is the u. s supreme court about to impose a limited ban on medication abortion. the lead starts right now. the u. s. supreme court kicking the can down the road for now, pausing restrictions until friday on access to the abortion pill restrictions put in place by a texas judge. but what might happen after this two day stay and for the third time in a week. young people shot after making innocent mistakes. this time two cheerleaders after one of them mistook someone else s car. for hers. i m going to speak with her cheer programs owner plus one day after one of the biggest media defamation settlements in the history of the universe, the ceo of dominion will be here and we ll talk about whether his company took that historic $787.5 million check from fox at the expense of truth and democracy. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, and we start with breaking news in our health lead this afternoon, the u. s. supreme court handed down its decision in the blockbuster medication abor
is the u. s supreme court about to impose a limited ban on medication abortion. the lead starts right now. the u. s. supreme court kicking the can down the road for now, pausing restrictions until friday on access to the abortion pill restrictions put in place by a texas judge. but what might happen after this two day stay and for the third time in a week. young people shot after making innocent mistakes. this time two cheerleaders after one of them mistook someone else s car. for hers. i m going to speak with her cheer programs owner plus one day after one of the biggest media defamation settlements in the history of the universe, the ceo of dominion will be here and we ll talk about whether his company took that historic $787.5 million check from fox at the expense of truth and democracy.
resolve wartime disputes in the balkans, was on a cruise in europe on sunday when he was brought in a day before the trial was set to begin after several zoom meetings and phone calls. the deal was finalized around to tuesday afternoon and signed just minutes before the judge announced the resolution in open court. now jake smartmatic and fox both released statements in the past 24 hours, basically saying they re looking forward to litigation into potential trial on their case in 2025, so you can imagine we re probably going to be having the same conversations about some of the same conspiracy theories for the next two years. jake all right, danny freeman. thanks so much. let s bring in the ceo of dominion voting systems. john thanks so much for joining us. i want to read you some of what? fox issued a statement after the deal, they wrote. we acknowledge the court s rulings finding certain claims about dominion to be false. i want to ask you about that in a second, but first they go on
acknowledge that the court s ruling find certain claims about dominion to be false. they don t even acknowledge that those false statements are theirs and they didn t have to acknowledge any of this on air. how did that work? did you want them to go on air and apologize and say we misled you? and they said, well, how about we give you $100 million more? and we don t have to do that? i mean, where was the negotiation on making sure that their viewers who are the ones that believe these lies. cnn s viewers don t believe these lies. abc nbc, cbs, pbs msnbc. they don t believe the lies. it s fox viewers believe these lies. why not get them to acknowledge it? i suppose for myself. i have not really thought through. um and i think we probably disagree on the effect of what an apology really would mean for their viewers. um viewers turned to their trusted media sources. whatever the channel is, um, and for us, it was about accountability. um and
settlement reflects foxes continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards, unquote. is that how you see the settlement as an example of fox s commitment to the highest level of journalistic standards? thanks for having me on, um for us at dominion. this has always been about getting the truth out. uh and holding the eight different entities that have defamed us to account. um the fact that the world knows all the details behind that, uh and behind what happened in particular with fox corp and fox news? um and it did come out in our motion for summary judgment . um meant meant for us that we had accomplished that the only remaining item for us was for the jury to set the amount and the liability. um and ultimately uh um, a lot of people don t appreciate what goes into a trial are we have a lot of employees that have experienced trauma and we have six more