Florida neighborhood. The tip from a local fast food chain that led to his capture today. Wednesday, november 29th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Hoda is here with me this morning. This is a sad morning here at today and nbc news. Nbc news chairman andy lack sent the following note to our organization. Dear, colleagues, on monday night, we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by matt lauer. It represented, after a serious review, a clear violation of our companys standards. As a result, weve decided to terminate his employment. While it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over 20 years he has been at nbc news, we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident. Our highest priority is to create a Workplace Environment where everyone feels saf
Wednesday, november 29th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Hoda is here with me this morning. This is a sad morning here at today and nbc news. Nbc news chairman andy lack sent the following note to our organization. Dear colleagues, on monday night, we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by matt lauer. It represented, after a serious review, a clear violation of our companys standards. As a result, weve decided to terminate his employment. While it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over 20 years he has been at nbc news, we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident. Our highest priority is to create a Workplace Environment where everyone feels safe and protected. And any action that runs counter to our core values are met with consequences. We are saddened by these events.
The conservative movement on the other, so this is a natural kind of looking at that area. Natural kind of outgrowth of her previous work looking at that area. Heather has watched maybe not watched every single one of 33 years of firing line episodes but pretty close. She is probably the reigning expert now on all things related to firing line. Please help me welcome Heather Hendershot to the podium. [applause] she is probably the reigning sother hendershot thanks much. It is really great to be here, particularly here at the Hoover Institution because hoover was so important to the research i did on the book. I was out at stanford where all the papers are, and the preserved all the episodes in the papers and transcripts, i really could not have done it without the Hoover Institution, so it is great to be here. The first thing that people ask me about this book is why did you write it . The short, quick answer in part is this guy. Book been working on the since 2011, and about a year an
This statue . We are all chicagoans. I am going to shame you a little bit, you should know what may be the best sculpture of lincoln from the 19th century, linkin park. Lincoln park. There is free admission there. Aep outside next time, it is amazing sculpture. It is called the standing lincoln. But we will get back to this. I love this material. Hesso moved by lincoln, his error his era. I am in love with his body there are lots of things to say about his photographs. I do not dress up like Abraham Lincoln, even though i am tall and thin my came. Maybe one day. Thatg said that, i realize public history or formative history or living history is really important. Lincoln actors have a wonderful place in history. We have one of them and our history department. I used to give lots of talks like this in the state of illinois leading up to his bicentennial, the bicentennial of the birth of lincoln back of Abraham Lincoln in art andin 2009. He was born in 1809. Illinois is a huge state, and
The 19th century in linkin park are behind the chicago history museum. Just like the fact that you have free admission to the arts institute, you also have free admission to the chicago history museum. Step outside and look at the fantastic sculpture. The man or the standing lincoln. We will get back to this. I love this material. I am so moved by lincoln and by his era and by the art and imagery about him. I know it sounds creepy. Im in love with his body. Withll see in photographs him there is a lot to say. I know i am old and thin and tall. I do not just of like Abraham Lincoln. Maybe one day. Realizeaid that, i public history or performative history or living history is really, really important. Actors have a real important place in the way we understand history. If youre interested in that, we have a wonderful scholar in the History Department whose specialty that is. I used to give talks like this in the state of illinois. In 1809. Born afound out that illinois is huge states, re