Trump's Unexpected Ted Turner Reaction, Obama Faces Backlash, Massive LA Raid | 5/7/26 FIRST LOOK
The Rubin Report
Emma Dog Productions
4.4 • 486 Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2026
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" gives a first look to the stories you need to know to start your day including the death of CNN founder Ted Turner and why even critics are acknowledging his massive impact on media, sports, and cable television; backlash after Barack Obama took new shots at Donald Trump while critics point to controversies from his own administration; and a massive federal fentanyl raid tied to violent gangs in Los Angeles that is reigniting debate over crime, drugs, and law enforcement policies, and much more.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, I'm Dave Rubin and this is First Look. It's Thursday, May 7th, |
| 0:09.0 | 2026. We've got a packed show for you today. CNN founder Ted Turner dies at 87. Barack Obama |
| 0:17.2 | sparks backlash after taking shots at Trump and joking Stephen Colbert could do |
| 0:22.5 | a better job as president. |
| 0:24.8 | Federal agents smash a massive fentanyl operation tied to gangs terrorizing Los Angeles' |
| 0:31.2 | MacArthur Park. |
| 0:33.2 | Let's dive in. |
| 0:34.2 | We start today with the death of one of the most influential and frankly most unpredictable media |
| 0:39.8 | figures in modern American history. |
| 0:42.3 | Ted Turner has died at the age of 87. |
| 0:45.3 | Turner, the founder of CNN and one of the pioneers of cable television, reportedly died |
| 0:50.5 | peacefully surrounded by family after battlingy body dementia, a degenerative |
| 0:56.0 | disease he publicly disclosed back in 2018. |
| 1:00.0 | And regardless of where people stand politically, there's no denying this. |
| 1:04.2 | Ted Turner changed media forever. |
| 1:07.3 | This was a guy who never thought small. |
| 1:09.7 | In 1980, when most people thought the idea was insane, |
| 1:13.6 | Turner launched CNN, the world's first 24-hour news network. At the time, critics mocked the concept. |
| 1:21.6 | Why would anyone need news all day long? Turns out, everybody would. CNN fundamentally changed how Americans consume news, |
| 1:30.3 | how wars were covered, how elections were followed, and how global events were experienced |
| 1:36.5 | in real time. And Turner didn't stop there. He went on to launch CNN headline news, CNN International, |
| 1:47.9 | TNT, Cartoon Network, Turner Classic Movies. |
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