Story. Reporter good morning. Breaking news overnight. Matt lauer has been terminated from nbc news. Matt lauers today show coanchor Savannah Guthrie breaking the news live onair. Our chairman said a colleague had come forward reporting behavior in violation of our companys standards. Reporter according to an nbc spokesperson, lauers accuser is accusing inappropriate sexual behavior throughout 2014. How do you reconcile your love for someone with the revelation that they have behaved badically. Reporter a mainstay of the today show for nearly a quarter of a century. Lauers abrupt departure leaves colleagues in shock. Ive known matt for 15 years and ive loved him as a friend, as a colleague still dealing with the news of a friend of 30 years and were all trying to process it. Reporter President Trump was quick to tweet about matt lauers firing, hes facing allegations of his own. At least 16 women have accused the president of sexual misconduct. The president has denied the accusations,
News, the president needs a win. The stumbling block on taxes here, with bob corker towards the end, whats your read on that . Well, im not surprised. Bob corker and jeff flake have been deficit hawks their entire careers. The republican party, we used to be the party of fiscal responsibility, so ballooning the deficit and these kinds of fiscal issues used to be at the heart of republican policy. So, the fact that theyre sticking to their guns on this isnt surprising. But this report now saying that, you know, were talking another 1 trillion but a little bit of a damp sbeer ter into the plans. Theres another issue here that i think people who are criticizing the process, theyre actually right about that. When tax reform was passed in the 80s, there were like 30plus hearings, it went on for ten months. When you have something of this magnitude, usually theres a hearing process where you have experts that talk about this and they can hammer these things out through the Committee Process.