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It's going to have you with us here to start another week, and we begin tonight with the Harvey Weinstein verdict.

Guilty of rape and criminal sexual assault.

Not guilty on three other counts Tonight, he's been taken to New York's infamous Rikers Island.

Once one of the most powerful figures in Hollywood tonight, Weinstein is now behind bars.

He faces up to 29 years in prison, the D A Cy Vance saying after the verdict of the women who testified they inaugurated a quote.

Tonight, Harvey Weinstein's lawyers, vowing to appeal in a B C's aerial.

Russia leads us off outside that courtroom.

Here in New York, he was once one of the most powerful movie producers in Hollywood.

But tonight, Harvey Weinstein is a convicted sex offender facing 5 to 29 years behind bars.

This is the new landscape for survivors of sexual result in America, I believe Weinstein is a vicious serial sexual predator who used his power to threaten rape, assault, trick, humiliate and silences victims.

The former movie mogul, appearing stunned by the verdict as he was lifted out of his seat and taken to jail.

He looked at me and he just said, I'm innocent, I'm innocent.

He's like, How How could this happen in America?

But the jury found Weinstein guilty of the third degree rape of Jessica Man and guilty of sexually assaulting me, me, Holly, in 2006.

I tried to get away, but it was impossible.

He was extremely persistent and physically overpowering.

If you do to women what you did to me, me, you shouldn't be surprised if you have to face criminal consequences for the crimes that you committed against them.

Jurors acquitting Weinstein on two counts of predatory sexual assault with a possible life sentence.

Those charges hinging on the testimony of Sopranos actress Annabella She Aura, who claimed Weinstein violently raped her nearly three decades ago.

More than 80 women have accused Weinstein of sexual misconduct, his trial scene as a watershed moment for the me to movement.

The trial means so much to so many, but it will mean the most to the brave women testifying and to all of us.

Weinstein picking a high powered defense team, including an attorney who built her career defending men accused of sex crimes, Donora to no arguing in and out of the courtroom that Weinsteins accusers engaged in consensual sex to advance their careers.

You have to know that when you make certain choices, there's a risk.

When you make those choices, A lot of people would say What you just said is victim blaming, and that's absolutely not true.

If you don't want to be a victim, don't go to the hotel room.

But tonight, survivors and activists calling the verdict a moment of reckoning for the me to movement Rose McGowan tweeting.

Today is a powerful day and a huge step forward in our collective healing and Ashley Judd saying This is the way it's supposed to be.

Harvey's guilty verdict demonstrates how overwhelmingly guilty he waas.

So let's get the aerial Russia with us from that New York courthouse, and you've learned he's now at Rikers Island tonight, Harvey Weinstein.

Well, David, due to his back injury, Harvey Weinstein is on his way to the infirmary unit at Rikers Island jail.

His attorneys tell me that they plan to file his appeal this week, his sentencing scheduled for March 11th and he also faces those additional criminal charges in Los Angeles.

David, Our Aerial Russia leading us off on a story she's been covering from the start.

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