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
i have one seat in first class and one in coach. oh. well, i ll take the first class. class has always played a role in the history of sitcoms. bon voyage, ladies. class is fascinating to us as a culture. i never check my bags. i can t stand that wait baggage area. it s good laugh at it, to get it all out on the table. you re going to have to go back to your seat. you know, our goal should be a society without classes. if we didn t laugh about social class in the united states beer we would engage in class warfare. do you realize the people up here are getting cookies? that is not a show about nothing. . oh, come inside. so to the the left we have the bar. to the right we have the bathroom. the bathroom s upstairs, downstairs, many, many bathrooms. i still believe that all the things going on in our current society in america, you can come from anywhere and end up anyplace you want. [ doorbell] revenue. life is crazy. i hope these doors open up for
welcome back to cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. new this hour. dramatic new details about the unidentified object shot down by fighter jets just miles off the coast of alaska yesterday. unlike the chinese spy balloon last saturday, this demanded more immediate action yesterday. officials say it was flying much lower at 40,000 feet making it a dangerous potential threat to civilian aircraft. now we are learning u.s. military pilots who approached the craft have given conflicting accounts of what they saw. this new report coming in from cnn national security reporter natasha bertrand. this is interesting. this is kind of unusual that these pilots saw different things and that is sort of, i guess, adding to the mystery of all of this. not even the pilots were able to identify what they saw. just to take you back for a sec. on thursday the u.s. defense officials sent f-35 fighter jets to try to figure out what this object was flying around near alaska. those pilot
eagles cheerleaders, gearing up for the big game. i presume it will be bipartisan, maybe tomorrow we ll have the kansas city chiefs cheerleaders, i don t know. but there s the graphic, tomorrow is the big game. is it super bowl lvii? am i right? super bowl lvii, eagles/chiefs live on fox, and we ve got brian kilmeade there this morning rachel: but not dancing. i was hoping to see him join the lineup with the cheerleaders. we talked about how 40 athletic they are, but he didn t join. pete: is that what happened? i should watch more often. joey: you were working, and you were hosting last night. pete: no, that was night after. you re helping me out joey: i m trying. pete: but i usually cowatch. we re glad you cotoo, by the way, fourth do too. joey jones in for will cain this morning, and we re getting ready for the big game that s why we sent personally, i booked his tickets, brian kilmeade to the arizona. it s only a two-star, brian with, budget cutses, it s tight. rach
yesterday. rachel: you have a cut on your hand. pete: i do, working the land. rachel: acting like ronald reagan, clearing the brush. pete: him and george w. hacking away at the brush. will: yes the former governor of south carolina nicky haley was here and i didn t realize that south carolina is the third most popular state for people immigrating from other states. pete: really? will: behind texas and florida. south carolina and i said, i would have guessed tennessee. pete: the big advantage south carolina has? will: what s that? pete: coastline. it s hard to compete with coastline. you ve got to be really good if you re going inland and leaving california to not go to another coast. texas has coast, florida has coast, south carolina has coast. north carolina i would have thought north carolina would have been higher than south carolina will: want to get a fact check, governor ambassador haley, proud of her state and south carolina the problem is every state feels like cali