n.b.c. news has fired the puppet a host matt lauer on of the affection harassment allegation is the latest in a growing list of high profile men and maybe a detainment and politics to lose their job harassment accusations john hendren reports rockefeller plaza the growing wave of workplace sexual misconduct allegations he's claimed another television show and you can this is a sad morning hear it today and it n.b.c. news n.b.c. news is fired popular morning presenter matt lauer with co-host savannah guthrie an ounce the news of the moment all we can say is that we are heartbroken i'm heartbroken and now in a memo to staff n.b.c. news president andy lack said an employee filed a complaint about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace lax said while it was the first complaint against lauer in his more than twenty years at the network n.b.c. was presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident in the recent sexual harassment and assault allegations have swept over

n.b.c. news now the star on say to the top u.s. broadcaster fired in the latest sex scandal over there and in sports tiger woods shows the limits of his old self on the eve of his return to competitive golf far as old sport about ten to the young. by the springtime flower of a mountain late. to the first snowfall on a winter's day. we've been looking at some pretty wet weather across the southern indonesian archipelago and being thrown into the mix has been a tropical cyclone this is the result is a very heavy rain and ahead of his arrival zone one thousand people have died in flooding related issues and you see the amount of rain has come down swollen the rivers and taken its toll on the bridges across the region now we're likely to see the situation across this area improving now as the storm system begins to move away towards the south so there we've got brighter weather across much of java at the moment yogyakarta near where those shots were taken me was moved further towards the west or into

n.b.c. news is fired popular morning presenter matt lauer in which co-hosts of anna guthrie an ounce the new going on. we can say is that we are heartbroken i'm heartbroken and now in a memo to staff n.b.c. news president andy lack said an employee filed a complaint about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace lax said while it was the first complaint against lauer in his more than twenty years at the network n.b.c. was presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident in the recent sexual harassment and assault allegations have swept over hollywood congress and the airwaves claiming the jobs of lauer fox's bill o'reilly and c.b.s. morning news presenter charlie rose the allegations have cost hollywood producers and t.v. newsmen their jobs but on capitol hill the reckoning has been mild hired by senator al franken apologize for taking this picture with a sleeping reporter but says he will not resign i am embarrassed i feel ashamed. of what i'm going to do is i'm

n.b.c. newson wednesday has apologized to anyone hurt by his actions veteran breakfast host matt lauer was sacked after being accused of sexual harassment loud statement in part says some of what is being said about me is untrue or mischaracterized but there is enough truth in these stories to make me feel embarrassed or ashamed john hendren has more now on the sacking of the today show host who joins a growing list of high profile men in media entertainment and politics rockefeller plaza the growing wave of workplace sexual misconduct allegations he's claimed another television show and you can this is a sad morning hear it today and it n.b.c. news n.b.c. news is fired popular morning presenter matt lauer was co-hosts of in a guthrie an ounce the new the only all we can say is that we are heartbroken i'm heartbroken and now in a memo to staff n.b.c. news president andy lack said an employee filed a complaint about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace lax said while it was the first com

n.b.c. news has fired the popular host matt lauer of a sexual harassment allegation has the latest in a growing list of high profile men and media entertainment and politics to lose their job all of the harassment accusations john hendren reports rockefeller plaza the growing wave of workplace sexual misconduct allegations he's claimed another television show and you can this is a sad morning hear it today and it n.b.c. news n.b.c. news is fired popular morning presenter matt lauer with co-host savannah guthrie an ounce the news of the moment all we can say is that we are heartbroken i'm heartbroken and now in a memo to staff n.b.c. news president andy lack said an employee filed a complaint about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace lax said while it was the first complaint against lauer in his more than twenty years at the network n.b.c. was presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident in the recent sexual harassment and assault allegations have swept o

n.b.c. news n.b.c. news is fired popular morning presenter matt lauer with co-host savannah guthrie an ounce the news of the moment all we can say is that we are heartbroken i'm heartbroken and now in a memo to staff n.b.c. news president andy lack said an employee filed a complaint about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace lax said while it was the first complaint against lauer in his more than twenty years at the network n.b.c. was presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident in the recent sexual harassment and assault allegations have swept over hollywood congress and the airwaves claiming the jobs of lauer fox's bill o'reilly and c.b.s. morning news presenter charlie rose the allegations have cost hollywood producers and t.v. newsmen their jobs but on capitol hill the reckoning has been mild hired by senator al franken apologize for taking this picture with a sleeping reporter but says he will not resign i am embarrassed i feel ashamed. of what i'm g

news and n.b.c. news and c.b.s. news and you could find what i consider to be fake news taking things out of context leaving out pertinent facts that misrepresent the stories happens all the time every day i see it russia is the court of quo bogeyman right now and this is all part of that deal story still coming your way on the program today on including opium production spiking in afghanistan and raising concerns the united nations with iraq and just. one else shows seem wrong. why don't we all just don't call. me. yet to see if he still comes after. and in detroit equals betrayal of the party we just at this rate they don't have to just push me. to investigate alleged war crimes committed during the war in afghanistan along the suspects is looking to prosecute all us military as well as employees of the cia but that could prove difficult as the us has cut the old timers with the international court so american investigations. the international criminal court is developing a case on a legit war crimes in afghanistan

news and n.b.c. news and c.b.s. news and you could find what i consider to be fake news leave taking things out of context leaving out pertinent facts that misrepresent the stories happens all the time every day i see it russia is the corner of quo boogie man right now and this is all part of that deal more news in a moment. the fans are democrats they have a problem are putting all their effort into chasing the fake rush again hoax and they're not therefore they don't have the resources to go field new candidates that might have a chance of twenty. if they were to drop the russia gate house and focus on just finding candidates running twenty eight they might have a chance but at this rate they don't have a chance which means that they probably won't have a chance of twenty one. it's good to have you with us today for your new year's president trump has re designated north korea as a state sponsor of terrorism pyongyang had been removed from the list by george w. bush almost a decade ago in an attempt to salvage nucl

news and n.b.c. news and c.b.s. news and you could find what i consider to be fake news taking things out of context leaving out pertinent facts that misrepresent the stories happens all the time every day i see it russia is the quote unquote bogeyman right now and this is all part of that deal quarter past the hour here in moscow this year alone the us congress has used nearly one million dollars of taxpayers' money to settle discrimination suits with its own employees details to the right. what politicians do you should. put themselves on the line. they did accept the reject. so when you were the new president. some wanted us. to going for us this is what the three of them will be good for. i'm interested in the. question. hillary clinton democrats they have a problem putting all their efforts into chasing. rush again hoax and they're not therefore they don't have the resources to go field new candidates that might have a chance of twenty. if they were to drop the rush to get home and focus on just finding candidat

news and n.b.c. news and c.b.s. news and you could find what i consider to be fake news taking things out of context leaving out pertinent facts that misrepresent the stories happens all the time every day i see it russia is the corner called bogeyman right now and this is all part of that deal. the international criminal courts requested judicial authorization to investigate alleged war crimes committed during the war in afghanistan among the suspects looking to prosecute us military as well as cia employees that could prove difficult as the us has cut all ties with the court. so american has the story the international criminal court is developing a case on a legit war crimes in afghanistan and seeks a formal investigation the reasonable basis to believe walk why arms against humanity been committed in connection with the conflict in afghanistan the main focus of the i.c.c. is cases the taliban the afghan government and the u.s. military as for the last of these the prosecutor's office has revealed dozens of instan

a segue from the gun control issue to health care this here out nov sixth twenty seventeen from n.b.c. news and that he signed a bill earlier this year old. back to regulation that makes it harder for people with mental illnesses to buy firearms even as he blamed the mass shooting in texas on a mental health problem so that pushes us into sunnah into health care of course not a lot has been done there's been a lot of talk about it because one of president trumps goals was to repeal and replace obamacare here's actually what he said over the past year about health care how to look mandating every american to buy government approved health insurance was never the right solution for our country a lot of people of the seven and a lot of people in the house are committed to repealing and replacing this disastrous law with a health care plan that lowers cost expands choice and ensures access for everyone i've been saying for a long time let obamacare fail and that everybody's going to have to come together and fix it the motion to proceed on health care has just passed and now we move forward tow

news to a.b.c. c.b.s. n.b.c. and fox news. i don't think it's any secret that r.t. news has had sort of an explosion of popularity with the american public because they feel that they can obtain news there that is censored from the mainstream media so. hopefully our t. news will be able to bypass this because the information that's received from our key news is absolutely bydel to an informed public being able to make decisions now i would add is important to note that it's if you look at the letterhead on that letter from congress normal way you'll see a list of congressman on the side who are members of the committee this is a very unusual committee because the radio and television correspondents gal raised is an organization which has no congressional representation and it is essentially controlled by a.b.c. c.b.s. n.b.c. and fox news so they're able to exclude competitors by saying all while. you're no longer admitted to the to the gallery. the international federation of journalists has called this move a covert censorship do you agree with that and we were tal

host matt lauer has been fired over inappropriate sexual behavior n.b.c. newssays the action came off to the company received a detailed complaint from a colleague about the today show host company's chairman andy lack said he had reason to believe this was not an isolated incident. leaders from europe and africa are holding their first joint summit is taking place in the ivory coast they say it will herald a new partnership but there is growing concern that the european union aid to africa is being used to block refugees and migrants instead of being used for development let's get more on this now from the tasha butler who is in abidjan for us so. first off then is it fair to say that migration will be at the top of the agenda at this summit. but i think the feeling is here that migration is set to dominate this summit because it comes at a time when so many people are still trying to absorb the fact the refugees are being treated as slaves in libya and what you and african officials say is that they plan to launch a new initiative a new strategy to try and ta

these russian connections keep coming up and today of course we've had the report that according to n.b.c. news among others the prosecutor robert mueller the independent prosecutor who is looking into those russian connections has enough information to charge the former national security director michael flynn and his son in that case so this russia these russian connections just keep coming up and that's bad for trump. john hendren with the latest on that story from washington d.c. john thank you but we have much more still to come in this hour including the exodus continues thousands of this place for in joe waited makeshift camps in the hope of finding a boat ride to bangladesh unmarried couples in burundi are given till the end of the year to tie the knot whether they want to or not and the breakthrough for female sports fans in saudi arabia that stories coming up with tatiana next. hello find the weather's consolidated to something actionable a low developing in their currency or around the general or the gulf in general and these sort of things can if they really tight be the equivalent

newsman to his fake news it was a totally phony story that fake news we don't want fake news fake news by n.b.c. the fake news just fake it's fake it's made up stuff i call the fake is the enemy of the people the fake media is trying to silence us you are fake do is go ahead. and during a television interview with fox news last week trump suggested that he invented the term fake news and that in itself is fake news now when paris came under siege in the franco-prussian war in eight hundred seventy one unexpected consequence was the number of autistics skate to london as refugees a new exhibition of their work as impressionist opened on thursday in the city's tate britain gallery just a bold and went on for a look impressionists a surefire way to attract crowds london one of the most illustrated cities in the world put the two together and what's not to like tate britain is showing french impressionist who came as a refugee artist to london in one thousand nine hundred seventy three looked at london with outside his eyes if you look at this painting for example by my mooney of hyde park and he g

newsman to is fake news it was a totally phony story that fake news we don't want fake news fake news by n.b.c. the fake news just fake it's fake it's made up stuff i call the fake is the enemy of the people the fake media is trying to silence us you are fake do is go ahead no such thing here and hear more real news on a website they dress for that is al jazeera dot com so watch us live by clicking on the live by can. i set the mean are intended for this news. will be here in a minute with an awful lot of the day's news and spanish watching. a new level of luxury has arrived. an experience that will transform the way you try. our impeccable service remains but now comes with breaking it is a. revolution in business class. the altar for the state of florida. whether conducting business or sharing especially. with things to. a feeling that. it's trying so well. centuries in the sky introducing. us to use. cars are always going places together.

n.b.c. c.b.s. fox news c.n.n. all of them are supported by advertising that means corporate advertising and they certainly have biases where they don't want to offend too many people so that they continue getting the revenue that supports their news now i'm ok with that i just think that we need to recognize a our media here is influenced by corporate advertising let's not be ridiculous and think that other organizations are going to be influenced as well ok well it's not really not until we have to wrap it up there i'm afraid that was benedict executive director of the libertarian national committee thank you. thank you. now in other news the lebanese president is accusing saudi arabia of a hostile act it does concern that ebony's prime minister who flew to the saudi capital and suddenly resigned in riyadh on saturday nothing just defies that hariri did not return after twelve days we consider it to be custody and detention violating the vienna convention and the convention libin these people need to know that i

ok chris hedges was booted from the new york times after coming out against the iraq war a jolt was sidelined at emmaus n.b.c. after speaking up a lot about the transpacific partnership which was largely considered a global corporate takeover and he was the only one talking about it on that network governor jesse ventura had a major new show with m.s. n.b.c. set to go set ren ready to start for the iraq war began but then they found out he's opposed to war. and this is true they asked him if he could change his mind on that excuse just jesse oh you for actually going on the whole let's not kill a million innocent people under false pretenses. kenya kenya flippity property on that he said no and they paid him like a million dollars to get out of his contract they paid a million dollars just to make him go away they will. i mean honestly i would love to be got annoying i'd say. that's where the real money is the annoyance is going to go right back you can see i just fire fire fire big guys of a nuisance to m.s.n. p.c. as you were like happen tonio also now on r t america called out a major corporate sponsor on

murdoch through both twenty first century fox and news corp as well as well lead ibraheem who is related to the royal family by marriage and owns n.b.c. and. a pan arab news channel based in dubai the two media barons find themselves in their ritzy gilded cage is reportedly for resisting the crown prince's repeated attempts over the past year to buy their companies he didn't want to be full price for the shares and they were not interested in selling to begin with after ten months of negotiations went nowhere he then gave up he was fed up with the process he's very impatient and impulsive and as a result he forced them in he want them to send in the. i think that happened already under in custody he wants all media not only to sing the tune of the saudi regime but to sink is own personal cue that was one of the reasons they tried to blockade against qatar it was because of al-jazeera is prominence in the media they are very media minded and they think in a very old fashion way the media can be bought that's the classic arab state way of thinking about the major they don't think the arab world and they said so is ready for free speech

bank own fold democracy ok chris hedges was booted from the new york times after coming out against the iraq war a jolt was sidelined at emmaus n.b.c. after speaking up a lot about the transpacific partnership which was largely considered a global corporate takeover and he was the only one talking about it on that network governor jesse ventura had a major new show with imus n.b.c. set to go set ren ready to start for the iraq war began but then they found out he's opposed to war. and this is true they asked him if he could change his mind on that excuse just geneseo you for that simple on the whole let's not kill a million innocent people under false pretenses. kenya kenya flippity property on that he said no and they paid him like a million dollars to get out of his contract they paid him.

fox news and pam as n.b.c. all of them are just a bunch of people screaming back and forth that want another most of it is just propaganda it is it is extremist opinion and you listen to our chinos and they present a very accurate information that is verifiable when you go and you and you actually research it and we should stress again of course we'll still be broadcasting in the u.s. the merican will still exist but do you think this move is just has just been done to try and tanishaa to perhaps persuade people not to watch us. well i think that is part of it they want to undermine our team news in any way that is possible. here's the problem for them. r.t. news has been one of the principal sources for accurate information about what's going on in the middle east. and it also has been. a source of accurate information about nato's provocations their military provocations and their aggressive actions towards russia in in europe and i think probably more than anything the disclosure of the the deep rooted corru

treasury department after the news was reported ross told c n.b.c. that it was quote totally wrong for him to not disclose his ties the leak also exposed how queen elizabeth invested some of her private money in offshore tax havens while there is no suggestion that her state acted illegally some of those funds were invested in a retailer accused of exploiting poor families and that prompted an immediate response from british lawmakers including labor party leader jeremy corben. please understand this the public anger and consternation of the scale of tax avoidance real revealed yet again today we're talking about tens of billions that are effectively being linked of all public services by a super rich elite that holds the taxation system and the rest of us in contempt we must take action now to put an end to the socially damaging and extortionately costly scamp. and that's not all stephen bronfman an advisor and key fundraiser for canadian prime minister justin trudeau also moved money overseas to avoid taxes it's a bad look for trudeau who rose to p

news personalities has been fired for alleged sexual misconduct matt lauer host of the popular today show on n.b.c. say meanwhile the prominent u.s. public radio host kerrison killer has also been let go for alleged inappropriate behavior. but francis has arrived in bangladesh after visiting men maher the catholic leader had been criticized for not speaking out against that country's treatment of the hinge of muslims francis is expected to meet with a selected group of injuries in bangladesh more than six hundred thousand of them have fled to that country to escape i think violence a million more. protesters in the philippine capital manila have been rallying against president roderigo to tear to his threats to launch an unconstitutional crackdown on his opponents various left wing groups organize a demonstration they've also condemned the possible return of police operations in two territories more on drugs bali remains on high alert for volcanic activity at argonne but flights have resumed after a three day airport shutdown on the indonesian island thousands of foreign tourists have been strande

news personalities has been fired for alleged sexual misconduct matt lauer host of the popular today show on n.b.c. say meanwhile the prominent us public radio host garrison keillor has also been let go for alleged inappropriate behavior. hundreds of bosnian croat held a vigil for the convicted workroom and all slobbered on all yok after he killed himself with poison at a u.n. court in the hague he was instrumental in attempts to set up a state within what is now bosnia-herzegovina and then removing muslims from the region a judge upheld his twenty year jail sentence for crimes he committed during the war in former yugoslavia. police in pakistan say gunman have opened fire on worshippers outside a mosque in the capital islamabad they say three or four attackers on motorbikes shot at members of the shia community after evening prayers at least one person was killed a number of others were injured now addressing the root causes of the crises that create refugees and containing migration is the focus of a summit now underway in ivory coast capital abidjan more than eighty african and european leaders

news broke of his arrest. is also the owner of rotana media group one of the arab world's most popular media outlets detained with him are the heads of other mass media corporations including n.b.c. group and a our team all of them arrested by the same royal decree saudi arabia's crown prince now has a large section of the entire arab wald's media at his disposal muhammad bin said man has spent the past two years positioning himself as a visionary willing to transform saudi arabia into a modern and liberal state he's pushed for a review on the ban on women driving cars and has addressed several economic reforms in a bid to lure foreign investors but he's also spent millions of dollars on a devastating war in yemen that has achieved little aside from an outbreak of cholera and the deaths of thousands of people unemployment in saudi arabia remains high which is troubling considering the majority of saudis are under the age of thirty five and according to financial observers the kingdom's economy is in recession been sandman's policies may be bold and brave as his allies and supporters described them but those actions have also been criticized as the stabilizing and potentially ver

roll up to define stance from the new administration and we will see something playing out in the direction of a time scale of how it will roll out and that's what the n.b.c. want to see they want to see what sort of play they can get in planning for elections in a free and fair way and in harare thank you very much for that. still ahead on al-jazeera rights groups warn the arrival of aid planes in yemen is not enough to be humanitarian crisis and there's no war but the matter is one of the highest in the world we look at the issues concerning voters heading to the polls. from a fresh breeze. to watching the sunset on the australian outback. we have something of a wintry weather across much of europe will hold down across the northwestern corner across the united kingdom into the low countries see how the winds coming in from the northwest direction just from the direction of the i suppose like stands right down into central passes seeing some wintry weather some rain sleet snow or. cross the high ground diving down across the balkans as we go on through the new styles on sunday with temperatures no higher than around a celsius for london and paris that w

news personalities has been fired for alleged sexual misconduct matt lauer host of the popular today show it n.b.c. meanwhile prominent u.s. public radio host garrison keillor is also been let go for alleged inappropriate behavior killers hosted a popular radio show since the one nine hundred eighty s. well pope francis has wrapped up his visit to myanmar without publicly addressing the country's muslim refugee crisis the catholic leader included his trip with a mass calling on his audience to make themselves heard but the part of himself has come under criticism from human rights groups for refraining to speak out over the hinges humanitarian military in crisis francis heads to neighboring pakistan in a few hours where more than six hundred thousand range of muslims have led to escape violence in the and more. more on the story let's bring in correspondent boston harvick he joins us from yang gong about the end of what's been the response to the closing service by the park. yes to the service of the closing service took place in the cathedral right behind me here in the center of yangon and it wa

still ahead here on the news out in the sports stadium just getting ready to host a world series game seven the first on n.b.c. with a story when we were tough. time for sport is and thank you so much pace well for the second straight year baseball's world series is going down to a deciding seven on. the houston astros to level the series at three three wednesday's finale will also be played at all just idea cripples. with justin verlander back on pitching duties the houston astros looked to have the advantage going into game six of the world series with the l.a. dodgers. and that's how the early innings played out in a tough spot no one has the dog to struggle for hits george springer hit a solo home on to put the astros ahead. of. the doctors finally got to grips a violent in the sixth inning. chris taylor had an obvious to tie the game a one one. i don't want to. and then i had to sacrifice life to give the dodgers a two one lead. to. give him scream his. jersey. sixty one to. l.a. extended their lead to three one in the seventh when john pedersen hit a solo home run. for the second straight year the world

the season finale of starts an uncertain new era for one of america's most popular sports with ratings down at least home and reports. but steep price tag on n.b.c. sunday's mean two things for many sports fans in the united states and f.l. and nascar but the two american sporting giants are in a rights to stop a drop in television ratings the camp is gone now all of that was forgotten for just a moment by nascar bosses as martin truex jr secured his first deaf accompt championship with victory at the harm stead miami speedway in florida stole a ship you know to be a perfect season church jury. ok. it's amazing i thought my career was over with. it's i was right in thinking i believe in me. but the guys who were ok. nielsen writing sure the nascar t.v. writings of dropped by forty five percent over the past decade a downward trend in sport by not names limited to nascar as television viewing habits and technology changes forty eight stitches but it's attendances outside down and that only means that sponsors a pang fall less to advertise during races. i don't think i'm going to hold on to a big hit when the recession hit back you know about ten

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marks the start of an uncertain new era for one of america's most popular sports with ratings and sponsorship dollars on the decline it is home and reports prime time on n.b.c. sunday's mean two things for many sports fans in the united states and f.l. and nascar but the two american sporting giants are in a rights to stop a drop in television ratings but europe is gone now all of that was forgotten for just a moment by nascar bosses as martin truex jr secured his first ever comp championship with victory at the homestead miami speedway in florida stole a ship you know to near perfect she says. to. the times where i thought my career was over with. the times and i did think you would believe me. but the guys who were the people that are fans every. nielsen ratings show are the nascar t.v. ratings have dropped by forty five percent over the past decade a downward trend in sport by not limbs limited to nascar as television viewing habits and technology changes the porsche leaps to chip it's attendances out on the side down and that only means that sponsors a pang far less to advertise during races. i. think we've all seen a demographic study this you showed e