andrew weissmann joins us to. he would have been great on that stage. it is not his normal form, but, it needed a courtroom approach. a more persei s, targeted question, then many of the questions we got. so, we will try to see, and we might have some suggestions. i would like to see andrew weissmann versus trump, but i would like to see it in a courtroom. that is another matter, for another day. i will be watching, lawrence. i think cnn did the best they could, it using conventional tools, and we kind of knew ahead of time that conventional tools don t work. i only hope that they are, honestly, privately, i m not asking them to admit any mistakes, publicly, but just privately, watch the game film, try to figure out what you did right, because you did two things right, and try to do time. trump is coming back to cnn. he has found a new home, he will be back. let s just hope that cnn is watching the game, film trying to figure out how to do it better. here s to fingers c
then many of the questions we got. so, we will try to see, and we might have some suggestions. i would like to see andrew weissmann versus trump, but i would like to see it in a courtroom. that is another matter, for another day. i will be watching, lawrence. i think cnn did the best they could, it using conventional tools, and we kind of knew ahead of time that conventional tools don t work. i only hope that they are, honestly, privately, i m not asking them to admit any mistakes, publicly, but just privately, watch the game film, try to figure out what you did right, because you did two things right, and try to do better than next time. you know there will be a next time. trump is coming back to cnn. he has found a new home, he will be back. let s just hope that cnn is watching the game, film trying to figure out how to do it better. here s to fingers crossed. have a good show, lawrence. thank you alex. thank you. well, donald trump, only submitting to interviews wi
of messages and depositions from fox news hosts, senior executives and employees as part of a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit. these documents show the depth of the contempt many at fox news had for the truth and frankly for their own viewers. prime time host laura ingraham blasted the fox news decision desk for something that every other normal reputable news organization in the country values, for being accurate. from the new york times, quote, ms. ingraham said the work of the decision desk was an inside job intended to sabotage conservative hosts like her, quote, we are all officially working for an organization that hates us she fumed. the messages show that host sean hannity responded to that, quote, why would anyone defend that call, referring to the decision desk s highly accurate and early election night projection that president joe biden would go on to win arizona. no, sean and laura were not alone. from the washington post reporting on these new filings, quote
members of the far right extremist group talking about bringing weapons to the capitol to, quote, fight for former president trump. this was months before the insurrection. and the fbi was alerted. we ve got it all covered, but we begin in florida where the race to find the missing is entering a desperate critical phase. let s go first to boris sanchez in fort myers. and boris, update us on the search efforts. reporter: ana, this is an arduous process for this community. it is still classified as search and rescue, but it is slowly becoming a search and recovery operation. we heard from the sheriff of lee county just a short time earlier today and he shared with us the difficulty that his crews are having as they comb through communities that are now unrecognizable, sifting through debris and uncovering bodies. here in lee county there are at least 55 fatalities because of hurricane ian. this county makes up the bulk of all fatalities for the state of florida. still the she