more snow coming down. big impacts i want to say almost from coast to coast. all the way from mexico, even up into new brunswick seeing this storm as well, brianna. . it doesn t take much ice to break a branch, take out power in your neighborhood. . that s right. . chad, thank you for that. you re welcome. a crucial trump official meeting with the january 6th committee for nearly two hours. we ll have details about his testimony. and the key witness in the first impeachment is suing rudy giuliani, donald trump jr. for what he calls a sneer campaign. speaking of giuliani, trying to overturn an election, why is he showing up on the mask singer? why do we want to hear a guy who overthrew an election sing?
at yet another sneer campaign against donald trump or republicans and trump supporters everywhere. brian stelter, reliable forces host, and a new book out today chronicle how fox news became radicalized, a desperate ratings decision. and the management team tried to find a way to lure the fox audience back home and gave the viewers what we wanted, they did it, false hope. and brian stelter joins me now. this came out before these events and you did rewriting for the paperback. really fascinating moment. yes. after the election where really for the first time in its entire time on cable news that fox had real competition from sort of upstart right-wing networks eating into their audience. seeing number the in a way we hadn t before. what did that do? play out in fox?
because of concerns that he shared as well that the security assistance to ukraine had been held up and wolf, we are seeking comment from the office of management and budget on that claim, but clearly, concerns were within the white house budget office and lots of questions and not clear reasons why this crucial military stance was delayed. b what about the highlights from that top state department official. what are you seeing there? he raises concerns as well b about several issues involving both the president s personal attorney, rudy giuliani, his efforts to push for his investigations as well as the efforts to oust the former ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch, who top leadership did not off a statement of support amid the sneer campaign that giuliani was launching and others and he makes clear that rudy giuliani was the person feeding the president s views and perceptions about what was happening with ukraine and with
he had trouble obtaining a security clearance due alleged abuse. kelly is standing by an earlier statement calling him a man of true integrity and honor, even after the daily mail published these of his first wife, colby holderness. she said he choked her and punched her during a trip to italy. he denies allegations from both ex-wives. but he resigned saying these outrageous allegations are simply false. i will not further engage publicly with a coordinated sneer campaign. two sources familiar with the matter tell cnn that president trump only learned about the allegations against porter this week and was upset by the reports. a senior white house official blaming porter for misleading the staff after the white house rushed to defend porter after the initial report. the president and chief of staff have had full confidence and trust of his abilities and his performance. reporter: press secretary sarah sanders calling porter the
speaker and a cordial relationship with president trump. the climate shifted dramatically after a new york times report that o reilly or fox had paid $13 million over the years to settle five cases around sexual harassment. o reilly, whose lawyer has accused far left groups of engaging on a sneer campaign, spoke with appropriate it is tremendously disheartening that we part ways due to unfounded claims, but that is the unfortunate reality many of us live with today. o reilly s ouster comes nine months after the forced resignation of roger ailes. rupert murdoch and his sons, james and lachlan, have emphasized that any form of it is unacceptable. the move means some programming