the only possible explanation for what triggered the covid pandemic i ll while a new senate republican report raises the possibility that there were two separate lab leaks at a chinese lab conducting risky gain of function research back in 2019. sandra: how will lawmakers hold china accountable as they hold more details of the origins of the pandemic. rand paul and mike johnson are on it, they will explain where they are going with all of this coming up. john: begin this tuesday, though, with new details on the mobs of teenagers committing heinous acts in downtown chicago, i ll while the new and outgoing leaders of the windy city downplay the chaos. i m john roberts in washington. sandra: a lot of nothing to see here coming from the leaders in chicago. a lot more on this coming up. this is america reports. mayor lori lightfoot is disputing the numerous acts of vandalism happening in the city, as well as the two teenagers that were shot in chicago s well-known historic
disturbing irregularities have been found in must be investigated to the fullest. tonight, the blockbuster new court filing from the dominion lawsuit. the internal decision and ratings over facts. the legal implications for a media giant the fallout for the democracy and what it all tells us about the inner workings about the fox news channel. the dominion software i know there were voting of regularity. these tell me about that. to put it mildly all in starts now. good evening from washington, d.c., i m in for chris. hayes earlier this, week senate republicans grilled senate biden s nominee to the federal communications building for their time. they have been trying to derail her confirmation claiming that she is too far to the left and two critical act of fox. you said, quote, for all my concern about facebook, i believe that fox news has had the most negative impact on our democracy. it is state sponsored propaganda. do you still believe fox news it
around all our to help us deal with the breaking news. ari melber picks up our breaking news coverage right now on the beat. hi, nicolle, thanks so much. i m ari melber, and we continue to follow this breaking news. we have a brand new filing in the dominion fox lawsuit. it has bombshell allegations. our producers are pouring through it. our experts are standing by. rupert murdoch under oath says something that may sound obvious, and yet you have to remember it s exact opposite of what fox, some of its hosts and many of its guests were presenting at the time on the road to what became a violent insurrection. murdoch exposed for admitting the election was not stolen. he knew. that when it came to the factors of why they did what they did, company alleges, to the tune of $1.6 billion, murdoch says, quote, no one wants trump as an enemy. we re pouring through this. this is one of our breaking news nights. i want to bring in our experts right now, renato murray and chai koman
john: opening statements start today in a lawsuit centered around the aftermath of the 2020 election. dominion voting systems is suing fox for defamation. fox denies any wrongdoing. howie, host of the media buzz, is in the courtroom and joining us with the latest. howie. john, there was wrangling from the very start as the dominion-fox lawsuit got underway in delaware. each side saying it will object to a significant portion of the other s opening argument, and bitterly fought the six-week trying is going to be and jury selection dragged on with the judge striking three potential jurors for cause. the judge warned both sides not to offer evidence that he s ruled inadmissible in pretrial
The resolution was announced at the 11th hour, with a 12-person jury selected on Tuesday morning and the case poised to kick off with opening statements on Tuesday afternoon.