matt lauer was the face of the "today" show brand in so many ways. >> reporter: now lauer joins the ranksdisgraced media titans. charlie rose. roger ailes. bill o'reilly. harvey weinstein. mark halperin, once the political director here at abc. >> "me too" wasn't moment, it's a movement. it is a culture shift. it's happening. women of all creeds and colors and back grounds, they're like, wait, it's not supposed to be this way, i should be able to just go to work and i want my daughter to be able to just go to work and i want my younger sisters to be able to just go to work. >> reporter: lauer, once contrite, is combative, determined to recast what's left of his public image. he writes in his letter, i admit i ended the affair poorly, i simply stopped communicating with her. i understand how that must have made her feel. however, being upset or having second thoughts does not give anyone the right to make false accusations years later about an affair in which they fully and willingly participated. meanwhile, tonight nevilles provided a statement to nbc news saying that his open letter was

today lauer released a statement. it is alleged that an extramarital but consensual sexual encounter was in fact an assault. it is categorically false and ignores the facts and defies common sense in the book which nbc news has not seen, nevils alleges that after a night of drinking she went to lauer's hotel room she told farrow that lauer pushed her against the door and kissed her he then pushed her onto the bed flipping her over asking if she likes anal sex, farrow writes she said she denied several times. according to nevils she was in the midst of telling him she wasn't interested again when he just did it. telling farrow, she we wept silently into a pillow in lauer's account, he says they engaged in a variety of sexual acts each act was mutual and completely consensual. in a statement an nbc spokesperson says matt lauer's conduct was appalling, horrific, and reprehensible. that's why he was fired within 24 hours of us first learning the complaint. our hearts break again for our colleague. while on the "today" sho

>> indeed. >> reporter: lauer's attorney responded in 25 years at nbc matt lauer did not have a single complaint brought to his attention until november 28, 2017. in the book, which was obtained by nbc news, farrow describes four agreements with women who say they were harassed by the long-time "today show" host at least two signed before lauer was fired. among them a woman who had worked for the show for years according to the book she told colleagues in 10 lauer exposed himself and propositioned her in he unzipped his pants and exposed his erect penis. she recalled lauer saying he knew she wanted it. he became angry saying you are a tease. this is not good you led me on. according to the book the next day she told former "today" show anchor ann curry who told two senior executives they needed to do something about lauer. curry quoted as saying i told them they had a problem in him, he had a problem with women that they had to keep an eye on him. a spokesperson from nbc-univl says curry did not report a specific incident. but according to farrow, no action was taken. the accuser left

according to the book she told colleagues in 2010 lauer exposed himself and propositioned her in his office after a work event he unzipped his pants and exposed his erect penis. saying he knew she wanted it. he became angry saying you are a tease, this is not good, you led me on. according to the book, the next day she told former todshow anchor ann curry who told two senior executives at the company that they needed do something about lauer. quoted as saying, i told them they had a problem in him, that he had a problem with women, that they had to keep an eye on him. a spokesperson from nbc-universal says curry did not report a specific incident. according to farrow, no action was taken. the accuser left the company in 2013 and was given a six-figure sum in exchange of signing a release of rights on top of a standard nda agreement. lauer's attorney says they have not received a copy of the book adding matt never exposed himself to anyone this ridiculous story has been shopped around for years many allegations being circulated were never raised during any fact-checking process. descr

matt lauer has a very different take on it.t this open letter that got so much attention. i believe it was last week because of the details he spelled out. he spelled out sex acts, and all sorts of graphic things. i'll just read a part that's appropriate for morning tv. here's from matt lauer. there was absolutely nothing aggressive about that encounter. brooke did not do or say anything to object. she certainly did not cry. she was a fully enthusiastic and willing partner. at no time did she behave in a way that made it appear she was incapable of consent. she seemed to know exactly what she wanted to do. do you know why matt lauer took this tact and decided to speak out in such a personal and graphic way? >> for anyone about whom a major allegation is described in this book, there was an elaborate and intensive fact-checking and comment process. matt lauer's thinking is very fully represented in the book and one of the material responses that he has laid out in this letter is, there was subsequent contact. in a lot of the cas

and fired "today" show anchor matt lauer. "nightline" will be right back.t's game day live here a fan favorite venue ever since they got gig speed internet. xfinity gives them the ultimate home field advantage, it's their twelfth man, protector- hey, amy? want to grab a seat? julie. we're live. it's game on, with gig speed internet from xfinity. start him, sit him, trade him. simple, easy, awesome. check out gig-speed internet, or any of our other amazing speed options. get started now for as low as $29.99 a month for 12 months. click, call or visit a store today. >>> good evening. thank you for joining us. his reporting helped inspire the "me too" movement. it helped give voice to the voiceless. now one on one with journalist ronan farrow, out with a new book detailing shocking accusations that are fueling a new storm of controversy. here's abc's linsey davis. a. >> reporter: the biggest scandal in hollywood in years. >> new outrage in the "me too" movement. and i can't tell you i had a crystal ball. >> the fallout spreading from hollywood to corporate ame

matt lauer breaking his silence.llegations made by former nbc news producer brooke nevils in the new book "catch and kill" by ronan farrow. the fired "today" show host writing a stunning 1400 word open letter arguing the story brooke tells is filled with false details intended only to create the impression this was an abusive encounter. adding, i have never assaulted anyone or forced anyone to have sex. period. in a statement to nbc, nevils is calling it a case study in victim blaming. she's adding, i'm not afraid of him now regardless of his threats, bullying, and predatory tactics i knew he would and now has tried to use against me. in the book, she alleges the rape happened in sochi, russia after a night of drinking with meredith vieira and lauer at a hotel bar. she said she had six shots of vodka and lauer invited her up to his room. she had no reason to expect him to be anything but friendly. she said once in the room, lauer forced himself onto her and raped her. nevils tells farrow it was non-consensual in the

>>> tonight, matt lauer's accuser fights back. her new message as matt's ex-wife breaks her silence. >>> then, are harry and meghan moving to canada. >> so, let's talk about this for a second. >> and why the prince is teaming up with ed sheeran. >>> plus, river dale's farewell to luke perry. >>> one month after fracturing his spine, kevin hart's plan to take on nine new projects. >>> grey's fans, is there a doctor in the house? >> i play within on tv. let's go! >> welcome, everybody. i'm so excited about our guest cohost, "grey's anatomy's" star chandra wilson. everybody needs to know you are the girlfriend we all need. >> because we need girlfriends. >> yes, we do. we feel like you're our girl. i want to dish on all your grey's pals today. >> whatever i can do. but first, there is news in the matt lauer story. his accuser is firing back. >> brooke, what do you think of matt's denial of your version of the story? >> brooke nevils, who is accusing matt lauer of rape, was startled by the flash of cameras last night in new york. the

the book is not just about matt lauer.s morning ronan farrow said in a conversation, it is about a bigger picture. it is the culture of forced silence in large companies. and that is something that so many people connect to. i want to share that. >> it is bigger than matt lauer, bigger than one network. it is important to note that the reason we're having this conversation is not just then s seriousness of any one story, it is about the patterns that prevent brave people who want to come forward from doing as to. it is not just an nbc problem. i reported on similar situation to cbs that use payouts to sweep problems under the rug. the women are still terrified to speak. because they are locked up in these contracts. >> what is nbc saying about these agreements reached with women about matt lauer? >> it is important to sort of get at what ronan farrow is alleging and that is that there is this pattern of peck difference -- executives being aware of the claims and then binding women in agreements when they leave the company

matt lauer responding tonight, and so is nbc. >>> the passenger revolt onboard a cruise ship. americans onboard. the ship forced to skip several ports. protests onboard. passengers now demanding refunds. >>> and the massive fire coming in late today. reports of injuries as flames tear through this motel. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a wednesday night. we have a lot to get to. and we begin tonight with the military operation under way right now. just days after president trump announced a withdrawal of u.s. troops from a key part of syria after a phone call with turkey's president, turkey is now hpeth g the very u.s. allies, fight isis. turkey's military first launching air strikes on kurdish targets. and tonight, there are reports that civilian targets have been struck, as well. civilians now trying to flee to safer ground. officials there are warning of a humanitarian catastrophe tonight. and it's those u.s. kurdish allies who are guarding thousands of isis prisoners in syria. and abc news learning

hotel room to pick up her press credential because lauer took it as a joke. she then left but according to this book returned a little later after lauer asked her to come back and told ronan farrow she "had no reason to suspect lauer would be anything but friendly based on prior experience." according to this book she says matt lauer then pushed her against the door, kissed her, pushed her to the bed, flipped her over and asked her if she liked anal sex. farrow writes she said, no, according to her interview with him lauer "just did it." did it while she says she kept saying, no, until she says she silently wept into the her pillow and then this disturbing detail. told him as a result of this assault she bled for days. despite all of this, she does reveal she went on to have consensual sex with matt lauer on several occasions, completely transactional not a relationship. some sometime later meredith vieira formerly of the "today" show told her to go to nbc human resources with a lawyer after learning about assault. when she did that she told farrow that nbc e

they weren't specific to anybody making any allegations against lauer. the company said management was up aware of any allegations against matt lauer at all before the one allegation for which they fired him. nbcuniversal did an internal investigation last year that said as much, that concluded. but i'll tell you, there has been consternation even inside this building, inside msnbc and nbc news that that matter was handled with an internal investigation, with the company, in effect, investigating itself rather than hiring external firm to do it. now, nbc news is obviously our parent company here at msnbc. the allegations about the behavior of harvey weinstein and matt lauer are gut wrenching, at baseline, no matter who you are or what your connection is to this story. but accusations that people in positions of authority in this building may have been complicit in some way in shielding those guys from accountability? those accusations are very, very hard to stomach. and i can tell you that inside this building, this issue, the weinstein story, having to

the bombshell accusation against matt lauer >> new on the record allegation by exstaffer that matt lauer her years ago and response from former colleagues? >> you know, this is shockingsing and appalling and i honestly don't even know what to say about it. >> allegations of a crime and i think that's shocking to all of us here that sat with matt for many, many years. >> there were multiple secret settlements years before, over a period of 6 to 7 years, a period on which -- >> on matt lauer? >> 7 nondisclosure agreements, this is years before this incident and the firing and i spoke to senior executives who were told about the earlier incidents. >> with matt lauer? >> indeed. lauer fired 24 after accusation, confidential settlements over the years and harvey weinstein essentially threatening to reveal some allegations about lauer. how bad does it damage the credibility? >> immensely. they may be deploying careful legal language but reconcile the specific reporting which based on what he's told us about his book and what has come out from the book in news outlets it is very specific, well

so far lauer has not responded to these new allegations.st for comment. we have heard from nbc news. releasing a statement saying this. quote, matt lauer's conduct was appalling and reprehensible and we said it at the time. that's why we fired him within 24 hours of us first learning of the complaint. our hearts break again for our colleague. it's remarkable to see how the "today" show's hosts are handling this. here's how savannah addressed it on the air moments ago. >> you know, this is shocking and appalling and i honestly don't even know what to say about it. i want to say that we -- i know it wasn't easy for our colleague brooke to come forward then. it's not easy now. and we support her and any women who have come forward with claims. and it's just very painful for of all us at the "today" show. it's very, very, very difficult. >> think back two years in 2017. at the time, lauer was fired due to an inappropriate sexual relationship at the workplace. well, this is more than that. as kotb said this morning, this is not an allegation of

and here is lauer's former cohost savannah guthrie. >> this is shocking and appalling.en know what to say about it. and it's very painful for all of us at nbc and "the today show." >> jesse: you also have to go back and remember ronan farrow claimed nbc executives tried to kill his story on harvey weinstein. others say weinstein contacted nbc execs to influence the reporting period >> juan: trays, thank you so much. the denial that we just saw from matt lauer was pretty adamant and pretty aggressive, but he had not issued anything like that before now. why do you think he's doing it now? >> dana: we talked about that from a communication standpoint and interesting in terms of strategy. he said that he did not say anything. he thought that was the best course of action but he regrets that. he wishes at the time he would've said something at the time of his firing that he would have said something. he said he lost all credibility with his family. that all of this is playing out in public. everything has been taken from him. he has been in hiding now at the same time, ther

matt lauer responding tonight, and so is nbc. here's linsey davis. >> reporter: for the first time, one of matt lauer's accusers has reportedly come forward to describe a sexual assault by the former "today show" anchor. >> this is shocking and appalling. >> reporter: this morning, his former colleagues reacted to the explosive claims. >> there are not allegations of an affair, there are allegations of a crime, and i think that's shocking to all of us here. >> reporter: "variety magazine" obtained excerpts of the new book "catch and kill" by roman farrow. according to variety, a former nbc news producer says the assault took place at the 2014 sochi olympics while she was working for anchor meredith viera. she reportedly told farrow that one night after drinks in sochi with lauer and vieira, she went up to lauer's hotel room where she says he pushed her onto the bed, flipping her over, and forcing her into a sex act. she says she "wept silently into a pillow." according to excerpts obtained by "variety," the producer told farrow,

lauer's divorce was finalized last month. they were spotted together at their daughter's horse show in the hamptons. the 61-year-old also resurfaced on social media last week. >> i'm inevitable. >> lip syncing and dancing in videos with his daughter. a source tells "e.t." matt has agreed to pay annette about $20 million in the divorce. now nbc news released this statement. matt lauer's conduct was appalling, horrific and reprehensible as we said at the time. that's why he was fired within 24 hours of us learning of the complaint. >> let's move on to brad pitt and angelina jolie. there's a new development in their ongoing divorce. >> money always gets in the way. anginay looked like a million bucks at her premiere. >> making it a family night angelina was surrounded by kids. >> so much fun when you're together and making a game of it. it's nice for me as a mom watching my kids grow up, watching my daughter put on a beautiful dress and put on the right heels. all that mom stuff means a lot. >> angie appeared regal and upbeat de

threatening to reveal some allegations about lauer.ad does it damage the credibility? >> immensely. they may be deploying careful legal language but reconcile the specific reporting which based on what he's told us about his book and what has come out from the book in news outlets it is very specific, well sourced, based on documentation, to say he's seen settlements and multiple ones is almost impossible to reconcile with nbc's story, nbc did not do independent review, they did not hire an outside group to examine what happened with the matt lauer case. other news outlets back in the height of me too, nbc did not do that. howie: obviously many media organizations including fox, cbs and others have problems with these kinds of accusations and settlement, nbc staffers, while she was very drunk matt lauer anally raped her and is it too late for matt lauer who says it was a mistake to remain silent to redeem his reputation? >> i don't think there's an opportunity for matt lauer to redeem reputation, he has every right to defend himself bu

last year about their investigation into matt lauer.scribed four women, not seven, coming forward, after lauer was fired to allege that he engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace. norah. >> o'donnell: the story continues. jericka, thank you. coming up, three rock stars of chemistry are honored for an invention we use every day. an invention we use every day. i work hard and i want my money to work hard too. so i use my freedom unlimited card. even when i'm spending, i'm earning 1.5% cash back on everything i buy. (shouting) earning on headphones! huh? g.rnin ea always earning. i don't know where you're pointing. not that one! the big one. you can't sneak a good earning opportunity past me. in fact... i've got a hand modeling gig that starts right no with freedom unlimited. oooh. my hand looks good. chase. make more of what's yours. i was told to begi rimypigiasre n n,blem. me until i almost lost my life. my doctors again ordered me to take aspirin, and i do. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin re

matt lauer has vehemently denied this account. he says the encounter was consensual. farrow alleges in his book that this woman was one of several nbc employees with sexual misconduct allegations against matt lauer who received big payouts accompanied by n nondisclosure or nondisparagement agreements. nbc says these payments, those agreements were all standard, they weren't specific to anybody making any allegations against lauer. the company says management was unaware of any allegations against matt lauer at all before the one allegation for which they fired him. nbcuniversal did an internal investigation last year that said as much, that concluded that. but i'll tell you, there has been consternation, even inside this building, inside msnbc and nbc news, that that matter was handled with an internal investigation, with the company, in effect, investigating itself, rather than hiring an external firm to do it. now, nbc news is obviously our parent company here at msnbc. the allegations about the behavior of harvey weinstein and matt lauer are gut-wrenching at baseli

. >> and lauer allegations. two years after he was ousted from the "today" show he is accused of rape. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i'm brianna keilar. you're "the situation room." >>> we're following breaking news on president trump's all-out war against the impeachment investigation. tonight he's hedging about whether he'd stop stonewalling and decide to cooperate if the house were to formally vote to approve the impeachment inquiry. cnn has learned the democrats are preparing a flurry of new inquiries. also breaking, president trump is predictably attacking joe biden after the former vice president called for his impeachment for the first time. biden declaring the president has indicted himself by obstructing justice. >>> and this hour i'll talk with a democrat on the house intelligence committee, dennis heck, and our correspondent also standing by. first we'll go to white house chief correspondent jim acosta. jim, we've heard a lot from

do they all have a connection with matt lauer?se the women from their confidentiality obligations. >> tucker: this probably would be known right now if the network had conducted an independent investigation. last september, early september, you, on your show on the air on nbc, called for an independent investigation into these allegations. i think we have the tape of you doing it. >> there's a question about whether there should be an outside investigator to take a hard look at this. between the investigation nbc did internally on matt lauer to now this, there's a question of the faith and confidence of the public and the reporting of nbc on matters involving itself. to me as a lawyer, it's just always better if you send it outside. then people can have more faith in it and if there's nothing to hide, you have no worries about it. you have nothing to worry about. >> tucker: people's jaws hung open when you said that.me there have been a couple published accounts that say you were fired from nbc a little more than a month later for

here's matt lauer's statement he put out.ic part of the statement, but this is the heart of it. the story brooke tells is filled with false details intended to create the impression this was an abusive encounter. i never assaulted anyone or forced anyone to have sex, period. he claims this was consensual. >> i think he still doesn't understand exactly what happened. even if we take the assault claim out of it, even it's not -- it's still not consensual if the person is matt lauer and is your boss and is somebody who is bigger -- is basically the "today" show, right? he has so much power. he's not understanding the power dynamic. >> she also supposedly drank six shots of vodka. >> well, there's that, too. but even again, even if you take that out of it he's not understanding the power dynamic. he's not understanding that these women actually felt like they didn't have a choice, that this was something that if matt lauer makes a move on you that you don't really have a choice to say no. >> there are other headlines coming out t

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in 2014 which lauer firmly denies.rk" magazine's senior correspondent and cnn contributor erin carmone, and you've been talking about cbs and the other outlets. what do you make of nbc's handling of this? >> well, you know, i have likened the experience of both reporting on sexual harassment and assault and learning from other reporters the kind of things that are happening behind closed doors. to the movie "get out," to the pre-cease moment where allison williams, who the character has seen dangle the keys, we've dean sueplicitiy or the attitudes that underpin sexual harassment and assault. my question -- and i worked at nbc, and there's a lot of people i really respect there. i think that they deserve to know exactly what knew what when. they deserve accountability. there was never an independent investigation at nbc, in contrast to cbs which i reported on which hired a law firm to do an independent investigation. wasn't a perfect process, but you can see at cbs there are many new faces skiering the ship. at nbc, we

a period in which nbc -- >> on matt lauer? >> -- any settlements.ral nondisclosure agreements, and multiple were with matt lauer accusers years before this incident with brooke nevils and the firing and i spoke to senior executives who were told about those earlier incidents. >> with matt lauer? >> indeed. >> they definitely know? when they say the first they heard about any allegations with matt lauer were after the fact, after november 2017? >> i'll let the facts in the book speak for themselves but i think this is difficult to believe when you look at the documents and records. >> did brooke or her attorneys use the words rape or sexual assault when they went to nbc? >> we're careful about laying out exactly what happened and what she said to them. she unambiguously described a rape or sexual assault. she was not ready to use those words like many trauma victims and her attorney did in case like this where someone complain, asked a clear series of questions that elicited answers without any doubt said this is nonconsensual and even stopped the pr

he also sent former nbc staffer brick -- told him lauer raped her in 2014 episodes the olympics. now some of the network staffers speaking publicly about the ordeal. >> i want to say that we -- it was not easy to come forward then, it's not easy now. >> he was able to break through was effectively a conspiracy of silence from nbc news management. >> nbc execs claim be removed lauer from the air and the payroll two years ago as soon as they found out about the rape accusation. news president noah oftentimes says this is a smear entities clearly motivated not by pursuit of the truth but an ax to grind, built on a series of distortions, confuse timelines and outright inaccuracies. lauer insisted in an open letter he, quote, never assaulted anyone forced anyone to have sex period. >> none of these responses are surprise because they are in there alongside the paper trail a document and meticulously fact checked reporting. i will let the facts speak for themselves. >> pharaoh insists to fox that nbc execs knew about allegations against matt lauer long before his firing and claims fema

lauer was fired almost two years ago.ppropriate sexual behavior at the workplace. what we're hearing now is much more disturbing than just inappropriate. this is from variety magazine publishing excerpts from roe ran farrow's book. there is an interview with lauer's accuser. farrow spoke with the woman whose claim led to the firing. brooke nevilles. she's a former assistant to meredith vieira. she says she was raped by lauer while covering the olympics in sochi, russia. she says it happened after a night of drinking at a hotel bar. she had six shotss of vodka. and according to farrow, she had no reason to suspect lauer would be anything but friendly. nevilles then says once in the room, lauer forced himself onto her and raped her. nevilles tells farrow it was non-con sensual in the sense that was too drunk to consent. she and lauer then had other what she said were consensual encounters. she described them as completely transactional. it was not a relationship. now, nevilles did not initially report the situation in sochi

she tells pharaoh that lauer rape her.was appalling, horrific, and reprehensible. as we said the time, that is why he was fired within 24 hours of us for starting of the complaint. our hearts break again for our colleague. neville says she went to lauer's hotel room. she claims lauer pushed her on the bed asking if she liked a particular kind of sex. she claims she said noeveral times but lauer quote just did it. >> it is not easy to come forward then or now. >> reporter: matt lauer spent a letter to variety responding saying quote, the story brick tells is filled with false details only to create the impression this was an abusive encounter. nothing could be further from the truth. there was nothing aggressive about the counter. brooke said nothing to object. the hotel a counter was the beginning of an affair. she was paid more than willing on dollars by the network. >>> the power has been out for 17 hours in the north bay. i shut off in much of the west bay has been delayed until at least 8 pm. we also know the caldecott

did you la lauer deserve a fair hearing or has "me too" move. change the move.hat to believe, this is what is confusing, lauer said he had a consensual affair, and the victim said the same thing, yeah we did have many other after, that which i engaged. so, what are we supposed to believe? >> you know really hard to know what to believe, i fear -- i am a sexual assault surviving on, i understand the difficulty who you are asked to come forward immediately, we see all the time, why didn't se she come out soon, i do believe that people accused of any crime should be allowed to defend themselves, it unfortunate because their has not been any sort of prosecution, that has not been anything to get down to the facts, besides a he said/she said, this is why it is important for victims, for home it come forward. kennedy: did kavanaugh hearing and experience change some rules how some accusers defend themselves? >> probably. and i think that there are a lot of people who are sympathetic to "me too" movement, myself included had a sobering up moments, there still havin has

let me read brooke's statement to -- about matt lauer's statement.the matt lauer that millions of americans watched on tv for two decades and there's the matt lauer who this morning attempted to bully a former colleague into silence. it was a case study in victim blaming. i'm not afraid of him now regardless of his threats, bullying and predatory tactics. i knew he would and now has tried to use against me. one last thing m.k., this is just interesting because she's using her name and going so public now with all of this. >> yeah, i mean, and this is the thing when you're commenting publicly on this stuff. it's so hard to adjudicate but some things i look for are physically corroborating facts, perhaps as you noted text messages or messages that corroborate some of this. and a named accuser who does have to come forward and speak about this stuff. by the way, one of the things that's going to be the fallout not just for matt lauer is for nbc brass that did, we know, sort of try to get the weinstein story out of the way. and now some evidence the way

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he goes further to say it's all full circle intertwined with matt lauer.his morning on "good morning america," he says he carefully weighs us out in the book but all signs point to it was a tangled web that was all woven together that harvey weinstein basically threatened that he would spill the beans about matt lauer if they spilled the beans about his sexual harassment. >> martha: ugly all around. when we come back, jonathan morris and guy benson on a new push by some democratic presidential candidates to revoke churches' tax-exempt status if they refused to perform same-sex marriages. against whooping cough. ♪ against whooping cough. ♪ head in now for applebee's new pasta & grill combos starting at $9.99. they give us excellent customer otservice, every time.e. our 18 year old was in an accident. usaa took care of her car rental, and getting her car towed. all i had to take care of was making sure that my daughter was ok. if i met another veteran, and they were with another insurance company, i would tell them, you need to join usaa because they have be

. ♪ >>> news on matt lauer after the rape accusation.he tv host who helped the it alleged victim come forward as his accuser fights back. then kevin hart breaks his silence on his near fatal crash. new photos and the cause of the accident revealed. plus alex trebek talks leaving "jeopardy" among his cancer fight. >> i'm near the end of that fight. >> reporter: why nick jonas is in and gwen stefani is out and how wife, bewioncau is already getting in on the trash talk. hollywood's biggest stars turn out for a history-making moment. and "e.t.'s" "cheers" reunion features shocking set secrets. >> we were horrible. >> news on matt lauer after he fought back against a rape accusation. >> the allegations are disturbing. we have the latest as the former ca colleagues were left visibly shaken this week. pappalling.shocking and it's very, very difficult. >> i think we're going to just sort of of continue to process this part of this horrific story. >> i think i speak for all of us we're disturbed to our core. >> savannah and hoda were dealing wit

referred to lauer's alleged actions as inappropriate sexual behavior, and appalling.d assault was not used by either nbc news executives or nevils' attorney at the time the severity of nevils' allegations are detailed in ronan farrow's upcoming book "catch and kill. she reportedly details the alleged assault with lauer at the olympics in 2014 saying he pushed her onto the bed, quote, flipping her over, asking if she liked anal sex, even though she declined several times. lauer called the accusation categorically false, saying there was nothing aggressive about that encounter brooke did not do or say anything to object he went on writing they went on to have an ongoing affair that was completely mutual and consensual nevils said in response i continued to engage with him, as many rape acquaintances do farrow said he found seven allegations against lauer and seven nondisclosure agreements, many with hush money payouts to accusers of lauer and others at nbc. in a letter to colleagues lack writing in part "any suggestion that we knew prior to that evening or tried to cove

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matt lauer's conduct was appalling, horrific and reprehensible.as fired within 24 hours of us first learning of the complaint. our hearts break again for our colleague. neville says after a boozy night at their hotel bar, she went to his hotel room. she claims lauer pushed her onto a bed asking her if she liked a particular type of. she claims she said no several times but that he "just did it." lauer's former nbc colleagues reacted to the allegations this morning. >> we don't know all the facts and all of this but there are not allegations of an affair, it's allegations of a crime. i think that is shocking to all of us here who have sat with matt for many, many years. >> lauer claims the sochi hotel was the beginning of a several month long affair. he released a statement which read in recent part, i had an extramarital affair with brooke neville in 2014. it began when she came to my hotel room very late one night. we engaged in a variety of act acts, each act was mutual and completely consensual. once neville came forward to nbc she was put on m

my next guest is no stranger to matt lauer, she is a former war correspondent to decided to go public her own claims of sexual harassment against nbc's tom brokaw. linda esther director of a foundation working towards ending workplace harassment. welcome back. >> thank you very much. >> shannon: talk about your experience. years ago i served as a sexual-harassment attorney, i know what it's like to do internal investigations. it can clear the air given enough transparency for people to believe that when they make that step as you didn't come forward that they are going to be treated completely neutrally. >> i think ronan farrow's meticulous reporting is showing that nbc was not honest when it conducted its own internal investigation of sexual misconduct. they just didn't get the bottom of it at all. they didn't interview enough women and we don't have the truth yet. it seems that cover-up continues at nbc news. it's hard to get the truth out when the company itself is hiring -- having an internal investigation instead of outside independent investigators really able to get to the bott

against matt lauer.s that this is bigger than nbc. watch. to speak of the reason this was important is because it is a pattern in media, and law, and politics. institution that can feel abusive ms. types and let people get hurt. that's something we should all fear. >> harris: and you say what? >> i don't think that they can have the story out there and, i imagine this is going to sell very well now. if they decide that they want to take legal action against him, that could mean that the book sells even better. but it might lead to the truth. but matt lauer is saying this is defamatory. the next question for him is are you suing ronan farrow or his publisher? and this is where a court could decide who is credible and who is not. >> harris: i don't want to miss the glaring fact that at fox news we have lived through our own journey in terms of women and the #metoo movement. 24 hours later matt lauer is gone, but the top core management was left in place. >> it is that experience of a lot of media companies

lauer says he invited nevils to her hotel room after a night of drinks.e in the room, she alleged he pushed her against the door and additioned her, then pushed her onto the bed, flipping her over and asked if she liked, quote, anal sex. she says she declined several times but was in the midst of telling him she wasn't interested again when he just did it. nevils recalls that the encounter was excruciatingly painful. nevils says there were more sexual encounters with lauer when he returned to new york, telling farrow "this is what i blame myself most for. it was completely transactional. it was not a relationship." farrow says nevils told colleagues and superiors at nbc about the encounters. in 2017, when the me too movement gained momentum with the downfall of hollywood mogul harvey weinstein, farrow says nevils confided in former today show co-anchor meredith vieira about the alleged assault. vieira urged her to file a formal complaint with nbc's office of human resources, which farrow says she did. according to nevils, after lauer was fired, she learne

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and nbc's noah aoppenheim wrote "matt lauer's actions were abhorrent.ble fact and twists it into a lie alleging we were a company with a lot of secrets. we have no secrets and nothing to hide." nbc also calls farrow's claim about their quashing the weinstein story a conspiracy theory. ronan farrow joins us now. welcome. >> good to be here. >> in this statement from nbc which i should say is six pages long -- >> very detailed. >> yeah. nbc news president noah oppenheim says your book is, quote, built on a series of distortions, confused timelines, and outright inaccuracies. >> look, this book is an extraordinarily meticulously fact-checked work of investigative journalism. it's two years of reporting. one of the senior fact-checkers did it and i think people have seen it for what it is. >> what have you heard from people inside nbc? >> there's been an outpouring of support from journalists and sources saying they, too, have stories. that's very common. all of this is honestly very common with these kind of investigative stories. when i reported those sto

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