>> MAYOR BLOOMBERG, LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.
>> -- OVERTIME AND GET IT DONE.
>> I WISH IT WAS THAT SIMPLE.
>> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT
SOMETHING ELSE.
SOMETHING ELSE. SEVERAL FORMER EMPLOYEES HAVE
CLAIMED THAT YOUR COMPANY WAS A
HOSTILE WORKPLACE FOR WOMEN.
WHEN YOU WERE CONFRONTED ABOUT
IT, YOU ADMITTED MAKING SEXUALLY
SUGGESTIVE REMARKS SAYING THATS
THE WAY I GREW UP.
IN A LAWSUIT IN THE 90s ONE
FORMER FEMALE EMPLOYEE REPORTED
THAT YOU SAID, QUOTE, I WOULD DO
YOU IN A SECOND.
SHOULD DEMOCRATS EXPECT BETTER
FROM THEIR NOMINEE?
>> LET ME SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS
IF I COULD HAVE MY FULL MINUTE
AND A QUARTER.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. I HAVE NO TOLERANCE FOR THE KIND
OF BEHAVIOR THAT THE ME TOO
MOVEMENT HAS EXPOSED.
ANYBODY THAT DOES ANYTHING WRONG
IN OUR COMPANY, WE INVESTIGATE
IT AND IF ITS APPROPRIATE,
THEYRE GONE THAT DAY.
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I DO AT MY
COMPANY AND MY FOUNDATION AND IN
CITY GOVERNMENT WHEN I WAS
THERE. IN MY FOUNDATION, THE PERSON
THAT RUNS IT IS A WOMAN.
70% OF THE PEOPLE THERE ARE
WOMEN.
WOMEN. IN MY COMPANY, LOTS AND LOTS OF
WOMEN HAVE BIG RESPONSIBILITIES.
THEY GET PAID EXACTLY THE SAME
AS MEN.
AS MEN. IN CITY HALL, THE TOP PERSON, MY
DEPUTY MAYOR WAS A WOMAN AND 40%
OF OUR COMMISSIONERS WERE WOMEN.
I AM VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT
ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO WE WERE
AWARDED, WE WERE VOTED THE BEST
PLACE TO WORK, SECOND BEST PLACE
IN AMERICA.
IN AMERICA. IF THAT DOESNT SAY SOMETHING
ABOUT OUR EMPLOYEES AND HOW
HAPPY THEY ARE, I DONT KNOW
WHAT DOES.
WHAT DOES. >> SENATOR WARREN, YOUVE BEEN
CRITICAL OF MAYOR BLOOMBERG ON
THIS ISSUE.
THIS ISSUE. >> YES, I HAVE.
I HEARD YOU HEARD WHAT HIS
DEFENSE WAS.
DEFENSE WAS. IVE BEEN NICE TO SOME WOMEN.
THAT JUST DOESNT CUT IT.
THE MAYOR HAS TO STAND ON HIS
RECORD.
RECORD. WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW IS EXACTLY
WHATS LURKING OUT THERE.
HE HAS GOTTEN SOME NUMBER OF
WOMEN, DOZENS, WHO KNOWS, WHO
SIGN NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS
BOTH FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND
FOR GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN THE
WORKPLACE.
WORKPLACE. SO, MR. MAYOR, ARE YOU WILLING
TO RELEASE ALL OF THOSE WOMEN
FROM THOSE NONDISCLOSURE
AGREEMENTS SO WE CAN HEAR THEIR
SIDE OF THE STORY?
>> WE HAVE A VERY FEW
NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS.
NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS. >> HOW MANY IS THAT?
>> LET ME FINISH.
>> HOW MANY IS THAT?
>> NONE OF THEM ACCUSE ME OF
DOING ANYTHING OTHER THAN MAYBE
THEY DIDNT LIKE A JOKE I TOLD.
THE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN TWO
PARTIES THAT WANTED TO KEEP IT
QUIET AND THATS UP TO THEM.
THEY SIGNED THOSE AGREEMENTS AND
WELL LIVE WITH IT.
>> WHEN YOU SAY IT IS UP TO
THEM, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR.
SOME IS HOW MANY?
AND WHEN YOU SAY THEY SIGNED
THEM AND THEY WANTED THEM, IF
THEY WISH NOW TO SPEAK OUT AND
TELL THEIR SIDE OF THE STORY
ABOUT WHAT IT IS THEY ALLEGE,
THATS NOW OKAY WITH YOU?
YOURE RELEASING THEM ON
TELEVISION TONIGHT?
TELEVISION TONIGHT?
IS THAT RIGHT? >> SENATOR, NO.
SENATOR, THE COMPANY AND
SOMEBODY ELSE XTHE MAN OR WOMAN
OR COULD BE MORE THAN THAT, THEY
DECIDED THEY MADE AN AGREEMENT
THEY WANTED TO KEEP IT QUIET FOR
EVERYBODYS INTERESTS.
EVERYBODYS INTERESTS. THEY SIGNED THE AGREEMENTS AND
THATS WHAT WERE GOING TO LIVE
WITH.
WITH.
>> IM SORRY. THE QUESTION IS ARE THE WOMEN
BOUND BY BEING MUZZLED BY YOU
AND YOU COULD RELEASE THEM FROM
THAT IMMEDIATELY?
THAT IMMEDIATELY? UNDERSTAND, THIS IS NOT JUST A
QUESTION OF THE MAYORS
CHARACTER.
THIS IS ALSO A QUESTION ABOUT
ELECTABILITY. WE ARE NOT GOING TO BEAT DONALD
TRUMP WITH A MAN WHO HAS WHO
KNOWS HOW MANY NONDISCLOSURE
AGREEMENTS AND THE DRIP, DRIP,
DRIP OF STORIES OF WOMEN SAYING