good morning, everyone. we re so glad you re with us this thursday. let s get started with the five things to know. tucker carlson is talking. message to viewers released minutes after the text message that s may have led to the firing from fox news. plus, inside the home of the air national guardsman now accused of leaking sensitive secrets online. prosecutors releasing new pictures and details overnight as they make their case that he poses, quote, a serious flight risk. also, house republicans in washington passing a plan to raise the debt ceiling by the slimmest of margins. president biden said he is ready to meet with speaker kevin mccarthy and talk about cuts in the house plan but says raising the debt ceiling not up for debate. ron desantis blasting disney s lawsuit against him and the oversight board saying the suit has no merit. he claims it s political. disney says desantis is punishing free speech. also, feeling the heat. miami pulled off a massive upset ov
powerful. at the same time, the layers who have been trying to silence them shrink and they become weaker. that s the iron law of the universe. true things prevail. the new york times reports the redacted text messages were even worse than ones revealed in the court filings and there was one message that was particularly offensive which added to the concern at the top of the company. that s from the times reporting this morning. we don t know what the message was. but just yesterday the wall street journal reported carlson called a senior fox news executive the c word, the same word he used to describe sidney powell who was a regular guest on fox news. here is how one of carlson s former producers who is now suing fox news described the culture of that show behind the scenes. woman were objectified. it was a game. it was a sport. female politicians who came on the show were mocked. there were debates about who they d rather sleep with. c word all the time. joini
powerful. at the same time, the layers who have been trying to silence them shrink and they become weaker. that s the iron law of the universe. true things prevail. the new york times reports the redacted text messages were even worse than ones revealed in the court filings and there was one message that was particularly offensive which added to the concern at the top of the company. that s from the times reporting this morning. we don t know what the message was. but just yesterday the wall street journal reported carlson called a senior fox news executive the c word, the same word he used to describe sidney powell who was a regular guest on fox news. here is how one of carlson s former producers who is now suing fox news described the culture of that show behind the scenes. woman were objectified. it was a game. it was a sport. female politicians who came on the show were mocked. there were debates about who
obviously possibly extremely significant for the doj and for trump, comes amidst new reporting from the wall street journal about redacted messages in the dominion case that reportedly helped seal tucker carlson s fate at fox news. the journal says fox lawyers, quote, persuaded the court to redact from a legal filing the time carlson called a senior fox news executive the c-word. outfront now joe flint, a longtime media reporter who works for the wall street journal. tell me what more are you learning about these recontacted messages that tucker carlson sent. well, in the course of the discovery process of the dominion case, as you mentioned, a lot of tucker s texts and emails were released inside the company, ultimately, to the public, many of them redacted. and many of them showed a side of tucker that well known inside certain parts of the fox news room and hierarchy were still a
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