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
The National Museum opened it past september on the National Mall. A few days earl American History tv spoke with key members of the design team, responsible for the look and feel of the newest museum. Well hear what inspired the distinctive shape and about the ideas behind the history galleries. In about 20 minutes, well show the opening ceremony, including talks about president obama and george w. Bush, and performances be denise graves and stevie wonder. Hi, im the lead designer of the National Meal seem of africanAmerican Museum of culture. We well see when you come to the building. What feeling did you have this feeling would quan . I hope it would give a sense of uplift, but also being connected to this very unique location on the washington mall, on the nations capital, one which should give you a sense of intrigue, one to explore the extraordinary exhibits that are on show here, one that would give you a fantastic overview. At the top of this building you have this fantastic pa
AfricanAmerican Museum. I was one of the arcing tekts. What feeling did you hope this museum would cain . I hope it would give a sense of uplift and being connected to this very unique location on the washington mat on the Nations Capital but one which would also give you a sense of intrigue, to explore the extraordinary exhibits here. You have this fantastic window on washington to see right through you have an International Background. Can you tell us a little bit about that and how that informed your work on this very American Museum . I was born on the heart of the continent. As a teenager i grew up in london and started my practice about 20 years ago. My practice has always had an international outlook. We worked all over the years. The Nobel Peace Center in oslo is one of our proejsz, almost local community projects. Schools and educational environments. Even competition libraries, ex, housing in new york. But when we were asked to join this competition, it was an extraordinary m
Other. And recognize the common humanity that makes america what it is. [applause] that is a lot of weight to put on one institution. But michelle and i have taken michelles mom and our daughters to see it, we feel confident that it will not just meet expectations, but far exceed them. It would not have happened without all of you. You should be very proud. Congratulations. God bless you. [applause] [cheers] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016] now, a press preview of the Smithsonian National museum of African American history and culture. We will hear remarks by founder, lonnie bunch of the smithsonian. This is about 25 minutes. [applause] good morning and welcome. What a crowd. We are delighted to have you here and i have good reason to believe that when you spend some time here, you will say that you have been delighted to be i
Counties together. However democrats argue that doesnt comply with civil rights laws and is partisan to a ridiculous extreme. They warned republicans it will probably end up in court again. Senate leader Phillip Burger argued the federal Court Ruling Says the old districts reed too heavily on race so the new map avoids it completely. Race should not be a factor and thats why the districts were drawn as they were. But senator floyd says thats a misreading of the order. The new maps dont comply with standard law. The court should not consider race but yet its been ignored. Its a factor in drawing up these districts. So weve gone from one extreme to the absolute other in violation of Voting Rights. Wrals analysis of the redrawn districts finds they minority in democratic and more in g. O. P. Districts but even though the state is politically divided it gets republicans ten and democrats just three. That level of gerrymandering under mines democracy. This map weighs hundreds of carolina ci