ultimately, their divorce was amicable. and a year after the split, in the summer of 2004, deede seemed to be finding her footing once again. she had begun dating a well-known south bay carl salesman named bobby lowe. that new relationship was going so well, and on the evening of thursday, july 8th, bobby lowe took deede out to dinner at this restaurant, to meet his father. i talked to her before her date. any sign of she was nervous about anything? she was in a happy state when i talked to her and we had made plans to hopefully get together the following night, so i could get the update on the date. but that conversation never took place. i called her on friday and she didn t call me black back, which was not unusual for
amicable was a kind of fiction. it was a pretty sad event for both of us. but we decided to go our own ways. retirement was something that was not on my radar screen and still isn t. she felt rupert had foisted a fiction on the world about what had happened. she had decided she was going to direct the record and speak out. even though i had flown from sydney to new york to interview her, i still wasn t sure that she was actually going to talk about rupert until i got there. and she did.
a separation. that the public became aware that there was something seriously amiss. but to describe what happened as amicable was a fiction. we decided to go our own ways. retirement was something that was just not on my radar screen and still isn t. she felt rupert had foisted a fiction on the world about what had happened. she had decided she was going to correct the record. and, speak out. i went to see anna murdoch in the hamptons at her home. even though i had flown from sydney to new york to interview her, i still wasn t sure that she was actually going to talk
do you think people have underestimated you? yes, i think so. this is a story of power unchecked. the message tonight is takeover. everybody else was playing checkers, and he was playing chess. friendly or hostile, any way, anyhow. people really thought, what on earth could rupert murdoch do that would be different? rupert s goal was never money. politicians have been sucking up to rupert murdoch for decades. rupert always has his eye on where power is moving. and the president of the united states, my friend donald j. trump. sometimes he gives it a nudge. rupert does not look back. he does not regret. to describe what happens as amicable was a kind of fiction. absolutely ruthless.
about it because as we go back in time to the mueller investigation, you have the national security division, now the mueller team, they were working with congress to pass documents back and forth and they were working with the congress controlled by a republican, and the process was a lot more amicable. so this is really strange, but i think it also speaks to how the committee has conducted its work. there is a need to know about some of these things, we know from past reporting that cassidy hutchinson her testimony was closely held by vice chair liz hany. she did not want people have that, she d have not even what people in the committee to have a. so it s no surprise that the committees not being forthcoming with information beyond its walls, and it s even swallowing it information within its walls. that s a great point katie benner thank you very much. still to come, the congressional republican candidate who paid the problems for consulting services. we ll have a guest with in t