the campaign trail sir. >> mr. yang: thank you chris, hope to see one person hear, hear in iowa, where going to surprise a lot of people february 3rd. >> chris: we like being surprised. when we come back we will bring a pair of iowa insiders and what they're hearing from voters in the final week before the iowa caucus. plus, what would yo

john yang has this encore report. >> yang: situated on the edge of the sahara in southern morocco, mounttmezguida gets only about five inches of rain a year. but what it lacks in rain, it makes up for in fog, which blankets the area for about half the year. so, that's where residave now turned for their water-- harv it from fog. alongside scientists from the german wateration, the modccan non-profit dar si h has set up what's said to be the largest fog collection project in the world, about 19,000 squa feet of nets called cloud fishers. as fog rls through, the mesh traps freshwater, which drips into a receptae. a network of pipes takes it to the villages below, where about 1,000 people every day use it for drinking and watering plants and animals. jamila bargach is director of dar si hmad. >> the fact of having water has radically transformed the life of the women, who used to walk e for hours to get water, d two. there was always the fear of not having enough ter. right now, that fear is not there anymore. >> yang: but in other places, the fear remains. experts say there's a global wate

. >>> evelyn yang, the wife of 2020 presidential candidate andrew yang, is revealing something tonight she kept secret for years. something that she didn't even tell her husband about for months. it is a cnn exclusive interview. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, the breaking news. the fate of trump's presidency now in the hands of the senate.

>> no. >> eventually yang reported the assaults to the manhattan d.a.nd learned several women had already reported hadden. in 2016 hadden pleaded guilty to two of nine charges against him which did not include his attack on evelyn yang. he lost his medical license but served no jail time. yang and 31 -- 31 other women are now suing hadden and columbia university which runs the facility where he practiced. >>> arizona senator martha mcsally lashed out at cnn's manu raju thursday. she called him a liberal hack after he asked her a noncontroversial question about impeachment. >> senator mcsally, should the senate consider new evidence as part of the impeachment trial? >> you're a liberal hack, i'm not talking to you. >> penal frankly were shocked by her reaction and many are calling for her to apologize, but she's standing by her remark.inraction on her twitter earning her the full support of the white house. it's still unclear whether mcsally will vote in favor of more witnesses in the senate trial. she gave this vague answer last night on fox. >> what ab

yang's campaign has been bolstered by new energy. he got a high-profile endorsement from comedian, dave chapelle, and numbers show he is match or surpassing amy klobuchar in some states. giving him a chance to still qualify for the february debate is in new hampshire. evon-lowe was named a national cochair and says the yang campaign is ramping up in california. >> this campaign didn't have the type of resources or infrastructure that many other candidates had. but look at the staying power of this amazing candidate. and we'll continue to build off of that. >> reporter: one message supporters were wearing were hats standing for "make america think harder". they came from across the political spectrum. >> i voted for donald trump in the last election. i vote for him. >> reporter: one man brought a special license plate with yang 2020. and many said they liked yang's positive vision for the future. >> i supported obama in 2008. and i supported bernie in 2016. but to me, what set andrew apart, and what makes him unique is his ability to

>> yang gang is here. >> stephen: a yang gang of two, i think here tonight. ( laughter ) >> they are beehive and they will sting you if you cross beyonce. the yang gang will find you on the internet machine and they will kill you on the internet machine if you say bad things about andrew yang. that aside-- >> stephen: he should wear a tie! come at me! >> they will come at you for that. >> stephen: they're in it for the cash, though. they know they're getting paid off after this. isn't that bribery? isn't that illegal to bribe voters to vote for you by saying vote for me and i'll give you $1,000? >> it's donald trump's america, stephen. >> stephen: all right, sorry about that. okay, who had the best night, in your opinion, heilemann? >> well, in a weird way, i think both of those two candidates we just talked about. you think about elizabeth warren and pete buttigieg, pete buttigieg on the rise in iowa, on the rise in new hampshire, and although he took some incoming tonight, nothing really happened to halt his momentum as he is going forward. i think the buttigieg people walk out thi

yang do, fol [laughter] mr. yang: yay! i am going to be president.u all. ♪ >> i did not even the last time, unfortunately. >> why? >> i didn't have faith in the system anymore. not realizing how much worse this agent orange would have been. >> do you regret not voting? >> many ancestors died for us to vote, and i was negligent of respect to our ancestors who died for that. >> in the black community, there is an issue with us not voting. >> who do you like best? >> more leaning toward bernie. there is a gap in wealth in this country. i don't like that. >> the billionaires? >> they run our country. the world, actually. it is like they sit down. >> i am not hearing much joe biden. >> joe biden, i feel, is creepy. >> what gives you the impression? >> i see how he gravitates to women. i think his indecency toward women and how he holds them. he couldn't hold my wife like that. [laughter] >> how do you figure out who is talking about issues because they care about them, and who is talking about issues -- especially about the black community -- because they

evelyn yang was not one of them.t it wasn't until after the me too movement started that she and others say that hadden assaulted them, realized, wait a minute, in her words, he got off with a slap on the wrist. and this is a da's office that we're talking about. it's the office of da sy vance. he's the same one who was lenient with jeffrey epstein over registering as a sex offender and initially failed to prosecute harvey weinstein. and we asked, of course, for a response. the da's office told cnn that obtaining a felony conviction was the goal in this case. and also said while we stand by our legal analysis and resulting disposition of this difficult case, we regret that this resolution has caused survivors pain. now, going back a bit, evelyn yang had told no one as she mentioned, not a soul about her doctor assaulting her. she says when she was seven months pregnant, until after it happened, because she got a letter in the mail saying hadden had left the practice. she said she got goose bumps and here's what happe

those were not the conversations in the yang household. my parents were like you're going to be president some day. they are like you're terrible, clean your room. i'm running for president because i'm a parent, like so many of you, i have seen the future that lies ahead for our kids and they deserve better. i want to give them better. i need your help to do it. if enough of us get on board with this then we can win this whole thing and then pass the dividend and put the resources leaving your community back into your hand where is they belong. >> last question. >> this is a bit off your normal topic but you talked about leaders and followers and dispersal of the d.c. side of it. are you for or against those followers getting statehood? >> you mean the folks in d.c.? >> yes. there's an organization. it's for d.c. statehood. i know it's a push going across the country. >> i'm for a statehood for d.c. >> thank you. >> they pay taxes. if you pay taxes you should have a representative representing you. i like that question too. this are good q

evelyn yang, the wife of 2020 presidential candidate andrew yang is revealing for the first time thatsaulted, allegedly by her doctor, while she was pregnant. we know at least 32 women have accused the doctor of sexual assault. >> now 15 new women have come forward since evelyn shared her story on cnn. according to an attorney representing yang and the other alleged victims. this morning we're hearing from another woman who says that same doctor assaulted her. cnn's drew griffin has the details. >> reporter: the indictment reads like the acts of a scerea sexual predator. women who were forcibly touched, orally violated. the alleged perpetrator, a respected obgyn at new york presbyterian columbia medical center accused of assaulting his own patients but dr. robert hadden served no jail time for his crimes. he cut a deal with the d.a.'s office in new york and pleaded guilty to just two charges. he lost his medical license but doesn't even appear on the public sex offender registry. to his accusers, a sweetheart deal. >> there's clear evidence of a pattern of bad behavior by the doctor,

in court filings, hadden's lawyer has denied yang's allegations, meanwhile, yang and 31 other formernts are now suing hadden and the hospital system for fail to ing to prote them. stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. >> and we should mention as well, that evelyn yang's attorney tells nbc news since her interview aired, 15 additional women have reached out to say they were also sexually assaulted by dr. hadden. that would bring the total number of allegations against him to 47. >>> let's head over to lindsey to see what other stories are happening this hour. >> speaker of the house nancy pelosi doubled down on her decision to impeach president trump last night with bill maher. she explains why she opened the flood gates all while they joke that the president could be watching. >> he gave us no choice. the earlier on with some of the charges that came forward, violation of the law, i said he's not worth it. once he crossed that bridge, it wasn't a question of him being worth it, the constitution was worth it. he had to be. >> model karlie kloss is respond to go a viral moment on project

yang: just look at what is happening in d.c. today. do we really think lobbyists are losing because we have so much experience in the legislature that they are outsmarting the a lobbyists at every turn? of course not. we got rid of the office of technology assessment in 1995, 25 years ago. congress has literally been getting zero guidance on technology issues for 25 years. you know who tells them about technology issues? the technology companies. so are you really telling me that if you keep congress people around lay will be able to resist lobbying better? it is not born out of experience. ms. terkel: i want to turn to audience questions, and we have our first one. a retiredg i'm teacher and i have a question on voting rights. i believe that the right to vote is something that should never be taken away. if elected president, will you commit to ensuring full voting rights for every american citizen, including those who are currently incarcerated, on parole, or who have prior felony convictions? mr. yang: first, thank you for teaching

yang polling at about 3%. the iowa caucuses are this coming monday, february 3rd. >> hello, everybody. just a few housekeeping. if you could please silence your phones or put them on vibrate, please, just so we can have a good quality or the media here and for everybody's experience. i am happy to be here in nevada. i haven't been in this part of iowa in a really long time. i actually went to school in aims so i -- yeah. i graduated -- yeah, yeah, go cyclones. i graduated with my degree in biology. i'm from sue city. i went to italy for my phd and i was still there up until november when i decided to come back. and it was in may when i first heard of andrew yang and i bought his book. and it made me have this feeling where okay if i keep feeling like this where i should be doing something for this candidate for this message for humanity, then i should just go. if i don't like it, i'll go back to school and see what we find. and i'm here. we were in sue city yesterday, council bluffs, we're hitting all iowa. it

cnn's drew griffin has more on the doctor who allegedly assaulted evelyn yang while she was pregnantway with abusing other patients for years. >> the indictment reads like the ac acts of a serial sexual predator. women who were forcibly touched, orally violated. the alleged perpetrator, a respected obgyn accused of assaulting his own patients. but dr. robert hadden served no jail time for his crimes. he cut a deal with the d.a.'s office in new york and pleaded guilty to just two charges. he lost his medical license but doesn't even appear on the public sex offender registry, to his accusers, a sweetheart deal. >> there's clear evidence of a pattern of bad behavior by the doctor, a lack of institutional courage by his employer, columbia university, and a lack of willingness to take the case seriously by the manhattan district attorney. everyone did the best they could to make it go away. >> melissa hock stater is one of the dozens of accusers suing hadden. the lawsuit accused him of unfettered access to female patients, many as young as 15 or 16 and that he had been assaulting women f

evelyn yang, andrew yang's wife, says she was sexually assaulted by her doctor while she was pregnantthe audacity of a man who does this continues to do this after being arrested? >> well, after she spoke out, 15 more women have come forward with allegations about the same doctor. notbest batterympetitors can match the power of energizer. because energizer ultimate lithium is the longest lasting aa battery in the world. [confetti cannon popping] energizer. backed by science. matched by no one. ♪ ♪ everything your trip needs, for everyone you love. expedia. for everyone you love. we do things differently and aother money managers, don't understand why. because our way works great for us! but not for your clients. that's why we're a fiduciary, obligated to put clients first. so, what do you provide? cookie cutter portfolios? nope. we tailor portfolios to our client's needs. but you do sell investments that earn you high commissions, right? we don't have those. so, what's in it for you? our fees are structured so we do better when our clients do better. at fisher investments we're clearl

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