Its rumored that lauer was earning upwards of 20 million a year in his contract that wasnt up until 2018. Its not known if nbc will pay him out. Matt lauer was the face of the today show for 20 years but he was more than that, he was also a big part of its editorial institutional voice. Nbc has been so good to me. I have not one complaint with the way ive been treated here. Lauer has not yet commented on the allegations. With this termination, lauer becomes the third news titan in seven months to be taken down by allegations of sexual harassment. Last week, cbs this mornings charlie rose was fired and in april it was fox news bill oreilly. This was a hit job, a political and financial hit job. Oreillys first interview after getting fired was with lauer in september. Many now accuse him of being a hypocrite for his pointed tone. Think about those five women, and filed complaints against the biggest star at the network they work at, think of how intimidating that must have been. However,
This morning we lead with a story that has rocked hollywood, capitol hill and now the halls here at nbc. Allegations of Sexual Misconduct involving powerful figures. The stunning news, our today show colleague matt lauer was fired over allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior made by another one of our colleagues. It was a development that left millions of morning tv viewers and certainly many in this building shocked after lauers two decades in the today anchor chair. Theres been no comment so far from lauer about the accusation thats go back years. Even as variety reports on what it calls a pattern of Sexual Misconduct on lauers part. An nbc news spokesperson now says two more accusers have come forward since news of lauers firing broke. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk has the latest. Reporter the allegation of inappropriate Sexual Conduct was made monday night, roughly 24 hours later matt lauer, anchor of nbcs today show for 20 years, was fired. In a statement, nbc news chairman andy lack s
Im like, no. And Lionel Richie. This is entertainment tonight. Its t the headline that everyone is talking about. Matt lauer fired from the today show and accused of sexual misconduct. We have been gathering new information all day about the alarming allegation and the turmoil its causing at today. We are grappling with the dilemma that so many people have faced these past few weeks. How do you reconcile your love for someone with the revelation that they have behaved badly . And i dont know the answer to that. I texted him this morning and i said, i adore you, and no person is perfect in this world. Nobody is, weve all sinned and fallen short of the glory of god is what scripture says. You love someone so much and then hear something and you go, wait, they doesnt make sense. Nbc says that on monday night it, quote, received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by matt lauer. Still dealing with the news of a friend of 30 years and w
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The dow crossed 24 how for the first time yesterday, but for the month the dow was up 3. 83 the s p up 2. 1 and the knanasdaq up 2. 17 . Telecoms led the way for the month. Check out the u. S. Futures those gains yesterday were something to see the dow Jones Crossing 24,000 for the first time the s p 500 was up by 0. 8 yesterday. All of these things we have been watching closely you are seeing a pull back this morning. Maybe related to what were seeing in europe the declines there are more significant. Declines in europe are because of the tax deal. You think absolutely. After we got so close last night. Its not just the declines in europe, europe is not matching 350 points of gains that we had here yesterday but the 350 points, that was at 4 00, all of this stuff they were supposed to vote yesterday. Im surprised theres not a bigger decline this morning based on the snags in the tax bill it was supposed to happen if we knew it would happen today, there would be further gains, now its