Tiger woods on the comeback trail. And its on. Joy to the world the worlds most famous Christmas Tree comes to life, and Rockefeller Center is shining bright today, thursday, november 30th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Than thanks so much for being with us on a thursday morning. Pretty shot. Our rockefeller Christmas Tree is ready for the holidays. We had a nice Time Lighting that yesterday. This is a difficult morning. The top story is once again about our former colleague, matt lauer. Moments ago, we received a statement from matt. Let me read it to you. There are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain i have caused others by words and actions. To the people i have hurt, i am truly sorry. As i am writing this, i realize the depth of the damage and disappointment i have left behind at home and at nbc. Some of what is being said about me is untrue or mischaracterized, bu
Reporter the process was quick and swift. Nbc says they were brought information about lauer monday night. 36 hours later the network was already taking action. Good morning, breaking news overnight, matt lauer has been terminated from nbc news. Voice trembling, Savannah Guthrie delivered the news she heard just hours before. Released a statement saying a colleague come forward reporting behavior in violation with company standards. How do you reconcile love for someone with the revelation theyve been behaving badly . Revelations in the work for lauers but for many people, huge shock. Two new employees have come forward with reports against lauer. Adding to report released by variety detailing twomonth long investigation. Citing at least two women. Hearing from multiple sources but problem with matt lauer, he had so much power, nobody wanted to peek. Reporter claims lauer allegedly gave a colleague a sex toy as present and included explicit note. Another female employee, summoned her t
Affected. The company is scrambling to avoid a holiday meltdown. And in our series a more Perfect Union, how autoworkers in ohio build a robotic arm for a coworker in need. We begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Nbc is absolutely reeling. Its more than a scandal. Its a betrayal. I honestly want answers from nbc. Sexual misconduct allegations mount against matt lauer. There were highlevel employees that were aware. The Prime Minister the threat is real, and that is what the president is talking about. Jared kushner met earlier this month. Michael flynn was the main topic of conversation. The United Nations Security Council held a special meeting. American airlines is scrambling to find pilots due the a scheduling glitch. All that Prince William with the real reason why hes happy his brother is finally getting married. They have a missile that could reach the United States. I know its terrible. I think theres something comforting about the fact its not ju
Right antiimmigrant hate group, whose leader has been convicted of religious harassment charges, just picked up for hate speech. Trump was condemned by british Prime Minister theresa may and the london mayor, among others. We will get response from al jazeera. Then the republican tax overhaul that would shower billions of dollars in tax cuts on the richest americans could go to vote as early as friday. This is the worst tax bill ive seen in my long life. It should not be called tax reform to read it actually complicates our tax structure and opens up new loopholes and gives advantage to precisely the groups that are already advantage. Amy we will speak with nobel prizewinning economist joseph stiglitz. His new book. Trump is unfit to be president. It is not just that he tweets all the time in ways that are really embarrassing to the country and he really does not understand and is not very interested in the details of Economic Policy. The president should be a leader, not a cheerleader
Glitch thats left thousands of holiday flights without pilots. Tiger woods on the comeback trail. And its on. Joy to the world the worlds most famous Christmas Tree comes to life, and Rockefeller Center is shining bright today, thursday, november 30th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Thanks so much for being with us on a thursday morning. Pretty shot. Our rockefeller Christmas Tree is ready for the holidays. We had a nice Time Lighting that last night. This morning it is a difficult morning here again because our top story is once again about our former colleague matt lauer. Moments ago we received a statement from matt. Let me read it to you. There are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain i have caused others by words and actions. To the people i have hurt, i am truly sorry. As i am writing this, i realize the depth of the damage and disappointment i have left behind at