on the story and the bigger story of sexual harassment that seems to be unfolding here. ronica. >> reporter: well, employees were informed with a staff memo of these allegations brought farther on monday night of alleged sexual misconduct and harassment by matt lauer, that ultimately led to the swift termination. viewers and really america learned this mother when his co anchor savannah guthrie shared the news. >> we're still processing all of this and i will tell you we do not know more than what i just shared with you but we will be covering the story as reporters, as journalist, i'm sure we will be learning more details in the hours and days to come and we promise we will share that with you. >> reporter: now, the accuser's attorney, the

brought forth this information on monday night, he released a statement that read, in part our impression is nbc acted quickly when confronted with allegations of sexual misconduct in the workplace, while i'm encouraged by nbc's response i am in yaw of the courage my client showed other than the company doing the right thing. as we continue to hear news as we continue two to hear sexual harassment and sexual misconduct. you can't help but stop and compare how differently things are handled in the private sector to how they're handled right here on the hill. think about it. matt lauer, mark cal pern are fire immediately. here's on the hill, you got al franken, john co

essentially given the opportunity to decides what will happen they don't them. whether or not they stay in their position, both have decided to stay. and due process is encouraged. lengthening the timeline if anything will ever happen. now, we took to the streets to get your reaction on how differently things are handled in the private sector to how they're handled here on the hill. take a listen. >> i think in the private sector, they've got a lot of, you know, hr and other, system in place to make sure that happens. i think had that you know, forcing someone to resign from their elected seat is probably an even bigger deal it's not just their personal, you know, job security but it's also, you know, people elected this person, they're good qualities, bad qualities, everything about them, i think forcing someone to resign from an elected position should probably -- it's good that it takes a couple more steps >> i think public servants are more complicated. they've been put into office by the people. and they have made a commitment

term. i think it's unfortunately at little more complicated. the private sector has more control >> i'm sure that all of franken's constituentz would wants him take off the hill here, employed by the people. i think that makes the situation more complicated >> guys on the hill seem most of the time employed by themselves, they're their own boss. whereas in the private sector, you'll have, you know, higher ups that demand you have to get out of the town, either way, justice is usually served. you think so? >> yeah. ultimately. >> we're going to bring you more from what variety detailed in their exclusive interviews with more allegations, against matt lauer on fox 5 at 5:00. reporting live on the hill. ron clear re.

radio hottest garrison keeler is out of a job. fired amid allegations of inappropriate behavior with someone who worked with him. keeler is the creator of a popular radio show a prairie home companion, he retired last year and it is hosted by someone else. minnesota public radio said they learned last month, he defended minnesota senator al franken in an opt add for the "washington post." in other sexual abuse on capitol hill this time victim is a tourist. and members of congress are sounding off about how safe visitors are when they head to the hill. tom fitzgerald is there with more. what's going on. >> reporter: this happen last wednesday, we learned of it through the capitol police a bladder. according to this. reporter: this is listed as a sexual abuse case, it involves

who reported being groped by an individual inside the u.s. capitol building itself while on a tour group. now, fox news producer for congress and correspondent chad bergm ram said capitol hill released very few details about this case in this instance it referred to two people in capitol visitor center who were there presumably for a tour and someone else came over to them and groped them. those two individuals then went to the u.s. capitol police, reported this individual, and they arrested him. >> reporter: now, late this afternoon, upon a request from fox 5 news, u.s. capitol police did release a redacted reverse of their police report. it the identifies the suspect only as a 20-year-old man and listed the offense as sexual abuse

such as whether or not this suspect was in customer for any length of time or whether or not that individual is still in custody, we have not heard back as far as that he is clarification of those details. however, this news came out as the house of representatives were voting on a package to increase training from members and staffers on sexual harassment given the wave of concern about sexual harassment issues here on the hill and throughout the country. what are barbara com stock said she learned of this incident involving the tour group and is hopeful that moving forward more victims are knowing now to speak out when something happens. >> i'm please that day people came forward. we'll make sure it's thoroughly investigated and any such action in the future can be prevented

and stopped and there's an awareness. >> reporter: they release this po bladder. people trying to bring weapons threw security perimeters, it is very unusual to have a sexual assault listed on this particular police blotter for the building. tom fitzgerald fox 5 local news we hear a lot about common working the phones trying to hard to separate you from your money. . in montgomery county in last two weeks, two residents fell for the grandparent scam. each they have no losing $5,000, >> paul wagner here in the studio with a cautionary tail. paul? >> reporter: montgomery county police would really like seniors to pay attention to this story tonight. joyce thomas said the caller was so convincing. she was sure her grandson was calling to say he was in trouble and needed help. he had been in an accident. someone was hurt. he was locked upnd

grand to spring him from jail. joyce, sprang into action. within a few hour, she knew she had been scammed. here's part of her story. >> i said is this jonathan? you know, i used that name, and he said yes. i said what's wrong? he said i really, i really am in trouble. and i'm really sorry to call but i really need your help. he said i was in a car accident. and i was speeding and i went through a red light and i accidently hit another car. and the person in the other car was hurt really badly. so they put me in jail. and i said my goodness, where are you? he said you know, it's a county jail. he said the word county. so i didn't go back and ask him which county. and whatnot. >> from there, the scam worked like this. so-called jonathan put her in touch with man claiming to be a public defender. who put her

so-called bail bonds man who gave her the information she needed to wire the 5 grand. she was told to go to a bank of america and was given the name of a business and an account. it was all business for a few hours until thomas called her grandson's cell phone to see if he had been released from jail. >> he answered the phone and so now, i'm like, where are you? you know? what happened? where are you? he said what do you mean? i said well somebody called and said you were in jail. he said oh, no. he said, that was a exam he said i'm in church. >> joyce thomas said the scammers keyed in on her natural instinct to hurt. her advice is to ask for details. if they say county, which county? do not provide them with any information the scammers could use against you. one other note. the police have been able to trace the account, ms.

sent the money to but getting the money back may be another matter entirely. paul wagner fox 5 local news. as the holiday nears, travel season is rampth up leaving american airlines to fix a scheduling glitch. 15,000 flights have no pilots. new york, chicago, miami, the airline is offering bonus pay to pilots in hopes of avoiding cancelations. of they put out a statement saying are paying pilots who pick up certain open trips 150% of the rates. we'll work with the union to get sure we get our customers where they need to go over the holidays, but you can imagine it's going to be a big headache and if you have travel plans you'll play the waiting game >> i also have an american airlines trip. it was case that frustrated police. and had a tampa community on edge >> after searching nearly two months, the

suspected serial killer. it was a fast food bag that apparently led to the bus. we'll break that down. a new evidence connected to it and the crime scenes where four people were killed. >> somebody just walked right up in there, grabbed the three-year-old out of the bed, she didn't cry, she didn't scream, nobody heard nothing. >> a three-year-old little girl is still missing tonight. the girl's mother said she disappeared from her bedroom but the father said she's not buying that story. matt? >> reporter: sarah, mayor muriel bowser and the chancellors of schools have launched two investigations looking into allegations made here at the high school. i'm matt ackland, that story coming up. you've got a beautiful evening to be out there because we hit 70 today here in dc. more typical of what we might see in mid october. we're going to do a little bit of let's just say getting those temperatures back to where they're supposed to be. that process begins later tonight, we'll talk a

you can expect for thursday, and the national christmas tree lighting if you're heading downtown. fox 5 local news at 5:00 will be right back. ill be right back.

. and they appear to be distracted. >> you walk out your door and somebody just shoots you for n

reason, constantly checking the lock to make sure high locked the door and constantly looking out my back window, you know, who's in my backyard? that's getting too much. >> notice the gate and how they're walking. the phone flip, same individual. >> not taking over these streets, you guys go hunt him down. and bring his head to me. 51 days ago, i said this was a struggle between good and evil. tonight, is the beginning of when justice will be served. and then the process will occur when this is individual rots in hell. after a 50-day search for a suspected serial killer comes to an end, shell casings place the suspect in cam put a florida. howard donaldson the third was arrested picked up at a mcdonald's where he works based on a tip given to tampa police. they said he walked into work handed a bag with a

inside and said he was leaving town and told the employee not to open the bag before he left. that employee looked inside the bag, told her manager who then alert add police officer inside a restaurant at the time. when donaldson came back, police were waiting for him and took him into custody >> we had this guy in our kitchen, everybody was spooked by him. because he was strange. >> thank god that the officer was inside the building. the cartridge casings had been fired from the same gun. and the cell phone had been picked up near the scenes, they to found clothes that reassembles what the suspect wore. he's charged with four counts of first-degree murder. who is howard donaldson the third. here's a look what we know 24

new york city, but native of tampa. according to his social media accounts, he went by the name tray. his connections to the seminal heights area is unclear and mother-in-law behind the four murders is still a mystery. donaldson told police he's the owner of the gun used in the killings but not admitted to killing the murders. new details about the search for a missing child from north carolina. the fbi released photos of a toddler spotted inside a wal-mart who resemble three-year-old mariah woods but the fbi confirmed the child in the images was not mariah. she was reported missing from her home in jacksonville north korea around 6:00 monday morning. the child's mother said she last saw her daughter when she put her to bed at 11:00 sunday night. state-wide amber alert has been issued but her father does not believe his daughter was abducted >> somebody just walked right up in there, grabbed the three-year-old, she didn't cry, scream, nobody heard nothing? four people in the house, two adults, two ki

comes up, snatches the baby up, walks out >> do you think mariah was abducted? >> no. >> police say the family's home doesn't show signs of forced entry but the back door left unlocked. four people were inside and there's a $25,000 reward for information. the girlfriend of philandro castile reached an $800,000 settlement. diamond's reynolds live streamed after what happened during a traffic stop. the agreement comes months after the officer was acquitted of manslaughter charges in the case. reynolds's settlement has to be approved by a court. earlier this year, castille's relatives reached a settlement with the city worth nearly $3 million. let's talk a little bit and if you stepped outside, you may find it hard to believe that december is just about

little less than 40 hours away. >> i'll take the sunsets if that's the trade-off >> and i hope people are taking pictures of that, that is spectacular, sun went down at 4:46. what a perfect capper to this gorgeous day. can you believe we hit 70 today? it was even mild he were than we expected. we thought we'd have mid 60's maybe a few spots into the upper 60, alas, you don't get a do-over thursday, we're get back to reality although it will still be a very lovely day around town, temperature backs to normal on thursday. what is normal? low and mid 50's and that's likely where we will end up tomorrow. and that's where we're sort of headed right now. we're cooling off but slowly. it's still 61 degrees in dc. considering that the average high is 53, we're still in bargain territory. 57 in frb, 55 at west

it's not terribly cold this afternoon, but dropped to 50 in pittsburgh, 44 in chicago. you may remember they were quite a bit warmer. here's what you can expect. it's a slow seedy sent but we'll be getting cooler. 9:00, about 58 degrees, and 11:00, 55 degrees. we will be getting cooler in the overnight hours. we'll likely head back down into the mid and upper 30's, no the terribly cold let's describe it as chilly. dulles dropped to 32 last night. maybe a little bit less chilly out there than it was last night. but you know what we're doing, 24 hours from now, don't you? getting ready to light the national christmas tree, that will happen tomorrow on the elipse, i think it gets started around 5:00. people will be outside waiting for it to get started. what can you expect if you're heading down there? and looking out for great entertainment? partly to mostly cloudy skies. we'll have another stronger fr

and light out of the south, not a chilly direction, 50 if you're sitting out there for hour, you'll feel that but it won't be windy. there won't be a windchill. it will likely drop to 48 before we get the tree lit. i would say make sure you're comfortable with the forecast and again tomorrow we're looking at high temperatures in the low to mid 50's around the region. we'll talk more about what you can expect for the weekend and pattern change we see, coming by the middle of next week >> it was a somber farewell in baltimore today, for police detective killed in the line of duty. ♪ ♪. family friends and colleagues of detective suiter gathered today, he was killed canvassing a neighborhood investigating a 2016 murder, being remembered as hard working family man >> had a police officer leaves the

of their families leave with him. >> we honor the hero on behalf of all of the citizens of this great state of maryland. the grateful citizens. we say, thank you. god bless you. and may you rest in peace. no arrests have been made in detective suiter's murder. more than $200,000 reward is currently being offered. the officer leaves behind a wife and five children. she got on the escalator. the man bashed her in the face. >> just another way for these illegal scammers to get you. a maryland sports trainer is accused of texting a nude feet to a high school student.

. dc mayor mayor muriel bowser has ordered an investigation. the education committee called for a special hearing about students graduating even though they didn't attendance requirements >> some

absences >> matt? >> reporter: sarah and jim, dc has if they have more than 30 unexcused absences, well, they can fail their classes. that's why today, the mayor after this wamu report and the chancellor spoke out. they called a special press conference saying that they are launching two investigations into this matter after these allegations came forward. it was a story that got nationwide attention, blue's class of 2017 reached a major milestone, all graduating seniors to get an acceptance letter to college. but a report by wamu points out that some students may have lacked the requirements to graduate because they missed too much school >> the point we want to make clear is we take seriously these

>> mayor muriel bowser and dc ps chancellor wilson announced two probes, one by two deputy chancellor, the other by the office of state superintendent >> we will hold everybody accountable for making sure that this school just like any school in our system is run in the way that meets our highest expectations. >> we think these are extremely important allegations concerning allegations >> million linda good said she was shocked when her son graduated because she said he had too many absences and low grades. keel students know the importance of attendance >> it's way better than what people are trying to say they are >> state board of education marcus bachelor said this is so serious he believes

bowser should order an outside agency to investigate and get to the bottom of these allegations >> system-wide to see how far this goes, who was accomplice com plicit. >> the principal remains on the job. mayor was urging anyone that might have information that they want to get out there, there's a special line to the deputy mayor of education. we have it there on your screen, 205-727-3636. and she is inviting anyone that might have information to call also. the mayor is expecting a full report from the office of the superintendent here within 45 days. life at blue high school in southeast. matt ackland, fox 5 local news. coming up. a string of

district. the search for a suspect who police say robbed three places in 24 hours. ten women claimed their rights were violate by man pretending to be a gynecologist at prince george's hospital center. back after this.

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. a woman from woodbridge involved in a domestic dispute is facing charge, angela shannon accused of getting into an argument with her son that quickly escalatored. she put him in a choke point and he broke free and came back home with another member of the family. that started another altercation where she allegedly hit both in the face. a man robbed three places within 24 hour, the first last

blades en berg road in southeast. second rhode island avenue northeast. the third minutes later in the 4,000 block of georgia avenue northwest. and all of these cases, police say the suspect had a gun, please call police if you can help. >> also in the district, the search is on of a person of interest in another burglary in northwest. this happened in the 4800 block of georgia avenue in the early morning hours of november 18th. that would be about a week and a half ago. once inside, police say the suspect made off with electronics and money. the fbi is now investigating aged a kkk recruitment materials were discovered in a northern virginia neighborhood. >> these flyers were found yesterday and similar to ones found in a nearby found a couple weeks ago. here's tisha lewis. >> reporter: most the recent incident happened here in upperville an area that residents describe as calm and quiet. even so, police say a resident found four

four different driveways, inside the bag, bird seed and kkk recruitment material. they found two more similar bags with the same material, flyers were found earlier this month near upperville similar to the ones found in upperville found in nearby leas berg and that case, the material was stuffed in bags with candy, even though the kkk flyers found in upperville were discovered tuesday, police say it's unclear when they were disbursed >> i haven't seen or heard anything, it's a shame. hopefully it's not a big group. >> i would say it doesn't really reflect anything i've ever come into any contact with. we -- we work here and we're in and out of all the different stores and things like that, and you know, the interactions i've had with people has been very good, and i would recommend people to be from the area, but that kind of thing just has no place anywhere, really. >> reporter:

discovered here in upperville were found along trap road, which is also very rural area filled with farms, barnes and land. even so, police say they're not aware of any racial tensions here in this area. tisha lewis, fox 5 local news. the white house was responding to president trump's retweet of a series of anti-muslim videos. the president retweeted the videos from the leader of a far right british group known as britain first. the videos show muslims engaged in acts of violence and after retweet, white house press secretary sarah hackabee-sanders defended the president saying he wants to promote strong national security >> the threat is real and what's what the president is talking about and focused on and dealing with those real threats. and those are real no matter how you look at it >> the president received a wave of criticism. including

republicans as well as british prime minister theresa may. at least ten women are saying their patient rights were violate abide i a man who claimed to be a gynecologist and there could be hundreds of women seen by this man at prince george's hospital center, marina marraco spoke to a woman who said her child was delivered by the doctor. >> prince george hospital center is acknowledged they employed a man who said to be dr. charles j acode. the hospital acknowledges he used a complex and sophisticated identity theft scheme but hospital maintains they completed a diligent and thorough background check of this man who practiced add their facility. exactly weeks ago, a class action complaint was filed in federal court by ten anonymous women coming forward claiming this man allegedly falsified the majority if not all of this medical degrees, documentation and identity. practicing medicine as a gynecologist at prince george hospital center for a total of eight years from 2008 to 2016 as

doctor. tonight, one of those women, whose baby was delivered by this man, has come forward. >> he has messed up my health afterwards but throughout the entire time i put my trust in him. to find out he's actually a fake, i'll appalled and in did disbelief because i didn't expect a hospital to not do a thorough background check on people that's willing to work for them. i would expect them to really do diligent background checks on people and expect those people to be who they say they are, because the name he introduced me as isn't the name he is. >> how does this come to an end, when he was indicted by the federal government. u.s. attorney in june of 16, 2016. for fraudulent social security number. they executed warrants and found false passport, false social security

immigration documents, altered diploma, transcript, letters of recommendation, all altered through a spokesperson, he completed hes residence in obstetrics and gynecologist, he was certified in 2014. dr. acoda held physician licenses in good standing in state of maryland and the commonwealth of virginia. and the hospital also ads that acoda demonstrated the breath and depth of clinical competence expected of a gynecologist but in 2016, acoda was indicted in court for operating as a doctor without a license and now these ten women in the lawsuit and at least 100 other women have told lawyers they too were patients of acoda's at prince george hospital center and seeking damages as a result. >> thank you. on the way

out a new policy, there's one thing you may have to do before you log on >> how the new rule aim to protect against suspicious activity online. gary? >> beautiful day turning into a beautiful evening, i'm at the yards, let me show you. they've got -- at wonderful art exhibit. bill ball down here full of light. they're interactive. you can come down and see them all season long, i'll explain what they're doing here, exactly what is this? it's pretty cool. kaitlyn, it's not 70 anymore >> it was earlier today, gary. that's hard to believe. it's still mild, 61 degrees winds out on the northwest at 15 miles an hour. those winds out of the northwest are ushering in cooler air, temperatures back to normal for tomorrow, i'll have the latest with your seven-day forecast when fox 5 news at 5:00 returns.

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. it really is. there's four big alumeveries, it's by nats park and the navy yard, that's where the name comes from. i do want to talk to jill frederick because she's all things yards, the marketing and whatnot and i happened to hear from somebody that this particular art exhibit was your idea >> it was my idea and i'm going to tell my boss that i'm all things yards, that's fantastic. yes. >> you can tell her i said that >> i'll say gary said that, yes, so we do a installation every year called light yards, last year, some people

we had the giant bunnies. in the spring we wanted a to do something for the holidays, we have this fear. >> tell me about it. these huge spheres of light. the largest one is called, the largest wasn't is called moon garden it's rotating through but you'll see fun winter scenes coming kind of through, it's like a life size snow globe >> i don't know why science we came on tv, looks like a big blue globe. trust me, everybody at home on tv watching, it is super cool. let's go this way. paul will follow us, because we have the interactive globe over here and we'll move around, i'm kind of connected by a cord. i want you to meet somebody else. this is ken knee, and he's all things technicals with studios down here. this is the interactive globe. we'll point the camera that way and then w

relay cool stuff because you know how to do this better than anyone else. >> look at that. see how he put his face on there? do that thing with the lights around it like you were doing. he's been putting a heart around his own face. your mom would be proud. now, you're down here every night. aren't you >> yes, sir. >> kenny's job is to stand down here, when there's 14 people around this big globe, show he is everybody how it works. look, what do i need to do to make my face the light up on this thing, whether it's good or bad? kenny? >> i'm going to get close, are we good on time? >> right here. >> look at that. >> can you see me? >> we can >> it's kind of creepy. big fox 5, the boss would be proud. the bosses would be proud. anyway, it's -- it's down here all month. >> all month. through new year's day >> thank you my friend, kenny for showing us how to do this, i'll come back at 6:00 and show more about what's goingn

the yards, jim and sarah back to you, i would love to see your face this large, jim lokay's >> not so much >> jim was traumatized by seeing yours that large. i don't want to scare anybody either. >> well, you know, that's right. >> imagine how my wife feels. >> it's still handsome >> let's talk -- we're talking holiday stuff >> honestly it was great day to string up your own holiday lights. >> i did the holiday to decorating it was inside today. >> i know. i guess you should have done outdoor s today, it did hit 70 today. so unusual for late november. and as we take a live look outside, already dark but clear and quiet over at the capitol dome, it does not feel like the holiday season when it's this nice and mild, we've had a couple of really great days one after another both monday and tuesday, saw high temperatures in the 60's and then bonus 70 today. we'll be a little bit back to normal for tomorrow. temperatures will technically b

the mid to upper visits, it's closer to what we're accustomed to. colder air moving in, temperatures trending back to normal and a few showers in the forecast but the cold front coming through late tomorrow night, early friday. friday will still be a sunny and beautiful day and i guess what? so will the weekend. when will our dry stretch come to an end, no signs yet but there does look like a pattern change in the works the middle of next week, this time we'll be talk talking about much colder air, 61 outside. 58 in baltimore, 61 annapolis, 46 in winchester, little bit cooler up in the higher elevations. winds not terribly gusty but they're out of the northwest, they have been all day. 15 miles an hour wind here in washington, it will give a little breezy as that cooler air comes through. satellite and radar quiet out there. really all the northeast into the midwest we are looking at clear skies. cold front will be well to our south for tomorrow. high pressure in place, a

of that cooler air lodging itself overhead, and high temperatures will be in the mid 50's. overall still really nice day, we'll see a lot of sun in the morning but clouds will increase a bit ahead of this cold front that will come through tomorrow night. you're planning forecast bus stop 44, noon hour, 54 and as we get out of work and school 56 with increasing clouds for the high temperature. i want to show you fox futurecast this fronts coming through during the owe overnight hours, we start to cloud up late tomorrow afternoon, 11:00 p.m. here's light rain showers moving into parts of district and then through 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 a.m. it quickly clears by 8:00 a.m. starting off with sunshine and looks nice, your seven-day forecast, 56 tomorrow, late day clouds overall still a nice day. friday is gorgeous. it is crisp out there, 54 degrees for the high temperature. and same with the weekend but looks very comfortable to pick out that christmas tree or get your holiday decoration this weekend. in the next week, of course, this is the first weekend in december. we're still mild. 61 next tuesday, changes come

we then we could be much cooler by next thursday. wait and see for that one. jim and sarah back over to you. on the way, mat lauer out of a job. new breaking details coming from three women, we're talking to friends at page six after the break.

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lauer. there was a joyful reunion between the man who runs the company who makes frenches mustard and the dc firefighter whose saved his life earlier this year >> here's fox 5 bob barnard. >> reporter: inside engine company three on new jersey avenue northwest, elliot penner, his son braden and wife karen meet the firefighter, emt'ses and paramedics who saved his life last

thes previously healthy penner went into cardiac arrest shortly after he and braden arrived at union station for a hockey game. >> in the right place at the right time. >> reporter: the firefighters had been dispatched to union station to check on somebody else with a medical issue. when braden ran outside to get help for his father, who at first just wasn't feeling well >> if it wasn't for the luck of me walking into an ambulance manned by these folks behind me, i wouldn't probably be here today. >> we saw ekg changes, shocked him, brought him back. same thing happen six, seven times on the way to the hospital >> i guess lucky in one aspect. we never ended up finding the other person we were original there will to see. obviously when someone comes up we take care of them >> they do an outstanding job and in my case,

job, and i will forever bein debted to them. >> dc fire chief gregory dean and mr. penner presented each of the first responders with what's called a cardiac arrest safe coin >> we're here today to congratulate the family that mr. penner is here and we're here two congratulate the firefighters for the great job they did >> we were in the right place at the right time. the stars aligned everything to work out >> near fatal medical distress success story with a warm hearted ending. in northwest, bob barnard >> fox 5 local news. mr. penner said there's a lesson to be learned if you're not feeling well, don't ignore the warning signs. >> good advice. we'll be right back. we'll be right back.

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s. facebook said it will check the photo and permanently delete it from the server photo verification process is being tested. do you have dreams of becoming a millionaire? turns out you may have to wait decades for it to happen. a report by fidelity investments finds the average woman hits that milestone at 50 while the average man is 59 years old. the report also finds the typical 401k millionaire has a six figure income of $287,000 for women and $354,000 for men. the big story today, matt lauer fired from his job at nbc >> three women are coming forward, here's ronica cleary. >> reporter: detailsf

shocking allegations against matt lauer we'll break the down for you. coming up. fitz? >> reporter: another sexual abuse case on capitol hill. but this time, the victim is a tourist. paul? >> reporter: tom, conmen are targeting grandparents for big money, i'm paul wagner, i'll have the story coming up. the news at 6:00 starts now. this is fox 5 local news at 6:00. we begin with the firing of long time today show host matt lauer. nbc terminated lauer citing inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace >> variety magazine is reporting details about the accusation that is led the network to terminate lauer. ronica cleary is live with the latest. ronica? >> shawn and tony, employees they were informed with a staff memo that said that these allegations were brought to the attention of nbc executives on monday

swift firing of matt lauer. now, viewers in america, learned of these allegations this morning at the top of today show. take a look at what co host savannah guthrie had to say >> as i'm sure you can imagine, we're devastated and still processing this, we do not know more than what i just shared with you. but we will be covering the story, as reporters, journalists, we will be learning more details in the hours and days to come. and we promise we will share that with you. >> reporter: well, take a look at this statement from the accusers attorney who released a statement. it read, in part, our impression at this point is that nbc acted quickly as all companies should. when confronted with allegations of sexual misconduct in the workplace, i'll i'm encouraged by nbc's