and for years he, uh, essentially there was this notion that you had to sort of disavow tucker carlson as you agree with him in the sense that, that well, you know, tucker i, you know, in the same thing with alex jones. frankly, it's everybody had to always give these sort of preliminaries if they were not, you know, have it supporters that, oh well, you know, alex jones may be crazy but, and they, they started doing that so much that i noticed the jimmy no longer says well tucker carlson as well, you know, off the ranch or whatever i've done. i've noticed the transition i noticed was right, is it exactly the way you did? i remember, yeah. it's finally finally coming to reconciling with the fact that these, these labels and these, uh, these i audiological or political sort of compartmentalization of people were for false. i mean, we agree on more than we disagree about. and then we'd certainly agree on the fundamentals of what this country should be, and this absolutely frightening the hell out of the establishment that is, as a totally ruled on the basis of these artificial, this arti

and tucker carlson is a escaping week, reached good, taking the establishment. and this is what really, it angers the establishment is that, you know, they, you don't have to fact check tucker because there's nothing really to check. and that's what really annoys them. jennifer, your thoughts? the yeah. what are the most, is the tucker, especially even with the, with the g o p. candidates, he was asking questions, asking questions, but they don't want him to ask, asking questions. they don't want to answer and, and that's what it is. you know, there's really nothing to fact check him on because he knows his stuff. he's lived in this world, he's still the lease. he's loved amongst them, and he knows what's going on. but it's also tapping into as miles that it's tapping into the soul of the, of the page. remember, that happened in the soul of the americans, the american, on the american spirit, those questions that we're now ask you, which is, why is our party moving against us? do they see they seem to hate us? and that's the main question i think that they're try

immediately after he was fired, tucker carlson got an offer from russia state media. otta be a tempting offer. up until now, he's been representing russia pro bono. tucker has also -- da. it's good, da. we report. you decide. tucker also has gotten unofficial offers from one america news network, conservative news outlet blaze tv, and even mike lindell offered tucker carlson a job. yeah, lindell wants tucker to be the pillow. big news out of the white house, i almost forgot. last week, president biden officially announced that he will seek a second term. of course, we know biden's real opponent is the ravages of time. if he wins a second term, he will be 86 when he leaves office. and voters feel that is, to put it delicately: way too [bleep] old. according to a new poll, 70% of americans believe biden should not run for re-election, and half of those polled cite his age as a major reason. but what matters is that biden is young at heart. that's right. [applause] that's right. that's right. that's right. that's right. have to worry about.rgans we- but joe's got hope, ba

you heard us talking about mr trump's interview with tucker carlson there and trump has himself spokensten. why aren't you at the fox news debate in milwaukee? people have been asking me that, many said you shouldn't be doing it, polls come out and i am leading by 50 and 60 points and some of them are at one and zero and two and i'm saying to sit there for an hour or two hours or whatever it's going to be and get harassed by people that shouldn't even be running for president, should i be doing that? in georgia, where more of former us president trump's 18 co—conspirators in the alleged plot to overturn his 2020 election defeat have turned themselves in. trump's former personal attorney rudy giuliani and trump's election lawyer, sidney powell turned themselves in and were released on bond. theyjoin a growing list of co—defendeants who have surrendered ahead of the friday deadline set by the fulton country attorney general. donald trump is expected to turn himself in on thursday. along with trump, former new york city mayor giuliani faces the most charges of the 19 co—defendants. his bo

he talked about veterans in iowa, this time he's sitting down with tucker carlson. the guy doesn't really have a real platform anymore. he's been kicked off of fox news, this is as much donald trump sticking it to the rest of the gop, as it is tucker carlson sticking it to fox news. i'll be curious, for a candidate like donald trump, who was so obsessed with ratings, how he will react if fewer people tune into his internet interview with tucker carlson then watch all of his opponents. on the debate stage. yet another reason those debates need to take advantage of this opportunity as opposed to squandering it. >> yeah, and actually do something on that stage. there's a moment that is living rent free in my mind as i think about this upcoming debate. i'm going to guess is actually living rent free in your mind as well, and it is how chris christie dismantled marco rubio's campaign back in 2016. take a listen. >> under chris christie's governorship of new jersey, they've been downgraded nine times in their credit rating. this country already has a debt problem. we don'

the problem with the tucker carlson piece is nobody knows how to watch it.ave no idea how to watch tucker carlson, and fox news is currently suing tucker saying you're not allowed to be doing these news feeds. some people will see it, but will it really own the air waves and own the news cycle sitting down with tucker carlson for an online community that very few people know how to find? we'll see. >> let's talk about what's going on in court because that was fascinating too. now that both sides in the washington trial have made their date proposals and their, frankly, very, very, very far apart, what happens now? >> well, chris, judge tanya chutkan has scheduled a status conference and a hearing on this issue for august 28th at 10:00 a.m. where she will hear both sides argue their briefs. as you said, they are miles apart, and when you talk to legal experts about this, what they say is both sides are being a little ridiculous in terms of what they want. jack smith asking for a trial date in january giving only four or five months for the defense to prepare,

by [laughter] the basement, or behind bars. >> do you think tucker carlson [laughter] do you think tuckeri really resent the setup of the question. [laughter] you know first of all, i think we should really get down to the important questions such as, if epstein did kill kill, was schoolbook up with this it make legs like he is on the beach. this -- i'm sorry, funniest of one of america's attention, what is you have tucker's laugh? i mean, i'm 25 years old i've never had a prostate exam, but i imagine that's how i'm for effect. i have no idea, i can't explain it, i'm glad that we don't have to hear as much of it anymore. >> fred, always good to see my friends. i don't know, you are the best. >> thank you for having me. >> we always appreciate you coming on, i'm sure we're gonna find a lot more times to have you. one >> i love you, man you're amazing. so thanks for having me. >> i know you have a new sketch. >> yet no, and come see me on the. road >> of course, yeah. >> not friend. com. find the dates. we will follow you on instagram, follow you on tiktok, everywhere. >> truth social. >> a

but, look, he and tucker carlson, no one has an axe to grind with fox than the two of them.learly donald trump looked at his dance card next week and thought i can play golf, i can join the rnc debate, i can join tucker carlson or surrender to fulton county authorities. >> there's still time and room on that stage for other candidates to join. one of the people who's desperately trying to get on the stage is former arkansas governor asa hutchinson. he's not yet qualified. this is what he had to say. >> we're getting close. we have until monday evening to qualify for the 45,000 individual voters, and it's up to all the viewers. >> asa hutchinson not yet at that 40,000 number. if he and other candidates don't hit that number, they don't qualify for the debate, do you think they are still viable in this republican race? >> i don't think they are, alex. i mean right now i think it's even tough to say that many of those that are going to be on the stage are even viable. look, donald trump right now has a prohibitive lead. it doesn't mean that he's going to be the nominee, but it

plus, the trump interview with tucker carlson. former president set to surrender in georgia today, expected to get processed, even have his mugshot taken. >> rudy giuliani already booked. what's expected at the jail today. we're live in atlanta. >> the man who led the uprising against vladimir putin now believed dead after this fiery crash in russia. the investigation this morning, was it a missile strike? what this video may reveal. >> plus, the breaking news overnight, nine people shot at this historic bar in california. the american nurse kidnaped with her young daughter in haiti, speaks out for the first time. >> her surprising message to the kidnapers getting her voice back. >> how artificial intelligence is helping this woman with paralysis speak again. >> and later, why today is an especially popular day for workers playing hooky. from news in new york. >> this is america. this morning. a very good thursday morning, everyone. >> i'm lionel moise, in for andrew. good morning. >> i'm morgan norwood in for rhiannon and we begi

tucker carlson, while he was still a fox news star, told a colleague at one point of trump, i hate him passionately. i can't handle much more of this. then, referring to trump's presidency, carlson said we are all pretending we've got a lot to show for it because admitting what a disaster it has been is too tough to digest. so, fox has been at the mercy of donald trump four years. as a result, has defended and promoted trump in ways that would have previously been unthinkable. and fox is not alone in this. the same abusive relationship trump has with folks, he also has with the republican party. over the course of his presidency, trump turned the republican national committee of the rnc into his lapdog. trump forced the rnc to cover hundreds of thousands of dollars of his own personal legal bills. at one point, the rnc spent $100,000 just to boost the sales of a book written by trump's adult son, don junior. trump even managed to get the rnc involved in this plot to overturn the 2020 election using fake electors. the chair of the rnc, monica daniels, told the january 6th committee that

tucker carlson is the best example. ying very hard. i think for tucker it's a short term play for him on x. he is not nearly as big as he was six months ago. his rhetoric is not nearly as loud and impactful as it was six months ago. that's a change in the media landscape. someone who was very fringe but spoke to millions is back on the fringes. >> we are at the point where it's going to be a lot less about trump. we can't ignore trumpism. we will talk about why those grievances appeal to a part of the population. let's have honest talk about how big the base actually is. how many republicans are persuadable? how many are willing to take it better than someone else on a younger or newer candidate? i think we have to reckon with this every day like the network does with trumpism. that is still very much in our politics every day. >> there's a small part of my brain that is stuck -- >> am i crazy? >> i'm stuck in the donald trump in his pajamas doing anything. ryan stelter, thank you. as i said, new will coming out in novem

the viewers have the option to watch him with tucker carlson. >> i'm not sure that will really be theand trump are really lashing out at rupert murdoch. donald trump has been very vocal about it. and tucker carlson is in a very big legal dispute with murdoch after he was fired from the channel. so it makes sense that donald trump would go to tucker carlson. i'm sure that is really just getting under rupert murdoch's skin. not only will trump not be on his stage but he's going to tucker carlson's. >> any update on the police raid in central kansas? what's the latest? >> it seems that the search warrant, there wasn't enough of a link between a potential crime and the need to search the news rooms and seize all their equipment. that's according to the county prosecutor who returned all the seized electronics back to the newspaper. now there are some really big questions on whether the police and the judge who signed off on this warrant went outside the law, maybe violated the law. i know a lot of lawyers have looked at this and they've said, it is very suspicious given that it is very ra

what was donald trump saying at the same time to tucker carlson about what's going to be happening to watching tucker carlson and donald trump in the 45 minutes conversation these two men had, and i can tell you that by minute number four tucker carlson was asking donald trump about jeffrey epstein and whether he thought epstein was in fact murdered and after about two minutes of questioning donald trump on jeffrey epstein's death, trump suggested it was in fact suicide, which the government said it was. and he ended up correlating that, saying he was asking about jeffrey epstein, because he wondered whether they are going to try to kill you next. it was a twisted odd conversation between the two men. tucker carlson asked him twice whether he thought civil war was imminent, and he asked him about a potentially open conflict, including two specific questions about his own potential murder. i want to let you listen to one of those responses from donald trump, take a listen. >> so do you think it's possible that there's open conflict? >> i don't know because i don't know what, you know,

nermeen: john nichols, your response to trump's comments to fired fox host tucker carlson?ek ramaswamy mimicked his line he said, america is an internal sort of cold cultural civil war. thus night he said. >> i was in madison, wisconsin, january6, so i can't attest to what donald trump thinks he saw but my sense of what occurred on that day is very different than his. i think the same goes for committees that have investigated it and others. trump is clearly putting his spin on this but the most troubling thing is he is suggesting that there is a possibility for additional violence. that is a deeply unsettling statement by a former president, the frontrunner in a presidential race. and it also does parallel what some of the candidates are saying, especially ramaswamy, who has suggested a very dark vision of america most of in fact, he explicitly rejected ronald reagan's warning in america statement from back in the 1980's and argued things are pretty awful and potentially could get worse. you do have a split from the republican party of the past to a party that is much more

instead, trump's inteview with conservative commentator tucker carlson will air on x, formerly knowns twitter. trump is currently the frontrunner for the republican nomination. live to new york with cbs news correspondent jarred hill. hello to you, jared. trump is not going to be there but he is likely to be part of the conversation. yes. to be part of the conversation. yes, that is almost _ to be part of the conversation. yes, that is almost certain. _ to be part of the conversation. yes, that is almost certain. we - to be part of the conversation. yes that is almost certain. we already know that the likes of the former newjersey governor have been mentioning a number of times that he really wants to showcase here in this debate and throughout his campaign why he believes that the former president should not be really in contention for the nomination for the presidency here. but on top of that, there is some talk from fox news that there will be other topics brought up. we also know that with some cbs news polling that likely republican voters will want to hear what these candidates

does a taped interview with tucker carlson maybe posted on x somewhere really steal the spotlight fromwho have no choice but to pay attention to what former president trump does as the leading republican presidential nominee. there is also kind of the audience of x, the audience of conservatives who are very active on social media. they might be more inclined to pay attention to a trump and tucker carlson video that drops, as you said, on x or maybe a similar platform. however, i think your average voter, average person who isn't glued to social media, who isn't a news junkie and who probably finds the debate a little bit more accessible for them on their tv or their cable channels, that might not have as much impact. i mean, for example, tucker carlson himself isn't as visible as he was when he had the fox news platform. so it would be the same for anyone he chose to interview at this point. >> let's talk about who will be on the stage. ron desantis, governor the florida, the highest polling candidate, although trump at 53, he is at 16 in the latest poll. this is a debate five months

many of observed since tucker carlson was fired from his prominent purch and fox news. unafraid in on, we are all send relentlessly to punch is up at the establishment and speaks up for the weeks in power today. and this is new and never done before with trigger the general escape. that means national governments come into the economy much, maybe into that, and then it goes. but to be cool because of the printer to the new capacity and then also get it to us on the move to stem us. any thought if the message you stick it and sick on the status, i need you to turn. this is a full be ready to turn just is 75. i mean so that interest that your home phone go off, try and pull it from lam. i'm not really sure how likely to get very loud as the sunny but you said these are necessarily assumed this will be to pretty much a month or so. when they came out of the concentration camps, they wait a week and to a new reality of the lens, the homes. and now being that lead, suddenly because of late into that, please now. okay, by as my wife to be selected from these perspective, people do this beca

we get a little chatter on twitter, but people don't pay attention to tucker carlson anymore.he lost his position at fox news he lost his megaphone. he was, yesterday, i did see being a traitor to the united states and talking about how all these powerful dictators were, but we're not talking much about it because people don't care about tucker carlson anymore. so, i don't think that this is going to be the thing that overshadows of the debate and get donald trump's special attention, or will make him feel good because tucker will continuously kiss up to him and donald trump loves that. but, what we'll do, that is the arrest on thursday. it is, no matter what we talk about on thursday, all the oxygen is going to be sucked out and we're going to be talking about donald trump's arrest on thursday, yet again, and his bail yet again and his felonies yet again and, yet again, we're going to watch a lot of these candidates for president not have the courage to tell the base the truth and then wonder why donald trump is still in the lead. >> i want to play for you what republican sen

sources saying an interview with former fox news host tucker carlson is now in the works as trump aims to steal the spotlight from his rivals. >>> and a category-four hurricane lashing mexico and is posing an unprecedented threat now to southern california. the region is under its first tropical storm watch ever, and potentially facing a year's worth of rain in a matter of hours. >>> welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer's off today. i'm alex marquardt, and you're in "the situation room." >>> the camp david summit is our top story this hour. president joe biden working to strengthen ties with japan and south korea as the three countries face urgent threats from china and north korea. cnn's arlette saenz is at camp da david. and will ripley is standing by. how is the president touting the results of this historic summit? >> reporter: well, president biden is hailing this moment as an historic step, one that is opening the next chapter, the next era of cooperation between the u.s., south korea, and japan. it was never a given that this tr

he also gets to hurt rupert murdoch and go on tucker carlson, who's obviously going to lob softballst, as well. politically, he's probably benefiting quite a bit from this. obviously, mpeveryone else, may not so much. >> we saw how much of a challenge announcing a candidacy was when he did it live with elon musk on what was twitter then. but if he's putting this video, we'll take pieces, but it's not going to be something that the whole world shifts from the debate. it's just his absence that is the point for him. >> oliver darcy, thanks. >> he'll up late with us wednesday night. >> and up early morning. >>> back with us now, national politics reporter for bloomberg, kristin hall and cnn political analyst and white house correspondent for pbs "newshour," laura barone lopez. so not only is the former president skipping the first debate, it's plural, but i want to talk about his kind of sitting back from going to speak with the people of iowa. the governor, kim reynolds says that there will be a cost to pay likely, for that. let's listen to what she has to say. >> he's skipped a lot of

that's wouldn't many of observe since tucker carlson was fired from his prominent for chip fox news. unafraid in on we barrels and relentlessly, punches up at the establishment and speaks out for the week in power of the doubles the on the go to for us. what is present so not as he goes as a to somebody sitting benefit eagles, angels. and since you order from them in 480 my god. healey guidance, but already thank you and has always been didn't, didn't. when stop, you can definitely my was like tv. i noticed you have a piece for me, but i mean for me is to control everything that is going to hang up. i don't want us to go to like a stuff in the last the system to model you meant to talk to my start date because it's time to model. so that does not. that's what i thought i changed, at least i noticed on the frontier, nobody model in the speed. uh, can you tell us the most frequently asked me if i've got some freight so a know, you know, just to me it didn't include your stuff in the system for 10 percent of interest. jim was, you know, i got a mentor plate super little. can you satisfy

there will be discussion of the tucker carlson debate. with fox. donald trump doesn't think fox is nice enough to him believe it or not. tucker carlson was obviously fired. >> then you have that new desantis debate memo. yesterday former republican congresswoman barbara comstock predicted if the governor did follow the advice, it could be the beginning of the end for his campaign. i want to play a little bit of what she said. >> you can see why ron desantis is sinking like a stone. and if you're going to take on the front runner, take on the front runner. taking on vivek ramaswamy is not going to get you into first place. i mean, put a fork in ron desantis. if he wasn't already done, this memo is going to do him in. >> what's your take on that memo, and what does desantis need to do on wednesday? >> yeah, barbara comstock has her finger on the pulse of the reality of what's happening in the republican primary. kudos to her, i'm a big fan of hers. usually i would say this is inside baseball. campaigns make mistakes. you know it, you were t

the view of world politics from budapest, where tucker carlson flew in for the sake of this conversation already made headlines in the western press, which differs sharply from the position of the united states in almost everything, but above all in regard to the ukrainian conflict and the expansion of nato to the east. we missed the historical moment to accept ukraine into nato and more of such an opportunity. no, we cannot allow such a long border as between russia and ukraine to belong to nato , which would mean an immediate military threat to all of us, even to washington it is dangerous even. united states because it could provoke a nuclear conflict. so it's unrealistic now, we need to forget about it, on the contrary. we must make a deal with russia for a new security architecture to ensure the sovereignty and security of ukraine but not its membership in nato warban. one of the few politicians in europe who is consistently called to reduce the degree of confrontation with russia, and his current interview resonates very much with the new article. john bolton , former centurion of

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whereas, i think you have a feeling with tucker carlson, he's not going to have to worry about any hostileh, of course, is remarkable if you look at those emails released when dr. carlson making clear privately, he doesn't particular care much for donald. trump probably, he's been very supportive. at this is way of controlling his message, controlling, you know, how you convey them self. , so you don't elevate the other candidates who are white, wave a hind. him by putting him on the steam stage, it's his way of basically dominating the conversation that we always have. >> and you know he's got six days to surrender in georgia. do you have insight, peter, on when that will happen, exactly? will trump used the spectacle of his to rest to defer attention from the debate? i know that was a possibility for wednesday night. at one point. >> it was a possibility. that latest report i've seen, i don't have any personal reporting on the latest reporting. epstein suggested might wait after the debate, thursday and friday of next week. you know, i have to say in the political class as i've remember

wherever he goes — tucker carlson show.an get attention and coverage and what we saw last night— and coverage and what we saw last night was proving where the republican presidential candidates think the republican party— candidates think the republican party is — candidates think the republican party is. that debate, for a distant _ party is. that debate, for a distant second place in the primary— distant second place in the primary and caucus process, was a circus — primary and caucus process, was a circus the _ primary and caucus process, was a circus. the moderators lost controk _ a circus. the moderators lost controk it _ a circus. the moderators lost control. it was embarrassing as a republican but it is where these — a republican but it is where these candidates think they have — these candidates think they have to _ these candidates think they have to be because donald trump behaves _ have to be because donald trump behaves that way and you all cover — behaves that way and you all cover him, every single word he say

with the front-runner, former president trump, skipping the gop showdown and sitting down with tucker carlsonnstead. as more trump codefendants, including rudy giuliani, turn themselves in in georgia. with trump expected to surrender tomorrow. >>> plus, fit for trial? from "the real housewives of beverly hills" to federal court. former powerhouse attorney tom girardi, the one-time husband of erika jaynes. ♪ it's expensive to be me ♪ charged with swindling millions from his clients. >> not only are we seeing a staggering legal scan ankle, we're seeing it play out on reality television. >> juju: his defense team alleging he's been suffering from dementia for years. prosecutors firing back. what erika jayne told some of the alleged victims. do you struggle with occasional nerve aches in your hands or feet? try nervive nerve relief from the world's number one nerve care company. nervive contains ala to relieve nerve aches, and b-complex vitamins to fortify healthy nerves. try nervive. and, try nervive pain relieving roll-on. how do i do it all? with a little help. and to support my family's immun

instead, pursuing an online interview with former fox news host, tucker carlson, where?ar with his thinking. meanwhile, his closest challenger in the polls, although that's not saying much, it is hard at work at the -- memo written for ron desantis by a pro desantis super pac encourages the florida governor to defend trump from attacks by chris christie and take a, quote, sledgehammer to vivek ramaswamy, who has been rising in the polls. i want to bring in jonathan allen, senior national politics reporter for nbc news who has been following all of this for us. and bring it to us now. jonathan, as always, it's great to talk to you. so, let's talk first about this memo. posted to the website of axiom strategies, right? the founder of which is the leader of desantis's super pac. so, it is santa spokesperson saying, this was not a campaign memo. the campaign had not been made aware of it prior to it being published. what is going on here? >> what's going on here is the super pac is communicating to the candidate they are not allowed, by federal law, for the super pac that su

jeffrey epstein, civil war, what do you make of where tucker carlson took the conversation?deeper into the qanon conspiracy world. unfortunately, trump barely resisted that temptation, and it tells us a lot about where tucker and the far right are going. the question is whether the entire gop is going to follow him or not. last night they made both of those men look kind of small. >> brian stelter, really appreciate your insights, your analysis, thank you so much for being here. >> thanks. >>> up next on "ana cabrera reports," from defenders of the law to indicted co-defendants, the legal trouble eight of donald trump's top legal allies including rudy giuliani are facing in georgia. and could a judge treat those lawyers more harshly when they head to trial? to trial? (josh allen) is this your plan to watch the game today? (hero fan) i have to watch my neighbors' nfl sunday ticket. (josh allen) it's not your best plan. but you know what is? myplan from verizon. (vo) for a limited time get nfl sunday ticket from youtubetv on us. a $449 value. plus, get a free samsung galaxy z

former president donald trump sat down with former fox news host tucker carlson less than 24 hours before his planned surrender to authorities in atlanta. >> i got indicted four times, all trivia -- nonsense. >> reporter: trump is one of 19 people indicted on charges over alleged efforts to overturn georgia's 2020 election results. >> they're saying if you challenge an election, we're going to indict you and put you in jail. >> reporter: the 45-minute interview aired on x, formerly known as twitter, at the same time as the first republican presidential primary debate in wisconsin. on stage in milwaukee, the gop field was split over the former president's indictments. >> the conduct is beneath the office of president of the united states. [ applause ] >> it is wrong. >> we have to end the weaponization of justice in this country. >> reporter: here in atlanta, security is on high alert for trump's surrender later today. already about half of the 19 people facing charges have already turned themselves in. yesterday former trump lawyer sidney powell and rudy giuliani were among those who surr

he instead sat down for a recorded interview with tucker carlson, which is airing on the platform x ortter around the same time tonight, this debate in milwaukee marks the first time we're seeing most of the declared republican candidates together, the highest profile candidates include florida governor ron desantis. also have trump ally turned nemesis chris christie and trump's former vice president mike pence. it will be a crowded stage. but as our political analyst david mccuan points out, it's the drama and indictment surrounding donald trump that is really dominating the political universe right now. we asked him what he'll be watching for tonight. are the candidates say about donald trump? to what degree does donald trump overshadow everything that goes on tonight? something to watch for. >> and then any candidate breakthrough. does anyone break the trajectory of what's going trump is so far ahead. is there anything that we see happening in terms of cutting into that and that us to a a fine or or a more accurate focus on governor desantis. is governor desantis able to change this

this is discussed by tucker carlson who got to this point and understood. us 5-6 years ago in plain text they said that they would come to this. by the way, that the shift has taken place. she is more chosen than biden - this is also quite obvious. and the fact that america's military scenarios would be fully implemented was clear in february 21. here grandmothers do not go. this is what they will do, but now they understand and communicate it. here is the question. can anyone in america discuss the future of the united states nick of the anthem, not as the head of nato, not as a model for the whole world, and i say cannot, because even trump does not do this. well, trump can't discuss it like this, he's going to do it like this great no we will be great we will rule the world. but we are so different , we will now go the other way, as vladimir ilyich told lenin, and this is the limit. but what is interesting is that the day before yesterday i said in your program about a fascist type of dictatorship, but trump comes out and says the same words that i said

earlier he slammed the country's incumbent administration in a tucker carlson interview, claiming that the white house is incompetent and unable to stop the ukraine conflicts you supposed to be getting a set of that horrible, horrible war that we're very much involved in with russia and ukraine. you could do that, you could do that very easily. i believe you could do that very. i don't believe he could do it because he's just incompetent. but that's a war that it should end immediately. not because of one side or the other because hundreds of thousands of people are being killed. it's gotta be stopped and it can be stuff very easily. she would have never started if i were president. it would have never said donald trump up to, to appear on tucker carlson show and skipped a republican presidential debate or one of his rivals vivek, rama swami slammed us officials for sponsoring ukraine instead of focusing on solving problems on american soil. jerome, as long as you would not support an increase of funding to your grant, i would not. and i think that this is just ask for somebody else's

instead, we've learned trump may sit down for an interview with former fox news host tucker carlson. here's abc's senior white house correspondent selina wang. >> reporter: tonight, with the first 2024 gop debate just four days away, frontrunner donald trump is under fire for planning to skip it entirely. >> chicken. yeah. he doesn't want to stand up there and kind of face the music. >> he's a coward. >> reporter: sources tell abc news trump is instead strongly considering sitting down for an interview with former fox news host tucker carlson. trump's campaign insists no final decision has been made. at least one of trump's gop competitors ambivalent. >> i have no issue with whatever decision he wants to make. if he's out there, great. if not, i'm fine with that as well. >> reporter: new hampshire governor chris sununu, a vocal critic of trump, sees the debate as a potential turning point. >> he's been successful kind of being the victim, but as these candidates have an opportunity to kind of show themselves more on a national stage, that's where his numbers are only going to go down

called it a perfect phone call and continue to deny any wrongdoing in a pretaped interview at tucker carlsontimes, all trivia nonsense, bull [bleep]. >> reporter: mark meadows who was also on that 2021 call with donald trump and raffensperger finally turned himself in after his efforts to delay his surrender were rejected by a federal judge. district attorney fani willis has set a noon deadline for friday for everyone to turn themselves in. today she proposed a new trial date for october 23rd this year, several months earlier than expected. the district attorney pushed up the date from march 4th next year after one of the defendants asked for a speedy trial, trump's new legal team opposed the move and said it once his case handled separately. norah. >> norah: nikole killion with all of those new details, thank you. tonight, the pentagon, for the first time, saying it believes russian warlord yevgeny prigozhin is dead. u.s. intelligence indicates the plane that the mercenary was on was brought down by an explosion on board. cbs's debora patta reports from southern ukraine. >> reporter: this i

therefore tucker carlson's argument looks alas, a self-fulfilling prophecy the administration has what manage the government, once you start judging your political subscribers. you know that you must win the election. otherwise, they will tear you apart after their victory. so they cannot afford to lose. they will do anything to win like they are not going to make a cavit again, they are going to start a war with russia so what they are trying to do is a direct war with russia next year. is it true of course they do want it. i don't think we will win it. but this is a separate issue. i think this is a political issue. they need to declare war, that you take on military powers in order to win, i think the facts testify to this. so if you're worried that our politics will get even more brutal and that people will suffer, then you should be worried about the prospect of open war with russia. of course, we are funding their enemies. so we are fighting russia but now i mean openly fighting russia when we say we are in state of war with russia i think it could easily happen. we could easily

carlsen -- tucker carlson? lisa: he wants to convince voters the republican primary is over. the statement today. they wrote, "president trump has already won the savings debate." "expect the fox to show a natural a session with president trump." i raise this because this is another importantly rub debate tonight. what is going on is what is happening between former president trump and fox news. headquarters of the conservative candidate. with him not showing up here tonight, it means a choice for conservative viewers. are they going to watch eight republicans on stage you want to be president, or are they going to watch him with tucker carlson, or are they going to just watch video clips tomorrow morning? geoff: lisa desjardins reporting for us tonight in milwaukee. lisa, thank you. lisa: you're welcome. ♪ amna: we return now to our other lead story, a plane crash in russia could have ramifications around the world. a jet went down flying from moscow to st. petersburg. outside of moscow, a plane falls from the sky, the possible fiery fate of a former kremlin soldier turned t

exactly same as tucker carlson. i'm not joking. i'm now, convinced that tucker carlson has based his whole look on eighties steve jobs and that's who he was he was like know conservative businessman who was taking of the new efficiencies that globalization allowed right which is code for the new world order that was established in the postwar situation where america had all these production enclaves, including domestically with immigrants, been driven out of their countries and into low wage labor in the tech industry. and so these critiques existed the whole time. but people don't know about apple. nobody knows that at all about apple. it's completely been effaced in their in their history that this is their original value proposition. wasn't that they had the best computer, the best thinkers or any of that. it was this manufacturing network and that has continued to be the basis for apple the entire. and yet we have to rediscover this critique every ten years or so because silicon valley is really good at selling

here's what former president trump said on the issue of ukraine with tucker carlson on x. mr.: he is supposed to be getting us out of that horrible, horrible war that we are very much involved in with russia and ukraine. you can do that very easily. i don't believe he could do it because he is just incompetent, but that is a war that should end immediately not because of one side or the other but because hundreds of thousands of people are being killed. can you imagine you are in an apartment house and rockets are going into that building and blowing it up and knocking it down? who can -- why should anything, why should anybody whether russian or ukrainian or whatever they are, it's got to be stopped. it can be stopped easily. it should have never started. if our president, it would never have started. host: once again, we want to know what your top news story of the week was. republicans you can call (202) 748-8001. democrats, your line is (202) 748-8000. independents can cl 02) 748-8002. are waiting to hear from you about your top news story of the week let's talko nda was c

but tucker carlson has been known to give him a platform for all he wants to say.wsroom. >> and do i think that it is interesting that it will be pre-taped. at least that is the expectation. i do want you to take a listen though to part of what trump's former press secretary caylee mcenany had to say. >> this is a huge political m miscalculation. you give others the opportunity to shine, you give others two hours to throw lobs at you. and i know former president trump can defend himself, but you are not there to do it yourself, you are counting on others to step in. >> but i'm still not convinced that anyone besides chris christie will even attack or address the former president. so is there any risk here? >> yeah, so we were reporting yesterday that the campaigns have prepared for two scenario, one in which trump shows up last minute and the other one just how to make a point that he wasn't there. but as you mentioned, chris christie is the only one that has really said that i'm coming after the former president on stage. asa hutchinson is alsoaeen voca against th