how much does it cost to lie t the american people? well, this week, fox settled the dominion voting system defamation lawsuit, agreeing t pay a staggering seven point 8 excuse me, 787 point $5 millio in settlements it is one of the largest settlements in defamatio history in this country, and i shows that fox was at leas somewhat afraid that the jur might sign against them. that, it s, clear was th financial cost of lying to the american people. but the other cost, th reputational costs, that is little bit harder to explain after the settlement was announced, fox released this statement, which read, in part we acknowledge the court rulings finding certain claims about dominion to be false this settlement reflects foxes continued commitment to th highest journalistic standards we are hopeful that ou decision to settle this disput with dominion amicably, instea of the acrimony of a divisiv trial, allows the country to move forward from these issues now, did you notice a word
the jury was sworn in. but foxes legal battles are no over yet then, why some are questioning florida governor ron desanti is really conservative and then an alarming and disturbing uptick in gun violence, highlighted by two separate incidences, how ringing the wrong doorbell and turning into the wrong doorway turned into tragedy, as th 11th hour gets underway this tuesday night. good evening once again, i stephanie ruhle. the parties have resolved thei case those words from the judge brought the dominion fox new defamation case to an an before the jury heard from a single witness late today, fox agree to a nin figure payout to settle th lawsuit, 787 point $5 million, a little less than half of the 1.6 billion they were suin for. fox has admitted to telling lies about dominion, tha caused enormous damage to my company, our employees, and th customers that we serve. nothing can ever make up for that the deal officially ends th legal battle over whether fo defamed
this tuesday night good evening once again, i stephanie ruhle. the parties have resolved thei case those words from the judge brought the dominion fox new defamation case to an an before the jury heard from a single witness late today, fox agreed to nine figure payout to settle the lawsuit, 787 point $ million, a little less tha half of the 1. 6 billion the were suing for fox has admitted to telling lies about dominion, tha caused enormous damage to my company, our employees, and th customers that we serve. nothing can ever make up for that the deal officially ends th legal battle over whether fo defamed dominion when it broadcasts conspiracy theories about its voting machines in the 2020 presidential election those included false claim dominion used is votin machines to rig the outcome. the truth matters lies have consequences over who years ago, a torren of lies swept dominion and election officials acros america into an alternativ universe of conspiracy theo
band, and not just smaller gloves the entire school is here for him, we all miss him, is he means the world to us. this hour i ll speak with the mayor of kansas city, missouri, about the growing calls to charge that suspect with a hate crime. plus, a historic and shocking settlement. fox news agreeing to a massive payout to dominion voting systems, averting a high stakes defamation trial at the 11th hour, the andominion ceo saying fox has admitted to telling lies. s 21-year-old accused of that massive intel leak will appear before a federal judge in boston he was supposed to have a detention hearing. that has been postponed. he ll still be in court. this afternoon senators will get a classified briefing about the leak what more could we learn about all those secrets? let s begin in kansas city where andrew lester s arraignment is set for this afternoon joining us from kansas city, nbc s maggie vespa and charles coleman, civil rights attorney and msnbc legal analyst. what
investigation exposed some o the misconduct and damag caused by fox s disinformation campaign smartmatic will explores the rest what s more, dominion wants to hold election deniers beyond fox accountable as well, i fact, the company ha defamation lawsuits pendin against other far-right medi outlets, including newsmax oann, which went even furthe than fox and their promotion o election lies, and they ar also taking legal action against several individuals, including my pillow chie executive, mike lindell, patrick byrne, and rud giuliani, and sidney powell. fox s record-breakin settlement here was really jus the beginning, as dominion s lead counsel said any warnin to fox s fellow election liars quote, it is not over. let us discuss this now with katie benner, reporter for the new york times, and an msnbc contributor. former democratic senator, dou jones, from alabama. he also served as the u.s. attorney for the norther district of alabama.