ailes after his force-out -- after ailes is forced out of fox news, he became a formal unpaid advisor to the campaign and ailes gets in the room with steve bannon, reince priebus, and these guys start looking around and realizes ailes is just telling old war stories and fall, me for his down and the advisors are looking at their shoes and realizing this guy is not adding a lot here. that was the only time ailes was in the room. he was pushed to the margins of trump world. is some extra interviews i did with roger ailes. i knew him for a long time. most of these are from the early 2000. here they are. [video playing] charlie: tell me what the formula is that has led fox news channel to be considered here to stay? i hire good people. when i left cnbc, and i had started the small channel, "america's talking," 82 people left the system to join me at fox even though there was no network. andthey were good people, so i was able in six months to put together a cable channel because i had very trusted people. five vice president, several people who really do their jobs. i was able to focus on

ailes was 77. anna werner has more on the man who was once called "the loudest voice in the room." >> reporter: roger ailes went from a 27-year-old tv introducer nixon to the american people in 1968. he helped elect ronald reagan and george h.w. bush, too. by 1992, ailes had retired from politics and soured on the news media, as he told charlie rose then... >> if you want to have tremendous political influence and still be a womanizer, drug abuser or an alcoholic, you only have one choice of career, and that's journalism. >> reporter: but four years later, ailes would become founder and c.e.o. of the news channel. >> caution. >> reporter: with conservative comment traitors like bill o'reilly, why did viewers watch? he told rose in 2001... >> they think perhaps points of view are being eliminated and some stories are being eliminated on other channels, and that's why we're winning. >> reporter: h.w. bush said ailes wasn't perfect by called him my friend. fox host sean hannity called him a second fat

stay with us. >> roger ailes died yesterday. he was 77. the controversial media titan had been a mainstay of the american media for more than four decades. he is best known for launching fox news in 1996 with financial backing from rupert murdoch. combative, and created a news network to combine politics and entertainment. loyal right wing audience made fox news an empire. he stepped down last year following allegations of sexual harassment. he was described as a brilliant broadcaster who played a huge role in shaping america's media. gabe sherman, national affairs editor "new york" magazine and author of "the loudest voice in the room, how far the bombastic roger ailes built fox news and a divided country. and. >> and jim rutenburg has an interesting piece about roger ailes in toe's times. pleased to have you both. welcome. let's do this in the beginning. let's assume all of the things that became and tainted roger ailes career, all of the sexual harassment stuff, had not been there. what would be his legacy well, i think politically his

ailes was 77. anna werner has more on the man who was once called "the loudest voice in the room." >> reporter: roger ailes went from a 27-year-old tv producer to successfully selling richard nixon to the american people in 1968. he helped elect ronald reagan and george h.w. bush, too. by 1992, ailes had retired from alitics and soured on the news media, as he told charlie rose then: >> if you want to have tremendous political influence izd still be a womanizer, drug abuser or an alcoholic, you only have one choice of career, and that's journalism. >> reporter: but four years later, ailes would become founder and c.e.o. of the fox news channel. >> caution. >> reporter: with conservative epmmentators like bill o'reilly, why did viewers watch? he told rose in 2001... >> they think that perhaps points of view are being eliminated, and some stories are being eliminated on other channels, and that's why we're elnning. >> reporter: h.w. bush said ailes wasn't perfect, but called 'tm "my friend." fox host

roger ailes, the founder and former ceo of fox news has died. good afternoon and thank you for watching wusa9 news at noon. i'm andrea roane. >>> admirers and critics alike ane remembering roger ailes, 77 >> reporter: this is not an easy day. we begin with the sad news about a man who has meant so much. fox news is paying tribute to a legend of broadcast news. roger ailes was the force behind the fox news channel as it became america's most powerful conservative network. his 20-year reign crash to an end when he was dismissed with accusations of sexual impropriety. you may have left under a cloud but had many loyal supporters. fox anchors went on the air shell-shocked to report his death and some of them were in tears. they paid tribute to him and the impact on their lives. >> i will love you forever. >> you gave me an opportunity and i will forever, grateful. >> reporter: 's wife released a statement saying i'm profoundly sad and heartbroken to report my husband, roger ailes, passed away this morning surrounded by his beautiful family. roger wa

roger ailes was 77. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein today headed to capitol hill to brief senators on president trump's firing of former fbi director james comey. >>> and controversial milwaukee sheriff david clarke says he's taking a new position in the trump administration as an assistant secretary with the department of homeland security. clark was an outspoken surrogate for president trump on the campaign trail. the administration says no announcement has been made. >>> and protests in tulsa, o oklahoma, after officer betty shelby found not guilty in the 2016 shooting death of terence crutcher whose car had stalled on a highway. crutcher was unarmed with his hands up when shelby opened fire. >>> and supermodel gisele bundchen, wife of tom brady, revealed brady has suffered a series of concussions during his career including one last year. the nfl says it has no reports of brady suffering a head injury or concussion. and we have to talk abo eaking news, i can't stop talking about the markets. w

what is ailes' legacy? >> i think it's transforming american poll sicks into a contact sport where there's no rules. >> his biographer calls it a world wrestling style of politics that led to the election of donald trump. a controversial republican king maker undone by scandal. anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> just ahead, late breaking news on the rape case against julian julianne assange. that's why you'll stay in this drawer forever. i can't live without you, and that's why i'll never ever wash you. protect your clothes from stretching, fading and fuzz with downy fabric conditioner. fading and fuzz with downy fabric conditioner. it smooths and strengthens fibers to protect clothes from the damage of the wash. so your favorite clothes stay your favorite clothes. downy fabric conditioner. heare you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool? try zyrtec® it's starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®.

celebrated ailes. ailes is the guy nixon found. he said television is not a gimmick. television is real. you've grot ot to learn it. nixon, oh, this guy's got something. >> and town hall meetings for nixon, completely manufactured. >> right. >> and getting into that territory, that stuff -- >> matthew, we've heard, of course, an awful lot about the bad side of rogers ailes. one of the first things i read about him, before i knew him, doing "america's talking" and working at what would become this network eventually, roger ailes was the guy that after the show was over wouldn't go up to the hosts and pat them on the back and say, you're doing okay. he'd go up to the cameramen and say, thank you. go to the makeup room. say, thank you all, so much. he would talk to the janitors walking -- thank you. you're doing a great job. roger ailes, again, you said he's the guy who would watch fox news, but at least in all of the stories i heard about him certainly in those early days, those were the people that he talked to, and thanked. >> usually his criticism was reserved tore p

ailes was such a complicated figure. he was bold and brilliant but also profane and crass and deeply inappropriate behind the scenes. he helped a lot of people's careers. he also hurt a lot of people, these women who have come forward describing sexual harassment by ailes. it's a very complicated, sort of tortured legacy. >> i'm glad you brought that up, brian, and let's follow up on that point. obviously, he resigned in the wake of accusations made by gretchen carlson, settled for, you know, many millions of dollars, fox did with gretchen carlson. other people have made charges against roger ailes, including people we know very well and like. that is part of the legacy. >> absolutely. in fact, ailes was facing a number of lawsuits at the time of his death. there is also a pending federal investigation into fox news, into the culture of fox news, really into the ailes era, about his friends that he was employing, about the settlement payments to his accusers and things like that. you know, he was many things at the same

roger ailes has died at the age of 77. we have a statement from our colleague and friend sean hannity. i want to read this to you. it's long. it's personal. and it means a lot. today america lost one of its great patriotic warriors, r.a. for decades r.a. has impacted american politics and media. he has dramatically and forever changed the media landscape for the better. neither will ever be the same again as he was a true american original. few people in this life will ever reach for the profound level of impact that roger ailes had on the country every single dai. as his opponents played checkers if life roger was always the strategist playing chess five steps ahead at another level. on a personal note, were it not for roger ailes i would not be the person i am today. in 1996 he took a huge risk on an inexperienced young local radio talk show host in atlanta. to this day i have no earthly idea why i was hired and not fired early on as i had little experience when i was hired by fnc as old tapes humbly remind me. he saw so

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that's also where ailes met richard nixon. the president hired ailes as a media consultant. ailes would go on to work for presidents ronald reagan and george h.w. bush. he led c nbc for a time in the early 90's before becoming the founding ceo of fox news in 1996. ailes left fox last summer amid a sexual harassment scandal. again roger ailes dead at the age of 77. >> we have an update on that water main break in northwest. d.c. water reports macarthur boulevard will remain closed in that both directions while the repairs continue. i know that is major commuter route so find alternates. advice to find those alternates including using canal road and parkway. what a mess. mess. minor traffic jam in northeast after it got stuck under a bridge. take a look at this. the tractor-trailer was stuck for nearly an hour at the fort totten metro station. crews had to cut the top off the trailer. the driver thank goodness was not hurt. >> ♪ >> beer gardens. they are growing in popularity especially in our area. now one popular garden in d.c. is expanding planning two new additional loca

ailes coached george h.w. bush. president bush 41 tweeted this today "he wasn't perfect, but roger ailes is my friend, and i loved him. not sure i would have been president without his great talent, loyal help. rest in peace." after head of cnbc and launching the channel that would become msnbc, news corporation chief rupert murdoch tapped ailes to start the fox news channel in 1996. >> we had no studios, control rooms, stars, programs or anything else. we did have an idea. we knew there was an audience. >> critics scoffed. this was bill carter of "the new york times" comic "given the current state of fox news, it may be less a toy than an imaginary friend." it took a few years to build it but the audience did come in for long there were cameras, studios, control rooms and stars. sean hannity, shepard smith, bill o'reilly, megyn kelly, neil kabuto, bret baier, martha martha maccallum. the evening shows were built on the views of the mostly conservative hosts but plenty of democrats have found a home at fox as well,

former fox news chief roger ailes has died. we'll look at the legacy of a man who changed news in america for years to come. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm chris jansing at our msnbc headquarters in new york. right now, president trump this morning seeming to contradict himself, calling the newly announced investigation into his campaign's possible ties to russia not just the single greatest witch hunt of any politician in american history, but adding, with all of the illegal acts that took place in the clinton campaign and obama administration, there was never a special council appointed. tweeted that before 8:00 eastern time this morning after releasing a measured statement last night. saying he, quote, looks forward to this matter concluding quickly. his scathing new criticism unleashed even as something highly unusual is unfolding in washington this morning. bipartisan agreement. praise for former fbi director robert mueller as special council to oversee the russia investigation. >> all of us are -- that know director muel

ailes was 77. anna werner has more on the man who was once called "the loudest voice in the room." >> reporter: roger ailes went from a 27-year-old tv producer to successfully selling richard nixon to the american people in 1968. he helped elect ronald reagan and george h.w. bush, too. by 1992 ailes had retired from politics and soured on the news media. as he told charlie rose then -- >> if you want to have tremendous political influence and still be a womanizer, drug abuser or alcoholic, you only have one choice of career, and that's journalism. >> reporter: but four years later ailes would become founder and ceo of the fox news channel. >> caution. >> reporter: with conservative commentators like bill o'reilly, why did viewers watch? he told rose in 2001 -- >> they think that perhaps points of view are being eliminated and some stories are being eliminated on other channels. and that's why we're winning. >> reporter: h.w. bush said ailes wasn't perfect but called him "my friend." fox host sean h

he will be missed. >> reporter: roger ailes' wife said he died surrounded by family. she called him a patriot. he was 77 years old. >>> next, the revelation from cher. what she is saying about her own music. >> the skinny is next. own music. >> the skinny is next. kills 99.9% of bacteria, disinfecty even those that cause stomach bugs. one more way you've got what it takes to protect. ...have you tried the tissue test? question, are my teeth yellow? ugh, yellow... what do you use? crest whitestrips times better than a leading whitening toothpaste i passed the tissue test. oh yeah. crest whitestrips are the way to whiten ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny >> stunning revel the skinny, from one person known as cher. >> that's right. do you believe -- ♪ >> do you believe -- >> she's not a fan of her own music. >> what? >> let's review for a second. so her career stretches back to the early '60s. she has won an akald my award, a grammy, an emmy, three golden globes and best actress award. >> snap out of it. this weekend, the day after she turned

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. >>> roger ailes has died. the former fox news ceo forced to resign amid allegations of sexual harassment. we now learn how he died. >>> and the king and his secret. what's he's been doing all these years. >>> good evening, from washington tonight. where we met with the president today. what he says about that special counsel now brought into investigate russia. but we're also following the horrific pictures out of new york city today, a deadly crash plowing into pedestrians. right in the middle of times square. the driver right there on the left, trying to get away. witnesses in panic. nearly two dozen hit or injured. many lying on the street. this is video of the car in the air. moments ago we learned the one person killed was an 18-year-old from michigan abc's fwee owe benitez is in times square tonight. >> reporter: tonight, unimaginable horror. a car plowing into a packed times square. watch again -- the car airborne, careening into the thick crowd of people. and in this gruesome surveillance video, you ag

. >>> roger ailes has died. the former fox news ceo forced to resign amid allegations of sexual harassment. we now learn how he died. >>> and the king and his secret. what's he's been doing all these years. >> announcer: this is abc "world news tonight" with david muir, reporting tonight from washington. >>> good evening, from washington tonight. where we met with the president today. what he says about that special counsel now brought into investigate russia. but we're also following those horrific pictures out of new york city today, the deadly crash, the driver plowing into pedestrians, right in the middle of times square. a barrier is the only thing that stopped the car. the driver right there on the left, trying to get away. witnesses in panic. nearly two dozen hit or injured. many lying on the street. this is video of the car in the air. and moments ago we learned the one person killed was an 18-year-old tourist from michigan. the driver in custody tonight. there were initial worries, could this be terror

>>> roger ailes dies, the disgraced fox news founder sudden death months after being forced out. late word tonight from the coroner. >>> beachgoers beware, a warning about the sunscreens at the store, you might not be getting what it says on the bottle. >>> and a valuable lesson in friendship place out at recess. "nightly news" begins right now. >>> good evening to our viewers in the west. we heard directly from president trump late today about the on slot of headlines battering the white house this week. in a brief news conference, the president saying yesterday's appointment of a special council to take over the russia investigation is a witch hunts that divides the country. and he offered an emphatic no when asked whether the former fbi director comey knew about national security adviser michael flynn. we get details from chief white house correspondent hallie jackson. >> reporter: tonight, new reaction to the special counsel taking over the russia investigation. >> i respect the move but the entire thing is a witch hunt and there is no collusion between certainly myself and m

to roger ailes, godspeed, my friend. we will see you here tomorrow night. ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." president trump faced the press today one day after the surprise appointment of former fbi director robert mueller, a special counsel to investigate any links between trump's presidential campaign and the russian government. the president, not surprisingly, said mueller won't find anything. >> the entire thing has been a witch-hunt. there is no collusion between certainly myself and my campaign. but i can always speak for myself and the russians, zero. believe me, there is no collusion. russia is fine. but whether it is russia or anybody else, my total priority, believe me, is the united states of america.

let me give my own personal tribute to roger ailes. you are absolutely right, he change the direction of so many people, and concluding my trajectory of my participation with fox. sum up what you said and a lot of others have said about roger ailes. he had an ear, and eye, and a heart for people and talents, that's what made him so special. getting back to your monologue about the attacks on trump. all i heard today on my radio show was the deplorable's are going to fight back. many of them are starting by calling the presidential comments line, it's 202-456-1111. the liberal media doesn't have his back, we know that. the democrats don't have his back, we know that. even some republicans don't have his back. the american people have his back, to the american people, you need to call 202-456-1111 and let the president know that we have his back. we are fighting back. >> sean: the two that i think it seemed be the most dangerous to the president accomplishing his agenda, america is in a precipitous decline, he's got to get his economic p

said ailes died of bleeding on the brain. the u.s. treasury department is imposing new sanctions on venezuela. they're aimed at the chief judge and seven other members of the country's supreme court. it's retaliation for the court's rulings against the opposition- controlled congress. the rulings have triggered ongoing protests and violence. the trump administration formally alerted congress today of its plans to renegotiate nafta, the north american free trade agreement. the president initially threatened to pull out of the 23-year-old trade pact with mexico and canada. he's since said he hopes to negotiate a better deal. today's announcement came as secretary of state rex tillerson, and his mexican counterpart, met in washington. >> trade is an extremely important issue and i think the filing of the authorities with congress this morning to start moving towards fast track authority is a very positive move. >> the government of mexico welcomes this development. we are prepared. we are ready to work together with both the gov

roger ailes the founder of the company died today at the age of 77. he was a patriot, he love this country, especially the men and women in uniform. on a personal note, he hired me in 2006 and he saw something in me and gave me the best opportunity of my life. i will be forever grateful. he was the most generous open hearted man who prided himself on loyalty and that's exactly how i will remember him. he saw something in each and every one of us who work here at the fox news channel. his camaraderie and positive attitude made this place thrive. he taught all of us to push ourselves, to believe in ourselves, if we could reach high to retire. may he rest in peace and god bless his wife beth and son zach. >> juan: first of all, god bless roger. but it's been another crazy week in washington if you been washed in stomach watching the news. while everyone think partisanship is at an all-time high, take a look at this picture. here have ultraconservative arkansas center tom cotton, thence s of nebraska and leading democrat in defiance of trump senator chuck

roger ailes was a patriot. he was the biggest personality and the most influential and powerful man i encountered. he changed my life and everybody in my family forever, for generations to come. he guided me and supported me and protected me and told me he loved me like a father. and i love him. to his wife, beth, his son, zach, the rest of his family and close friends, sincere condolences and great respect. roger ailes dead today at 77. may he rest in peace. tech: when your windshield trust safelite autoglass.. our exclusive trueseal technology means a strong, reliable bond. at safelite, we stand behind our work... because the ones you love, sit behind it. (parents whisper jingle) safelite repair, safelite replace. >> shepard: there's breaking news now on fox news channel. president trump just minutes ago or minutes from now set to hold a joint news conference with the columbian president, juan santos. we've just been informed that president trump says he's close to announcing his pick to for the new fbi direc

what is ailes' legacy? >> it's really transforming american politics into a contact sport with no rules and anything goes. >> reporter: it's called a world wrestling st trump. a controversial republican king maker, undone by scandal. ann thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> there is a lot more ahead here this evening. it is heating up out there but don't get burned by picking the wrong sunscreen. a warning about the number that may not protect like the labels promise. >>> something we've never seen before, major change for america's moms. hope you can stay with us. we never stopped tasting... and tinkering. until we had... a line of the world's best hot dogs. we removed the added nitrates and nitrites waved goodbye to by-products. and got rid of the artificial preservatives in all of our meat. every. single. one. for every. single. one of you. what else would you expect from oscar mayer. we eat, sleep and even drive hot dogs. ♪ your body was made for better things than rheumatoid arthritis. before you and yo

this fox news alert, roger ailes has passed away. if you only know of him what you read in recent months, then you didn't know him. roger almost single-handedly built fox news channel from nothing. it's not possible to pay tribute to his accomplishments in just a few words. the son of a blue-collar worker, roger never forgot his ohio roots, even when he was advising presidents. he was able to spot abilities and people and someone from them their very best work. thousands of us here at fox news and fox business network and other tv networks as well oh, our careers to him. on a personal note, when i was in the darkest period of my life, robert was incredibly helpful and supportive and i wouldn't have made it through without him. he had his faults, we all do. i prefer to remember that roger ailes was a generous, hilarious, and a genius. if you enjoy the fox news channel, you have roger to thank for that. his widow, beth gives us the statement. i am profoundly sad and heartbroken to report that my husband roger ailes passed away this mor

ailes was 77 years old. gayle? >> anna, thank you. >>> this morning the music world is remembering grudge rock pioneer chris cornell. ♪ cornell died unexpectedly last night in detroit at the age of 52. his death is being investigated as a possible suicide. cornell's music career spanned more than three decades and he performed with a number of bands. this video is believed to be from his final show last night just hours before he died. anthony mason is here with the latest. anthony, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. just before that show at the fox theater in detroit last night, cornell tweeted out a picture of the marquee. he was in the midst of a month-long tour with sound garden, a band he fronted, which along with nirvana and pearl jam, were founding members of the seattle grudge sound. ♪ ♪ forever >> reporter: chris cornell helped redefine the sound of rock and roll in the late '80s and early '90s. ♪ ♪ i like to say i'm down on my knees today ♪ >> reporter: emerging from the seattle grudge s

. >>> roger ailes has died. the former fox news ceo forced to resign amid allegations of sexual harassment. we now learn how he died. >>> and the king and his secret. what's he's been doing all these years. >>> good evening, from washington tonight. where we met with the president today. what he says about that special counsel now brought into investigate russia. but we're also following the horrific pictures out of new york city today, a deadly crash plowing into pedestrians. right in the middle of times square. the driver right there on the left, trying to get away. witnesses in panic. nearly two dozen hit or injured. many lying on the street. this is video of the car in the air. moments ago we learned the one person killed was an 18-year-old from michigan abc's fwee owe benitez is in times square tonight. >> reporter: tonight, a car plowing into a packed times square. watch again -- the car airborne, careening into the thick crowd of people. and in this gruesome surveillance video, you again see that maroon h

ate: roger ailes, who died 77. it has been known as the greatest show on earth but after 146 years, the ringling brothers circus is shutting down. goes to sue the closing moments for those who called the circus their home. >> ringling brothers and barnum and bailey circus are older than coca-cola, we are older than baseball. for ask -- for us to come to a close, it is sad. >> writing a canon onto the arena floor, it is powerful. smiling before i get in, is and as i get down to where the can and cannot -- where the crowd cannot see me, i stop smiling. i am focused, 100%. the word i think of is "attack." >> go! [applause] between cities, we travel and live on a train. we are like professional gypsies. it is such a unique lifestyle. that is one of the most nostalgic elements of this show coming to a close. this lifestyle is coming to an end as well. there is a culture we are losing that is 146 years deep. >> we are devastated. the performers are all out of work. hopefully, something else will come up where it's simila

roger ailes the founder of the company died today at the age of 77. he was a patriot, he love this country, especially the men and women in uniform. on a personal note, he hired me in 2006 and he saw something in me and gave me the best opportunity of my life. i will be forever grateful. he was the most generous open hearted man who prided himself on loyalty and that's exactly how i will remember him. he saw something in each and every one of us who work here at the fox news channel. his camaraderie and positive attitude made this place thrive. he taught all of us to push ourselves, to believe in ourselves, if we could reach high to retire. may he rest in peace and god bless his wife beth and son zach. >> juan: first of all, god bless roger. but it's been another crazy week in washington if you been washed in stomach watching the news. while everyone think partisanship is at an all-time high, take a look at this picture. here you have ultraconservative arkansas center tom cotton, thence s of nebraska and leading democrat in defiance of trump senator c

former fox news chief roger ailes has died. we'll look at the legacy of a man who changed news in america for years to come. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm chris jansing at our msnbc headquarters in new york. right now, president trump this

ailes and o'reilly gone after accusations of sexual harassment. shine resigning today after accusations he covered up the abuse. accusations he's denied. new york magazine's gabe sherman broke the story. >> shine really was a continuation of the old fox news culture. so today is a sign that the murdochs are slowly deciding they need to answer critics by turning a page. #. >> reporter: 21st century fox chairman rupert murdoch characterized shine's resignation as sad. writing in an e-mail, i know bill was respected and liked by everybody at fox news. not everybody. in her lawsuit, fox contributor julie roginski says shine aided and abetted ailes' acts of retaliation and harassment. andrea once a member of the five in her suit allegations shine told her that ailes was a very powerful man and sheneeded to let this one go. shine had a powerful advocate in his corner. fox star sean hannity tweeting last week as rumors of shine's demise swirl, i pray this is not true because if it is, that's the total end of the fnc as we know it. done. tonight, hannity

anne thompson has details. >> reporter: roger ailes, bill o'reilly and co-president bill shine, ailes and o'reilly gone. of accusations of sexual harassment. shine resigning amid claims he enabled and covered up some of the alleged abuse, accusations he's denied. new york magazine's gabe sherman broke the story. >> shine really was a continuation of the old fox news culture, so today is a sign that the murdochs are slowly deciding they need to answer critics by turning a page. >> reporter: chairman rupert characterized shine's resignation as sad, writing in an e-mail to staff, i know bill was respected and liked by everybody at fox news. not everybody. in her lawsuit julie says shine aided and abetted ailes' acts. of retaliation and harassment. andrea tantara alleges that shine told her ailes was a powerful man and she needed to let this one go. shine had a powerful advocate, fox star sean hannity, tweeting last week as rumors of shine's demise swirled. i pray that's not true. if it is, that's the total end of the fnc as we know it, done. hannity declined comment. shine's replacement

that it would inevitably fail but for roger ailes failure was never an option. from civil beginning that is the son of a shop foreman, roger eugene ailes found his way up. by age 25 he was executive producer of the highly successful mike douglas daytime tv show. one guest was richard nixon who was so taken with the young ailes that he hired him for his president a campaign. a broader career as a media and political consultants. in 1984 he advised ronald reagan after reagan lost the first presidential debate walter mondale. ailes approached vice president george hw bush in his successful campaign to succeed reagan. president bush xli tweeted the he wasn't perfect but roger ailes is my friend and i loved him. not sure i would have been president without his great talent and loyal help but, rest in peace. after a successful stint as cnbc and launching the channel that would later become msnbc news corporation chief rupert murdoch tapped him to start the fox news channel in 1996, it was a huge gamble. >> we had no studio control room, stars, programs or anything els

elizabeth ailes. i'm profoundly sad and heartbroken that my husband roger ailes passed away this morning surround by his beautiful family. he w my best friend and loving husbandndfather to our son chary. he was a loyal end friend to so many many. a patriot grateful to live in country that gave him opportunity to work hard, to work, to give rise and give back during a career that stretched over more than five decades. his work in entertainment and politics and the news affected the lives of many millions. he devoted to them throughout all this stuff. you always think, with all the controversies that have developed since, that well, if any, it was all true, that would not be the case. >> he lived by one rule. this is something else i think that bled through the camera there into people's homes. he was so positive. even when bad things happened in his own life or in the country's life, he was so positive. neil: he dealt with a lot of illnesses. >> famously he said negative people make positive people sic

if it was not for roger ailes i would not be sitti you tonight. we'll have much more on the passing of roger ailes coming up later on the show. but first it is time to fight back against the five powerful forces that are now aligning tof

. >> roger ailes has died. reporter: roger ailes died thursday after being in a coma. the 77-year-old fell in the bathroom of his palm beach home last week. in a state, ailes' wife "roger was my best friend. the most wonderful loving husband and father to our zachary." ailes advised successful presidential campaigns and he later built fox news providing conservatives with a powerful voice. >> roger invented fox news. for 20 years has been fox news. >> "roger played a huge role to shape america's media in the last 30 years. he will be remembered by the many people on both sides of the camera he discovered, nurture and promoted." last year, ailes found himself at the center of sexual harassment allegations from fox news anchors including gretchen carlson and megyn kelly. he resigned last summer. following his death, president bush tweeted, "he wasn't perfect but he was my friend and i loved him. not sure i would have been president without his great talent, loyal help. rest in peace." after roger ailes left fox briefly to assist donald trump in debate prep against hillar

ailes was fired last year amidst sexual harassment claims that he denies. ailes was 77 years old. >>> head's up, for the second night in a row, you could encounter a mess in the district. macarthur boulevard is still closed because of a massive water main break. so you may want to take a different route. >>> there's car insurance, travelsu online? >> that huge ransom ware attack that hit across the world is shedding light on the booming business of cyber insurance. cnbc's morgan bennett explains how it works. >> it's the biggest ransom ware attack in human history, stoking fear in an ever more connected world. >> we see millions and millions of organizations that are potentially vulnerable to this type of attack. >> we gotta wake up to the real potential of a devastating attack in this way. >> reporter: but for the economic toll and the financial cost, it's also drivewayiing de an emerging business. >> i think we'll see more, particularly in industries that have been underserved for cyber insurance, like manufacturing. >> reporter: thomas reagan advices cli

ailes and o'reilly gone and shine resigning after accusations he covered up abuse. new york magazine's gabe sherman broke the story. >> shine really was a continuation of the old fox news culture. so today is a sign that the murdochs are slowly deciding they need to answer critics by turning a page. >> reporter: fox chairman and ceo characterized the resignation as sad writing in an e-mail, i know bill was respected and liked by everybody at fox news. not everybody. in her lawsuit, fox contributor julie says shine aided and abedded ails acts of retaliation and harassment and andrea once a member of the five in her suit alleges shine told her that ailes was a very powerful man and she needed to let this one go. shine had a powerful advocate in his corner. fox star sean hannity tweeting last week as rumors of shine's demise swirl, i pray this is not true because if it is, that's the total end of the fnc as we know it. done. tonight, hannity declined comment. shine's replacement is a woman, suzanne scott >> for years she enforced roger ailes as iron-fisted. she comes w

ailes' rule and the culture. she comes into this job with women being skeptical of her management. >> a scandal still generating headlines. anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> now to video we want to share from dayton e ohio. a wrong way driver going against traffic into a tanker full of gasoline. you can see it there, the top of the screen. the smoke. the tanker continues to round the curve and then as you can see just explodes into that massive fireball. the wrong way driver died in the crash and the semi truck driver with minor injuries. police are investigating. >> lucky not more didn't get killed in that. >>> ahead, fireworks that could fly on capitol hill as united airlines ceo testifies about the industry changing dragging incident from weeks ago. you're watching "early today." 'saved money on motorcycle insurance with geico! goin' up the country. love mom and dad' i'm takin' a nap. dude, you just woke up! ♪ ♪ i'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go? ♪ ♪ i'm goin' up t