roger ailes of fox news.. >> thank you for staying with me. >> yeah. >> this is a good series, i am on episode two. the part that we just showed, it comes during an episode where roger ailes writes the speech that vice president dick cheney gave after 9/11. >> within days of 9/11, roger ailes and fox was working in concert with gorge w. bush's in the white house to shift the attention from the people that attacked us to sudan hassan. >> you told me before that richard nixon wanted to have a fox news. >> did ailes ever intend fox news to be a news organization or is it literally an arm of his version of the republican party. >> yeah. from the beginning and the premier episode outlines this. this was roger ailes vision who create a new network that would advance his politics. he saw a business opportunity tla there was a market for conservative tv, this was his chance to get back of the liberals and elites that had stepped on him. roger ailes was the single most controversial person in america. if you want to u

i think roger ailes would be disgusted. i think roger ailes put this in motion.ews gives donald trump his cues because he can't think for himself. i think they created a frank enstein and will deeply regret what they put in motion. phil rucker, thank you for spending time with us. good luck on that beat. >>> after the break, rapid response. democrats warn of the danger of the low ride but struggled to speak about his dangerous rhetoric. >>> tying trump to the illegal hush money scheme, the one that landed michael cohen in jail. what we're learning about documents just unsealed. >>> and donald trump's one-time party pal denied epstein bail. wow! that's ensure max protein, with high protein and 1 gram sugar. it's a sit-up, banana! bend at the waist! i'm tryin'! keep it up. you'll get there. whoa-hoa-hoa! 30 grams of protein, and one gram of sugar. ensure max protein. ...when a plan stops being a plan and gets set into motion. today's merrill can help you get there with the people, tools, and personalized advice to help turn your ambitions into action. what would yo

. >> roger ailes is one hell of a man. i've got to tell you that. >> as the audience probably knows by now, i worked at fox. i worked for roger ailes. of course i didn't know what he was doing at the time. that has made him notorious and rightly so, even posthumously. but his idea was simple. the majority of the country is not who the media is speaking to. there are lots of white, christian people out there who have a set of beliefs and politics not being reflected by the national dialogue. let's serve them. then the next iteration was, this form of demagoguery, that i'm going to make you angry at people, i'm going to stoke your hate of them. i'm going to let you think they're stupid and bad and elitist and all these different little cultural box that's we can check off even if they check the same ones themselves. and why they're doing that is what i think needs examination. and i don't blame everyone at fox news. there are a lot of good men and women there trying to do their job the right. it's the people at the top and t

it quotes you saying that roger ailes, the founder of fox news, that you believed his dying wish was to help elect donald trump president. is that true? >> i thinks fox nent all in for trump. that was -- >> do you believe it was roger's dying wish to elect trump as president? >> i didn't know him well. i think it h clearly is wh wanted to do. >> why did they prer rutrump? >> no idea. ntarting about march of 2016 they went all i for trump. they made a decision -- that was a decision made at the nwork leve reflected on every show. >> i wonder if you could handic the democratic presidential race, having been through a race yourself, how do youda see the cans and who would you -- who do you think is going to emerge? >> i don't tnk joe biden is going to be the nominee. i think the nominee is going to left.rom the far the three i would say are mosta likely kharris, elizabeth warren, and bernie sanders. ha >> whaened to beto o'rourke? >> he has crashed and burned.no you part of it is his base was the media. the media -- >> he did get 4848% of the vote. >> the media were enamored with him ke

. >> the men that donald trump has sided with, bill o'reilly and roger ailes and kavanaugh, they are been political allies of the president. not just men. but men that are democrats, al franken, and bill clinton, the president doesn't worry about sexual harassment. a lot of it has to do with politics. it's not just a male/female thing. >> thank you for your time. i appreciate you joining us. >> thank you, don. >> thank you for watching. our coverage continues. fact check this ad in good housekeeping. olay. they have businesses to grow customers to care for lives to get home to they use stamps.com print discounted postage for any letter any package any time right from your computer all the amazing services of the post office only cheaper get our special tv offer a 4-week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again!

men when accused of things and sometimes that can be issues of the me, too movement and support roger ailes and roy moore, the senate candidate of alabama who was accused of interactions with underaged women, young girls which bears resemblance to what we're seeing here. it lead as couple different threats. one, the president himself and most white house top aids are telling us what politico is reporting. right now acosta's job is safe. the president doesn't think it's a matter of a long time ago and doesn't see an immediate need to address it. any white house with a media conscious president will carefully watch the reaction, the reaction in the press and in congress and there has been some bipartisan criticism of this already. there are some republicans who have denounced epstein and are starting to dance around the idea of maybe acosta should be held accountable, as well. if that pressure increases, then acosta could be in trouble. as of this moment, the president is inclined to stick by him. that could change at any instance. >> i'll take a chance and ask you to take a chance at a judgm

i worked for roger ails. i didn't know what he was doing at the time. that is made him notorious. but the his idea was simple. the majority of the country is not who the media is speaking to. there are lots of white, christian people out there. who have a set of believes in politics not being reflected by the national dialogue. let's serve them. the next it ration, this form of demagogue ri. i'll make you angry at people and stoke your hate. and think they're stupid and bad. and elitest and all the different culture boxes we can check off. even if they check the same ones themselves and why they're doing it needs examination. i don't blame at fox news there are good men and women there. trying to do their job. the people at the top and the p pun dents have to answer. >> they like to accuse the left. identity politics. that is they are the definition of identity politics. especially in the trump era. >> they have a great advantage. the left eats its own. the left creates behavior that enforces on its own. and they can talk about these things because their base doesn't care about it

if you're talking about bill o'reilly and roger ails and kavanaugh. have been political ally of the president. not just men. but when it comes to men who have been accused and democrats, al franken. clinton. the president changes his mind and doesn't worry about sexual harassment. it has to do with politics. not just a male female thing. >> thank you for your time. i appreciate you joining us. >> thank you. >> thank you for watching. our coverage continues. riatic a, little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats differently. for psoriasis, 75% clearer skin is achievable, with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques. for psoriatic arthritis, otezla is proven to reduce joint swelling, tenderness, and pain. and the otezla prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. it may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. otezla is associated with an increased risk of depression. tell your doctor if you hav

let's talk about -- you have two another projects i want to talk about one is the roger ailes show onah, "the loudest voice. >> jimmy: "the loudest voice." dude, congratulations. that was -- you were amazing >> thank you, thank you. >> jimmy: what was that like to play gretchen? >> oh,ex she endured so much. and managed to handle it with grace and dignity and despite losing her job, which obviously she didn't want to do. she just fought that battle and did it by herself. it was wildly impressive, and, you know, who doesn't want to play that kind of character, you know >> jimmy: did you get to meet her? >> i got to meet her on the red carpet of the premiere just a few weeks ago. and it was overwhelming. i mean, imagine having your story told finally, and seeing people there and - >> jimmy: and russell crowe does a great job >> russell is extraordinary. >> jimmy: he's fantastic >> and he's such an incredible actor and -->>es yeah >> jimmy: he's a funny guy >> we go back. couchyo >> yeah, yeah. before he was -- yeah, able to pay for a hotel, i suppose he called up and said, you know, "ho

i went to fox news and met with roger ailes. why are you not supporting the 9/11 health bill? you say you are the party of first responders. where are you? and i convinced him, and learned the second truism in politics. when you have jon stewart on one side and fox news on the other side, you're going to win. so when we finally held the vote on the 9/11 health bill, it passed unanimously. so i take on the fights that others won't. the second bill i took on was the repeal of don't ask, don't tell. i can't tell you how hard that was. there were democrats who said to me, why are you doing this now? it is not convenient. i looked them in the eye and said, when our civil rights ever convenient? you do it because it is the right thing to do. i got all the democrats, reached across the aisle and found the seven republicans we needed, and we repealed don't ask, don't tell, the most anti-lgbt law on the books at the time, and we were able to repeal it because i take on the fights that other people won't. i also take on congress, and i take on the greed and corruption at the heart of wh

people's hair was on fire about the deficit and about democrats spending and, you know, between roger aileseverybody who would talk about how we are bankrupting our children, and where were -- a bipartisan deal is great, of course we can celebrate that. the reason there was a bipartisan deal is because republicans have given up talking about the deficit and things like that. >> look, i really don't see a dramatic shift in support among republicans for donald trump. you know, his approval ratings remain sky high among republicans and they're going to hail the points in this budget agreement that they like. they're really not going to criticize the president on increasing the deficit here. i see no change on that front, no matter really how much democrats crow about increasing the deficit, and i don't think they will because like you said, this is something that they also know republicans are so lock step behind president trump on. >> arlette, let's turn the subject to joe biden, and a policy proposal he's unveiling about justice reform which is something he's doing right before the debates,

director not personally accused of sexual misconduct but accused of covering up allegations against roger ailes and bill o'reilly at fox news. this is part of a pattern where if somebody is the president's friend or -- >> robert kraft. >> went to dinner last night. >> and he's not willing to take the allegations seriously and willing to go to bat for the people at the center of the controversy. >> and one person closely tied to epstein is bill clinton and his spokesperson released a statement saying that in 2002 and 2003 he took four trips on epstein's airline and the reason why four trips sounds like a smaller number than the 26 flights on the plane that fox news is reported is because there is a difference between how clinton is counting these trips. because it might be seven stops on one trip, not surprising that he's parsing there to make the friendship seem smaller. >> you could diminish the friendship all you want if you are donald trump or bill clinton. i think the fact of the matter is, the reporting that has come out has made it seem like people around him knew this is what he did, tha

perceived weak spots at fox by going after megyn kelly because of his strong relationship with roger ailser he talked about "fox and friends" on the week or n napolitano and he managed to say something critical and now he doesn't have the connection with robert ails. >> and president trump was briefed about the state of the campaign and he asked his top adviser to assess and brad parscale noted that elizabeth warren is rising,i ranna talked about the threat of harris and bill steppy an believes biden is a big threat. what do you think? >> i think they're looking at the same data that these other polls are reflecting in terms of the hypothetical match-ups. and it is very early for the public to make an assessment as it is for any campaign. but those are certainly the people that they think they should keep an eye on. do you think while you can only put so much stock into these polls at this stage, one thing about joe biden who obviously the president spent -- spends a lot of time tweeting about, but his name is beyond poll recognition and people said because he's the most known entity in t

someone who backed up people, powerful men accused in the me too movement like roger ailes and also supportive of roy moore, the alabama senate candidate when he ran for office and lost a few years back. right now he does like the work that acosta is doing. he's not inclined to dismiss him. the politico story is spot on in that, at a certain point, time may run out. this president is highly attuned to media coverage. and if this becomes -- this continues as a wall-to-wall story the next few days, that's going to be difficult for the secretary to survive. >> jonathan, as it relates to jeffrey epstein here, acosta said of epstein there was new evidence in this case. we're hearing from the reporter at the "miami herald" who led a lot of the investigation, investigations that got praise from the southern district of new york when we heard from jeff berman yesterday. she writes, except the record shows he had the evidence in 2007. remember the 53-page indictment, the phone records, the trash pulls, the flight manifests, the witnesses who work forward epstein. is there new evidence? here he says tha

. >> roger ailes had the brilliant idea of creating a network for conservatives, thus fox news. >> therse. >> msnbc kind of stumbled into the idea of a liberal counterpart. >> people watch fox news thinking there's news in it. are tin foil hatters, loons and pinheads. >> there was no longer a shared, factual basis for our political views. we didn't all go home and watch walter cronkite. >> "crossfire." on the left, james carville and paul begala. on the right, robert novak and tucker carlson. in the crossfire -- >> i remember when jon stewart went on "crossfire." it was 2004. john kerry was the democratic presidential nominee facing george w. bush. and i thought, you know, watching it, i said, this is going to be a funny show. >> can i say something very quickly? why do we have to fight? the two of you, can't we just say something nice about john kerry, right now. >> i like john. i care about john kerry. >> and something about president bush. >> he'll be unemployed soon. >> i think anyone who enjoyed paying attention to the news and watched "the daily show" will forever remember jon st

donald trump and that ted cruz told his friends after the primary was over that he thought it was roger ailesling -- dying wish to make donald trump president. as much as we think about fox news today and the air cover they provide for donald trump and making sure that his voters remain loyal to him, i think it is worth recognizing that he probably would not have been the republican nominee in the first place without the active support of fox news. host: matt did you want to follow-up? caller: my next question is, really to the veterans out there. presidentu support a who when this country called on couldve times to help, he not turn on a piece of equipment, he could not do anything for this country. host: referring to those five deferments during the vietnam war. guest: this is a question that i had for a lot of veterans but i would meet them at trump rallies because the john mccain comments in addition to the deferments. i had someone say to me, a few weeks back, well biden took deferments and i said i think the issue with trump is not the deferments in isolation but the deferments as a bac