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
from charlotte, north carolina. the faa is investigating both incidents. that s it for us. the news continues, want to hand it over to cnn prime time with michael smerconish. anderson, thank you. tuckered out, i m michael smerconish from new york city tonight. it s been a chaotic day for the media. sources say former nbc universal chief jeff shell accused of sexual harassment by a cnbc anchor, don lemon and cnn parting ways, disney laying off more workers, but the most stunning headline today, tucker carlson is out at fox news. these stories, these networks are all very different situations, but in terms of fox, reports show the ouster could be for a variety of reasons. carlson disparaged network leadership in text messages. he s accused of a hostile and sexist work environment. he continued to down play january 6th and play up conspiracy theories about the attack, but while the network s official statement today explained very little, it s unlikely coincidental that the
new reporting here on the daring mission to evacuate nearly 100 american diplomats and their families from the u.s. embassy in sudan. s.a. overnight rescue. just before we came on the air tonight the u.s. brokering a temporary cease-fire in sudan and now the effort to get american citizens out. james longman reporting. here in the u.s., the midair scare onboard an american airlines flight. flames shooting from the engine following an apparent bird strike. the pilot issuing a mayday, reporting engine failure. severe weather alerts as we come on the air tonight along the mississippi river, bracing for historic flooding. also tonight, the severe storms elsewhere. tornadoes possible, dangerous winds as well. ginger zee timing it out. president biden tonight on running for reelection. what he said today and what the numbers show tonight. biden, trump, and the reaction from ron desantis win asked about trump out polling h ian pannell inside ukraine tonight, as we have remarkable im
as a bird strike sparks a fire in a plane engine how airports are trying to stop birds from causing potential air disasters. is there a future for bed bath & beyond? as the chain files for bankruptcy, what you need to know how artificial intelligence is helping the visually impaired the life-altering technology in our series a.i. revolution. and d the tributes pouring in for dance legend len goodman announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome on this monday we start with three major headlines from the media world swirling tonight that involve some of the most influential and/or provocative figures in the business starting close to home for us tonight where jeff shell, the now former ceo of nbc universal, is out, becoming the latest hollywood executive accused of sexual harassment and sex discrimination admitting he had an inappropriate relationship with a woman in the company that news eclipsed this morning with word embattled cnn
hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world . i m rosemary church just ahead on cnn newsroom stream of expats leaving sudan as a ceasefire that never really held comes to an end. we will look at the conditions they re leaving behind. we re expecting this week to hear joe biden make it official. he plans to run for re election, but new polls show a large number of democratic voters are less than enthusiastic, and a civil rights group targets. one city it says is the victim of a takeover by the state details and how the governor is responding. from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for joining us smaller growing number of foreign nationals are being evacuated from sudan as fighting rages between rival military factions. the us has already pulled out dozens of embassy workers and their families, and now it s trying to help private citizens get out as well. officials say they won t coordinate extractio