rupert murdoch has always been a kingmaker in gop politics.still trying to play that role. i think what's interesting to note is as the conservative media universe has really grown in the last 10, 15 years, his influence has started to slip. i think you're seeing that right now. he wants to stop trump. we know he doesn't like trump. he privately disparages trump. but he seems unable and powerless to do so. after the 2020 election, he tried to throw his weight behind desantis and spotlight desantis while basically sidelining and ignoring trump. that really hasn't worked. you've seen desantis' campaign fail to take on trump. right now he's looking at other options, maybe thinking youngkin can do it. the bottom line is while he still is influential in conservative politics, he may not be as influential at this moment as donald trump. >> let me ask you about this other story that popped up this past week. arizona man, trump supporter who conspiracy theorists falsely claim led a covert fbi plot to orchestrate the january 6th attack on the capitol,

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>> well, firstly, it wasn't a war against rupert murdoch. it was campaign to get was a sustained campaign to get the truth out, because let's remind people a very powerful, perhaps the most powerful media organisation on planet organisation on the planet consist . he broke the law. they consist. he broke the law. they corrupted police officers and people in public office and they hacked the phones of people who were the victims of serious crime . and very famously, milly crime. and very famously, milly dowler's phone and all the institutions of the state, the checks and balances that were supposed to hold those people to account failed . the police account failed. the police failed, parliament failed . they failed, parliament failed. they didn't do their jobs. failed, parliament failed. they didn't do their jobs . so i guess didn't do theirjobs. so i guess s i mean, at the time it was very frightening and it was very difficult and it was very intense , i guess you could say. intense, i guess you could say. now that press standards at the tab

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and rupert murdoch's reported interest in tim scott as well.t's a big part of >> it to your point, i was reading politico this morning they have a quote from a donor who says tim scott is the guy who's running who has some personality and charisma, his delivery is terrific. >> they're looking at tim scott as a very different person, a very optimist message from tim scott. desantis' ads are kind of dark. >> dark worked in 2016, right, i mean, it worked for donald trump at the time. but right now, desantis' challenge is not only could he win a general election it's can he overtake donald trump as an alternative? a republican who does that, is that person going to have a bleaker look at america? it's still early, we're talking about six months away from the first vote. none of this bodes well for this group of other candidates, mike pence, nikki haley, chris christie. it's become a three-way race. donald trump, ron desantis and tim scott race. >> if you're tim scott it helps to have a superpac who back you. thank you very much. >>> exclusive inter

the judge was also upset that after fox's lawyers claimed that rupert murdoch had no official positionns out he actually does. and it doesn't look he is giving up control soon, because reportedly murdoch assiduously avoids any discussion of a future in which he isn't in command of the media empire, and reminds people that his mother lived till 103. rupy could make it till 103. because just like a fine wine, the older he gets, the more the weird sediment begins to collect. [cheers and applause] it's not just his work life that is going down the rupe-tube. murdoch called off his engagement to a former dental hygienist ann lesley smith just two weeks after announcing it. i know, that's so sad. but on the bright side... ladies, he's back on the market! hello. put on your flirting shoes, and get good at telling whether something is a liver spot or a lesion. [laughter] uh-huh, is that -- is that? is that a skin tag, or are you just happy to see me? it's a fun image. it's a fun image. she may not be missing out on much, because apparently rupert is not the greatest husband, case in point, a y

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york -- she works for ha new tabloid, a fictitious one in washington, d.c., loosely based on rupert murdochath of being a really good journalist that works for an o that tries to goose coverage, and in some cases it gets ethically shady and false and there are ramifications in the book for lucy having to do with it, and we see with ray epps or the election lying story having to do with dominion, there are serious consequences for the real life rupert murdoch. so as they say, history doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes and there's a lot of rahyming in th book. >> i lived through the new york blackout and the son of sam of. >> do you remember son of sam? >> they hid it from me in philadelphia as a kid. i didn't know about it. >> my sisters were scared of it, because he was of course targeting women, but absolutely. >> and the new york post was murdoch owned and newsstands sales going through the roof as everybody was terrorized, and some of thoat was goosed by tabloid journalism. >> it's out, you can buy it. you're also going to see him on the air in a few minutes. >> that's right. >>> an it

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which is even rupert murdoch has his doubts about ron desantis. mr.ew york times, that he is privately told people he would like to see governor glenn youngkin of virginia entered the right race. i get why this desantis campaign is not ringing true for a lot of republicans, including rupert murdoch, but the question is, do you think it's just delusional for them to believe that anybody but trump is going to be the nominee, or is the garage door not yet down on that? >> i think this is one of the big problems they have. they all know that if they can beat trump in iowa, it shakes the premise that he is unbeatable. in iowa the vast majority of the republican voters that participated in their caucuses are white evangelical voters that are in line with the six -week abortion ban. so this has become a litmus test for all those candidates whose only hope for getting a win in the primary is to win in iowa. and that is why it is interesting that trump is not showing up. trump had a hard time there. he didn't win in 16, and frankly had to run around the state

max lionesses, name loosely based on rupert murdoch.977, and is unfortunately continue to be. -- i also worked of robert maxwell as well. whose name has been forgotten by, history except for abstinence -- except for ghislaine maxwell. >> ike, he's on a wall marine, he's working for evel knievel in butte montana, and that whole plots gets into the idea of the guards, mobs, and -- i was very into evel knievel, evel knievel, son robby knievel. he passed away earlier this, year may he rest in. pace that character is so fascinating. i was not into. him a friend of mine was. when i, figured okay and need to do the 70s, i started looking into evel knievel and i was, like i wanted a motorcycle my entire life, i was not allowed to have. one of course, when i came of age of 18, before i got a, car got a motorcycle license. >> they are really dangerous. >> they are so dangerous. i wrote for three years and then i was, like okay this is to. much >> he was not a good motorcyclist. he was just braver or damar or willing to jump over 15 buses. the ide

women's world cup soccer is one of the most exciting events in >> according to "vanity fair," rupert murdoch may have separated from his fiancee ann leslie smith after she said tucker carlson is a messenger from god.

but this comes as the new york times is reporting that they believe, based on that rupert murdoch isrmidable candidate desantis is going to be. >> coming out of the 2022 election, i think a lot of republicans prematurely hitch hitched their cart to ron desantis, thinking because he was one of the more successful republicans in the midterms that he would be able to announce and shoot up and sort. and he doesn't. he does have a good fund raising quarter for announcing in the race but he has not been able to close polling numbers. i think that is because he is trying, literally, to be donald trump two point oh, and play victim. at the media doesn't like me. that could have worked and it did work in 2016, only you already still have donald trump still playing that role. and so he's not being a good understudy. >> but also, the media doesn't like -- that's the friendliest meeting media he is -- well, maybe not the friendliest, but some of it. >> that is true, the media hates ron desantis. the mainstream media. i don't mean fox news necessarily, but the dude is well covered and well critic

and look, speaking of fox, rupert murdoch is reportedly souring on governor ron desantis. here who he wants to jump into the gop race. chris wallace will join me to discuss. plus, why an answer from rnc chair -- mcdowell surprised chris. and should ukraine be accepted into nato? i mean, now? but did president biden do the right thing on cluster munitions? former british prime minister boris johnson will join me for a lively interview, including his thoughts on the 2024 election. listen up, you dogs with allergic itch! today's talking lesson is just one word: apoquel. ap--o--quel. ♪ you can't teach your itchy dog to talk... ...so, talk to your vet about apoquel. apoquel is for the control of allergic itch in dogs. do not use apoquel in dogs with serious infections. apoquel may increase the chances of developing serious infections... ...and may cause existing parasitic skin infections or pre-existing cancers to worsen. new neoplasias have been observed. i'm glad we speak the same language. ask your vet for apoquel. so many people are overweight now and asking themselves, "wh

obviously, rupert murdoch's tv channel and more.te it was a time of a lot of disillusionment in government by the american people, and i sense a lot of that today, as well. >> this is a real thriller. and you've got a powerful family that you create in the '70s similar to the murdochs, right? >> yes. in this book they're the lyon family and one of the main characters, lucy is 22, and she wants to be the next woodward or bernstein, but she ends up joining this tabloid called "the washington sentinel" and she takes up with this family that is based on the murdochs in some ways and learns about why they think tabloid journalism is the way to go, and i try to get into the mind of a rupert murdoch and why he believes the way he believes and why we have real journalism. >> it's a real thriller. >> thanks, wolf. appreciate it. be sure to check out jake's new book entitled "all of the demons are here." there's the cover. coming up on erin burnett out front. actors are out on strike and they point to the dangers of artificial intelligence an

that's not rupert murdoch . sun. that's not rupert murdoch.ng to bring down the bbc. that's the bbc itself reporting these serious allegations, which you call where is the tittle tattle ? where is the tittle tattle? >> where is the proof ? >> where is the proof? >> where is the proof? >> well, john don't kill cash, the greatest respect we see. >> you don't believe the bbc or the bbc lying about themselves. >> the bbc news has been superb on this story. >> without fear or favour. they've investigated their own man. right? i can see nothing wrong with them. bbc management. well that's another question. but bbc news have been absolutely superb. maybe they've gone a bit over the top. which is which is what jon sopel is what? which is what jon sopel is what? which is what jon sopel is saying. know john is saying. but you know john sopel would wouldn't sopel would say that wouldn't he. thing remember if he. but thing to remember if you're presenter is you you're a presenter is if you become the then why is become the story then why is that ? you sho

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that's not rupert murdoch . sun. that's not rupert murdoch. to bring down the bbc. that's the bbc itself reporting these serious allegations, which you call where is the tittle tattle ? where is the tittle tattle? >> where is the proof ? >> where is the proof? >> where is the proof? >> well, john don't kill cash, the greatest respect we see. >> you don't believe the bbc or the bbc lying about themselves. >> the bbc news has been superb on this story. >> without fear or favour. they've investigated their own man. right? i can see nothing wrong with them. bbc management. well that's another question. but bbc news have been absolutely superb. maybe they've gone a bit over the top. which is which is what jon sopel is what? which is what jon sopel is what? which is what jon sopel is saying. know john is saying. but you know john sopel would wouldn't sopel would say that wouldn't he. thing remember if he. but thing to remember if you're presenter is you you're a presenter is if you become the then why is become the story then why is that ? you shoul

was committed before, he wouldn't be in this mess to begin with [ laughter ] fox news chairman rupert murdochortedly called off his engagement, and just as his leg was healing from getting down on one knee [ laughter ] that's right, 92-year-old fox news chairman rupert murdoch has reportedly called off his engagement yeah, don't rush into anything, you've got your whole month ahead of you [ laughter ] lawmakers in texas are considering two new bills that would allow firearm safety to be taught in high school, and if there's money left over, math. [ laughter ] finally, following president trump's indictment, trump and many of his allies have been claiming the manhattan d.a. alvin bragg's investigation is funded by liberal megadonor george soros here to comment is one of my writers, jeff wright, everybody! [ cheers and applause >> thank you thank you, seth. now, first of all, when i heard all these people mentioning george soros, i had no idea who he was i was like, they're blaming trump's indictment on that dude that wore glasses and lied about playing volleyball [ laughter ] i thought he like

rupert murdoch, who runs britain's biggest media company, appeared before mps to answer questions about. i would just like to say one sentence. | this is the most - humble day of my life. thank you. the resulting scandal caused the news of the world to close down. i feel so appalled - by what has happened. murder victims, terrorist victims, who've had their phones hacked, | is quite disgraceful. so, the government reacted by setting up the leveson inquiry. there were the most powerful people in the uk, told to sit in front of a microphone, while the world watched online, and talk about what really goes on in their newsrooms. newspaper executives denied any knowledge of illegal activity. we have only seen unsubstantiated allegations and i have seen no evidence to show me that phone hacking has ever taken place at trinity mirror. did you see this sort of thing going on, mr morgan? - no. are you sure about that? 100%. at the end of the day, nothing really changed. i think from the point of view of the public perception, the phone hacking saga all ended at some unspecified point after the l

times" reported that tucker was pushed out by rupert murdoch himself and that carlson's exit is relatedmination lawsuit filed by abby grossberg, a producer fired by the network last month meanwhile, the "wall street journal" reported that tucker carlson's vulgar offensive messages about his colleagues helped seal his fate at fox news. and then "vanity fair" reported yet anothe stranger theory that tucker carlson's prayer talk may have led to his fox news ouster, with one source saying, "that stuff freaks rupert out." [ laughter ] and it wouldn't surprise me. rupert murdoch definitely seems like the kind of guy who, even if he did go to church, would play hardball when the collection basket comes around "i'm not giving you [ bleep ] a bloody cent unless i get vip access to heaven." "look, we can't -- [ laughter ] we can't guarantee vip access. we can tell saint peter to expedite the entry process." "all right, all right. here's a dollar. hold on! i'm taking that 85 cents don't move the basket you [ bleep ]! [ laughter ] by the way, it also wouldn't surprise me if, when it comes to a guy

k, the bbc is in a state of turmoil after a tabloid owned by rupert murdoch alleged sexual misconduct involved. and one of the broadcasters most famous faces flow. phillips is here with more on a starter. that is seduced the british media. richard, it's never a good sign when a news organizations top story for days is about a scandal from within. and it's been a feeding frenzy ever since the story broke last week. so it's because of the allegations, the suppose at paying for explicit images from a young person on the tv host at the center of adult to edwards. he's a household name and breaking, often fronting the networks biggest news stories like election coverage. and the recent best of the queen, the scandal broke at a difficult time for the bbc. this isn't the 1st case of a high profile presenter accused of sexual misconduct. and it's yet further folder for someone, the conservative government. the want to reduce the bbc's funding, which comes from tax, pays a police investigation into the allegations found no evidence of criminality. but the corporations handling of the case is s

people like fox news owner, rupert murdoch here, let me take you back. i once had a conversation with a man who made murdock his billions of dollars. none other than roger is practically invented. fox news on the notion that america needed to have a conservative news network. so roger and i were friends, and we used to talk quite regularly. and one day, during one of those conversations, i remember i asked him, i asked roger rails who was building up and i can't build up fox news. why? he fired a particular host that day, despite the fact that she was quite popular. his answer tomorrow. he said to me, we'll just put somebody else there, and that's going to change. they're watching her, they're watching us. they're watching fox news. that's what roger said, what do you mean by that? seeing what he meant by that is something that i found about the hard way in my own case. she liked tucker, i once out of show that was highly rated. in fact, it was often the highest rated show on cnn one day to my astonishment and disappointment. they fired me just like the

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in 2012, when journalists working for rupert murdoch's news uk were investigated by the police for phonehere was plenty of evidence. so he rejected the duke's request to overturn the time limit, basically he threw out that part of the case. in a statement, news uk claimed a significant victory which it said had "substantially reduces the scope of his legal claim". but prince harry is also taking legal action for something called unlawful information gathering. that's newspapers paying private investigators to blag his personal information, potentially phone records, flight details, financial information. the judge said that claim can go ahead, and there could be a trial next year. news uk denies the allegations. so this legal battle is far from over, and more than 100 other people are also looking to sue the publisher of the sun. tom, thank you. now a look at some other stories making the news today. the metropolitan police say they are not treating the death of the singer sinead o'connor as suspicious. the 56—year—old irish musician and activist, best known for the song nothing compares

people like fox news owner, rupert murdoch here, let me take you back. as i once had a conversation with a man who made murdock his billions of dollars. none other than roger is practically invented. fox news on the notion that america needed to have a conservative news network. so roger and i were friends, and we used to talk quite regularly. one day during one of those conversations. i remember i asked him, i asked roger rails who was building up in fact, had build up fox news. why he fired a particular host that day. despite the fact that she was quite popular. his answer tomorrow. he said to me, we'll just put somebody else there and nothing is going to change. they're watching her, they're watching us. they're watching fox news. that's what roger said, what do you mean by that? so what do you mean by that is something that i found about the hard way. in my own case, she liked tucker, i once had a show that was highly rated. in fact, it was off in the highest rated show on cnn one day to my astonishment and disappointment. they fired me just like the

people like fox news owner, rupert murdoch here, let me take you back. as i once had a conversation with a man who made murdock his billions of dollars. none other than roger is practically invented. fox news on the notion that america needed to have a conservative news network. so roger and i were friends, and we used to talk quite regularly one day during one of those conversations. i remember i asked him, i asked roger rails who was building up in fact, had build up fox news. why he fired a particular host that day despite the fact that she was quite popular. his answer tomorrow. he said to me, well, just put somebody else there and nothing is going to change. they're watching her, they're watching us. they're watching fox news. that's what roger said. so what do you mean by that? see what he meant by that is something that i found about the hardware. in my own case, is he like tucker, i want that to show that was highly rated. in fact, it was often the highest rated show on cnn one day to my astonishment and disappointment. they fired me just like th

london's high court has ruled that prince harry can proceed with some of his claim against rupert murdoch'sin relation to alleged unlawful information gathering — such as the use of private investigators — could be tried. but, he ruled, allegations of phone hacking cannot proceed to trial. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has been tracking developments and hejoins us now at the high court in central london. prince harry has been told that his case,, for a lawful gathering, private investigators working for local newspapers, who are able to get it to bank statements and medical records and flight details, that that case can go ahead. a trial, possibly next year, possibly the year after. i think perhaps the most important news today is that his phone hacking claims have been rejected by the court. effectively he ran out of time. his claims go back to 1996, but there is a six year limit in british law, privacy law, to make a claim at the court. prince harry had argued that he couldn't make a claim because there was a secret deal between the palace and news group newspapers, the publi

_ london's high court has ruled that prince harry can proceed with some of his claim against rupert murdoch'sot proceed with allegations of phone hacking. the judge ruled that the claim in relation to alleged unlawful information gathering such as the usde of private investigators — could be tried. but thejudge continue but the judge continue that allegations of phone hacking cannot proceed to trial. let's get more on this former home affairs correspondent who has been tracking developments and he joins us now at the high court in central london. tom, take us through the impact of this ruling today. to tom, take us through the impact of this ruling today.— this ruling today. to give you an idea of what _ this ruling today. to give you an idea of what this _ this ruling today. to give you an idea of what this means, - this ruling today. to give you an idea of what this means, the - this ruling today. to give you an i idea of what this means, the judge idea of what this means, thejudge had to make a decision about prince harry had run out of time to bring his case to the high court. we are talk

because rupert murdoch has a vested interest not in undermining the bbc. don't think he has. well, he's a shareholder in talktv, but i don't think talktv has ever seriously going to rival the bbc. so i think that's a red herring . i think that, you know, herring. i think that, you know, the fact is the sun had a legitimate scoop here. it had that scoop because a family member of one of the young men at the centre of these allegations contacted the sun. and the reason they contacted the sun is because they originally obe. >> we have to be careful there because we don't know the gender of the of the accuser of the person in question . but carry on. >> on. >> okay . okay um, a family >> okay. okay um, a family member of the person in question at the centre of these allegations contacted the bbc initially to complain . and initially to complain. and according to that family member, they didn't necessarily want to get the present in trouble. they just wanted him to stop sending their child money because their child was using that money to fund a drug addiction.

among the book, the daredevil stuntman evel knievel and a rupert murdoch-inspired publisher. that's definitely the first time you've ever said evel knievel on air, i'm guessing. >> we'll get to that, but first i want to ask you, as a journalist, when you went back to the 1970s, because this is a period, you know, you grew up in. you're younger than me, you were very young. but what struck you about the '70s as different, you know from your kind of prejudgments about it? >> so, i was 8 in 1977 when the book takes place. i don't remember the '70s that fondly. i remember my childhood fondly, but the era itself for gas lines and disco and death of elvis. that was pretty much it. the rest is my world of childhood. going back and realizing what an insane and wild era was interesting and fascinating because i lived through it but didn't realize all of the things going on. all of the rash of ufo sightings including by jimmy carter. the rise of cults. the new york city blackout. the son of sam murders. an entire city gripped by this serial killer. the rises of tabloid journalism, evel

rupert murdoch reported wants glen youngkin to throw his hat in the ring. do you see a different way -- has he done a better job? >> more fleece. >> that is true. >> a lot of it is style than demeanor. it's not that voters don't like him, he doesn't like voters. i was thinking about presidents that we've known, they loved campaigning, they love people, right? bush, clinton, obama, biden. this guy just doesn't like people and youngkin does. he's kind of a sunny, you know, throwback reagan-style republican. >> ish. he dips his toes in the culture war stuff, and my thinking it's like being pregnant. you can't be halfway there. you're either in the culture war, talking about critical race theory, anti-trans, anti-gay. >> the republican candidate who talks the least about woke issues, donald trump. >> also not in iowa right now. >> he's asking the same questions. >> let's focus on criminal indictments. and that's the circus in which we live. >> let's go do a show. >> guys, i miss you. come back all the time, please. i know you're so busy, my friends, my former c