lawsuit in what is arguably the most painful chapter in their lives, hats off. thanks, chris. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. one of the most watched cable news programs in all of the united states is rewriting the history of january 6th, defending the violent mob that attacked the capitol, and they re doing it with c the explicit aid and support of the highest ranked elected republican in the country. last night fox news host tucker carlson aired his first news report, footage carlson was given access to by speaker of the house kevin mccarthy. we re not going to show you all of tucker carlson s defense for january 6th rioters here, but this is a sample of what the fox newsat audience heard last nigh. very little of january 6th was organized or violent. it was neither an insurrection or deadly. they were peaceful or meek. these were not insurrectionists, they were sight seers. they re not destroying the capitol. they re there because they believe the
denied access to reasonable health care due to texas new abortion bans. what i needed was an abortion, a standard medical procedure. that was the lead plaintiff who along with four other women has just filed a new lawsuit challenging texas extreme abortion bans. the five women have one thing in common. they all sought out abortions in the state of texas because their pregnancies posed life threatening risk to either their own lives or that of their fetuses, and they were all denied that critical health care. and now this coalition of women is suing the state of texas in the first lawsuit of its kind since roe v. wade was overturned where pregnant people themselves are challenging the state s abortion ban. joining us now is the president and ceo of the center for reproductive rights, the organization that helped bring this lawsuit. nancy, thanks for being here tonight. i know you ve had a very busy day. i d love to just get to the sort of substance of this lawsuit
on january 20th, the owner of the media empire that runs fox news sat through a deposition in a defamation case against fox brought by the dominion voting machine. one of the things they asked him about was this e-mail he sent to fox news ceo suzan scott on november 16, 2020, two weeks after the election. this is the owner of fox news rupert murdoch, quote, we should concentrate on georgia helping anyway we can. we don t want to antagonize trump further. in his deposition dominion s lawyers got murdoch to break that e-mail down. question, sir, how did you intend to help in any way you can? murdoch, i just give exposure to the republican candidate. stick a pin in that red hot partisan admission from the owner of fox news. we ll get back to that.
roe was reversed back in june. but it should. it should shock the conscience of every single one of those lawmakers in the state of texas who have enacted these blanket bans on abortion. i ll just say these women stories, this case is dealing with these particular stories of pregnancy complications, but really every person who s denied the right to an abortion in texas should have that right. it is a national problem even if we are focused on this specific group of women. president and ceo of the center for reproductive rights, thank you for your time tonight. thanks, nancy. thank you, alex. we ll be right back. , alex we ll be right back