for ari melber starts now. i wanted to say, what a day doesn t every feel day like what a day? what a day without breaks. some accountability welcome to the beat. i m alicia mendez in for ari melber we start with breaking news a legal earthquake for fox news fox news folded. rupert murdoch will pay more than $787 million over lies and conspiracy theories. the settlement coming as opening statements were about to begin in court today fox admitted to telling lie, and it comes after two years, a mo mounting smoking gun of evidence rupert murdoch under oath admit some hosts endorsed the lies from trump s team. here s dominion s lawyer right after the deal was struck. the truth matters lie have consequences. over two years ago a torrent of lies swept dominion and election officials across america into an alternative universe of conspiracy theories causing grievous harm to dominion and the country. today as settlement of $787,500,000 reps vindication and accountability.
stopping that interview. deadline: white house which has a lot more about this starts right now. hi there, everyone, we come on the air with a whopper of a breaking news story for you. a settlement has been reached in that massive $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit brought by dominion voting systems against fox news it was that kind of day. everyone waiting for a vatican-like puff of smoke a lot of delays. a lot of pontificating and a lot of wondering what might be happening and now, we know nick confessori, the judge in this case, at 3:57 as we sat waiting to come on the air, quote, the parties have resolved the case do you have anything to say about that look, this is a very big deal it surprised many people, today was going to be the opening day of arguments there was a two-hour delay after lunch. no one came back with the arguments. we saw the two parties in the courtroom, waiting in the courtroom, exchanging some paper. and before air time, we get the announcement f
an indictment soon against former president donald trump. cnn has now learned the manhattan district attorney s office has invited trump to testify before a grand jury, all of this connected to the alleged hush money payment to adult film actress stormy daniels in 2016 right before the election. ahead, what it means as prosecutors weigh potential criminal charges. plus, good economic news, the u.s. economy added some 311,000 new jobs last month, that beat analysts expectations by a long shot. wages, unemployment up slightly. what does this all mean for the fed as it continues its fight to cool down inflation. we will break down the numbers. evacuation orders are in effect for parts of california. people along the central coast could see dangerous amounts of rain. we will take you there as residents prepare for yet another massive storm. but we do begin this hour with news in the manhattan district attorney s office signaling it could file criminal charges against former
lightfoot, not to make it out of the primary and her own party. reelection for mayors of chicago has been something they could usually rely on. but not tonight. as long as your name, as long as you had a certain last name, right? well, lawrence, thank you for the breaking news update, have a great show. thanks alice. why is rupert murdoch throwing his anchors under the table? that s not my question. that is word for word what donald trump s question was this morning on his social media site, donald trump, who has been involved in more civil litigation than any other president in history also said, quote, it amazes me how weak and ineffective fox news isn t portraying itself and a lawsuit against them. that is of course because the fox and rupert murdoch are guilty as charged in the lawsuit and would love to offer a stronger dive defense if they weren t under oath. and if they hadn t written emails to each other that fully reveal that they all knew that everything donald
union. so, it is that s going to be the runoff in chicago in the general election. it s just a dramatic turn for chicago leadership again andrew dramatic turn for laurie lightfoot, to not make it out of the primary in her own party. yeah, reelection for mayors of chicago has been something they could usually really rely on. but not tonight. as long as you add a certain last name, right? well, lawrence. thank you for the breaking news update. have a great show. thanks, alex. why is rupert murdoch throwing his anchors under the table? that s not my question. that is word for word what donald trump s question was this morning on his social media site. donald trump, who has been involved in more civil litigation than any other president in history also said, quote, it amazes me how weak and ineffective fox news is at portraying itself and a lawsuit against them. that is, of course, because fox and rupert murdoch are guilty as charged in the lawsuit and would love to off