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Donald trump, whether john conyers out of michigan, the representative, the democrat. something we're 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. we're learning a bit more. it is coming out slowly from the reporter who originally report -- reported the firing. he said the client for a woman who came forward. we met at 6:00 p.m. monday night for an interview that lasted...

So as you rightly pointed out we don't 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 white house. the president has been tweeting about this already today several times and has direct...

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 there's something very serious here although we don't know the details alleged by this employee, and we know nbc inform informed lauer of the decision to fire him before he went to bed. the contract was not about to expire. >> they have to pay that o...

Interviewed. i don't 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 to come out about matt lauer. we have seen the companies, whether on the west coast, like amazon o...

On lauer's conduct in the workplace, and the editor of "variety" said there were multiple victims, so there's 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 out to come. it's obviously a devastating blow to nbc. this is a guy that is the face of their news ...