Eric Dug News Today

Thank you so much for joining us tonight. Cnn prime time with laura coates starts right now. Hey caitlin, im telling you, if you thought august was winding down. This is heating up. Until your vacations, anyone watching. Did you have a vacation plan, kaitlyn . What is the thing called vacation . Do you go someplace . You dont work . I wonder how that goes . One to answer that one i would think. We are not, i will do a staycation right here. Im laura coates, everyone, thank you so much for joinin...

Something that has been of interest to the special counsel, jack smith. I should know this was first reported by the journal institution. Cnn confronted. As you heard earlier, the District Attorney in the state says that he and her fellow prosecutors would have years into the prosecutors in the state of georgia are, quote, ready to go. Thank you for joining us, cnn primetime at laura coates starts now. Hey kaitlyn, im telling you, if you thought august was winding down, this is heating up. Cance...

over biden and trump, why are so few of them backing anyone else? halfway across the world, the nation of sudan is careening toward a full-blown civil war. secretary of state antony blinken says dozens of americans have contacted his department trying to get out. that may be just a fraction of the thousands of americans still trapped there. were following breaking news. two of the best-known media personalities at fox news and cnn, tucker carlson and don lemon are out. what we know abo...

Hello everyone. Thank you for joining me this sunday. Im fredicka whitfield. We begin in hollywood where after the last four days of marathon negotiations, striking writers and studios could reach a deal as early as today. Its a glimmer of hope for an end to a strike that has dragged ob for nearly five months and impacted the production of scores of tv shows and movies. Cnns parent company, Warner Brothers discovery, is a part of the negotiations with the union. Cnns Camila Bernal joining me fro...

Incited a very dangerous mob to come to washington on january six, and now you have somebody who is had very antisemitic things to come back on. so, while they might have changed the name, the intention behind what the platform is supposed to be is changing and it is not for the best. i also think that a lot has happened since they named it acts, and since kanye has come back on. we have new platforms as well, so we have a threads, we have still, we have other alternatives for people to go and a...

Things to come back on. so, while they might have changed the name, the intention behind what the platform is supposed to be is changing and it is not for the best. i also think that a lot has happened since they named it acts, and since kanye has come back on. we have new platforms as well, so we have a threads, we have still, we have other alternatives for people to go and actually have conversations in a similar, but not identical way. the audience is finding it to be more refreshing, and so ...

>> joining me now is eric dug into the tv critic for npr and the author of race baiter, how media wields dangerous words. also with me now is ashley ellison. listen, i think we are all watching this unfold. i have to say, when you thumb saw this, what was your reaction actually when you first saw the water being thrown, or some liquid, and her reaction? >> to be honest, i dont condone violence, but i will say that people have a right to defend themselves. concert goers need to stop this. it is a...

Monetize the broadcast that its putting on, it doesnt matter how many viewers they get. so in tucker carlsons case, if you wind up paying a lot of money or facing a lot of legal liability because of someone, it may not matter that they draw 3 million viewers a night if you wind up paying all that money back in legal fees in another case, when youre trying to build ratings for a struggling morning show, it may not help to have an anchor that female viewers may question, may be skeptical about fem...

Carlson is something people are curious about. the timing is, as you said, curious. the idea that a lot of emails, communications and internal workings of his show and other shows at fox came out in sort of the bath water in this dominion lawsuit. we also know that a fired producer abby grossberg alleged harassment and a toxic work environment in a lawsuit after dominion theres an outside counsel investigated the claims and told her lawyers they were unfounded, but that investigation did conclud...

Network. i want to bring in nbc senior reporter jane timm joyce vance is the former u.s. attorney and professoral at the university of alabama law school and eric dug against jane, first get us up to speed on tucker carlson specifically what do we know? >> tucker carlson was as you said a ratings giant his departure appears unexpected at least friday, he said see you monday, gave a keynote address this week end. it doesnt appear it was planned. hes not out with a statement. we have no reporting ...