Next. Tonight, a celebration of the First Amendment and the importance of a free press in the United States. Also, jokes, lots of jokes. All the most powerful people in washington except us all in the same room and about to be roasted by the president and a comedian. The white house Correspondents Dinner starts now. Members of the White House Correspondents association, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, here i am. F announcer fora time honore tradition bringing togethers washingtons people and powerful laughs. I invited luther, my anger translator, to join me here tonight. I mean, really. What is he saying . Tonight, roy wood jr. Takes aim at the politicians and President Biden himself will get in on the fun. I told my grandkids and Pete Buttigieg they could stay up late and watch this show tonight. From roasts. Donald trump has been saying he will run for president as a republican. I just assumed he was running as a joke. To jokes. Reality has a wellknown liberal bias. To mi
tonight with some breaking news out of texas, it has been almost 48 hours, in the man hunt for francisco are a case is still ongoing, our apace a has been accused of killing five of his neighbors, including a child, in a short time ago authorities offered an 80,000 dollar reward for information leading to his capture. nbc s priscilla thompson has the latest there is now an 80,000 dollar reward being offered for anyone who can come forward with information about where this suspect might be, investigators say they have no leads right now, and they are looking for tips, they say they believe it is possible that the suspect has reached out to friends and try to contact people, so they are urging anyone, with any information to come forward. we heard the sheriff earlier today getting a motion as he described what the impact that this has had on him talking about the eight year old boy who was murdered, and saying that he will not rest until this suspect is brought to justice. we
for ari melber starts now. i wanted to say, what a day doesn t every feel day like what a day? what a day without breaks. some accountability welcome to the beat. i m alicia mendez in for ari melber we start with breaking news a legal earthquake for fox news fox news folded. rupert murdoch will pay more than $787 million over lies and conspiracy theories. the settlement coming as opening statements were about to begin in court today fox admitted to telling lie, and it comes after two years, a mo mounting smoking gun of evidence rupert murdoch under oath admit some hosts endorsed the lies from trump s team. here s dominion s lawyer right after the deal was struck. the truth matters lie have consequences. over two years ago a torrent of lies swept dominion and election officials across america into an alternative universe of conspiracy theories causing grievous harm to dominion and the country. today as settlement of $787,500,000 reps vindication and accountability.
starts right now hi, ari. hi, nicole. so nice to see you welcome to the beat everyone i m ari melber we are running and gunning i have a lot for you tonight i have the secret tapes of ted cruz about how he tried to steal the election and we have ted cruz s response. he responded directly to that beat report from last night and we have something else a a new excerpt from the cruz tapes and tucker carlson s firings and new details and new implications that go well beyond media. we begin in washington, and we have jen psaki with me on set in person so she s going to be the person explaining everything that i m about to update you on and it appears speaker mccarthy is buckling to the right flank on the republican budget bill, mccarthy had put concessions to the so-called right-liners whatever you want to call them including congressman gaetz. he said he would not be, quote, re-opening the bill. will you re-open the bill no. are you guys not listening to my answers? did
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