brooke nevilles worked for nbc news. according to published excerpts, nevilles told pharaoh that lauer joined her for drinks and she ended up going back to lauer's room twice, once to retrieve her press credential, and another because he invited her back to the room. neville says lauer, who was wearing a t-shirt and boxers, pushed her against the door and kissed her, then pushed her onto the bed. according to excerpts from the book, lauer asked her if she wanted to have anal sex, she said no, but he just did it. it hurt so bad, is this normal? she told pharaoh it was noncons sensual in the sense that i was too drunk to consent, i said multiple times i didn't want to have anal sex, she ultimately stopped saying no and cried quietly into the pillow. according to the excerpts neville told pharaoh back in new york she went on to have more sexual encounters with lauer and reportedly initiated some of their contact. lauer is strenuously denying the allegations writing his relationship with nevilles was a fully consensual extra

when they returned to new york, nevils and lauer both acknowledged the sexual encounters continued nevils tells farrow she was concerned about the control lauer could exert on her career today in his statement, lauer suggests nevils is financially motivated writing, within a year she was reportedly out trying to sell a book. and it appears that she also sought a monetary payment from nbc. in an exclusive statement to nbc news, nevils responded to lauer saying, there's a matt lauer that millions of americans watched on tv every morning for two decades. and there is the matt lauer who this morning attempted to bully a former colleague into silence his open letter was a case study in victim blaming. i am not afraid of him now regardless of his threats, bullying, and the shaming and predatory tactics i knew he would and now has tried to use against me the hollywood reporter says farrow uncovered seven allegations of workplace sexual misconduct by lauer as well as seven nondisclosure agreements many with hush money payouts to accusers of lauer and others at nbc. in a letter to employees today,

nevils worked for anchor meredith viera. >> i'm brooke nevils. i'm meredith's right hand. >> in the excerpts nevils claims that lauer invited her to his hotel room after a night of drinks and then, quote, pushed her against the door and onto the bed, adding that it was nonconsensual in the sense that i was too drunk to consent. nevils also claims the encounter was excruciatingly painful. the former producer says in the book there were more sexual encounters when she and lauer returned to work. in 2017 nevils told her boss meredith viera about the alleged incident. she urged her to file a formal complaint with hr, which helped lead to lauer's firing. the former "today show" anchor fired back today with a three-page response. matt does admit that he, quote, ended the affair poorly and simply stopped communicating with her. 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 vide

how did you go about vetting brooke nevils? >> i'm an attorney. i'm a skeptic.nd in every instance where a story is reported in the book it is backed up by multiple contemporaneous accounts. it is backed up by documentary evidence. >> when she recounts the story to human resources at nbc, you said she did not call it a rape. >> her attorney stopped the proceedings at one point to make it clear this was a non-consensual interaction. she ambiguously described a brutal violent assault that injured her. >> reporter: brooke told ronan she received a seven-figure settlement and signed a non-disclosure agreement. but he says she wasn't the first woman with accusations against lawyer. >> andy lack issued a statement in november of 2017 and he said, qus it is the first complaint about his behavior in over 20 years he's been at nbc news." >> the evidence in this book, the documentation and paper trail of settlements, reveals that there were multiple arrangements to keep women quiet who had allegations against matt lauer years before this one that got him fired. i personal

lauer denied nevils' accusation writing in part, it is alleged thatten a extramarital but consensual encounter i admitted having was an assault. it is false, ignores the facts, and defies common sense. >>> there is a lot more to tell you about as we continue tonight, including a damning new report on failures leading up to the deadly 737 max crashes. what that could mean for your travel. >>> also important new information about vaping-related illnesses as flu season approaches. >>> and that captivating moment that touched a lot of folks. a little girl with her mother now writing about it and inspiring america. >>> back now with the faa under fire after a scathing independent report found systematic failures in how the faa approved boeing 737 max for flight here's nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: seven months after boeing's 737 max was grounded an independent investigation has found the faa itself was not fully aware of a new system on the plane that contributed to two fatal crashes, and the faa delegated a high percentage of approvals allowing boeing to certify much of its own work.

plenty for phil neville to think about.right pretty quickly. tomorrow they travel to lisbon for a friendly against portugal on tuesday. let's take a look at some of the day's other headlines... the defending motogp world champion marc marquez is third on the grid for tomorrows thai grand prix, that's despite crashing for the second time in two days. he can clinch the title tomorrow. the estonian oit tanak leads the wales rally going into the final day. britain's kris meeke is in fourth. tanak leads the championship with two more rounds to go. and dominic thiem, the man who knocked out andy murray, is through to the final of the china open, after coming from a set down to beat karen khachanov — he'll face stefanos tsitsipas in the beijing final. the championship play—off final is currently under way in toronto with a play—off place at stake. super league and rugby have confirmed the winner will be promoted. after 80 minutes it is currently goalless. the winner will replace london broncos he finished bottom of the top tier. e

denied nevils' claim. quote, i have never assaulted anyone or forced anyone to have sex. period. >> 35-year-old nevils called lauer's letter a case study in victim blaming and an attempt to bully a former colleague into silence. brooke has the support of lauer's former "today" show co-host, ann curry. she tweeted, i believe she is telling the truth. >> and matt's ex-wife annette roque is breaking her silence. she was spotted out today grocery shopping in the hamptons. her attorney says quote, now that the parties are officially divorced, her priority and only concern is for their wonderful children. and there's another angle -- is jennifer aniston's new tv show really about the lauer scandal? >> it's hard for me to believe when i watch the first two episodes that this is not based on what happened to matt lauer on the "today" show. >> on "the morning show," aniston plays an anchor whose co-host is fired over sexual misconduct allegations. >> good morning. i am bringing you some sad and upsetting news. >> t

nevils did and lauer was fired the next day.ng aggressive about that encounter. brooke did not do or say anything to object. she certainly did not cry. she was an enthusiastic and willing partner. he admitted to having a sexual encounter with her later in his dressing room. and nevils concedes seeing him after that but as transactional and not a relationship. she says she suffered ptsd and this one incident, quote, derailed her life. lauer, though, defends his actions writing, at no time did she express in words or actions any discomfort with being there or with our affair. now lauer's former colleagues left stunned by the allegations. >> you know, this is shocking and appalling. i honestly don't even know what to say about it. >> and we don't know all the facts in all of this. but there are not allegations of an affair. they're allegations of a crime. and i think that's shocking to all of us here who've sat with matt for many, many years. >> the hollywood reporter writing seven other allegations against lauer seemed to contradi

plenty for phil neville to think about.was all the way back in 2013. however, they can put things right pretty quickly. tomorrow they travel to lisbon for a friendly against portugal on tuesday. great britain's women gymnasts will have a team at next year's olympicsthat‘s thanks to results at the world championships in stuttgart. they're currently fourth among the nations who've not yet made it to tokyo, so they've done enough to claim their place, as david mcdaid reports. overall, a positive day for great britain's women in stuttgart. they have now officially sealed their place in next year's olympics in tokyo. i say overall positive, because it wasn't the best team performance, there were some errors. notably, georgia—mae fenton, who fell off the beam. not a vintage performance and there was a mistake on the uneven bars and count it a stumble on the floor. obviously i am disappointed for myself but i felt like i let the girls down a little bit. we didn't at all. i try my best but it didn't come off today. ellie downie, no

brooke nevilles. she's a former assistant to meredith vieira.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 to executives. she did confide into vieira three years later and she told her to get a lawyer and report it which she did. we've not heard back overnight. nbc news has officially declined a statement right now. after the firing two years ago, lauer said this in a statement that read in part, there are no words to express my regret and sorrow i caused to others by my words and actions. i realize

england's women play brazil this weekend in a sold out fixture at the riverside, but phil neville hasd with as chelsea's fran kirby and manchester united's abbie mcmanus have both withdrawn and returned to their clubs. jo currie is in middlesbrough for us. for many of the lionesses, the trip back here to the north—east is a bit of a homecoming. in fact, seven of phil neville's england squad will be hoping to be picked for this friendly against brazil tomorrow actually come from this area including steph houghton. i caught up with england captain earlier. she and her team prepare for this match which was played down the road at the riverside stadium. despite the fact that the ground will be full of friends and family, they will be no time for nostalgia. that is because england haven't won in the last four matches. something steph orton said she and the rest of the team are determined to put right and in front of what is going to be a sell—out crowd. hopefully these people that have come and bought tickets, we've got a sell—out stadium, they can really get behind us and push us on. for

farrow rights nbc took the step of having nevils and her lawyers and others close to her sign away their right to ever speak about the network. in exchange for a seven-figure sum lauer denied nevils' accusation in a lengthy ritt lengthy letter this week its alleged that a consensual encounter encounter i previously admitted having was an assault. it is categorically false, ignores the facts and denies common sense stephanie gosk, nbc news new york. >>> a lot for tell you, including a damning new report on failures leading up to the deadly 737 max crashes. away that could mean for your travel. >>> important vaping-relatedout illnesses as flu season approaches. >>> and that captivating moment that touched a lot of folks. a little girl with her mother writing about it and inspiring america. >>> back now with the faa under fire after a scathing independent report found systematic failures in how the faa approved boeing's 73-max for flight here is nbc's tom costello. >> seven months after boeing's 737 max was grounded an independent investigation has found the faa itself was not fully aware o

her name is brooke nevilles. when they were covering the olympics in sochi, russia. she said this happened after a night of drinking at a hotel bar. she said she had six shots of vodka and lauer invited her up to her room. according to farrow, she had no reason to suspect he would be anything but friendly based on prior experience. then once in the room, lauer forced himself onto her and raped her. nevilles tells farrow, it was nonconsensual in the sense i was too drunk to consent. then she said she and lauer had consensual sexual affairs later on. it was not a relationship. nevilles did not report this to executives. she confided in vieira three years later and she urged her to get a lawyer and report it. that's what nevilles did and that's what led to lauer's firing. so far lauer has not responded to these new allegations. nevilles has not responded to our request 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

i don't want to be neville chamberlain. i want to be winston churchill. i think that's the kind of conversation we have to have. >> i'm going to hold it right here. let me slip in this commercial break and ask you to stay with us on the other side. i want to talk to you about a person in history known as mr. x. and by the way of retelling that story, we will ask our pulitzer prize-winning historian if history needs to be signed along the way.

nevils recalls that the encounter was excruciatingly painful.ils 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 learned that nbc news president noah oppenheim and chairman andrew lack were, quote, emphasizing that the incident had not been criminal or an assault. >> he really used his power in these situations. >> reporter: "variety's" elizabeth wagmeister originally broke the story on the wave of sexual assault allegations against lawyer in 2017. at the time, they s

the woman, brooke nevils sat down with ronan farrow for his new book "catch and kill."ews has not obtained a copy of the book but variety did and released details of her interview overnight. in the book she alleged lauer raped her in the hotel room at the 2014 olympics. she had been drinking heavily and went back to his room twice, once to retrieve her press credentials, which she said he took as a joke. she had no reason to suspect that he would be anything but friendly based on prior experience. once she was in his hotel room, she alleged he pushed her against the door and kissed her, before pushing her onto the bed, flipping her over, asking if she liked anal sex. pharaoh writes, she said she declined several times. according to nevils saying it was painful and she went silently into a pillow while it happened. adding, when lauer asked if she liked it, she said yes. also telling pharaoh it was non-consensual in the sense that i was too drunk to consent, atd adding it was non-consensual in that i said multiple times that i didn't twoont have anal sex. back in new york

neville says after a boozy night at their hotel bar, she went to his hotel room.r 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 medical leave and paid more than $1 million by the network. >> dana: the fbi illegally got a hold of american's private information while they were looking for potential terrorists. that's according to a

neville, hello. yeah, i'm neville, i lost my little brother. he was my role model. as you can see in the photo he was a boxer, i decided to take up boxing as well. he used to always take care of us, when it wasjust my mum as a single parent, he used to take it up himself, take that burden on to help everyone else up. aj. good morning. i'm a]. i lost my son. he was the family celebrity. he was the second grandchild but oldest grandson, so his siblings and cousins, it was always a special occasion when i was around. thank you a]. hi stanley. hi, i'm stanley, jermaine's father. and my son meant a lot to me. he was just like my best friend. he was, yeah, he wasjust everything to me, the world. he meant a lot, to the family, everybody. community. all of his friends, everybody. you know, somebody we really loved, admired. strength, he gave us a lot of love in our hearts, tojust live. he was just a special boy. very special. thank you. jermaine was my little cousin but he was more like a little brother to me. he was the life and soul of the party, christmases, birthdays, h

lauer once she returned home and nevils said it was completely transactional.was not a relationship. in his statement, lauer writes that he ended what he calls for affair when he simply stopped communicating with her, but says she tried to rekindle it. lauer says, i was never told she claimed our encounter in sochi was nonconsensual. had i been, i would have defended myself immediately. according to "variety," nevils told colleagues and superiors at nbc about the situation but didn't go to nbc human resources until distraught vieira encouraged her to do so in 2017. within 24 hours of that complaint, lauer was fired. at the time nbc chair andy lack described lauer's conduct as sexual misconduct. now, in a letter to nbc news staff, lack defended the network's response saying, the first moment we learned of it was the night of november 27, 2017 and he was fired in 24 hours. any suggestion that we knew prior to that evening or tried to cover up any aspect of lauer's conduct is absolutely false and offensive. lauer's former "today" co-host ann curry has tweeted in s

her name is brooke nevils.e an allegation against matt lauer and the companies whole defense to ronan's book essentially has been that's the first we knew about matt lauer. there was no deal between us and harvey weinstein to cover up for harvey weinstein so that he wouldn't report on matt lauer. because we didn't know that matt lauer was doing this. we had no notice of it whatsoever. >> tucker: is not a plausible claim? >> if they had no settlements of any kind and no complaints about matt lauer prior to brooke nevils coming forward, sure, it might be. but is it true? here is what they are saying. no settlements of any kind. no settlements. that's illegal sleight-of-hand. you can get paid out as a sexual-harassment victim in something other than a settlement. you can get what's called enhanced severance. that's the situation where the receptionist is suddenly getting a seven-figure goodbye. she was an amazing typist. it is severance. it's not a settlement. by the way, if you could be really quiet about nbc for

over 30,000 tickets have been sold as phil neville's side looks to end a run of four games without ark, preparing for the latest two friendlies starting with brazil this saturday at middlesbrough. for one player at least, it is a bit of a homecoming. beth mead started her career at the middlesbrough academy, and while she says she is looking forward to going back to the place where it began, it is more important that it will get a win. the lionesss are without a victory in the last four, something she says they have to be right. we are very disappointed with ourselves, it was completely blown apart. it is a big kick up the backside that we needed, and hopefully it will kick starters for this cap to be continued to get ourselves back to what we were. does that come from fail are us the players? both, it comes from within, we know as players that it is below parand we we know as players that it is below par and we expect a lot better from what we delivered in the last camp. i think that has come from individuals, the team and the staff behind us. so it is brazil up first for the liones

the woman, brooke nevils, sat down with ronan. nbc news has not obtained a copy of the book, but variety did and released details of her interview overnight. in the book, nevils alleged lauer raped her in his hotel room at the sochi olympics. according to her account, she had been drinking heavily and went back to his room twice, to receive her press credentials which lauer had taken as a joke, and the second time he invited her back. she had no reason to suspect lauer would be anything but friendly based on prior experience. once she was in his hotel room, she alleges lauer pushed her against the door and kissed her before pushing her on to the bed, flipping her over, asking if she liked anal sex. she says she declined several times. she was in the midst of telling him she wasn't interested again when he just did it. nevils saying it was painful and that she wept silently into a pillow while it happened, adding when lauer asked if she liked it, she said yes. nevils also saying it was not consensual in the sense that i was too dru

nevilles saids it was non consensual i said multiple times that i didn't want to to to havl sex and iave previously admitted having encounter was, in fact, an assault categorially false ignores facts defies common sense we engage in variety of sexual acts and performed oral sex on each other and vaginal sex and we had anal sex both consensual brook did not do or say anything to object. she certainly did not cry. she was a fully enthusiastic and willing partner. claims nba executives knew about other sexual encounters with lauer years before he was fired. >> what we show in this book with a paper trail with documents is that there were multiple secret slenlses and nondisclosure struck with women at nbc news. two nondisclosure years before over a feared of six to seven years a feared in which -- any settlement multiple of those matt lou per accusers this was years before, this distinct was brook nevilles and firing. >> with me now senior advisor to 2020 campaign katrina pierson and town hall editor and katy. katy, it is very hard to make sense of the story because there's two truths rig

former nbc news staffer brooke nevils told author ronan farrow that matt lauer raped her when she wasolympic games in sochi, russia. yesterday, the today show anchor savannah guthrie talked about the allegation. >> i know what this means for our colleagues to come forward then. it's not easy then and we support her. >> matt lauer wrote a letter denying it saying brooke nevils' account is false and he claims the incident she describes was consensual and was the start of a months long affair. >>> turkish military jets have started attacking northern syria. those jets are supported by turkish tanks on the border between turkey and syria. kurdish groups have been fighting alongside american troops until president trump's pulled out american troops earlier this week. the president of turkey said the attacks will help bring peace to that region. >>translator: together with our committees we will bring down the tape recorder. we are determined. our combat is not against civilians. those steps will be taken against civilians. >> but kurdish groups, troops are saying there have been several ci

is saying about this report >> reporter: in a lengthy open letter, matt lauer says, "i hadh brooke nevils14." he says it began at a hotel in sochi, russia, during the olympics. "we engaged in a variety of sexual acts. each act was mutual and lempletely consensual." his letter came hours af "variety magazine" revealed that k ronan farrow's new book "catch and kill" former nbc news employee brooke nevils says lauer raped her in that hotel room in sochi. in 2017, lauer was among a number of high-profile men, along with hollywood producer harvey weinstein and former cbs this morning cohost charlie rose, who were accused of sexual misconduct as the "me, too" movement emerged. a source familiar with the reporting tells cbs news, ronan farrow's book uncovers seven allegations of workplace sexual misconduct by lauer that appear to contradict the network's stance that management had no knowledge of his behavior. in a statement to cbs news, a spokesperson for nbc says, "matt lauer's conduct was appalling, horrific, and reprehensible. as we said at the time. 24 hours of the complaint. our hearts bre

phil neville putting a brave face on things.ent. in the first half, they could not quite stretch to that. five games without a win, england desperate for inspiration. the best of their first love chances cleared off the portugal line. not a performance to ease that pressure. the second half did bring your chances but still england unable to take them. jodie taylor on more than one occasion lacking the finish. what england needed was some like and it was that, the portugal keeper providing it. a farcical fumble finally allowing england to take the lead. it was one they clung on to, although only just. here it was one they clung on to, although onlyjust. here the ball somehow staying out. at last, and england when. —— win. earlier wales's euro 2021 qualifying campaign had a major boost after they beat belarus. rachel rowe scored the only goal of the game, less than 10 minutes from time — in herfirst game back from a year—long injury lay—off. the win means that wales stay second in group c simone biles has become the most succesful

wednesday, nevils called the open letter an attempt to bully a former colleague into silence. she says, "i am not afraid of him now regardless of his threats and the shaming and predatory tactics." in "catch and kill," farrow writes he uncovered seven allegations of workplace sexual misconduct against lauer predating his november, 2017, firing. in a memo to employees, nbc news chairman andy lack says any suggestion executives knew of allegations against lauer before his firing are absolutely false and offensive. in a statement, nbc called lauer's conduct appalling, horrific, and reprehensible, adding he was fire wednesdayin 24 hours of us first learning -- fired less than 24 hours of the claim. fair row claimed weinstein used leverage to suppress stories about himself and made it known to the network that he was aware u of lauer's behavior and capable of revealing it. farro eventuallyly took the story to the "new yorker," and lack defended the network's handling of the weinstein story saying farrow didn't have our standard for broadcast. a media reporter for the "los angeles t

first for the lionesss before they fly off to lisbon to face portugal on tuesday with manager phil neville hoping his lionesss side can turn around their recent poor form. now we return to doha, where issues off eeh track have been making headlines as much as the action on it. ——0ff the track there have been poor attendances, and there have been ongoing concerns over worker rights, many migrant workers helping to build the stadiums used for the 2020 world cup. chris maclaughlin is in doha. in 43 degrees and then almost unbearable humidity, the work goes on. this is the site of the stadium in doha, 4500 migrants living, eating and sleeping and working, to deliver one of civic new world cup stadiums. but are they being exploited by an oil—rich nation determined to prove it can be the perfect host? according to some, yes. amnesty international recently issued a report called all work no play, citing problems with excessive working hours, living conditions and nonpayment of wages. working hours, living conditions and nonpayment of wagesli working hours, living conditions and nonpayment of wage

we have a mission at nevill holt opera to encourage young artists and young performers and we want themo tune it to ensure that the young performers can hear their own voices when they're performing. we did this with adjustments to the form of the balcony, ensuring that there were reflective surfaces which bring the sound back to the performers. and the wooden material very carefully designed and selected by the acousticians, make sure that the sound resonates but also is absorbed by the stone walls. so the whole building works in harmony — we get resonance and absorption. i can safely say there is not a bad seat to be had in this house and everywhere, the music in this building sounds fantastic. you can find out more about all of the nominated buildings on the bbc arts website and watch this year's riba stirling prize live here on the bbc news channel next tuesday evening from 8:30. simon mccoy will be here in a moment with the latest for you but first, the weather. hello, the impact of more wet weather for the last 2a hours is causing some issues across england and wales. the flood wa

england women's manager phil neville said a fourth defeat in five games isn't acceptable. friendly in middlesbrough. debinha scored both of brazil's goals — the first a goalkeeping error by mary earps. unlucky again for the second which found its way in via a deflection beth england lifted the crowd with her first international goal. but having beaten brazil a year ago, and again in february, frustration this time for phil neville. we kept going to the very end. 0ur play at times was some of the best football i have seen us play for a long time. now we are in that period where things are probably not going for us where they were 12 months ago. we have to stick together and believe what we are doing is right. england were the first team through to the quarterfinals of the rugby world cup, thanks to victory over argentina. france can join them there with a win over tonga this morning. they are currently leading 17—5. new zealand are all but through — they ran in 11 tries to beat namibia, tj perenara, with the try of the game — some are saying the try of the tournament so far

phil neville will be desperate to put that right.tadium, well over 30,000 watching this one, and hopefully that crowd will provide england with the boost they need to try and bring that run to an end. live pictures from bbc one, you can watch that over on bbc one now if you want to. tottenham's troubles continue, trailing brighton in the early kick off, they lost goalkeeper hugo lloris early on, his mistake gifting brighton a goal, before he went off with a nasty injury. 2-0 2—0 they trail brighton. this is after the heavy defeat to bayern munich in the champions league this week. the rest of the day's fixtures marked by liverpool's game against leicester city, that is the three o'clock kick—off us. us 1500m runner craig engels has backed calls by ioc president thomas bach for every athlete associated with alberto salazar to be investigated. the former coach was banned for four years on tuesday for doping offences. engels is a part of the nike—backed 0regon project but has not been trained by salazar directly. i would like to see mor

phil neville said the first time they have managed to serve —— cell death stadium out means they shouldyou get to wembley, from a financial point of view you have to sell out. you cannot play games at wembley and only have 14 to 15,000 people here. you want to keep raise the bar, we have proved to be can sell at the stadium so we want to make it an annual event. the biggest mission for the squad is chelsea striker fran kirby who fights her way back to fitness. there are recalls for other members of the squad. as for the manchester city duo, they will train with the squad and can be included in the squad for match day if they prove their fitness. we have not seen white since their world cup this summer. she has been recovering from knee injury. this match comes ata from knee injury. this match comes at a crucial time for the lionesses, they have won one game in the last six. there is no better place to put that right and beating germany here at wembley. over in japan, preparations have been continuing for england and south africa ahead of saturday's world cup final. springboks head coach

since reaching the world cup semi—finals, phil neville's side have been struggling — with four defeatsmidfielderjill scott who's withdrawn with injury. her absence will give her more time to focus on coaching — a career she's told us she's looking to pursue once her playing days are over. as you're getting a bit older, you think about what next? it would be great to get on a coaching journey. it would probably be like starting all over again. i love the game, so maybe after football it is something i can look into. i know how important coaches were for the development of me and me making my debut for england and that is something that i would love to contribute to the youngsters. so, yeah, anybody wants to employ me, hook me up! and that friendly between portugal and england tomorrow night will be live on bbc four. the game kicks off at 7pm. you might not have heard much yet about typhoon hagibis, but it could be about to play a major role at the rugby world cup injapan, where the typhoon is due to hit this weekend. a number of teams still need a win to secure a place in the quarter—fi

nevils worked for meredith vieira. happened and was urged to go to the human resources department. lauer was terminated a day later. lauer released an open letter today in which he denies the allegations. he writes in part there was 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 that she was incapable of consent. lauer argues more broadly that he is the victim of lies and a, quote, abandonment of shared responsibility by the multiple women he's had affairs with. he now says he will no longer provide them with the shelter of his silence. nbc news issued this state, matt lauer's conduct was appalling as we said at the time. that's why he was fired within 24 hours of us learning of the complaint. our hearts break again for our colleague. we here at nbc news have reached out to nevils but we have not heard back. at humana, we believe your healthcare shoul

head coach phil neville said that it was a must—win game before kick—off, after his team had failed toall 5 of their matches since this summer's world cup. they were gifted a goal, after a poor performance, but in the end, a win is a win. adam wild reports. this may have beenjust this may have been just a friendly, but this trip to portugal was not without its pressure. putting on a brave face on things but results and performances of late have been poor. would england needed his improvement in the first step they could not quite stretch the net. five games of that of when myth and desperate for inspiration, the best of their first half chances cleared off the portugal line. not a performance to ease that pressure. bringing more chancesin ease that pressure. bringing more chances in the second half but england were unable to take them. a more than one occasion, lacking the finish to settle the net. would england needed was some luck and that was the portugal keeper that provided it. and a gift, but the back knee, the fumble finally allowing england to take the lead. it was one they got

lauer adamantly denies the allegation saying it was mutual and completely consensual and calling nevilsastic and willing partner going on to have several more consensual sexual encounters at his new york city apartment and his offi at 30 rock until ending what he called an affair. farrow says nevils acknowledges the encounters and this week she responded to lauer saying the statement was classic victim shaming and saying the shame in this story belongs to him. an nbc spokesperson told us matt lauer's conduct was appalling, horrific and reprehensible as we said at the time. that's why we fired him within 24 hours of us learning of the complaint. our hearts break again for our colleague. george? >> okay, linsey, thanks. for his first broadcast interview the author of "catch and kill," ronan farrow. thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> let's start with that denial from matt lauer. he detailed an angry denial and calls your story categorically false and this was a consensual affair, the accusation of rape is defamatory designed to sell a book. >> in the book we include his exact thinking

>> reporter: in a lengthy open letter, matt lauer says, "i had an extramarital affair with brooke nevilsbegan at a hotel in sochi, russia, during the olympics. "we engaged in a variety of sexual acts. each act was mutual and completely consensual." his letter came hours after "variety magazine" wrote that in ronan farrow's new book "catch and kill" former nbc news employee brooke nevils says lauer raped her in that hotel room in sochi. in 2017, lauer was among a number of high-profile men, along with hollywood producer harvey weinstein and charlie rose, who were accused of sexual misconduct as want "me the "me, too" movement emerge. a source familiar with the reporting tells cbs news, ronan farrow's book uncovers seven allegations of workplace sexual misconduct by lauer that appear to contradict the network's stance that management had no knowledge of his behavior. in a statement to cbs news, a spokesperson for nbc says, "matt lauer's conduct was appalling, horrific, and reprehensible. as we said at the time. that's why he was fired 24 hours of us learning about the complaint. our hearts

of nevils' allegations are detailed in ronan farrow's upcoming book "catch and kill.ortedly 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 cover up any aspect of lauer's conduct is absolutely false and offensive." the company says they reached agreements with two women only after lauer was fired, and that the women were free to sha

goals from kirsty hanson and jane ross came either side of an ashleigh neville own goal to seal the winark. it was 2—2 at the break, but lisa—marie utland popped up with the winner for the royals 20 minutes from time. elsewhere, liverpool were held at home to a 1—1 draw by bristol city and west ham beat brighton 3—1. returning to japan — and mercedes set a new standard in formula 1 at the japanese grand prix as they secured a record—breaking sixth world championship double. valterri bottas‘ victory in suzuka sealed the constructors‘ title with four races to go — and with third place for lewis hamilton, he's not quite world champion yet, but only his team—mate bottas can catch him. michael redford was watching. bright sunshine at suzuka after a disrupted race weekend — typhoon hagibis now a distant memory, just a bit of a breeze to deal with. qualifying was made to look a breeze by ferrari early in the morning, sebastian vettel on pole position — his first since june. team—mate charles leclerc just behind him. their advantage was soon blown away, a stuttering start and valtteri bottas to

some of the female co-hosts of the "today" show seem to believe brook nevilles and all of this played nbc saying about this? >> nbc is under scrutiny about who knew what when? did management know about the incidents with lauer either the harassment of women and having extra marital affairs with colleagues or in this case, a rape allegation. brooke nevilles did not use the word rape when she went to nbc in 2017 and she told a lot of people with nbc about her experiences with lauer and it remains an open question and ronan farrow has damning questions in this work out next week. >> thank you so much. >>> breaking news on a deadly shooting near a synagogue. it was apparently was live streamed and seen by thousands of people. welcome to the place where people go to learn about their medicare options... before they're on medicare. come on in. you're turning 65 soon? yep. and you're retiring at 67? that's the plan! well, you've come to the right place. it's also a great time to learn about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. here's why.

neville says she went to lauer's hotel room. her onto the bed asking her she asked like david ticker kind of sec. she claims she said that several times but that he quote just did it. lauer former colleagues reacted to the allegations wednesday morning. >> i know it wasn't easy for our colleague to come forward them. it is not easy now. we support her. >> reporter: matt lauer sent a letter to a variety responding to the allegations saying quote, the story brooke tells is filled with false details intended only to create the impression this was an abusive encounter. nothing could be further from the truth. there was absolutely nothing aggressive about that encounter. brick did not do or say anything to object. lauer claims the socially hotel encounter with the beginning of a long affair. once he came forward to -- what she came for two nbc, she was reportedly paid more than $1 million. >>> this is ktvu fox 2 news at 10. >>> the winds are forecast to pick up in the north bay were tens of thousands of customers have been without po