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>> not very much. i mean the statement says that it was a serious allegation made on monday. nbc news checked it out. within 48 hours they let matt go. there wasnt much said in the statement. i think the big missing piece of the story is what matt has to say for himself. were trying to reach out today, get his side of things. so far we havent heard anything. >> jim, what can you tell us about your reporting? this is quite a story that were absorbing this morning. matt is obviously our colleague ...

This morning tuning in thinking it would be another day and at the top of the hour people were shocked. what happened? >> these allegations date back to 2014. a woman came forward to nbc on monday night with a detailed complaint saying that lauer had behaved inappropriately. and all over in russia for winter olympics. so she says this relationship thats inappropriate relationship started then and continued after the olympics. we dont know the details, however, we dont know how she described the ...

On my husband, even my dad in their underpants. never a coworker. what about the argument this guy is making thats common practice? >> right. that just seems crazy to me. like, that cant possibly be the excuse. that just because im not the only person who walked in on him in his underwear it is okay because so many staffers walked in on him in his underwear. >> let me ask you this. given that you dont allege sexual harassment, do you -- how do you -- how do you sort of combine the fact that one ...

Congress? >> the whole process which was intended in the 90s to address for the first time allegations in the wake of the bob packwood scandal, the scandal about the senator from oregon who, of course, was accused of sexual harrassment and then ended up resigning because of it. but the way that the process is, its -- especially in todays day and age, its mind-blowing. first you have to have counseling, then you have to go for mediation, and then you can face your accuser. yeah, look at all of th...

It passed. the president wants it before christmas. sarah sander said she thinks they can do it. well see. >> jon: the stock market is up yet again today. >> the president pointed that out, too. >> jon: that isnt sad. >> not if youre an investor. >> jon: thank you. >> julie: fox news alert. nbc news firing "today" show host matt lauer after allegations of sexual misconduct. we have just learned the anonymous accuser and her lawyer met with nbc executives for hours on monday night and early this ...

Worse. i want to bring in gretchen carlson. author of "the new york times" best-seller "be fierce." it was her lawsuit against roger ailes that led to his ousting and many say began this wave of accusers coming forward. thanks for joining us. what makes lauers case different in any way or is it just common like all the others? >> i think what makes it different is that it was handled so swiftly and the accuser who came forward just monday night was actually believed. i mean, that would have neve...

So do the calls for his resignation. yet another woman came forward with the claim that the law enforcement subjected her to inappropriate behavior while she worked in his congressional office. here is what dina marr told nbc news about the alleged abuse she experienced as an aide for conyers. >> i think he is depraved. i think he is evil. i think he is despicable. he is dishonest. it was outrageous. but i think he loved to do outrageous things because, what are you going to do about it? its sor...

Decades. this is one of the main arguments against pelosi, the need nor fresh leadership. this is adding another talking point to democrats. >> and yet, shes the highest ranking woman in american politics, accomplished, best fund-raiser for the democrats. mj, one of the complaints you touched on thissyer, ill readed you from kathleen rice from new york, the accuser who attempted to seek help through a deeply flawed system should not continue to be silenced by the institution that failed to prote...

Internationale. and this is the -- the stew, the media environment that trump and those passing this on to him live in. you know, i think -- look at the twitter account of donald trumps son, donald trump jr. >> oh, my -- >> look at that. i think youll see, my guess is, a convergence between that and some of the more extreme things donald trump tweets. does it matter? even now, a year later, this is one of the raging debates among foreign policy types. i hear all the time the divide between the, ...

There is growing pressure on u.s. representative john conyers to resign his seat after several women accused him of sexual harassment. the chairman of the congressional black caucus says he had a candid conversation with the democratic congressman but said any decision to resign from office is conyers to make. conyers has admitted reaching a financial settlement with one accuser but denies the harassment allegations. a new accusation surfaced tuesday from a former staffer in conyers detroit offi...