Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 11 00. Bombshells keep on dropping. Matt lauer accused of inappropriate sexual behavior. Americans woke up to find out the beloved tv host is out of a job. Tonight we know a lot more about the decision to fire the today show host. Thanks for joining us at 11 00. Im lucy noland. Just before they went on air many today show staffers found out the man whose been the face of the show for 20 years would no longer be sitting in that anchor chair. Tonight, new video and allegations about what did behind the scenes at nbc. Chris oconnell is live in the fox 29 operations center. All right, chris, what you got . Reporter lucy, matt lauer had a secret button under his desk that would lock his office door so he wouldnt even have to get up from his desk chair. Those are just some of the allegations coming out tonight against nbc news biggest star. Welcome everybody to christmas in rockefeller sent. Tonight disgraced former nbc anchor mott lauer notice be ally absent from the rockefeller Tree Lighting ceremony from the bombshell news this morning. We just moments this moments ago just this morning. As im sure you can imagine were devastating and we are still processing all of this. Coanchor Savannah Guthrie visibly shaken delivering the news that nbc had tired lauer one of the networks most recognizable names. In a twomonth long investigation variety magazine reports three women have accused lauer of Sexual Harassment. The allegations shocking. One accuser saying lauer wants gave a colleague a sex toy as present. A second accuser says, on another day he shopped different female employee to his office and then dropped his pants showing her his penis. And this report that lawyer had a button under his desk that allowed him to lock the door from the inside without getting up. According to nbc some of the misconduct reportedly started when lauer was away covering the sochi olympic back in 2014. And tonight, tmz posting 2006 clip of lauer commenting to then cohost Meredith Veiera as she was leaning over. Nice weather. Beep bending over like that. Its a nice view. Forte loyds page six had reports of lauers conduct with coworkers but today nbc says its the First Official complaint they had against their star anchor. Whenever we would get scoop or any stories pertaining to nbc news or the today show, they went to the end of the earth to protect matt lauer regardless of what it was. Reporter accusations come just days after lauer hosted the macys thanksgiving day parade and since the news broke the New York Times is reporting that two more women have come forward with similar claims against lauer. New tonight, some of the those claims not only include Sexual Harassment but now include Sexual Assault according to the New York Times. Tonight no comment from lauer on his dismissal. Lucy . All right, thank you much, chris. Another notable media figure garrison keeler had also lot of his job after accusations of inappropriate behavior the show a prior rehome companion ended last year when he retire. Minnesota public radio now confirms it fired keeler effective immediately. The 75yearold was Still Producing the sinned indicated show the writers almanac. Meanwhile congressman john conyers is also fighting Sexual Misconduct allegations but his Attorney Says he has no plans to resign. So far two women have accused of conyers of making unwanted sexual advances. Conyers wife monica is coming to his defense tonight dismissing both claims. Now in the wake of the outpouring of allegations lawmakers are now taking action on capito hill. The house passed measure a requires annual anti harassment training for lawmakers and aids. Bipartisan group of lawmakers has also drafted legislation that would end the practice paying settlements to cruisers withs with your taxpayer dolla dollars. Glitch in the Computer System may spell trouble for travelers and it could make flying this Holiday Season a nightmare. Thousands of american are a li lines night slated for december have no pilots scheduled clearly thats a big problem. Fox 29s dave kinchen joins us live from Philadelphia International airport. Dave . Reporter lucy, really shows the power one computer mistake can make. American Airlines Says its on the case but passengers who have tickets for the holidays, well theyre pretty nervous. You always have to rationale lies am i going to take vacation during that time, because its going to cost me three times as much so now to fine out you wont have your flight is i dont know how youll make that okay. Reporter maria has an American Airlines flight to florida this Christmas Season and is stunned to hear american is set to have thousands of flights with empty cockpits during the holidays. I think its remarkable that Something Like that can be so pro found. I mean especially with the holidays. Reporter more than 15,000 american flights from mid december to the end of the year are reportedly now pilot less just in time for busiest travel season on the cal length. The problem blamed on a glitch in Computer Network that handles pilot time off based on seniority according to the allied pilots association. Suddenly thousands of airmen now find themselves on vacation. Hopefully they hurry up and fix whats going on man. Andrew is supposed to be traveling to minnesota via american around christmastime but hes not sure how things will pan out. Ive been traveling with them for while and thats where my comfort is so i think definitely going to change little bit of my travel experience report roar american says its offering pilots time and a half to pick up open flights but thats creating a contract with the pilots union adding to the turbulence. It can end up being disastrous if in fact they have to start canceling flights as they may needed to if they cant get staffing. Reporter Peter Levinson runs United Travel in old city and book numerous clients on american for the holidays but can he handle a potential mad dash to change plans . Yeah, we would handle them. Whatever requires for us to do day, night. Reporter meantime, american says that they dont expect to cancel any of those flights. They say they have a reserve of pilot whos can fill in those gaps. Lucy. All right, lets hope it happens. Thank you very much, dave. Three to six years thats the time one man will spend in prison for attack that outraged people across our area. A judge sentenced 29yearold barry baker for what you just saw there. For sucker punching a man with balance palsy outside a 7eleven in west chester in may. Surveillance video also showed right before he attacked the man baker was mocking him. Baker plead guilty to simple Assault Charges in september. Hes going to trial. Today a judge made that ruling against 29yearold joshua hupperterz. Police say he killed 20yearold temple student Jenna Burrell lay after he met her at a campus bar september 2nd. Authorities found her body on his grandmothers property in wayne county days later. Prosecutors charged him with murder, tampering with evidence. Abuse of a corporation and other related charges. A candlelight vigil tonight for a homeless man brutally beaten to death in mayfair. Dozens gathered to honor kevin cullen. Fox 29s dawn timmeney spoke with those who say the 57yearold was a kind and gentlemen soul. Kevin was a son, a brother, an uncle arc cousin a nephew a friend. Reporter tom cullen choking back tears as he remembers his brother kevin. 57yearold homeless man was brutally beaten around 6 00 oclock sunday night by teenagers. He died the next day. Just a few nights after the vicious murder, a vigil right at the spot on the 4200 block of loring street in mayfair where his head was smashed repeatedly against the outside of a house. He was a kind person. He wouldnt have wouldnt have harmed anybody i guess he was an easy target. Report roar cullen was one of Sick Children refusing to leave his beloved mayfair he was born and rage. His family expressing heart ache over their loss and thanking those in the neighborhood who tried to help cullen as he lay unconscious on the sidewalk. Especially the woman donna who, you know, sat with him when he was dying. To know somebody was there give him compassion when he was dyi dying. Milt be friend friended cullen and another homeless man in the neighborhood often feeding them and sharing a laugh. I tried to help them out the best i can. When i heard, my heart went into my stomach. Group of five teens are behind the brawl attack. Robbery the apparent motive. They say they have identified one teen who left his cell phone behind but so far no charges. I would not want anybody to have to go through this or these individuals to hurt anybody el else. Because to hear they were laughing and they thought it was joke, its just disgusting. Reporter neighbors some who knew kevin and some who did not are taking up a collection to help post a reward. The victim being laid to rest on saturday. As police work to try to find the teenagers responsible for killing him. Dawn timmeney, fox 29 news. Septa Police Say Surveillance video shows a 15yearold boy disappearing on a train mat form the night before officers found him electrocuted on top of Regional Rail train last week. Investigators say security cameras at suburban station show ray quon jones late thanksgiving night on the platform. Officers say after he disappeared from view the electricity surged knocking out power. They found his body the neck morning on the roof of a train at Jefferson Station in center city. Police say jones had been missing from his foster home since september. Prosecutors filed charges tonight after a fight outside a pizza shop that turn deadly. 21yearold man and his girlfriend were outside of a pizza shop in University City last night when police say 24yearold joseph, intervened thinking he was protecting the woman and shot the man in the chest. He died right there. We just heard people screa screaming and running in every direction and car horns and the police were here within a few minutes. Prosecutors have charged the man who shot him with murder. A camden man now facing charges in the death of a 53yearold andrew mack garrig garrigle. He died on thanksgiving from head injuries. Now 34yearold Johnny Morgan faces first degree aggravated manslaughter. The actual incident happened on november 3rd in atlantic city. Mcgarrigle died 20 days later if convicted morgan faces ten to 30 years in new jersey state pris prison. The royal engagement is all the buzz, and now were hearing from Prince William who says hes happy for his little brother for more than one reas reason. And something is wrong with emoji. Can you tell what it is . It set off this big old online debate. Now google is on getting a cancer diagnosis is difficult. Getting an appointment to discuss your Treatment Options shouldnt be. Meet with a ctca cancer specialist in philadelphia, in as little as 24 hours. Learn more at cancercenter. Com appointment miim alive and have a second chance. James im thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. Darlene im thankful to be able to help people in crisis. Vanessa im thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. Christie new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. But if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know we are here for you. This Holiday Season, choose help. Call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj. Gov. Vigil tonight for bicyclist killed by trash truck yesterday. The Bicycle Coalition of greater philadelphia are a ranged the vigil 24yearold emily frederick. Hundreds people gathered where it happened at 11th spruce streets lighting candles. Fredericks died yesterday morning after a private garbage truck hit her. After enduring hur ma one family is get new chapter here in philadelphia. We first told about gene last week. Hurricane destroyed his familys home in puerto rico. So he brought his three children, his pregnant why and his mom to the us. Of course specifically but he need add job after our story aired job offers poured n he landed a cyst ant manager position at a cheltenham chick phil hey. Thanks to you guys, that really helped me out a lot to be honest. The same exact day the news went up on the news, um, i had a bunch of calls. Can you believe it . No. To be honest no. Im shocked. Especially at this position. Its super cool. Isnt it . He says he already feels at home here in philadelphia and hell take all of the overtime he can get. That is great stuff. If you get thirsty on the Schuylkill River trail through the rest of the winter, youre on your own. Philadelphias Water Department is preparing for winter which means shutting down all four Schuylkill River trail water stations. The stations of course serve as fountains and bottle filling stations and ground level bowls for dogs shutting them protects the pipes so they dont burst during the freezing temperatur temperatures. Whenever that happens. The state station will reopen during the spring. A lot of folks very excited about the royal engagement that includes Prince William the duke of cambridge is right now helsinki key finland on an official visit today he offer his best wishes to his best brother prince harry. By now you know harry will marry Meghan Markle in may. Prince william is happy his brothers bachelor days are ending for more than one reason. I hope it means he stays out of my fridge. Scourging all of my food the last few years. Thats so funny. It seems 2018 shaping up to be really busy one for the royal family. Prince william and his wife kate are also expecting their third child in april. In your health tonight even though it may not feel like winter is around the corner the nice weather comes with a bit of a price. Fall allergies are lingering and doctors say other late fall tasks can make the sniffling and sneezing linger even longer. So theyre warning pollen isnt a problem only one anyhow but mold certainly is. Warmer windier and wet weather is creating mold exposure they say all those little spores are out there. As we head into the holiday, you might want to watch your Real Christmas tree if you got one of those because it can harbor mold of its own and if youre not safe with a fake tree, that dust its been collecting could fire up those allergies. If you bring the tree from the basement that its cleaned properly outside the house first before you start putting, uppi upping, ornaments on. Doctors also warn to be careful with food at holiday parties. Take any allergy pill before you go to one of those parties. Its like all these warnings. You know what, just relax and enjoy you cant do anything. I know. Its all going to be all right. We can all relax. Despite mold spores in trees. Allentown was absolutely gorgeous, kathy. Tell was, november of course does it end tomorrow . Is it tomorrow. Yeah. Tomorrow is the last day of november and its the end of hurricane season. Finally. You talk about those allergies, though, my son is allergic to peanut and tree nuts and ant dorothy grinds up walnuts in her chocolate chip cookies we didnt know it last year. Aunt dorothy didnt know about williams allergies. She does now. You got to be careful about that stuff. Take look at the mountains we have snow in the poconos but we need some colder temperatures. Well get some tonight. Temperatures will be in the 20s overnight. So thats good news for snow making temperature is 46 degrees. The high today 64. The winds picking up on the north northeast at 15 miles an hour. Take a look at the temperatures. 46 in philadelphia. 44 in chicago. St. Louis 50. Pretty mild for this hour and were going to see another milder day tomorrow. Ultimate doppler shows clear skies for the philadelphia area. But look whats coming. Some clouds associated with a cold front. Its not a very strong front but it will bring in the clouds tomorrow morning, and then a little bit of clearing in the afternoon before this front moves through. Now some showers with this not a lot. A passing shower here or there after 9 00 oclock in the lehigh valley. Overnight for philadelphia south and east then by the Early Morning hours of friday, were just going to be seeing clear skies. So thatrainfalling whenmost of us are sleeping. Friday a decent day with temperatures above average but just not 60s. As we look at the normal high for this time of year its only 51. Yesterday 61. Today 64. Till above average thursday and friday but by friday temperatures kind of take little bit of a dive. Not much snow cover along the continue nem u. S. Only about 8 , loon at this. Above average now through early next week. Its midweek next week that we start to see little bit of a chill with an arctic blast coming in to the central part of the country. This is next wednesday that was next saturday and some of that cold air moving toward the east. Look at the jet stream down south through central florida. That cold air will go pretty far south. By the afternoon a mix of sun and clouds the High Temperature 54 in philadelphia. Decent day and not much wind. On your seven day forecast from the weather authority, friday 53. Saturday cooler. Sunday temperatures on the rise again. Mid 50s by next monday. Near 60 next tuesday. And this is when that colder air begins to move back in on wednesday after that it could feel like december. Oh well. Thats your seven day forecast. Its about time i guess, right. Yeah. Thank you kathy. So kristen, youre fired up about something. Lucy all football world pretty taken back yesterday when the giants benched eli manning a decision i think was fill little rivers calls it pathetic. Carson wentz says its unfortunate. Marshawn launch says it was as crazy as not running ball from the 1 yard in the super bowl. All of the guys are talking about the giants benching eli manning. I know the new york rivalry with philly runs deep. Theres hate for big blue. Eli got raw deal. Manning started 210 straight games for new york. Won two super bowl mvps even wentz who says they talked a bit after games says eli was always able to deliver on those big plays. So benching him for a guy like geno smith guy who the jets wanted to get rid of . It was a shock. Especially with five games to go in the season. Champion like eli deserved better. Now i understand the giants want to move in another direction. Its time. Give third round pick davis web a shot now but for a guy whos meant so much to this franchise dont respect him like this. You cant blame the fact that almost half of your team is injured and your two and nine record thats not all on eli alone. Hes not your scapegoat. So dont treat him like one. Philly fans you can keep hating on new york just not this decision. Lucy. I like eli manning. Met him once. Very nice humble guy and not a bad into the bat player. Fresh fix for apparent i me joe. Google is fixing a mistake in its cheeseburger. Can you see it. Burger fans criticize thed the company after it placed the cheese under the patti. Instead of on top. New version of the emoji is part of android 8. 1 update fixing the cheese for you there you go. Thank god i know. All is right with the world again. Pressing issue. That was. My goodness. Issue number one. Yeah. Theres a lot of issues going on. Id like to be in charge of that. Wouldnt that be a good job. Changing the cheese today, kristen. [ laughter ] back here at 4am for good day really . Really . Really . Really . Really . Really . See zero in a whole new way. Get zero down, zero deposit, zero first months payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. Now with the people first warranty. Announcer today on tmz harvey ok, hit like an earthquake today, matt lauer fired by nbc. We are devastated. Harvey fact is, they must have known about this for years. Katie couric may have sort of started this unintentionally. She was on watch what happens live with andy cohen. What is matts most annoying habit . He pinches me in the ass. Yeah. Victorias secret fashion show was last night and they had a viewing party and bella hadid showed up and shes killing it in this dress. Do any of these girls do something . I pose. Harvey i walk. It was kind of interesting for the show, ming xi, she fell and when she gets backstage, they just show her bursting into tears. But i want her to be show irl style where she fell down and fell on purpose. We have lisa vanderpump. Shes british
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