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compelling >> jeremy, there's some reporters who have been tweeting about this that have talked about the judge's disposition or potentially the impression that the judge was exasperated by fox. programs particularly around questions about murdoch's testimony. was that something you witnessed and anything you can tell us. >> absolutely. the judge hit limit of his patience with fox lawyers at times. at one point, he admonished them about how he would interrupt them and tell the jury to disregard fox lawyers if they pursued a certain line of argument he was very firm about that and very stern and you just referenced fox only recently disclosed in the last 48 hours that rupert murdoch is
murdered. why did he live stream the attack? why did he target his colleagues? the investigation to get answers as we learn the actions of heroic officers who took out the gunman before he took even more lives, plus. the mayor of louisville with an urgent plea to elected leaders in his state. let us the people of louisville make our own choices about h w gun violence in our city. but will anyone in power he'd his request and setting the stage for the blockbuster trial. dominion versus fox, a judge's stern warning today as the murdoch network faces a $1.6 billion lawsuit for its many lies to the american people. welcome to the lead. i'm jake tapper. we start today with our national lead next hour. we expect louisville officials. to release police body camera video of officers responses to
lincoln project, whit wilson most things that fox does, they don't shock me we saw the roots of this case 16, 17 years ago when obama was running. we have an excerpt from "the new york times" talking about how fox chased its audience down a rabbit hole. falsely reported obama attended a muslim school and that he -- all of this. birtherism we know this is what fox does. i want to ask you this question. it's something i am conflicted with as a professor of journalism how much of this -- it leads to why they are in trouble with dominion as well how much of this has fox created this racist audience, created this appetite for tabloid journalism and divisive topics how much did they create how much was rupert murdoch
called as well "the new york times" taking a deep dive into murdoch's road to this moment. reporting how he was emboldened by the u.s. press protections, buying his first u.s. newspaper in san antonio where he turned a daily paper into what he deemed a screamer even then, his own publisher raising concerns of accuracy slipping here is what murdoch said about the influence he had over the papers he owned more than 50 years ago.
allege these three tennessee democrats violated decorum rules by appearing in the well of the house and protesting down there. i understand that there's a tennessee law that might arguably permit that i don't know the details of that it's entirely possible that this could have never been a decorum violation. but there's a second reason it can't be one, which is because the conduct that they were engaging in was speech it might have been loud. it might have been something the republicans didn't like. but it was first amendment protected speech >> thank you for starting us off. joyce will stay with me. new calls for impeachment against clarence thomas after the bombshell report of ethics failures a nightmare scenario for fox. murdoch going under oath. how the court might respond to threats against trump
be a big enough number for dominion to take it, get som exoneration, and perhaps som statements on the air at fox that they got this wrong and they owe them an apology, just sort of clear the thing. so, maybe they'll roll the bones. anything is possible people get very emotiona during a lawsuit but i like the odds. it seems more likely and mor rational there's a settlemen here >> but have you seen any signs that you would see any of thes hosts at fox news, anthony come on tv and say they di something wrong, if anything they're staying exactly on the course they've been on for years and in fact doubling down >> well, i think that's th strategy for right now but if there is settlement, and it comes fro mr. murdoch himself, that they have to take it change direction. you know, they did let a few o their anchors go after the election, the 2020 election. so that, you know, i think the continent will be there. you're either going to have to conform to what we need to sav the organization, or you'r
messages that have come out the murdochs call the shots, and that's why dominion wants them on the stand, and we've also seen murdoch say. he conceded in his deposition that some of his top host. people like sean hannity did endorse those were. that's what murdoch said that endorse the election lies and that's obviously different than reporting on election lives. and so dominion is very interested in bringing them to the stand, letting them say that in front of a jury whether it was directed from the top posts are gonna be testifying. also what house fox responding to this new development. they're they're not happy. i'll read you what they said in statement yesterday, another statement blasting dominion. they said dominion clearly wants to continue. and generating misleading stories from their friends and the media to distract from their weak case , demanding witnesses who had nothing to do with the challenge . broadcast is just the latest example of their political crusade in search of a financial windfall. obviously a lot to digest their most legal experts would not say it's a weak case. question in case i don't think i've talked to a legal expert that said, this is a weak case.
attorneys for fox have already agreed to let hosts including tucker carlson, sean hannity and maria bartiromo testify at the trial. jane tim is covering everything about this legal fight does this mean we'll definitely see murdoch on the stand >> it certainly seems like we're going to see the mogul in court in person. the judge said this witness is pretty critical to dominion's case and gdominion is trying to prove that fox corporation was involved in the statements the only way they seem to be able to prove it is hinge it on the mourdock's involvement in the post-election period, the intimate handling of editorial coverage that we see in some of these emails that have come out as evidence, that's where they're trying to go fox, of course, says that demanding witnesses is the statement from a fox spokesman, demanding witnesses who had nothing to do with the challenged broadcasts is just the latest example of their