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 lauer, including exposing himself and sending explicit text messages. Nbc reported today, because of the seriousness of the accusations, together with information that it may not be an isolated incident, nbc decided to terminate lauers contract. Nbc is absolutely reeling. Reporter media reporter Jim Rutenberg broke the story for the New York Times. You really cant understate how big a deal this is for nbc. Today is the franchise. Matt lauer is their biggest star. It finances a lot of their news division. I have a sickening feeling of deja vu. Reporter just last week, cbs this morning cohost charlie rose was fired after the Washington Post revealed eight allegations of swul misconduct at his pbssponsored talk show. Cbs news independently identified four women at cbs who also say rose acted inappropriately. Were very excited to be celebrating you, matt. Reporter lauer, a 59yearold married father of three, was the longeststanding cohost at the today show. He recently sat down with former fox anchor bill oreilly, himself accused of Sexual Harassment. You were the guy that the ratings and the revenues were built on. You carried that network on your shoulders. What makes it even more surreal is that both men, matt lauer, in particular, covered this very top they can led to their firing. And and that footage now will wallpaper the coverage. So that legacy is cooked. Reporter nbc news chairman andy lack said this was the first complaint about lauers behavior in over 20 years at the company. Cbs news reached out to nbc and lauer and have yet to hear back. Anthony. Mason bianna, thank you. One of the first comments on the lauer story came from the white house. Margaret brennan is there. This is a sad morning here at today and at nbc news. Reporter the president s response came just 15 minutes after nbcs stunning announcement. Wow, mr. Trump tweeted. Matt lauer was just fired from nbc for inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace. What the president didnt mention was that more than a dozen women have accused him of Sexual Misconduct. Last october, in the final weeks of the president ial campaign, Summer Zervos claimed she had repeatedly been harassed by mr. Trump in 2007. Im being truthful and will always be truthful. Reporter he was a contestant on his nbc show the apprentice. And i tried to push him away. I pushed his chest, put space between. And said, come on, man. Get real. Reporter earlier this fall, swrerveos attorney served mr. Trump a subpoena concerning all documents and any accusations that were made during the campaign. The president s lawyers fought the request. Throughout the campaign, thencandidate trump dismissed the allegations. The events never happened, never. All of these liars will be sued after the election is over. Reporter but mr. Trump has not followed flew threw on that threat, an and one of his accuss told us she never believed he would sue. White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders in late october. Is the official White House Position that all of these women are lying. We have been clear on that from the beginning and the president has spoken on it. You can do anything. Whatever you want. Reporter the president may also be trying to distance himself from the infamous access hollywood tape. One republican ally says the president has privately cast doubt on whether it was his voice on the nbc recording, even though he had publicly apologized for it. This was locker room talk. Reporter now, the white house said the president s view on that tape has not changed, but one republican source said the president often creates his own reality. Anthony. Mason Margaret Brennan at the white house, thanks. Folksy radio host Garrison Keillor was fired today for what Minnesota Public Radio calls inappropriate behavior. Keeler told the Minneapolis Star Tribune he had put his hand on a womans bare back to console her. He said her shirt was open, and his hand went up about six inches. She recoiled and he said he apologized. Keeler said the woman forgave him. We continued to be friendly, he said, right up until her lawyer called. Now to the Sexual Misconduct allegations that have shaken congress with the dean of the house, its longest serving member, among the accused. Heres chief Congressional Correspondent nancy cordes. Reporter Democrat John conyers was holed up in detroit today after leaving d. C. In the middle of the work week. He is at home with his family. They are discussing the allegations. Reporter colleagues of conyers in the Congressional Black Caucus say its not their place to urge the veteran lawmaker to resign over claims that he propositioned staffers. We think that is a decision for he and his family and his constituents to make. Reporter the house did vote today to belatedly require antiharassment training for members and their aides. The resolution is agreed to. Reporter theres also a bipartisan push to prevent lawmakers from using Government Funds to settle with accusers, as conyers did. Florida republican ron desantis if youre somebody who is in power, you can misbehave. The taxpayer will bail you out. Reporter House Speaker paul ryan said even he isnt informed when members pay off victims. Does leading by example on Sexual Harassment Mean Congress should say more about the women who have accused President Trump of misconduct . Right now, were focused on they canning sure this place works the right wray way. Reporter but some female lawmaker, like new yorks kathleen rice, have begun to ask why elected officials arent being donald trumped out like their privatesector counterparts. You see the actions cbs and nbc takes when there are allegations against very wellknown men in positions of power and we dont do the same and i think its a disgrace. Reporter other members argue that the accused deserve due process and an ethics investigation. They say lawmakers were hired by voters and should be fired by them, too. Anthony. Mason nancy cordes at the capitol. Thank you, nancy. Former doctor larry nassar pleaded guilty today to three more counts of criminal sexual conduct. Nassar was a doctor for the u. S. Womens gymnastics team. Today he admitted to sexually abusing teenagers at a Gymnastics Club in diamondale, michigan. He faces sentencing next week on child pornography charges. President trump today retweeted antimuslim videos posted by the leader of a farright Extremist Party in britain. The retweets were widely condemned, even by the president s political allies, british Prime Minister theresa may, and Television Host piers morgan, who won mr. Trumps celebrity apprentice. Mark phillips reports from london. Reporter shes an admitted agitator from the far right antiimmigrant fringe of british politics whos already been convicted of religious hate crimes and provoking muslims where they live is what she does. You think you can take over towns. Reporter and now, donald trump has done Jayda Fransen a huge favor. Was this a good day for you . Very good day, indeed. Reporter early this morning, the president retweeted threings old, largely discredited videos that fransen had dug up. One, her Britain First Party claims, shows extremists throwing somebody off a roof. It turned out to be a fight between rifle political factions in egypt and a crime for which the perpetrators were sentenced to death. Another showed a jihadist fighter destroying a christian statue, and a third claimed to show an islamic immigrant in the metherlands attacking a dutch boy on crutches. It turns out both the attacker and victim were born and bred in holland. The content of the videos is suspect, but the message is clear i think the issue here that we need to home in on is that islam has threatened the world for far too long. Reporter and that, said white house spokesperson Sarah Huckabee sanders, is why the president did what he did. Whether its its a real video, the threat is real, and that is what the president is talking about. Reporter fransen could not have had a better promoter than donald trump. She is normally seen by about 60,000 followers. The president s retweets increased her audience to over 40 million. No wonder she wrote, god bless trump, and thanks. Others were furious, including the husband of jo cox, the british member of parl who was murdered last year by a man shouting, britain first. Brendan cox these groups have always existed but theyve never had a recruiter a recruiting sergeant like the president of the u. S. Before. It makes legitimate the type of hatred that they breed. Reporter and, anthony, the criticism from the highest levels will of the government here was blunt as well. The Prime Ministers spokesman simply said, it is wrong for the president to have done this. Mason Mark Phillips in london tonight, thanks. For nearly two months, people in tampa, florida, were living in fear, as a suspected serial killer targeted residents at random. Last night, the police made an arrest, a young man they say purchased a hangun used in at least three of the killings two days before they began. Manuel bojorquez is in tampa. Reporter victims relatives embraced after tampa police chief brian dugan announced the arrest that had eluded investigators for 51 days. I assure you, this is the man who did this. Reporter Police Arrested 24yearold Howell Donaldson at this mcdonalds in ybor city after an employee alerted them to a handgun inside a food bag donaldson asked her to look after. He admitted that he owned the gun, but he did not admit to the murders. Reporter Police Say Donaldson terrorized the Seminole Heights neighborhood of camp akilling four people since october benjamin mitchell, monica hoffa, anthony naiboa, and ronald felton. F. B. I. reporter officers flooded the streets with few cliewrkz except the surveillance video. Investigators say they have found a hollywoody similar to the one seen here in donaldsons car. What still confound police and people here is the lack of a clear motive. For monic monica hoffas uncle, robert, relief over the arrest is enough for now. Its like having somebody sit on your chest for 51 days and youre not breathing, and this 50second day you take your first breath of air. Reporter Police Say Donaldson did not live in the Seminole Heights neighborhood, and at this point has no known connection here. Tonight, residents say theyll be able to sleep well for the first time in nearly two months. Anthony. Mason Manuel Bojorquez in tampa. Thanks, manny. At a News Conference today, our paula reid asked attorney general Jeff Sessions about his departments civil rights priorities. Her question seemed to touch a nerve. Paula, what happened . Reporter anthony, i tried to ask attorney general Jeff Sessions about the Justice Departments investigation into Harvard Universitys use of race in admissions. At issue is whether the elite school discriminates against Asian American students by holding thoam a higher standard than other applicants. Letters we have obtained show Civil Rights Division investigators concluded the school is out of compliance with federal law. Now former justice officials tell me this kind of investigation is unprecedented. The letters also indicate harvard is refusing to hand over documents and has gone so far as to challenge the departments authority to investigate. The Justice Department has threatened to sue the university if it does not cooperate. Now, none of this should have come as a surprise to the attorney general or his staff, but when i brought it up, heres what happened. Mr. Attorney general, your civil rights department, for the most part, has not done many investigations into systemic racial discrimination, but are you currently investigating. This is the attorney general of the united states. I understand youre doing your job, but im doing mine, too. Youre your Civil Rights Division is investigating Harvard University for possible civil Rights Violations related to affirmative action, possibly discriminating against Asian Americans and white students. Why is this a priority for your administration. We will take an ontopic question. Why cant he answer that. This is about opioid. He was able to ask about alabama, he was able to ask about sanctuary cities. We regularly ask about ongoing investigations, and mr. Sessions staff regularly declined to comment. But not allowing the attorney general to deal with a question at an open press conference is unusual. Mason thank you. A convicted bosnian war criminal was sentenced today to 20 years by a u. N. Judge in the haig. The man gave himself a death sentence when he drank what he said was poison. He was rushed to the hospital but later died. He was 72, a former philosophy prefer in the 1990s. He coming up next on the cbs evening news, an Airline Mistakenly let thousands of pilots take vacation during the holidays. Holidays. And later, these guys dont want to miss their plane. Think youll need in retirement . Then we found out how many years that money would last them. How long do you think well keep oooooohhh you stopped youre gonna leave me back here at year 9 . How did this happen . It turned out, a lot of people fell short, of even the average length of retirement. We have to think about not when we expect to live to, but when we could live to. 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Reporter the Software Glitch was in the system handling scheduling for American Airlines 15,000 pilots, allowing too many to take vacation during the very busy Christmas Travel season. Their union says right now, so many pilots are scheduled off, more than 15,000 flights between december 17 and the 31st are at risk of being canceled. We dont want the story the grinch that stole christmas at American Airlines. Were going to have to get creative. It will require a partnership in figuring out how we get those over15,000 flights manned with captains and first officers. Its a heavy lift. Reporter american says it will use reserve crews to fill some of the void and is offering time and a half for pilots willing to pick up certain routes. The airline declined to go on camera, saying in a statement, we are working diligently to address the expoosh expect to avoid cancellations this holiday season. This was a terrible screwup by American Airlines. Reporter industry analyst Henry Harteveldt says now is not the time for holiday travelers to panic. Is there a risk some flights may be canceled . Yes. I dont think the real number, though, is going to be anywhere close to 15,000. Reporter, of course, thats not factoring in any cancellations due to weather or other issues. Now, american is declining to estimate how many dpliets it thinks could be impacted. The airline says it believes it will be able to fill many of those empty pilot spots in the next few days and, anthony, you can bet, we will be watching. Mason still ahead, the simple steps older drivers can take to make the ride safer. G y all those laxatives, daily probiotics, endless fiber it could be wearing on you. Tell your doctor what youve tried, and how long youve been at it. Linzess works differently from laxatives. Linzess treats adults with ibs with constipation or chronic constipation. 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Says about 90 dogs have reportedly become ill from the treats. 15 have died. Theres a new measure tonight of americas obesity epidemic. Harvard researchers looked at the height and weight of more than 41,000 people. They found more than onethird of adults and one in six children are obese. The researchers estimate 57 of children and teens will be obese by the time theyre 35, even if theyre not obese now. On the horizon, the speed limit may be 65, but theres no age limit. According to a federal study out today, a Record Number of drivers are seniors. Nearly 42 million. One in five are 65 or older. A. A. A. Says 90 of seniors fail to make simple adjustments to their cars to improve safety, for example, pedal extensions and seat cushion for better visibility, and Steering Wheel covers to improve grip. Weve posted a. A. A. s recommendation on cb cbsnews. Co. Up next, what some people will do to avoid a baggage fee. Mason finally tonight, two french men were determined not to mistheir flight. In theory, their stunt was quite simple all fred fugen and vince reffet had to do was strap on a wing suit, then leap from a 13,000foot mountain in the swiss alps and fly into the open door of a light plane. Turns out, its not so easy. Every near miss meant gliding back to earth and starting all over. Working with red bull, they practiced the stunt more than 100 times until they got it just right. With their manmade wings, they soared down the mountain head first. The plane dove after them, slowing to the same speed, about 85 miles an hour. Suddenly, the target was in sight. Go for entry. Reporter reffett went first. Not most graceful landing but who cares. Fugen was next, and he nailed it. cheers mason thats what i call winging it. Thats the cbs evening news. Im Anthony Mason in new york. Thanks for watching. Good night. Shock waves. Matt lauer has been terminated from nbc news. We are devastated. We are heart broken. Sickening feeling of deja vu. Inside the downfall of the morning show host. Then the extraordinary photo of Meghan Markle when she was just 15 outside of buckingham palace. And where we found her father living in mexico. Will he walk her down the aisle . Plus, meghans heart breaking choice. Why she had to leave one of her dogs back in the u. S. Then White House Christmas controversy over melanias decorations. According to in in the media, she cant even decorate pre white house for christmas
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