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Jasmine Crockett pushes back on Texas opponent’s claim Trump FCC killed interview, puts blame on CBS
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, commented Tuesday on the situation with CBS and Stephen Colbert’s show not airing the late-night host’s interview with James Talarico, her opponent in the Texas Democratic Senate primary.
MS NOW host Jen Paski asked Crockett to respond to CBS’ statement on the controversy, which named the Texas lawmaker. The network denied that it prohibited Colbert from airing the interview, adding that the show was provided with “legal guidance” that it could trigger the equal time rule for Crockett and the other candidate in the race, Ahmad Hassan.
“We actually received a phone call, and that was a little bit earlier today, and in that call, they explained that they actually told CBS that they could go ahead and move forward with the interview of James Talarico, they just needed to offer me equal time,” Crockett said. “I did not get a request from the Colbert show to go on.”
“As you know, I’ve been on Colbert multiple times, and frankly, if we would have gotten an offer, that would have been great,” she continued. “But, we’re in the middle of early voting, so I’m kind of focused on being in Texas at this moment. And, you know, I don’t know what to believe, that’s for sure. But I got that phone call as I was out talking to voters.”
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“I will tell you that I have no love for Bari Weiss, I have no love for Brendan Carr whatsoever. But I do think that, as you also mentioned — Kimmel — it is important that we resist in this moment,” Crockett said.
The Talarico interview was ultimately posted on YouTube and not aired on CBS, which Crockett agreed with.
“And so there were a number of options that could be put on the table and frankly, you know, ‘The Late Show’ decided that this was the option and I think that it was a good strategy,” she said.
The lawmaker even suggested that the controversy probably helped Talarico’s campaign.
“I think it probably gave my opponent the boost he was looking for. So I think it’s probably better that he didn’t get on, and that they went straight to streaming because we know that when we resist, and when we know that it seems like they’re trying to change the rules and bend the knee to this president, that it backfires in historic fashion,” she said.
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Crockett told The Hill earlier in the day that the federal government did not shut down the interview.
“We did receive information suggesting that the federal government did not shut down this segment, number one, that is my understanding, that the federal government didn’t shut this down. And we will do an official statement once we get another official statement that we anticipate is going to be coming from Paramount, alright, so we will read what they say, we will go from there,” she said.
Crockett said Colbert or CBS decided not to air the interview because of a “fear” that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was going to object, “and that there may have been advice to just have me on, and they can clear the issue.”
“It is my understanding that someone, somewhere decided we just don’t want to do that,” she said before clarifying that she had no “love” for the current FCC, but said there were layers to the story.
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Texas State Rep. James Talarico, D-Travis, and Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, shake hands. (Bob Daemmrich/Getty Images)
Talarico blamed the situation on President Donald Trump and the FCC in a post to X.
“This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see. His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert. Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas,” he wrote.
When asked for comment, the FCC directed Fox News Digital to remarks Chairman Brendan Carr made regarding the topic during a press conference on Wednesday. Carr told reporters he was “highly entertained” and that it was “one of the most fun days I’ve had on the job, watching the hilarity of how this story played out.”
Referring to Talarico, Carr said: “You had a Democrat candidate who understood the way that the news media works, and he took advantage of all your sort of prior conceptions to run a hoax, apparently for the purpose of raising money and getting clicks.”
“As Jasmine Crockett herself came out yesterday afternoon and said, there was no censorship by the government here,” he added.
Talarico’s team also revealed on X on Wednesday that his team raised $2.5 million after “the FCC banned our Colbert interview.”
Colbert slammed CBS’ denial that it prohibited him from airing the interview during his Tuesday show, and said he “obeyed” his bosses.
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“So, we obeyed our network and put the interview on YouTube, where it’s gotten millions of views. And I can see why. Talarico’s an interesting guy. I don’t know if he should be the senator, but it was a good discussion. I wish we could have put it on the show, where no one would have watched it,” he said.
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Southern California is bracing for a hot and muggy week ahead, with heat watches in place and a chance of thunderstorms across the mountains and desert regions.
Temperatures are expected to increase each day into midweek, prompting officials to extend a heat advisory until 10 a.m. Tuesday, when it will transition to an extreme heat watch for even warmer conditions through Thursday evening.
Temperatures are expected to peak on Wednesday, with many locations topping 100 degrees and some reaching 110, according to the National Weather Service.
“Monsoonal moisture moving over the area will add to the discomfort, also bringing the potential for showers and thunderstorms each day,” the Weather Service said.
Those thunderstorms are most likely to occur over the mountain and desert areas as subtropical moisture is drawn into the region by a strong ridge of high pressure.
Temperatures along the coast may even reach the 90s by midweek, with very warm temperatures continuing through the night.
“Given the extreme heat and humidity, it’s highly recommended to complete outdoor activities as early as possible,” the Weather Service said.
The high pressure is expected to slowly weaken Thursday, bringing afternoon highs to within a few degrees of normal in most areas by Friday.
Two rare corpse flowers have begun to bloom simultaneously at the Huntington Library in San Marino, the nonprofit organization announced Sunday evening.
Odorysseus, the taller of the two flowers, bloomed first. A second, smaller corpse flower named Odora appears to be following close behind.
The Huntington Library is inviting visitors to take in the flowers’ unique aroma, which is often compared to rotting flesh.
“And so it begins,” the Huntington Library wrote on social media.
Odora is shaped a bit differently than Odorysseus because its spadix is inverted due to a developmental irregularity. This is not expected to affect the blooming of the flower.
“Plot twist!” the Huntington Library wrote on Instagram. “Odora wants to steal the spotlight. Odora’s spathe has started opening, too. Tiny but mighty, we’re in for quite the show with a double bloom.”
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File: The Corpse Flower, as seen in 2024 at The Huntington in San Marino, California. (Photo by Linnea Stephan)
The Huntington is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Monday, and is closed on Tuesdays. Reservations are required Friday through Sunday, on holidays, and during peak seasons. “Twilight stroll” hours are available on the Huntington’s website.
The public can also watch a live stream of the bloom on the organization’s YouTube channel.
Family members have identified 15-year-old Rosemead High School student Aziel Zacapala as the boy killed in a stabbing outside an elementary school in El Monte on July 10.
A candlelight vigil was held for Zacapala at the Rosemead skate park at 6 p.m. Saturday. The original location of the vigil was moved from 9700 Fern Street in El Monte, where the stabbing happened, as homicide detectives continue to investigate the scene.
Zacapala was one of three people stabbed during a fight that broke out on Fern Street around 1 p.m., according to information released by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department and the El Monte Police Department. Authorities were called to a local emergency room that afternoon, where two adults and Zacapala were being treated for stab wounds.
Zacapala was pronounced dead at the hospital. The adult victims are in stable condition and expected to survive, authorities said.
A GoFundMe page created to help Zacapala’s family pay for funeral expenses described the slain teen as a “beloved nephew, friend, son and high school football player” … “whose life was tragically cut short.”
“Aziel was a good kid, full of promise and kindness, and he had big dreams of making it to the big leagues as a football player,” the GoFundMe page reads. “His absence leaves a deep void in our family and community.”
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15-year-old Aziel Zacapala was stabbed to death in El Monte on July 10, 2026. (GoFundMe) -
A vigil was held for 15-year-old Aziel Zacapala Satruday. “AZ” was stabbed to death in El Monte on July 10, 2026. (KTLA)
Zacapala, known as “AZ” by fellow Rosemead High School students, was playing football with friends at Rosemead Park’s Fourth of July event days before the suspected attack, his family said. Now his loved ones are asking for community support as they mourn his death.
“His mother, who is currently unemployed and raising two other young children — including a newborn — has been doing Instacart orders just to stay afloat,” the GoFundMe reads. “Now, she faces the overwhelming daily hardships of supporting her family during this devastating time.”
As of Saturday night, the GoFundMe has raised $16,000 of its $24,000 goal.
No suspects were found at the scene of the stabbing and no arrests have been made in the case, authorities said.
“Investigators are still working to determine whether more than one suspect was involved,” LASD deputies said Saturday morning. “Currently, there is no suspect description available.”
Anyone with information about the stabbings is asked to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500.
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