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this is the cbs evening news. mason: good evening. i m 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. here s 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 hours-long 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 ....
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newly released surveillance video shows the exact moment of a deadly explosion inside a cosmetics factory in new york. investigators have figured out the blast was accidental, saying static electricity caused a flammable liquid to ignite. one worker inside the factory died in that explosion. and we re getting a look at frightening video from a traffic stop in ohio. you can hear gunshots as police approach two women in a car last tuesday morning. the bullets came from in between two nearby homes. they barely missed one of the officers. luckily, no one was hit. the gunman is still on the loose. nearly a month after the president s twitter account was shut off, the person responsible is now breaking his silence. you remember back on november 2nd, the account was deactivated for 11 minutes. there were plenty of jokes that whoever did it deserved the nobel peace prize. twitter blamed a contractor for the area. they say the whole thing happened on his last day of work. ....