fox may be moving to a defensive posture, rather than a war footing says brian k. this was a separate action from the settlement. i don't know about that. i have to believe it's all related. i think i made really clear in my opening commentary that there are a, you know, perfect storm came together against carlson. but you have to believe that coming so quickly after a 787.5 million dollar, largest ever as far as i know, defamation settlement, it had to be a factor in all of this. what else came in? what? what do you mean that's it? oh, okay. gang, thank you for joining us. i'm glad to be back here at the same time, and on sirius xm tomorrow morning. a, thank you for joining us. the news continues here on cnn. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello, and welcome to our

viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world, i'm rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom, fox news stunner, with legal problems mounting and major troubles with the truth, the networks top rated anchor, tucker carlson, is fired. president joe biden appears to be finalizing his 2024 campaign plans, hours ahead of unexpected formal announcement. this, as new polling shows most americans don't want him or donald trump to run again. plus, both warring factions in sudan agree to a 72-hour cease-fire. but concerns remain about how long it will hold, and how to get americans and other ex pats out. ♪ ♪ ♪ live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with rosemary church. >> good to have you with us. well, fox news has severed ties with the host of its highest

rating primetime show, in a stunning move that is sending shockwaves throughout the world media and politics. tucker carlson drouin conservative viewers with his right wing rhetoric and conspiracy theories about covid and the 2020 presidential election, text messages that came to light during the dominion voting systems lawsuit showed carlson disparaging senior fox executives, leading the wall street journal to report, and i'm quoting, the company took issue with remarks mr. carlson made that were derogatory towards the network, people familiar with the matter said. and here's cnn's senior media reporter oliver darcy. >> he was very critical, to keep it generous to him, about the people running fox. so, i think that may have played a role. and there's also that pending lawsuit now from his ex booker, abby grossberg, who allege rampant sexism, antisemitic behavior that was running wild on his show, and then he's also

got this legal notice from ray apps, who he made part of his central january 6th conspiracy theory, during, on his program. so, there's all this litigation that scott carlson's name over it. and you have the dominion lawsuit. so, it seems at fox, they said enough is enough. >> joining me now from los angeles, civil rights attorney areva martin. appreciate you being with us. >> i, rosemary. >> so, big news monday morning, fox news abruptly forcing out controversial right-wing host tucker carlson, one week after fox news settled that massive defamation lawsuit with dominion voting systems for more than $787 million. so, why do you think fox forced carlson out so suddenly at this time? was it the mounting incriminating evidence against him, or that text messages he sent, disparaging fox leadership? >> well, rosemary, it appears

to be a combination of all of the above. what we do know is that tucker carlson was caught off guard, that he was preparing for his show today. there were reports that he is working with the staff, and had every intention of being on the air on monday night. so, whenever that decision was made, it clearly was not communicated to him. you've identified that massive settlement involving dominion voting system, where we learned about tucker carlson's disparaging remarks about management, about some of his coworkers and about donald trump. he actually texted that he hated donald trump. we also know that there is this lawsuit alleging sexual harassment, as well as racial discrimination against him and some members of his team. and there is the ongoing litigation from other voting systems against fox that will draw tucker carlson into them. but i think the biggest hits you here, and if you're tucker carlson, you probably say wait a minute, fox, i made you

millions if not billions of dollars with my bombastic conspiracy theories. and none of the conspiracy theories that he disseminated on air about the replacement theory and others, you know, making disparaging remarks about african americans and latinos, none of that apparently it was a bridge too far. so, it's hard to know what exactly was the final straw for fox, because they tolerated so much. and not only tolerated, they have profited and benefited from his comments in his commentary and the way he's hosted his show. >> and former fox news producer abby gross bergh filed to lawsuits against fox, alleging sexism and accusing the company of coercing her into giving misleading testimony under oath. how big a role with these lawsuits have played in carlson sudden departure, and once his and foxes legal jeopardy here,

if he's no longer at the company? >> while, if he is no longer with a company, he still will have to participate in the, loss so he will be subpoenaed to testify under oath to give deposition testimony. he may have some personal responsibility, if fox determines he was in fact liable, that he acted outside the courts and scope of his appointment, he could have some personal responsibility for damages, if missed grossberg is successful with her lawsuit. but i cannot imagine that that lawsuit alone was the catalyst for the termination of one of the biggest stars on fox news. i am believing, based on all the recording, that it had to be calm a nation of things. and perhaps it was those disparaging remarks about his boss, no boss likes to hear that an employee that they are paying a handsome salary is making those kinds of comments about them. i'm just not convinced that it's the lawsuit alone. >> and as you've mentioned, tucker carlson supported and promoted donald trump's 2020

election lie on air. so, would you expect fox to dispense itself from that lie? and of course, the other conspiracies, that he peddled on air, and what overall impact might carlson's departure have on fox news and its future viewership, given many conservatives are pretty stunned by his firing, aren't they? >> i don't think it's going to have any impact on the way fox news delivers its programming. i think dislike when bill o'reilly left the network, everyone thought he was irreplaceable, and now we've seen tucker carlson being pushed out, i've seen someone replacing him that perhaps maybe even more bombastic, may pedal in even more extreme conspiracy theories. this is the way that fox news has built an empire. this is the way it makes its money. this is the way it consistently draws more viewers than any other cable networks on air. and i have no reason to believe that it is or somehow their

business strategy changes, simply because, one, its players is no longer there. i think they find a replacement, and they continue business as usual, which is peddling conspiracy theories, playing to a base that supports donald trump, continuing to make disparaging remarks about immigrants, about african americans, about latinos, about gay people, and just about everyone else in this country, in order to continue to draw the ratings that it does from those conservative viewers. >> areva martin, joining us live from los angeles, many thanks, as always, appreciate it. >> thank you. >> well, there was a another major media move a lot closer to, cnn announced it was parting ways with anchor don lemon. he had been when the network for 17 years, most recently as a co-anchor of cnn this morning. lemon came under fire in february 1st saying that women

are only considered to be in their prime in their 20s, 30s, and maybe 40s. he later apologized for the remark, and denied subsequent reports of misogyny aimed at female coworkers. well, a new three-day cease-fire between sudan's warring factions is currently in effect, after previous failed attempts to stop the violence. the u.s. says it brokered the new deal, and plans to help create a committee to help implement a permit truce. before the agreement was announced, more clashes erupted around the capital, khartoum. thick plumes of smoke were seen rising from charred buildings, covering entire city blocks. and that's just one of many places where fighting has been reported. over the last ten days, the violence has left more than four and people dead and countless others without basic needs like food, water, and medicine. the u.s. says the warring

factions must restore calm immediately. >> we've also continue to engage directly with general burhan and general hemetti, to press them to extend and expand the cease-fire to a sustainable cessation of hostilities that prevents further violence, and oppose humanitarian obligations. the sudanese people are not giving up on their aspirations for a secure, free, and democratic future, neither will we. >> sudan's paramilitary forces say the new cease-fire will help with efforts to evacuate foreign nationals. the u.s. is among many countries pulling out their diplomatic staff, but many private citizens are still stuck in sudan. cnn's sam kiley reports. >> relief for the few evacuated to safety. [sound of artillery] misery for the many left behind. multinational rescue efforts involving special forces from across the world is underway,

with a focus on bragging diplomats and their families from the horror of sudan's new civil war. >> my first priority is the safety of our people, and i determined that this deteriorating security conditions in khartoum pose an unacceptable risk to keeping our team there at the time. >> but an estimated 60,000 americans, thousands of other foreigners, and of course countless sudanese remain. they are engulfed in mayhem and growing violence. >> quite frankly, the situation is not conducive and not safe to try to conduct some kind of a larger military evacuation of american citizens. >> france has evacuated around 500 people. the u.s.? less than 100. >> you've got the wfp, the msf, icrc -- >> rescue missions use this modest airport as a military hub. >> do you feel you are at this kind of center of a storm here?

>> exactly, yes, exactly, and we're proud of this, because for the size of our airports, we can manage all the western countries, all the asian countries, then the african countries. djibouti became the center of this world. >> a mass evacuation of air of foreigners from sudan, like this person's parents, would be a gigantic operation of the sort scene in kabul. but it's an unlikely prospect. >> i wrote a letter to the white house. i don't know what more we can do, because we simply just want to get them out. and it seems like there's simply no communication, no pr whatsoever given to anyone, any american sudanese citizens currently in sudan. >> with prisons emptying -- [sound of artillery] and violent spreading, there's no immediate prospect of rescue, much less of peace. sam kiley, cnn, in djibouti.

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but most polls suggest a pretty tough road ahead, with the majority of democrats unenthusiastic about him running again, and particularly worried about his age. but at the same time, many say he is the only viable option on the democratic side, so, how difficult will joe biden's campaign likely be in a rematch with donald trump, or in a less likely matchup with ron desantis? >> well, i think at this stage of the game, joe biden's in pretty good shape. although he is not popular nationally, and a majority of his own party don't want him to run, he is however in the good position that no one within the party is challenging him. you would expect a president with that kind of low popularity rating to be vulnerable within his own party. and in the past, when an incumbent president has been a challenge within his own party, it's always stealth electoral trouble. for example, 1976, ronald

reagan challenge president ford, ford lost. two years later, a few years later, ted kennedy challenge jimmy carter. he lost. in 92, president george h. w. bush was challenged by pat mckennon, and he lost. because an internal battle legends you off, it also takes time, effort, and money. so, biden is escaping. that therefore, i think he's in a pretty good position, considering his low popularity rankings. >> and in a recent nbc news poll, 60% of americans don't want donald trump to run again either, while 35% said they did. and his main rival, ron desantis, is currently on a world tour, with a stop in israel to help boost his stocks ahead of announcing a run against trump. because even though the former presidents numbers don't look that great, they are currently better than the florida governor's approval rating. so, where is all this going, do

you think? >> think back just a few years. in the last presidential election, the candidates were all unpopular. think of 2016, donald trump versus hillary clinton, two very unpopular candidates. 2000, 2020, much of the same thing. the terrible news is we've become accustomed to having kept its were on satisfied with. so, so, yes, joe biden is in trouble, but so is donald trump, so is ron desantis, so is any likely republican or possible republican. so, there's something really wrong with the party system that cues producing candidates that we just do not like. >> [laughter] it is problematic, isn't it. so, in that situation with trump and desantis, do you think that trump will stay ahead of desantis, or is it just impossible to tell at this juncture? >> well, you know, desantis has been putting -- shooting himself in the foot, he recently made a statement about ukraine that said it was

a territorial dispute, got resoundingly criticize for that. he's been having trouble trying to fight disney in his own state. and people are making jokes about how you can't even handle mickey mouse, how are you going to handle putin? so, desantis has gotten off to a terrible, terrible start, so bad that he may be reconsidering whether he wants to run or not. maybe he just wants to bail out now and say i will do it in a few years. i'm still young, i've a lot ahead of me. it will look like my moment. maybe it's not. so, i think desantis has got to make some really tough decisions. donald trump is in, and he's in one hunted percent until the end. and so, donald trump will plow ahead, there is no one in the republican party that seems at this point capable of challenging him and giving him a good -- level. >> meantime, of course, the debt ceiling deadline fast approaches, when the house speaker kevin mccarthy facing perhaps his biggest has so far this week, trying to get republicans to approve his version of a debt ceiling plan. what happens if you can't pull

that off? and perhaps more importantly, what are the consequences if republicans don't lift that debt limit in time, and this country goes into default? >> the democrats and the republicans continually lift the debt ceiling year after year after year, whether it's a democrat or republican the white house. it was done three times for donald trump. so this ought not to be a very controversial or difficult decision to make. the problem is that since newt gingrich, who believed in order to save the government you had to destroy it so they could take over, the republicans have made a battle plan out of the debt ceiling. so, every time it gets to this point and the republicans challenge the democratic president, shut down a government, causes economic chaos, and they get electorally punished at the ballot box. so, it makes no sense for the republicans to do this. they should just pass a bill, passed an approval of it, move on. this is a no win situation for

republicans, in fact, it will probably hurt them dramatically. >> all right, we will all be watching to see what happens this week. michael genovese, always a pleasure to have you with us. >> thank you, rosemary. >> the fulton county district attorney investigating donald trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in georgia says she will announce this summer whether she will bring charges against the former president or his allies. fani willis is already urging local law enforcement to prepare, pressing the fulton county sheriff for heightened security ahead of the announcement. cnn's katelyn polantz has details now from washington. >> the prosecutor in georgia that has been investigating donald trump and the actions he another stop after the 2020 election now has a timeframe for announcing potential charges, charging decisions, possible indictments, even against, potentially, donald

trump himself for those actions. now, the reason we are learning this is because district attorney fani willis sent letters to several members of local law enforcement in georgia, essentially alerting them that they may have a security concern. this coming in what is called the courts fourth quarter in fulton county, georgia, that would be specifically july 11th to september 1st of this year. so, that's when those indictments could be announced. willis writes in her letter, i am providing this letter to bring to your attention the need for heightened security and preparedness in the coming months due to this pending announcement. she specifically talked about the criminal investigation into interference in the georgia 2020 general election. she also writes open source intelligence has indicated the announcement of decisions in this case may provoke a significant public reaction, and then she signals that there are acts of violence that have taken place that would be outside first amendment protests that would be

protected speech. remember, donald trump, the things he's investigated for doing did ultimately lead to that violence at the u.s. capitol in january of 2021, the riot whenever his supporters try to overtake congress and stop the certification of the presidency, his loss of that election. so, fani willis is signaling that is all part of the thinking here, and also she's taking into consideration the need for security around that courthouse, especially after donald trump already was indicted once for a totally separate behavior related to hush money payments in new york. the allegations there caused him to say he was expecting to be arrested, and calling for protests. so, we do know that there was a lot of law enforcement coordination before that, locking down that courthouse. and willis is clearly signaling to local law enforcement that they will need to be ready in summer and into the early fall of this year. again, we don't know exactly

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>> on monday, russia's foreign minister led a u.n. security council meeting, ironically titled maintenance of international peace and security. but instead of trying to further peace or security, sergei lavrov made this dire warning in his opening remarks. >> we [speaking non-english] >> translator: as during the cold war, we have reached the dangerous, possibly even more dangerous threshold. the situation is worsened by the loss of trust and multilateralism. let's call a spade a spade, no one allowed the master minority to speak on behalf of all human kind. >> lavrov is presiding over the

meeting, because russia currently holds the rotating presidency of the security council. ukraine's top diplomat has called that, quote, the worst joke ever. meantime, homes, schools, commercial buildings, infrastructure, all are being reduced to rubble around the besieged ukrainian city of bakhmut. ukraine's deputy defense minister calls russia's military assaults syria tactics. the military says russia has mounted almost 50 airstrikes in the region in the past day, and more than 30 ground assaults, which were repelled. but they still did damage north of bakhmut, a russian missile slammed into a school in kramatorsk, leaving a gigantic crater. ukraine says russia's focus in the region appears to have shifted slightly, both bakhmut and the surrounding towns are still getting hit hardest. but ukrainian forces say they are holding the ground. in the south, it's eerily quiet,

with speculation growing about a possible upcoming ukrainian counter offensive. it will likely be focused around zaporizhzhia, where a ukrainian pushed to the sea of azov could divide russian forces and cut off russia's land access to crimea. cnn's nick paton walsh is in zaporizhzhia, and has this report. >> not one russian official in occupied parts of ukraine has suggested, not saying whatever evidence he has, that there may be 10,000 ukrainian troops amassing around the southern town of -- , far from where i'm standing. that's essentially on the front lines between ukrainian held territory and russian held territory. and an important frontline as, well because most analysts think that if ukraine is to attain the strategic successes clearly needs during this long heralded counter offensive in the spring and summer, it essentially is to try and cut off the crimean peninsula, held by russia since 2014, occupied by them since then, to the rest

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things maybe a foot. very little conclusive evidence. the territory has permanently changed hands. but above, all enormous expectations, i, think from the western backers and armors of kyiv and ukraine, that they will be able to affect some sort of -- change in this forthcoming summer. because frankly, the unity for seeing from ukraine's western backers, it's something they cannot guarantee seeing a year from now. so, a lot of pressure for results. but quite, as they begin to occur, what evidence will see, exceptionally hard at the moment. it paid in walsh, cnn, zaporizhzhia, ukraine. >> coming up, republicans try to kick them out of the tennessee state house but failed. and now, these three democrats have the ear of the u.s. president. we'll explain. so aaron's folks could helplp hook him up with a new ride. we'll drive you happy at carvana.

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in a shooting at row state college in oklahoma. the suspect is now in custody. police say the two were acquainted through a domestic situation. the community college went into lockdown during the incident. well, three tennessee democrats who loudly demanded stronger gun controls after a deadly school shooting and were punished for that protests back home have been praised in washington. the so-called tennessee three were invited to the white house on monday to discuss gun laws with the u.s. president. >> what the republican legislature did was shocking. it was undemocratic. and it was without any precedent, to turn it around very quickly. nothing is guaranteed by democracy. every generation has to fight for it. you have all taught us that. >> two of the three tennessee lawmakers, who are black, were expelled from the status of

their act of protest. they were later reappointed on an interim basis by their districts. >> as are sitting in the oval office, i saw the bust of dr. king, i saw the bust of rosa parks, i saw the bust of cesar chavez, and all those people what they did, they acted outside the political paradigm, what was possible. and the change political realities. and that's what we talked. i made a direct action to the present, sometimes we do something out of the ordinary, as john lewis said when he sat on the floor of congress, we went to the while and -- tennessee status, and demanded actions on guns. and we're going to do to push and lift up the creative tension needed to get action on this item. >> as you all know, in the state of tennessee, there is an effort by the governor to call a special session, which we completely support, to really address the issue of gun violence and gun violence reform. a couple other really important things is the framing of this conversation. we started, this movement was really catalyzed in tennessee because of a tragedy at the covenant school. and what's happening, now and the conversations that many,

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one word to describe how she felt after learning former louisville metro police officer myles cosgrove had been re-hired by another department. >> anger, to think that another department would even want this guy to be a part of any department. for that matter, it just angers me. >> according to a cnn affiliate, the carroll county cited cosgrove's experience as the reason behind the higher. his attorney confirmed the former lmpd recently started with the sheriff's department. >> on behalf of miles and myself, we don't want anything to take away or -- the tragedy that happened to breonna taylor and our family. we're not minimizing that at all. but he definitely has had a hard road to go in getting back to, trying to figure out a way to support his family in the

future. >> cosgrove was one of three lmpd officers who fired their weapons during a raid on breonna taylor's apartment the night of march 13th, 2020. cosgrove fired more than a dozen times, including the fatal bullet that killed taylor. the louisville metro police department fired him in january of 2021 for failing to use his body camera and violating the departments use of force rules. >> i started shooting a soon as i saw the flash, almost simultaneously. >> during a department hearing to appeal his firing, cosgrove expressed remorse. >> do you regret that breonna taylor ended up being shot and killed? >> of course. of course i do. it's horrible. >> the departments merit board upheld his dismissal. despite, that the carroll county sheriff's department decided to hire cosgrove. his attorney notes for other

officers in the raid face federal charges in connection with that raid, three accused of lying in order to obtain a search warrant. one former lmpd officer kelly goodland admitted in federal court that she and another officer had falsified information in the warrant that was used to justify the raid on taylor's apartment. u.s. attorney merrick garland said had it not been for that salty warrant, taylor would be alive today. cosgrove's attorney reminded those who oppose his client being fired that he has not been charged with any crime. >> there is a grand jury that met in the state of kentucky that cleared him of any wrongdoing. a federal grand jury was convened, and also determined that there were other people who also remain to be charged criminally, but not myles. >> this good old boy system, like, -- . >> those seeking justice for breonna taylor say cosgrove getting a batch back is a

danger to the new community he's serving. >> people of carroll county should be very afraid, and they should not let this -- stand. >> you don't know what to trust anymore, or who to trust. it's insane to me. >> jason carroll, cnn, new york. >> the massive winter snowfall in the upper midwest of the united states, which broke records in some places, is now starting to melt. and that's pushing river past their flood stages in several states. flood warnings are in effect across a number of rivers in the dakotas, minnesota, and wisconsin. most of the flooding is affecting rural areas along the mississippi river. the floodwaters will keep moving south this week, washing some areas to near record flood levels. joining me now from la crosse in wisconsin is molly peters, she's the lead meteorologists at the national weather service. thank you so much for being with us. >> yeah, my pleasure. >> so, the mississippi river is

expected to crest this week in the midwest, the preparations currently underway. how bad do you think this can get? >> the levels this year have been comparative to what we saw back in 2001. for many of the locations along the mississippi river, it could be the fourth highest of record, flood on record. in other locations, it could be even the top third or top second highest record on flood. >> that is just incredible. so, if that happens, how long would you expect those levels to remain that high? and which areas will be impacted the most, do you think? >> right, now we are, for how long the rivers will be in flood, we are currently watching the system coming at the end of this week for any additional precipitation to the region. this additional precipitation

is not anticipated to amplify the crest tight. but it could extend the duration of how long the river will be in flood. >> and what advice would you give residents in those areas most at risk? what they need to be doing right now? >> i would advise the residents to listen to local emergency officials. if there are roads that have been barricaded or blocked off, to not drive around those barricades. and never crossed roads that are flooded. if you feel like you are in an unsafe position, remove yourself from that location and try and get into a safe place. -- these floods along the mississippi river during the spring melt, it is a slower, and we can see things coming.

so, preparations have been made to close these roads. so, if you do come across barricaded roads, don't drive around the barricades. >> so, what point do you think residents need to evacuate? >> all of this will come from the local emergency management officials. so, pay attention to announcements that do come from the local emergency management officials. and you can also potential into the local official flood forecasts that we issue here at the national weather service. >> all right, molly peters, thank you so much for talking with us, appreciate it. north dakota's republican governor has signed a bill banning abortions at six weeks of pregnancy. the governor's office says there are no exceptions for rape or incest. in a statement to cnn, the governor says the bill

clarifies and refines existing law, and reaffirms north dakota as a pro-life state. the bill has an emergency clause and will become law as soon as the secretary of state signs and files it. well, police have arrested seven people during a protest in the men -- montana state legislator in support of a lawmaker and trans rights activists. republicans criticize zoe zap out last week for what they called inappropriate language during a debate over medical care for transgender minors. on monday, they voted to censure her. >> like to recall the vote. >> mister chair, 63 represented on i-34 voted no. >> really, the speaker has been upheld. >> [screaming] >> guests will

come to order. our guest will come to order. our guest will come to order. [screaming] sergeant of arms, will you please clear the gallery? members, will you please go to the side of the chambers? members, please go to the sides of the chambers. >> zephyr claims she's not being allowed to speak in the legislature, and has been denied the right to represent her constituents. republicans called monday's protest a riot. all seven people were released without bond. in the coming hours, opening statements are expected to begin on a copyright infringement case against popstar and sheeran. the jury was selected on monday in new york. the singer, who's being sued by errors of songwriter and towns and, they claim's hit song thinking out loud copies the 1973 hit let's get it on my marvin gaye.

however, sheeran's lawyers have argued the alleged similarities are actually not similar. the popstar is expected to testify in the trial. and thanks so much for your company. i'm rosemary church. i'm back with more cnn newsroom in just a moment. please stick around. you're doing business in an app driven, multi-cloud world. that's why you choose vmware. with flexiblble multi-cloud services that enable didigital innovation and enterprise control, vmware helps you keep your cloudud options open.

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