The images from miami today. The swimmers in the ocean. They have no idea there is a shark right there. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a thursday night. And we begin tonight with matt lauer, breaking his silence, 24 hours after being fired as the longtime cohost of the today show. He is now apologizing, in a statement expressing, quote, sorrow and regret for the pain he has caused, saying repairing the damage is now his fulltime job. Lauer seen for the first time in photos from thedailymail. Com. Leaving his home on long island, in the hamptons. As tonight, a clearer picture of the allegations now emerge. And the questions, who at nbc new what and when . Abcs linsey davis leading us off. Reporter 24 hours after his firing, the former today show host, seen here in photos by dailymail. Com, leaving his 33 million estate on long island, new york. Matt lauer now breaking his silence, saying in a statement there are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the p
Were joined live. The New York Times said lauer summoned her to his office and had sex with her and she complied out of fear of losing her job. Heres the reaction this morning from lauers cohost after the firing but before the allegations of the details against him went public. Im heartbroken for matt. He is my dear, dear friend and my partner and beloved by many people here and heartbroken by the brave colleague who told her story and other women who have their own stories to tell. Shannon lauer is the latest in the string of journalists and police stations politicians and the complaint was the first formal finding and acted swiftly. Variety said the rude behavior wasnt a secret. Several women said they complained to executives at the network which fell on deaf ears given the lucrative advertising surroundings. Nbc declined to comment. The morning news show was number one in the ratings and executives were eager to keep him happy. So far no public response from the former anchor. Here
Has gone off like a proverbial bob inside this building. I dont have any access to special Insider Information about the story because i work here. I sort of wish i did. But we have spent a considerable portion of today trying to report out the details of this story. How it was handled. How big of a scandal this is. Weve been working on that today since this news broke this morning and well have our version of this story coming up in just a moment. Along with nbc news report stephanie gosk, who is aggressively reporting this story for nbc news. Again, with all of the awkwardness that comes from the fact that this is an nbc news story. Again, it is weird to report on a story that is directly about an organization that you are a part of, but when these things come up, thats what youve got to do. So weve got that story ahead. Our colleagues across town at cnn had to deal with their own iteration of this story today. A senior producer on jake tappers show was fired from cnn today for, quot
Has covered this three years ago in mexico city, author of the book el narco. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you. Tucker it looks very much like the Mexican Government is losing control of its own country in what appears to be like a fullblown war with the drug cartels. Is that what is happening . Look, ive been covering this for 18 years, this conflict, this mass destruction here in mexico. And its really a mix between crime and war. You have drug cartels who are very heavily armed, they have 50 cals, they have fragmentation grenades, rbg 7s, but you have not really a civil war you can understand in the normal terms we can look at. You have horrific things ive covered. Ive been to mass graves with 250 bodies. Ive seen many, many tragedies, like the one we saw with the family, the real tragedy we saw on monday. And this government is really continuing a trend of various governments who have not found any kind of policy to deal with this and to deal with cartels who have billio
Three years ago in mexico city, author of the book el narco. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you. Tucker it looks very much like the Mexican Government is losing control of its own country in what appears to be like a fullblown war with the drug cartels. Is that what is happening . Look, ive been covering this for 18 years, this conflict, this mass destruction here in mexico. And its really a mix between crime and war. You have drug cartels who are very heavily armed, they have 50 cals, fragmentation grenades, rbg 7s, but you have not really a civil war you can understand in the normal terms we can look at. You have horrific things ive covered, ive been to mass graves with 250 bodies. Ive seen many, many tragedies, like the one we saw with the family, the real tragedy we saw on monday. And this government is really continuing a trend of various governments who have not found any kind of policy to deal with this and to deal with cartels who have billions of dollars sending drugs