jerry springer is the king of tabloid trash talking television in the united states. his show specialises in dysfunctional relationships and sex. his guests curse. they throw chairs. sometimes they fight. critics call it cynical and manipulative tv, but it s made him famous and rich. so, does he care? jerry springer, welcome to hardtalk. it s nice to be here. thanks for having me. it is pretty incredible. your show, from small beginnings in cincinnati more than 20 years ago, has made you famous around the world, and it is still going across america and internationally. how come? probably because it has a niche. when it first came on, we had never, at least in the states, i can only speak about what goes on in the states, we had never seen people that are on my show on television before. american television was primarily upper middle class white. all the sitcoms, whether it was friends or seinfeld or whatever, always well scrubbed people speaking the queen s english and all of
trelegy for copd. birds flyin high, you know how i feel. breeze driftin on by. february 2021 smartmattic alleges fox news knowingly made over 100 false statements and implications about the company amplifying false information from former president donald trump and his allies, smart mattic played a role in his election loss. exposed misconduct and damage caused by fox news information campaign smart mattic will expose the rest, a tease in the tv business the very fact that fox is shelling out more than three quarters of a billion dollars in cold hard cash for its coverage of team trump s conspiracy theories as dominion attorney da vitae brooke put it money can be a form of accountability a listen to that from yesterday. for the past two and a half years we ve been able to expose everything that fox knew when it broadcast these horrific lies about my company, the country now knows that, the world knows that and with the summary judgment frulg this great court we now h
appear voluntarily and answer a whole variety of questions. he did not contradict the testimony of other witnesses, and i think we did learn a few things, which we will be rolling out in hearings to come. during pivotal moments, cipollone was in the know and very much in the room, including the oval office on january 3rd shooting down trump s plan to replace the acting attorney general with an election denying doj lawyer. and two sources say he was with trump during the riot itself watching it unfold on television. with me now is former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york elie honig who is also a cnn senior legal analyst. elie, let s be honest here. neither of us were in the room for all eight hours, which would have been great for news, but less good for actual having a life. that said, we have gotten bits and pieces from our reporting from our team at cnn about what pat cipollone was asked about when he may have said. what s your biggest takeaway
what makes you proud to be an american? watch. what is the fourth of july mean to you and why are you proud to be american? fourth of july was founding of the country, and i love this country. proud to be an american, fourth of july just means like bunch of fireworks you know, independence, pretty important. true meaning of independence day is freedom, and equality. i m proud to be american because of the principles of the nation with the freedom of speech. freedom of religion all rights that we have. lawrence: mr. franklin why are you proud to be an american? because i was first president of the united states that was not president of the united states. i was benefit to me was that i was born in 1706 and i was the oldest sign of the dilation of independence and i signed it four documents highly involved and that is now great nation under experiment. why are you proud to be an american? freedom number one. freedom. i appreciate liberties that we have, and th