states, my friend donald j. trump. rupert murdoch is a direct line of the oval office in a way he s never enjoyed before. proximity to power. there probably would not have been a president trump without fox news. maybe we won t do it anymore with them. you give the viewers what they want. whatever his instinct is, that s what a great leader is. the channel became focused on telling him what he wanted to hear. james is watching this all in dismay. he is getting uncomfortable with the network under the leadership of his own father. but lachlan and rupert s view was why would we change this? we ve never had bigger ratings. and cracks inside the family are starting to appear. it s august 2017 and rupert murdoch invites bob iger, the head of disney, to have a drink with him at his $29 million vineyard in the hills of bel air. rupert offers iger a glass of wine and they begin to talk. like rupert, bob iger s an empire builder too. for years he s been buildin
the commander-in-chief and the president of the united states, my friend donald j. trump. rupert murdoch is a direct line of the oval office in a way he s never enjoyed before. proximity to power. there probably would not have been a president trump without fox news. maybe we won t do it anymore with them. you give the viewers what they want. whatever his instinct is, that s what a great leader is. the channel became focused on telling him what he wanted to hear. james is watching this all in dismay. he is getting uncomfortable with the network under the leadership of his own father. but lachlan and rupert s view was why would we change this? we ve never had bigger ratings. and cracks inside the family are starting to appear. it s august 2017 and rupert murdoch invites bob iger, the head of disney, to have a drink with him at his $29 million vineyard in the hills of bel air. rupert offers iger a glass of wine, and they begin to talk. like rupert, bob
and you know, we get into law school every so often on this program and we get into barack obama s unearthed law school manuscript and what he says about safeguarding american democracy, which is pretty relevant. but we begin with huge breaking news. a billion dollar verdict. that is the total damages for the liar proven in court to be a liar and right wing conspiracy theorist, alex jones. the lies matter. because the sanctions for them matter. because what is happening right now tonight in america is according to so many victims family, justice long overdue for these families who lived through the unthinkable. the murder of their children at sandy hook and the man you see on your screen tried to lie about and harass and defame and profit off all that. well that ends. that ends today. that was put to an end in court with and i want you to hear this number because it is way larger than any number i have ever read in any newscast to you as news. $965 million in damages against
it s 2018, and rupert murdoch and his wife, jerry hall are vacationing in the caribbean on his son lachlan s, amazing yacht, the sarissa. named after a macedonian weapon of war. it s this exquisite sailing vessel. it s a work of art. as we understand it, they re sleeping on the boat. it s the caribbean. it s peaceful. in the middle of the night, rupert gets up to relieve himself and trips and falls. rupert is lying on the floor of his cabin, and he can t get up and the situation seems serious, he may not survive. a lot is at stake here, his own life as well as his company. he has not yet designated an heir. and the future of his media empire will be up for grabs. stand by. there we go. okay. get ready to roll. tell me a little bit about rupert murdoch. rupert murdoch is the most powerful political force in america. you can put an eagle in a cage and the eagle will not give in. you don t know what they re thinking but you know, it s going to end up well for
huge. friday at midnight is the deadline. this is the last thing the piend administration wants as the economy is on an upswing this could have a big economic impact. pete, president biden is calling rail unions, calling rail companies in an attempt to avert the shutdown. what power does he have to affect the outcome and congress? reporter: many layers of the biden administration are engaged from the department of labor to the department of transportation. if congress comes into play, it could put into play a 60-day waiting period renewing a waiting period or could force a deal on both sides. the biden administration recommended big changes for these unions including pay raises, back pay from 2020 and bonus pay although not satisfactory enough for every rail union involved, jake. pete, tell our viewers what freight trains typically carry. reporter: we re talking about 30% of all the freight in the united states. we re talking about gas. we re talking about cars. the a