what stephanie just said. i am sure we are all and the whole world going to learn much more about this in the coming days, but this is part of a story that in many ways is reshaping the media, the media people consume at home all across the country. absolutely, charlie rhodes, matt, the head booking guy at nbc news, matt zimmerman, we re waiting for other names to come out. it also is remaking the face of the media. i have heard from friends, family, from overseas, it seems like matt lauer is known by people around the world and people are shell shocked bi eed departure. it s created a shell game on who will take the anchor chair next. now we have an anchor chair in the evening and now in the morning. today show obviously is a long leader in this game. but i think what s very important here is that you can t have matt lauer doing interviews
allegations are accurate. i always felt like i was pursuing shared feelings, although i now realize i was mistaken. here s how he answered questions outside his apartment. mr. rhodes, do you want to saying in those accusers, the people that s accusing you all of these wrong doings? it s not wrong doings. it s not wrong doings, a statement that will be debated. let me start with you, i think a lot of us know a lot of the players, i know norah and gail, i have known them a long time. and there was so much raw emotion in their statements this morning, it was hard to watch. but you covered the media for a job, what do you make of this moment? i mean, charlie rhodes, it s huge, but we have had a lot of huge issues this year, with big cases like this, billing o rei was huge, but it s only going to amplify the problem, i think
0 i you choke yourself to like, what? i don t get that. oh, no, no, no. rerack the tape and start over. like bacon. it makes everything better. all right. good morning. good morning, everyone. tuesday, june 18th. holy cow. who s on set with us, mika. with us on set msnbc contributor mike barnicle, msnbc and time magazine senior political analyst mark halperin, and in washington, pulitzer-prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post and msnbc political analyst eugene robinson. and we have a big show today. we re going to be talking about his piece in the post. chris christie will be on the show. that s great. also, justin rose, do you know who that is? yes. the new champion of the u.s. open. he ll be here on set this hour. so some guests coming up among many others. a lot of news to cover. a lot of stuff to cover. a lot of things going on. no. i m not trying to what s this new york post story here? whatever it is mark ha
summit. discussions on the civil war in syria are expected to dominate the agenda. today he ll meet with vladimir putin. the only place we can move today is to force the hand with russia. did he overstate his ability to do these things? it s truly my view that he did. new information from the documents leaked by edward snowden. the guardian newspaper reports that british and american agencies spied on top diplomats at the 2009 g-20 summit in london. called for a nationwide strike today in protest on the crackdown on demonstrators. in colorado, the wildfire is 60% contained. officials say someone started the fire. we have a crime scene in there. we have downed power lines in there. we have a long road. vladimir putin denying insinuations he stole robert kraft s super bowl ring. prince philip has left the hospital. one of the bounceback wins from san antonio. the u.s. open champion. just couldn t help but look up to the heavens and think my dad had s
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