David Folkenflik

Well, it's really interesting to go through and look at the documents. And let's remember that any kinds of exchanges from Slack or emails or text or whatever in any kind of case like this are going to be necessarily a narrow window into it.

It may not reflect the full context, but you're seeing editors right as the story is going to air and is about to, a fuller version of the story is about to be published online. These editors internally at CNN are expressing real misgivings. They say, we don't have the goods here.

It may not reflect the full context, but you're seeing editors right as the story is going to air and is about to, a fuller version of the story is about to be published online. These editors internally at CNN are expressing real misgivings. They say, we don't have the goods here.

It may not reflect the full context, but you're seeing editors right as the story is going to air and is about to, a fuller version of the story is about to be published online. These editors internally at CNN are expressing real misgivings. They say, we don't have the goods here.

In one exchange, like, look, let's just hope that we just keep with the video version of the story and not do anything with the written story. It's about 80 percent emotion and maybe 20 percent facts. We don't have it there. I spoke to two prominent First Amendment lawyers, one an expert on it at the University of Florida, where the case is being held.

In one exchange, like, look, let's just hope that we just keep with the video version of the story and not do anything with the written story. It's about 80 percent emotion and maybe 20 percent facts. We don't have it there. I spoke to two prominent First Amendment lawyers, one an expert on it at the University of Florida, where the case is being held.

In one exchange, like, look, let's just hope that we just keep with the video version of the story and not do anything with the written story. It's about 80 percent emotion and maybe 20 percent facts. We don't have it there. I spoke to two prominent First Amendment lawyers, one an expert on it at the University of Florida, where the case is being held.

Another used to be the chief global counsel for Bloomberg News. And they say these are all red flags. In fact, the one formerly with Bloomberg News lawyer named Charles Glasser said CNN simply should settle here. It got this wrong.

Another used to be the chief global counsel for Bloomberg News. And they say these are all red flags. In fact, the one formerly with Bloomberg News lawyer named Charles Glasser said CNN simply should settle here. It got this wrong.

Another used to be the chief global counsel for Bloomberg News. And they say these are all red flags. In fact, the one formerly with Bloomberg News lawyer named Charles Glasser said CNN simply should settle here. It got this wrong.

Right. Well, you're seeing just an enormous surge of defamation lawsuits against news organizations in recent years, including, let's be honest, NPR. And there's no, no ties between Zachary Young, or at least on my part, known between Zachary Young and incoming President Donald Trump. But the incoming president and his allies have promised an assault against the press. You've seen it rhetorically.

Right. Well, you're seeing just an enormous surge of defamation lawsuits against news organizations in recent years, including, let's be honest, NPR. And there's no, no ties between Zachary Young, or at least on my part, known between Zachary Young and incoming President Donald Trump. But the incoming president and his allies have promised an assault against the press. You've seen it rhetorically.

Right. Well, you're seeing just an enormous surge of defamation lawsuits against news organizations in recent years, including, let's be honest, NPR. And there's no, no ties between Zachary Young, or at least on my part, known between Zachary Young and incoming President Donald Trump. But the incoming president and his allies have promised an assault against the press. You've seen it rhetorically.

They've promised to use the powers of government's And the courts, and let's use one example recently. The Walt Disney Company just agreed to pay $15 million to a Trump foundation, a million in legal fees to settle a Trump defamation suit against ABC News. First Amendment lawyers told me that case seemed easier to defend.

They've promised to use the powers of government's And the courts, and let's use one example recently. The Walt Disney Company just agreed to pay $15 million to a Trump foundation, a million in legal fees to settle a Trump defamation suit against ABC News. First Amendment lawyers told me that case seemed easier to defend.

They've promised to use the powers of government's And the courts, and let's use one example recently. The Walt Disney Company just agreed to pay $15 million to a Trump foundation, a million in legal fees to settle a Trump defamation suit against ABC News. First Amendment lawyers told me that case seemed easier to defend.

Good morning, Steve.

Good morning, Steve.

Good morning, Steve.

So let's go back to March. Donald Trump, former president, surging in the Republican primaries. Stephanopoulos on the Sunday Public Affairs show this week, he was speaking with Nancy Mace. She's a Republican congresswoman from South Carolina, used to be a real critic of Trump, became a supporter of him. She had talked poignantly about how she'd been raped as a teen.