how is that misremembered? how do you misremember hit by a rocket propelled grenade? you either were or you weren't. so the fact he goes out and says after reporting in 2003 he reported this on "nbc nightly news" with tom brokaw. he mentioned none of this whatsoever. why lie now? he's now apologizing. he clearly lied. it wasn't bungled. it wasn't misremembered. he lied. >> what do you think, colonel? >> outrageous lie, sean. i've still got shrapnel in my arm from an rpg. if you get hit in a helicopter especially by something on the ground, you know what's going on. to make this lame apology to the men and women who really served, thousands have been shot at by rpgs, many wounded, many died, absolutely outrageous. no excuse for it whatsoever, sean. >> so the idea he misremembered or bungled what he was trying to say, i mean he was very definitive by saying the helicopter we were traveling in was forced down after being hit by an rpg. that's pretty definitive. sounds like he misstated what happened and he got called out on it. let me take you back. brent, you know this.

a lot of people scoff at the idea of misremembering, what does that actually mean does he misremember what happened in the helicopter in iraq but what you know of this story and your work on memory issues are you inclined to believe him? because clearly nbc thought it was something very serious here. >> i think it's interesting. it's hard to separate from a single episode, whether somebody is misremembering or fabricating. it could be a false memory. many hallmarks of a false america memory and we know from decades of research our memories can be distorted over time especially for traumatic and emotional memories get distorted in the retelling. whether it was a false memory or lie, doesn't excuse from responsibility. a journalist -- >> should be aware of how fallible memory is. >> yeah. exactly. journalists covered memory fails by politics over the years. largely on the basis of mistaken memory. so given that awareness, memory is just one of many sources and you have to corroborate your sources. memory is not a particularly reliable one. >> what makes me skeptical on that, dan, is tha

that's not misremembering, that's lying. and the worst part, it wasn't just a tall tale that nbc's most respected news man indulged in a dozen years ago. he recounted his heroism for david letterman in 2013. >> two of our four helicopters were hit by ground fire, including the one i was in. >> no kidding! >> rpg and ak-47. >> what altitude? >> 100 feet doing 100 forward knots. we had the massive pieces of bridge beneath us on slings. >> what happens when everybody figures out you've been hit. >> we figure out to land. kennedy: yeah, we, he told the same b.s. story again just six days ago. >> the story started with a terrible moment a dozen years back during the invasion of iraq, when the helicopter we were traveling in was forced down after being hit by an rpg. kennedy: stolen valor! stolen valor! >> here it is, guys, stolen valor at its finest. stolen valor! right here! stolen valor! >> brian, it's not misremembering, it's not conflating, no mistaking whether or not you almost died or you heard about some guys who almost di

is that a new word, misremembered? lying. thank you for sending your comments in.k. bill anderson -- wait a minute. >> last saturday with us. made you a cake. >> i was just talking about it. i didn't know you liked red velvet. so sorry. >> we're not leaving the station. >> i'm leaving the little pod from you guys. >> let's look at the memories that you've had. >> oh. >> out with the old, in with the new. bill anderson, you're from "chasing muj" we loved watching your show but now you're joining our team as well. we have some pictures and video from your show as well: single man, married man? >> single man. i'm not a married man. >> i used to run track and i had to hand off the baton. i'm good at this. >> enjoy it. you'll have the time of your life this is a great group. >> that wasn't exactly the emotion i was expecting. >> this is like the family cup. you have to work on the show to touch the hashtag. >> do you get t-shirts or something with it? >> we could. >> what are you going to miss the most about chasing and what are you most looking about fox 29 weekend? >>

how you can misremember there are gangs in a hotel? you can't. it's impossible.there are gangs, there are gangs. if there aren't, there aren't. according to your article the manager ever the ritz carlton hotel clearly said there were no gangs in my hotel. where did i get it wrong? >> what happened with the hotel. >> mr. mccoy, did the manager of the hotel tell you or not tell you that there were gangs in her hotel? >> no, the manager of the hotel said there were no gangs in the hotel. >> okay. and that's the same information we have. brian williams said he was rescued from gangs by new orleans police officer named matthew pink cuss but he was not rescued from gangs. so combining that with the iraq deal wimsz had to go. but nbc news has other problems as well. one of their foreign correspondents said this about the "american sniper" chris kyle. >> some people describe racist tendencies as iraqis and muslims as he was going on killing sprees in iraq on assignment. so i think there are issues. >> wait a minute, killing sprees? cries kyle was going on killing sprees?

he said he misremembered the event. and now he's being accused of dropping key facts from his apology. we'll take up the case in just a bit. >>> and one lawmaker today made news with the blistering history lesson on the guantanamo bay prisoner camp. plus, breaking news tonight on the president's meeting with a group of muslim leaders, the identity we were not permitted to know. see what happened today when we challenged the white house in a "the kelly file" follow-up. >> we were specifically told that you would not release yesterday because they were private citizen who is came in. now, as you yourself noted, the president met with private citizens who were dreamers, they're pretty young. and brought in tv cameras, we didn't get all their names. but they're private citizens as well. at ally bank no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like mute buttons equal danger. ...that sound good? not being on this phone call sounds good. it's not muted. was that you jason? it was geoffrey! it was jason. it could've be

gangs were inside of the hotel. >> how can you misremember there are gangs in a hotel? >> it's impossible. according to the article the manager said there were no gangs in my hotel. where did i get it wrong? >> what happened was with the hotel -- >> mr. mccoy did the manager tell you or not tell you that there were gangs in her hotel? >> no. the manager said there are no gangs in the hotel. >> okay. >> that is the same information we have. brian williams says he was rescued from gangs but he was not rescued from gangs so combining that with the iraq deal, williams had to go. one of their foreign correspondents said this about the american sniper chris kyle. >> what people described as his racist tendencies towards iraqis and muslims going on killing sprees in iraq on assignment. >> wait a minute. killing sprees? chris kyle going on killing sprees? >> involved on assignments. >> right. >> in terms of what he was doing. >> right. >> a lot of the description from this book and terminology that is used people described as racist. >> now, a group of military people demanding

he said it was the fog of memory and he misremembered it and conflated the incidencetincidents.e frb is on two occasions, one with letterman and one with baldwin, he told the same story about his chopper being hit. so this is a kind of thing where many veterans who spoke out to stars and stripes newspaper that broke this story is saying this isn't the kind of thing you would misremember. you would remember if your chopper was hit. the question is whether brian williams has to do more to address this because i don't think the story will vanish. >> howie, thank you. >>> jordan is launching new airstrikes against isis after the king promised a harsh war against the perpople who killed their pilot and burned him alive. here is duncan hunter california congressman on the air earlier. >> the united states needs to put troops embedded with the jordan and other armies there so we can call for american air power helping out the jordanians if they go in. you have to have americans on the ground calling for it. >> thomas anderson with the transnational threat problem and the center for str

is this misremembering his record an exaggeration or a flat-out lie?aldwell joins me for concerned americans for veterans. >> thank you for having me, kennedy. kennedy: i heard people say yeah, he should be fired, this is stolen valor. he did serve honorably, was it a slip of the tongue? caught up in the moment? >> a couple things, this is unfortunately part of a larger pattern with secretary mcdonnell. last week he was deemed with four pinocchios, he misrepresented va reform bill passed last summer. if this were isolated incident, it would have been wrong, a bad thing but wouldn't be a big deal. unfortunately, this is part of a pattern with secretary mcdonnell. in regards with whether or not he should resign or not, i don't think it would make a difference with the va. my group, concerned veterans for america and myself, we'd like to see him stay, do a 180, embrace real va reform and embrace the people in the veteran community going forward. kennedy: it's worse him lying about the number of people he fired for the va scandal. >> absolutely. kennedy: w

>> i mean, he -- for him to say he misremembered, that's a lie. part of the issue here is that came out -- this punishment came down pretty swiftly. i think everyone's kind of caught by surprise how fast they made a decision to do this because there was going to be an investigation. but as greg points out they probably started the investigation, found so many, they were like uh-oh we better -- we have to stop the bleeding right now. but i think it's a mistake to put a time limit on it just like it would be a mistake to put a time limit on beating isis. a temporary suspension we'll visit this as time goes. he's going to be eligible -- everyone's doing the six-month time limit now, doing the math on it, there are going to be probably 15 or 20 presidential candidates who are announcing within a month of that six-month period. you have to say, do you really want brian williams right now -- i mean look, i feel bad that the guy has put himself in this position, but he has. they made him so important, managing editor managing director of the news, that h

the point is you don't forget that somebody shoots at you. >> misremembered already. walking it back. >> as soon as i submitted that thing, check this out they did, it was true. so i depunked -- i couldn't remember in my mind whether it really was. if i was in a helicopter and did he they did that that i think would be different. >> dana he was counseled by his bosses no to repeat the story yet he did. that's stupid. pause it's a good story. >> yes. >> too bad it is not true. already one actor in the family, co-live his real life because his life is fascinating. he is the network anchor of nbc. that's an amazing job. it already is fascinating. there's -- >> brand. >> any need to embellish it. the story was already good. >> the story was already good. that's what i'm saying, he was in iraq. >> yeah. >> he was there. he did -- saw a lot of things. that's brave. in my mind. look, when he was there, i was working -- i was editing stuff magazine half-drunk all the times. >> one of the problems -- sorry one of the issues correct me if i am wrong there was one instance where

he said he misremembered, basically. let's bring in brian stelter, host of "reliable sources." he takes a move here ahead of nbc saying i need to step back for a while. he says i will be back. >> he will be away for several days and lester holt will be filling in. lester holt on tonight will have a long number of days to be working and the question is how many. how many days will he be stepping away and will it turn up more troubling allegations and will outside journalists who are now pouring over brian williams' reports about other big news stories, like hurricane katrina, opportunity up any more damaging information that just make it is impossible for him to come back to work? >> let's bring into the conversation. frank sesno is joining us on the phone. also robert thompson center for media studies at syracuse university. frank, let me begin with you. you are speaking about this earlier saying some are questioning whether brian williams was too big to fail basically, and whether or not an internal investigation is the right move. what is your take given that he himself is st

the hashtag brian williams misremembers, somebody tweeted out, brian williams has announced despite hisecollections, julie he was not on the titanic. he saw the film and was confused. >> andrea and i used to be in same kind of work. we do crisis management. i don't understand who is doing his crisis management. what he should have done yesterday and said, i screwed up. and i am so sorry. >> keep it short. >> period. period. why go into this explanation that also kind of doesn't make any sense? >> bury yourself deeper. >> we're having a third narrative now. the first narrative was may of 2003 right after it happened. williams said suddenly without knowing why we learned we were ordered to land in the desert. we learned chinook ahead of us was almost blown out of the sky. the crew in that helicopter were too shaken to talk about it on camera. you notice, not shot at. in the anniversary interview with david letterman, said two of our four helicopters were hit by ground fire including one i was in. we got hit. we sat down. everyone was okay. except our captain took injury to his right ear i

he misremembered being on a helicopter hit by a rocket-propelled grenade.ping williams like walter middy into all sorts of news events he's never covered. >> this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. >> reporter: now, america's most prominent newsman is having his every utterance fact-checked online. the whole ordeal disappoints many viewers. among them, one of the flight engineers from the original mission. >> i don't understand what was the purpose? who got the most out of that? >> reporter: on friday, nbc news launched its own internal investigation. the news division president telling the staff we're working on what the best next steps are. williams insists he'll be back. posting saturday, upon my return, i will continue my career-long effort to be worthy of the trust of those who place their trust in us. well, after his on-air apology wednesday, williams had sought to move on, business as usual. but it's become crystal clear this is not. it's a voluntary step on his part. as managing editor, no return date set. and in the meantime, lester holt is g

he said he misremembered and took himself off the air and following an investigation he was suspended months without pay for inexcusable actions. it is sign as number of b.c.'s -- n.b.c.'s attempt to save the career of their well-known figure. social media was allied with commentators saying if all the lies told prospects of mushroom clouds williamses does not compare >>> there's a player in the war against i.s.i.l. or i.s.i.s. we don't know the names of those involved or that of the organization anonymous. the group put a video online claiming it targeted and took down numerous twitter accounts of i.s.i.l. operatives who use social media to recruit fighters. >> i.s.i.s. we'll hunted you, take down your site acts, emails. from now on no safe place for you on loin. you'll be treated like the virus, and we are the cure. anonymous linked to 12 others with close ties to the movement. it's the first foray into the war on i.s.i.l. it has gone after government websites in israel and turkey and targeted the ku klux klan over their position on racial strife in ferguson missouri >>> in the news

. >> that's right, he admitted this week to misremembering the events after soldiers said williams wast on board that helicopter. rebecca cooper looks into the crisis of credibility now facing williams and his network. >> it's the apology now heard around the world. >> i want to apologize. i said i was traveling in an aircraft hit by r.p.g. fire. i was instead in a following aircraft. >> military eyewitnesses say brian williams' helicopter was a full hour behind the convoy hit and since williams wednesday's statement, the controversy has only grown. even newspapers overseas are now asking -- can brian williams' career survive the retraction of his iraq tale? >> someone that you have grown to respect. and admire his work. and just can't trust them anymore. >> today, there seems to be no let-up on social media. now with so many brian williams misremembers spoofs the website has compiled the most popular and williams' credibility remains under fire. >> it's hard to see how he'll bounce back from this. >> today, new orleans news organizations and national blogs are questioning williams' cl

unlike brian williams he doesn't claim to have misremembered the parks and bill o'reilly he's not disputingt happened in a war zone. mcdonald, for now, is holding on to his job. >> jamie mcintyre in washington >>> four university students are under arrest accused in relation to drug overdoses. the victims took m.d.m. a, known as molly, at three locations on campus. they are charged with drug possession. and were suspended from school. >> recreational marijuana is legal in nebraska they can grow up to six plants for personal ice. boying and selling is banned. alaska is the third state to make the move >>> coming up the children of law will look at how the youngest survivors are suffering, and how some are trying to help them. and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> this weeks marks six months since the conflict in gaza came to an end. the impact is felt especially by the children there. u.n.i.c.e.f. says 370,000 of them show signs of psychological trauma. nick shiffri

i don't think a person who has told that kind of lie -- and that's what it is don't call it misremembering't call it anything else it's a lie -- should be the managing editor and probably not the anchor of the largest daily newscast on american television. i think that's a position of tremendous trust and tremendous prestige. especially the managing editor aspect of it. and if you're in the business of credibility, you can't have someone who tells these kinds of stories as your face and as your newsroom leader. unless unless our standards have slipped to the point where it's now okay for that kind of person to be in charge. and i think, listen i don't know. that may be something nbc says is fine we can live with it for economic reasons. >> jeff greenfield what do you make of this? everybody i know who's spent a lot of time out in the field tends to downplay all the experiences they've had of personal danger things like that. i mean how do you see this? >> i'll give you what might be a plausible scenario. and it stems from the fact that in this day and age, and you know this a hundred times

because they apologized and said he misremembered the events he conflated his memories over the yearse with who talk to me about this apology they accepted it. one told me i don't want to kick him while he's down now. but i think the wider vet and military population has, you know, there's a lot more anger out there plenty of people calling for williams to be fired. >> yeah. i do want to tell the viewers yesterday we reported there was one man who went on cnn and claimed to be the pilot of the flight that brian williams was in. that man has since recanted his story. he was the one supporting the story that maybe there was ak-47 fire on brian williams' aircraft. he now says he doesn't know whether that's true and there's doubts about whether there was in fact the man on that mission because this other man has come forward saying i was the pilot, not this other guy. in any event, travis, great to see you. thank you very much for being here tonight. >> thank you, megyn. >> we've got howie kurtz right after this break. i'm going to ask him what he thinks about that. we had a very fiery de

after saying on "nbc nightly news" that his chopper was hit by an mpg, and then said he misremembered was behind the one in the convoy that was hit. stars and stripes said the downed chopper was an hour ahead of the one williams was on. the paper posted audio of their complete interview with brian williams from last week, in which they asked him about the discrepancy. >> what i was told by one of the crew members who was actually on your chinook, is that you guys were like an hour behind this grouping of three chinooks who were out in front. the three chinooks out in front came under fire and the middle one was hit. >> that's the first i've heard of that. i did not think we were in trail by that far. i think that's probably a good question for tim, who i now learned witnessed the overflight. but i could not see in front of us, but i thought we were just in one flotilla, for lack of a better word. that's the first time i've heard that. >> again, that's from last week. tim refers to the retired soldier williams mentioned in the broadcast in which he made the claim about taking rpg fire.

one day he said that he was flying that helicopter and the next day he said oops i misremembered becausether pilots, and we don't know whether he did, and i respect you if you think that he did and nbc is not being transparent about what they know and what they don't know and what they are investigating. >> fit is all innuendo, lanny, would ha they pull the multimillion dollar anchor off of the newscast, and clearly, and -- hang on and let me finish -- and clearly they must know, because they are at the center, and what anybody on the panel or the media and our trusty media correspondent here and they know more than what we know. >> and don, i agree, and the inference is what $5 million they fine him, and it might kill a career and it might, but the fact that we don't know anymore tonight other than what brian has said and this is a man whose lifetime career is now at risk, and we should at least know why they rushed so quickly to do this and the very least at some point they need to be transparent if not now at some point, and brian williams should respond to media questions in detail a

and it started with brian williams starting with an apology of misremembering something, and he said that an rpg struck his helicopter and he said that did not happen, and then he started with an apology, and it was not adequate, because it started with more questions than answers, and started a crisis inside of the network. the network believes they can calm the storm by suspending him b , but the morale is so low, and this is the worst period for nbc news. and i heard from one staffer who say ss i just feel like i witnessed a suddenen death. >> and talk about the response from the higher ups who made the decision. this sis from the ceo steve burke, this is a painful period for all concerned and we appreciate your patience while we gather the available facts. and by his actions brian has jeopardized the trust that millions of americans have place placed in nbc news. and by his actions this punishment is swift and severe. i noeknow that brian loves nbc news and his country and his colleague, and we are are routing for him. he has shared his deep remorse with me and he is dedicated to

williams the nbc news anchor now suspended for six months without pay following his admission he misrememberedhis experiences during the iraq war. nbc call it

but the internet now buzzing with jokes about what else williams might be misremembering as he put itluding being with o.j. simpson during the chase or that he encouraged martin luther king, jr. to deliver his "i have a dream" speech in 1963. >>> it may be pouring today but california is still in the middle of a dire drought. it's bad enough the feds are stepping in. $50million will help western states with drought relief funds the largest amount going to california. the central valley water project will get about $2 million to help with water transfers and to diversify water supply. >>> today's strong winds brought down a pretty big tree in palo alto. it crashed down on southbound foothill expressway near hillview avenue. crews cut it up and cleared the road a couple of hours ago. >>> strong winds just too much for an old fence but those wooden planks were sent flying into the air and hit a passing car. you see the damage to the front end there on the suv. we're hoping homeowners insurance is up to date. christian hartnett in south san francisco tells us they are worried about more f

. >> #brian williams misremembers is blowing up. the face of nbc news is truly under fire. under fire today as his war story turns out to be a false tale. >> a wicked sense of humor, but nobody is laughing today, after it was discovered that his story about being in a helicopter that came under fire in iraq was a fabrication. r ou s topy,tor is the most trusted name in news really trustworthy. >> a scandal is rocking the nbc "nightly news." >> i made a mistake in recalling the es vent2 of 1syearo. ag >> i don't think he didn't remember that, i think he fabricated that story. >> i want to apologize.

we are used to hearing lies and untruths in cases of miss remembering because mark and doctor misrememberingecause mark and i cover people in politics. the feggetters have been ruffled because of brian williams. the question i have for is you whether journalists like brian, like us and others, should be held to a higher standard than politicians? >> we should be held to a super high standard. we don't know the facts about what happened with brian williams but these are questions that should be asked about his credibility. i think it's crazy that journalists should be held to a higher standard. i think we should be held to an equal standard as politicians. you're doing your job, you need to be honest. i wouldn't say higher. i'd say equal. >> i tend to think that i think we do have to be held to a slightly higher standard. at this point now, politicians, the notion of spin, of fish tails, of evasions, of all those various things not -- i don't think anybody should outright lie but politician does all that stuff. we basically accept it. because that's the way politics are. that's not the job of

what he says he misremembered about his time in a war zone. it's a fact.of like mute buttons equal danger. ...that sound good? not being on this phone call sounds good. it's not muted. was that you jason? it was geoffrey! it was jason. it could've been brenda. bill: we are learning more today about the horrific crash of trans-asia flight 235. a pilot on the plane calling out mayday mayday engine flameout moments before that happened right before the jet clipped that highway and went into a river in taiwan. crews are battling poor visibility in the search for people still missing. 11 people are still missing. at least 32 confirmed dead so far. more than a dozen did survive. martha: a scandal rocking the "nbc nightly news." long-time anchor brian williams admitting essentially that he lied when he said that his helicopter was shot down by rpg fire a dozen years ago in iraq. williams addressed the incident last night on nightly news. >> i want to apologize. i said i was traveling in an aircraft that was hit by rpg fire. i was instead in a following aircraft.

. >>> it is really hard to imagine how someone can misremember a brush with death.y, being on a u.s. military helicopter that took enemy fire during the iraq war. brian williams has just apologized for making that claim on friday. because as it turns out, that brush with death did not happen. truth be told, he may have been apologizing but he's been telling this story for years. what's he apologizing for and what about all the other times he said the stuff that wasn't true? more on that in a moment. 3rd and 3. 58 seconds on the clock, what am i thinking about? foreign markets. asian debt that recognizes the shift in the global economy. you know, the kind that capitalizes on diversity across the credit spectrum and gets exposure to frontier and emerging markets. if you convert 4-quarter p/e of the s&p 500, its yield is doing a lot better... if you've had to become your own investment expert, maybe it's time for bny mellon, a different kind of wealth manager ...and black swans are unpredictable. mhere's our new trainer! ensure active heart health. crowd: yayyyy! heart

and the pilot saying he did come under small arms fire saying he too may have misremembered. >> and heas hit by a rocket prupeled grenade in 2002, which, of course was not true. and more than a decade ago, his reporting of the story. and i spoke with the capital hill reporter of stars and striepz and the one who broke this story and continues to tell the truth. it's been really stellar reporting by you guys. let's just start with, when in your estimation based on the conversations you had with the guys in these helicopters, when did the misleading statements by mr. williams begin? >> what they told me was that from the very beginning they felt this story was misreported and misrepresented and they've been frustrated and angry about it since then. >> he claims he was part of a group of helicopters going on a mission and one of the choppers took rpg fire ak-47 fire and so on and you have a map that shows are williams' helicopter was not part of that. >> and i spoke with five veterans at length about this. there were two companies here. a chinook company, that came under fire and there wa

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. >> another case of misremembering.d out why the veterans affair secretary is apologizing for misstating his military record. now we are hearing an explanation for the woman that created the red carpet preshow was left out. those are the stories we are working on for the next hour of mornings on 2. now back to you. >> a lot of people were talking about that. >>> 6:47 is the time. back to sal. >> the metering lights went on a little bit late. we had a stalled vehicle or a crash up on that deck pam and dave. and westbound get into the city today. if you are taking your car, you need a little extra time you can see the traffic around the mccarthur maze will be a little extra slow coming around there. it will stay that way. toll plaza delay is backed up. there is certainly a big line waiting there. 25-30 minute delay depends on you know which lane you are in and if you are paying cash or not. this is a look at highway 4. it's slow until antioch and slow again in pittsburg to bay point. 6:49 let's go to steve in the weather

on social media, the hashtag "brian williams misremembers" is exploding. placing him at various historical events. the controversy has been growing since his mea culpa on wednesday night: >>:"i made a mistake in recalling the events of 12 years ago." >> reporter: and he's not the only one having trouble with the fine details. rich krell, the pilot who said he was flying williams' helicopter in iraq, now admits he's questioning his memory. yesterday he told cnn williams' chinook did come under small arms fire. now, he's not so sure. several other soldiers say krell was actually piloting a different helicopter in the area. krell says his nightmares about the war are coming back and he just wants to forget. perhaps the only one who can clear up the confusion is brian williams himself. in the mean time.lester holt will fill in for williams. there has been no word on any long term changes. >> vicki: the ex-wife of a california police officer -- accused of shooting and killing her former husband. officer daniel green was found in his home in goshen on friday. po

his apology for misremembering set social media on fire. lester holt will now be taking over as anchor for the time being. >>> a word about our col liege, brian williams, who you known will be under scrutiny for certain stories. he issued a statement that said in part it has become painfully apparent to me that i am presently too much a part of the news due to my actions. i have decided to take myself off of pie daily broadcast for the next several days. brian's full statement can be found on our website. >> no date set for williams return. no news and weather straight ahead. a mystery in the northwest. milky way in coming down from the sky. what may be causing the alarming storm residue. anthony? >> heavy rain that's dwining to fall and making its way through the peninsula and now in the east bay. ♪ good morning, usher! hey! did you know bees communicate through dance? me too... we're practically twins! choose, choose, choose. but at bedtime? ...why settle for this? enter sleep number, and the ultimate sleep number event, going on now. sle

williams has apologized for what he calls misremembering and falsely claiming he was aboard a choppersident sent an e-mail to that news division stating we have a team dedicated to gathering the facts to help us make sense of all that has transpired. we are working on what the best next steps are. >>> mississippi republican congressman died today after a battle with brain cancer. he was elected to congress in 2010. in 2014 he suffered a stroke and under went brain surgery to remove a tumor. nunnelee was told in january a new tumor developed and no treatment was possible. >>> next up in our presidential contenders series he vaulted to the top of the republican field. we will find out why so many people are starting to support wisconsin governor scott walker. when it comes to your credit, in the know is the place to be. transunion.com makes it easy. we give you 24/7 access. you get instant credit alerts to keep you in sync. you can even lock and unlock your transunion credit report from your phone. and all that information feels pretty good. come to transunion.com and get in the know. y

it seems pretty clear he has but nbc wants to fact academic >> is it a question of misremembering. >>ht. which happens or is there more than this. did he address staff yesterday? >> he did. in a meeting the 9:30 a.m. editorial meeting at nbc and profusely apologized. he said this is on me and fully responsible for this and sorry for the credibility damage being done not just to him but the whole news division. in matter of 48 hours this became a serious crisis for nbc. brian williams is nbc news his face is nbc news. to have him imperilled will imperil the news division. he has built up his credibility for decades. in theory it doesn't go away overnight. if he has lost the trust of viewers, that is hard to recover from. >> i want to talk about other things coming under scrutiny. katrina where he noticed a body floating by in the french quarter and some saying that couldn't be it wasn't filling with water and you talked to someone who said the water was waist high. >> ye. i talked to a colleague that said it would have been possible for a body to be floating down this street. it is an

carl before the break, you were saying to me it's clear he invented stories that he simply didn't misremember innocently. >> i don't know what the extent of it. that's what the investigation is for. let's withhold any kind of final judgment here. let's be careful and not sanctimonious. we do need to hear from brian. i expect and hope we will. nbc news we also need to hear from, as i mentioned. >> i checked in again, no comment. >> i think it will be a while incidentally. let them put the facts together and let brian collect himself also. it's a terrible experience for any person. >> a good reminder. on a very human level this is a pretty rough story. let's bring in michael joining us at the table, former cnn war correspondent who spent decrease aids reporting from conflict zones. in iraq for years. michael, you've heard stories brian williams has told. do they sound like tall tales to you? do they sound like something more than that? >> put it this way, it eludes my understanding to's see what it is brian williams is saying about conflation of this notion he was in a helicopter he was never i

there's a hashtag on twitter, brian williams misremembered.s showing world events where he wasn't at. some of these are funny. he's been working his whole life to gain credibility and he has a lot of it but this threat tennessees a lot of that. it's not going to disace peer overnight. this kind of meme threatens a lot of that. i wonder what happens a week or month or year from now when he covers a big story and people are making fun of him. >> brian thank you very much. a great report. >>> new developments in trial of aaron hernandez. did police mishandle crucial forensic evidence? >>> plus it's throw back thursday. the reunion everybody is talking about. meet the world's newest energy superpower. surprised? in fact, america is now the world's number one natural gas producer... and we could soon become number one in oil. because hydraulic fracturing technology is safely recovering lots more oil and natural gas. supporting millions of new jobs. billions in tax revenue... and a new century of american energy security. the new energy superpower?

. >>> on wednesday brian williams apologized for misremembering what happened to him in iraq. by thursday the internet was abuzz with allegations of another embellishment from the nbc anchor. this time it was about hurricane katrina. right now there is no clear proof williams exaggerated or lied about his experiences there but nbc is reviewing his accounts. williams once said that he watched a man commit suicide at the superdome, and he also said this -- >> reporter: when you look out of your hotel room window in the french quarter and watch a man float by face down when you see bodies that you last saw in banda aceh, indonesia and swore to yourself you would never see in your country -- i accidentally ingested floodwater, i had disintary. the hotel overrun with gangs. >> hurricane katrina was a horror story. is it possible he saw a body floating there. general who led task force for katrina, thank you for joining me. good morning. >> good morning. >> the account he describes ritz carlton hotel on the edge of the french quarter. is it possible there was enough water in that pa

he apologized on air this week, saying he misremembered.ws has assigned its own investigative unit into looking into williams' statements. back now to greta investigates isis >> so who is one of the pr gurus of isis? we sent griff yen convince to find out about a man from boston >> he should be considered to be armed and dangerous. he is a threat to the nation. >> richard was the special agent in charge during the boston bombing investigation. and he's the guy who put a catholic school boy on the f.b.i.'s most wanted terrorist list. >> these are individuals who reside here in the united states, who are radicalized on their oh, often times through access to online jihadi materials. >> so is he the head of the isis propaganda machine? if so, it wouldn't be the first time an american led the pr campaign for a terror group. until he was killed by a drone in yemen, north carolina native ran the slick al-qaeda online magazine inspire. now it appears isis has its own american pr guru, 33-year-old man. with your typical middle class neighborhood, s

this superintendent just as he said he misremembered something from 12 years ago.anguage of conflating one event with another. this is a story that he's told over those 12 years in differing versions s versions. in all of them he was in danger and took fire. it's not just that he lied for 12 years, it's the kind of lie he told. there are millions of military families in this country who suffer everyday diminished lives from those wars. along comes an anchorman who didn't do it who by that lie. you tell me how any member of any military family in this country can look at him on tv and not feel contempt for him. that's why i think it's going to be very hard for him to continue and look managing editor and anchor he is the face of their news division. even if all he did was lie, i don't think he should be the face of that news division any longer. i'm sorry. i think you know we have this thing in the media oh, we're all part of this fraternity. that's why the public hates us because we won't call each other out. this is a terrible thing that williams did. i don't know

you don't conflate that are misremember it, you made it up. melissa: you are the media expert.e viewers or money over this? >> i think that they lose viewers over it. this lives with him forever. any time he opens his mouth and shares a story, people say there is brian williams the liar. would they ever say that about jennings or someone else? no, they wouldn't. at the very least he has to go on permanent vacation for a month or so. melissa: stay where you are, gentlemen. checking in with cheryl casone it. >> we have a lot coming up. we're going to be looking ahead after the bell that is earnings from twitter and go pro. can they grow the business? can they make money? also we will hear from linked in. we will be talking about colleen taylor to give us a preview of the next hour about those earnings as well and then katy perry. will she sign a multiyear deal with a company called glue mobile. that is all the rage. all the kids are doing it. she and kim kardashian could be the two potential winners when it comes to glue mobile, we will have them come on and talk about that. and