number of years ago made by a staffer who does not work at cnn. it was sent in earlier this week by a lawyer representing that former staffer. so cnn management was aware of this allegation as of thursday and friday, and was also receiving information from the law firm that suggested or indicated that cuomo could be fired for cause. so you add all that together, and on saturday cuomo was terminated. >> so talk to us about how cuomo himself is responding, brian. >> number one, on the allegation of sexual misconduct from some number of years ago, his spokesman said apparently these allegations are not true. chris also saying in a imt statement about leaving cnn he didn't want his time at cnn to end that way, but was incredibly proud of what he and his team