THE FOOTBALL FIELD.
ALL THOSE STORIES COMING UP.
LES MOONVES IS OUT AS CBS.
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE STEPS DOWN
AFTER SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
MOONVES' STATEMENT READS IN PART
UNTRUE ALLEGATIONS FROM DECADES
AGO ARE BEING MADE AGAINST ME
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, I WILL NO
LONGER BE CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF CBS.
COIN
JOINING US NOW TO DISCUSS, JUDGE
ANDREW NAPOLITANO.
MARIA: YOUR REACTION TO ALL
THIS?
>> WELL, CBS WOULD HAVE A VERY
SERIOUS IMAGE PROBLEM ON ITS
HANDS IF IT DIDN'T REACT THIS
WAY.
IT HAPPENED RATHER QUICKLY.
IT SEEMS TO ME IT WAS JUST ABOUT
TWO WEEKS AGO THAT THEY ENGAGED
A VERY PROMINENT LAW FIRM, I
KNOW THE LAWYERS INVOLVED, TO DO
A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION AND
HIS WIFE'S DENIALS.
THEN OF COURSE AS THEY BEGAN TO
NEGOTIATE HIS DEPARTURE, RONAN
FARRAH CAMP UP WITH ANOTHER HALF
PHYSICAL ASSAULT.
IT'S INTERESTING, OUR COLLEAGUE,
CHARLIE GASPARINO, SEEMS TO BE
IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THIS SOME
HOW.
HE'S REPORTING THAT HE'S LEAVING
WITHOUT A NICKEL TODAY AND
THEY'LL NEGOTIATE BUT THE
HAS NOT YET TAKEN PLACE BECAUSE
IT IS AN INVESTIGATION OF THE
NEW ALLEGATIONS THAT RONAN
PHARAOH REVEALED OVER THE
WEEKEND.
MARIA: WE'LL SEE WHAT COMES OUT
OF THIS.
HE WAS FORCED TO LEAVE
IMMEDIATELY.
THESE SIX WOMEN, THE ADDITIONAL
WOMEN, WHAT ARE THEY SAYING NOW?
WHY NOW ARE THEY COMING OUT?
>> I DON'T KNOW WHY NOW THEY'RE
I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF IT,
VIACOM MERGER IN ANY WAY?
>> YES IT DOES.
IT PUTS IT ON HOLD FOR TWO
YEARS.
IT WAS SCHEDULED TO GO TO TRIAL.
WELL NOT IT WAS SCHEDULED TO GO
TO TRIAL, BUT ISSUES AROUND IT,
WHETHER OR NOT CBS COULD DILUTE
THE REDSTONE STOCK IS THE
SUBJECT OF LITIGATION SCHEDULED
HERE IN MANHATTAN FOR
OCTOBER 1st.
THE TWO PARTIES, THE REDSTONE
TEAM AND THE CBS TEAM, MINUS
MOONVES -- MOONVES IS THE BEAST
IN THE NIGHT OR HAD BEEN TO THE
REDSTONE TEAM.
SO WITH HIM OUT, I DON'T THINK
>> THAT'S PART OF THE
NEGOTIATION.
THERE IS NO MORE REMERGER AND NO
DIVIDEND DILUTION.
MERGER?
>> THEY TOLD THE COURT OVER THE
THE WEEKEND, THEY TOLD THE COURT
OR ANNOUNCED, THEY'RE GOING TO
TELL THE COURT THIS MORNING,
THEY WANT A TWO YEAR COOLING OFF
PERIOD AND THEN THEY'LL BE BACK
THERE.
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GO BACK
THERE.
THEY WILL RESOLVE THIS IN MY
OPINION IN TWO WEEKS.
RESOLVED.
BECAUSE THE REDSTONE FOLKS WILL
IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING TO BE
SOMEBODY THAT HATES THEM THE WAY
LES MOONVES DID.
MARIA: CBS SAID IT DID SETTLE
THE LEGAL DISPUTE WITH THE
CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDERS MANY
LET ME SWITCH GEARS.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN YOU SINCE THE
KAVANAUGH HEARINGS.
I'M TOLD THAT THE VOTE WILL TAKE
PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 20th THIS
MONTH AND THERE'S A LOT OF
OPTIMISM THAT BRETT KAVANAUGH
DOES BECOME SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE KAVANAUGH.
YOUR REACTION TO THE HEARING?
>> THE DEMOCRATS IN MY VIEW AND
LEE CAN SPEAK TO THIS BETTER
THAN I, BUT THE DEMOCRATS IN MY
VIEW HAD TWO GOALS.
ONE WAS TO PICK OFF THREE
REPUBLICANS, RAND PAUL, THE
SPYING AND TORTURE
RECOMMENDATIONS, NOT PERSONALLY
INVOLVED BUT RECOMMENDATIONS TO
PRESIDENT BUSH AND SUSAN COLLINS
WANTS OR BELIEVES HE CAN
THOSE, SO THAT MEANS THEY KNOW
THAT ALL REPUBLICANS ARE STILL
IN LINE.
IF ALL REPUBLICANS ARE STILL IN
LINE, THAT MEANS THAT CHUCK
SCHUMER WILL RELEASE THE
IT WON'T PUT JUDGE KAVANAUGH
OVER THE TOP.
HE'LL BE PUT OVER THE TOP BY THE
REPUBLICANS BUT IT WILL REMOVE
THE KAVANAUGH VOTE AS AN ISSUE
IN THE RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN OF
VULNERABLE.
THEY'RE INCUMBENT DEMOCRATS
RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION IN THE
SENATE IN STATES THE PRESIDENT
CARRIED IN 2016.
THAT WAS THE FIRST GOAL THAT
FAILED.
THE SECOND GOAL, AND WE'LL TALK
ABOUT THIS DURING THE BREAK, WAS
TO ANIMATE THE BASE BY BEING
ABOUT AS AGGRESSIVE AGAINST HIM
ON ISSUES DEAR TO THE BASE AS
THEY CAN.
THIS IS WHAT LED, MY FRIEND OF
25 YEARS FELLOW NEW JERSEYIAN,
COREY BOOKER TO ENGAGE IN WHAT
WE SAW.
MARIA: HE EMBARRASSED HIMSELF.
>> I READ THE JERSEY PAPERS OVER
THE WEEKEND.
THEY'RE GIVING HIM THE BENEFIT
OF THE DOUBT.
HE'S POPULAR IN NEW JERSEY.
THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT IS HE
REALLY THOUGHT THE DOCUMENTS
AND HE WAS RISKING HIS CAREER TO
BREAK THE RULES OF THE SENATE
AND REVEAL THEM BECAUSE HE
THOUGHT IT SHOWED ANOTHER SIGN
OF BRETT KAVANAUGH THAT THE
REPUBLICANS KEPT HIDDEN.
I THINK HE RUINED HIS RUN FOR
PRESIDENT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> I THINK PEOPLE DO NOT FOLLOW
HYSTERICAL LEADERS.
AND THE FACT THAT HE HAS GOTTEN
SO ANGRY AND SO HYSTERICAL IS
NOT REASSURING TO FOLKS.
IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE THEM WANT
TO FOLLOW HIM.
IT'S GOING TO EITHER MAKE HIM
SAY, I GET HE MIGHT BE ON THE
SAME PAGE AS I AM, AND I'M FROES
OUT KIR STEYN
OUT KIRSTTEYN
OUT KIRSTJEYN
OUT KIRSTJENN
OUT KIRSTJEN NIELSEN, YOUR
MISCALCULATION.
THE EDITORIALS IN NEW JERSEY MAY
LIKE HIM.
THIS DID NOT PLAY WELL
THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE
TO GET YOUR TAKE ON, THE
BROADER ISSUE OF NOT BEING ABLE
TO GET ANYTHING DONE.
HAVE YOU A HEARING FOR A SUPREME
COURT JUSTICE HERE AND AS SOON
AS GRASSLEY STARTS WELCOMING
EVERYBODY, YOU'VE GOT CAMILLA
HARRIS AND THE OTHERS TRYING TO
SHUT THIS THING DOWN.
YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANYTHING
VOTE FOR A DEMOCRAT IN NOVEMBER
THINGS ARE GOING TO GET DONE.
>> I SHARE THAT VIEW 100%.
THEY MUST HAVE FELT THEIR BASE
>> HE'S GOING TO BE CONFIRMED
HIM.
BUT HE'S A BRILLIANT, DECENT,
EXPERIENCED PERSON, HE'S THE
TYPE OF PERSON THE PRESIDENT
SAID HE WOULD NOMINATE.