NBC News Fires Matt Lauer From 'Today Show'

THIS IS "CBS2 NEWS" AT 5:00 P.M.
RICK: I AM PAT HARVEY.
RICK: I AM RICK GARCIA, NBC
FIRED MATT LAUER FOR ALLEGED
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT.
THEN TWO MORE WOMEN CAME FORWARD
WITH DETAILED ACCOUNTS.
PAT: AMY JOHNSON IS LIVE IN WEST
L.A.
REPORTER: THAT ACCUSER THAT WENT
FORWARD TO NBC SAID THAT THE
INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR BEGAN IN
2014, WHILE THEY COVERED THE --
OLYMPICS AND IT CONTINUED FOR
MONTHS, NOW WHILE SHE IS ONLY
ONE WHO WENT FORWARD TO NETWORK,
TWO ARTICLES WERE WRITTEN.
ONE BY VARIETY, THAT INCLUDED 3
ADDITIONAL WOMEN.
ANNOUNCEMENT CAME FIRST THING
THIS MORNING ON TODAY SHOW.
MATT LAUER WAS OUT, FIRED AFTER
BEING ACCUSED BY COLLEAGUE OF
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT.
HOURS LATER.
WHAT WE'VE SEEN.
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN ONCE
STORY COMES OUT.
"VARIETY" MAGAZINE HAS BEEN
WORKING ON STORY FOR TWO MONTHS.
IT COMES TO HIS BEHAVIOR, IN
AND AROUND WOMEN IN OFFICE.
REPORTER: EXPLAINS HE GAVE A
COLLEAGUE A SEC TOY AS -- SEX
TOY AS A PRESENT THAT INCLUDED A
NOT HOW HE WANTED TO USE IT ON
HER, AND HE HAD BEEN KNOWN FOR
MAKING LEWD COMMENTS VERBALLY OR
OVER TEXT-MESSAGES.
AND PAID ATTENTION TO A YOUNG
WOMAN ON HIS STAFF HE FOUND
ATTRACTIVE, FOCUSING ON HER
CAREER AMBITIONS.
I THINK THAT THING REALLY
RESONATING HE HAD A LOCK ON HIS
DESK THAT UNABLED HIM TO LOCK
HIS DOOR WITHOUT GETTING OUT
FROM HIS DESK, CREATING A
ENVIRONMENT THAT WOMEN DID NOT
FEEL SAFE.
I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT NBC
KNEW AND DIDN'T KNOW, ALL I KNOW
IS WHAT OUR REPORTING SAYS ASK
TELLS US THEY HAVE MADE
COMPLAINS BEFORE.
NBC ACTED SWIFTLY WHEN NEWS
BROKE.
WENT 48 HOURS MATT LOST HIS JOB.
WE'RE IN AN ENVIRONMENT,
PEOPLE MOVE QUICKLY.
AND THERE
PRESSURE TO MOVE QUICKLY.
JONATHAN HANDLE IS A TAME
ATTORNEY AND ENTERTAINMENT.
ATTORNEY.
MATT LAUER HAS NOT COMMENTED
ON THOSE ACQUISITION, HIS
CONTRACT WAS TO END IN 2018, NO
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NBC News Fires Matt Lauer From 'Today Show'

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