good morning, everyone. we re so glad you re with us this thursday. let s get started with the five things to know. tucker carlson is talking. message to viewers released minutes after the text message that s may have led to the firing from fox news. plus, inside the home of the air national guardsman now accused of leaking sensitive secrets online. prosecutors releasing new pictures and details overnight as they make their case that he poses, quote, a serious flight risk. also, house republicans in washington passing a plan to raise the debt ceiling by the slimmest of margins. president biden said he is ready to meet with speaker kevin mccarthy and talk about cuts in the house plan but says raising the debt ceiling not up for debate. ron desantis blasting disney s lawsuit against him and the oversight board saying the suit has no merit. he claims it s political. disney says desantis is punishing free speech. also, feeling the heat. miami pulled off a massive upset ov
of messages and depositions from fox news hosts, senior executives and employees as part of a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit. these documents show the depth of the contempt many at fox news had for the truth and frankly for their own viewers. prime time host laura ingraham blasted the fox news decision desk for something that every other normal reputable news organization in the country values, for being accurate. from the new york times, quote, ms. ingraham said the work of the decision desk was an inside job intended to sabotage conservative hosts like her, quote, we are all officially working for an organization that hates us she fumed. the messages show that host sean hannity responded to that, quote, why would anyone defend that call, referring to the decision desk s highly accurate and early election night projection that president joe biden would go on to win arizona. no, sean and laura were not alone. from the washington post reporting on these new filings, quote
yeah. good morning, everyone. mystery wrapped in a riddle. it s serious stuff. so the question is, what are they? where did it come from? three mysteries. mysterious i should say flying objects shot down in three days by u.s. fighter jets and now the white house is under mounting pressure to explain exactly what is going on. also, we re tracking a major international development as the death toll in turkey and syria is still climbing after last week s catastrophic earthquake. more than 36,000 people have now been confirmed dead. is the public outrage is growing against turkey s long time leader. is the backlash big enough to topple it from power before an upcoming election? plus, the super bowl last night the rush comes. throw it as far as his arm can take it. and the kansas city chiefs have won super bowl lvii! let s see if i can do my super bowl voice. the kansas it icity chiefs are r bowl champions. lots to talk about. we have everything there. we re going to b
independents do not want biden to run again. that is a remarkable figure for an incumbent president come onto gearing up for a second term at odds with the journalistic perception abiding that cannot be ignored along with the second finding of what biden has achieved an office. he will beast until speaking to a skeptical public, two thirds are very uncomfortable with the idea biden running for a second term. according to a new washington post abc poll 262% thanks biden has accomplished not very much or little or nothing and this reality is shocking to the thunderheads in the media. make no mistake a lot of democrats, powerful democrats don t want him to run again in 2024 it seems most americans want nothing to do with the trump biden rematch. it seems like the voters to get the memo ap should only 20% of americans want this man to run for a second term and it looks like he s going to. some of the doubts fueled by biden s age and the media is out of touch with how th
york grand jury about hush money payments to stormy daniels and whether there s an indictable offense there. the new york times says criminal charges are likely, and the star witness testifying before the grand jury for over three hours today. yes, it s someone you probably recognize if you follow the news, michael cohen, who was a loyal trump lawyer until he wasn t, who served hard time for a related offense in the federal courts this is a grand jury presentation that the grand jury could be reaching its conclusion cohen expected to come back for more testimony wednesday if you re thinking a lot changed last week, that seems to be the case if you re thinking it is barrelling forward this week, that seems to be the case. and he also spoke outside of the grand jury proceeding. i feel fine i have been dealing with the same issues now for more than five years, so i feel fine this is all about accountability he needs to be held accountable for his dirty deeds. it s the end