the world. you are watching cnn newsroom and church just ahead. fox news reaches a last minute settlement with dominion voting systems, just as the jury was sworn in, and the defamation trial was about to begin how much the network is shelling out. 84 year old white man is out on bail of religiously shooting, a black teenager rang his doorbell by mistake the charges he faces in court in the coming hours. people cling to anything they can find to escape a deadly fire at a hospital in beijing. buy from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. have you with us with the jury was sworn in lawyers were ready for opening statements. but then folks news blinked, reaching a last minute settlement in a billion dollar defamation lawsuitin systems. ur the deal, fox agreed to pay almost $800 million to dominion about half of what the company had originally sought in damages. the agreement saves top fox executives and the network s most prominent stars from the embarrassment
Authorities hope to get a much better picture of the devastation created by a powerful earthquake overnight. The tremors brought down buildings and sent residents into the streets for fear of aftershocks. The 6. 8 magnitude quake was the strongest in the region in more than 120 years. Cnns larry madow joins us from lagos nigeria. In terms of the devastation what more do we know about rescues that may be taking place this hour . Reporter paula we now that the Rescue Operation Kicks into high gear as just became dawn in morocco. Part of the problem overnight when this earthquake broke, the visibility was limited because i. T. Was night. Some people spent the night outdoors afraid of aftershocks and this etch center was in the region in the high atlas mountains. The impact was affiliate near the historic city of marrakech. The tremors felt as far as rabat and casablanca. 296 dead, 193 wounded but when they begin to assess the damage when they can see clearly the sphere is that the numbers
future. patrick, cnn havana. update now on the story of vanilla the chill who became a social media sensation after seeing the sky the first time. we are told she s doing well getting along with new friends soaking up sun. in case you missed it here s the moment of joy for van lachlt she spent her first 28 years in cages the first parts of her life in a medical research lab and then in a shelter with new view of the sky. now she s spending her golden years in the sunshine state living on three acres of open land at the save the chill sanctuary in fort pierce, florida. cnn s laura spoke with the ceo of save the chimps and tells us more about vanilla s life before she came to the sanctuary.
cubans leave the island in record numbers. inflation makes food increasingly unaffordable and worsening energy crisis forces people to wait for days to fill up their cars. the question many people have here is when patrick ottman, cnn havana. well it may go down as one of the greatest comebacks in sports. damar hamlin, the buffalo bills safety who had to be resuscitated after collapsing on the field in january, has been fully cleared to return to football. doctors diagnosed him as suffering a rare condition in which a traumatic blow to the heart at a certain time during the heartbeat can cause it to stop. but he believes that s all behind him now. i ve been beating statistics my whole life , you know, and some people might say that coming back to play might not be the best option. um but that s their opinion. and like i said, i ve
for essentials took a turn. looters demanded anything from food to a working car. that s roof. the roof is about to come. there it is. the roof just went, jess. the whole roof just went flying off. reporter: irma killed at least 8 people when it pummelled the british and u.s. virgin islands. u.s. navy personnel moved in to medevac the most seriously injured. anguilla and barbuda were the hardest hit. it became a question at one point of whether we would live to see through it. irma raked total devastation there. i can barely hear you. reporter: irma heavily flooded the streets of havana, cuba.