through the gag. the alleged leaker and the judge jack to share a is back in court this morning facing a judge to see if he ll get out on bail or stay behind bars as he awaits trial, just as the defense secretary puts a deadline on figuring out exactly how the pentagon league happened and how to stop it from happening again, $787 million, just the beginning, fox forced to pay in a store it some for lies about the 2020 election. new reporting on what could be an even bigger lawsuit just around the corner. disturbing and offensive, newly released racist messages from officers in the northern california city have sparked protests outside the police station. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news, central. hours from now the 21 year old air national guardsman accused of leaking a trove of classified documents. he s going to be back in a federal court. today s hearing will determine whether jack teixeira will stay behind b
acknowledge the court s rulings finding certain claims about dominion to be false. this settlement reflects foxes continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards really. it might reflect their continued commitment to pay outs , and there might have to be more. they face another even bigger lawsuit. smartmatic is seeking $2.7 billion in damages from fox and other defendants for the same type of lies at the heart of the dominion case with me now is former federal prosecutor and cnn legal analyst elliot williams, sir. thank you . $707 million is a lot of money. but what changes? what does that change inside fox and what they have to do? it doesn t change what happens inside fox in terms of what they have to do, other than providing them a disincentive to continue to put information on that isn t vetted or check john, given the
likelihood that they could be sued by another party in the future. you know, i think a number of people are a number of commentators have sort of cast doubt on the settlement that on account of the fact that they haven t apologized. it hasn t hurt them. but $707 million is a lot of money, both for dominion. and even if it doesn t ruin fox is a corporation. it s a huge disincentive. to engage in the same conduct again in the future. you mentioned the apology. they don t have to apologize, apparently on air for this or admit on air to telling lies. legally speaking, is there a reason why fox would have wanted to avoid that? no legally not so much. it s a reputational point in that they would have to eat crow sort of on public, but we really should in public. pardon me, step back and think of what is the point of litigation and really it is to make parties hole and this was a lawsuit by dominion for lost profits, lost revenues and the hurting of its brand now certainly, an apology from fo
which attacked rivals. sirota has not responded to our request for comment. cnn will host a presidential town hall with the former governor of colorado, john hickenlooper. dana bash moderates that live here on cnn. bad news for fedex. fedex reported its most recent quarterly earnings were $707 million. that s a 27% drop compared to last year. the problem the trade war between u.s. and china, tariffs and countertariffs. hire costs for trucks. it s more expensive to move freight. the brexit and the worker shortages are the downside of a strong labor market. and this is the most telling paragraph of all, slowing international mac control economic conditions and weaker global trade trends continue. that s bad. the good news, the u.s. domestic
the atlanta hawks and join the miami heat in the eastern conference finals. game six in atlanta, all bulls. they had the number one seed. carlos boozer who went to duke came to life scoring 23 points. chicago wins 93-73 and they go to their first eastern conference finals since michael jordan played basketball professionally. game one is sunday in chicago. hey, the first round of the players championship often called golf s fifth major, quiet down, tiger woods was returning to the golf course after battling knee and ankle heal injuries but he would not last long. about nine holes. tiger withdrew from the tournament and shot a six over and said he had trouble walking and then went to the first aid center to verify his claims. and finally, the nfl lockout is going into overtime. it s the longest in league history at 58 days. meanwhile, the players are seeking a minimum of $707 million in damages from the owners over tv revenues. the players claim the league violated the collective bargai