lawsuit. he argues the network was more vicious than the washington post and severely damaged sandmann s reputations. this viral video led to headlines suggesting that covington catholic high school student several wearing make america great again hats were taunting a native america man on the mall. it was the native american man who approached the students and got in nick sandmann s face. last night sandmann s attorney said those initial reports attacking the students were part of the media s war against the president. now, you ve seen the tape. if you took the time to look at the full context of what happened that day, nicholas sandmann did absolutely nothing wrong. but you have a situation where cnn couldn t resist the idea that here is a guy young boy with a make america great again
action against cnn. good morning. reporter: good morning, heather. nick sandman s lawyer said he s filing the defamation lawsuit against cnn either today or tomorrow, a after the young man was put at the center of a media fire storm in january. you ll remember this video here, following the march for life rally in d.c. scenic sandman there, standing face-to-face with a native american man. sandman and other covington catholic high l schoocatcatholis were accused of starting the confrontation. another video showed they were approached by phillips. lin wood filed a lawsuit against the washington post for $250 million over their coverage of this. but he told fox news host march levine he s going after cnn for more money because they were, quote, more vicious. cnn couldn t resist the idea that here s a guy young boy
dagen: the covington high school student who was the center of a confrontation with the native american activist back in january is again going after the media. fresh off the heels of a lawsuit filed last month against the washington post, the high schooler is planning to sue cnn for more than $250 million. here s his lawyer. cnn was probably more vicious in its direct attacks on nicholas than the washington post. nicholas sandmann did absolutely nothing wrong. cnn couldn t resist the idea that here is a young boy with a make america great again cap on. they are out there right away going after this young boy, and they maintain it for at least
teachers need, they need the ability to report students who actually cause problems. that s a whole other issue. gene, thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. let us know what happens. thank you, heather. heather: have a good day. you too. heather: it s 15 minutes until the top of the hour. cnn about to be hit with a mega lawsuit for its coverage of the covington catholic confrontation on capitol hill. cnn couldn t resist the idea that here s a guy with a young boy with a make america great again cap on. they were vicious. it was false. heather: so will it set a new precedent for anti-trump media accountability? we are sharing your comments up next. what in the heck? heather: some people build know snowmen. others do this. the elaborate snow skull p p sce that stopped an officer in his
be forever associated with racism. last night, the attorney, lynwood, told fox news that the media jumped on that initial narrative because it played into their war against the president. you ve seen the tape. if you took the time to look at the full context of what happened that day, nicholas sandmann did absolutely nothing wrong. but you have a situation where cnn couldn t resist the idea that here s a guy, a young boy with a make america great again caps on. so they go after him. sandman filed a separate lawsuit against the washington post last month, seeking $250 million in damages. but his attorney said the lawsuit against cnn will likely be for even more than that amount. because the network was more vicious in its attacks, and broadcast the false reports to millions of homes. so far, cnn has not commented on the lawsuit. the post since it plans to mount