NewsNation is set to air a one-on-one conversation between Chris Cuomo and Tucker Carlson Monday, featuring Carlson’s first return to cable news since his April 2023 ouster from Fox News.
In anticipation of the debut, the cable network has released excerpts from the conversation including one in which Cuomo calls out the former Fox News host.
While discussing Carlson’s unveiling of footage from the January 6th Insurrection, Chris Cuomo argued that the former primetime host knowingly acted maliciously in his broadcasts about that day.
“Your approach — and the approach of other people, ‘Hey this was just, you know, these guys were in the wrong place, the wrong way, but that’s all it was,’ — I don’t agree with that. I think it was a riot,” said Cuomo. “And I think they were way over the line, and I think they were motivated to go over the line, in part by the President of the United States.”
Tucker Carlson agreed that “parts of it” were a riot, before questioning why there hasn’t been a figure released noting how many federal agents were in the crowd that day.
After Cuomo said he loves “transparency” and wanted an answer to that question as well, Carlson shared that we don’t have that number.
“It is the opposite to what we have, and there are thousands of hours of tape, and the release of which will not jeopardize the security in the Capitol,” the former Fox News host said.
“You cherry-picked that tape, by the way,” Cuomo said.
“I aired what they sent me,” retorted Carlson.
“You cherry-picked it, though,” insisted Cuomo.
In another snippet, Chris Cuomo and Tucker Carlson sparred over the recent interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Don’t you feel that if you are gonna go and sit with someone like that, you have to hold them to account for things that matter?,” Cuomo asked.
“I did,” Carlson responded.
The first part of the conversation will air on NewsNation at 8 PM ET Monday.
