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It was the first he had heard about it. but there are multiple points at which the transition team is briefed about these investigations and these ties into michael flynn getting money from turkey and concerns about those conflicts. so i think these are questions that are going to develop today and ones that will be pressing the white house for answers. >> shannon: i also want to ask you the big nuls in the morning that roger has passed away. you tweeted this morning love and prayers to beth and zach, his wife and son. you changed television as we know it. that is absolutely true. any other th...

Putting out a statement. here it is. i'm profoundly sad and heartbroken that my husband, roger, passed away this morning. he was a patriot, profoundly grateful to live in a country that gave him an opportunity to work hard, rise and give back. during a career that stretched over more than five decades his work in entertainment and politics and in news affected the lives of many millions. and so even as we mourn his death, we celebrate his life. that's from beth. >> shannon: as we do howard kurtz joins us, the host of media buzz. howie, how do you quantify the impact on this business that roger...

He would have loved to be been there sunday night. he would invite a lot of us to come watch a game and we would do it several times. for the national anthem you were standing with hand on heart and singing, right. beth was very much into that and so was roger, too. that was the posture you had and the presence of roger and his family all the time. every time. never thought i would say this. roger ailes, our best. >> shannon: in the meantime we're awaiting the start of a house committee hearing on tax reform. lawmakers taking this one on following one of wall street's worst days in months. the...

Second father after i lost my own father six months after i started at fnc in march of 1997. i am forever grateful. his endless enthusiasm, energy, witt, humor and raw instinctive intelligence will be greatly missed. our thoughts and prayers now turn to him, his wife beth, his son zachary, his brother and his family. he will be deeply missed. it would be nice if the media would leave roger and his family alone in their time of grief but knowing people that hated him and his politics and those that forget all have sinned and fallen short and cast the first stone, i doubt that will happen. but t...

Marine corps law enforcement foundation, and we reflect on the times of our boss and obviously this controversy and how he left this place. a lot of it. but you can look back at his life and be -- reflect on those moments. he hired me as i said almost 20 years ago. and was always good to me and my family and so our condolences to beth and zach. >> shannon: we send them from here as well. bret, we look forward hearing more about your lunch with the president today. see you tonight at 6:00. >> bill: a little more in a moment on the life of roger coming up here. in the meantime as we wait on that...