outfront next, russia seizing on tucker carlson s exit from fox. why this obsession? it comes as a top putin official tonight tells our matthew chance about the possibility of a prisoner swap for americans detained in russia. plus, what s old is new again. biden s message today for re-election, eerily similar to what he said on this very day exactly four years ago. will it work a second time? and then a story you will see first outfront tonight. outrage over lawmakers making decisions of white lawmakers making decisions for a city that is overwhelmingly black and democratic. outfront tonight, russia is hiring as a top putin mouthpiece offers tucker carlson a job with russian state television. the most senior russian official to visit the united states since putin invaded ukraine. you heard me there, today, said this, unprompted. translator: perhaps it would be useful to consider how things are with freedom of speech in the united states. i ve heard that tucker c
Daily shows roy wood jr. And before the speeches over the next couple of hours, were going to cover the biggest stories driving the week. Setting the stage for our coverage, and of course of this iconic d. C. Event. That also includes mike pence testifying before the special counsel reinjury, to e. Jean carroll trial, newly incriminating sound that could come up in the future lawsuits against fox, the firing of Tucker Carlson, the ethical lapses of Clarence Thomas, neil gorsuch, and the conservatives on the Supreme Court. But lets talk about some of the characters who are certain to play a prominent role at tonights event, perhaps in the remarks as well. This week President Biden officially kicked off his Reelection Campaign. In his First Campaign ad, biden cast himself as a warrior, fighting for the freedom of the American People. Part of the president strategy here is to frame the gop as a quote, extreme movements bent on overturning fair elections, restricting access to abortion, an
From all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc new thanks for staying up late for me, ill see you tomorrow. Chris hayes of the night, of he will be tomorrow night, thi is a Special Edition of Jo Scarborough tonight, including our interviews with presiden joe biden, former presiden bill clinton, former british Prime Minister tony blair, Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton, and many of the other architects of the 25yearol Peace Agreements in Northern Ireland. But we start tonight Wit Explosive News the announcement from fox news that rightwing host Tucke Carlson is out at the network. The surprisingly brief statement from fox reads, quote, Fox News Media and Tucke Carlson have agreed to par ways we thank him for his service t the network as a host and prio to that as a contributor some reports say carlsons depart was ordered by fo chairman Rupert Murdoch as early as friday. Nbc hasnt confirmed the details, but you dont have to look far to find the reasons fox would want to get rid
removal of tucker carlson from fox news. fox made the announcement six days after the company settled with dominion voting systems for more than three-quarters of a billion dollars. carlson would ve likely to testify were at odds with what it its stars were saying. he texted other staffers that he passionately hated former president donald trump and that his tenure in the white house was, quote, disaster. he his text messages after the election released by dominion s attorneys also showed carlson disparaging fox leadership. whether his sudden departure actually connected to the dominion case or other lawsuits facing fox for other reasons is a topic we ll get into. they have agreed to part ways and thanked him for his service and said his last show was this past friday. joined now by our senior media reporter oliver darcy. do we know exactly why he was ousted? i would imagine that you can t disconnect this from that big dominion suit. even though tucker carlson wasn t a foca
the removal of from fox news, days after the company settled with dominion voting systems with more than three quarters of a billion dollars. that case gone to trial, carlson, likely, would ve been gone to testify about how the 2020 election lies were spread on scene. where at odds with what he was saying. offscreen carlson texted other staffers, that he passionately, hated former president, donald trump and that is ten years in the white house was a quote, disaster. he also used misogynists terms for sidney paul and rejected her conspiracies about the 2020 election, even though the false claims got repeated on news. his text messages, after the election, released by dominion attorney, also showed him disparaging fox leadership. whether his southern departure connected to the dominion, case or other lawsuits facing, fox or other reasons as a topic. we ll get into an intimate. fox said that it and carlson have agreed to part, ways and we re thankful for a surface, and said h