it. and then fox then moves in order to respond to these attacks and these threats. this is how we got into that hole quagmire and the insurrection and election lies. fox was in line for a couple days until trump pulled them along by harnessing the fox audience. that s what you re seeing play out here. when you are looking beyond, this when i look around bend, every single time this has come, up there has been flash points or tension moments. trump has won this talk of war with fox news and the media and then pulled them along. the consequences have been bad for all of us and for our democracy. that s where i want to go with. this i don t care about where they are or not to, doing the point is, and a thriving democracy, you have a multi party system, the party, the political parties are robust. you have multiple media entities that are stand-alone and robust. the fact that he is calling the shots is part of what we need
we are looking at the earthquake that you mentioned. they are looking at a really tough day in portions of the southwest. back to you. we will continue to follow. it michelle grossman, thank you so much. next, many have sent knowns a one thing or two about winning arguments. he s talking about how to make your case and a punch on the debate stage. here s what else is coming up tonight on msnbc. hey, i m ayman mohyeldin. tonight, nine eastern on ayman, former chief white house ethics lawyer winter painters will join me. he s one of 11 former republican officials. he s now endorsing special counsel jack smith s push to start donald trump s election interference trial as soon as possible. that is tonight. that s nine eastern. that s right here on msnbc. s right here on msnbc (bobby) my store and my design business? we re exploding. but my old internet, was not letting me run the show. so, we switched to verizon business internet. they have business grade internet, nationwide. (vo) ma
you used to love trump. pack that with the media matters. when i saw that clip, i have to talk to you about it. there is no subtext. it s all text. it s right there, right? the fact that they are feuding. yeah, i mean, this is, you know, i mean, i m hesitant to call it a few. there is tension. trump is working the reps. he s been through the cycle before. this is why i m hesitant to call it a feud. fox is a pro trump network. if you look at the coverage of candidates, so far this summer trump is leading. it they have been given 22 hours of total coverage to the candidate so. far live coverage and interviews. they ve gotten four and a half of the. hours he s getting 25%. the 20%. leading any other candidate by far. this is part of the back and forth that trump has. had we ve seen this in 16 and 20. what happens, is as fox tries to move themselves to a position where they can observe and execute their agenda, trump then attacks them by harnessing the fox news audience. he s captivate
this, week we expect donald trump to skip the debate, which, by the, way is on fox news. instead, he will sit down with former fox news host, tucker carlson. the interview has yet to be confirmed. earlier this month, top leadership at fox had dinner with trump at the bedminster home, they were reportedly urging him to participate in the debate. trump has repeatedly attacked the network on truth social over the supposed unfavorable coverage of him. just last, week trump s attorney, helena bob appeared on fox in france after trump was indicted with his indictment in georgia. a case considered to be the most dangerous when he faces. check out what happened when the host talked about the nature of the case. that does president trump know that this is a threat? we don t agree that it is a perilous threat. we have inside information and i love the inside information. you used to love trump.
to get into. yes, it is extremely significant. this moment is unlike any moment we ve had in more than a quarter century. in 2020, to that was the first election. rush limbaugh was now the single largest in the country when you think about political power on the right, the republican party, it s one and the same with the right-wing media, it s an echo chamber. limbaugh and fox sort of serve as the conductor for the echo chamber for almost a quarter century. and then when rush limbaugh died, there was a term old, he checked into the void. there was the center of gravity. he is no longer at fox. he s lost that. there is no center of gravity within the right-wing media right now. whatever functions as that assignment editor, the center of gravity, it doesn t just get amplification. they get an enormous amount of political power. that s where all the right-wing political power comes. from that s how he got into the. office it s the paro of the. right he is eliminating the