confronted matt lauer and he did not deny it. that led to the process of him being fired. nbc also tells us that matt lauer was fired for cause, which implies he will not be paid out for rest of his contract but nbc news is not confirming that implication explicitly one way or the other. nbc is our parent company here. reporting on this story taking place in our own proverbial house as best as we've been able to report it out today. as far as i personally can tell, these are the open questions important as of tonight. open questions that i should say we expect we should get answers to at some point. first one obviously, will there be more people who come forward with accusations about matt lauer? already over the course of today that's started to happen. after firing was announced, "variety" published accounts from three women separate from the complaint made monday night.