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 removal of from fox news, days after the company settled with dominion voting systems with more than three quarters of a billion dollars. that case gone to trial, carlson, likely, would ve been gone to testify about how the 2020 election lies were spread on scene. where at odds with what he was saying. offscreen carlson texted other staffers, that he passionately, hated former president, donald trump and that is ten years in the white house was a quote, disaster. he also used misogynists terms for sidney paul and rejected her conspiracies about the 2020 election, even though the false claims got repeated on news. his text messages, after the election, released by dominion attorney, also showed him disparaging fox leadership. whether his southern departure connected to the dominion, case or other lawsuits facing, fox or other reasons as a topic. we ll get into an intimate. fox said that it and carlson have agreed to part, ways and we re thankful for a surface, and said h
viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world, i m rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom, fox news stunner, with legal problems mounting and major troubles with the truth, the networks top rated anchor, tucker carlson, is fired. president joe biden appears to be finalizing his 2024 campaign plans, hours ahead of unexpected formal announcement. this, as new polling shows most americans don t want him or donald trump to run again. plus, both warring factions in sudan agree to a 72-hour cease-fire. but concerns remain about how long it will hold, and how to get americans and other ex pats out. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with rosemary church. good to have you with us. well, fox news has severed ties with the host of its highest rating primetime show, in a stunning move that is sending shockwaves throughout the world media and politics. tucker carlson drouin conservative viewers with his right wing rhetoric and conspiracy theo
as president putin begins drafting new troops in the fight in ukraine. some flights out of russia have sold out. also in the programme. the bank of england raises interest rates to their highest level for m years it warns the uk may already been in recession. and a fracking ban in england is lifted in a bid to increase energy production but critics say the move could harm the environment and trigger earthquakes. the us secretary of state has said russia s president, vladimir putin, can t get away with shredding international order over his invasion of ukraine. he was speaking at a special meeting of the united nations security council. here s what else he had to say. even the number of nations that maintain close ties with moscow have said publicly that they have serious questions and concerns about president putin s ongoing invasion. rather than change course, however, president putin has doubled down, choosing not to end the war but to expand it. that expansion he was
liz truss in the contest. pope francis has said he may need to consider stepping down, and would do so if his health meant that he could not serve in the way he should. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the united nations and the red cross have been asked to investigate the deaths of more than 50 ukrainian prisoners of war. they were killed while they were being held at a detention centre, in the russian occupied part of the donetsk region. these are pictures of the rocket attack, which is thought to have lead to the prisoners deaths. ukraine and russia have accused each other of carrying out the attack. ukraine says moscow, is trying to cover up evidence of torture and war crimes at the site. president zelensky gave this reaction to the attack, in his nightly address, to the ukrainian people. translation: i have received reports i of the attack in the donetsk region. | it was a deliberate russian war crime, a deliberate mass murder of ukra