from charlotte, north carolina. the faa is investigating both incidents. that s it for us. the news continues, want to hand it over to cnn prime time with michael smerconish. anderson, thank you. tuckered out, i m michael smerconish from new york city tonight. it s been a chaotic day for the media. sources say former nbc universal chief jeff shell accused of sexual harassment by a cnbc anchor, don lemon and cnn parting ways, disney laying off more workers, but the most stunning headline today, tucker carlson is out at fox news. these stories, these networks are all very different situations, but in terms of fox, reports show the ouster could be for a variety of reasons. carlson disparaged network leadership in text messages. he s accused of a hostile and sexist work environment. he continued to down play january 6th and play up conspiracy theories about the attack, but while the network s official statement today explained very little, it s unlikely coincidental that the
and michelle obama has a thing or two to say about her return to the white house. i noticed that you went, back you went back to the white house recently. you haven t been back. no, wasn t invited. [laughter] wow. all right, but we start with the former top booker for tucker carlson s show, who apparently has a heck of a story to tell. she filed a lawsuit against fox, and revealed a lot of unsavory details about how his show is run. it all sounds like one toxic, misogynistic boys club. people regularly using the sea word around the office. many posters of house speaker nancy pelosi in a plunging swimsuit adorning the walls. one of tucker s producers reportedly like to ask questions of maria bartiromo s sex life. this is an addition to the mega defamation lawsuit that just cost fox 787.5 million. tucker apparently did not think his own bosses were very smart. he sent this text to one of its producers right after the network called arizona for biden. quote, the combin
largest ever as far as i know defamation settlement, it had to be a factor in all of this. what else came in? what? what do you mean that s it? oh, okay. gang, thank you for joining us. i m glad to be back here at the same time, and on sirius xm tomorrow morning. cnn tonight with alisyn camerota starts right now. hey, alisyn. a. michael, thank you very much, welcome to cnn tonight, i m alisyn camerota. in a stunning move, tucker carlson ousted from fox. was it the honor election lies and conspiracy theories, or was it the behind the scenes behavior that is just now coming to life because of a lawsuit by one of his own producers? we ll get into all of that. plus, what a georgia dea says about the timing of possible indictments in the investigation on donald trump s efforts to overturn that states election results in 2020.