RD Recap: Lester Holt Takes Over for Brian Williams; Layoffs at Lucky

The Brian Williams situation is spiraling out of control faster than a Chinook hit by RPG fire — not that the NBC anchor would know anything about that — and we are now in the backlash to the backlash stage, where David Carr has BriWi’s back. The latest: as managing editor of NBC News, he suspended himself from desk duty for several days in order for the storm to pass and an investigation to play out.