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his choice of fcc chairman brendan carr has decided to make this a big deal.mp is suing over this. and so it's become a big scandal. and what are we talking about? we're talking about one clip from a cbs 60 minutes interview. this has been driving cbs crazy, but it's because cbs was not transparent that they ended up in this position. it's exactly what you just said. if they had released all of this raw material back in october, we wouldn't be here in february. >> is that a dangerous precedent to set, though? i mean, obviously, many viewers might not be aware that. >> journalists often produce. interviews are saying that brendan carr is weaponizing the fcc, including some of his colleagues at the fcc. the democratic commissioner, anna gomez, released a statement today saying this should be dismissed. this should be put to bed. but instead of saying, case closed today, the fcc chairman brendan carr, who is trump's appointee, he is saying he's going to open this up to public comment. he's going to let this go on for at least another six weeks. in other words, he

the new chairman of the fcc is brendan carr. chairman carr.artha: at one question that comes to my mind when i watch the peace that was cut out in the complaint that the fcc has brought is called a news distortion complaint. correct? >> that is right. it is an example where president trump has been ahead of the curve and on a lot of things. he said it looks like it has been pretty chopped and we've been transparent with the american public but stepping back, i've been chair three weeks and it's quite a difference in d.c. president trump is delivering right away as we see on the border for driving down the cost of living and he has been right on the media bias issue and one thing he gets that a lot of people don't is there is a difference between cable programs like the one we are on now and broadcast tv like cbs and abc and nbc. to your point the news distortion rule applies only to broadcasts and not to cable. why? broadcasts have access to a public resource, the airwaves. they were given it for free originally and it's worth billions and bil

news organization has agreed to hand over the transcript of the interview to fcc and the chairman brendan carr cbs have been reported. let's goat to charlie gasparino with the latest. >> yeah, we're take ago headline victory lap and florida panthers are very american team because it's run and owned by one vincent viola of the vertu of america tile exchange and they're the owners of the florida panthers and congratulations to both of them. i'm sure they're at the oval office and point out cbs -- the sec investigation is going to heat up by close of business to the today and transcripts and contested transcripts of kamala harris interview on 60 minutes handed over and carr is essentially launching an investigation to see if cbs doctored that interview to essentially promote kamala harris during the 2024 presidential campaign, this came up because conservative activist group and some merit according to carr on the investigation and it's all wrapped up in the paramount merger with skydance and needs sec approval and brendan carr going without a guarantee of fairness. it's not cable. this is broadc

fcc chair brendan carr joins us now. he is running that probe. concerning to you, brendan? things and here i think that's the fact that we were having unprecedented number of deportations taking place in this country for that thank god for president trump promises made promises kept. not only secure the border but deport here illegally carrying it out with unprecedented seem thanks to secretary nome and tom homan as well. >> you had ice agents under cover doing operations in east san jose radio station broadcasting the live location. identifying the unmarked vehicles that they were in and again, against the backdrop of democrat leaders in congress saying it's time for people to take fights to the street against trump's agenda. so we have sent a letter of inquiry. a formal investigation into that matter. and they have just a matter of days left to respond to that inquiry and explain how this could possibly be consistent with this public interest obligations i should have called you chairman. i apologize to for that people concerned about the spending here. if you want to kno

and it seems like brendan carr target list is the same as trump's target list. carr is probing npr. he's probing pbs. he wrote a letter to disney right before christmas. and now this cbs case will linger, at least for a few more months. >> and brian, turning to another topic, but a really interesting one. the white house says that it's going to cancel $8 million in politico subscriptions in response to a false right wing conspiracy theory. tell us about this. >> right. this is the best example, i think, in the last 24 hours of that unreality that i'm describing. again, a totally faulty premise here. this right wing conspiracy theory claimed that usaid was secretly bankrolling news websites like politico. the reality is actually boring. the reality is that lots of agencies in the government and lots of lawmakers on capitol hill pay for subscriptions to really high quality, premium politico websites. that's normal. it's been going on for years, but so maga doge internet sleuths treated this like it was a brand new discovery of something really appalling. and as a result, the white hou

that includes omb director nominee russell vought, fcc commissioner brendan carr, senior counselor peter navarro, borders are homan. it is worth examining in some details this 900cu page document that is the basis for the avalanche of chaos and pain and confusion from the trump administration. i want to read the opener in project 2025. history teaches, i want you to click on this is not me. history teaches a present our temperament agenda is at an apex during the ministrations opening days. to execute requires coordinated unified plan and detained and committed cadre of personnel to implement. in recent election cycles president to candidate normally begin transition planning in the late spring of election-year or even after the nomination was secure. that is too late. the federal government complexity and growth advance a seemingly logarithmic rate every four years. for conservatives to have a fighting chance to take on the administrative state, the work must start now. the entirety of this effort o support the next conservative president. in the winter80 of 1980, the fledgling heritage

brian, you spoke with chairman brendan carr about his request for the transcript and also videos of kamalaarris's interview and, of course, the free speech concerns. what did he tell you? >> yeah, he said this was a rare case, a case of a complaint against cbs for quote unquote news distortion, which is something the fcc is allowed to investigate. he said he has to see the tapes in order to know if cbs is telling the truth here. i think it is fair to say that someone at cbs screwed up back in october. this was a poor editing decision because it stirred up lots of doubts about what harris said. one part aired on a sunday, the other part aired on monday. this was a mess, but that's all it was. it was editing. it wasn't a conspiracy to help harris and hurt trump, and that's what it's been turned into by trump's team. the fact that his pick for the fcc has decided to investigate this. it shows that everything based on a faulty premise is being taken very seriously by the trump administration. and as a result, a news network, cbs, is being told to hand over its raw materials. its edited, unedit

new fcc chair brendan carr and pbs on notice.sked fcc bureau to open an investigation regarding npr and pbs programming across your broadcast member stations. carr says it is now a new era at the fcc. >> we want to get to the core mission and reigning in big tech and it'll be take ago look at media and making sure they live up to public interest obli obligation. >> president trump reacted on truth social and going for a level never seen before and cbs should lose its license and cheaters at 60 minutes should all be thrown out and this disreputable news terminated and the 60 minutes broadcast was not doctored or deceitful. stuart: mike, thank you very much indeed. president trump met with gavin newsom at the white house and newsom wants more federal aid to rebuild after the la fires. listen to what president trump said this morning about sending water to california. >> i opened the flood gate as few days ago and water comes down from the northwestern parts of canada and the pacific northwest, and it comes down by millions and mill

the newly trump appointed fcc chair brendan carr claims the radio station broadcast did the live locations of agents and identified which cars that they were in. this happened last month when san jose mayor matt mahan confirmed ice operations were taking place in east san jose. we asked the legal director of the first amendment collission about this. >> federal communications commission does have authority to regulate broadcasting in the public interest, but that authorities should never be weaponized simply because the government doesn't like what new station has reported by definition, it is a matter of public concern and it is a matter of public interest to cover law enforcement operations. we did reach out to the station's parent company for comment, but so far have not heard back. >> redwood city police arrested a 15 year-old boy in connection to a deadly shooting outside of a whole foods store. investigators say they found 18 year-old victim yesterday morning behind the store on adams street and jefferson streets. he was shot once, but because of the suspects age police are not relea

the newly trump appointed fcc chair brendan carr claims the radio station broadcast the live locations of agents and identified which cars that they were in. this happened last month when san jose mayor matt mahan confirmed ice operations. we're taking place in east san jose. >> federal communications commission does have authority to regulate broadcasting in the public interest, but that authorities should never be weaponized simply because the government doesn't like what new station has reported by definition, it is a matter of public concern and it is a matter of public interest to cover law enforcement operations. >> we did reach out to the station's parent company, but they have declined to comment. today we're learning the identities of the 2 people who died in the storms in santa rosa. the sonoma county sheriff's office says 61 year-old jon radecki from calistoga was found inside of a covert on wednesday near friends. valley road one. 81 year-old frank robinson from sebastopol was found on sanford and hall road yesterday morning. one day after he was reported missing. today, an

the newly trump appointed fcc chair brendan carr claims the radio station broadcast the live locations of agents and identified which cars that they were in. this happened last month when san jose mayor matt mahan confirmed ice operations taking place in east san jose. we asked the legal director of the first amendment collission about this. >> federal communications commission does have authority to regulate broadcasting in the public interest, but that authorities should never be weaponized simply because the government doesn't like what new station has reported by definition, it is a matter of public concern and it is a matter of public interest to cover law enforcement operations. >> we reached out to the station's parent company and they declined to comment. >> still ahead, real it has died at san francisco zoo. what we know about the death. >> president trump and elon musk are working to shrink the size of the federal government. democrats are pushing back. we have the latest and then shelves are empty. doors are closed san francisco neighborhood, grocery store is no more. we'll

approval of the trump administration, specifically, the fcc, which under its new commissioner, brendan carr, has suggested that trump's views trumps news distortion complaints will be considered by the fcc before any merger can be approved. enter shari redstone, the owner of paramount who stands to make about $8 billion if this deal goes through, said one cbs news employee. to me about this quote, everyone expects shari settles with donald trump. she is not concerned about her legacy, democracy or the work we do. it's only about the deal. her pocketbook. the only way she wouldn't settle is if skydance sent her a smoke signal to hold off. surely they realize a settlement diminishes the brand and value of 60 minutes, which they claim to admire and want to own, unquote. for paramount. to settle this suit would be hoisting a white flag of surrender. it would be the network of edward r murrow at the behest of its owners, saying, we will not speak truth to power. we will acquiesce to power at the expense of truth. president trump has sued any number of individuals in the news media over the years

newly named fcc chair brendan carr says his agency is not responding to an incident that happened on january the 26th. he says kcbs broadcast a report with descriptions by an immigrant advocacy group pinpointing locations where ice agents allegedly were spotted. however, free speech groups view the fcc investigation as an attack on the news media. >> the first amendment protects the right to report the news, and part of the news is what the government is doing to enforce the law at any level local, state or federal, civil or criminal, immigration, criminal, what have you. the press and public have the right to report the news, and that includes what law enforcement is doing in a public place. >> however, the fcc chair contends the report might violate the station's licensing agreement that requires operating for the public interest. odyssey, the company that owns kcbs, has declined to comment on the fcc chair's comments. >> travis air force base has confirmed it does have aircraft participating in the u.s. customs and border protection deportation flights, and the base in solano coun