This is the cbs evening news. Mason good evening. Im Anthony Mason. Another powerful man has been brought down by accusations he sexually abused women. This time, matt lauer, known to millions of tv viewers as the amiable host of today show. Nbc news fired him today for what he was allegedly doing off camera. Heres bianna golodryga. Welcome to today, and hoa is with me because this is a sad day. Reporter a visibly shaken savanna guthrie broke the news only moments after learning it herself her cohost, matt lauer, had been fired over allegations of swul misconduct. You know, for the moment, all we can say is that we are heartbroken. Reporter nbc chairman andy lack made the decision after an hourslong meeting with an nbc staffer and her attorney where she rereportedly detailed egregious acts of Sexual Harassment by lauer in 2014. Both New York Times and variety magazine reported the incident which began at the sochi olympics. They went on report additional cases of swul misconduct by lau
Captioning sponsor s this is a sad morning here at today and at nbc news. Mason tonight, the Sexual Misconduct allegations that led nbc to fire matt lauer. And im heartbroken for the brave colleague who came forward to tell her story. Mason also tonight, the president retweets antimuslim videos. An arrest in a series of murders that terrorized tampa. No, he did not tell us why he was doing this. Is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane . Mason a computer scheduling glitch leaves thousands of holiday flights without pilots. And these guys have a plane to catch. Can they do it . Stay tuned. This is the cbs evening news. Mason and this is our western edition. Good evening. Im Anthony Mason. Another powerful man has been brought down by accusations he sexually abused women. This time, matt lauer, known to millions of tv viewers as the amiable host of today show. Nbc news fired him today for what he was allegedly doing off camera. Heres bianna golodryga. Welcome to today, and h
And sri lankas equivalent buddhists, the equivalent of christianitys nuns, fight for recognition. Good morning its 9am in singapore, and 1am in london. New evidence of chinas crackdown on muslim minorities has been revealed in a leaked document seen by bbc news. The file sets out how the authorities decided the fate of more than three hundred uighur detainees, a fraction of the million or so held in secure facilities across the province of xinjiang. Chinese diplomats deny that beijing was targeting any specific religious or ethnic group. Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale has been examining the document. For two years now, the bbc has reported on camps like these in western china where about a million uighurs and other muslim minorities have been detained without trial. China says the uighurs held here learn chinese and communist Party Doctrine as part of an attempt to combat extremism and terrorism. But a leaked document seen by the bbc suggests these camps are part of a compr
Good morning, its 8am in singapore, and midnight in london. New evidence of chinas crackdown on muslim minorities has been revealed in a leaked document seen by bbc news. The file sets out how the authorities decided the fate of more than 300 uighur detainees a fraction of the million or so held in secure facilities across the province of xinjiang. Chinese diplomats deny that beijing was targeting any specific religious or ethnic group. Our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, has been examining the document. For two years now, the bbc has reported on camps like these in western china where about a million uighurs and other muslim minorities have been detained without trial. China says the uighurs held here learn chinese and communist Party Doctrine as part of an attempt to combat extremism and terrorism. But a leaked document seen by the bbc suggests these camps are part of a comprehensive crackdown on religious practice. Across 137 pages, the spreadsheet sets out in huge detail w