hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. a busy news day for us. fox network and its highest rated anchor tucker carlson sever ties. this will no doubt raise eyebrows as it happens one week or so after a nearly $800 million settlement for election lies. plus waiting on the word go. the president s team rushes to lock in key pieces of a would be 2024 campaign. an announcement video taped. campaign manager chosen. top advisers settled. a green light from joe biden to turn the re-elect on? still not assured. and a world tour for ron desantis, the florida governor trying to look the part of commander-in-chief in japan while playing coy about if or when he will challenge donald trump. more on the president s coming soon campaign in a moment. first the stunning and sudden end to tucker carlson s tenure at fox the network revealing minutes ago carlson hosted his last show this past friday. carlson had been a network staple since 2009. almost seven
coming soon campaign in a moment. first the stunning and sudden end to tucker carlson s tenure at fox the network revealing minutes ago carlson hosted his last show this past friday. carlson had been a network staple since 2009. almost seven years he had his primetime show. two weeks ago he headlined a very important network get, the first post arraignment interview with the former president donald trump. fox on air and in its statement brands the decision as mutual. let s get straight to cnn s oliver darcy. giant news. what do we know about how it happened and why? reporter: this is really astonishing news, john, in the world of media and politics. we don t really have any details outside the short statement i want to read from fox news, which was put out moments ago and says, fox news media and tucker carlson have agreed to part ways. we thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor and goes on to say his last program already aired on frida
In a separate ruling, the Supreme Court unanimously is ruling that philadelphia must accommodate a Catholic Foster Care Agency that is refusing to place children with samesex couples. Big issues at question there. Jessica schneider is live In Washington with all of the details as they come in. Focus in on the obamacare ruling, please. The Supreme Court saving the Affordable Care act, once again this morning. Doing it with a2 decision. The latest challenge of the law, that was put in place, the latest challenge is invalid because the justices are saying that the plaintiffs here, including republicanled states, didnt have the injury, or the legal standing, to bring this case. The Affordable Care act remains in effect. And the 20 million that have conch coverage under obamacare, they will continue to have coverage because of the Supreme Courts decision this morning. Its possible that republicans or other plaintiffs might find a way to challenge this law at some point. For now, it stands.
Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal that would anger progressives in his own party. Up first, the Major Supreme Court decision with a giant impact on your health care, the new ruling is 72. It dismisses a challenge to the Affordable Care act. The decision leaves intact how millions of you pay for your doctors visits, pay for your Prescription Drugs, its the third challenge to the Health Care Law since president obama signed it and it is the third time a conservative tilted Supreme Court agreed to save it. Cnns joan joins us now. Reporter its very important for the millions of americans who depend on the Affordable Care act. Its important to the legacy of barack obama. Its important to the administration of joe biden. But its really important to the roberts court. Those two prior rulings, upholding the act, they were narrowly divided, 54, then 63 back in 2012 and 2015. This one is 72. Chief Justice John Roberts had a strong majority. He has signed it to Justice Steven briar who said that the
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