miracles. the story, i cannot get enough of it. it is extraordinary. and on that note, i was you all a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with us. i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow who it was november 12 of 2020 and was a lot going on at the time. it had been less than a week since the networks had called the 2020 presidential election for joe biden. donald trump was just beginning his campaign to deny that result and to try to overturn it. just a few days prior to trump s lawyer, rudy giuliani, gave his in some vince for seasons landscaping press conference to contest the election results. we all remember that. trump had decided to deny president elect biden access to classified daily briefing as was the custom in presidential transitions. which, in retrospect seems a bit ironic. just one day later, senator lindsey graham would make a phone call to the georgia secretary of state, asking raffe
now goi have to imagine at ts point the trump campaign has created a gif of the ad rhonda sanchez took out when he s running for governor with his baby in the trump whimsy, and alike just have it on hand rapid response every time ron desantis says something to different shame self-about trump. it was november 12 of 2020 and was a lot going on at the time. it had been less than a week since the the time networks had called the spent weeks if not 2020 presidential election for joe biden. donald trump was all anyone just beginning his campaign to deny that result and regionalized to try to overturn of was just it. beginning his campaign to deny that just a few days prior to trump s lawyer, result agitated overturned rudy giuliani, gave just a few his in some days prior to trump vince s lawyer rudy for seasons landscaping press conference to contest the election giuliani gave this in the results. we all remember that. trump had decided to deny president elect biden access to
wagner tonight. good evening, alex. time for ale wagn good evening, mehdi hasa. i agree with you, the news part of fox knew should be replaced by something like fox entertainment network, fox blood sport fox in a universe something with not news. thank you, my friend. it s good to see you. good to see you as well. thank you to you at home for joining us this hour. we re going to start this friday evening with a little trivia. i read a quote and you guess who said it. president donald trump is a, quote, demonic force, a destroyer. but he is not going to destroy us. i will give you a hint here. it is not a quote from a pastor. it is from fox news host tucker carlson. last night, the dominion voting machine company filed a public version of their brief in their defamation lawsuit against fox news. and that breathe included dozens of incredible behind the scenes quotes about how fox news head honchos really actually feel. and in a lot of ways the story that dominio
i will give you a hint here. it is not a quote from a pastor. it is from fox news host tucker carlson. last night, the dominion voting machine company filed a public version of their brief in their defamation lawsuit against fox news. and that breathe included dozens of incredible behind the scenes quotes about how fox news head honchos really actually feel. and in a lot of ways the story that dominion lays out is the story of the fear of tucker carlson and his colleagues. dominion alleges that fox news changed its coverage of dominion voting machines and the 2020 election out of fear that, if fox did not stay loyal to donald trump and his followers, the network would lose its audience and, with it, a whole lot of money. on november 7th, fox s decision desk all the 2020 election for joe biden. dominion revealed a text sent from tucker carlson to one of his producers that day, after fox called the election. and it said, to the executives understand how much credibility and tru
you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. and we begin this hour with the war in ukraine and its global implications. the director of the cia confirms what cnn has been reporting that the u.s. is confident that china is thinking about providing lethal aid to russian troops in ukraine. the agency does not believe a final decision has been made. and today, the white house is urging caution. you know, beijing will have to make its own decisions about how it proceeds. whether tell provides military assistance. but if it goes down that road it will come at real cost to china. and i think china s leaders are weighing that as they make their decisions. but let s begin with the latest in the fighting in ukraine. alex marquardt is there for us. reporter: jim, some of heaviest fighting, with some of the worst casualty rates on both sides is now taking place around the eastern city of bakhmut. russian forces before the mercenary groups of convicts and co