Story that has rocked hollywood, capitol hill and now the halls here at nbc. Allegations of Sexual Misconduct involving powerful figures. The stunning news, our today show colleague matt lauer was fired over allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior made by another one of our colleagues. It was a development that left millions of morning tv viewers and certainly many in this building shocked after lauers two decades in the today anchor chair. Theres been no comment so far from lauer about the accusation thats go back years. Even as variety reports on what it calls a pattern of Sexual Misconduct on lauers part. An nbc news spokesperson now says two more accusers have come forward since news of lauers firing broke. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk has the latest. Reporter the allegation of inappropriate Sexual Conduct was made monday night, roughly 24 hours later matt lauer, anchor of nbcs today show for 20 years, was fired. In a statement, nbc news chairman andy lack shared few specifics about th
Person noticeably missing was matt lauer, the net works most visible personality now bogged down in a scandal. Lauer had been fired from nbc, no longer the face of the today show as he was for more than 20 years. This after a current employee came forward monday night with a complaint of inappropriate sexual behavior. According to the New York Times lauer summoned a coworker to his office and had sex with her. Variety magazine reporting lauer once gave a colleague a sex toy with an explicit note. And another said he exposed himself to a female coworker and reprimanded her for not engaging in a sex act. Its devastating for millions around the country who admire lauer and for the people who sit next to him every morning. Its hard to reconcile what we are hearing with the man who we know. From my perspective it could go either way. I just need more evidence and more information. Reporter now, nbc has not independently confirmed the reporting of both the New York Times and variety magazine
Yes, i jinked it again. Yes. I know. We have a couple here. Get a block of wood up here you have to tell people it is quiet, you know. Superstitious. A little bit of fog here and there nothing too widespread but it is out there storm scan isnt totally devoid of activity. You will not worry about wet weather, it looks like just a shower or two working its way cross the poconos but that is it. We have a warm front lifting up, right now and that is going to really allow these temperatures to spike. We mentioned 70s. That happens today. Wait until you see outlook for later on today but in the meantime just to give you perspective, look at how much warmer it is, compared to this same time yesterday, 21, 22, 23, even 25 degrees warmer, compared to this same time yesterday. So how does that translate to the thermometer . Well, we were in the 30s and even mount pocono bottomed out in the 20s yesterday. We are at 53 degrees right now , incredibly warm by comparison, so, i mean, might as well be
And blaming president obama for why it took so long to get his son home. Do i think the past administration could have done more . I think the results speak for themselves. All that, plus the manhunt for two escaped fugitives. Oa fiery blimp crash at the u. S. Open golf tournament. And a live concert from country superstar, shania twine, june 16th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Thank you for joining us. It is a busy morning. Weve said that before. A lot going on in your world. We got it all covered this morning. The Russian Military says that Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi has been killed in an air strike. Keir simmons, what can you tell us . Reporter this raid of russian fighter jets over syria, was carried out about three w k weeks ago. Russia waiting until this morning to make the announcement, saying that Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi may be dead. But the
Plus heat wave on the east coast, nevada declares a marijuana emergency, and an american surprise at wimbledon. As Venus Williams tries her own historic run today, today, july 13th, 2017. Announcer nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today, its thursday morning. Nice to have you with us. Youre joining us on a busy morning. A lot of news breaking overnight. We want to start with major doemts with four young men missing in philadelphia. Officials say they found a body with other remains buried in a common grave 12 feet deep. Stephanie gosk at the scene in pennsylvania. Stephanie, good morning. What can you tell us about this. Reporter hey, good morning, savannah. It was a late night here. This is really the news that these families were dreading. This is now officially a murder case and police seem to be right on the cusp of the mystery of these four young men. At the center of it is a