now. mind bending. they are. they are. see you soon. welcome, everyone, to the beat. i m ari melber. the top story is the earthquake rocking the fox news empire. a lawsuit putting pressure on fox for the first time, puper murdoch who s wielded power and enjoyed it, and he s said so for about seven decades. do you like the feeling of power you have? yes. murdoch deploys fox news and his tabloids with that power that he admits he enjoys, to shape and sometimes all but run america s republican party and impact conservative discourse in this country. now he s under legal pressure because fox aired falsehoods and lies about the 2020 election. and allegedly pushed the specific lies they knew were false at the time which paved the way and built the support for many of the people who then showed up at the election. the company hit with this billion dollar lawsuit. weaver covered that before on this program, from a voting company that alleged defamation. this is the top
all of the work you re doing there on the ground to help so many people in need. for more information about how you could help these victims of hurricane ian go to cnn.com/impact. and the next hour of cnn newsroom starts right now. ian s death toll in florida is rising today. could we get some help down here. we have need for gas. there are four boats that just arrived moments ago. this community is never ever seen this high of fluiding before. now we re going into day four without electricity, that is when you get to the life-threatening range. we have no power, no phone service, nothing. the building is ripped off of their foundations and swept backwards. should have there been a mandatory evacuation that came sooner. i wouldn t have changed anything. this storm was very unpredictable. there is a degree of personal responsibility. i think people got complacent. lyman was completely liberated. a phenomenal strategic victory for the ukrainians. thi
father sees this thing. and they could either turn their back on the business and essentially wave the white flag, or they can try to double down and prove themselves to their father. and they choose the latter. it s october 2001, and roger ailes is at an annual dinner attended by all the new york politicians, the al smith dinner. i trust you all enjoyed your meal. this is one of the big events in new york city politics. i certainly enjoyed my meal. roger ailes has been the architect of fox news, one of very few people who rupert really, really trusts, and who rupert really needs. as the evening is winding down, roger hears from giuliani s office. the news corporation building has been attacked. at this point, roger has been on edge for over a month. today we may stare in the face of evil. when the country was attacked on 9/11, it s almost as if the attack was on roger himself, and he very much treats it that way. he went from this happy conservative warrior
it s the first moment where james and elizabeth are given a little window into how their father sees this thing. and they could either just turn their back on the business and essentially wave the white flag. or they can try to double down and prove themselves to their father. and they choose the latter. it s october 2001, and roger ailes is at an annual dinner attended by all the new york politicians. the al smith dinner. i trust you all enjoyed your meal. this is one of the big events in new york city politics. i certainly enjoyed my meal. roger ailes has been the architect of fox news. one of very few people who rupert really, really trusts and whom rupert really needs. as the evening s winding down, roger hears from giuliani s office. the news corporation building has been attacked. at this point, roger s been on edge for over a month. today, we may stare in the face of evil. when the country was attacked on 9/11, it s almost as if the attack was on roger
sole owner of 20th century fox. wasn t one of his children to succeed him, but he doesn t say when, who and how. it s going to have to be fought out between them. two minutes to the official start of the race. there are the boats. the race in australia, it s a big deal. it s a kind of their super bowl. lachlan had done a lot of sailing and he eagerly signed up for the 98 race. 54th race. he sailed onboard the boat sayonara. up on the high side there, getting out. it was a beautiful day. and not long after the race began there was a line of clouds. like a black wall. there were wind gusts of close to 100 miles per hour. and the waves were enormous. is there anything you fear in life? you always worry, i think, about the unexpected that could happen. it could bring all this tumbling down. the boats would head into the waves and they d stort of climb up, and then they d go launching off the top of the wave and hurtling down. certainly one has to remain