who represents new york in which i do live that is true that is allen on this tuesday night. i want to tell you something, this friday we re sell braying ten years in front of a live studio audience in miami, so you can tune in at 8:00 p.m. eastern right here onn msnbc alex wagner tonight begins rote now. are you concerned governor desantis shows up and says shut it down. he s a big fan of the show right now. so if he would love to come and talk long time watcher, first time guest. that sounds great, buddy i ll be watching thanks to you at home for joining us this hour this was the line to get into the delaware courthouse where fox news was set to go on trial this morning the company was accused of defamation by the dominion voting systems corporation even the sheer number of lawyers showing up for this trial today
and then fox continues, this settlement reflect fox s continued commitment to the highest journestic standards as far as we know nothing in the settlement appears to make fox news make any on-air acknowledgement about what they said for dominion beyond their media reporter reading that statement this afternoon so what does this mean for fox news and our country that continues to grapple with the fallout of misinformation about the campaign of the 2020 election joining us now is the media correspondent for npr and author of murdoch s world, the last of the old media empires. it s good to have you here i m sorry you traveled to delaware for nothing to happen, but i m glad you were there for the purposes of this show. first, if you could give me a sense about the reaction in the courtroom when this happened a lot of people were waiting for one of the most high profile media trials of this century and
of any liability. the judge said he would not allow that defence. michelle fleury has been to the delaware court where the proceedings were meant to take place today. many of us showed up at the delaware courthouse for the high stakes defamation trial against fox news that was due to start on monday, but was abruptly pushed back on sunday evening with no explanation. speaking in court earlier, judge eric davis said that this wasn t unusual and that things happen, especially when you re talking about a six week trial. that hasn t stopped speculation of a potential out of court settlement, with one of the newspapers owned by rupert murdoch, the wall streetjournal, reporting on sunday night that fox was pushing for a deal to avoid trial. now, during the four minute hearing, there was no mention of settlement talks, and lawyers for both parties did not comment. at its heart, this case is about whether or not fox news defamed dominion by spreading false claims that the voting technology
when we come back the republican leading the reinvestigation of the investigation into january 6th is out with what he s describing as quote findings. it s actually a five-page initial report that seeks to exonerate him. we ll talk about the gop s continued efforts to change the narrative and change the facts about what happened that day before all of our eyes. plus, democrat leading the charge today in the outrage on gun safety legislation, calling for people to be placed ahead of politics. it s another flashpoint for the party on the right remains completely out of touch and out of sync with all of the most extreme americans. eric swalwell will join us on that. later in the broadcast, key decisions are being made in a delaware courthouse having to do with that $1.6 billion defamation case against fox news. it starts in just a matter of weeks. we got our hands on some never
jon: we are following breaking developments this hour in a deadly shooting at a delaware courthouse. what we are now learning about the suspect and the connection he might have had to one victim. plus, could we see another round of nuclear weapons reductions between the u.s. and russia? president obama reportedly set to talk about nuclear arms in his state of the union address. we ll break down what it could mean for this nation s security.