"los angeles times" -- sean hannity goes on vacation as some advertisers drop out of his show. eal according to media matters. are advertisers fleeing hannity like they did o'reilly? >> i think both those headlines are accurate. no, advertisers are not leaving sean hannity's program at the speed as which they were leaving, that's just the case. that's because there isn't a massive campaign here. it is literally asking the question. all we have done is hold up a mirror. however, it is true, advertisers are leaving sean hannity's program. the moment that many have become made aware of that, they made decision that's not what they want to be associated with. one company, crown plaza were so upset ads were running in the first place, they fired the media buyer. that's a lesson to all media buyers, if you place ads, do it intentionally. that's all i'm saying. have intentionality over that. >> has it occurred you may create another conservative behemoth, if you're successful dislodging hannity, maybe he heads over to o'reilly and news max. >> that calculus further reassured the idea t

sean hannity and bill shine go back a long ways.in the mid-'90s it was sean hannity who recommended bill shine to roger ailes to bring him to fox news. he was sean hannity's producer for some time. shine is pretty well liked within the network. his departure today while not completely unexpected because of those tweets that sean hannity sent, and a lot of people saw that as sean hannity very close to bill shine, that he knew something was happening, it's still shaking up the network. it's another big change for the network that has had a year of tumult. >> what are you reporting that women at fox news felt about bill shine? >> bill shine was named in a couple of lawsuits as somebody who was aware of sexual harassment allegations and either didn't do anything about them, or in some cases some women are actually alleging that he in some way helped sweep them under the rug. so there was a feeling at fox news that if the murdochs were so committed to changing the culture, why were so many of these people still in power? and a lot of the

enjoy your vacation, sean hannity.x news can never have a controversy and a vacation. and vacation is there to make us feel better, restore us. and they don't have that relationship. >> jane, you are a contributor at fox. you never took a vacation, as i understand it. >> never. never. >> is there any indication that sean hannity is in trouble for this? >> he hasn't suffered the advertiser boycotts. media matters have been listing his advertisers in an attempt to drive people away. i think, you know, because he is the last man standing, practically, in the original primetime lineup, you know, it would seem to me that they do not want to lose him. >> any suggestion that this is tied to his vociferous support of donald trump? >> well, he has been the safe haven for droonald trump. >> is that a liability for him? >> i don't think so. they have a split between the news -- it was always there between the newscast and the primetime hosts. what i think is regrettable is that while trump is doubling down on many things, about f

another battle, sean hannity challenging that midler to a debate. >> sean hannity challenged bitler -te over this comment. >> we will cut through all the noise and nonsense on this program tonight, what the left will not tell you, james comey is a national embarrassment, it is plain and simple. >> bit midler responded with this tweet saying comey is a natural -- national embarrassment because of his erratic behavior. obviously he has him mixed up with the president. sean hannity through a curveball by tweeting how about a one hour debate, we can do it for charity. if hillary clinton breaks the law and lied to the american people. i have a feeling she's not going to agree to those terms. a lot of money to be raised. last and standing getting great ratings. >> bad news for fans of this show the last man standing. abc has canceled it. it was an odd show starring tim allen who promoted a conservative worldview. >> i know what micro aggressions are, liberal attack on free speech. >> the deadline reported the cancellation of the show, and 6.4 million viewers. people disappointed on the canc

. >> tucker: up next, sean hannity makes his return to the friend zone to talk about job.hey buddy hey dad i think we can do this. adam baily. adam baily. ...studying to be a dentist and she gave me advice. she said dad... ... go pro with crest pro-health. 4 out of 5 dentists confirm these crest pro-health products... &help maintain a professional clean. crest pro-health... ...really brought my mouth... ...to the next level. go pro with crest pro-health i am totally blind. i lost my sight in afghanistan. if you're totally blind, you may also be struggling with non-24. calling 844-844-2424. or visit my24info.com. i am totally blind. i lost my sight in afghanistan. if you're totally blind, you may also be struggling with non-24. calling 844-844-2424. or visit my24info.com. >> tucker: we invited one of our friends from fox onto the show. joining us tonight, sean hannity, who knew how mike needs no introduction, except to say that he knew our former bos. how would you some of the guy as big as roger? >> there is only been three people in my life that i have met that have this

. >> fox news host sean hannity was among those pushing that theory. now he's pulled back but advertisers are pulling away. some advertisers are pulling out of sean hannity's fox news channel show. the embattled host is under fire for promoting a debunked theory about the death of a former dnc staffer. on wednesday, cars.com and exercise bikemaker peloton both indicated they will no longer advertise on his program. in a statement cars.com says they had been watching closely and made the decision to pull our advertising. and peloton states we directed our media agency to stop advertising on sean hannity's show. despite the controversy, hannity's ratings have seen a spike. >> hannity has been pursuing this theory that seth rich was actually the person who leaked dnc e-mails to wikileaks and that he was assassinated. >> reporter: investigators say there is no indication that rich's death in 2016 is corrected to his employment at the dnc. now, fox retracted that story on tuesday. in an interview hannity blamed the controversy on liberal watchdog groups. he

that was him with sean hannity in the midst of the republican primary basically saying, i'm not goinglet anyone die in the streets, and the only way to do that is to cover everyone. >> and that drove them crazy. that's not the principal that's in this bill that came through the house, or whatever legislation that gets through the senate if anything does. but it does leave republicans in this awkward position where they can move forward to some extent on their own without the specific backing of the president on policy. it's a position that i think they are not necessarily unhappy with, but it does leave them with this big uncertainty because you never exactly know where the president is going to fall on specific amendments or specific provisions in this legislation. >> julie is diplomatic because she covers him every day. you don't know where he is going to fall because you're pretty sure he hasn't read it. i mean, isn't that -- >> oh, yeah, i've been interviewing people for weeks, members of congress. and they say things about what it's going to do for people with pre-existing condit

he said, hey, i told sean hannity. just ask sean hannity. he kept saying it.would believe sean hannity? what good is that? he's on a new universe of information, disinformation. >> i'm glad you said that. i'm short on time, so i have to say thanks, david. but after the break, i have two others standing by to talk about this. about conservative media, the sean hannitys of the world having a hard time coming to grips with trump's shifting story lines. what are behind the denials. we'll talk about it after the break. y286oy ywty it'that can make a worldces, of difference. expedia, everything in one place, so you can travel the world better. time's up, insufficient we're on prenatal care.es. and administrative paperwork... your days of drowning people are numbered. same goes for you, budget overruns. and rising costs, wipe that smile off your face. we're coming for you, too. for those who won't rest until the world is healthier, neither will we. optum. how well gets done. when they thought they should westart saving for retirement.le then we asked some older peopl

concertificate va tichl is the ideology of sean hannity.enators are elected. they don't understand how much damage control to what the republican party looks like. >> one of the things -- i don't know if you went through this. when i first heard about it i thought, you know, as a reporter does, you know, i want to hear what both sides have to say. they are putting out the statement. then you hear the audio. that's not even remotely what they described. then the three people from fox news completely back the reporter. i mean there really aren't two sides to this story. >> no. definitely not. i think even the way -- the way they did the liberal reporter in this statement just speaks to what michele was saying. like this dog whistle to a certain group of people. a reporter. we roughed them up. what's the big deal. this is the attitude somehow a misdeamnor assault is an acceptable thing to do to another person because they are a liberal reporter. if anybody else did this, i mean a teacher did this they would be fired immediately. so, you know,

he built the fox network from scratch, and had sean hannity tweeting, today, america lost one of its greatest warriors. there's no word on the cause of death and roger ailes was 77 years old. vicki batiste in new york. >>> rupert murdoch issued a statement on the death of ailes saying he was shocked and grieved by his passing. ailes, suffered from hemophilia and was asked during an interview four years ago with vanity fair if he was afraid to die. he responded in parts, i then prepared to face death all of my life. when it comes, i will be fine and calm. i will miss life, especially my family. many have taken to social media to express thoughts. sean hannity, the impact roger ailes ahead on the country every single day, his opponents played checkers in life and he was always a strategist. charlie daniels, country music legend, said rest in peace, roger ailes, you made a great difference in this nation, a very great difference. >>> staffers described president trump as he found out that robert mueller was appointed special prosecutor to look into possible trump campaign ties with russ

will sean hannity go out next? ne news. will sean hannity go out next?nds wein our almondmilk.ia-grown and we're proud of that. but the whole "care-and-nurturing" part? that idea... ...we borrowed from the experts. blue diamond almond breeze. the best almonds make the best almondmilk. fox news. bill shine out in the wake of those harassment and discrimination suits. he is accused of covering up for former chairman roger ailes. abc's mara schiavocampo at fox news headquarters with the details. good morning, mara. >> reporter: george, good morning. shine was hailed as one of the most powerful people in media but now he's out of a job. the latest major shake-up at the network leaving many to wonder if sean hannity may be the next one out the door. >> i want to welcome all of our friends from the all left propaganda media i kind of suspect may be tuning in tonight. >> reporter: overnight sean hannity, one of fox's last standing stars speaking out after rumors took off that he might be the next fox host to leave the network. >> all the lies you've heard about

peloton stating, we directed our media agency to stop advertising on sean hannity's show. spite the controversy, hannity's ratings have seen a spike up 50% in total viewers from last year. >> questions continue to swirl around the mysterious murder of dnc staffer seth rich. >> hannity has been pursuing this theory that seth rich was the person who leaked dnc e-mails to wikileaks and he was assassinated by the party as a result of that. >> reporter: investigators say there is no indication that rich's death in 2016 connected to his employment at the dnc. >> this kid got shot in the back. they said it was a robbery. >> reporter: on tuesday the rich family sent a letter to hannity's show pleading with them to stop spreading the unproven theory. rich's parents writing in a "washington post" op-ed, those theories are baseless and they are unspeakably cruel. on tuesday after meeting with executives and considering the plea from the rich family, hannity appeared to have a change of heart. >> out of respect for the family's wishes for now, i am not discussing this matter at this ti

. >> sean hannity was among those pushing that theory. now he's pulled back but advertisers are pulling away. some advertisers are pulling out of sean hannity's fox news channel show. the embattled host is under fire for promoting a theory of a death of a former dncer. two advertisers said they will no longer advertise on this program. they had been catching closely and made the decision to pull our advertising. and media agency to stop advertising on his show. his ratings have seen a spike despite this. >> hannity has been pursuing this theory that seth ridge was actually the person who leaked dnc e-mails to wikileaks and was assassinated. >> reporter: investigators say there is no indication his death in 20161 connected to his employment at the dnc. fox retracted that story tuesday. in an interview hannity blamed the conspiracy on liberal watchdog groups now on vacation from his show for the rest of the week and more on this on "good morning america." >>> the tsa is testing new screening procedures at ten airports across the country. th

oliver: up next, what the fall of bill o'reilly means for fox news and anchor sean hannity.its toe into hollywood. that is next on "bloomberg businessweek." ♪ ♪ oliver: welcome back to "bloomberg businessweek." i am oliver renick. in the features section, sean fox news host sean hannity has become one of the biggest winners in cable news. this is thanks to his early backing of president trump and now the fall of bill o'reilly. we spoke to reporter -- >> he is an anchor at fox news. he anchors their 10:00 p.m. hour, and he is one of the personalities who has been at fox since its launch in 1996. he was there at the beginning. he richly had a show called hannity and -- it was a left-right crossfire style. for the past several years he has been anchoring the 10:00 p.m. hour. he has always been basically somewhat in the shadows of the top personality at fox news, who was always bill o'reilly. oliver: that is the why now element then. are you choosing to focus on hannity because there is a shift of power here that positions him differently? >> he is stepping up into a and incredi

bill o'reilly and sean hannity and megan kelly. >> this gets to the svengali, effect.e would take looked over or passed over permits like bill o'reilly who had been fired from any number of jobs and roger ailes reinvented him as an avatar of the working man's right. the downside is that ails required ultimate loyalty from his talent and it really was a cultive personality inside the hallways at fox news and people were terrified to speak publicly and cross ailes and that is the culture of silence that he created that unfortunately led to the pervasive culture of harassment that we only saw come to the public foreafter gretchen carlson's lawsuit. >> what happens to be brought down by the sexual scandal that brought him down? >> as i covered him in my reporting shticks a pattern of behavior that happened throughout his career. i interviewed women on the record who recounted these experiences bay back to the mike douglas show. you could argue that's a different era, the mad men era where sex and application were kirch. i think roger ailes got to the point he thought he wa

joining us tonight, sean hannity, who needs no introduction, except to say that he knew our former bossr decades. how would you sum up a guy as big as roger? >> you can't. there has only been three people in my life that i have met that have this deeper dimension in terms of the thought process. you know, i would often sit with him, any time i would have a meeting, i don't care if it was on the phone or in his office, i would always take a pen and a paper because they knew i was going to get four or five great ideas that would make me seem much smarter than i am. he saw things differently. he would be able to cut to the chase, get rid of all the clutter, and, look, tucker, is wouldn't be on with you tonight. i was a young, local radio host in atlanta with very little tv experience. took a big risk, gave me a shot, here i am, and he believed in me. and he did that for so many other people. as i said in my statement today, i think he would see things and people that they didn't know existed in themselves and i can tell you, for my own personal experience, that was the case.e. i never thou

i'm jackie ibanez, now back to "hannity." >> sean: welcome back to "hannity," we continue with newt gingrich to put back on the screen all of these leaks, deep state leaks against the president, because there has been so many. to me this is such a grave danger, because in many ways, what they are doing, not only as unjust and unconstitutional, general flynn violating the espionage act, but it seems to me if they get into carter andac solomon in the next segment, if they can serve fail, unmask, release from intelligencef against americans which is illegal, that seems to be foundationally something that would be a dictatorship. that would be something in a policed state. s if the government is surveilling, unmasking intelligence, which has happened. and we know it has happened. >> let me draw the distinction, they are two points here. the first, what you are starting make right now is that having obama deliberately decide to loosen the rules, and -- i don't know if trump has issued re-tightening the rules again, which he should. but the entire obama effort to loosen the rules was a deliberate

after bill shine stepped down, all eyes turned to sean hannity. >> i want to welcome all our friends all-left propaganda media. >> reporter: last week in response to reports shine was being pushed out, hannity tweeted, that's total end of the fnc as we know it. it denied reports that its biggest remaining star was heading out the door. >> all the lies you've heard about me are not true. >> reporter: variety's joe bell bruno says the proximity caused his downfall. >> what the allegations are in this case is that he helped roger ailes cover it up. he helped protect some of their top folks like bill o'reilly. >> abhorrent racist behavior at fox news. >> reporter: an attorney who filed a discrimination suit said while long overdue, we are pleased that 21st century fongs has taken a step in the right direction. on monday, reporter diana fal zone hit fox with another lawsuit, alleging discrimination based on gender and disability. she wrote about her infertility. she claims that revelation detracted from her sex appeal and made her less desirable in the eyes of fox executives who ordered h

>> some advertisers are pulling out of sean hannity's fox news channel show.battled host is under fire for promoting it debunked staffer. ton both and telethon pele indicated they will no longer advertise on his program. cars.com said they recently made the decision to pull the advertising. said they directed their media agency to no longer advertise on hannity's show. >> hannity has been pursuing this theory that seth rich was the person who leaked dnc emails to wikileaks and that he was assassinated. >> investigators say there was no indication that rich's death is connected to his employment at the dnc. we will have more on this coming up at 7:00 a.m. havertys furniture helps even when life isn't.t can somebody get that? uh-uh. not me baby. [yells] homework! [yells] it's mommy time! [yells] it's daddy time! i told ya not to marry her. seriously? alright. who's next? the memorial day sale is on now. havertys. life looks good. head in now to grab the f