blockbursts reporting that solves the mystery of the missing link in a story that has rocked american politics and media. for weeks now, a question has loomed over the ouster of top fox host tucker carlson. why did the murdochs fire one of their biggest stars? the architect of a platform that unself-consciously peddles conspiracy theories. why did they fire him based on something that didn t happen on air? what was that missing link? and what if anything did tucker carlson do or say off camera that contributed to the nearly unprecedented 11th hour settlement of $787.5 million in the defamation case brought against fox by dominion voting systems. the new york times answers both those questions and reports on the missing text message that it found in some groundbreaking new reporting. the message was reportedly unearthed during the discovery process with dominion. here s how the times reports that out. quote, in the message sent to one of his producers in the hours after vi
hi, everyone it s 4:00 in the east. we can forget about being on the verge of a generational moment in our country s history because, as we meet this afternoon, we re living it donald trump is now a once indicted, twice impeached, forever disgraced ex president and he s expected to surrender to law enforcement in new york next week. we understand it will happen tuesday. there was some misinformation, confusion this morning trump s attorney told nbc news earlier the office of the manhattan district attorney alvin bragg, who is overseeing this case, wanted trump to turn himself in today that lawyer, joe tacopina insisted that the secret service needed more time to prepare. our reporting does not support that assertion that he made. sources within the secret service told us that trump s detail could transport trump at a moment s notice. there s a lot of news developing this hour. we re taking you through all of it donald trump is expected to fly into new york monday night he
i m michael steele. chris hayes will be back here tomorrow night. but tonight i m your host. normally i m on the other side of the desk as a guest, because you know i ran the republican party and all that and a little bit of political expertise. so tonight i ve got a message for anyone looking that s at this current republican party. if you are waiting for it to get better, it s not going to happen. republican national committees trying to rein in donald trump and missing the point completely. our chair rural knee macdonnell wants press presidential hopefuls to take a loyalty pledge intern for a spot on the 2024 debate stage. now the policies aimed at making sure that donald trump doesn t tank the parties chances by running as a third party spoiler for the loses the primary. but getting donald trump to sign a loyalty pledges a fools errand. donald trump isn t loyal to anyone but himself. this is a man who turned his back on his own office, that led to a deadly insurrection ag
nashville police have released security footage from monday s deadly school shooting that left six people dead, including three children, plus new information about the officers who took down the killer. we re live in television this hour where protests have stopped for now, after israel s prime minister halted his judicial reform plans , but the controversy is far from over. plus cnn is on the ground in mississippi, where a string of deadly tornadoes has devastated the entire community. from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. and we begin this hour with the shocking video of what s become an all too familiar scene here in the united states, a school shooting in nashville, tennessee . that s left three young children and three adults dead. police have released video, which they say shows a former student at the covenant school of arriving monday morning in a honda fit. they have identified the shooter as 28 year old audrey hale. a few minutes later , you c
montana, which is home to our nuclear silos and intercontinental ballistic missiles. beijing claims it is a civilian aircraft used for media meteorological research. that got knocked up by bad weather. but the pentagon says that is a bunch of b.s. we know this is a chinese balloon and it has the ability to maneuver. the balloon has changed its course, which is again way we are monitoring it. speak with the balloon continues to move eastward and currently over the center of the continental united states. we assess the balloon is not a military or physical threat to people on the ground at this time. we will continue to monitor and review options. we assess that it will probably be over the united states for a few days. judge jeanine: so why the hill hasn t joe biden shut this thing down yet? defense officials advise the president not to take it out. fearing it could cause debris to fall and put people in harm s way. any potential debris field would be significant and pot