Heard from the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, who said President Trumps phone call at the heart of this investigation was attempted bribery. That is significant, those choice of words. Now this morning we are going to hear from Marie Yovanovitch. She was the u. S. Ambassador to ukraine from august 2016 until President Trump recalled her six months ago. Yovanovitch says she was removed because she stood in the way of getting ukraines government to investigate joibd and his son hunter and a Conspiracy Theory. Lets go back inside the hearing room as we watch some of the arrives there in what is expected to be a day of discovery by the house democrats. And we will see the republican strategy. We have got a team of correspondent entz covering this from capitol hill to the white house. Margaret brennan joins us here, our host of face the nation. I know you have been speaking with people close to the ambassador. What is she likely the say today . What are we likely to learn . It will be
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