From New York Times, I'm Michael Bavaro. This is a Daily.

We have some news from within our Fox family.

Less than a week after Fox News reached a historic settlement in a defamation lawsuit.

Fox News media and Tucker Carlson have mutually agreed to part ways.

The network has abruptly fired Tucker Carlson, an anchor at the center of that case.

We want to thank Tucker Carlson for his service to the network as host and prior to that as a long-term contributor.

Today, my colleague Jeremy Peters on exactly why Fox is cutting ties with its biggest star and what Fox will be without him.

It's Tuesday, April 25th.

Jeremy, you're back very soon.

Sooner than perhaps, sooner than perhaps you wanted.

Sooner than I think anyone might have expected.

It is 6.26pm on Monday night and four blocks away from here, Jeremy.

Over at the headquarters of Fox News, there is a mad scramble going on right now because there will be no Tucker Carlson tonight at 8pm as it is always aired because Tucker Carlson has been fired.

I just want to begin by having you put that piece of news into perspective for us as somebody who covers Fox, covers the entire conservative media world.

How big a moment this is.

It's an earthquake. Tucker Carlson was one of these rare media figures whose power transcended what he could say to his audience because he not only spoke to them,

he could speak to the people in power in the highest places of American government.

And that included for a time the president of the United States, Donald Trump.

Right, they corresponded meaningfully and regularly.

And Tucker could have an influence on the president when he wanted his ear, he could have it.

Because Tucker Carlson spoke the language of Trump supporters more intuitively than almost anyone in conservative media.

And that allowed him to become one of the most powerful, if not the most powerful host on television.

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