here is stephanie gosk. >> three, two, one! >> reporter: spacex's star ship, the brainchild of billionaire elon musk had liftoff. >> what a sight from the ground. >> reporter: and then the uncrewed flight had some problems. >> it does appear to be spinning. >> reporter: this was supposed to be moment the spacecraft separated from the super heavy booster. >> just experienced what we call a rapid unscheduled disassembly. >> reporter: what is an unscheduled disassembly? it kind of looked like an explosion. >> rapid unscheduled disassembly is the spacex code for very large explosion. >> reporter: but even so, this was not a failure for spacex. >> and even getting a few minutes of flight like they did is incredible progress for them. purely on the basis of the data that they're going to receive from that flight. >> reporter: musk's company has its eyes on eventually sending people to the moon and mars. spacex is working with a $3 billion nasa contract. there have been some dramatic explosions. but today the nasa administrator congra

stephanie gosk now with the latest. ♪ >> reporter: the show "tucker carlson tonight" is officially overnd rebranded >> right now it's time for "fox news tonight" so let's get started. >> reporter: a source close to the matter tells nbc news that lachlan murdoch, rupert murdoch's son, and the head of fox news suzanne scott decided to get rid of carlson last friday. today a spokesperson for fox would not elaborate on the decision, but carlson was at the center of potentially damaging developments for the network in recent months in march, a former fox producer who worked on carlson's show filed a lawsuit accusing the anchor and the network of a hostile work environment. >> there is a difference between having a thick skin and being subjected to prejudice and being subjected to misogyny day in and day out, and it wears on you. >> reporter: carlson has not responded personally to the claims fox news says the suit is riddled with false allegations. >> fox news has just paid out $787 million to settle the dominion lawsuit. >> reporter: citing multiple sources familiar with the situation, "l.a

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our stephanie gosk is at the courthouse in delaware steph, what was it like in the courtroom when the judge announced the settlement >> reporter: you know, lester, we came back from a lunch break, expecting opening statements, but the jury never came in the delay stretched into hours, and then the judge came in. and with very little ceremony said an agreement had been reached, and just like that, the trial that was supposed to last five to six weeks was over "the parties have resolved their case. with those words, the landmark trial between dominion and fox news was over before it began. the 12-person jury seated just this morning was thanked for its service. fox and dominion legal teams thanked the court, and everyone walked out >> lies have consequences. >> reporter: attorneys for dominion then spoke to a sea of reporters outside. >> today represents a ringing endorsement for truth and for democracy. >> reporter: as part of the settlement, fox agreed to pay dominion $787.5 million, just less than half of the $1.6 billion they were suing for. >> fox has admitted to telling lies about

on-camera appearance since he was dismissed as we learn more what may have led to his firing stephanie gosk has details. >> reporter: off the air does not mean out of sight tucker carlson's video on twitter viewed nearly 20 million times. >> the other thing you notice when you take a little time off is how unbelievably stupid most of the debates you see on television are. >> reporter: notably, tucker carlson did not mention fox news, nor the reason for his departure. messages revealed because of dominion voting system's defamation lawsuit may have played a role according to "the new york times," two people with knowledge of the discussions say the night before fox settled the case with dominion for nearly $800 million, top executives and board members learned of, quote, highly offensive and crude messages carlson sent in the past, and it triggered a crisis fox has not publicly provided a reason for getting rid of carlson. meanwhile, the 8:00 p.m. audience on the fox news channel tuesday night was down about 50% from a typical night with carlson. >> do you think he has the power to take thos

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two parties agreed to a $787.5 million settlement in the case hours after the jury was sworn in stephanie gosk has more. >> reporter: the parties have resolved their case. with those words, the landmark trial between dominion and fox news was over before it began. the 12-person jury was thanked for its service. fox and dominion legal teams thanked the court and everyone walked out >> lies have consequences. >> reporter: attorneys for dominion then spoke to a sea of reporters outside. >> today represents a ringing endorsement for truth and for democracy. >> reporter: as part of the settlement, fox agreed to pay dominion $787.5 million, less than half of the $1.6 billion they were suing for. >> fox has admitted to telling lies about dominion that caused enormous damage to my company, our employees and the customers that we serve. nothing can ever make up for that >> reporter: dominion voting systems accused the network of defamation and promoting conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. president trump's lawyers were repeated guests on fox, falsely claiming dominion used voting machines to r

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stephanie gosk, nbc news >>> let's continue with the musk block of the show.esla appeared to raise the prices of both investigations of the model s and x cars in the u.s. according to the company's web site shares of the ev maker rising in pre-market trade after suffering losses yesterday and cathie wood believes tesla shares could hit more than $2,000 in five years on the back of the company's robo taxi ambitions. >> price target for our stock and i think it is just hitting now for 2027 we do have a five-year investment time horizon which is our expected value roughly $2,000 that is within a range of $1,400 to $2,500. our bear and bull case >> cathie wood not one to shy away from high targets and extreme call for tesla let's go back to the price hikes introduced surprising given all of the discussion yesterday with price cuts and elon musk going out on a limb to say we are happy to sacrifice for market share this is applying to a couple of models some are older models. price increases are 2% to 3% not major. we here at cnbc spoken to analysts out there and so

stephanie gosk has more. stephanie? >> reporter: it was a rough monday for cable news.on's exit abrupt. >> we'll be back on monday >> reporter: tucker carlson signed off on friday on what we now know was his last show on fox news the network announcing it is severing ties with its popular host in a statement, fox news media and tucker carlson have agreed to part ways carlson anchored the 8:00 p.m. hour, that topped 3 million viewers on an average night. during last night's show, the network acknowledging carlson's exit ingly wish tucker the best i'm great friends with tucker and always will be >> reporter: this comes after fox news paid dominion voting systems in a defamation lawsuit. private texts and e-mails emerged from carlson during the lawsuit, including messages krilt sizing fox executives, disparaging donald trump and expressing claims about dominion made on fox. neither the network nor karl has has revealed while he's leaving. abbe gross pberg accuses carlson and fox news of creating a hash work environment >> i reached the breaking point where the harassment w

you then >> tucker carlson's ex it wa just one of the media shakeups that made news today nbc stephanie gosk has more. >> fox news media and tucker carlson have agreed to par ways, the network said, in a surprise statement today offering no explanation fo ending the most popular show o cable news the audience tops 3 million on an average night, you ar strong to carlson's far-righ opinions on issues from januar 6th to immigration >> this policy is called the great replacement. the replacement of legac americans with more obedient people from faraway countries. >> carlson leaves just day after fox corporation settled defamation lawsuit wit dominion voting system for 787 point $5 million either the network, nor carlso has responded to requests fo comment. the popular host is also being sued by former fox produce abby grossberg she accuses carlson of promoting a hostile work environment, speaking to nbc news an excuse live interview. >> women were objectified. it was a game, it was a sport, it was like being in a locke room >> in a statement, the network called the claims on meritorious, and rid

they have a benchmark for how much fox is willing to pay joining me from wilmington delaware is stephanie goskinterviews with the dominion lawyers today they were asked multiple times why not demand an apology as well as part of this settlement. what happened to that? i thought that was a sticking point for a while. >> we don't know about that. it is a huge amount of money and there was a risk for dominion going into this trial that they weren't going to end up with a lot of money there could have well have been an appeal. we may never know the answers to those questions. as you mentioned, there's another legal challenge on the horizon for fox. this 2$2.7 billion defamation lawsuit brought by smartmatic. smartatic says dominion's litigation exposed some of the misconduct and damage, smartatic will expose the rest they said they will fight this lawsuit and specifically they're taking issue with the 2$2.7 billion. they said that will have a chilling effect on freedom of speech and fox says that's what they were going to fight in this courthouse and they say they're planning to fight it down the

joining us now with more is nbc news correspondent stephanie gosk outside the courthouse.o with us is msnbc legal analyst lisa rubin explain what else we heard from the judge. >> reporter: not much, jose. we first got this word last night from the judge he said he was going to make the announcement in court this morning, and everyone showed up hoping there might be a bit more context. instead he came in and he said, you know, i don't give press conferences in this courtroom. there's going to be a delay. we're going to pick up proceedings tomorrow delays are perfectly normal in court, and i don't see this as being an exceptional situation there are a number of reports that have said there have been some late settlement negotiations going on. "the washington post" saying that some of those meetings would be happening today a settlement can happen at any time, even right up to the buildup of the case itself on the euphemistically on the courthouse steps it can happen but we have not heard any word of that, and the expectation will be that this case, which could last five to s

just a week ago to settle a defamation lawsuit for $787.5 million it's where we start with nbc's stephanie gosk >> and we'll be back on monday. in the meantime, have the best weekend with the ones that you love and we'll see you then >> reporter: with that tucker carlson signed off on his show friday but he would not be coming back. fox news media and tucker carlson have agreed to part ways, the network said, in a surprise statement today, offering no explanation for ending the most popular show on cable news. the audience tops 3 million on an average night. viewers drawn to carlson's far right opinions on issues from january 6th to immigration. >> this policy is called the great replacement, the replacement of legacy americans with more obedient people from faraway countries. >> reporter: carlson leaves just days after fox corporation settled a defamation lawsuit with dominion voting system for $787.5 million neither the network or carlson has responded to requests for comment. the popular host is also being sued by former fox producer abby grossberg she accuses carlson of promoting a hostile

stephanie gosk has more. >> reporter: the defamation trial against fox news getting off to a slow start. instead of opening statements, the judge pushing proceedings to tuesday. there were multiple reports of last-minute settlement discussions. the "washington post" citing two sources familiar with the negotiations nbc news has not confirmed the report dominion and fox are not commenting there is no word of a deal >> talking settlement on the eve of trial on the courthouse steps even after a jury's been selected is not uncommon at all. it happens all the time. >> reporter: the trial will likely last five to six weeks. at the center of the case, 20 statements made on fox news. largely by network anchors and trump's legal team in the weeks and months following the 2020 election. >> it's where they were flipping votes in the computer system or adding votes that did not exist. >> reporter: dominion argued that fox news endorsed, repeated and broadcast a series of verifiably false, devastating lies against dominion. fox calls it a political crusade in search of a payout. sean hannity and tuc

stephanie gosk has the latest for us. hi, steph, good morning. >> reporter:hoda, good morning. yes, this happened overnight in a really isolated area, so information is still coming in. we do know that each helicopter was carrying two people. two soldiers died at the scene, another en route to the hospital, the fourth getting treatment for injuries still. killing three soldiers and injuring one near remote healy, alaska, more than 200 miles north of anchorage. soldiers based at fort wainwright were flying two ah-62 apache helicopters back from a training mission when this happens. this is an incredible loss for these soldiers' families, their fellow soldiers and the division. our hearts and prayers go out to their family, friends and loved ones. it comes weeks after several crashes involving u.s. army helicopters. last month, nine soldiers were killed in kentucky when two army blackhawks crashed in a training exercise west of fort campbell. back in february a black hawk from the national guard killed two crew members. the head of the 11th airborne division also said in that sta

for "today," stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. >> that is cool.cast. angie, good morning. >> watching the forecast and dancing here listening to that piece. i love that. guys, we have another day where we have the potential, unfortunately, to see strong to severe storms. most focused to the east coast. stretching from pennsylvania to georgia. we do have the potential to see hail up to an inch in size and damaging winds. the tornado threat is low. it is not zero, but it is low. that will last from this afternoon into the evening hours. now to southern texas with the potential for wind and hail event. tornado threat is low. if you live in this area and plan to be out and about through tomorrow, you want to watch for that. here is the cold front that is really the culprit of the severe weather we have seen all week long. it is going to hug the east coast today. it will bring rain to the places that are not expecting the severe weather. it will still be soggy. that does include mid-atlantic and into the northeast for new york into the overnight hours

let's start with stephanie gosk at the courthouse in delaware. stef, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. this defamation trial was over before it began. we came in from a lunch break yesterday expecting opening statements. instead, there was a more than two-hour delay. the judge finally came in and said they had reached a settlement and a trial that was supposed to last six to eight weeks is just suddenly over. but fox's legal jeopardy is not. there is another defamation lawsuit looming. before the opening statements or any witness could take the stand, it was over. >> fox and dominion have reached a historic settlement. >> reporter: fox news agreed to pay dominion $787.5 million. >> the truth matters. lies have consequences. >> reporter: dominion's legal team says there will be no on-air apologies or retractions on fox news. the network breaking into their broadcast to cover the landmark agreement. >> fox has indeed settled. >> reporter: fox writes, we are hopeful our decision to settle this allows the country to move forward. dom

watched trial, the defamation lawsuit by voting machine maker dominion against fox news nbc's stephanie goskom the courthouse in wilmington, delaware good morning. >> reporter: as you mention, this trial was supposed to start on monday. and then the judge issued an unexpected delay without giving a reason there were reports that there were last-minute settlement negotiations underway, but neither side would comment nbc news has not confirmed those reports. the judge says the trial starts today. with the start of the landmark trial finally here, some of fox news's biggest stars could be taking the stand in the coming weeks, along with company heads, including 92-year-old fox corporation chairman rupert murdoch. at the center of the case, 20 statements following the 2020 presidential election. president trump's lawyers were repeated guests on fox news claiming dominion voting machines rigged the election. >> the machine ran an algorith shaved votes from trump and awarded them to biden. >> at the center of it all, dominion voting systems, are they the culprit here? not the only culprit, but are

other people who have some accountability coming towards them >> it's not over joining me now, stephanie gosk, former u.s. attorney and department of justice official, harry lipman and "washington post" deputy national editor phil rucker. stephanie, why did fox decide to settle why wait so long to do it? it would seem that all that damaging stuff is out there. it was summary judgements from the judge already. now it's all out there why didn't they settle months ago? >> reporter: well, you know, andrea we weren't privy to the negotiations we don't know how long they had been going on and whether fox didn't try to settle this a long time ago and dominion said no. at least one of the attorneys this morning was suggesting that part of the accountability here was what you were referencing, the mountain of discovery given in the case and a good portion released publically. fox has said some of the text messages and emails that you mentioned were cherry picked just to do reputational damage what doesn't get to happen now is dominion's opportunity to prove and fox's opportunity to defend itself that

stephanie gosk, nbc news. >>> we have a lot to cover in our second hour of "chris jansing reports. let's get right to it. >>> at this hour, 2024 hopeful ron desantis is making moves in a country that's crucial for any impact >>> the anxiety inside dhs as the country prepares for what's expected to be a massive surge at the southern border in just a few weeks. >>> president zelenskyy not mincing words, saying russia won't get away with the latest deadly attack in a city in southern ukraine we have a live report from kyiv. >>> also, kevin mccarthy notches a political win but his debt ceiling plan is dead on arrival in the senate. where does it go from here our nbc news reporters are following all the latest developments and we begin in washington where the path to averting a massive u.s. debt default at this hour is unclear nbc's ali vitali is on capitol hill for us. so look, republicans know their plan isn't going to go anywhere in the senate but does this force president biden and the democrats to the negotiating table? >> reporter: that's what speaker mccarthy is hoping for, this

stephanie gosk is here with the latest on this one good morning to you. >> good morning. mcgrath was on the run for three weeks after failing to show up for federal court. in baltimore overnight federal agents found him in tennessee leading to a standoff involving gun fire and resulting in mcgrath's death which the fbi is investigating overnight, the three-week manhunt ended with a fatal exchange of gunfire, catching up with rory mcgrath in knoxville, tennessee. according to both fbi officials and mcgrath's attorney as agents moved in, a shot was fired. agents fired back. the fbi said mcgrath sustained injury and was transported to the president. in a statement the attorney saying the fbi confirmed he succumbed to the injuries. it is unclear if he died of a self-inflicted wound or from an exchange of gunfire with the fbi. mcgrath was facing federal charges including wire fraud and embezzlement related to alleged financial misdeeds as head of a maryland state agency on march 12th, the night before his trial, mcgrath was supposed to have bordered a flight to maryland but wa

nbc news correspondent stephanie gosk has those details >> reporter: spacex's starship, the brainchild musk, had liftoff. and then the uncrewed flight had some problems. >> it does appear to be spinning >> reporter: this was supposed to be the moment the spacecraft separated from the super heavy booster. >> just experienced what we call a rapid unstable disassembly >> reporter: what is an unscheduled disassembly because it kind of looked like an explosion. >> it's the kpasx code for very large explosion. >> reporter: but even so this was not a failure for spacex >> even getting a few minutes of flight like they did is incredibly progress for them apparently on the basis of the data they're going to receive and from that flight >> reporter: musk's company has its eyes on eventually sending people to the moon and mars. spacex is working with a $3 billion nasa contract. there have been some dramatic explosions but the nasa administrator congratulated the company. every great achievement throughout history has demanded some level of calculated risk, he wrote because with great risk comes g

here's nbc's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: overnight, two men known for speaking their minds talking forucker carlson. >> reporter: carlson posting a video message to his more than 6 million followers, the fire brand anchor did not address his exit but was critical of tv news. >> the other thing you'll notice when you take time off is how unbelievably stupid most of the debates you see on television are. trust me as someone who has participated. >> reporter: fox recently settled a defamation lawsuit with dominion voting systems for nearly $800 million which alleged the network repeatedly lied about debunked election fraud claims private texts emerged during the lawsuit, including redacted messages about fox news executives the "wall street journal" reporting according to people familiar with the matter that one referred to a female executive by the c word. fox has not commented on the reasons for the split. this morning, "the new york times" reporting according to two people with knowledge of the discussions that top fox executives learned of the contents of many of the private messages

plans to start jury selection tomorrow joining me now from wilmington is nbc news correspondent stephanie gosk and "new york times" political and investigative reporter and msnbc political analyst, nick co confascori what do you know >> not much. what he said to us as we were all gathered and it was basically all members of the media, he said my courtroom is not a press conference i do not hold press conferences in here. and he went on to say there will be a delay, which we knew because he told us last night, and he said they were going to move forward with proceedings tomorrow morning had a brief side bar with the lawyers for both sides, and then it was quickly over. as you mentioned issue there have been some reports that there are still negotiations going on, settlement negotiations, that can happen, really, at any point in this process. even in the build up as we're getting close to opening statements, it can happen. as they yuf euphemistically say on the courthouse steps, and can happen when the jury gets the case and is deliberating at any moment in time it does look like for now, we're

nbc news correspondent stephanie gosk has the latest. >> reporter: overnight two men known for speakingsince losing their jobs. >> good evening, it's tucker carlson. >> reporter: carlson posting a video message to his 6 million followers. he did not address his exit but was critical of tv news. >> the other thing you notice when you take a little time off is how unbelievably stupid most of the debates you see on television are. trust me as someone who's participated. >> reporter: fox recently settled a defamation lawsuit with dominion for nearly $800 million that alleged the network repeatedly lied about debunked election fraud claims. private techs and mayors from carlson emerged including redacted messages about fox news executives. "the wall street journal" reporting according to people familiar with the matter that one referred to a female executive by the "c" word. this morning "the new york times" reporting according to two people with knowledge of the discussions that top fox executives learned of the contents of many of the private messages the day before the lawsuit was settled

news tucker carlson, cnn's don lemon, and nbc universal ceo jeff shell nbc news correspondent stephanie gosk'll be back on monday epi, in the meantime have the best weekend with the ones you love and we'll see you then >> reporter: with that tucker carlson signed off for his show friday, but he'd not be coming back fox news media and tucker carlson have agreed to part ways, the network said, in a surprise statement offering no explanation for ending the most popular show on cable newsch the audience tops 3 million on an average night, viewers drawn on issues from january 6th to immigration. >> the policy is called the great replacement. >> reporter: carlson leaves just days after fox corporation settled the defamation lot with dominion voting system for $787.5 million neither the network or carlson has responded to request for comment. the popular host is also being sued by former fox producer abby grossberg. she accuses grossman of promoting a hostile work environment, speaking to nbc news in an exclusive interview >> women were objectified. it was a game. it was a sport it was like being i

nbc's stephanie gosk has more. >> hey there, this happened overnight in a really isolated area of alaskar was carrying two people, two soldiers died at the scene, another on route to the hospital. the fourth now being treated for injuries as the investigation unfolds. overnight, two u.s. apache helicopters crashing midair killing three soldiers and injuring one near remote healy, alaska, 200 miles north of anchorage. soldiers based at fort wayne wright from the 11th airborne division were flying two apache helicopters back from a training mission when the crash happened. army officials saying this is an incredible loss for these soldiers' families, their fellow soldiers and for their division. >> it comes weeks after several crashes involving u.s. army helicopters. last month nine soldiers were killed in kentucky when two army blackhawks crashed in a training exercise west of fort campbell. and back in february, a blackhawk from the tennessee national guard crashed in alabama, killing two crew members. just terrible news for any community, but in that statement, the head of the 11th airb

. >> joining us now with more is nbc news correspondent stephanie gosk live from outside the courtroomill with us, danny ceballos what more can you tell us about the terms of this settlement >> reporter: well, it is really just about the money at this point. and dominion, you heard the ceo there as well as his legal team said that money is accountability goes a little bit beyond that, and fox's statement, they say, we acknowledge the court's rulings finding certain claims about dominion to be false what this is specifically referencing is a decision by this judge in this case about two weeks ago and he ruled that the statements, 20 of them that are at the heart of this case were false what was going to be on trial was this issue of actual malice, having to prove that fox news knew that they were lied or recklessly disregarded the truth. fox went on with its statement to add, we're hopeful that our decision to resolve this dispute with dominion amicably instead of the acrimony of a divisive trial allows the country to move forward from these issues. moving forward is not going to happen

helicopters had just completed a training flight returning to fort wainwright in fairbanks and here's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: this happened overnight in an isolated area. so information is still coming in. we do know that each helicopter was carrying two people. two soldiers died at the scene, another en route to the hospital, the fourth getting treatment for injuries still. killing three soldiers and injuring one near remote healy, alaska, more than 200 miles north of anchorage. officials say soldiers based at fort wainwright from the 11th airborne division were flying two ah-62 apache helicopters back from a training mission when the crash happened. army officials saying, this is an incredible loss for these soldiers' families, their fellow soldiers and the division. our hearts and prayers go out to their family, friends and loved ones. it comes weeks after several crashes involving u.s. army helicopters. last month, nine soldiers were killed in kentucky when two army blackhawks crashed in a training exercise west of fort campbell. back in february a black hawk from the national guard crashed

another test launch is scheduled in a few months. >> nbc's stephanie gosk with that report.pid unscheduled disassembly. looked a lot like an explosion. >> cute. >> a big explosion doug brinkley, you've obviously followed the space program for some time. by the way, people are going, oh, joe is trying to defend elon musk actually, i was taking my cues as stephanie just did there from bill nelson, who, of course, runs nasa. he said, it was a successful flight they got a lot of what they were looking for. what was your take on yesterday and the program overall? >> yeah, it is largely successful i mean, you want failure, 1967, three astronauts, white, grissom and chafee blew up in a fireball before lift-off on a test exercise at cape canaveral that's failure this was moving the ball forward. there was the great excitement when the rocket took off we're all pulling together to get to the moon. soon, we'll have our first women astronauts on the moon in artemis-3. we have to look at the data, as you said, joe, that's collected. in science, thomas eds ison sai, a hundred ways to try

judge pressing pause on dominion voting systems lawsuit against fox news and the parent company stephanie gosks at the courthouse in wilmington steph, walk us through it. why was this trial delayed >> reporter: sure. we were all set to go here in wilmington late word last night from the judge there would be a delay this morning, multiple reports that settlement talks are under way. in cases like this, the settlements can be reached at the last moments "the washington post" is citing two sources familiar with the matter that say those talks are scheduled to take place today, but the judge has no officially given a reason for the delay. he said he was going to announce it first thing in court this morning. >> steph, let me ask you what is at stake in this potential trial and how might it all play out. >> reporter: yeah, kristen $1.6 billion is at stake dominion voting systems accuses fox news of spreading lies about its voting machines in the wake of the 2020 election they say they did so knowingly or at least recklessly you have fox on the other side saying this is a political crusade in search

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nbc's stephanie gosk has been following this story for us. good morning to you. >> hey, craig.rning it has been a wild week for don lemon and tucker carlson just days ago, they were broadcasting in front of millions of viewers. lemon had spent the last 17 years at cnn, while carlson's prime-time fox news show regularly was top in the ratings. now they're both out and breaking their silence >> reporter: overnight, two men known for speaking their minds, talking for the first time since losing their jobs. >> good evening, it's tucker carlson! >> reporter: carlson posting a video message to his more than 6 million followers. the firebrand anchor did not address his exit but was critical of tv news. >> the other thing you notice when you take a little time off is how unbelievably stupid most of the debates you see on television are trust me, as someone who has participated >> reporter: fox recently settled a defamation lawsuit with dominion voting systems for nearly $800 million that allege the network repeatedly lied about debunked election fraud claims private texts and e-mails f