the firing happens overnight. we get the news about the firing this morning and all of these detailed allegations unfold over the course of today. and those allegations have been in some cases reported to nbc news human resources. and in several cases they've been reported out into detail in "variety" and "the new york times." so that's one of the open questions here. will more accusers come forward? beyond that, though, now that there are multiple allegations involving multiple nbc employees over multiple years, that, of course, raises the question of whether nbc had knowledge of allegations about matt lauer in the past, and if so, how were those allegations handled? today, "variety" made a nonspecific claim that several women, quote, complained to executives at the network about lauer's behavior which fell on deaf ears. now, nbc news today took issue with that. they responded to that by saying prior to monday night this week, quote, we can say unequivocally that prior to monday night, current nbc news management was