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Resign after yet another allegation of sexual harassment against the lawmaker. the detroit news yesterday detailed allegations from a woman who said that the congressman engaged in unwelcome sexual behavior towards her three times while she worked in the congressional office from 1997 to 2005. those allegations follow a similar one by another woman in admissions with conyers that he had reached a settlement with one of his accuser. >> and congress mmacongresswoma serves on the committee that con...

That congress has paid out about $15 million in settlements. today, minnesota public radio firing host garrison keelor for inappropriate behavior and this from nbc news authorizing. >> nbc news chairman andy lack sent the following note to our organization. dear colleagues on, monday night we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by matt lauer. it represented after serious review a clear violation of our companys standards. we have de...

Environment where everyone feels safe." we were shocked to learn the serious allegations against our longtime colleague and deeply broken one of our own, the accuser treated the way she was. matt lauer has not commented publicly since the termination. and joining me, senior media editor and media correspondent for npr. claire, start with you. i know nbc news is dealing with potentially more accusations on this front and variety of new reports out and havent been able to verify all of them. deali...

Already under siege is -- is now under full assault, seems to me. and, of course, in the end well survive that, but its the hollowing out of people believes in our institution. >> head of one of the institutions is actively trying to delegitimate ease the institution. stick around. still to come in the midst of this cultural hurricane over sexual harassment and it hit right here at home on nbc news. well be back in a minute to talk more about that. ♪shostakovich playing ♪

Reckoning of so many organizations that so many organizations have been going through is long overdue and it must result in work places where all women, all people, feel safe and respected. >> harris: senior correspondent rick levinthal joins us outside nbc headquarters. rick? >> reporter: harris, matt lauer was nbcs highest paid employee, making a reported $25 million a year. he was the face of the "today" show for just over two decades. but his boss said the allegations against him were simply...

The former white house chief straft gist said hell join moore in fair hope, alabama, tuesday. this comes as an open letter written bin one of moores accuser, leigh corfman was obtained by al.com. corfman wrote, quote, what you did to me when i was 14 years old should be revolting of every person of good morals. now youre attacking my honesty and my integrity. where does your immorality end? corfman said moore touched her inappropriately in his home when she was 14 years old and he was 32. >> vau...

Immigrant indianss kill baed because the president -- remember this? did not use his pulpit to say this is not who we are and now we have orrin hatch saying this is okay? this is a problem. >> by the say, to show the white house spokespeople that try to defend the president here. a gaggle on one of the deputy press secretarys that they conducted. read it. audio not so good. read it full screen. does the president feel muslims are a threat to the united states? deputy press secretary shaw, no. lo...

>> sean: as we continue, another woman is accusing congressman conyers of sexual misconduct according to reports this accuser served as conyers deputy chief of staff between 1997, 2005. she claims conyers tuchingsd her inappropriately on at least three occasions, including one time when she says conyers placed his hands under her dress. we have reached out to conyers office for comment on this womans claims, but they have yet to respond to our requests. and also over the weekend political commen...

Handled appropriately. there was a $48,000 settle paid for by taxpayer dollars. this is the second house democrat in less than a week to be outed in the congress secret system for settling complaints. the other john conyers. he paid $27,000 to settle a sexual harassment complaint. a second accuser came forward today. there are mounting calls for him to resign including from members of his own black caucus. over $17 million in payouts over the last 20 years. bills have been introduced to do that....

Matts colleagues who are learning this news on national tv in live time, but you can immediately see the well of sympathy for the accused here. and people, yes, reference the survivor. now, we dont know her name or exactly who she is, but in these situations there is in the beginning always a deference given to the accuser that you dont see always given to the survivor, because they will get attacked. is this true, is this just another one, is she making this up? >> those accusers dont have big,...