Page 4 - Inside Nbc News Today

About what matt lauer is alleged to have done. nbc is not saying at this point nor have we heard from matt lauer himself. no statement or apology at this hour. >> bill: savannah guthrie on the air this morning said the following at one point. >> i do know that this reckoning that so many organizations have been going through is important and long overdo and must result in workplaces where all women, all people feel safe and respected. >> bill: the bigger picture, weve gone through that here, cbs...

Harvey weinstein and post al franken were in news organizations feel they have to move swiftly. two of the three network morning show anchors fired over these kinds of allegations. the other thing is its hard to overstate how important lauer is to that nbc franchise. the face of nbc news from the thanksgiving parade, olympics, the "today" is a gold mine. this had to be serious for him to do this. >> bill: he has become the face of this network, wouldnt you agree? after brian williams and brokaw ...

Things and all of these companies are looking at all of their people and trying to get ahead of this stuff. its very delicate, because, you know its coming. do you wait for it? do you get ahead of it? in this case, nbc decided to get ahead of it. and that is -- and well see what comes out after the fact. >> because, larry, theres no -- i dont think anyone should think that this is going to squash any story thats going to come out. >> no, not at all. and i dont know if theres a whole great deal o...

Latest updates on this topic.

Sexual misconduct. how important he was to nbc news. >> bill: the president fired off twitter, wow, matt lauer fired from nbc. when will the top executives at nbc and comcast be fired for putting out so much fake news? check out andy lacks past. the chairman of nbc. >> donald trump has a deep seeded resentment for nbc when he was running the apprentice for 14 years. whatever matt lauer did doesnt have anything to do as far as we know with journalism and reporting on the air. the president couldn...

1997. he has interviewed three sitting presidents, covered seven olympics and traveled the world at a salary rumored at $20 million a year. his days at nbc are over because of this reported detailed complaint of inappropriate sexual behavior. the "new york post" is reporting it was an incident between him and an nbc female colleague at the rio olympics next year. >> sandra: im sure well be hearing more on this story. >> bill: howie kurtz host of media buzz and fox news media analyst. the news br...

First "new york times" stories broke about harvey weinstein, and we had reported that ronan was working on this piece for "the new yorker," there were all of these stories about, why isnt nbc talking more about this? all of the other shows were talking about harvey. that was a top story for them. and nbc was sort of a little timid immediately out of the gate on that. and i think there was a lot of soul searching out of that, a lot of anger inside nbc after that. and so, i think they have to appe...

>> were heartbroken. im heartbroken for matt. he is my dear friend and partner and has been loved by many, many people here. im heartbroken 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 faced. how do you reconcile your love for someone in that they have behaved badly? i dont know the answer to that. >> sandra: rick leventhal joins us with more on this breaking story. ...

Conduct for weeks, more than a month in one case. we dont know the details of what those outlets have found, but they have spoken with multiple women who have accused lauer of wrongdoing. and in the midst of all of that, another nbc employee reached out to the company on monday night to file a formal complaint dpens lauer. thats what triggered an investigation on tuesday and his firing overnight. and on a morning conference call just now, the head of nbc news said to staffers that lauer was acce...

Latest updates on this topic.