hi everyone. thanks for tuning in to this hour where we bring you tomorrow s news tonight we have our great lineup of reporters to share their scoops here with me. tonight we have sarah fisher, jessica dean, athena jones and kylie atwood. okay, so let s dive right into the huge box settlement. fox has to pay more than $787 million in damages to dominion. the dramatic announcement came just moments before the trial was set to begin. sarah fisher was in the courtroom all day. at that moment that this happened so sarah, i want to hear everything that happened in the courtroom. but first, let s just talk about what s going to happen because this is not the end. it feels like it s the end for dominion, certainly, but it s not the end. there are other legal challenges on the horizon for fox. so what should we all be watching for? yes it s a big thing, so they re settling now for $787 million, but this is just one lawsuit that they re settling with dominion. they re facing several o
seriously, thank you my friend. and thank you to you at home for joining us this hour. do you remember italy gate? it was a conspiracy theory that made it all the way to the white house after the 2020 election and claim that somehow an italian defense contractor had conspired with the cia to use military satellites to flip votes from trump to biden. pennsylvania republican congressman scott perry was the one who brought that theory to the white house. he texted former president trump, chief of staff mark meadows, and he texted him things like why can t we just worked with the italian government? on italy gate? perry was ultimately one of just four republican members of congress that the january six committee referred to the house ethics committee prevailing to cooperate with its investigation. the others were california congressman kevin mccarthy, ohio congressman jim jordan, and arizona congressman andy bags. mccarthy is obviously now the speaker of the house. and as of toni
needed. you are going back to the fight? yes. he s confident eastman will find ways to fight for their country. it is a lot of, work it is a lot of money, it is a lot of time, why do it? they do not tell you, this but you can read it in their body language. they have a second chance. that is very rewarding. erin gilchrist, nbc news, silver spring, maryland. and we hope and pray those ukrainian soldiers are able to get that important second chance that they all deserve. and on that inspiration, i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. do you remember italy gate, it was a conspiracy theory that made it all the way up to the white house after the 2020 election, and claim that somehow any taliban defense contractor had conspired with the cia to use military satellites to conflict votes from trump to biden. pennsylvania republican congressman scott p
you know things that desantis doesn t like, he said. that s like what the liberals do. the liberals try to make people be quiet who they don t like you are seeing, you know, these potential candidates try and stake out their positions against one another. their attack line and that s one that we re starting point and we actually have a clip of chris christie and well, let s just go ahead and play that for everybody. i don t think ron desantis is a conservative. based on his access towards disney. i think he s wrong. i think it makes rightfully makes a lot of people question his judgment and his maturity. so again, that s former new jersey governor chris christie, who is himself kind of willy won t he jump in in 2024? i think what we can glean to kylie s point from from hearing his comments today is you re starting to see the contours of this primary take shape, and it s still early, but like you re starting to kind of see the outline of what we re going to see in the months to come wit
talking about states that are nearly controlled by democrats on that how their agendas differ starkly from agendas and states controlled by republicans. i think it is safe to say that wherever the gop states are going next, florida will get their first. fresh off his big second term when, florida governor ron desantis s turbo charging his war on woke. in which woke seems to mean anything wrong desantis doesn t like. the sound is goes after all kinds of things for being woke. college basketball, ben & jerry s ice cream, disney, even math textbooks. now he is slamming professional hockey. the nhl recently announced a push for more diversity in this ranks. its workforce is over 80% white and its players over 90% white. but when they announced a jobs fair in florida, desantis s office called it discrimination for the nhl to specifically invite applicants from underrepresented backgrounds. the nhl folded, and remove the job posting. so congratulations if you had keeping hockey white on your