machine company dominion several weeks ago as fox news lawyers prepared for a courtroom showdown with dominion voting systems, they presented tucker carlson with what they thought was good news. they had persuaded the court to redract from a legal filing the time he called a fox news executive the c-word mr. carlson, fox news most watched primetime host was not impressed. he told his colleagues that he wanted the world to know what he had said about that executive in a private message the people said mr. carlson said comments he made about former president donald trump, i hate him passionately that were in the court documents, were said during a momentary spasm of anger, while his dislike of the executive was deep and enduring. the tensions between tucker carlson and fox news leadership had been simmering for some time the wall street journal also reports within fox s management, reservations had been mounting about risks mr. carlson presented for the network. some of the
goes to trial in just over 1 hours. plus, even more allegations of wrongdoing have emerging and supreme court justice clarence thomas but what are democrats gonna d about it and the gop s dog and pony sho comes to manhattan jim jordan desperate attempt t attack the man holding donal trump to account good evening i m mehdi hassan. tomorrow morning in a court in wilmington, delaware, fox will finally be put on trial for it lies the media giant is facing landmark defamation case fro dominion voting systems, who allege that fox knowingl pushed false claims that they re voting machines rig th 2020 election. they didn t. in the days and weeks afte that election, fox and its hos devoted hours of primetime t coverage to the voting machine company. dominion voting systems ink dominion voting systems dominion voting systems dominion voting systems dominion voting systems dominion voting systems dominion. dominion voting systems division voting systems now, over two
answer. let s get started. the 39th president of the united states, jimmy carter, beginning home hospice care after battling cancer for several years. carter s grandson stating yesterday that both of his parents are at peace, as always, their home is full of love. the united states and china speaking for the first time since president biden ordered and alleged chinese spy balloon to be taken down. what was discussed? what comes next? and, the commander in chief also getting ready for his trip to poland tomorrow to mark one year since the war in ukraine began. how hat figures into the already tense international climate. and, a good sunday to you. i am katie phang. this morning, former president jimmy carter s at home receiving hospice care. according to a statement from his foundation, the 98-year-old, quote, decided to spend his remaining time at home. he has the full support of his family and medical team. joining us now from carter s hometown of planes, georgia, is nbc new
thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. we re grateful the beat starts right now. hi, ary. hi, nicole. welcome to the beat. this is a top story tonight. fox news firing controversial host tucker carlson today. a total earthquake that comed amidst the rockiest period in the history of the conservative fox news channel, which of course recently folded in that record breaking $787 million penalty in the case of defaming a voting machine and lying about the 2020 election as well as heat on the company s wider reporting and errors in work place practices. now, carlson is one of fox s most watched and until now highest paid stars so by all accounts, today s firing surprised him, his own team, and most of his colleagues fox did not allow him a final show the decision and firing clearly came fast. this was his sign off on friday. we ll be back on monday in the meantime, have the best weekend with the ones that you love, and we
hello there, everyone. it is 4:00 in new york when you pull back delayers and really try to understand how any one of the most damaging conspiracy theories that have over the last few years now seeped into the mainstream political conversation and corroded the body politic, from election denialism to its violent manifestation in the january 6th insurrection to putin s war in ukraine, to conspiracies about covid-19 and the vaccine and mask wearing, to the discuss around replacement theory, which has actually been cited in the manifestos of mass shooters it is fair to say it is not hyperbolic to argue that tucker carlson is the through line through all of them. he is the champion of conspiracy theories and until today he had one of the largest audiences in cable news for diss sem natting them not anymore. news broke today tucker carlson is out at the network that handed him the biggest microphone of his career that stunning announcement by fox news made this morning in a short