From all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc new thanks for staying up late for me, ill see you tomorrow. Chris hayes of the night, of he will be tomorrow night, thi is a Special Edition of Jo Scarborough tonight, including our interviews with presiden joe biden, former presiden bill clinton, former british Prime Minister tony blair, Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton, and many of the other architects of the 25yearol Peace Agreements in Northern Ireland. But we start tonight Wit Explosive News the announcement from fox news that rightwing host Tucke Carlson is out at the network. The surprisingly brief statement from fox reads, quote, Fox News Media and Tucke Carlson have agreed to par ways we thank him for his service t the network as a host and prio to that as a contributor some reports say carlsons depart was ordered by fo chairman Rupert Murdoch as early as friday. Nbc hasnt confirmed the details, but you dont have to look far to find the reasons fox would want to get rid
joe scarborough presents, with some very big guests show. but before we get to that, it been a weird news day, a whole lot going on your thoughts? what a newsday it s been one of the bigger media news days in quite some time, joy a lot to cover, thank you so much by the way, you guys have to much fun we wake up so early. nobody is laughing at six a.m. too much fun entirely. listen, we were trying to replicate the phone you have, see you guys having fun, don t try to say you are not havin fun, we know you are we are trying to carry it on into the evening there you go, only after th coffee kicks in, thank you s much, joy. i really appreciate it chris hayes has the night of but he will be back tomorrow night. this is a special edition of joe scarborough presents we have so much to get t tonight including ou interviews with president jo biden, former president bill clinton, former british prim minister tony blair, secretary of state hillary clinton, an many of the other arch
from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc new thanks for staying up late for me, i ll see you tomorrow. chris hayes of the night, of he will be tomorrow night, thi is a special edition of jo scarborough tonight, including our interviews with presiden joe biden, former presiden bill clinton, former british prime minister tony blair, secretary of state hillary clinton, and many of the other architects of the 25-year-ol peace agreements in northern ireland. but we start tonight wit explosive news the announcement from fox news that right-wing host tucke carlson is out at the network. the surprisingly brief statement from fox reads, quote, fox news media and tucke carlson have agreed to par ways we thank him for his service t the network as a host and prio to that as a contributor some reports say carlson s depart was ordered by fo chairman rupert murdoch as early as friday. nbc hasn t confirmed the details, but you don t have to look far to find the reasons fox would
tucker carlson along with him. that combination of timing and tucker s ability to seize on a incredibly freighted incendiary, the kind o rhetoric that fermented, fanned, fueled all of the worst an most dangerous impulses in american political life. that was his power it s hard to remember another time when a host, news host, getting fired was a shocking as what happene today. let s figure out exactly how i went down. let s bring in the guy who broke the story on how it went down l.a. times television reporter steve but tallheo. steve, you said this call came straight from the top, top explain. it certainly, rupert wa very involved, but he was no alone in this. i said something this mornin about the decision coming from rupert i was told that lachlan murdoc
oh my god, how are they goin to continue? and they continued but let s talk about this andrew here s the difference righ now. you have a 787 million dolla judgment, or settlement that fox enters into. there is two 7.7 billion dolla lawsuits they re still facin right now. there are producer lawsuits. and this is what i wonder, and i was asking this question all last week, i guess you can say that some of my questions were answered with what happene today, but how long gonna how long can the shareholder how long can the board allo fox news to be the wild, wil west and i don t think i don t think they can. perhaps some of that led to today. but i don t think they can, but let s do it this way they start with four billion dollars in cash, okay? they just handed, let s, say $800 million, to make th numbers easy to dominion this next suit, th