whether murdoch, ms. scott, whether they are all emotionally invested in the current it ration of fox and what they built, that's a trickier question. in law school they tell you, there's some magic number for settlement and negotiate to it. but law school doesn't always have the psychological components on look. chai, your response to all of the above, including the murdoch admission? >> i think the reason fox hasn't made a move to settle -- i have no real insight other than it just appears to me they've gotten away with this for so long, the conservative movement gotten away with it so long why would it be any different? well, it does feel different. as a democrat i have watch in the frustration and horror at the ability of republicans and conservatives to maintain narratives for which there is little to no evidence. climate change denial is a good example, birtherism. they seem to be able to do this because they've created a conservative media echo chamber that has allowed this to persist. that seems t

his viewers what rupert murdoch had shown him. that the election was stolen. that the trump presidency would be restored. under oath rupert murdoch said he was aware of no evidence whatsoever, of any election fraud in any state and he said under oath that he had no evidence whatsoever that there was anything even slightly wrong with a single dominion voting machine anywhere. all of fox's coverage about dominion, all of it, was based on a woman who calls herself wackadoodle. this woman supplied sydney powell with her theory of the case. everything donald trump, sydney powell and rudy giuliani and fox was saying about dominion came from someone named marlene born. a few hours after all the networks, including fox, called the election for joe biden on saturday, november 7th, 2022. we have this email that day, because sydney powell forwarded it to maria bartiromo, to prove to maria bartiromo that of course there was election fraud. only maria bartiromo believed this. maria bartiromo is the only person at fox who was not trafficking in

so we'll murdoch appeal. more of our coverage and analysis of the verdict coming up in less than 15 minutes and later we'll bring you live coverage of this morning sentencing hearing at 9 30 eastern possible tornadoes have left behind a trail of damage in two states, powerful winds tearing apart this gas station in shreveport, louisiana . damage has also been reported on the shreveport campus of l s u and in texas. more than 300,000 power outages have been reported an entire block going dark and dallas as a tornado watch was issued last night. multiple homes are damaged in hopkins county. this comes as people around chicago and detroit brace for up to six inches of snow today. in the meantime, rescue efforts are still underway on the west coast after several feet of snow. this morning. the dire need for basic essentials is growing in the mountain communities east of los angeles, where back to back storms dumped up to seven ft of snow. it blew the side off of it . some areas of san bernardino county have been

the issue is what these emails show is that rupert murdoch was very much, along with laughlin murdocht how they were going to repair the broken trust with our audience, the broken trust, we see that come up with these emails, and the trust was broken by declaring arizona for biden, by calling biden president-elect after everybody kind of together made the call the following weekend after the election. so, fascinating. again, i would agree with jonah, fascinating to see that this line we all -- it was there. >> it's interesting, trust was broken by telling the truth. you're right, an incredible sort of thing to just ponder for a moment. when you hear his reporting, murdoch admits it was wrong to let mike lindell appear on tucker carlson weeks after january 6th. after january 6th i was still pushing election lies, all of which have been debunked. so tucker carlson has him on. murdoch admitted in his deposition that that shouldn't have happened. but i want to just play a little bit more of what lindell said that night on tucker's show. >> i've been all in trying to find the machine fraud

answer from rupert murdoch. trump still had a huge following. you know, when he gets mad, he stirs people up. i mean, you would rather not have trump as an enemy he was still president. andrew, that never inhibited me. i started calling donald trump a liar in 2011. he started attacking me than. the idea that these people were afraid of donald trump, they are the only people on television who are afraid of donald trump. no one here was. no one anyone where else except at fox. rupert murdoch admitting it under oath, we fixed our coverage because we are afraid of donald trump. we >> it's really important to remember that we were fox station is essentially state run media. there is the symbiotic relationship between fox and the republican party and it is not just trump. what kevin mccarthy just did, by handing these videotapes exclusively to tucker carlson tells you that it is still cooler. who is just so pernicious. because you don't end up with an independent -- you could relate this to what desantis is trying to do in florida, where he is increas

but as murdoch freely admitted, he also did it for profit.at same court filing, murdoch was asked why fox had continued to give a platform to election wingnut and pillow guy, mike lindell, who spends lots of money on advertising on fox. and murdoch said the decision to platform lindell had nothing to do with politics it was about money >> today's filing also reveals, when asked why fox continues to give a platform to, for example, mike lindell, who continues, to this day, to lie about dominion, murdoch said, "it's not red or blue, it's green." >> seth: "it's not red or blue, it's green" sounds as damning as colonel jessup saying, "you're goddamn right i ordered the code red. [ laughter ] when murdoch said it, did the lawyers in the room make that face tom cruise did when he couldn't believe he got the confession [ laughter ] the court filings also reveal that despite providing aid to the trump campaign and spreading his lies, fox and murdoch panicked and tried to backpedal away from him after the january 6th insurrection >> a court filing mak

now, murdoch also has an anxious for this. he insists there was no malice, just him doing business, pursuing what he testified he calls, quote, the green, kind of a flip of the classic wu tang line where we're told c.r.e.a.m., cash rules everything around me, except here the "m" is for murdoch. we turn to someone who has seen a few people try a few tricks or fall people, andrew weissman, former fbi general counsel. his thoughts on wu tang we may get to later in the interview, but as for now, thanks for being here. >> nice to be here. so since we're talking about fictional things, the story of greed is good, you know, because you have him saying it's not blue and it's not red, it's green. that is one of the things that murdoch testified to. that is just the worst possible sentence for a jury to hear, because they're going to be hearing not just about sort of regular compensatory damages, but they will -- if there is a trial they'll be able to decide punitive damages and that kind of line a line that would make a jury upset. >>

murdoch's immediately have to start covering president trump.no, special deal just cover man asking tough questions if but we need to hear the voice of donald j. trump. [applause] hey -- old man murdoch while you're at it no more softball interviews for guys run against him and no moregu infomercials you play ist straight donald trump is going win the primarily and donald trump is going to win the presidency. [applause] let me leave you with -- what trump is up against, he's not up against desantis or mike pompeo he's up against mitch mcconnell and murdoch okay. they have deemed if he wins the primary they're going work for the democrats like they work for hillary clinton i was there. i can tell you they were in clinton's camp thes entire way. all they are is about money. the only people can stop them on the face of the earth are you, you, and you. maga, maga, maga, maga remember --a. murdoch, you've deemed trump won't be president we've deemed you're not going to have a network because we're going to fight you every step of the way. [applause]

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

buster murdoch has broken his silence to deny involvement in the death of a classmate. abc s eva pilgrim, has the details. that frenzy surrounding alex murdoch's double murder trial now turning the spotlight onto the unsolved death of his surviving son busters. one time classmate, the family of stephen smith raising over $70,000 to exhume the 19 year old body for an independent autopsy. my hope is that we can find the right people that we need to just start from the beginning and to get us answer. police classifying him as a victim of a hit and run after his body was found in 2015 on a south carolina road, nearly six miles from the murdoch home, but authorities investigating the murdoch murders later announcing they found new evidence in smith's death. they did not say what that evidence is. lawyers for the smith family rejecting that hit and run theory, it just makes no sense to us. that he could be struck in that fashion badly enough to cause his death and there'll be no vehicle debris and buster murdoch, who went to high school with smith, breaking his silence to add

the prosecutor yesterday told the jury murdoch fooled his wife and son. don't let him fool you, too. coming up. a college football superstar surrenders to police overnight. also ahead one couple's ivf nightmare the tragic mix up at their fertility tragic mix up at their fertility clinic. ugh covid-19? and being overweight makes it more risky. i'm calling my doctor. if it's covid, paxlovid. authorized for emergency use, paxlovid is an oral treatment for people 12 and up... who have mild-to-moderate covid-19 and have a high-risk factor for it becoming severe. my symptoms are mild now, but i'm not waiting. if it's covid, paxlovid. having even one risk factor, like being over 50, diabetes, or smoking increases your chances of severe covid. taken within five days of symptoms, paxlovid reduced the risk of developing severe covid-19 by 86%. paxlovid may strengthen or weaken other medicines. taking it with certain medicines may cause life threatening side effects or affect how paxlovid works. so it's critical to tell your doctor about all medicines you take inclu

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murdoch has apparently had enough.s been back and forth on all sides of trumpism, but trump's losing streak had murdoch and the network trying to find a very tangible alternative in desantis. some remember this roast from a paper murdoch was exert a lot of control over, the fox news empire where trump still runs things. murdoch admitted the hosts supported trump's lies, knew it was crazy, didn't stop it, and trump is in a disbelief about all of this, naming the powerful sometime ally sometime adversary, calling him and the fox news folks incompetent rhinos, maga hating globalist rhinos and saying they got to get out of the news business. now, fox has what some call a soft ban on trump and his family appearing. murdoch wanted to make trump something of a nonperson for the fox audience by the time this was all over. that we have from the case. then over the weekend, fox did air part of trump's cpac speech. it had conspiracy theories, lies, one of the few speeches he's given running for president. so far his campaign has

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

dominion wants rupert murdoch and ceo lachlan murdoch on the stand will be fascinating. remarkable will be another show . we've we've seen some of the depositions uncovered already. and so the question is what would be new here? i'm not sure that it can get more explosive than it's already been. that's fair. that's fair, but it will be interesting to see those folks on the stand right to hear from them. yeah fisher, thank you so much. thanks thanks. patriot missile defense system set to arrive in ukraine much sooner than expected. and got an inside look. ukrainian soldiers training for 10 weeks we're live at fort sill, oklahoma quote. nobody likes mike pence. that is the headline of one article after a reporter spoke with republican voters in one focus group. they had a blistering assessment of the former vice president will tell you what they said, and also help princess team is pushing back. thank you guys for about the best night's sleep you've everer had a temper pedic were dedicated to helping you sleepp like that every night. . so you get the deep, comfortable, und

murdoch, i guess so. this desire not to antagonize trump also seemed to play a role in just how far fox news was willing to stretch its journalistic efforts to keep promoting the big lie the 2020 election was stolen from trump or keep promoting it on their air. as an example, on november 8, 2020, maria fox lawyer sydney bartromo had powell on-air. as it turns out powell the night before forwarded an e-mail from her source from the person she was basing part of this gigantic claim on. sydney powell's source claims she got her information while, quote, time traveling in a semiconscious state, and that she communicated with the wind. the source believes that she was internally decapitated in the car accident in 1992, that she died, felt her soul leave her body, but somehow continues to walk the earth. that person was fox's source for claims that a presidential election was stolen, and fox news let sydney powell use their airtime to push it. again, we have barely made a dent reading through all of this, but a

was that video that put murdoch at the scene of the murders the smoking gun here?ly seemed that way. it really put him in a terrible position in terms of his defense. he had to admit that was his voice there because he had to testify. if he didn't feel like he had to testify, that would have been different. different people can hear the same thing, see the same thing and have different views on it. he could have sat back in silence and let the jury debate was that really his voice. with him being up there for hours talking, they didn't have any doubt that that was his voice. >> you know, diane, this is a family that for generations has been so prominent, not just as lawyers but as solicitors so in the side of the way of the local government here, the judge really emphasized what a fall of grace this has been for the murdoch family. >> that's right, brianna. look, the judge's comments were stunning this morning. everybody out here sort of sat in silence almost with their mouths agape listening to him dress alex murdaugh down and went back almost a century pointing o

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

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'

alex murdoch stole you angry at him for stealing your money. i have no feeling one way or the other. any feeling about alex burdock betraying you and stealing your money? i have had anger with him extreme anger, mr harpootlian because of what he did, and if you suggest you are dead wrong if you think i've come in here and told this jury something because of money when we were talking about two people who were brutally murdered, then you're you're you're headed in the wrong direction will go to the crime scene. this is just a chance for them to see where this all happened. no presentation. no talking. if they have any questions, they can only ask the judge who will be there. even pilgrim. bc news walterboro, south carolina eva. thank you. missouri man owes his life to his very determined daughter, john ivanov ski needed a kidney transplant but empathetic emphatically told his daughter delaine, he would not take one of hers. despite his objections, she went through the process of becoming her dad's donor. he didn't learn the lifesaving secret unt

remember, murdoch, you have deemed trump not be president.ve deemed you're not going to have a network. we're going to fight you every step of the way. [applause]

this is an e-mail from murdoch to the fox news ceo suzanne scott in 2020. he told murdoch which fox news hosts he likedh and which he didn't likend based on their coverage of him. murdoch found it wise to let the ceo of fox news know those preferences so she could act accordingly. then there's e-mail again from murdoch to thel ceo of fox new this time complaining about an apparent outburst. murdoch asks could sean 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 stop and the other begins. here's another one again from murdoch to the ceo of fox news this time november 2020 after the general election once it was clear the control ofr the sept would be decided by runoff elections in georgia. quote, we should concentrate on georgia, c helping any way we c. who is the we here? it turns out over and over again that question is hard to answer when you're talking about the highest levels of fox news. if you have any doubt about the kind of po

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murdoch knows about it. never saw evidence of fraud. he admitted the election was not stolen, which is what the whole insurrection was about, and then you have the fox anchors going out and peddling the lies. trump spoke to sean hannity this week. hannity and laura ingram are people who have stated under oath they didn't believe trump's lies. >> we got evidence of corruption all across the country in countless districts. the machine ran an algorithm that shaved votes from trump and awarded them to biden. they used the machines to trash large batches of votes that should have been awarded to president trump, and they used to machine to inject and add massive quantities of votes for mr. biden. a lot of the machines, particularly by the dominion company, finestein and pelosi hold interest as well as mr. soros as well, they actually have a chinese soft ware or warts in them. >> machines can be hacked. there's no question about that. their machines can be hacked. >> there were all kinds of questions about that, incluing as i just showed you

anna murdoch and patricia booker. as for the dominion lawsuit, fox news released a new statement today saying despite the noise and confusion that dominion has generated by presenting cherry pick, quote, without context, this case is ultimately about the first amendment protections of the media's absolute need to cover the news. fox will continue to fiercely advocate for the right to free speech and a free press. >> that was brian reporting. coming up, the latest step in artificial software that can make videos. they say just make videos. they say just from text descriptions. when a truck hit my car, make videos. they say just from text descriptions. the insurance company wasn't fair. i didn't know what my case was worth. so i called the barnes firm. i was hit by a car and needed help. i called the barnes firm, that was the best call i could've made. i'm rich barnes. it's hard for people to know how much their accident case is worth. let our injury attorneys help you get the best result possible. ♪ the barnes firm inj

smith was a classmate of buster murdoch, that surviving son of convicted murderer alec murdoch.igators now say there's no indication that smith's death was caused by a hit and run. as originally reported by a medical examiner. the family attorney raised concerns that smith might have been targeted because he was gay. and as cnn's dianne gallagher reports for us now, the initial police case file mentions the murdoch family dozens of times. the investigation into who killed 19 year old steven smith is heating up with state investigators calling his mother's attorneys tuesday with an update on her son's case. this is not a hit and run that this is something more and something different. and that sweater is actively investigating this as a homicide . smith's body was found in the middle of this rural hampton county south carolina road in july. 2015 highway patrol investigators at the time said there was no evidence he had been hit by a car, but a pathologist who performed the autopsy said smith was the victim of a hit and run the nursing student with dreams of becoming a doctor died

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

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

and that might pertain directly to the murdochs . correct because the plaintiffs here they said they want to put rupert and lachlan murdoch on the standard fox corporation is separated here. would that be less likely to happen? i think would still be likely to happen. i think they would want to use the murdoch's testimony to possibly kind of undercut the credibility of some of the fox defenses that they were just reporting on allegations versus knowing that was a falsehood. so although i think the murdochs might have their corporation might escape liability, i don't think they're going to escape the witness stand. there's a lot to watch here. alright day to we'll see how it plays out. shan appreciate it as always. thank you. good to see you. dozens of ukrainian soldiers are in oklahoma, the wrapping up training on the u. s patriot air defense system just ahead. we're actually in take you inside that training at fort sill as ukrainian troops. ah go through this 10 week crash course. the only thing i regret about my life was hiring loc

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

death of the south carolina teenager who has been linked to the family of convicted murderer alex murdoch what police are now revealing about the death of stephen smith, which was previously deemed hit and run. actress gwyneth paltrow goes on trial for a crash on the ski slopes, but her attorney is saying and how it differs from the alleged victim by a whale. the crew of a sailboat that hit a whale in the middle of the pacific describes their 10 hour ordeal and healthy survived and later have your cake and print it to the three d printed cheesecake. could it change the way we bake? from abc news new york. this is america this morning. good wednesday morning , everyone. i'm andrew denber. happy wednesday. i'm really in an alley. we want to begin this morning with former president trump's legal troubles escalated . grand jury gets back to work today here in new york city in the case involving trump's payment to adult film actress stormy daniels trump had claimed he was going to be arrested yesterday. that didn't happen. but a possible indictment looms . meanwhile a far more serious cases bu

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

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

i mean, that would be a surprise move for murdoch.be essentially him admitting that, you know, he has to clean house to some extent. what do you think? >> yeah. i think when you read this brief that dominion released that includes rupert murdoch's testimony here which was under oath, it certainly raises eyebrows because there is a strong suggestion there that he delegated all of this to suzanne scott, who was ceo of fox news. the sources that i've been speaking to inside fox do not think that suzanne is on the chopping block as of this time. that could change as the controversy mounts for fox news, and we're going to get another document dump next week in this case. the case could go to trial in april. if the bad headlines keep coming for fox news, i wouldn't be surprised if rupert murdoch looks to someone high up at the network, sort of offer up as a sacrificial lamb. he's proving he's willing to do that before. if you remember in 2021, right when fox news was getting hit with these lawsuits, lou dobbs was ousted from fox news. he wa

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

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

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.

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

smith was a classmate of buster murdoch, son of murderer alec murdoch.eopening the investigation based on information they learned while investigating the murders of alec murdoch's wife and youngest son. now a new legal team is seeking to launch a fresh investigation into his death. his family has raised more than $70,000 and they plan to ask a judge to allow them to have his body exhumed for private autopsy. 360s randi kaye has been reporting on the saga. here's a report. >> heartbreaking. he was a human and he deserves justice. >> reporter: sandy smith one step closer to justice for her son. >> it's going to be hard to open an investigation after eight years but it has to start with an investigation of his body. >> it's important to me because i just love my son and since i couldn't protect him, i'm going to fight for him. >> reporter: stephen smith, a 19-year-old with dreams of becoming a doctor, was found dead about 4 a.m. july 8th, 2015, on sandy run road in hampton county. >> in the road, a boy. he's been dumped. >> reporter: at the time it a peerp

we're learning about the jury and alex murdoch double murder trial and their visit to the crime scene and later the high school coach who had enough of one of the parents good morning america, the morning global event. the opioid crisis took center stage on capitol hill as the house homeland security committee highlighted illegal immigration at the southern border. much of the hearing focused on drug smuggling. a mother who lost her two sons defense and all slammed lawmakers and the white house for not doing more to stop the flow of drugs. if we had weapons aimed at our people with weapons of mass destruction aimed at our cities, you well know you would do something about it. you talk about children being taken away from their parents. my children were taken away from me. this is a war. i like it. do something. the homeland security secretary says the u. s stopped more drugs the last two years and then the five years prior, but he called on congress to reform the immigration system. it's a big day at the alex murdoch double murder trial, the jury will visit the location where the disg

murdoch, to testify.f there is a trial here, fox news is pushing back, saying that it would be a hardship for them to actually appear, and it would just create a media circus. so we'll see. kate what will happen? this hearing will likely conclude this afternoon. the judge will then decide whether or not to grant summary judgment. if he doesn't the case will move to a trial, which will likely be at some point starting next month. kate and we will stand by to stand by for updates on this one. thank you so much, jessica. we also have a major update in an investigation in south carolina police now are saying that the death of stephen smith is a homicide investigation. now how this turn came about, and why it's tied to the murdoch investigation. a live report coming up next but first, dr sanjay gupta explains why taking quick breaks during the day is so beneficial to your health and today's chasing life. hey there. i'm doctor sanjay gupta, host of cnn's chasing life podcast. you hate the gym. you can't find th

the murdochs know that, but there was never been any official connection made between the murdoch family and stephen smith's death this week, in a statement given to cnn, buster murdoch said, quote this has gone on far too long. these baseless rumors of my involvement with steven and his death are false. i unequivocally deny any involvement in his death, and my heart goes out to the smith family. diane gallagher, cnn, charlotte alright, quick hits across america now six construction workers are dead in maryland after a vehicle struck them. in a construction zone north of washington. the driver is being treated the hospital police say a second vehicle may be involved . seattle police arresting a 40 year old male suspect arson after a marina fire destroyed more than two dozen boats in storage on wednesday. nobody was injured in the blaze. arkansas governor sarah huckabee sanders approves a law banning transgender students from using school bathrooms that match their gender identity and imposing fines for noncompliance. later today, a new focus on the property where the murdoch murders took

stephen smith's body was found on a rural road in 2015, not far from the murdochs property. the 19 year old's death was initially deemed a hit and run, but authorities reopened the investigation after the murders of maggie and paul murdoch, based on what they say was information gathered during the course of the double murder investigation. at first we were told he was it was a gunshot. and then they come back and said that, um he was hit beat up and then it come out that he was hit by a car surviving son buster is now breaking his silence, denying what he calls vicious rumors of his involvement in smith's death. a netflix documentary featured accusations that bust her may have been romantically involved with smith. buster responding, saying these baseless rumors of my involvement with steven and his death are false. my heart goes out to the smith family. i mean, i definitely think he was he was murdered steven's mother, sandy smith, and tommy more, spoke to our abc affiliate wc. i've the former highway patrol lieutenant who responded to the scene says he believes steven smi

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

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. we're hearing that the judge seemed particularly interested in this point about whether fox executives had any duty to stop known liars from going on the air. what do you make of that? and what are you expecting to see if this actually does go to trial? well, i would expect that rupert murdoch would have to testify and we're seeing indications like jessica s