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
this out of the way. this lawsuit may be over. but the defamation floodgate may have just. open geoff bennett, katie phang, jeremy peters, thank you all s much when we come back, ron desanti wrapping up his fight agains disney, why? even threatening to build present next to the them parks. max rose and mark mckinnon are here on that and the fox new settlement with dominion and later, from kansas city to upstate new york, outrage grow across the country after mor tragic gun violence. we talked to a gun polic expert about how these two cases could enter the bigger scary picture. the 11th hour just getting underway on a big tuesday. s the us, where our focus is to always support the people who live and work there. because you call these communities home, and we do too. pnc bank.
they understand the need to pu this behind them, right. today was all about not having a trial of six weeks, where it would be day after day o negative headlines about how fox told its audience one stor that knew not to be true so, i think they want to put this behind them we will see. i don t know [inaudible smartmatic and how willing the are to settle. but fox definitely wants to ge this out of the way. this lawsuit may be over. but the defamation floodgate may have just. opened open geoff bennett, katie phang, jeremy peters, thank you all s much when we come back, ron desanti wrapping up his fight agains disney, why? even threatening to build prison next to their theme parks. max rose and mark mckinnon are here on that and the fox new settlement with dominion and later, from kansas city to
with dominion voting system. we acknowledge the court rulings, finding certain claim about dominion to be false the settlement reflects foxe continued commitment to th highest journalistic standards new reporting tonight say fox news will not have t apologize to dominion on air when asked if fox will b required to issue an apology, dominion spokesperson said this, in a statement an apology is abou accountability and today, dominion held fox accountable. fox paid a historic settlement and issued a statement acknowledging that the statements about dominion were false. with that, let s get smarter with the help of our lead of panel, i m sure they r chomping at the bit. geoff bennett, co-anchor of pb news hour and an msnbc political contributor. katie fang phang - and jeremy peters.