back home? and listen to this and unexplained delay in the start of a once in a generation trial as the news channel that made millions promoting the 45th president election lies is now under oath were following these major developing stories, many more all coming in right here. to cnn news, central. alright any moment now, opening statements are set to begin in the historic trial of dominion voting systems versus fox news in this sketch, the fox defense lawyer is on the right dominions attorney on the left defamation case could set legal precedent for journalists for generations to come. dominion we should remind you is seeking $1.6 billion for fox news. news is repeating false claims that dominion machines rigged somehow 2020 presidential election against donald trump flipping votes they claimed paying off politicians. the jury is now in place. the two sides were getting contentions contentious even before the opening statements, but now we have some sort of delay. cnn s da
lead up to this moment, remember, a jury had been sworn in it was seated opening statements were ready to kick off at 1 30. but then there was that mysterious 2.5 hour delay and then the judge finally came out and said the parties have resolved their issues. in fact, the judge said that had the jury not been sworn in. the party s probably would not have resolved their issues. but that was a key factor. want you to take a listen to what one of the dominion attorneys had to say to us just moments ago here at the courthouse? the truth matters lies have consequences. over two years ago. a torrent of lies. sal s across america. into an alternative universe of conspiracy theories. causing grievous harm to dominion. in the country. today s settlement. 787,000,500. represents vindication. and accountability. lies have consequences. now, jake, the dominion attorneys. they came to the podium right after court let out. but the fox attorneys, they went down the street did not take any qu
branches. should supreme court justices be held to the same standard as any and all other public servants? the senate judiciary committee held a hearing on the ethical standards or lack thereof for supreme court justices a topic that has come up in light of new reporting on repeated failures by justices to disclose details of lavish vacations, travel, gifts, even real estate transactions, testifying on behalf of democrats, a former federal judge and group of legal experts, guests invited by republicans included a former attorney general. more notable than who testified was who did not. chief justice john roberts declined an invitation from the committee, something dick durbin brought up at the start of today s hearing. in his letter last week the chief justice sent a statement of ethics principles and practices. it was a document that was attacheded to his letter. it is an extraordinary document. not in a good way. it makes clear while the justices are fine with consulting
you re back live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin the hour with the manhunt that continues for this man. 38-year-old francisco oropeza has been the focus of a desperate manhunt since friday night. that s when neighbors asked him to stop firing his rifle in the front yard because they were trying to get a baby to go to sleep. police say oropeza then entered their home and began shooting. an 8-year-old boy was among the five neighbors slaughtered, almost execution-style. that according to the sheriff in that area. cnn s ed lavendera is in cleveland, texas, for us. ed, i know you re on the scene of a vigil that just took place a short time ago for the little 8-year-old who was killed in all of this. and it s just, just underlines once again what we re dealing with in this country. just another awful tragedy stemming from mass gun violence. well, jim, even more troubling and disturbing, after just a short moment ago, we were able to speak with wilso
tonight on all in my heart it is with this eight-year-old little boy. i don t care if he was here legally. i don t care if he was here illegally. shock and outrage after another mass murder in texas and the unbelievable attack on the victims by the state s governor. cried out for a little bit of compassion for some leadership. of course, we got neither of those. and then the woman accusing donald trump of rape at leaves in the witness stand. what we learned from the cross-examination of e. jean carroll. plus the highest court in the land should not have the lowest standard of ethics and the federal government. the senate moves to check the supreme court amid new reporting on massive earnings for the wife of a chief justice. and joy reid joins me to talk about how republicans can t stay out of their own way when it comes to restrictive bans on abortion. i think we will get it done on some level. it could be different levels. we will get it done. all in st