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Centralized squares and go back to highly distributed ones. ones where -- you know you have a chance to have trust, you have a chance to have civil discussions where things can get exchanged. the most important thing, ali, and this is a thing that nbc and every other journalists and organizations need to understand. you cannot back down to this guy. i mean there is a situation, inside nbc, with the extraordinary reporter, ben collins, who has been temporarily suspended from nbc for comments he m...

There in the thread. economy, muslims are terrible people, the media is terrible. and it is this imbalance of appropriateness that deserves scrutiny. gentlemen, thank you for giving us the reporting, the analysis. appreciate it. we have breaking news. nbc news is reporting that veteran "today" show anchor matt lauer has been fired for inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace. this is the latest high-profile media figure to be terminated amid sexual allegations. it doesnt actually get big...

Were just getting that. >> once again, the reaction of nbc seems to be a quick reaction and a good reaction given the evidence they had and the overwhelming evidence apparently they had from other issues beyond this individual one that was -- they talked about with the lawyer and his client on monday night. for a long time in our society women were not in the public part of society. they were not in leadership positions, which was wrong. and now they are. but once again society has to look at wh...

Have to open up the space to allow for those who have been falsely accused to tell their stories and allow them to sort of tell a cautionary tale to educate younger boys who enter the profession on how to treat their women co-workers and so we can really create a society where everybody is treated justly and fairly in the workplace, in the classroom, everywhere. >> sandra: brad, the president has chosen to weigh in on this. he tweeted after this broke this morning, wow, matt lauer was just fired...

Taxes more, is sticking it again to the middleclass. the bill came out a couple days ago that this hurts middleclass and working taxpayers more. they will get a bigger hit while upper income people get a bigger benefit. instead of doing it the way it should be, and that is "out in the open" so cnn can cover it, so fox news can cover it, so msnbc can cover it. in an open process. they simply dont seem to want to do it that way. i dont know if you heard the news, but nbc news just terminated mat...

>> they suggest there may have been more. im saying we have gotten from stark, everybody has known this for years, everybody knew he was a predator, to this. >> we just dont know yet. we knew the "new york times" was working on something. this is the first time the knelt work is getting out ahead of it before -- >> thats right. this was monday night. they received a complaint early wednesday morning, staffers were told matt lauer is out. it is a stunning move by nbc. and it begs the question abo...

But when will the top executives at nbc and comcast be fired for putting out so much fake news. check out andy lacks past. not helpful in terms of how women are being treated in the workplace. and i think its probably obvious in terms of what the president is avoiding. there are reasons he is avoiding it because it touches on his own behavior. however, alisyn has been outspoken on this, someone victimized and wants to see change. i have been fairly consistent in saying youve got to get men invol...

Allegations of harassment or assault or anything, the kind of sexual misconduct weve heard about in the last two months. certainly, many of the sources ive talked to this morning are expecting the same kind of shock youre describing, larry. even people that know lauer well who are saying, we didnt know there was this other side. we havent seen these specific allegations yet. we dont know what was alleged monday night by this employee, but know it was severe enough by nbc to take swift action. >>...

Tax reform and not the cfpb. the entire concept of the regulator that is out of the reach of congress is something that goes against the orthodoxy of the republican party and thats part of the problem here. >> thank you for that. up next we have breaking news for you. nbc fired morning show veteran host, matt lauer, over inappropriate sexual behavior. we have all the developments next. hi im joan lunden. todays senior living communities have never been better, with amazing amenities like movie...

But brian, finally, and i think this takes us back to where weve been when it comes to harvey weinstein and when it came to charlie rose and now it is with matt lauer, that there is a very clear different standard for everyone else and then when we look at politicians. >> and you look at washington on both sides of the aisle -- >> thats exactly right. >> democrats or republicans, theres this awkwardness, this discomfort among politicians to address the scandals in their own homes. weve seen a lo...