Lauer was just fired from nbc for inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace. But will the top executives at nbc and comcast be fired for putting out so much fake news. Check out andy lacks past. Matt lauer was the face of nbc news a fixture the franchise. Reporter public radio icon garrison keeler says he was also fired wednesday by Minnesota Public Radio for what the network called allegations of improper behavior. Keeler the former host of a prairie home companion claims he was fired because he put his hand on womans bare back while trying to console her. Keeler says he apologized when the woman recoiled and claimed they remained friendly quote until her lawyer called. Keeler says at age 75 he has no interest in arguing about this. In new york, rick leventhal, fox news. The lauer and keeler incidents are among the most surprising in part because the accused have lonegan been considered to be so professional such gentlemen. Bruce gordon joins us now to provide some context for th
Show cohost matt lauer. She read a statement from andy lack saying in part on monday night we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by matt lauer. Lack went on to say, while it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over 20 years hes been at nbc news, we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been isolated incident. And so in fewer than 35 hours after the complaint, lauer went from a National Morning show fixture to fired. His colleagues at the today show could not contain their shock. For the moment all we can say is that we are heart broken. Im heart broken for matt he is hes my dear dear friend and my partner and hes beloved by many, many people im heart broken for the brave colleague who came forward to tell her story and any other women who have their own stories to tell. And we are grappling with a dilemma that so many people have passed these past few weeks how do you reconcile your lov
Different side of the today show host. We are devastated and we are still processing all of this. Fired for inappropriate sexual behavior. America stay tuned. Now fox 29 news at 10 00. The bombshells keep droppi dropping. Matt lauer accused of inappropriate sexual behavior. Americans woke up to find out the beloved tv host is out of job. And tonight we know a lot more about the decision to fire the today show host. Thank you for joining us at 10 00. Im lucy noland. Im iain page. Just before they went on the air, many today show staffers found out the man whos been the face of that show for 20 years would not be sitting in the anchor chair. And tonight new video and allegations about what lauer did behind the scenes at nbc. Chris oconnell its has been following the story for us all day and joins us live in our operations sent. Chris. Reporter iain, even more women have come out tonight with new allegations against Nbcs Matt Lauer for sexual miscondu misconduct. Tonight one of the most r
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Arrested because transporting cannabis is not legal until january 1st. What is correct about this statement is a recreation license is needed to operate in a recreational market on january 1st. That is a correct statement, but the industry has existed legally in a medicinal way for years before january 1st, 2018. Seymour says olki is licensed to transport medicinal products, so that should be legal even today and the drivers showed that documentation to chp officers who took the van anyway. That was last friday. Its been a week and still no word on the van or marijuana which could be destroyed by the chp or left to rot. So i can understand where theres a gap in the education. What i dont understand at this point is why a week later were still dealing with this situation. We reached out to the chp and after numerous phone calls they said they couldnt comment because the mendocino d. A. Is reviewing the matter, but the d. A. s office said they have not received the file from chp. Isnt it