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Widespread. the spl says not only did it fire him, but it will bring in an outside organization to review the work environment of the entireut group. josh lewin, a reporter in alabama who was recorded on thi this, cited an internal splc email that says he was fired for a mix of sexual harassment --t again, buckle your seat belt for this one -- racial bias. despite calling the group the southern poverty law center, nothing impoverished at all about his own lifestyle, he lived very well, probably better than anybody else in the state of alabama. he was 82. he was the splc's highest paid employee...

Tuck stuck over the last 30 >> tucker: over the last 30 years, the southern poverty law center has become a lot of power in american politics, and he got that systematically slandering the political enemies of the left. practice conventional christianity, belief in the differences between the sexes, and host a show like this one and can you expect the splc to brand you as extremist, hate crimea group. they have gotten rich doing it endowment of $500 million. e but even as it called all of its political enemies evil, the splc was and you will not be surprised to hear this, operating on a very d...

President. three years later, he cofounded the southern poverty law center with morris dees. bond was charismatic, once hosting "saturday night live." in the late 90s, bond was elected as the chairman of the naacp where he continued his life's work. the king center tweeted, "rest in power and thank you." while president obama called bond's widow pamela and in a statement remembered a man he called a hero and a friend. julian bond helped change this country for the better. and what better way to be remembered than that. julian bond was 75. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, new york. coming up, did ...

>> fellow delegates, the people of america are watching us now. >> reporter: during the 1968 presidential election, bond became the first african-american proposed as a major party candidate for vice president. three years later, he cofounded the southern poverty law center with morris dees. >> i think that america has lost a real champion for all groups, people that were discriminated against. >> reporter: bond was charismatic, once hosting "saturday night live." >> how are things in the peach state? >> the pits, mr. president. >> reporter: in the late '90s, bond was selected as chairman of t...

plus new details surrounding the "star wars" franchise from theme park to new movie gossip. "early today" starts right now. good monday morning to you, everybody. thanks for joining us today, i'm betty nguyen. wildfires, they continue to scorch the west coast, triple digit temperatures and drought on fueling those flames. nearly every firefighter in the country was on call overnight because of more than 100 large uncontained fires in several states. nbc's gabby schwartz has the latest. >> reporter: a small resort town surrounded by fire and residents here are traumatized by the d...