Reported Sexual Misconduct in the workplace. Kris sanchez has been following the developments and joins us live from the news room with more on this. Kris, still a shocking to hear everything that happened. Yeah, for the fact his cohosts didnt know until this morning is surprising as well. In the last hour, we did learn more about the accusations against matt lauer. An nbsz Spokesman Says the accuser describes inappropriate sexual behavior throughout 2014 and it seemed to come as a surprise to matt lauers coanchor, Savannah Guthrie, who made a tearful announcement to viewers this morning. This is a sad morning here at today and nbc news. Moments ago, andy lack sent the following note to our organization. Dear colleagues, on monday night, we received a detailed complaint about inappropriate Sexual Conduct from matt lauer. It was a clear violation of standards. As a result, we have decided to terminate his employment. It is the first complaint about his behavior in the over 20 years at n
Wednesday, november 29th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Hoda is here with me this morning. This is a sad morning here at today and nbc news. Nbc news chairman andy lack sent the following note to our organization. Dear colleagues, on monday night, we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by matt lauer. It represented, after a serious review, a clear violation of our companys standards. As a result, weve decided to terminate his employment. While it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over 20 years he has been at nbc news, we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident. Our highest priority is to create a Workplace Environment where everyone feels safe and protected. And any action that runs counter to our core values are met with consequences. We are saddened by these events.
Lauer in his career at the network, the company was presented with reasons to believe this may not have been an isolated incident debt. Lauer former cohost Savannah Guthrie made that announcement at the top of today show where lauer has been an anchor for decades. Guthrie was informed moments just before going on air. This is a sad morning here at today and at nbc news. Just moments ago, nbc news andy lack sent 9 following note to our organization. We received a detail complained from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by matt lawyer. It represented after serious review a clear violation of our companys standards. As a result, we have decided to terminate his employment. While it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over 20 years he has been at nbc news, we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident. Our highest praet is to create a Workplace Environment where everyone feels safe and protected and to
Weather for next week. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. james breaking news. Today show anchor matt lauer has been fired from nbc after complaints of inappropriate sexual behavior. darya nbc released a statement saying they received the complaint on monday and they have reason to believe there were more incidents. They have not released any specifics about the complaint. Nbc anchor Savannah Guthrie reacted to the news live on air earlier this morning. Matt lauer being fired. james lauer had been the anchor of the today show for more than two decades. Just last week, cbs news fired one of its own morning anchors, charlie rose, after a report in the Washington Post chronicled years of sexual misconduct. darya breaking news from overnight. San jose police make an arrest in connection with the shooting an elementary school. james we first broke this story yesterday mor
For someone with the revelation they have behaved badly. Reporter the lawyer for the woman who made the complaint told nbc news in statement hes encouraged by nbcs response and hes in awe of the courage his client showed. Several women told variety they complained to Network Executives about his behavior and those complaints fell on deaf ears. An nbc spokesperson responded to that claim saying we can say that prior to monday night, current nbc news management was never made aware of any complaints about matt lauers conduct. A crime crew and they are just kids. Police say they went on a violent spree including armed robberies and carjacking across the south bay. One of them is just 11 years old and led police on a high speed chase. These kids who police say pulled it off. Reporter thats right. I think everybody that we talked to about these crimes was stunned. Police say there is absolutely a trend involving juveniles committing cry lent crimes but for hardened officers an 11yearold bei