Cenk hosting. Neil Gorsuch hearings are still ongoing. Democrat Joe Donnelly isn’t putting up a fight. Cenk says that what Donnelly is doing is not going to make people want to vote for Dems because he’s saying the Dems are wrong. Cenk presents “Stand” poll and “No Gorsuch” poll. Dems have decided they’re going to filibuster Neil Gorsuch, and they have the numbers to do so. Republican senators criticize Dems for this. Cenk says GOP only like and respected filibustering when it benefitted them. GOP acts as though the Dems are going to make the GOP take away the filibuster. Even mainstream media is stating this and blaming Dems. Bernie Sanders has started an online show, racking up millions of views. The mainstream media hasn’t covered any of it. Bernie talks about issues like voter fraud and climate change.
Five women who claimed Bill O’Reilly had sexually assaulted have settled lawsuits with him. Roger Ailes has settled lawsuits with 6 women with similar claims. O’Reilly doesn’t deny these things happened, but rather hides behind his children, despite the fact that he was barely ever there for his children when they were growing up. Cenk goes over the allegations made by the women who accused O’Reilly of sexually harassing them. Megyn Kelly says the environment of Fox News was setup to isolate accusers. Cenk read the transcript of O’Reilly’s phone sex calls, then continues describes the accounts of the victims.
Russian subway attack kills 11 and injures 40 in St. Petersburg. Putin was visiting the city during the attack. Former National Security Adviser, Susan Rice, requested the identities of people in raw intelligence reports on dozens of occasions that connect to the Donald Trump transition and campaign. If she had done this for political reasons, she could get in trouble. It would however be hard to prove what her intent was.
