shepard smith simply couldn't take it anymore.felt squeezed by these opinion hosts who were spewing propaganda at other hours of the day. he viewed his show as a counterweight trying to get the facts out there. it just became too much over time. this is a real loss for fox, fox staffers, the journalists there who are blowing up my phone because they're devastated by this. they're troubled by the loss of one of the true news anchors at the network. i think it's a sign of our disturbing times. it's not like shepard smith changed. the network changed and the country around him changed. we've been fractured into different pieces and there's not as much room for someone like him who is a truth teller. >> sometimes you do things in life that are not about money, that are not about what's best for your career, but it's about what's best for your heart and for your soul. it's about integrity. it's about principles. and i admire that. he's walking away from a very hefty salary if reports are true, and i think he's doing it for all the righ

why is shepard smith leaving? i wish him well.smith well. >> [indiscernible] i think hunter biden is a disgrace. the number one t-shirt selling right now is where is hunter? i came up with that one last night. by the way, we had a record-setting, last night, as you saw, rally. that was a rally like few other rallies. now i'm going to louisiana and we are taking the little league world series, i think world champions, they are from the louisiana. they are flying with me. we just got pictures in the white house. >> [indiscernible] pres. trump: i have not asked that, no. a lot of people should be asking. withr biden walked away $1.5 billion from china, $168,000 a month from ukraine. supposedly, a $3 million payment from ukraine. have i asked? no, but i cannot imagine nobody is asking. >> [indiscernible] pres. trump: the whole thing they are doing is a hoax to try to win an election they are not going to win in 2020. you look at the phone conversation i had with the president of ukraine, it was perfect. the only thing that was not per

i'm shepard smith. goodbye. >> greg: wow. i'm neil cavuto and like you have a little stunned and a little heartbroken. i don't know what to say. shepard smith, as i said, just a few days ago on this very network. a decent human being, a heart as big as texas. i didn't say texas at the time. just lower manhattan. it wow. a better newsman you probably cannot find. again, a bigger more emotionally connected to humankind, you cannot find. shepherd, i don't know what the heck you are planning to do or where you will go but i just know you will be great at doing it and you deserve the best that life has to offer. i'm sorry if i'm a little shell-shocked here but i'm going to miss my buddy. all right. onto the news at hand as shepard would say because breaking news does change everything and we have a lot of it going on right now including stocks that are just taking off. it's the word right now, the tentative deal is to leave the dial up about 300 plus planes, although it had been up more than 500 points at one point. the president

why is shepard smith leaving? well, i wish him well. i wish shepard smith well. >> does he, though?'m back now with my guests. first to you, our brian stelter is reporting that one major factor apparently in shep's decision to leave was that his fellow fox news host tucker carlson who is on at 8:00 p.m. and very much of course on the opinion side that carlson has attacked him and also attacked one of his regular contributors, former judge andrew napolitano. the late roger ales who ran the network for so long used to have a rule saying you don't shoot inside the tent. do you think fox lost smith after a 23-year career because it wasn't sticking up for the news side against the far more popular opinion side? >> i think there is no doubt that there is a tension between the opinion side and the news side. and that this is a collateral damage of that, yeah. so basically, we've had instances where laura ingram and sean hannity and the opinion side have been advancing narratives that are actually not true. shep smith would go on fox news air and fact check them and set the record straight.

shepard smith is not the only one on the attack.s like tucker carlson attacked him on air. the two were feuding. and that was the last straw, according to the "washington post." this report says smith had grown uncomfortable with the tone of the network combined with public insults. the rift inside fox news is about something larger than media. this overlaps conservatism right now. consider the 20% jump in support for impeachment among republicans. a growing volume in the criticism of trump on some national security issues at the very time he faces this existential threat to his presidency. he says impeachment is a different animal. he says, this massive thing happened and no one knows how to cover it. trump has pushed back fiercely, a strategy that may use a simple premise, to hold the republican senate, you don't just persuade republican senators. you try to hold on to their constituents, aka, fox's audience. trump's not the only one reaching out either. "new york times" reporting that william barr just met privately with fox corp

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i'm shepard smith, fox news, new york. >> so, david, while the focus is on shepard smith, you know, thevor. but does this departure, does that kind of messaging perhaps signal even to the president that things are changing? >> yeah, fred, indeed. first of all, i don't think shep smith is sweating the president's tweets. our colleague, brian stelter, reported he's leaving a $15 million a year contract. he might have more net worth than president trump, frankly. but in this situation, he is sending a message that the straight news people at fox are having this tension with the primetime opinion folks at fox and that this is a moment where someone like him, who has a sterling journalistic reputation, perhaps doesn't want to be associated with what increasingly people see as fox as a propaganda arm of the white house. it's one thing to have a point of view, it's one thing to have opinions, but fox increasingly is seen as a network that is enthralled to the president. >> melanie, does it also symbolize a confluence of defeats for the president in a very short amount of time, namely really in

some tension there for most of his term fox has defended the president ok surely news anchors shepard smith and chris wallace have swim against the current and told it like it is why did the president use private attorneys rather than it out of the but. they are vastly outnumbered and the hardcore support for trump comes in primetime through the hosts of opinion shows names like carlson hannity and ingrid the ukraine story has resulted in that schism being laid bare on fox's air. so you have this tension within fox these 2 anchors essentially sailin each other's integrity shep smith. covered thinks it's appropriate he had on judge entered a part time that he has said that these are serious issues raised by the support that that to which the president has admitted is in and of itself a crime yes this is the same crime for all this is insufficient devoted to president's positions and saw tucker carlson some hours later a 2nd chance for another former federal prosecutor judge is it a crime here former federal prosecutor well i think judge an apollo tano there's a full shep smith came back you

ratings. >> did you or your administration pressure fox news to get rid of shepard smith? >> i don't know, is he leaving? oh, that's a shame. is he leaving because of bad ratings? if he's leaving i assume he's leaving because he had bad ratings. he had the worst ratings at fox. >> the president echoed that on twitter. posting this, is he leaving due to bad ratings. the daily beast reports that smith decided to part ways with the network because he was sick of being attacked by his prime time colleagues and asked for a way out of his contract. >> and the news of shep smith leaving fox could turn things around for the president's newly soured relationship with the network. the "new york times" is reporting that trump called the ceo of fox news this summer to complain about not being treated fairly by the network according to three people with knowledge of that call. the network tried to appease the president by suggesting he do an interview with brett by aer. trump calling fox news hopeless and clueless declaring their pollsters suck and the network is much different than it

i'm shepard smith. goodbye. >> greg: wow.ittle stunned and a little heartbroken. i don't know what to say. shepard smith, as i said, just a few days ago on this very network. a decent human being, a heart as big as texas. i didn't say texas at the time. just lower manhattan. it wow. a better newsman you probably cannot find. again, a bigger more emotionally connected to humankind, you cannot find. shepherd, i don't know what the heck you are planning to do or where you will go but i just know you will be great at doing

why is shepard smith leaving? well, i wish him well.oug, you can hear the sarcasm there, quick fact check, he had very good ratings in his time slot. doug, what do you take from this clear sign that smith had had enough of fox's programming, and what do you think it means for people that get their news primarily from fox news? >> i think as with anybody, you have to be double checking, triple checking what you watch, what other outlets are saying for a full spectrum. shep was obviously a man on an island certainly in the daytime at fox news. i can tell you two times i went on with shep were two of the hardest interviews i ever did. he is really tough, doesn't let you get away with a lot. great for fox viewers. unfortunately they're losing out on that. also says there will be a lot of questions as to who may rof into that role, shannon breem who is popular at night, comes from the news side, whether they go in a news direction or opinion direction. >> shepard smith held out as one of the real journalists at fox news. we have to leave it

punkin not clear if that was you or maybe at someone's republic and so that's the feud between shepard smith and tucker carlson did kind of highlight schism at fox news again this isn't really a new thing. but because impeachment is such a significant thing to possibly remove a president from office seems like the stakes have gotten higher and so these feuds have become something that people are talking. and that's schism that fox viewers see in the networks output also exists and probably starts at the executive level. rupert murdoch's heir apparent. and murder is reportedly far less a number of the president than his father is and although fox continues to hire ex administration officials like former director of communications picks it is also hard one of trump's republican adversaries the former speaker of the house paul ryan which may prove significant down the road. if you could combine a roller coaster and revolving door that would describe the relationship between the republican party and the white house and fox news and this is part of the. murdoch bias or the chances thinkers cross

"shepard smith reporting" begins now. >> announcer: and now, "shepard smith reporting" live from the fox news deck. >> shepard: as the president faces impeachment proceedings, today he did it again on live television. it happened in response to a question about what he wanted from the ukrainian leader. >> president trump: i would think if they were honest about it, a major investigation into the bidens, it is a simple answer. they should investigate the bidens. how does a company that is newly formed -- and by the way, likewise, china should start an investigation into the bidens. because what happened to china is just about as bad as what happened with ukraine. >> shepard: the president asked ukraine and china to investigate his political rival on television for all the world to hear. fox news knows of no investigation for any american law. it if it is determined that the president made that request, president trump may have violated federal law. it is illegal to ask a foreign national or foreign country for any political assistance. to our knowledge, no president before president t

obviously roger ailes had a particular affinity for shepard smith. so when you are a summary for 23 years, it is so uncommon, this business, to be some way for a couple years, let alone more than two decades, so if shep smith leaves and decides he wants to do something else, it's not all that shocking. so yeah, if you say you got along with him, then so be it and i'm sure he would say the same about you but in terms of talking about cnn, i don't find it terribly surprising what was on these tapes. if you remember the malaysian airliner that went down and that story was reported on cnn almost wall-to-wall for months and months. >> look, they like to be myopic in terms of going after one story so when jeff zucker sucker says let's focus on impeachment, that continues the pattern. to find out that cnn is biased or is overwhelmingly negative towards the president, that's not just your opinion or my opinion, every study and analysis that has been done shows that that is overwhelmingly in the case and now with impeachment, this is a money decision because y

in media news, fox news veteran chief news anchor shepard smith has quit. smit was one of the few prominent fox news voices to express skepticism about president trump, at times criticizing the president for his repeated lies and xenophobia. the shock of many, shepard smith announced his dedeparture frfroe network at the end of his friday newscast. joe biden son hunter says he'll step down from the board of chinese company bhr after president trump repeatedly attacked hunter over his overseas business practices and openly called for the leaders of ukraine and china to investigate his political rival joe biden and his son for corruption. trump's apparent effort to pressure ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky to investigate hunter biden is at the center of the house's impeachment inquiry. on sunday, hunter biden's lawyer said if biden is elected his son would not "serve on boards of, or work on behalf of, foreign-owned companies." in fort worth, texas, outrage is growing after a white police officer shot and killed an african american woman by shooting thr

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shepard smith joined the dough when it started in 1996. at the conflict between the news division and its opinion shows drove smith out the door. his colleagues at fox clearly did not know that this was going to happen. here is their reaction right after his last broadcast. >> i'm knea little stunned and heartbroken. i apologize at being shellshock shellshocked, but take it away, sir. >> i've just been trying to compile my thoughts too. i walked out here to do the hit and suddenly got hit by a subway tra train. holy mackerel. >> shepard smith a journalist at fox news. for now there will be a rotatio of other anchors to take his place. >>> a deal is still in sight, u.s. and china call a halt to their trade war. cnn is live with the story for you. what's this? cindy, that cold's gonna keep you up all night. and tomorrow, you're gonna be a zombie! forget that, i'm taking a new nighttime cold medicine. ha! there's nothing new. 'fraid so. new mucinex nightshift cold & flu fights my worst symptoms so i can sleep great and wake up human. so, you d

for now, i'm shepard smith. fox news new york. on the fox news channel, on satellite and cable, we continue. after an epic news conference at the white house, a level to which at least we in this newsroom have not seen. a busy day of breaking news, major movement in the push for impeachment. the state department inspector general set to meet behind closed doors with congressional staff, a briefing that could give critical new information of congress. bernie sanders in the hospital with heart trouble. all of his appearance is canceled until further notice. we are hearing about his condition and the plan for his campaign. a fiery plane crash, a vintage world war ii bomber goes down with passengers on board. rescuers rushed to the burning wreckage. our reporting this afternoon begins with today's developments in the impeachment inquiry. there's a lot of noise. here are the facts. right now the state department's inspector general is on capitol hill to deliver a rare closed-door briefing. the secretary of state confirmed he was on pho

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but shepard smith over the weekend left fox news.pard smith was one of the only reasons they were able to use the word news after fox with a straight face. and now he's gone. he was with fox for 20 years. trump didn't like shep, as they call him. so for reasons unknown he made a sudden departure on air friday night. fox news is no doubt nervous because the president suddenly continues to threaten to start his own cable news channel. >> liberals lie. the once great fox news is now a bunch of pissy sissies. in times like these turn to the trump america news network. at 7:00 a.m. it's "broads on a couch." followed by nugent at noon. at o.j. simpson. then i'm eric haifa, meric-a, hosted by first son eric trump. the trump america news network, tann. next summer, get tann. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i've got a melanoma already. impeachment and turkey and syria and all manner of hell breaking loose. this is what the president is working on right now. "vote for good guy sean spicer tonight on dancing with the stars. he has always been

this is shepard smith/tucker carlson feud began on september 25. hosts but not smith. >> "fox and friends" they treat us good. tucker has been very good. i have to say. and the legendary sean hannity and laura ingraham, and the great liu dobbs, how about greg? greg used to hate me and now he's good. i am just rattling some names up. they're terrific people. >> i want to get into the attorney general barr and i meant shep resigns. if i did said somethiy somethin i meant shep resigns. you are only allowed to have one upon on right wing media. whoever the president of the united states is king, they can't do anything wrong. it was like that when george w. bush was president. it is more like that with donald trump. you written a lot about this sort of cowardness of republicans in congress who always seems to be constitutionallist and have these values and now they have been reduced to tweeting bible verses and being vague whether or a nation should be allowed in our elections. everyo does somebody like shep among people that are republican politicians.

some tension there for most of his term fox has defended the president ok surely news anchors shepard smith and chris wallace have swim against the current and told it like it is. why did the president use private attorneys rather than it out of the state but they are vastly outnumbered and the hardcore support for trump comes in primetime through the hosts of opinion shows names like carlson hannity and ingrid the ukraine story has resulted in that schism being laid bare on fox is there. so you have this tension within fox these 2 anchors essentially sailing each other's integrity shep smith. covered thinks it's appropriate he had on judge entered the public tunnel he has said that these are serious issues raised by the subpoena or the vet to which the president has admitted is in and of itself a crime yes this is the same crime for all this is insufficient devoted president's positions and saw tucker carlson some hours later a 2nd chance we're not former federal prosecutor general is it a crime here former federal prosecutor well i think judge an apollo tano there's a full shop smith came

some tension there for most of his term fox has defended the president ok surely news anchors shepard smith and chris wallace have swim against the current and told it like it. yes why did the president use private attorneys rather than it out of the state but they are vastly outnumbered and the hardcore support for trump comes in primetime through the hosts of opinion shows names like carlson hannity and ingrid the ukraine story has resulted in that schism being laid bare on fox's air. so you have this tension within fox these 2 anchors essentially sailin each other's integrity shep smith. covered thinks it's appropriate he had on judge entered the part time that he has said that these are serious issues raised by the supreme lower than that to which the president has admitted is in and of itself a crime yes this is the same crime for all this is insufficient devoted president's position so you saw tucker carlson some hours later a 2nd chance from the former federal prosecutor joe is it a crime here former federal prosecutor well i think judge you know politan oh there's a full shep smith

yesterday there at fox news, when shepard smith suddenly announced his departure from fox news, aftercavuto and like you, i'm a little stunned, and a little heart broken. i don't know what to say. >> i've just been trying to compile my thoughts, too. neil, i walked out here, to do the hit, and suddenly got hit by a subway train. holy mackerel. >> wow. it was a shock to everybody there i was texting with friends at the time telling them the news. they had no idea about this. but give me a little bit of a big picture on what exactly this means and his departure from fox. >> well, i think it is a really interesting turn of events. first of all, shepard smith is known speaking truth to power, he was one of the voices at fox who was determined to provide the facts to his viewers. and he had a stellar reputation. the other thing that's interesting is that he started day one with the network, when they launched, he launched with them and i can't help but think he has been loyal to the network all these years and he realized they weren't loyal to him. >> and of course, a blowup just a couple

some tension there for most of his term fox has defended the president ok surely news anchors shepard smith and chris wallace have swum against the current and told it like it is why did the president use private attorneys rather than it out of the. they are vastly outnumbered and the hardcore support for trump comes in primetime through the hosts of opinion shows names like carlson hannity and ingrid the ukraine story has resulted in that schism being laid bare on fox is there. so you have this tension within fox of these 2 anchors essentially sailing each other's integrity shep smith. covered as you think it's appropriate he had on judge entered a part time that he has said that these are serious issues raised by the supreme lord that that to which the president has admitted is in and of itself a crime yes this is the same crime for all this is insufficient devoted president's position so you saw tucker carlson some hours later a 2nd chance we're not former federal prosecutor joe is it a crime here former federal prosecutor well i think judge you know politan oh there's a full shep smith

we all could do it it can be done because i mean that was it you know when you heard you know shepard smith say 6 year old child i want to point out this though it would have been around the same time within a few months actually of the very famous kanye. man the video music awards taylor swift which became like sort of the beginning some say of our modern like me moment something happens and we repeat it we use it to put on fags is is this sort of like going after this there's a tragedy there's a plane miss mary's whatever about these moments when the media seems to just become we all seem to just become engrossed and we can't stop is this just sort of our newest version of if it bleeds it leads from like the poster and her it stays like we haven't really of all that much so. i mean there's an entire channel devoted to murder so i mean listen why didn't i. was all i want to scalp oh yes oh yes somebody this is what this what i think we love to analyze things i call of the back of effect meaning that we just like maggie when he is white i don't know we just do this was in the vent and peopl

. >> now, "shepard smith reporting," live from the fox news desk. >> shepard: president trump's announcement on syria that blindsided his own commanders and could lead to slaughter of our kurdish allies who have bled and died in the fight against isis. president trump announcing american troops will pull back as turkey threatens to invade northeastern syria, where the u.s. has been fighting side by side with kurdish fighters. turkey labels u.s.-backed kurdish fighters terrorists abandoned them now could allow turkish military to wipe them out. a spokesman says president trump stabbed them in the back and betrayed them. several prominent republicans blasted the plan, including senator lindsey graham, one of the president's staunchest allies and defendant of the impeachment inquiry. >> undone gains we made, thrown the region into chaos. iran is licking their chops, if i'm isis, i have a second lease on life. i like president trump, i've tried to help him. this to me is unnerving to its core. >> shepard: former ambassador to united nations, nikki nikki haley tweeted, leawe must alway have the b

upload your logo or start your design today at customink.com >> shepard: shepard smith on the fox newsesk. hundreds of sexually accused catholic priests are living near schools and some of them are committing new sex crimes. we'll hear from one of the associated press journalists that uncovered the truth. that and the rest of the happenings as fox news continues in the next half hour. >> dana: a former vineyard owner in court right now the massive college admissions scandal. he admitted to paying $300,000 to bribe his daughter's write a into usc. looks chilly up there, molly. >> it's breezy for sure. the beginning of the season here. inside court, one of the parents that is rather unique. prosecutors say he took part in both of the routes available. the test cheating route as well as the faking of athletic credentials. prosecutors say the wealthy vineyard owner that operates several wineries paid $50,000 to have his daughter's saturday score inflated and $250,000 to have her recruited to the water polo team. he was aest ared before shelling out the full amount. prosecutors are asking t

. >> bret: shepard smith, always says breaking news changes everything.g news changes everything, news that shep was leaving fox news channel, last broadcast today. i worked my first assignment almost 23 years ago. he anchored breaking news, cast moving events better than anyone for this picture is actually of us at the pentagon, i'm at the pentagon, like pictures coming in covering the war in iraq real time and we are bouncing around the world with live pictures. he did it better than anybody in the business. for years and years and years from the beginning of fox news channel. i wish shep all the best in whatever lies ahead, because fox is less tonight on the breaking news front because he's not here. thanks for inviting us in your home tonight. for that's it for this "special report." fair, balanced, unafraid. "the story" hosted by martha maccallum joins us now. >> martha: i will never forget working with shep all these years and the body of work and the coverage he did is something we are all really proud of. i will never forget when i did royal weddi

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shepard smith announced his exit from the company.h the company since it launched 23 years ago but he asked to be let out of his contract. at this point he won't be doing any anchoring or reporting on another network. all his exit is reportedly amicable, he in recent weeks had been sparring with the networks nighttime opinion host. >>> in bay area weather, the red flag warning has expired. strong winds have subsided. fire danger still out there. waiting for the raining season to kick in and until that happens we are talking about fire danger. extreme fire danger has moved out. it was very warm today. upper 70s and beautiful in san francisco. oakland 81. livermore 79 and fairfield 81 degrees. we have some high clouds approaching the pacific northwest and maybe approaching eureka near cape mendocino. we have clear to partly cloudy skies. we will check in on some of those wind speeds. show you some strong gusts. today a lot of single digits we talked about. that is a nice improvement for portions of marin county and to the east bay. moun

. >>> in a move that sent shockwaves through cable news yesterday, shepard smith, longtime anchor athis last day. he's leaving the network. >> it's been an honor and my pleasure. even in our currently polarized nation, it is my hope facts will win the day, that the truth will always matter, that journalism and journalists will thrive. >>> according to our own brian stelter, he decided last month he had simply enough, and his own fox colleagues attacking him for his coverage. we talked to him before about a growing rift between fox hosts. well, that rift just took a hit. senior fox employees tells cnn that shep's departure feels like a death in the news division. assistant editor at the "the washington post," david swerdlik. >> if you're going to sign off, just sign off, drop the mic. well played by shep smith. i think you get to a point that you have to say, look, i'm a news guy, and we're tipping too far away from news. >> yeah. >> if you think about an outlet like breitbart, and they don't pretend to be something they're not. fox news pretends to be fair and balanced, a news organi

. >> he concluded by saying, i'm shepard smith, fox news new york. the next show rolled.bout why now and why in a stunningly surprising way? >> he is one of the only news anchors left on fox. he left because he couldn't take it anymore. he was appalled by some of the opinion hosts' comments. he felt he had been marginalized. there wasn't room for him anymore. it's a sign of what's happening to our country. there isn't room for truth telling on a channel like fox. he presents facts about president trump. often the facts that others leave out. i have been working on a book about fox. sources love shep smith. they say he was there trying to tell the truth in an environment where almost nobody else was. now he couldn't take it anymore. >> nobody expected it. here is what happened when he said, i'm shep smith, fox news, new york. here is what happened. >> whoa. i'm knea little stunned and heartbroken. i don't know what to say. i apologize of being a little shell shocked on this development here. take it away. >> i've been trying to compile my thoughts, too. i walked out here t

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neil: one guy here who sounds like that is shepard smith. great voice.ell me about these performances in orlando again. >> magnificent. i expected comedy, then he started singing, he did sinatra. his impersonations, wow. i am sitting next to this man, just letting you know. neil: years ago, you were hosting a boy scout event. my son was there. my sons were there. >> they were there. you got a charity, i stay late. neil: the boy scouts didn't quite know what they were getting into. one thing i do want to raise, eddie murphy is out there doing a lot of interviews, as he should, it's going to be a popular movie, he regrets some of his old stand-up acts in the '80s. >> i saw him in denver do his comedy show, raw. there is no chance he can do that today. i gather if he wants to win an oscar, he may have to quietly or maybe loudly go out and make a little bit amends because -- look, you -- neil: that would wipe out joe's entire career. >> bunch of "seinfeld" shows you couldn't do, there's "blazing saddles." none of this stuff. neil: that's where someone like b

very clear that he likes to attack and said someone else up to be has oil, whether that is bob , shepard smithpresident likes to go after people who bring the truth to the american people and hold him accountable, so of course he is going to make adam schiff the story, but that is not the issue beer. the issue is not what adam schiff is doing or what he said and the opening statement, the issue is -- what did the president do? how did the president's and understand what he did, and what was the effect on that? it is the president at issue, not adam schiff. host: let's go to lionel calling from west virginia on the independent line. lionel, good morning. caller: good morning. an awful lot going on with this lady you have on television. trump never use the word "me," he said the word "us." adam schiff is known and guilty of falsifying congressional records. we know that the clinton , the obamahe dnc justice department, and the obama ove oval office conspired with foreign governments and fou foreign to prohibit we the american people for a particular outcome in a presidential election. that is th

someone who worked with shepard smith, former fox reporter carl cameron, he left fox news, is here exclusivelyonds. here exclusively in 30 seconds i need all the breaks that i can get. at liberty butchemel... cut. liberty mu... line? cut. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. cut. liberty m... am i allowed to riff? what if i come out of the water? liberty biberty... cut. we'll dub it. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ >>> joined by former fox political reporter, carl cameron. thanks for doing this. >> thanks, ari, great to be here. >> you see shep leave after saying facts matter. what does if mean? >> big loss for fox news channel, it says something about the way in which the cable channel has been for years shrinking the news department and building its right wing entertainment hosts because that gets ratings, ratings gets revenue, that's how they make money. it is a real sad day for people who watch fox news and want accurate information