that was at his rally in west virginia, comparing his view of international diplomatic relations to how great his mom s cooking is. it comes as we are getting new reaction from overseas to the michael cohen guilty plea and the paul manafort verdict. for that we want to go live to london to somebody who knows a thing or two about cooking turkeys, nbc news international correspondent it was too easy, cal. it was too easy. let s talk about the reaction overseas to all of the legal woes that are unfolding here. has it been muted or how are you seeing it play out? it s a tsunami. so the bbc, right, the self declared last bastion of all things that protects foreign news led today donald trump the top two stories, the third story was a million people displaced by indian flooding. that i was go us an idea how donald trump is blocking out all foreign news. let s go through the british broadcasters. itn, quote, trump directed payment of hush money to influence election. the daily mail got
lauer tonight, so far has not heard back to talk about this. our own stephanie ruhle is with us. host of the 9:00 a.m. hour on nbc. she s back at 11:00 a.m. every day at co-host of velshi and ruhle. she is a veteran of the investment banking world, who has been covering this harassment issue extensively on the air. and jim warren is back with us, a veteran print journalist, chief media writer for point institute. we want to point you to a piece he wrote on this topic tonight in the opinion section of u.s. news and world report. stephanie you get to go first. your reaction to today s news, and it s a lot. it s a lot in context. i m proud that our nightly news led with that story, but it s hard to watch that story. it s hard to watch that story to savannah s point because matt is someone we re friends with, it s someone we look up to. it s hard to watch that story because you think about the women who come forward, ask it s hard because think about other people in that business unit. t
network during pivotal news events interviewing the world s most influential people. stephanie gaus sk covering the story tonight for nbc news, which has now by the way confirmed these two more accusers have come forward. our own stephanie ruhle is with us. she s back at 11:00 a.m. every day at co-host of velshy and ruhle. she s a covet on of the banking world and covered this extensively on the air. we want to point you to a piece he wrote on this topic tonight in the opinion section of u.s. news and world report. stephanie, you get to depot first. your reaction to today s news, and it s a lot. it s a lot in context. i m proud that our nightly news led with that story, but it s hard to watch that story. it s hard to watch that story to
nbc news has reached out to matt lauer tonight, so far has not heard back to talk about this. our own stephanie ruhle is with us. host of the 9:00 a.m. hour on nbc. she s back at 11:00 a.m. every day at co-host of velshi and ruhle. she is a veteran of the investment banking world, who has been covering this harassment issue extensively on the air. and jim warren is back with us, a veteran print journalist, chief media writer for point institute. we want to point you to a piece he wrote on this topic tonight in the opinion section of u.s. news and world report. stephanie you get to go first. your reaction to today s news, and it s a lot. it s a lot in context. i m proud that our nightly news led with that story, but it s hard to watch that story. it s hard to watch that story to savannah s point because matt is someone we re friends with, it s someone we look up to. it s hard to watch that story because you think about the women who come forward, ask it s hard because think about othe
leann, to everyone else part of that tour and everyone who worked for me and i represent and who counts on me to be an ally, supporter and champion of women. the news led to condemnation from capitol hill leaders on both sides of the aisle. republican majority leader mitch mcconnell called for a full ethics investigation but stopped short of saying he should resign. democratic minority leader chuck schumer echoed mcconnell s call for the investigation and called the incident troubles. franken, who says he welcomes the ethics probe, has spoke about his trip and even spoke about her on the floor of the senate. i was kind of a co-host with a beautiful woman named leeann tweeden and we d do comedy routines. franken has been an outspoken advocate for sexual assault