00:00U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to revoke the license of networks that skipped the airing
00:05of his primetime address. This as U.S. TV networks ABC, NBC, and CNN did not air his speech on
00:11their
00:11primary platforms. The speech focused on the election four months before the critical midterms.
00:17An ABC News spokesperson says the network would run Trump's speech on its ABC News live-streaming
00:22platform and ABC News Radio, not its broadcast channel. NBC News carries the president's
00:28remarks on its free-streaming service, NBC News Now, but not on its main broadcast channel.
00:33CNN says it would monitor the speech for news, with a live feed appearing on its website and CNN
00:38All Access, its subscription-streaming channel. This draws a rebuke from Trump, who accuses these
00:43networks of engaging in a quote, plot, and wants their licenses revoked. But experts say networks
00:49have broad First Amendment rights to decide what they choose to broadcast, though broadcasters
00:53mostly carry such speeches.
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