nbc which were ignored. in september, lauer interviewed bill o reilly who had just been fired from fox news over allegations of sexual misconduct. doesn t it seem safe to assume the people at fox news were given a piece of information or given some evidence that simply made it impossible for to you stay on at fox news? that s a false assumption. but you don t let your number one guy go. sure you do. unless you have information that you think makes him there that s not true. for nbc news the star anchor s departure is an enormous loss. lauer has been the face of the network during pivotal news events, influencing the world s most influential people. that s nbc news stephanie govg. for more, i am joined by senior editor claire atkins. thank you for this story. it s what it is or something more here we should know about, the context, who knew about this, whatever? reporter: i think people always ask those questions about who knew what when? i think with these allegation