. >> OH, PLEASE, I'M NOT AFRAID OF
ANYONE IN SHOW BUSINESS. I TURNED DOWN INTERCOURSE WITH
HARVEY WEINSTEIN ON NO LESS THAN THREE OCCASION, ON FIVE.
I KNOW HOW LOVERS CAN HAVE A HOLD OVER YOU IN SOME WAYS I'M
STILL PINNED UNDER A PASSED OUT HARVEY WEINSTEIN AND ITS HARVEY
WEINSTEIN. >> YOU KNOW LONGER HAVE TO
PRETEND TO BE ATTRACTED TO HARVEY WEINSTEIN.
>> THERE YOU GO. IT APPEARS TO BE HOLLYWOOD'S
WORST KEPT SECRET AS THE JOKES ON "30 ROCK" AND DURING THE 2013
OSCAR TOM NATIONS. THE NUMBER OF HOLLYWOOD
ACTRESSES COMING FORWARD NOW WITH ACCUSATIONS OF SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT AGAINST HARVEY WEINSTEIN CONTINUES TO GROW.
SOME NOW CLAIMING THE FORMER FILM EXECUTIVE SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED THEM. THE NEW ALLEGATIONS EMERGED
YESTERDAY IN BACK-TO-BACK REPORTS IN THE "NEW YORK TIMES"
AND "NEW YORKER" MAGAZINE. THE "TIMES" FOLLOW-UP, GWYNNTH
PALTROW AND ANGELINA JOLIE REVEAL WEINSTEIN HARASSED THEM.
PALTROW SAYS HIS ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO LURE HER WHEN SHE WAS
22-YEARS-OLD TO GIVING HIM A MASSAGE IN A HOTEL ROOM.
JOLIE MEANWHILE TOLD THE "TIMES" SHE HAD A QUOTE BAD EXPERIENCE
WITH HARVEY WEINSTEIN IN MY YOUTH, AS A RESULT, CHOSE NEVER
TO WORK WITH HIM AGAIN AND WARNED OTHERS WITHIN THEY DID.
MEANWHILE, IN A REPORT FOR THE "NEW YORKER," NBC NEWS
CONTRIBUTING CORRESPONDENT RONAN PHARAOH REVEALED HE WAS TOLD BY
13 WOMEN THAT WEINSTEIN EITHER HARASSED OR SEXUALLY ASSAULTED
THEM BETWEEN THE 1990s AND 2015, THREE WOMEN TOLD PHARAOH
WEINSTEIN HAD FORCED HIMSELF ON THEM.
THE MAGAZINE ALSO RELEASED THE FOLLOWING AUDIO RECORDING.
IT SAYS IT'S OF WEINSTEIN TRYING TO PERSUADE A MODEL TO COME INTO
HIS HOTEL ROOM IN 2015.
. >> DON'T RUIN YOUR FRIENDSHIP
WITH ME FOR 5 MINUTES. 5 MINUTES OF WHAT, EXACTLY?
THAT WAS REPORTED IN THE NYPD STING.
WEINSTEIN WAS NOT CRIMINALLY CHARGED.
AMID ALL THE NEW ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HARVEY WEINSTEIN, THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT HIS FORMER COMPANY RELEASED A STATEMENT
THAT RED, IN PART, THESE ALLEGATION ARE ANTI-THETTICAL TO
HUMAN DECENCY, THESE ALLEGATIONLES COME TO AN UTTER
SURPRISE TO THE BOARD. ANY SUGGESTION THAT THE BOARD
HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THIS CONDUCT IS FALSE.
MEANWHILE FROM A WALT DISNEY COMPANY MICHAEL EISNER, TWEETED
OUT YESTERDAY, FIRED WEINSTEINS BECAUSE THEY WERE IRRESPONSIBLE
AND HARVEY WAS AN INCORE IJIBLE BULLY.
HAD NO IDEA HE WAS CAPABLE OF THESE HORRIBLE ACTIONS.
AND FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA AND FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE
HILLARY CLINTON BOTH DENOUNCED WEINSTEIN YESTERDAY AFTER FACING
MOUNTING CRITICISM FOR REMAINING QUIET ABOUT THE NOTED DEMOCRATIC
DONORS ALLEGED ACTIONS. IN A STATEMENT, MR. OBAMA WROTE
--
AS THE FALLOUT MOUNTS, WEINSTEIN REPORTEDLY CHECKED HIMSELF INTO
REHAB. HIS SPOKESMAN SAYS OF THE LATEST
CLAIMS AND ALLEGATIONS OF
NON-CONSENTUAL SEX, HE DID NOT RETALIATE AGAINST WOMEN THAT
REJECTED HIS ADVANCES, HIS WIFE OF A DECADE HAS ANNOUNCED SHE IS
SEPARATING FROM HIM. REALLY?
>> I THINK AS THE FLOOD GATES HAVE OPENED HERE, WE HAVE TO
STOP AND GIVE CREDIT TO THE FIRST ONES.
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> THAT'S THE HARDEST TO DO, BE
THE FIRST ONE. FRANKLY YOU, MIKA, WERE ONE OF
THE FIRST PERSON THAT SAID I WILL NOT BE IN BUSINESS WITH
THIS COMPANY, YOUR BOOK DEAL ON HOLD.
THAT'S HARD TO DO. IT'S HARD TO COME IN AFTER
SOMEONE HAS BROKEN THROUGH THE GATES.
I APPLAUD PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT FIRST.
GWYNETH PALTROW WASN'T A BIG STAR WHEN IT ALLEGEDLY HAPPENED,
BUT SHE WAS DATING BRAD PITT. HER FATHER WAS A HIGH PROFILE
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR. HER GODFATHER WAS STEVEN
SPIELBERG. SHE HAD ACCESS TO POWER IN
HOLLYWOOD, SHE, EVEN SHE FELT I CAN'T CROSS THIS MAN BECAUSE I'M
WORRIED ABOUT MY CAREER. SO I'M IMAGINE WHAT LESS
POWERFUL WOMEN FELT. >> AND THAT TAPE.
MY GOD. I MEAN, HE IS CLEARLY IN THAT
TAPE, JOE, OVERWHELMING. AND PUSHY AND BOORISH.
>> AND THE NYPD, THIS AGAIN HAS GOTTEN SO FAR THAT THE NYPD WAS
TRYING TO DO A STING ON THIS GUY AND I'M SORRY, BUT IF YOU ARE ON
THE WEINSTEIN BOARD, IF YOU ARE CLOSE FRIENDS WITH HARVEY
WEINSTEIN AND "30 ROCK" IS. >> MAKING JOKES.
>> -- IS MAKING JOKES ABOUT HIM SEXUALLY PUSHING HIMSELF ON
WOMEN. THEY'RE MAKING JOKES AT THE
ACADEMY AWARDS, I'M SORRY, HOW COULD YOU WORK ALONGSIDE THIS
GUY FOR SO MANY YEARS AND NOT KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON?
JESSICA CHASTAIN SAYING THE OTHER DAY, THE SECOND SHE GOT
INTO THE BUSINESS, SHELVES WARNED ABOUT IT.
EVERYONE, THIS WAS SUCH AN OPEN SECRET IN SHOW BUSINESS THAT,
WILLIE, I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE POINT YOU MADE, IT'S SHOCKING
AND IT'S SHOCKING THAT ALL OF THESE PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD KNEW
FOR SO LONG AND, YET, WILLIE, IT WAS ASHLEY JUDD AND ROWS McGOWAN
THAT CAME OUT AND I'M SORRY THE LONGER YOU WAITED TO COME OUT,
THE LESS -- I -- THE MORE DISAPPOINTED THE PEOPLE SHOULD
BE IN YOU. IT TOOK, YOU WILL REMEMBER, YOU
ARE RIGHT, MIKA SPOKE OUT IMMEDIATELY ON SATURDAY AND
SAID, I WILL LOSE A TON OF MONEY AND THIS BOOK DEAL BECAUSE I'M
NOT GOING TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH HIM.
BUT YOU HAD ALL OF THESE STARS THAT HAVE MADE TENS OF MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS WITH HARVEY WEINSTEIN THAT REFUSED TO COME OUT, SOME
OF THEM WAITING UNTIL YESTERDAY AFTER AS YOU SAID THE FLOOD
GATES HAD OPENED UP, WHICH SHOWED THEY WERE STILL AFRAID OF
HARVEY WEINSTEIN. >> THEY WANTED TO SEE HOW THIS
WILL PLAY OUT. WHAT IF HARVEY SURVIVES, THEY
HAVE TO WORK WITH HARVEY AGAIN. AGAIN, I THINK IT'S THE CASE.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO COME OUT AND BE THE FIRST ONE TO TALK
ABOUT THIS THING, TO ADMIT THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT CAN
FEEL SHAMEFUL TO WOMEN HAPPENED TO YOU.
THEN MAYBE YOU DIDN'T SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT EARLIER AS
ASHLEY JUDD SAID. SO I WANT TO APPLAUD THE COURAGE
OF THOSE WOMEN. I HOPE IT GIVES COURAGE TO OTHER
WOMEN IN OTHER FIELDS FACING THIS KIND OF THING, FOUND IT
DIFFICULT TO SPEAK UP, TO KNOW WHEN THEY SPEAK UP, THEY WILL
HAVE THE SUPPORT OF OTHER WOMEN AND OTHER MEN IN THEIR WORK
PLACE, THEIR HOME, WHEREVER IT IS THEY ARE EXPERIENCING THIS.
>> IT'S ALSO, JOE, AN AGE OLD STORY ABOUT THE ISSUES OF
STATUS, POWER, CLOUT, AND MONEY IN AMERICA, THAT CAN SEPARATE
YOU FROM CONSEQUENCES. THE NYPD, THE NEW YORK POLICE
DEPARTMENT HAD ENOUGH TO GO FORWARD WITH A CASE ON HARVEY
WEINSTEIN, THEY HAD TAPE, THEY HAD MOTIVE.
THEY HAD REPETITIVE BEHAVIOR AND SOMEHOW THAT BOUGHT THE SHUT
DOWN ON THE WAY TO THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICER.
I'M NOT CLEAR EXACTLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED, BUT HARVEY WEINSTEIN
USE AND ABUSED THE STATUS HE HAD, THE CLOUT THAT HE HAD AS A
RESULT OF HIS STATUS AND THE STATUS THAT HE HAD WITH REGARD
TO THE FACT THAT HE HAD A LOT OF MONEY.
>> AND BY THE WAY, I DON'T KNOW THE MANHATTAN D. A. CERTAINLY,
CY VANCE, I DON'T KNOW HIM THAT WELL.
I SAW YET AGAIN WE HAD A CONTRIBUTION FROM WEINSTEIN'S
LAWYER BY CY VANCE. THE CASE WENT AWAY, WHICH IS
WHAT WE WERE REPORTING ON THE IVANKA AND DON JR. CASE A COUPLE
WEEKS AGO, WHERE TRUMP'S LAWYER GAVE MONEY TO CY VANCE.
THE CASE WENT AWAY. THEY REFUNDED THE MONEY AND THEN
TURNED AROUND AFTER THE CHARGES AGAINST DON JR. AND IVANKA WERE
NOT PURSUED, NOT PURSUED, DESPITE OTHER PROSECUTORS
THOUGHT THOI THEY SHOULD BE PURSUED.
THEN THEY WROTE A CHECK TO CY VANCE.
I WANT TO KNOW, WHERE IS THE REPORTING ON THESE STORIES?
I CAN'T BELIEVE -- AND BY THE WAY, MIKA, I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M
THIS NAIVE. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT IN 2017
THIS IS HOW JUSTICE IS ACTUALLY PERFORMED IN MANHATTAN.
I WANT TO KNOW, I WANT TO KNOW, I WANT TO KNO KNOW OF THESE
CONTRIBUTION TOSS THIS D. A. AND CHARGE AND THINGS AND CHARGES
NOT BEING PURSUED AGAINST HAR VIE WEINSTEIN.
IS IT REALLY THAT EASY 2017 TO WRITE A CHECK TO TO A DA?
IT'S A JOKE. >> IT IS, THERE'S A LOT OF
QUESTIONS OF WHY IT TOOK SO LONG.
THIS IS THE KIND OF STORY WITH THE KIND OF EVIDENCE AND EVEN
THE KIND OF ADMISSION PRESIDENT HARVEY, HIMSELF, THAT DEMANDS,
REQUIRES, OBVIOUSLY, CALLS FOR AN IMMEDIATE REACTION ON THE
PART OF POLITICIANS, FORMER CANDIDATES, AND PEOPLE IN
HOLLYWOOD AND THEY ALL LEFT ASHLEY JUDD AND ROWS McGOWAN
HANGING FOR A WEEK. IT'S BEYOND ME.
BUT TO THE POINT THAT YOU TWO WERE MAKING, THE MANHATTAN
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAID IT WOULD HAVE ATTEMPTED TO
PROSECUTE WEINSTEIN IF THE NYPD HAD COORDINATED THE MATTER WITH
THEM. THEY SAY IF WE COULD HAVE
PROSECUTED HARVEY WEINSTEIN FOR THE CONDUCT THAT OCCURRED IN
2015, WE WOULD HAVE.
THE NYPD ISSUED ITS OWN STATEMENT --
. >> WOW.
>> AND, JOE -- >> WHO HAD HARVEY WEINSTEIN
ADMITTING I WON'T DO IT AGAIN, HIS ACTS FROM THE DAY BEFORE,
ADMITTING WHAT HE DID AND SAID HE WAS USED TO IT AND AGAIN, WE
KEEP HEARING STORIES OF A MANHATTAN D.A. GETTING CHECKS
FROM LAWYERS OF TRUMPS OR WEINSTEINS AND NOT PURSUING
CHARGES. WHERE'S THE "NEW YORK TIMES"
STORY ON THAT? WHERE IS THE "WALL STREET
JOURNAL" STORY ON THAT? WHERE IS THE STORY ON THIS?
WHY DID WE READ ABOUT THE TRUMPS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND THAT
EXCHANGE FOR CHECKS TO CY VANCE, HIS FACE NEEDS TO BE ON THE
FRONT PAGE OF THE "NEW YORK TIMES" ON THE TRUMP CASE AND THE
WEINSTEIN CASE. AND WHO KNOWS, MAYBE HE'S
INNOCENT. BUT IT DOES NOT LOOK GOOD.
>> YEAH AND BY THE WAY. >> -- IN BOTH OF THESE CASES.
>> YOU COULDN'T CATCH THIS PREDATOR ON TAPE?
YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. KEYSTONE COPS, YOU GOT TO BE
KIDDING ME. YOU COULDN'T GET ANY MORE FROM
HIM? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
YOU HAYOU HAVE TO CLOSE THIS. >> TELL ME, BARNACLE, TELL ME,
WHAT WERE WE READING BETWEEN THE LINES OF THAT NYPD STATEMENT?
>> OH, PLEASE. >> WELL, THERE IS A TWO TIERED
JUSTICE SYSTEM HERE, THAT YOUR AVERAGE CITIZEN KNOWS IT, HARVEY
WEINSTEIN KNEW IT. HE'S ON TAPE THAT WE JUST PLAYED
SAYING, QUOTE, I WON'T DO IT AGAIN TO ONE OF HIS VICTIMS.
PLEASE COME ON IN, UNQUOTE. IF IT WAS A BUILDING
SUPERINTENDENT NAMED JOE HARVEY INSTEAD OF HARVEY WEINSTEIN, HE
WOULD HAVE HAD THE CUFFS PUT ON HIM THAT AFTERNOON.
>> COMING UP, IN JULY OF LAST YEAR, THE PRESIDENT TOLD
REPORTERS HE HAD A QUOTE ABSOLUTELY GREAT MEETING WITH
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISERS. WE NOW KNOW THOSE ADVISERS HAD A
VERY DIFFERENT TAKE ON IT. I THINK THEY THOUGHT HE WAS
MORONIC IS THE WORD THAT WAS USED.
WE HAVE MUCH MORE ON THIS NBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE THAT TAKES US
INSIDE THE PENTAGON MEETING IN WHICH THE PRESIDENT