Subpoena Level News Today

Everyone knows he is someone he is in the presidents orbit. its also a reminder that fox news, while its supposed to be a cable news channel and really the host on there. especially the late night opinion hosts on there. theyve been in some ways more powerful than the elected official. so this is really i think an interesting move. it really shows that they are trying to understand what former president trump was thinking. what he was telling people at the time. its very interesting. well see if...

Issues very carefully. and part of what he is being requested for here is that as secretary of state, he is the ultimate cuss stotodian of docu and that is what the three committees want responsible for the inquiry. and also interesting in just the way that this has all played out, when you look at the letter from the committees, so much of it is about rudy giuliani, his recent television appearances, his tweets in the footnotes, rudy giuliani twitter. i mean that is the world were living in now...

This request went to fox news reporter diana falzone and her attorney. and is now asking one simple thing. let her out of the nda to speak about it. falzones lawyer telling us the client will comply with congress request and it itself overrides fox news nda. >> do you view this, even before it ever gets to a subpoena level, this request itself as something that you can comply with, regardless of fox news asking for your clients silence? >> yes. anybody out there, anybody in your audience who has...

Will comply with congresss request and it is itself overrides fox newss nda. >> do you view this ever been it gets to a subpoena level, this requests itself as something you can comply with regard of fox news for your clients silence? >> yes. anybody throughout. anybody in your audience who has an nda must know the law requires that you be allowed to participate in any government investigation and no nda can stop that. >> joining me now is new york times investigative reporter who has been all o...

Fox news reporter -- >> diana falzone. >> -- is bound legally by this contract until its viduated by the courts. >> or she gets a subpoena. >> and im joined exclusively on the phone by that lawyer, nancy ackerman smith. nick ackerman is also still with me for analysis. nancy, what can you tell me about this request? have you received it? >> i have received the request, ari, and i want to add what i said on air exclusively to you the other night, a valid government investigation also trumps an nd...

Obviously. should i have covered it. >> the factor is just one show on fox. and there was a significant amount of coverage on fox. so if you watch the network for any period of time you would know about the story. contrast that to readers of the "new york times," readers of the "the washington post" and viewers of the broadcast network newscast. if you depended on them for your news and a lot of people do, you would literally not know that this had happened. thats a lot different. >> bill: okay....

Obviously. should i have covered it. >> the factor is just one show on fox. and there was a significant amount of coverage on fox. so if you watch the network for any period of time you would know about the story. contrast that to readers of the "new york times," readers of the "the washington post" and viewers of the broadcast network newscast. if you depended on them for your news and a lot of people do, you would literally not know that this had happened. thats a lot different. >> bill: okay....

Obviously. should i have covered it. >> the factor is just one show on fox. and there was a significant amount of coverage on fox. so if you watch the network for any period of time you would know about the story. contrast that to readers of the "new york times," readers of the "the washington post" and viewers of the broadcast network newscast. if you depended on them for your news and a lot of people do, you would literally not know that this had happened. thats a lot different. >> bill: okay....