where fox news network has reached a last minute settlement, in a defamation case brought against it by a voting machine company. the case is linked to claims that the 2020 us presidential election was rigged against donald trump. fox news agreed to pay dominion $787.5 million. with the settlement, fox will avoid a high profile trial. dominion voting systems sued fox news for $1.6 billion, so they actually settled for lesss than half of what they were asking for. let s remind you of the background to all of this. this all came about because dominion claimed that their reputation was damaged after fox knowingly spread lies about its voting machines after the 2020 us election. they were repeating claims by then president donald trump who had falsely claimed that dominion voting machines rigged the election to favour winnerjoe biden. dominion said fox hosts amplified the baseless allegations , but at the time, fox claimed it was newsworthy. this is how dominion responded to set
from streaming services. and, later in the business news, the sacked boss of the british lobby group the cbi tells the bbc his reputation has been totally destroyed following his abrupt dismissal. hello and welcome. we start in the us, where the fox news network has reached a last minute settlement, in a defamation case brought against it by a voting machine company. the case is linked to claims that the 2020 us presidential election was rigged against donald trump. fox news agreed to pay dominion voting systems $787.5 million. with the settlement, fox will avoid a high profile trial. dominion originally sued fox news for $1.6 billion so they actually settled for less than half of what they were asking for. this all came about because dominion claimed that their reputation was damaged after fox knowingly spread lies about its voting machines after the 2020 us election. they were repeating claims by then president donald trump who had falsely said that dominion voting machines
good morning, everyone evening yesterday for dominion and truth and democracy. yeah except the people who need to hear it won t we ll get into it? get into it. we re glad you re here. caitlin started with five things to know for this wednesday, april 19th 2023 fox news has agreed to settle dominions defamation lawsuit, according to the steel fox will pay dominion. $787 million. also today, the supreme court expected to weigh in on the battle over access to the abortion pill. medford, kristen . of course, ruling could determine whether that will be accessible by mail city investigators trying to figure out what caused a parking garage to collapse and lower manhattan. that was yesterday. one person was killed, five others injured also happening today, a senate armed services committee set to hold a hearing. about ufos, a former navy fighter pilot will join us to talk about his encounters. also great news tomorrow. hamlin fully cleared to return to the nfl three months after he
carley: carley shimkus, president biden absent from the campaign trail this election season. and the white house schedule focusing on official business. this is likely the reason why. just 40% in a recent gallup poll. todd: now kevin corke live in washington with more, kevin, good morning to you. always great to be with you, guys. let me just quote a seasonally appropriate film that actually debuted about 38 years ago. who are you going to call? not ghostbusters but in this case democrats you are going to call barack obama. that is right. when you need political closure to rally the base and raise money make the closing argument, you ve got it. by the way, that is precisely what the president is expected to do with stops planned for nevada and wisconsin and michigan. as you pointed out, carley, georgia. and stacey abrams and raphael warnock and others in the hopes of helping the democrats avoid a rib wave in less than two weeks. joe biden and kamala harris also hitting
2,943 held beyond the 72 hour limit placed on border patrol. homeland security says the u.s. could soon reach the highest number of people apprehended at the border and more than 20 years. immigration lawyers say migrants are sending their children over the border alone illegally so they won t be sent back. democrats are blaming former president trump for the overwhelming surge of the border. he and his successor, president joe biden, are speaking out tonight. did biden administration still refuses to call it happening a crisis. people are coming in by the hundreds of thousands, young children are coming in. they leave their homes and they come up because they think it s going to be so wonderful and frankly our country can handle it. it is a crisis like we ve rarely had. certainly we ve never had on the border. but it s going to get much worse. shannon: hello and welcome to fox news @ night. i m shannon bream in washington. white house correspondent kevin corke is track