menendez as we begin a new hour, should not democracy. republicans flock to the nra convention in the wake o another mass shooting. how the party is using its political power against th will of the people plus the impact of the classified documents what we can learn about th national guardsmen charged i the case also, trial for truth, fox new and dominion city have their day in court changing the narrative, ou conversation with broadway s first native america playwright about the thanksgiving play and how it fits into this political moment this is american voices. we begin with the disconnect between american voters and th policies back by republican-le legislatures there s no bigger issue that have lets the stark contrast between most americans and republican politics then gun violence this weekend, the national rifle association is ramping u its annual meeting i indianapolis as always, it is a must attend event for anyone thinking abou running for president as a repub
actively promoting the ver lies that fox news s defense u until now says they were not provided they were just sort of coverin other people saying these lies he basically said no, my hosts were doing it, and then he wen a step further and said that fox news was uniquel positioned to correct thes lies and didn t do anythin about it, and then the third i that there s so many emails an communications where ruper murdoch is being informed both by his own people, as well a by his board member paul ryan, saying as a pretty sherrie i have to let you know what we r doing here is really dangerous we need to do somethin different, and he disregarde all of those by not shifting the network coverage while simultaneously engineering the networks coverage to focus o and address other stories, other topics that were aligned with this ideological interest so, he s a pretty importan here chris, one of the reasons i want to talk to yo specifically is that you question alex jones, a high-profile defend
malice that is, they spread information they knew to b false, or they sprea information with reckles disregard as to whether it was false or true. these cases are very difficult to prove, because as fox has claimed throughout this case it indicates that it was simpl covering a topic of public interest but with the hind the seam email seemed to show, is tha even as fox was spreadin disinformation about the legitimacy of the election, it own on our news personalitie did not believe that the stories they were spreadin were true. so, the evidence in this cas is exactly the type of evidenc that could set a precedent i holding media organization responsible for what dominio claims was propaganda an didn t anticipation. i want to ask you both th same question, chris i m gonna start with you, with a angelina poverty how significant is it, the ruling that rupert murdoch and other executives can be forced to testify in person
witnesses. all this, as fox faces yet another lawsuit for repeating big lie. fox investor alleges the networks of election - right in the filing quote, fox was more concerned about short term ratings and market shar then the long term damages o it s failure to tell the truth fox has not commented on the investors lawsuit, fox new denies it acted with actua malice in dominion case. joining me now, attorney chris matty he was the league lead attorney for the - one of the defamation case against alex jones also with us angelo carusone president and ceo form of medi matters. chris, thank you for much fo being with us. the libel law equivalent of the super bowl what is the standard of proo in a libel lawsuit, and why is this one just so high stakes it s a huge case, it s very difficult to prove defamation libel against a medi organization, what dominion going to have to prove is that fox news acted with actual