rupert. so that is rupert murdoch's the question to the former republican speaker of the house. in all of the historical digging that has been done around gerald ford's pardon of richard nixon, no one, including me, who wrote a book, the paging back arena, has ever been able to find anything like that, any communication like that. from richard nixon to gerald ford, the kind of communication that rupert murdoch is proposing here. richard nixon seemed to believe that it was possibly illegal for him to request a pardon from gerald ford, the vice president, in order to then hand over the presidency to him by resigning. is what rupert murdoch was advocating there, that trump make a deal with mike pence for trump to resign, pence becomes president, gives him a pardon -- could that be a legal deal that rupert murdoch was proposing? >> so, i have a factual and legal answer for you. so i think the factual part is important to note there is this is just a week after january 6th and you have the head of fox news realizing that donald trump has criminal exposure for what just happened. this

at worst can only cost rupert murdoch money. lawsuits could ultimately force rupert murdoch to lose control of the company. joining us now is jeffrey sonnenfeld, senior social dean for leadership studies at the yale school of management in a cnbc contributor. professor sonnenfeld, thank you very much for joining us tonight. i have been absolutely fascinated by what you have emailed to me about the possibility and the opportunity for a shareholder revolt in effect here at fox. how would that play out? >> it would play out, there is a major institutional investors, places like vanguard and others, the donor large stake on our behalf. they are custodians of our money. other individual large or owners that control that 61%, it's a derivative lies to. that could be devastating because this litigation itself and the liable of litigation any first amendment and defamation attorney you talked to will say that they have never seen a case that is this clear, this black and white, that the evidence is so strong. they can't lose this. and 1

but this will be part of rupert murdoch's legacy.f weeks, and that will matter to him. >> all right, thank you both very much. >>> and, next, students and faculty confront ron desantis' conservative makeover of their small, progressive college. >> what you're doing here is not about education. this is political theater. >> a professor who spoke out against desantis at that meeting got a standing ovation, and is next. >>> the director of the fbi tonight for the first time acknowledging covid-19 likely came from a lab leak in china. lomita feed is 101 years old this year and counting. i'm bill lockwood, current caretaker and owner. when covid hit, we had some challenges like a lot of businesses did. it allowed us to keep the amount of people that we needed and the people that have been here taking care of us. see if your business may qualify. go to getrefunds.com. ♪ ♪ ♪ get directv with a two year price guarantee. ben isn't worried about retirement. his personalized plan is backed by the team at fidelity. his ira is professionally mana

under oath, rupert murdoch used the word endorsed. the fox defense in the lawsuit is that they were simply offering a platform to newsworthy guests like the pathological liar rudy giuliani, who lied about the election every time he was on fox. under oath robert murdoch was forced to admit it was more than just the guests on fox who were pushing the lie. question -- you are aware now that fox did more than simply host these guests and give them a platform, correct? murdaugh -- i think you have shown me some material in support of that. question. in fact, you are now aware that fox endorsed, at times, this false notion of a stolen election. murdaugh -- not fox, no. but maybe lou dobbs. maybe maria bartiromo. that's as commentators. question. fox host jenin pirro? >> i think so. question? fox host lou dobbs? oh, a lot. question. fox host sean hannity? a bit. some of our commentators were endorsing it. question? about their endorsement of a stolen election? murdaugh. yes, they endorsed. that is rupert murdoch, not stupidly admitting the t

absolutely railing against rupert murdoch in the past 24 hours. in a tweet earlier today, i'll read part it to you. he said that rupert murdoch and his group of maga-hating globalist rinos should get out of the news business as soon as

yield at rupert murdoch's soundbite machine.ald trump made the case about why he should not be the subject of two investigations by a special prosecutor. appointed by merrick garland. joining us now is senator sheldon whitehouse, democrat of rhode island he's a senate of the judiciary committee. he's a chairman of the senate budget committee. mister chairman thank you very much for joining us tonight. were you surprised that there wasn't any real outrage at all? nothing, not a word of outrage about the actual investigations. that merrick garland is supervising of donald trump. >> yeah, it was not the kind of day donald trump wanted for himself in the judiciary committee. first, he wasn't really the focus of any attention. second, the manufactured outrage of some of our republican colleagues was all devoted to other concerns. and not the investigation of donald trump. >> i just want to show one piece, as reluctant as i am, for this kind of live beating. blitz look at ted cruz moments of trumpism in the hearing. >> as you, know th

anyway, rupert murdoch, you've built this, buddy. you made this.all been suffering the consequences. fox news helped to form this base for decades. they've certainly up for modern american conservatism in all of its present reality, but they also do not control it, and they know that. and now, that central fact on display in the dominion funds, that central fact is the root of just what is so destructive and dangerous about our politics right now. helps lower a1c, and it's covered by medicare. before dexcom g6, i was frustrated. all of that finger-pricking and all of that pain, my a1c was still stuck. my diabetes was out of control. i was tired. (female announcer) dexcom g6 sends your glucose numbers to your phone or receiver without painful fingersticks. the arrow shows the direction your glucose is heading: up, down, or steady, so you can make better decisions about food and activity in the moment. after using dexcom g6, my a1c has never been lower. i lead line dancing three times a week, i exercise, and i'm just living a great life now. it's so

rupert murdoch, his son bachmann.do you think their social networks consist of typical fox viewers? do you think these people spend their time hanging out and rural, red america, working class folks who live in places like east palestine, ohio? are those the content of people joining them at the country club's are hanging out with him, the super bowl boxes? of course not,. they are totally out of touch with these people, to people that watch the network. and at some level, they know that, and it's stocks them, once them, always worried that too much distance will grow up between them and their multi million dollar councils and the viewers out there in the countryside, and so sure they are, but they go through the same song and dance. the murdoch empire clearly putting its thumb on the scale for florida governor ron desantis, potential republican nominee, who so far does seem to have the best shot of beating trump. so there is this recent fawning in a near post profile that infuriated the ex president over the fox nati

rupert murdoch has no lap from the start. that's why rupert murdoch put the word news in the title up that's a business that he created because rupert murdoch knew that the word and he was who was a lie. and he did not put the word news in the title that business, no one would ever ever think that it was even close to news. just like tucker carlsen says not even close. our job is not to provide a news coverage, tucker carlson said, not even close. and then tucker carlson said, trump has two weeks left. once he's out, he becomes and calculate less powerful, even in the minds of his supporters. my view is that the most important thing we can do, maybe the only thing we can do, is to try to say the things that make america worth living in. for me that begins with a first and second amendments. and the other person says, a great. i just wore we endorsed two weeks time at the time after that he will inspire people to do even more stuff to put those rights in jeopardy. tucker goslyn says, there's no question he well. so there is tu

house speaker paul ryan, who is now a member of rupert murdoch's incompetent board of directors at fox. trump wrote, rumors are flying high that idiot rhino paul ryan who has greatly hurt the credibility of rupert murdoch with his ridiculous stance that the 2020 election was all peaches and cream will be fired like a dog from the fox board.

then there's this email, again, from rupert murdoch to the ceo of fox news. complaining about an apparent outburst fox host lou dobbs had against republican senator lindsey graham. rupert murdoch asked, could sean, meeting foxes sean kennedy, say something supportive? we can't lose the senate if at all possible. does that we mean we the republican party? does it mean fox news? it is kind of hard to tell where one stops in the other begins. here's another one. again, for murdaugh to the ceo of fox news. this time, november of 2020. after the general election once it was clear, the control of the senate would be decided by runoff elections in georgia. quote, we should concentrate on georgia, helping anyway we can. who is the we hear? it turns out, over an overgrown, that question is hard to answer. when you're talking about the highest levels of fox news. if you have any doubt of the kind of power that rupert murdoch has had over fox, and our national discourse, hear from the man himself. tonight, the voting machine company, dominion, filed their final brief, a

rupert murdoch is a billionaire. this isn't the only thing he has going on. he's an older guy, and he may frankly may have felt like with a straight face he couldn't answer the question differently. that's good lawyering, but it's actually better fact. and i think really a lot of what did in fox here is the fact that not only were they peddling falsehoods, but they were inquisitive privately about the truth. you know, in other words, if you have a perfect propaganda machine you don't ever try to find out the truth. this way you can shrug and say you didn't know any better. they were interested to know the truth. they just didn't want to tell their viewers. it put murdoch in a situation where they couldn't defend that. >> let me throw out another theory. we're doing breaking legal news. howard raised a point. we're going through this as we get it. i wonder for renato and then howard, because we're putting murdoch slightly on the sofa here. he's been through soochl these. i wonder whether his full knowledge of how much has been committed to record -- they just

rupert murdoch replied, no. he was also asked, have you ever believe that dominion committed election fraud by rigging the 2020 election? rupert murdoch responded, no, i have never seen any evidence. the filing also include this email from january 2021, from rupert murdoch, two fox news ceo suzanne scott, where he says, still getting mud thrown at us. maybe shawn and laura went to four. of course, he's referring to primetime anchors laura ingraham and sean hannity. with, that let's get help smarter with the help of our lead panel panel tonight. i -- jeff geoff bennett -- pbs's chief washington correspondent and an msnbc political contributor. jeremy peters joins, as political chair -- jeremy, i want you to be here because you go inside fox news inside every day. you are reporting, what sticks out to you in the most in this file? >> i think what you see first and foremost is almost a kind of contempt for president trump, coming from someone likely sources, namely tucker carlson and his producers. the reason why t

"i just heard from rupert! he says biden's ads are all about how he's normal and i'm weird! gotta start doing ads where i look and sound normal! let's get some shots of me doing normal stuff in my wheelhouse, like drinking water, hugging a flag, using an umbrella, and looking directly at the sun. the sun, we love the sun, don't we, folks? and we just -- we want to touch it we want to touch the sun i had a friend, a dear friend -- a dear friend, a greek guy, his name was daedalus, daedalus, either one is fine [ laughter ] both are okay. i never quite learned how to say it he had a son, icarus, they made a pair of wings, beautiful wings -- [ laughter ] -- beautiful wings out of beeswax. and i was there when they took off and daedalus, he said to his son, 'ick,' -- that's what i called him, i called him ick i said - he said to him, he said, 'don't fly too close to the sun!' but then i took him aside and i said, 'if i were you, i'd try to get as close as you can to the sun. [ laughter ] 'cause it looks like a big gold coin it might be gold you never know you got to get -- get as

i think that -- and jonah knows rupert murdoch better than i. i don't know him at all, but i would argue that rupert murdoch has not only tarnished and damaged his legacy, but he's also done a great deal of damage to democracies throughout the world, because these lies fundamentally erode what we believe our democracy to be. and the fact that he had his soldiers and lieutenants carrying it out should be a problem. but no, i don't believe any host at cnn or msnbc, particularly can get away with the same things that tucker and sean get away with, particularly with these lies. >> jonah, there's attention turning towards the fox board of directors, former house speaker paul ryan is trying to defend his role behind the scenes in a new interview with charlie sykes. take a listen. >> if you are on the board of directors of a company that's pumping toxic sludge, racism, disinformation and attacks on democracy, if you don't stand up now, then when? >> i do. i have a responsibility to offer my opinion and i do that. but i don't go on tv and do it. so i ha

how does rupert murdoch say there was no election fraud? it's really astounding. and it is sort of an implosion of the highest order between the most important figure in conservative media if not all of media and the man who would be once again if he has his way president again in 2025. >> to introduce the commander in chief and the president of the united states, my friend donald j. trump. >> make america great -- >> reporter: the media mogul and real estate tycoon were tight even just a few years ago. >> thank you to my very good friend, rupert murdoch. >> reporter: especially as trump's political stardom was rising and while he held the white house. >> mr. president, thank you so much. >> reporter: murdoch's outlets covered it extensively and the president gave them access beyond other news organizations. >> good to see you, sir. >> thank you both very much. we never had a more beautiful set than this, did we? >> reporter: but then trump lost to joe biden, january 6th erupted, the mid-terms went less well than expected for republicans, a

rupert. kushner replied the next day, should have some new creative out this week.d i like what i'm seeing. i will be reviewing this every week until the end as the real money is starting to be spent on tv and digital to move voters'universes and turn out the base voters. murdoch responded, quote, your advertisement at 1:00 pm this sunday is an improvement, but biden on football is extremely good. or so i think. so we'll send it. jen psaki served as a white house press secretary for president biden. her new show, inside jen's psaki, will preview on the 19th. she joins me now. i imagine that this is the kind of thing you could imagine rupert murdoch does, but seeing in black and white that he is literally, we don't know for sure, sharing confidential ads with the other campaign. it really does kind of put a fine point on it. >> it does. it's like a scene out of succession or something, chris, but it's the intertwined aspect that we all suspected and that we have all seen hints of but that's an actual example. these ads are telling the campaign strategy, there's a lot

murdoch to testify at a trial because as this judge put it rupert murdoch does have this special role at fox corporation, and he was aware of the guests appearing on fox news air. in fact, rupert murdoch even acknowledged his deposition that he could have stopped trump's legal team from appearing on the networks air, but he didn't so fox news attorneys. they're saying that any appearance by rupert murdoch on the witness stand or his son ceo lachlan murdoch, they say it would just create an undue burden. it would create a media media circus. and in response to that guy's, the judge did say this morning that he would consider if they were brought in to put them either via zoom or other teleconferencing platform . but you know this case very high stakes. it's not only a $1.6 billion defamation case, but this is also a very important case when it comes to the implications of the first amendment. fox news is saying that they are fully protected. by the first amendment here, so this could be a big case about that issue as well. um and oliver to some of what jessica was just talking about. w

this is rupert murdoch, lachlan mourdock's personal phone.scored a major legal victory over the summer that the judge allowed them to do that. >> why didn't they settle before that? >> that's when fox fired its last legal team and hired this new one. i think they haven't dominion wn dollars and an apology, effectively, and fox probably could do the billion dollars but it's not going to apologize. i think the people at dominion see this as something bigger than just a numerical figure. if you read their brief when they initially filed this case, it's very clear they see democracy itself on the line, and if you can get away with spreading the kinds of lies that people on fox did, then, you know, what good is the first amendment? so it's interesting that they've definitely taken a -- well, fox especially, that rupert has settled as you point out, for much lower stakes, right? i think they think because they can get in front of a jury and maybe persuade one or two people that, you know, defamation cases are really hard to win, and there's reasona

rupert murdoch said no. next question was, have you ever seen any credible evidence to suggests that dominion was engaged in a massive coordinated effort to steal the president and election? no. the third question was, have you ever believed that dominion was engaged in a massive in court effort to steal the 2020 presidential election? again, no. fourth question you have never believed that dominion was involved in an effort to delegitimized and destroy votes for donald trump, correct? i'm open to persuasion, but no, i've ever seen. leigh, why does that matter? >> because the standard that dominion is taken upon itself to meet. is that those persons at fox, responsible for broadcasting the information about dominion that has, in many instances, been acknowledged now by fox to be false, at the time, either knew it was false or believed it was probably false. at the top of the food chain, of course, is robert murdoch. and dominion has made an effort to show, that rupert murdoch was hands on. that is, he was aw

rupert murdoch testimony guts what i think is the best potential defense for fox.ed is these were newsworthy comments by the then president and his top advisers and we're reporting them. now murdoch admitted we endorsed them but he tried to draw this distinction, not fox but the anchors. who is fox if not the voices of the top journalists and reporters. >> and it is interesting, lauer s a, this dominion $1.6 billion defamation case against fox is set to head to trial next month. are you surprised they haven't settled in. >> well that price tag, i'm not sure the going rate for the settlement. but again if the business decisions motivated potentially the misinformation and the endorsement of the lies, the idea of acting in conscious disregard for the truth, not following a 24/7 news cycle or perhaps mistakes are made as the information comes in later. but deliberately trying to skew the news or trying to defame dominion and there was great consequences it might very well be they've had except extensive settlement discussions. it is still on the calendar seems to me m

this is an e-mail from rupert h murdoch.describes a meeting with gop lawmakers, mcconnell, graham and other anti-impeachers but still getting mud thrown at us, inferring they're not happy with him. is it unarguable that high profile fox voices fed the story that the election was stolen and that january 6th an important chance to have the result overturned? maybe sean and laura went too far. all very well for sean to tell you he was in despair about trump, but what did he tell his viewers? today, fox has been arguing that the review of additional documents, that that would help their case. when you see things like this, e-mails like this, it's clear this is not necessarily helpful to their case. >> he himself saying for sean to tell you he was in despair about trump, but what did he tell his viewers? that's the core of this whole thing in black and white from rupert murdoch. we're also seeing transcripts of murdoch's deposition where he repeatedly denies any evidence exists that dominion was behind any election fraud loud and

hosts continue to oppose push trump's -- with rupert murdoch questioning if they went too far. then, tucker carlson cherry-picking, and flat out misrepresenting the events of january 6th. the condemnation we are hearing from some republican lawmakers, and the brutal kidnapping in mexico, two americans, dead to survivors back on american soil. the warnings to americans traveling to that area, as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. >> good evening once again, i'm stephanie ruhle, we have still to get into a mountain of new evidence tonight, a brand-new court filing and the 1.6 billion dollar defamation, suit from dominion voting systems, against fox news. drop just a few hours ago, the latest trove of documents, includes text messages, emails, and depositions that reveal even more about what was going on inside the network. as the regularly push donald trump's lies that the 2020 election was stolen. this shows the fox news chairman rupert murdoch himself -- he was asked, quote, have you ever believe that dominion engage in an effort to engage in corruption. there's

and bear in mind, rupert murdoch's corporate obituary has been written before and proved premature. a decade ago. the phone hacking scandal in the u. k. cost his company, hundreds of millions dollars in lawsuit and landed news in front of a commission of inquiry that judge called for tougher regulation of british newspapers. a recommendation the conservative government, which news corp that chose to ignore. but the british inquiry did not have the kind of evidence in the us court back then. murdock could deny he knew of the wrong doing this time. he can on the awesome leading powers and the public inquiry parliament. but it's not like an american look that is in black and white admissions in myrtle step position, that he is involved in it. and he knew that ally, that was something could be inferred by the extent over 20 years with eagle or newspaper gathering techniques of u. k. but on the inside here we have it. not just a smoking gun, the gun itself. if the trial goes forward, you're going to have these fox news anchors i, you know, on the stand under o with, and we've seen emails

the relationship with jared kushner, the relationship between fox executives including rupert murdoch and the van white house, the trump white house. it isn't a news relationship. there's access journalism that exists but this is something much deeper than that. >> really interesting, joy, 100% right but in my reporting, i said this on my newsletter last week. i spoke, you know there's a difference between the public and the private here. privately, what a lot of republican strategist tell me, these are people who get paid through the media spend, through the ads, you know, they were pretty horrified to learn in this lawsuit that rupert murdoch had given jared kushner the contents of an ad that had been bought for the biden campaign, and that he was giving jerry kushner debate strategy because you know, privately, they tell me, that's not good for anybody. it's not good. it just, it just puts republicans, have to stick to fox, democrats have to go on msnbc, mainstream media, it breaks down trust. and people in both parties want to buy ads and do business. i actually think that is, it'

dominion has obviously expressed interest in calling rupert murdoch to the stand.his week, a judge the judge that's presiding over this case suggested that he might want to also see rupert murdoch. take the stand. now this could come via zoom or or some other form. it doesn't have to necessarily be in person. but it will be notable particularly because rupert murdoch himself ironically, gave some of the most damaging, uh, in his deposition. it was one of the more damaging depositions. he admitted in his deposition that some of us top stars sean hannity, maria bartiromo and others endorsed election lies. so they weren't just covering those lies like fox has been arguing they endorsed those election lies so particularly damaging stuff from murdoch and he could take the stand. i should also note that we're still waiting in the here. um what? what witnesses, dominion would call to the stand. ensure this go to trial and you could see outside murdoch. you could see people like tucker carlson, sean hannity, fox news ceo suzanne scott. they could all potentially be on that

in an ononline post saying why is rupert murdoch throwing his

"why is rupert murdoch throwing his anchors under the table, which also happens to be killing his case and infuriating his viewers, who will again be leaving in drives, they already are. there is massive evidence of voter fraud and irregularities in the presidential election. just look at the documentary '2000 mules' and you will see large-scale ballot stuffing caught on government cameras, votes cast without legislature's

now, as i read this, i just want you to know, i can't really do a rupert murdoch impression.stead, i'm gonna read his answers in the most cartoonish australian accent i can manage [ light laughter ] here we go "you are aware, now, that fox did more than simply host these guests and give them a platform, correct? "i think you've shown me - [ laughter ] -- some material in support of that." [ light laughter ] "in fact, you are now aware that fox endorsed, at times, this false notion of a stolen election." "not fox, no yeah, not fox, but maybe lou dobbs. maybe maria. those are commentators." [ light laughter ] "we went through fox host, maria bartiromo, yes?" "yep, come on. "fox host, jeanine pirro?" "i think so. "fox business host, lou dobbs. "oh, yeah, dobbs he did it. yeah." [ light laughter ] "fox host, sean hannity? "ah, the wombat. yeah, i bet. sean 'the wombat' hannity. "all were in the document, correct? "yeah, they were." "about fox endorsing the narrative of a stolen election, correct? "some of our commentators, they were endorsing it. "about their endorsement of a sto

the white house also posted today, i think that fox board member rhino paul ryan now put his boss rupert murdoch and great legal jeopardy by convincing him to go against his news anchors and there

rupert murdoch said no. next question, have you ever seen any credible evidence to suggest that dominion was engaged in a massive and coordinated effort to steal the 2020 presidential elections, no. third, did you ever believe they were involved in an effort to steal the presidential elections? no. the fourth question you've never believed that douminion was involved in an effort to steal votes, no. why does that matter? >> because the standard that dominion has taken upon itself to meet is that those persons at fox responsible for broadcasting the information about dominion that has in many instances been acknowledged now by fox to be false at the time either knew it was false or believed it was probably false and at the top of the food chain, of course, is rupert murdoch, and dominion has made an effort to show that rupert murdoch was hands-on, that is, that he was aware of what people were saying on his air, that he had the ability to stop these guests from appearing and repeating these things that he app

we got testimony from rupert murdoch.here was no merit to the election fraud claims trump and his allies were making from the start. they let their anchors spew the lies and platform the lies anyway. among the damaging revelations, murdoch believed fox hosts were all on some level endorsing the big lie. he knew it was wrong to give a platform to the pillow guy, mike lindell because he was paying fox a lot of money. fox has responded to the filings by saying, dominion misconstrued the facts by cherry picking sound bites. they would know. what it comes down to are pictureswork that broadcast lies to their viewers to protect their bottom line and their audience share. who at this moment in possession of thousands of hours of security footage from the capitol insurrection. it's a dangerous situation that chuck schumer spoke about on the senate floor earlier today. >> they need to stop giving a platform to dangerous and entirely unfounded conspiracy theories that eat at the wellspring of our democracy. they need to admit on th

on january 21st, 2021, the first full day of joe biden's administration, fox chairman rupert murdochto fox news' ceo suzanne scott that some of the top talent went too far. >> disturbing irregularities have been found and must be investigated to the fullest. >> reporter: during his deposition, murdoch was believed to you believe dominion was engaged in a massive and coordinated effort to steal the election? murdoch replied, no. fox now saying dominion is cherry picking emails and documents to release. dominion has been caught red handed using more distortions and misinformation in their campaign to smear fox news and trample on free speech. but dominion says the emails, texts and deposition testimony speak for themselves. the revelations didn't come as a surprise to at least one republican. >> i'm not surprised that intelligent people realize that what they were saying on the air was untruthful, and i'm just disappointed that they would sell their personal integrity so cheaply. >> reporter: we are expecting new evidence to be released tonight. some of the documents already coming in,

and finally, yesterday, it was revealed two days ago that rupert murdoch didn't believe it, number one, but his regrets are not good enough. we need him to take the next step and the next step is to tell the carlsons, the ingrahams and all these other commentators to stop spreading the big lie, to admit what they said was wrong, help restore some of the faith that we have lost in our democracy due to what their network's propaganda has put forward so we can get it back, and we're waiting to hear from rupert murdoch on that right now. >> look, fox needs to reckon with the lies that it spread, and it may literally have to pay for the lies that it spread, but is it the role of government officials to demand that media organizations say things or tell media organizations what to put on their air waves. >> well, you know, it's hardly the first time that people have said channel 4 should have done this, "the new york times" should have done that. that's not unusual, but what has happened here is, john, very unusual. this is not simply telling them what to do. this is telling them, showing th

corporation chairman rupert murdoch should be called to testify. delaware superior court judge eric davis told lawyers wednesday he holds a special role at fox corporation that he may be able to be compelled to be here. lawyers for dominion voting systems have already asked the court to let them call rupert murdoch and his ceo son, lachlan if the case goes to trial next month, is resisting the efforts, saying the murdochs have limited knowledge of how fox news made editorial decisions and would be burdened by having to appear in person, the judge said it is possible they could appear over videoconferencing if called. both have already given depositions in the case with rupert murdoch, acknowledging some fox news hosts endorsed election conspiracy theories and then saying, i would have liked us to be stronger in denouncing it. in hindsight, in the days after the 2020 election, fox news repeatedly featured guests like sidney powell. it is one huge, huge criminal conspiracy, and others accused dominion of using its machines and software to rig the 202

from rupert murdoch on down to the show producers, they knew what they were saying was not true.was a lie most of they did it anyway. to take a step back what it means in practice, fox went from calling some election results to accepting the election to the mid-november and to accept or that, they did more than 600 segments last two period alone, specifically attacking the election results, promoting the conspiracy theories. in their coverage they helped build a scaffolding for the big lie which became the fuel of the january 6 insurrection. behind the scenes, they really did know. they were attacking the promoters. you alluded to some of that in your intro. rudy giuliani, sidney powell -- they called her alluded take on the same bed they had her on their show, texting each other and admonishing the ridiculousness of this but they did it anyway. they had it on the air anyway. worse, rupert murdoch and fox executives were penalizing other fox personalities that were tryingo either sort of softened the claims that fox ne was pushing about dominion and the broader election as well a

he said, look, rupert murdoch just got engaged.he is looking forward to spending time at his homes in california and montana and new york. a guy of his means can easily fly from new york to delaware to testify in this trial. and i think that kind of set the tone. it was almost as if he was chastising, the judge was chastising the lawyers for fox in this case, putting them on notice, saying, i'm kind of tired of your obfuscation and your constant objections and when it comes to the trial, you guys better be careful. so i've talked to people on both sides of the case, fox and dominion. the one take-away from this hearing today was that the fox lawyers the were really put on notice by this judge. >> how about the woman who seems to be on both sides of this case at the same time, abby grossberg, former fox producer. dominion is requesting having her as a witness. she's currently suing fox news, claiming that fox lawyers pressured her into giving false testimony in this case, testimony that would hurt dominion. now dominion wants her on

the new york post is actually rupert murdoch's least visible media outlet in the united states. the readership is primarily in new york city where rupert murdoch knows there are enough republican-leaning voters to support a small, circulating newspaper, which it is. and there are even more democratic voters in new york city who like gossip columns, which the new york post specializes in. the print edition of the new york post, founded by alexander hamilton in 1801, survives. manhattan district attorney, alvin bragg, who has been investigating donald trump and maybe close to having indictments received death threats today in the mail that was sent from orlando, florida. earlier this week. the threat said, in all capital letters, alvin, i am going to kill you. followed by several exclamation points. the envelope contained a white powder. the district attorney's office issued a statement saying the nypd, emergency service unit, and nyc department of environmental detection determined there was no dangerous substance. senior law enforcement officials tell amazon's embassy news -- it

rupert murdoch is very important .ously at fox, the buck stops with rupert murdoch, and he has said things like the fact that he said some of his top hosts like sean hannity endorsed election lies, which is obviously very different than covering them as a journalist. endorsing it means something totally different. and so i think the dominion is going to want to bring him to the stand. they've expressed interest in doing that. and it seems from everything we've heard from the judge that he might be compelled to travel to wilmington's delaware for this trial. while we shall see oliver darcy. sarah fisher to both of you. thank you very much. coming up. we'll go live to paris as nationwide protests once again turned violent in france. stay with us . you're in the situation. three i'll be back in an hour. i have to. did you just gett your ears pierced? oh okay. angel changes , so i'm going to the movies with josh, who? bedtime break just a second. so it's shoot. three year newly pierced ears for the life you're making. he h

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we're seeing the full rupert mourdock investigation. we're seeing what we are similar to before and maybe providing more color kind of filling out the case. i think what's clear from these texts and these emails and these depositions is that there was a lot of panic at fox news after the election. they were not only worried about losing viewers to news max and other conservative outlets that were promoting these things more than they were at the time but there was a lot of back biting. there were people complaining about the news side, the combs team effectively undermining them and spreading stories that didn't reflect well on the primetime hosts. so that's -- you know, we're dealing with a lot of materials here but those are the first things that really stuck out to me. >> you're very kind in saying people. i mean, be careful if you have a group text that you don't commit any crimes or get sued for liable because there's apparently a group chat between laura abraham, sean hannity and tucker and they -- you know, they chop it up about