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We are back live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. We are tracking hurricane hilary. The system just weakened to a category 2 storm with winds of 110 miles per hour. The historic and potentially catastrophic storm is barrelling toward the southwestern United States, triggering the first ever Tropical Storm warning for millions of people in Southern California. The San Bernardino county Sheriffs Department just issued an Evacuation Warning for some areas in that part of Southern California. Thats just east of los angeles in the mountain and foothill areas. Hilary could bring a years worth of rain in a single day to parts of california, arizona, and nevada. Lets go straight to the cnn weather center, Meteorologist Derek Van Dam has been following the hurricanes path. I suppose its good news that the hurricane is weakening at some point, but that doesnt necessarily mean that people in that part of the country can let down their guards or folks in mexico as well. We should make it very clear, the folks in mexico need to be very careful about this storm as well. Yeah. We dont want to diminish the Threats Associated with this storm, even though it is weakening. Good news. We want to see that, but as with any tropical system, its got an influx of moisture thats going to dump tremendous amounts of rain that will bring a Flash Flood Threat to areas that havent seen this amount of rain in several decades. 110 miles per hour. That makes it a category 2 atlantic equivalent. It is encountering significantly cooler waters and drier air, especially in the western sections of this storm system. Regardless, lets look at the exact forecast track, because it will weaken further as it approaches. What weve noticed is two important things about this track. Not only is it speeding up, that forward speed continues to increase. Its also shifted a little further east. So, what thats going to do, just by the nature of the topography across the Baja Peninsula and into Southern California, it means it will make landfall earlier than what we had anticipated, lets say, 12 hours ago. And also, with this increase in forward speed, if youve been tuning in intermittently, this storm is more of a sunday storm for Southern California and the southwestern u. S. So, we need, as weather kmurkters, to show you that because you may have anticipated a Monday Morning Type of event but this is really sunday into monday and we have our Flash Flood Threat across this region, a level four of four. Some locations have never had this type of flood threat in all of its history. So, were working on a major flooding potential with this system. This is the latest radar. Dry along the coast, but look whats forming across the eastern sections of San Bernardino county. And i want to show you why this area is so susceptible to flooding, and jim pointed out in the opening of the show that there are some mandatory evacuations that are occurring right now. Heres San Bernardino. These are the San Bernardino mountains, and just like a sponge being pushed against a wall, it is going to extract all the available moisture out, and the water is going to run down into these villages, oak glen, forest falls, Mountain Home village. These are the areas that have the mandatory evacuations, and you can see why. Look at this mountainous terrain. All that water has go somewhere. Unfortunately, it flows quickly into the valleys and the communities below. So, jim, were concerned about these locations, but that is not the only area that were concerned about. Palm springs, the desert southwest, theyre going to be seeing maybe perhaps over a years worth of rain in the next couple of days. Yeah, and derek, the waters of the pacific, especially along the california coast, theyre notorious for being somewhat more chilly than away we experience on the east coast. Might that have something to do with why the storm is weakening as rapidly as it is . Or is it maybe were seeing other factors at play . Well, 100 . Hurricanes, typhoons, tropical cyclones, do not like cold water. You start getting into Water Temperatures that are below 80 degrees, or you get perhaps some upwelling from a stronger storm system which is what weve seen over the past 24 hours, this was a powerful cat 4 just 24 hours ago, so what its doing is taking the cold water from below, also some of the coastal currents that are just off the coast of california and the Baja Peninsula, bringing the cooler water to this area. All of these working against the storm. It will help weaken it. Thats the positive news because we want to see a weakening storm as it approaches the southwestern u. S. , and we believe it will continue to do so. As it starts to impact or kind of get exchanged with the mountain ranges across this area, it will also help degrade the storm even further. But again, we cannot diminish the flood threat because of so much moisture being associated with the system as it moves on shore. Jim . And people in that part of the country, please take all of these warnings very seriously. Derek van dam, thank you very much. As we mentioned earlier, there are already Evacuation Warnings in place for parts of Southern California. This could be the first time a storm like this has hit the state in more than 80 years. The California National garland guard is standing by ready to help. A State Emergency Official tells cnn its an all hands on deck situation. We have swift water rescue teams, highwater vehicles positioned all over Southern California. Weve also moved millions of pieces of commodities into the region, so cots, blankets, food, water, in case we need to set up shelters. We really want to be on the front foot of this and thats whats happening now. Cnns natasha chen is live in los angeles. Natasha, looks like the winds are picking up there a bit. How are things looking . Reporter picking up just a little bit, jim. And were expecting, in the next hour to three hours that north of us in antelope valley, they might see some scattered thunderstorms as the outer bands start coming in this direction. Of course, nothing really significant until tomorrow. This is something that, as weve been talking about, the people of Southern California are not used to. A Tropical Storm warning has never been issued here. Now, granted, this past winter was a very wet one, and so people are prepared for what to do in flood situations, but certainly, usually not in the month of august. So, i keep seeing cities and counties issue information about where to find sandbags, telling people to bring all their items indoors, to not go outside and drive tomorrow and monday if at all possible. Were seeing lots of events postponed or canceled. Three mlb games in Southern California scheduled for tomorrow ended up being moved to today so that they could all do double hitters, and the u. S. Navy has said that they are moving their ships and submarines temporarily out of san diego while this storm comes through. So, a lot of changes happening, a lot of preparations, including going to the encampments with loud speakers, making sure those unhoused people, of which there are so many here in Southern California, typically enjoying the dry outdoor weather, letting them know it is time to find a place inside, jim. All right, natasha chen, please stay safe. Hope everybody does the same. Thank you so much. And we are monitoring yet another wildfire burning out of control. This one, just outside of spokane, washington. Officials say at least one person is dead and nearly 200 structures damaged so far. The fire has not been contained. The county has declared a state of emergency, and some residents have been asked to evacuate their homes. Well stay on top of that as that develops. And the death toll from the maui wildfires has climbed to 114. The governor says 60 of the Disaster Zone has been searched. At least 1,000 people are still unaccounted for at this hour, and thousands more have already lost everything that they own. Amid all of this, theres growing concern about predatory outsiders swooping in to buy property at a fraction of its value, and native hawaiian and former legislator joins us now. Great to talk to you. I know you have had an upclose view of the disaster there in maui. And you write about it in a Time Magazine essay titled the Climate Crisis and colonialism destroyed my maui home. Where we must go from here. Lets begin with that essay. What did you write . Why did you write it . And what message do you want to get across . Thank you, jim. Yeah, ive been in lahaina throughout the week. Ill be back this afternoon, and as i stand talking to survivors and intaking their needs, there are dozens of cadaver dogs sniffing through the rubble in search of our loved ones. Utility workers in orange vests are picking up miles of electrical lines, tangled up between the fissures of asphalt. Those sacred monuments and reminders of Colonial Arms have been reduced to ashes, and the response from the usual government and institutional players have been well meaning but woefully inadequate, so Community Leaders have immediately filled the gaps with dozens of relief hubs, peopleled, were fielding and distributing the outpouring of donations that were seeing across the islands. Theres a new leadership among a generation of Native Hawaiians emerging as beacons of hope throughout the chaos. Just yesterday, native hawaiian leaders banded together to create the families of the ancient name of lahaina to demand that governor josh green pause redevelopment, allow the community to grieve and feel State Government transparency and the sunshine law. So, right now, theres just a lot of land grabbers, disaster capitalists kind of hovering above the wreckage like vultures, and we got to build longterm power to fend them off. We know this isnt going to be a sprint but a marathon, and its going to take us years to rebuild, so you know, ive been busy. Ive finally wept the other day. It was brutal sadness, but its also tears of joy for the uprising that our people are leading today to rebuild maui ourselves, and the leadership of our generation, especially, is really something to behold. Its such a beautiful space. Ive been to maui, been to lahaina, and i still cant believe what im seeing when i see whats taken place there. You know, this and i know hawaii well enough to know that this is a constant fear for people who have been there for generations, that greedy Land Developers are going to exploit the people there, and i guess, how do you see this unfolding . As you know, the developers have a knack for winning a lot of these battles there in hawaii. How do you stop that from happening this time around when it comes to the rebuilding of lahaina . Yeah, thats right. Local people, especially Native Hawaiians, have been suffering from injustices for generations now. My mom lost our home, forced to sell it without a fire. She couldnt keep up with the rising costs of a gentrified community, so today, there are more Native Hawaiians living outside of hawaii than on our ancestral lands, so this acute trauma is just a punctuation mark, an acceleration of decades of injustices that weve faced. Native folks, black, brown, immigrants are generally the first and worst hit by climate disasters, but the cruel irony is that we tend to be the keepers of the knowledge of how to build a society that doesnt lead to ecological collapse. So, as we look forward, we need to be Resourcing Efforts like, you know, lahaina strong, which is a group of volunteers that are leading our own doortodoor efforts to help insurance claims and fema applications in order to grow power, because two years down the line, when redevelopment is happening in earnest, we need to show up as a community to rebuild schools and maybe the next day take those same 200 people and testify at city council. Thats really the path forward here. We need to be looking at direct relief, a just recovery, and longterm power for the rebuilding of lahaina that will cost at least 6 billion. Yeah. Its going to be a massive undertaking. Youre going to have a lot of folks around the country in the other 49 states, the mainlanders, pulling for you all the way. Kaniela ing, thank you very much for your time. Best of luck to you. Thank you so much. All right, hang in there. Coming up, the impact of Donald Trumps fourth indictment that is having on his poll numbers. Well talk about that next. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Ess unlimited, i get 5g, truly unlimited data, and unlimited hotspot data. So, no matter what, im running this kitchen. vo make the s switch. Its your business. Its your vererizon. My cpa told me i wouldnt qualify for the erc tax refund, so i called innovation refunds. Their team of Indepeent Tax Attorneys will work with your cpa to determine if your company is eligible. [whip sound] take the first step to see if your Small Business qualifies. With wet amd, sometimes i worry my world is getting smaller because of my sight. But now, i can open up my world with vabysmo. 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The republican front runner is expected to skip his partys first president ial primary debate wednesday night in milwaukee. Trump is among eight candidates who have qualified with others scrambling to meet a monday night deadline. Is that indictment in georgia having any effect on the voters . Cnn senior data reporter harry enten joins us now with the answer. Weve talked about this several times. This week, trump was indicted for the fourth time. Do four indictments matter any more than the previous three . Not really, no. You know, its like deja vu all over again. Weve had four indictments. You look at the polling amongst the gop base. Do they think trump should have been indicted . Look at the consistency here. 14 for the new york one. 15 for the efforts related to january 6th. The newest one, georgia, the Georgia Election case, 15 . The classified docs handling, 16 . I guess you could say thats the highest percentage, but the fact is, theyre all within the margin of error of each other. The gop base has made up its mind when it comes to these indictments. They dont believe that trump should have been charged with a crime. The vast majority believe that, and the fact is, it just does not seem like theres any changing of their minds on any of this. Are you seeing any impact on his standing after these indictments or is it just, essentially, a nonstarter for a lot of folks . They just made up their minds. It looks like the numbers you just showed there, those are maybe the nevertrumpers who just dont like trump anyway. Thats right. They make up about 15 of the republican base, but the vast majority of the republicans are not in that nevertrump camp. Look at the horse race numbers now compared to where they were six months ago, and what do you see . In fact, you see trump higher than he was back in february, six months ago. 53 . A recent fox news poll. There has been movement downwards for one candidate, ron desantis, whos dropped from 28 to 16 . There is one other candidate, though. You interviewed him earlier this week. Ramaswamy, who wasnt even asked in the february poll. Look where he is now, 11 according to fox news. Hes closing in on desantis for second place. At this particular time, it is donald trump against the field. He has the majority of republicans in his camp, and it doesnt seem like theres any stopping him at this particular point, jim. What about when it comes to the general electorate and joe biden . Yeah, you might think, because the majority of americans do believe that trump did something illegal, at least on one of those indictments, that it might be impacting his General Election standings, but the fact is, look here. This is quinnipiac university. It was a twopoint race in february. Look where it is now. Its a onepoint race. Thats well within the margin of error, but take away one thing from this, and that is i think there are a lot of democrats who simply cant believe that donald trump can be elected president again. The polling indicates that trump is, in fact, in a stronger position at this point than he was during the entire 2020 campaign, according to the national polls. If we had statelevel polling, i wouldnt even be surprised if trump were ahead in the swing states that are most important, jim. When the race is that close, it comes down to the Electoral College and who knows what happens with that . We dont even have those kinds of numbers just yet, but from a national standpoint, it is remarkable where trump stands right now when it comes to the rest of the field. And with General Election voters. Harry enten, as always, thank you very much. We appreciate it. Be sure and check out harrys podcast, margins of error. You can find it at cnn. Com audio. At some point next week, as we were just mentioning, trump is expected to turn himself in at the Fulton County jail in atlanta. And she his codefendants are charged with 41 counts related to the 2020 election. District attorney fani willis even slapping each with a racketeering and corruption charge, accusing them of functioning, seshessentially, a criminal gang. And thats the subject of the New York Times column, this indictment does something ingenious. Amy lee copeland joins me now. Thank you very much. Explain how this rico statute works. Typically, when you hear about this sort of thing, were talking about mobsters and the mafia and that sort of thing. How might it apply here . Thank you, jim, for having me. So, georgia rico is broader than its federal counterpart. It requires proof that there are two acts of Racketeering Activity that form a pattern. So, all of the coconspirators in this are alleged to be acting toward a common goal, which is to change the results of the president ial election. The reason why its ingenious is that it allows the d. A. To tell the whole story. While there are racketeering acts, which are statutorily defined, there are overt acts, and a lot of the overt act, jim, talk about things that happened in other states that are similar to whats going on in georgia. And we know right now that the trump team is negotiating with Fulton County officials over the terms of his surrender. Give us an idea of what that might look like. And this prospect that trump and these other defendants might be fingerprinted, have their mug shot taken. I would imagine being the expert that you are in the georgia legal system, it would be unusual if that does not occur. In fact, jim, the sheriff has said that will occur. Unless someone tells him otherwise, these defendants are going to be treated like any other defendants. So, when grand juries issue indictments in certain cases, they issue Arrest Warrants, which theyve done in this case. In lieu of having those Arrest Warrants executed, these defendants can appear at the Sheriffs Office sometime before the 25th, which is this coming friday. At the Sheriffs Office, the normal plan is a patdown search, an Intake Interview to determine your criminal history, fingerprinting and a booking photo, which is commonly called a mug shot. Again, the sheriff has said thats whats going to happen. Im open 24 7, you come at your convenience. And amy lee, many legal experts expect the trump team to try to get this case moved to federal court. I think weve seen mark meadows, if im not mistaken, signal that hes going to try to do that. Do you think that could work out . Does that happen in georgia sometime sometimes . It has happened in georgia as recently as a couple weeks ago. The Fulton County two task force officers, which are local officers that are working for the federal government, have been charged with felony murder, and so they successfully removed the case to federal court. Here, mr. Meadows has already made a removal request, saying that the Supremacy Clause protects his actions. I expect mr. Trump and mr. Clark to join in that request at some point in time, but the Supremacy Clause requires you to be acting in your capacity as a federal employee and acting within the bounds of federal law doing something that is, in fact, federal. Here, we have allegations that these defendants have been working to tamper with Georgia Elections, and elections are solely a state prerogative. So, i think its going to be a difficult road for them. The federal judge has set a hearing for august 28th. We lawyers call that the rocket docket, because its on there so fast, and so i think well have an answer soon. Yeah, theres a lot moving very quickly. 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Back to one of our top stories, mauis misery, as devastating as the fires are, there are work signs to decipher concerning how hawaii navigates its future, and thats what we want to talk about right now with climate scientist michael man. He joins me now, hes the director for science, sustainability, and the media at the university of pennsylvania. Hes also the author of our fragile moment how lessons from earths past can help us survive the Climate Crisis. Lets just get right to this, professor. How did Climate Change play a role in what took place in maui . Is it too soon to put a pin on that . What have you been able to decipher . Thanks, jim, its good to be with you. No, it isnt. We can talk about how various attributes of Climate Change sort of laid the groundwork for what played out. First of all, theres a longterm trend towards drying in that region. Its been getting drier, less precipitation. Temperature has been increasing as it has around the planet. But that means more evaporation of moisture from soil, so you put those two things together, youre going to get worse drought, and so theres a trend towards worse drought and what we saw, in fact, was extreme drought in parts of the island that were impacted where those wildfires spread rapidly and did so much damage. And theres another ingredient, which is that the winds that helped, for example, knock down those power lines and helped spread the fire, those very strong winds were related to a highpressure system to the north and a hurricane, a very low pressure hurricane, that traveled to the south. That hurricane intensified very quickly on very warm waters in the eastern pacific. That meant that those winds were stronger, that those Pressure Differences were stronger. The winds were stronger. An estimate that was done that the winds were at least 5 to 6 stronger because of that hurricane, and that hurricane intensified so quickly because of those warm waters. Those waters are so warm, in part because of an el nino event but also because of the largescale warming of the planet from Carbon Pollution, from the burning of fossil fuels. And i mean, so much loss, it happened so quickly. Given what is taking place with Climate Change around the world, and hawaii, as beautiful as it is, is obviously not immune from the devastating effects of Climate Change, should hawaii have been better prepared . Should they have seen this coming . How did this unbelievable, just unimaginable devastation how did it take place so quickly, and could it have been avoided in any way . Was this just one of those situations where the right ingredients were present for something as bad as this to happen . Yeah. You know, we can second guess some of the decisions that were made, and that discussion will, you know, im sure, go on for weeks, and im not sure i have any special, you know, expertise to speak to some of those larger questions. But what i can say is that hawaii has to recognize that it is dealing with an increased level of threat. Even regions, you know, places that we think of as tropical paradises, hawaii is one of my Favorite Places to vacation, but these tropical paradises, were seeing Climate Change impact them. No place on earth, even those areas that we think of as paradises, including paradise, california, sadly, are, you know have been free from the impacts of Climate Change, from the deleterious impacts of Climate Change. Thats what weve seen play out in this tropical paradise. So, theres a new level of risk that hawaii needs to deal with. Ultimately, you know, there are steps that we can take to try to adapt to this drier environment. Land use policies, zoning issues about how we deal with invasive grasses that might have contributed to this problem. There are things that we can do to try to increase our resilience, but there is no amount of adaptation that will prepare us for whats to come if we fail to deal with the underlying problem, which is the warming of the planet from the burning of fossil fuels and the increase in Carbon Pollution thats resulting from that. And one of the things that weve been talking about, michael, is this prospect that developers, Land Developers, are going to try to come in and exploit the situation in lahaina. And obviously, The State Of Hawaii has to be mindful of that when it comes to the effects of Climate Change, because things are only going to get worse. The developers cant just be allowed to go in there and do what they want. Yeah, its a great point, jim, and it sort of underscores the issue of Climate Justice and the need for us to deal with the, you know, the Climate Crisis in a just manner, because Climate Change is impacting sort of our social politics, our socioeconomics, and in this case, this disaster, and there are a number of factors that came together, but Climate Change was an important part of it. Now, what were seeing is in the wake of this Climate Change, you know, driven disaster, that theres special interests that are coming in to try to exploit that, and whos going to lose out . Its going to be the downtrodden, those with the least resources, those with the least wealth, and so it really sort of underscores the fact that climate is a matter of justice. Climate action is a matter of justice. All right, michael mann, great to talk to you as always. Thanks for the time. Well have you back. Really appreciate it. Thank you. 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Joining us now to talk about this and other aspects of the trump case is miles taylor, the former chief of staff at the department of Homeland Security during the trump administration. The author of the new book, blowback a warning to save democracy from the next trump. And i suppose theres the Current Trump as well to talk about. You know, hes made these inflammatory comments about the judge, about the special counsel, and so on in these cases. You worked in his administration. How do you think this is going to play out . Ive talked to i was talking with john dean about this last night. Its going to be difficult to constrain him, and it seems as though he thinks he can just cross the line and nothings going to happen. Based on past experience. Genuinely, jim, ive been living inside of this data about political threats and political intimidation, and i worry, legitimately, that people are going to die. And we are seeing the threat of political assassination in this country is off the charts, and the experts i talked to compare it to only one thing, the 1960s, and we, of course, saw political violence. We saw political assassination in the 1960s. God forbid that happens, but the data supports that theres that danger. Look, we just saw the president of the United States threatened with an Assassination Plot. We saw on january 6th the Vice President of the United States threatened with death. We saw nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house, her home broken into. Thats the president ial line of succession, not to mention the senior members of congress, the Supreme Court justices who have been threatened with death, the governor of michigan who had an Assassination Plot and this array of state and local election officials, so i do worry about it, and we saw, after his home was raided a year ago, a man went to the Fbi Field Office in ohio and shot it up. The judge here in d. C. , after he was charged, has been threatened with assassination, and of course now the jurors in georgia in the case after he was indicted have been doxed and threatened. I do worry we are seeing the light blinking red. And next week, hes expected to surrender at the Fulton County jail. We might see a mug shot emerge from that. How do you think trump will try to use this to his advantage . And i suppose, what might be the blowback from that sort of thing happening . Should officials be taking that into consideration . Or is it more important that there be a deterrent and he is treated like Everybody Else who goes to the criminal Justice System . Well, the how he uses it is the big question. Whether he uses it is an almost certainty. And again, we have history as our guide here. In 2016, trump welcomed russian interference to meddle in the election. In 2020, trump himself tried to overturn the election in his favor. In 2024, again, we can be certain hes going to try to sow chaos in the election, but we dont know how, and when hes going to do that, but if he loses in the primaries, you can imagine trump objecting to that loss. If he is indicted, you can imagine trump, again, trying to meddle with the election and prevent other candidates from moving forward, and certainly, we havent talked about, yet, the introduction of Third Party Candidates in this election and the fact that there are organizations that will try to sue trump off the ballot. All of those things offer opportunities for him to claim a foul. And one of the previous segments i was talking to our numbers guru, harry enten about, you know, where the poll numbers are right now with him and joe we might not be able to fly this up on screen, but theyre neck and neck. If you look at the way it was back in february, there are maybe one or two points apart, trump and biden. After all these indictments, theyre about one or two points apart. Theres a real possibility that donald trump will be elected president of the United States again. You talk about this in your book, what might happen should that occur. What are you trying to warn the public about . Look, i think we do have to take it seriously, because the odds are quite high, and if he gets elected, one of the first things you can expect is hes going to have a cabinet of co coconspirators. Some of these people are people he wants to bring into his cabinet, people who are willing to say yes, subvert the constitution, ignore the legislature, ignore the Justice System, and again, trump official after trump official validated to me their belief that in a second term, he will ignore those democratic guardrails. Hell weaponize the Justice System to prosecute opponents. Hell weaponize the spy agencies to potentially spy on political opponents. And hell certainly ignore the media. I mean, i remember, jim, when they revoked your press pass at the white house, and they were gleeful about it. That was just the teeny, tippy, top of the iceberg of what they will do to try to make the press, in their words, the enemy of the people. Its very chilling what folks lay out in blow back might happen in a second term. So much more to talk about this. We need to get you back another time and dive into this further. It seems to me that the rest of the republican party, i mean, we talk about this with harry, they seem to be okay with what donald trump is selling. Hes advertising himself as the candidate of retribution and having been inside that administration and see him behave in the way he does, i would have to think that you almost more than anybody else believe donald trump when he says, i am the candidate of retribution. He is. And when he was writing, blowback, person after person indicated that the theme of a second term would be retribution. It would be revenge. 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It is the one candidate who seems committed to not debating that night who is getting all the attention. You probably dont need to guess who that is. Let bring in our senior reporter, were talking about the former president. He wont be at the debate on wednesday. That has to be a big blow to fox. They were on hands and knees just about trying to get trump to appear at this debate. I think without question, this is going to be a big blow to foxs ratings on that night. Youll remember the first gop debate in 2015, the primary debate, that averaged about 24 million viewers. It was a record as the entire republican field took on donald trump. So without him on that stage, i think you will see much lower numbers for the ratings. And i think it is really remarkable. Youve had the Fox Executives going to his club, trying to basically plead that hell debate. Youve had hosts on air trying to encourage him to debate. Theyve been on hand and knees trying to get him at that debate. In addition, this is a network that has been pushing a lot of donald trump propaganda. Not only during his administration, of course, but in the past few months as hes been indicted time and time again, youve seen the channels biggest hosts really peddle dark sinister rhetoric aimed at defending him and still he is refusing to appear at their debate. It is extraordinary that it is not enough for him. And yet hell go with Tucker Carlson, the ousted host. How will that play out . The viewers have the option to watch him with Tucker Carlson. Im not sure that will really be the thing that eats foxs ratings, but i think him not appearing will hurt. It is symbolic. Carlson and trump are really lashing out at rupert murdoch. Donald trump has been very vocal about it. And Tucker Carlson is in a very big legal dispute with murdoch after he was fired from the channel. So it makes sense that donald trump would go to Tucker Carlson. Im sure that is really just getting under Rupert Murdochs skin. 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