out. joe biden is running and with donald trump leading the gop field, it seems ever more likely that the country will get exactly what it doesn t want, 2022 deja vu both men have dicey approval numbers. but when it comes to who americans would rather see in office, a majority of voters have repeatedly shown a distaste for trump-style drama, which makes the news today that was not about joe biden perhaps even more beneficial for democrats than anything the president could have announced earlier in new york, the civil lawsuit brought by writer e. jean carroll against donald trump has officially begun we have new details on who was picked for the jury today and what lawyers for both sides will argue in their openings, which should start in just a moment. and in georgia, we finally got an idea of what imminent means from the fulton county d.a. fani willis says a decision on whether to charge donald trump will be announced as soon as july remember, he s already been indicted fo
announced but that fox corp ceo, lachlan murdoch and suzanne scott actually made the decision last friday. the l.a. times adds that the order came straight from fox owner rupert murdoch along with yip input from board members nbc news has not confirmed any of those reports and neither carlson or his lawyer have issued a statement on his firing but all of that still does not answer the biggest question, why now? joining me is npr media correspondent david folkenflick. thanks for being here. can you help us understand why now? well, this comes only six days after this huge three-quarters of a billion dollar settlement, dominion voting systems epic, legendary suit against fox news. tucker carlson figured in it he was an element in it by