>>> PLUS, OUR MONTH OF MERRY TRAIN ROLLS INTO THE STUDIO ON
"MEGYN KELLY TODAY" RIGHT NOW.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
HAPPY THURSDAY.
HAPPY THURSDAY. WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
IM MEGYN KELLY.
OH, THANK YOU.
IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.ERE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. CHARLIE HAS NOT YET LEFT THE
BUILDING.
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, HE IS
GOING TO SWING BY TO SAY GOOD-BYE BEFORE HE ACTUALLY
LEAVES.
LEAVES. I KNOW.
I KNOW. WEVE ALL FALLEN IN LOVE WITH
HIM.
HIM.
FIRST THIS MORNING, THE LIST OF ACCUSED SEXUAL HARASSERSLIST OF
ACCUSED SEXUAL HARASSERS CONTINUES TO GROW, AS DISTURBING
NEW ALLEGATIONS HAVE EMERGED
AGAINST MORE BOLDFACED NAMES IN
HOLLYWOOD AND THE MEDIA.
MORE MEN FACING ALLEGATIONS OF
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT.
SERIOUS.
THIS AS OSCAR-NOMINATED ACTRESS SALMA HAYEK, THE STAR OFACTRESS
SALMA HAYEK, THE STAR OF "FREIDA" AND "FROM DUST TILL
DAWN" JOINS THE RANKS OF THE
DOZENS OF WOMEN MAKEING
ACCUSATIONS AGAINST HARVEY
WEINSTEIN.
HERS ARE VERY SPECIFIC. FIRST, A MARQUEE NAME IN MUSIC
REMAINS UNDER FIRE.
NBCS SENIOR NATIONAL
CORRESPONDENT KATE SNOW HAS THE
DETAILS.
DETAILS.
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING,
RUSSELL SIMMONS, THE MUSIC MOGUL
FACING NEW ALLEGATIONS.
IN TWO EXTENSIVE REPORTS IN THE "A.TWO EXTENSIVE REPORTS IN THE
"A.
"L.A. TIMES" AND "NEW YORK TIMES," NINE WOMEN ACCUSE HIM OF
ALLEGATIONS OF VERBAL ABUSE TO
RAPE.
RAPE.
ONE WOMAN SAID, HE HAD HIS WAY. HE DENIES THE CLAIM.AD HIS WAY.
HE DENIES THE CLAIM. SIMMONS RESPONDED TO THE RAPE
ALLEGATIONS IN THE "NEW YORK
TIMES," SAYING IN A STATEMENT,
IN PART, I VEHEMENTLY DENY ALL
THESE ALLEGATIONS.
THESE ALLEGATIONS. THESE HORRIFIC ACCUSATIONS HAVE
SHOCKED ME TO MY CORE AND ALL OF
MY RELATIONS HAVE BEEN
CONSENSUAL.
CONSENSUAL.
>> GOOD EVENING FROM LOS ANGELES.EVENING FROM LOS
ANGELES.
IM TAVIS SMILEY.
>> Reporter: ALSO, PBS
SUSPENDING DISTRIBUTION OF TAVIS SMILEYS TALK SHOW AFTER AN TAVIS
SMILEYS TALK SHOW AFTER AN EXTERNAL INVESTIGATION PROMPTED
BY ACCUSATIONS OF MISCONDUCT AT
HIS PRODUCTION COMPANY.
PBS SAYING, IN PART, THIS
INVESTIGATION INCLUDED
INVESTIGATION INCLUDED INTERVIEWS WITH WITNESSES AS
WELL AS WITH MR. SMILEY.
IT UNCOVERED MULTIPLE, CREDIBLE
ALLEGATIONSOVER CONDUCT THAT IS
INCONSISTENT WITH THE STANDARDS
OF PBS.
OF PBS.
IT WAS REPORTED SMILEY ENGAGED
IN CONDUCT WITH EMPLOYEES.
THEY CLAIMED THEIR EMPLOYEE
STATUS WAS LINKED TO THEIR
RELATIONSHIP WITH SMILEY. OVERNIGHT, SMILEY DENYING THE
ALLEGATIONS, SAYING PBS
OVERREACTED AND THE
INVESTIGATION WAS SLOPPY.
>> INVESTIGATORS REFUSED TO LOOK
AT ANY OF MY DOCUMENTATION,
REFUSED TO TALK TO MY CURRENT
STAFFERS, REFUSED TO GIVE ME THE
NAMES OF MY ACCUSERS AND REFUSED
TO GIVE ME ANY SEMBLANCE OF DUE
PROCESS.
PROCESS.
IT IS CLEAR THIS HAS GONE TOO FAR AND I, FOR ONE, INTEND TO
FIGHT BACK.
FIGHT BACK.
>> Reporter: ADDING IN A STATE M ON Reporter: ADDING IN A STATE M
ON
-- STATEMENT ON FACEBOOK, IF
HAVING A RELATIONSHIP WITH A
COLLEAGUE YEARS AGO IS THE STUFF
THAT LEADS TO THIS KIND OF PUBLIC HUMILIATION AND PERSONAL
DESTRUCTION, HEAVEN HELP US.
IN HOLLYWOOD, SALMA HAYEK
BREAKING HER SILENCE ABOUT
SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT. REVEALING IN A "NEW YORK TIMES"
EDITORIAL, HARVEY WEINSTEIN IS
MY MONSTER, TOO.
HAYEK SAYS SHE THOUGHT HER DREAM
HAD COME TRUE.
WEINSTEIN SAID YES TO
DISTRIBUTING HER PASSION PROJECT
"FREIDA," BUT LITTLE DID I KNOW,
IT WOULD BECOME MY TURN TO SAY
NO.
NO.
NO TO OPENING THE DOOR TO HIM AT
ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT. NO TO ME TAKING A SHOWER WITH
HIM.
HIM.
NO TO LETTING HIM WATCH ME TAKE
A SHOWER.
NO TO LETTING HIM GIVE ME A
MASSAGE.
NO TO MY GETTING NAKED WITH
ANOTHER WOMAN.
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. AND WITH EVERY REFUSAL CAME
HARVEYS RAGE.
HARVEYS RAGE.
>> SHE GAVE HERSELF TIME TO TRULY PROCESS AND DECIDE TO COME
FORWARD.
FORWARD.
>> Reporter: HAYEK IS ONE OF MORE THAN 90 WOMEN WHO LEVELED
ACCUSATIONS AGAINST WEINSTEIN,
RAGING FROM SEXUAL MISCONDUCT TO
ASSAULT TO RAPE.
WEINSTEIN HAS REPEATEDLY DENIED
ANY ALLEGATIONS OF
NON-CONSENSUAL SEX.
NON-CONSENSUAL SEX. A SPOKESPERSON FOR WEINSTEIN
RELEASED A LENGTHY STATEMENT
SAYING, IN PART, ALL OF THE
SEXUAL ALLEGATIONS AS PORTRAYED
BY SALMA ARE NOT ACCURATE.
AND OTHERS WHO WITNESSES THE I
VENTS S
VENTS S -- EVENTS HAVE A DIFFERENT
STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED.
JOINING ME NOW IS CYNTHIA
McFADDEN AND KATE SNOW.
LETS TALK ABOUT RUSSELL SIMMONS
FIRST.
FIRST.
THE FIRST WOMAN TO GO ON CAMERA WAS ON THIS SHOW WITH AN CAMERA
WAS ON THIS SHOW WITH AN ALLEGATION ABOUT RUSSELL
SIMMONS, ALLEGEDLY SEXUALLY
ASSAULTING HER YEARS AGO, AS SHE
SAID BRETT RATNER WATCHED.
HERE SHE IS.
WATCH.
WATCH.
>> RUSSELL CAME OVER AND STARTED
MAKING ADVANCES, AND AT THE TIME, I THOUGHT IT WAS A JOKE.
AND IT BECAME INCREASINGLY
APPARENT THAT IT WASNT A JOKE.
AND HE CONTINUED HIS ADVANCES.
I LOOKED OVER AT BRETT AT THAT
POINT FOR HELP, AND ILL NEVER
FORGET THE LOOK ON HIS FACE.
IT WAS IN THAT MOMENT THAT I
REALIZED, I THINK THIS WAS THEIR
PLAN ALL ALONG.
THERE WAS NO HELP THAT WAS GOING
TO COME.
TO COME.
>> AND SHE SAID HE PRIVATELY
AIMGSZED ED
APOLOGIZED TO HER, WHICH WAS A DIFFERENT MESSAGE FROM WHAT HE
GAVE PUBLICLY.
GAVE PUBLICLY. DO WE THINK MORE WOMEN WILL COME
FORWARD AGAINST RUSSELL?
>> AT THIS STAGE, REPORTING ON
ALL THESE STORIES FOR THE LAST
TWO MONTHS, I WOULD SAY YES
BECAUSE THATS WHATS HAPPENING,
RIGHT?
RIGHT?
THE FLOODGATES ARE OPEN. NINE WOMEN THIS MORNING.
I MEAN, I SPENT PART OF
OVERNIGHT READING THE "NEW YORK
TIMES" AND THE "L.A. TIMES,"
TRYING TO DIGEST WHAT IS BEING
SAID THIS MORNING.
NINE WOMEN, FOUR OF WHOM ALLEGE
RAPE AGAINST RUSSELL SIMMONS.
THESE ARE NEW ACCOUNTS, SEPARATE
FROM WHAT YOU JUST PLAYED.
HE HAS SAID THAT THEY WERE
CONSENSUAL.
CONSENSUAL.
WHEN THERE WAS SEX, IT WAS
CONSENSUAL.
HE ALSO SAID, I HAVE ALREADY
APOLOGIZED FOR THE INSTANCES OF THOUGHTLESSNESS IN MY CONSENSUAL
RELATIONS.
RELATIONS.
THATS A QUOTE.
>> TO ME, IT SHOWS THE POWER OF ONE WOMAN COMING FORWARD.WER OF
ONE WOMAN COMING FORWARD. SHE WAS SCARED.
SHE DIDNT WANT TO DONT.
NOW YOU HAVE SEVERAL OTHER WOMEN
ALLEGING RAPE.
ALLEGING RAPE. THESE CHARGES HAVE YET TO PLAY
OUT, BUT IM SURE THE WOMEN WERE
AT HOME WATCHING HER AND READING
HER ACCOUNT.
HER ACCOUNT.
TAVIS SMAILEY, HE SAID, LOOK, IT WAS A SLOPPY INVESTIGATION.K, IT
WAS A SLOPPY INVESTIGATION. THE CONSENSUAL AFFAIR SHOULDNT
BE THE GROUNDS FOR OUTING
SOMEONE UNFAIRLY.
SOMEONE UNFAIRLY.
WE DONT KNOW WHETHER THATS ALL IT IS.T KNOW WHETHER THATS ALL
IT IS.
>> HE DOES RAISE AN INTERESTING
QUESTION.
LETS SAY HE IS TELLING THE
TRUTH.
LETS SAY IT WAS SIMPLY A
CONSENSUAL AFFAIR AMONG
COLLEAGUES.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THOSE WHO
WOULD SAY THERES NO SUCH THING AS CONSENT IF ONE PERSON IS THE
BOSS AND THE OTHER ISNT.
IT IS COMPLEX.
I KNOW THAT KATE WAS SHOWING ME
THIS MORNING, "VARIETY" SAYS
THEY HAVE WITNESSES WHO SAID IT
WASNT.
WASNT.
>> RIGHT.
TO BE CLEAR, "VARIETY" SAYS THE PBS INVESTIGATION UNCOVERED THE
PBS INVESTIGATION UNCOVERED WITNESSES WHO TOLD THEM HE WAS
VERBALLY ABUSIVE, A THREATENING
BOSS AND, QUOTE, MADE SOME
EMPLOYEES FEEL THEIR SUCCESS WAS
TIED TO A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP.
>> THATS THE KEY.
ALSO, IF YOU HAVE A CONSENSUAL
RELATIONSHIP AT THE OFFICE AND
IT ENDS AND YOU RETALIATE
AGAINST THE WOMAN, IT IS SEXUAL
HARASSMENT.
HARASSMENT.
I DONT KNOW IF THATS WHAT
HAPPENED, BUT IT CAN BE A CONSENSUAL AFFAIR THAT GOES
SOUTH.
SOUTH.
IF YOU PUNISH THE WOMAN AFTER THE FACT, ITS HARASSMENT.FTER
THE FACT, ITS HARASSMENT. >> SORRY.
>> SORRY. >> IT IS COMPLICATED.
>> I THINK HIS STATEMENT, ITS
WORTH NOTING THAT, I MEAN, NOT
ONLY IS HE SAYING PBS, HES
SAYING PBS OVERREACTED AND
CONDUCTED A BIAS AND SLOPPY
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION.
HE SAYS HE DIDNT KNOW THEY WERE INVESTIGATING UNTIL HE HEARDERE
INVESTIGATING UNTIL HE HEARD ABOUT IT FROM PEOPLE WHO HAD
GOTTEN PHONE CALLS.
THEN HE ULTIMATELY SAYS, IF THIS
IS WHAT BRINGS PEOPLE DOWN --
IM LOOBKING FOR HIS QUOTE.
HE SAID, IF THIS IS WHERE WE
ARE, WHERE PEOPLES REPUTATIONS
ARE BEING RUINED -- THIS IS
TAVIS SMILEY SPEAKING -- BY
CONSENSUAL RELATIONSHIPS, THEN
HEAVEN HELP US, IS WHAT HE SAID.
I THINK THAT QUESTION IS BEING
RAISED IN A LOT OF WORKPLACES
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW.
>> WELL FIND OUT. AGAIN, CONSENT IS DICEY.
>> IT IS COMPLICATED.
>> A LOT OF MEN THINK THEY
CHARMED A SUBORDINATE BECAUSE
SHE SMILED AT HIM, LASTED THE
JOKE.
JOKE.
WHEN HE COMES AFTER HER, SHE POLITELY TRIES TO WHATEVER.E
POLITELY TRIES TO WHATEVER. IT IS A POWER THING.
WOMEN ARE SAYING, I DONT WANT
THIS TO BE HAPPENING BUT I DONT
WANT TO LOSE MY JOB.
>> I WAS WITH A FRIEND, BIG
EXECUTIVE ON WALL TREAT, WHO RAN
A PROGRAM FOR YOUNG WOMEN TO BE
INTE
INTE
INTEGRATED INTO THE HIGH LEVELS ON THE STREET.O THE HIGH LEVELS
ON THE STREET.
THEYVE BEEN GETTING PHONE CALLS FROM GUYS RUNNING BIGHONE CALLS
FROM GUYS RUNNING BIG CORPORATIONS SAYING, YOU KNOW
WHAT, LETS HOLD FOR A MOMENT.
WERE WORRIED ABOUT HAVING WOMEN
IN THE WORKPLACE, AS WELL.
>> THAT IS ALSO ILLEGAL AND NOT
YOUR SOLUTION, MEN.
WOMEN NEED TO COME.
YOU NEED TO TREAT THEM
RESPECTFULLY AND KEEP YOUR HANDS
ALL OF THEM.
IT IS SIMPLE. >> RIGHT.PLE.
>> RIGHT. >> SALMA HAYEK COMES OUT AGAINST
HARVEY WEINSTEIN WITH THESE
INCREDIBLE ALLEGATIONS.
INCREDIBLE ALLEGATIONS. THE MAN HAS BEEN ACCUSED BY 92
WOMEN.
WOMEN.
NOW HE ISSUES A FOUR PARAGRAPH DENIAL ABOUT SALMA.R PARAGRAPH
DENIAL ABOUT SALMA.
SHE GOT UNDER HIS SKIN.
>> SHE DID.
>> WHATS THE DEAL?
>> AS YOU KNOW, I KNOW SALMA
HAYEK.
NOT VERY WELL, BUT WE DID GO TO
AFRICA TOGETHER ON A STORY.
SHES A HUMANITARIAN, WORKING
WITH UNICEF.
SHE WAS GETTING TETANUS SHOTS TO KIDS.AS GETTING TETANUS SHOTS TO
KIDS.
SHE WENT AS A DEMONSTRATION.
SHE IS STRONG.
SHE IS DIRECT. IM SURE SHE GOT UNDER HIS SKIN.
YOU KNOW, SHE DOESNT SAY THAT
SHE AGREED TO DO THE THINGS,
EXCEPT FOR THE NUDE SCENE SHE
DIDNT WANT TO DO.
IN THE MOVIE.
SHE SAID SHE SAID NO TO HIM.
>> HE TRIED ALL THE THINGS HES
ALLEGEDLY TRIED ON THE OTHERS.
WATCH ME SHOWER.
WATCH YOU SHOWER.
LET ME GIVE YOU A MASSAGE.
ITS RIGHT OUT OF THE HARVEY
PLAYBOOK.
PLAYBOOK.
>> SHE FELT HUMILIATED AND BAD THAT SHE DIDNT COME FORWARD AT
THE TIME.
THE TIME.
MAYBE IT WOULD HAVE STOPPED WHAT FOLLOWED IT.LD HAVE STOPPED WHAT
FOLLOWED IT.
PROBABLY NOT.
>> SHE SPEAKS TO, AGAIN, A
LARGER ISSUE IN HOLLYWOOD AND BEYOND.ISSUE IN HOLLYWOOD AND
BEYOND.
YOU READ HER PIECE IN THE "NEW YORK TIMES," I URGE EVERYBODY TO
READ THE WHOLE THING, ITS ABOUT
HOLLYWOOD.
HOLLYWOOD.
ITS ABOUT THE WAY THE SYSTEM WORKS.OUT THE WAY THE SYSTEM
WORKS.
>> THE LACK OF WOMEN IN POWER,
IN DECISION MAKING ROLES, THAT
AFFECTS THE MOVIES YOU WATCH,
THE MESSAGES YOU RECEIVE, THE
MESSAGES THE COUNTRY TAKES AWAY,
AS HOW WOMEN OUGHT TO BE TREATED
AND WHO IS IN THE HALLS OF