By japanese military. Melissa kane is at that statue in st. Marys square. Reporter we are here at the comfort Women Memorial in San Francisco. When the statue was unveiled about a month ago this whole area was private land. Because of an unrelated transaction this whole area just became public land. That means that is a public statue and it is an expression of the citizens of San Francisco. That change the facts is what has the mayor of osaka threatening to sever sister city ties with San Francisco. You would say it is just a statue however i think that we can see from all of the stuff going on around statues in the country about the confederacy how important that user. Reporter judith is the president of the comfort women justice coalition. They deny the they flamed women for sex and world war ii claiming that they were not coerced or numbers were very small. This started in 2013. The then mayor of osaka said that it was right to have comfort women. That soldiers needed comfort women.
Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 11 00. Bombshells keep on dropping. Matt lauer accused of inappropriate sexual behavior. Americans woke up to find out the beloved tv host is out of a job. Tonight we know a lot more about the decision to fire the today show host. Thanks for joining us at 11 00. Im lucy noland. Just before they went on air many today show staffers found out the man whose been the face of the show for 20 years would no longer be sitting in that anchor chair. Tonight, new video and allegations about what did behind the scenes at nbc. Chris oconnell is live in the fox 29 operations center. All right, chris, what you got . Reporter lucy, matt lauer had a secret button under his desk that would lock his office door so he wouldnt even have to get up from his desk chair. Those are just some of the allegations coming out tonight against nbc news biggest star. Welcome everybody to christmas in rockefeller sent. Tonight disgraced former nbc anchor mott
Get up from his desk chair. Those are just some of the allegations coming out tonight against nbc news biggest star. Welcome everybody to christmas in rockefeller sent. Tonight disgraced former nbc anchor mott lauer notice be ally absent from the rockefeller Tree Lighting ceremony from the bombshell news this morning. We just moments this moments ago just this morning. As im sure you can imagine were devastating and we are still processing all of this. Coanchor Savannah Guthrie visibly shaken delivering the news that nbc had tired lauer one of the networks most recognizable names. In a twomonth long investigation variety magazine reports three women have accused lauer of Sexual Harassment. The allegations shocking. One accuser saying lauer wants gave a colleague a sex toy as present. A second accuser says, on another day he shopped different female employee to his office and then dropped his pants showing her his penis. And this report that lawyer had a button under his desk that allow
Looking good. Karen, thomas, back to you. Bob, thank you so much. Developing right now, homeless man, who was beaten to death in mayfair, now being remembered as a kinds and gentle soul getting the respect and death he did not get in life. Police are still looking for the people responsible. Lets get right out to jenny joyce at police headquarters, jenny . Good morning, dante was out there at the vigil last night, she reported that police have identified one of the teens involved. He left his safe phone near the scene, interviewed by investigators but has not yet been charged. Meanwhile the family and friends of kevin cullen say theyre anxious for justice around 6 00 sunday night, cullen, homeless, mayfair, was brutally beaten by a pack of he later died last night. People who knew cullen and even some who didnt, attended a vigil to honor the life after man they say was a very nice man. Police tell us he suffered a violent death. The mans head was smashed against the side after house on
Heres lester holt. And theres a live picture of the white house of the capitol, actually, of course. Ands theres the white house. In a short time, president elect trump and president obama will begin their trip to the u. S. Capitol where mr. Trump will be sworn in around noon eastern time. It will be the start of a new era in washington and this country, what many see as a clean break from the last eight years under president obama. I am joined for our coverage by chuck todd, our political director and moderator of meet the press by tom brokaw who has covered the comings and goings of president s since Lyndon Johnson and by nicole wallace, nbc political news analyst. Tom, let me start with you. We have seen in many, many campaigns where, you know, harsh words were said. But to see the relationship that weve seen between president obama and president elect trump in the last several ek well, i think that president obama wanted to go out on a high note. Hes got very good Approval Ratings