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The firing happens overnight. we get the news about the firing this morning and all of these detailed allegations unfold over the course of today. and those allegations have been in some cases reported to nbc news human resources. and in several cases they've been reported out into detail in "variety" and "the new york times." so that's one of the open questions here. will more accusers come forward? beyond that, though, now that there are multiple allegations involving multiple nbc employees over multiple years, that, of course, raises the question of whether nbc had knowledge of allegations ...

She told the "time's" she passed out and had to be taken to a nurse. she said she felt helpless because she didn't want to lose her job and she didn't report the encounter at the time because she felt shamed. she has asked to remain anonymous. several women told "variety" they complained to executives at the network about lauer's behavior. but the magazine writes it quote fell on deaf ears. nbc news released the following statement, quote, we can say unequivocally that prior to monday night current nbc news management was never made aware of any complaints about matt lauer's conduct. so far, t...

>> reporter: -- and continued after, at least two other women have made formal complaints at matt lauer to nbc news. one of those women also went to "the new york times" with her allegation, saying that in 2001, lauer sexually assaulted her after summoning her to his office. she says lauer asked her to unbutton her blouse, which she did. at some point, she said, she passed out with her pants pulled halfway down. she woke up on the floor of his office, and mr. lauer had his assistant take her to a nurse. >> she says she does bear some of the possibility for what happened, but she felt like, you...

Case, to neglect very credible allegations of misbehavior. in this case, with matt lauer, it seems we didn't have those allegations before, but i think there's something salutary in simply not having these multimillion vehicles for entire network's prosperity. because that simply creates financial incentives to try to sweep these things under the rug. now we're in kind of a tidal waive moment which is incredibly salutary but if we return to the old system, i'm not sure that this is going to continue to operate this way. >> meg, i want to share what geraldo rivera says, with fox, he says, quote...