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Morning television on the male side to be sure, is gone. and i dont know why. i dont know what the one allegation is. i see nbc gave themselves cover in that statement saying its the first complaint they have had in 20 years. but there may have been more. thats corporate cover going on there. >> there may have been more because the "new york times" has clear information. >> but they are saying it that way because they have potential exposure in terms of what they knew. this gets to be legal, not...

Organization and do it in as transparent a manner as we can. that is the statement from our chairman. >> lets bring in brian stelter. brian, look, were shocked. were shocked. were shocked to hear matt lauer has been terminated. >> he has been the cornerstone of the "today" show for 25 years. he is a figure who is revered in the television business. an icon of television news. but lets face whats going on here a little bit underneath the surface. for several weeks the "new york times" has been wo...

And you cant really put a value on it at this point. its going to have an enormous impact for nbc. >> harvey weinstein was a name known in the television and movie business and hollywood, but he was not a household name like matt lauer, i dont want to equate the two allegations, and weinstein is accused of disgusting behavior, and we dont know what matt lauer. matt lauer is a name everybody knows and to see him fired thats serious. one of the "new york times" reporters that broke the weinstein s...

In syria. >> sandra: nbc news firing today co-host matt lauer after receiving a detailed complaint about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace. joining me now is ben kissel and david hoppe. this is new for everybody. news of matt lauers firing. >> its a good thing that nbc fired him and acted quickly. there appears to be information that made it very clear that he had done not only this act but some others. but actually 20 years ago we had a societal discussion about this and for politi...

Morning. good morning, everybody. welcome to "today". and hoda is here with me this morning because this is a sad morning here at "today" and nbc news. just moments ago, nbc news chairman 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. as a result, we have decided t...

Donald trump, whether john conyers out of michigan, the representative, the democrat. something were going through as a society. these growing pains are what happens as a society matures. >> sandra: while it appears that nbc may have moved swiftly with firing matt lauer upon learning and seeing evidence as the statement put out by andy lack, the chairman of nbc detailed. were learning a bit more. it is coming out slowly from the reporter who originally report -- reported the firing. he said the ...

So as you rightly pointed out we dont have a lot of details yet. he is gone. the company put out this statement and we have yet to learn more. >> bill: some high profile public figures between matt lauer and charlie rose at cbs two weeks ago. the cases circling washington and capitol hill now with the democrat john conyers. this is as savannah guthrie said earlier today a reckoning in american culture and society and something being dealt with in the media, hollywood, washington, d.c. and at the...

Culture and this change had to happen. >> my gosh, brian, what you have learned? >> matt lauer was the "today" show for 20 years. matt lauer is the engine for one of the single most profitable programs on television news. it funds the rest of the news division, so for nbc to make this decision within 24 hours of receiving a complaint, it tells you theres something very serious here although we dont know the details alleged by this employee, and we know nbc inform informed lauer of the decision t...

Interviewed. i dont know if the "times" has people on the record or not. all of that remains to be seen. but jodie cantor was one of the reporters doing this pursuit. it was buzzed about in the business. nbc says a woman came forward on the record monday night with an allegation against lawyer and that is what triggered this move overnight. savannah guthrie said she was just informed overnight. but certainly there was talk about this inside nbc that maybe there was embarrassing information about...

On lauers conduct in the workplace, and the editor of "variety" said there were multiple victims, so theres more to come in terms of the details of what was alleged here, but obviously nbc is trying to get out ahead of it with this announcement this morning. >> your thoughts? >> well, first of all, i would imagine that lauer must have acknowledged this behavior to have taken the action so quickly and not to give him an opportunity to respond or whatever. that is an aspect i guess we will find ou...