hello, i m sumi somaskanda. we start here in the us where fox news network has reached a last minute settlement, in a defamation case brought against it by a voting machine company. the case is linked to claims that the 2020 us presidential election was rigged against donald trump. (gfx)fox news election was rigged against donald trump. fox news agreed to pay dominion $787.5 million. with the settlement, fox will avoid a high profile trial. dominion voting systems sued fox news for $1.6 billion so they actually settled for lesss than half of what they were asking for. let s remind you of the background to all of this. this all came about because dominion claimed that their reputation was damaged after fox knowingly spread lies about its voting machines after the 2020 us election. they were repeating claims by then president donald trump who had falsely claimed that dominion voting machines rigged the election to favour winner joe biden. dominion said fox hosts amplified th
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say the administration s immigration policies are to blame. it s the biden open border policies that are inviting even more illegal immigration and actually have created this humanitarian crisis. the border patrol officers told me that the biden administration policies they are enriching and they empowering the drug cartels in mexico. arthel: we ll get into this with our fox team coverage. griff jenkins is near the border in texas. david spunt is following the president in wilmington, delaware. what are you hearing. reporter: president biden is touting the covid relief, the $1.9 trillion covid relief package. the border is something the president will have to focus on. this is a big deal that fema is getting involved. it shows that the administration cannot ignore the influx of unaccompanied children at the southern border, no question about this at all. homeland security secretary, alejandro mayorkas, made the announcement yesterday that he s directing fema to shelter an