fox corporation report murdaugh acknowledges that fox news anchors pushed election lies on air. after a weekend of blizzard conditions, california faces yet another winter storm, but does all this wet weather mean a historic job is over we will speak with a leading snow lab scientist. plus, a new assessment on the origins of the covid pandemic is only adding to the confusion. good to have you with us. we begin with astonishing testimony from the media titan behind fox news, that could have huge legal ramifications for the network. rupert murdoch has admitted under oath that some fox news anchors endorsed false claims on air about the 2020 u.s. presidential election being stolen. now these are the fox anchors spread for different president donald trump s lies about election fraud, blue dogs, maria buddy romo, janine perot, and sean hannity murdaugh made it clear that he doesn t believe that right wing top network as an entity promoted the lies, but the fox corporation chairm
paying hush money to porn star, stormy daniels, during his first presidential campaign. nbc news has confirmed that the grand jury has been convened for this. but former trump lawyer michael cohen, who went to prison for his role in the hush money payments, is now playing witness in this latest case. donald will ultimately be held accountable for the stormy daniels payment. this investigation, that was to be brought by alvin bragg s office, previously cy vance junior, is the most detrimental to him, is freedom, his livelihood, his business, et cetera, because it s the easiest to proof. the checks are the checks. we know a lot. there is recordings. the first three months payment was made by donald trump. and i think those to the house oversight committee who posted them and so on. and so, he s not in the same position, where he can deny or lie the way that he will he will in some of the other matters. meanwhile, the current president is focusing on his agenda how he s goin
Happen, the president was forced to cave on what was the core promise of his campaign. A border wall stretching across the southern border that mexico would pay for. In an attempt to water down what could be viewed as a major defeat for donald trump and republicans, trump insists the wall will still happen and 19 days from now if Congress Still refuses to produce a bill making American Taxpayers Fund a border wall, trump says hell either shut down the government again, weaponizing the livelihoods of thousands, tens of thousands of federal workers because it worked so well from the last time or trump says hell declare a National Emergency to build the wall. In the past its been used in times of war or genuine public emergency. If we dont get a fair deal from congress, the government will either shut down on february 15th again or i will use the powers afforded to me under the laws and the constitution of the United States to address this emergency. It should be noted there is no border
claims from its 2020 election coverage. douglas brinkley is a presidential s story an and professor of history at rice university, and he joins me now from austin texas. a pleasure to have you with us. a pleasure to be here. so let s start with his new legal filings in the dominion lawsuit against fox news, chairman rupert murdoch admitted under oath that some fox tv host endorsed false stolen election claims, but he tried to shift the blame away from fox, and on to hosts maria, janine, and sean hannity. but admitted fox news should have been stronger in denouncing false election claims, so what could this, have or what impact do you think this could have on the 2024 presidential election, and have you ever seen anything like this? no, i mean fox news is in
stolen. now these are the fox anchors spread for different president donald trump s lies about election fraud, blue dogs, maria buddy romo, janine perot, and sean hannity murdaugh made it clear that he doesn t believe that right wing top network as an entity promoted the lies, but the fox corporation chairman admitted that he wished fox news had issued a more forceful response. murdaugh testified i would have liked us to be stronger in denouncing in hindsight, and when asked what the consequences would be for fox executives who knowingly allowed lies to be broadcast? murdaugh replied, quote, they should be reprimanded, they should be reprimanded maybe gotten rid of. his shocking remarks came during a deposition taken by dominion voting systems, the voting technology company is suing fox news for 1.6 billion dollars over unproven fraud