meanwhile on capitol hill this morning there s far more pressure on lawmakers and the white house to reach a deal on the debt ceiling following a new urge want warning from the treasury department. and hollywood writers are on strike for the first time in 15 years putting production for movies and tv shows on hold. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, may 2nd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin with the latest in that deadly mass shooting in texas. there are now questions about the response by law enforcement after a family member who survived the shooting says that he repeatedly called 911. the family says they called 911 well before the shooting started after their neighbor refused to stop firing a gun near their house and then threatened them. about 15 minutes later they say the gunman went into the house with an ar-15 rifle and opened fire on the people inside. ramiro guzman told nbc news he was hiding in a clo
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
good afternoon. i m kasie hunt in washington. right now the family of tyre nichols is speaking out after all five former memphis police officers appeared in court and pleaded not guilty to his murder. for the first time since nichols death his parents were in the same room with the men who brutally beat their son last month after a traffic stop. we have to start this process of justice right now. and i want each and every one of those police officers to be able to look me in the face. they haven t done that yet. they didn t do that today. they didn t even have the courage to look at me in my face. each ex-officer is facing seven charges including second-degree murder and aggravated assault. what is the latest? reporter: yeah. it was their initial appearance for the first time, we got to see them inside the courtroom where they pleaded not guilty and the legal battle getting under way. attorneys indicating this was going to be a vigorous fight. they feel the district at
summary judgment of a massive ought yen of viewers, a past logical fear of a ratings defeat and witches ease brew against in a network s own working journalists and fact checkers. we should tell you at any moment we re expecting breaking news in the form of fresh filens from dominion and fox, to lay out any arguments in the case. while we wait, for years we have turned to phrases lie inside the bubble and the echo chamber to describe that relationship between fox news and its viewers. never before has it been so plain to see from the outside. the discovery filings show that fox hosts were telling their viewers what they knew they wanted to here even when the very same fox news host communicated the truth to one another in private, which was different from what they were broadcasting. dominion s case may very well wrest on their ability to get a jury to understand that distinction. today, though, the story goes even further in the form of something rare. a highly visible i