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and later a sunday sitdown with one of the biggest moguls in hollywood. tyler perry. writer, producer, director, actor, whose beloved characters and business savvy have taken him from a childhood poverty to media empire. work is a drug. i love it. i love every minute of it. i love every time i m doing it. a sunday sitdown with tyler perry later in the show. let s begin with the mad dash home before the start of the work week. today is one of the busiest travel days of the year. nearly 50 million people will be traveling by plane, train or automobile. nbc s kerry sanders is at the nation s busiest airport for us in atlanta. kerry, good morning. reporter: good morning, willie. yes, it has begun. that chore that is associated with all thanksgiving holidays, travel. let s take a look at the flight aware map right now. these are the flights that are airborne over the united states. right now 49 flights delayed, one canceled and of course those numbers will fluctuate ....
we ll get into all of that with chuck todd. and later today a sunday sit-down with one of the biggest moguls in hollywood, tyler perry, the writer, producer, director, actor and author whose beloved characters and his business savvy have taken him from a childhood of poverty to a media empire, and a personal fortune of nearly half a billion dollars. i love it. i love every minute of it. i love it every time i m doing it. a sunday sit down with tyler perry a bit later in the show. let s begin this morning with that mad dash home before the start of the work week. nearly 50 million people will be traveling by plane, train or automobile. nbc s kerry sanders is at the nation s busiest airport for us in atlanta. good morning. good morning, willie. it has begun. the chore associated with all thanksgiving holidays, travel. let s take a look at the flight aware map right now. these are the flights that are airborne over the united states. right now 49 flights delayed, ....
after long-time democratic lawmaker congressman john conyers announced he s stepping down from his seat as the leading democrat on the powerful house judiciary committee saying in a statement he s stepping aside from the position as the house ethics committee investigates allegations of sexual harassment leveled against him. all the while denying the allegations of misconduct. well, that news comes as another democratic lawmaker, this time senator al franken, is expected to walk through the halls of congress for the first time since he was hit with allegations of sexual misconduct. and now he s speaking out since those reports of misconduct came out over a week ago. for more we go to nbc s tracy pots. what can you tell us about what congressman nancy pelosi regarding scrutiny of her own what she said about conjerz? reporter: pelosi on meet the press seemed to defend him to some degree saying she hasn t really heard from his accusers. we are strengthened by due p ....
time it s rattling capitol hill after long-time democratic lawmaker congressman john conyers announced he s stepping down from his seat as the leading democrat on the powerful house judiciary committee saying in a statement he s stepping aside from the position as the house ethics committee investigates allegations of sexual harassment leveled against him. all the while denying the allegations of misconduct. well, that news comes as another democratic lawmaker, this time senator al franken, is expected to walk through the halls of congress for the first time since he was hit with allegations of sexual misconduct. and now he s speaking out since those reports of misconduct came out over a week ago. for more we go to nbc s tracy pots. what can you tell us about what congressman nancy pelosi regarding scrutiny of her own what she said about conjerz? reporter: pelosi on meet the press seemed to defend him to some degree saying she hasn t really heard from his accusers ....
lauer in his career at the network, the company was presented with reasons to believe this may not have been an isolated incident debt. lauer former co-host savannah guthrie made that announcement at the top of today show where lauer has been an anchor for decades. guthrie was informed moments just before going on air. this is a sad morning here at today and at nbc news. just moments ago, nbc news andy lack sent 9 following note to our organization. we received a detail complained from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by matt lawyer. it represented after serious review a clear violation of our company s standards. as a result, we have decided to terminate his employment. while it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over 20 years he has been at nbc news, we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident. our highest praet is to create a workplace environment where everyone feels sa ....