public safety, and criminals have used it to victimize residents in areas they know there is no law enforcement. the app violates our guidelines and local laws and we have removed it from the app store. former today show host matt lauer speaking out tonight after a former nbc news colleague of his is accusing him of raping her. laura ingle has more on the new allegations. new details on what has happened during the sochi olympics of 2014 between the former nbc today show host and a former nbc employee could help explain why network executives moved so quickly to fire lauer in 2017 when the employee came forward. in an exit reported by variety magazine of the soon to be released book by rowan farrow titled catch and kill, former staff brooke nevels tells farrow
the allegation, deny them. so far silence from his team. meantime nbc has confirmed two women came forward and contacted network with their own allegations. that was in the wake of his firing announced on wednesday morning. the timeline here is a little bit unusual. we ve seen versions of this in the past two months since the h harvey weinstein. we saw this last week. it happened a little bit differently with lauer. executives at nbc knew the new york times and variety were working on stories about his past. but it wasn t until monday night that anyone contacted the hr department to issue a formal complaint. when that happened, an investigation ensued on tise fr tuesday. by tuesday night nbc decided to fire lauer. that s what led to the chain of events on wednesday. the shocking announcement that
so how many male ceos get asked these sorts of question. when the phones lit up and twitter caught fire lauer herself was the first to bring up the work/family balance issue. he would et this. it s an issue almost any parent, including myself, can relate to. if a man had publicly said something similar after accepting a high-level job, i would have asked him exactly the same thing. but would he really? is it perhaps the sort of sexism that men engage in. the former host who anchors inside edition yes, balancing work and family. so you heard the exchange. what did you think? you know, i m disappointed. i think a lot of people are. matt is usually a very elegant interviewer and with that aspect of the interview he simply bobbled it. it was not the right question to