Show cohost matt lauer. She read a statement from andy lack saying in part on monday night we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by matt lauer. Lack went on to say, while it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over 20 years hes been at nbc news, we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been isolated incident. And so in fewer than 35 hours after the complaint, lauer went from a National Morning show fixture to fired. His colleagues at the today show could not contain their shock. For the moment all we can say is that we are heart broken. Im heart broken for matt he is hes my dear dear friend and my partner and hes beloved by many, many people im heart broken for the brave colleague who came forward to tell her story and any other women who have their own stories to tell. And we are grappling with a dilemma that so many people have passed these past few weeks how do you reconcile your lov
Resignation over harassing his female staffers. Marina maracco is live on the hill tonight with the latest. Reporter these resignation announcements come with within hours of each one and the latest one, congressman for arizona, treng franks stepping they will determine if he engaged in anything that constitutes Sexual Harassment in a statement that he issued tonight franks acknowledged that he made staffers uncomfortable and that he discussed fertility issues and sewer casey with two female staffers. He goes onto say i have absolutely never physically intimidated could he herselfed or attempted to have any Sexual Conduct with any member of congressional staff. I do not want to take ways that i proach ed the individuals uncomfortable. Earlier today senatorial franken took to the senate floor announcing that he will be re signing in the coming weeks. Many women have accused him from before and after. The most recent coming yesterday when a woman says he tried to forcibly kiss her back i
David has weather. Reporter we have showers coming in, most of the roads will be dry this morning. Theres a fair amount of cloud cover to start out. Once the shower activity breaks apart well return sun into play early this morning and overall were looking at a mix of sun and clouds today. 66 degrees still on the mild side. 57 in allentown. 58 in trenton. 61 in reading. 66 in philadelphia. Down the shore, cooler, 55. Wind not that strong up to 12 Miles Per Hour in philadelphia. I did see trash blowing around on the roads on the way in. It has been blustery overnight. It will get more so as the day goes on. Mainly cloudy and breezy with the temperatures on the bus stop. We could drop to 59 by 8 00. As we turn the temperatures around they will not go as high as the last couple of days. 66 degrees is the high this afternoon, again no worlds than a mix of sun and clouds, might even see bright sunshine coming back. 66, 15 degrees above average, not the 82 we got yesterday. Reporter it was n
Bridges met the victim at the mall and the two exchanged information and were in contact on social media. He likes minors, people just dont do this crime once shs this is not his first time doing this. The pair later agreed at the mall on march 6th and then bridges got the teenager to follow him into the woods behind the Shopping Plaza and sexually violated her. Does it have to be at a knife or gun point and he has to con her or scare her, i know what i would do with him. Parentses are urged to talk to their kids about the danger of social media. Parents take a few minutes to go over every night if you have to to, scare the pants off your kids. Let them know there is evil in the world and they have to deal with the evil. Police stress they believe there are more victims out there. If you know more about this 21yearold suspect are you urged to cant police. Jim back to you. Thank you gray. Police have arrested a suspect wanted for a shooting inside of a fast food restaurant. Police found