hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. a busy news day for us. fox network and its highest rated anchor tucker carlson sever ties. this will no doubt raise eyebrows as it happens one week or so after a nearly $800 million settlement for election lies. plus waiting on the word go. the president s team rushes to lock in key pieces of a would be 2024 campaign. an announcement video taped. campaign manager chosen. top advisers settled. a green light from joe biden to turn the re-elect on? still not assured. and a world tour for ron desantis, the florida governor trying to look the part of commander-in-chief in japan while playing coy about if or when he will challenge donald trump. more on the president s coming soon campaign in a moment. first the stunning and sudden end to tucker carlson s tenure at fox the network revealing minutes ago carlson hosted his last show this past friday. carlson had been a network staple since 2009. almost seven
coming soon campaign in a moment. first the stunning and sudden end to tucker carlson s tenure at fox the network revealing minutes ago carlson hosted his last show this past friday. carlson had been a network staple since 2009. almost seven years he had his primetime show. two weeks ago he headlined a very important network get, the first post arraignment interview with the former president donald trump. fox on air and in its statement brands the decision as mutual. let s get straight to cnn s oliver darcy. giant news. what do we know about how it happened and why? reporter: this is really astonishing news, john, in the world of media and politics. we don t really have any details outside the short statement i want to read from fox news, which was put out moments ago and says, fox news media and tucker carlson have agreed to part ways. we thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor and goes on to say his last program already aired on frida
and just like that, we learned another giant had left us today sander van oaker rose to fame at nbc. he was the last surviving journalist to take part in the kennedy nixon debate, covered the kennedy white house, became close with the family, he interviewed bobby kennedy shortly before his assassination, he covered political conventions, the war in vietnam, the civil rights struggle, including an lengthy interview with dr. king. he had an old school elegant, and it didn t hurt that he could write like nobody s business he was a network staple back when the networks were staples he was 91 years old and that is our broadcast for this tuesday night. thank you so much for being here with us, and good night from nbc news headquarters here in new york
learned that another giant had left us today. sander van ochre rose to fame here at nbc. he was the last surviving journalist to have kennedy-nixo. he went on to cover the kennedy white house, became close with the family he interviewed bobby kennedy shortly before his assassination. he covered political conventions, the war in vietnam, the civil rights struggle including a lengthy interview with dr. king. sandy vanocur had an old school writer s elegance and it didn t hurt that he could write like nobody s business. he was a network staple back when the networks were staples he was 91 years old. and that is our broadcast for this tuesday night thank you so much for being here with us, and good night from nbc news headquarters here in new york