stopping that interview. deadline: white house which has a lot more about this starts right now. hi there, everyone, we come on the air with a whopper of a breaking news story for you. a settlement has been reached in that massive $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit brought by dominion voting systems against fox news it was that kind of day. everyone waiting for a vatican-like puff of smoke a lot of delays. a lot of pontificating and a lot of wondering what might be happening and now, we know nick confessori, the judge in this case, at 3:57 as we sat waiting to come on the air, quote, the parties have resolved the case do you have anything to say about that look, this is a very big deal it surprised many people, today was going to be the opening day of arguments there was a two-hour delay after lunch. no one came back with the arguments. we saw the two parties in the courtroom, waiting in the courtroom, exchanging some paper. and before air time, we get the announcement f
there was a two-hour delay after lunch. no one came back with the arguments. we saw the two parties in the courtroom, waiting in the courtroom, exchanging some paper. and before air time, we get the announcement from the judge that the settlement has been reached and the case is over before it even starts. and andrea, this has been a story of legal bombshells and reputational barrages against fox news for knowingly broadcasting lies about dominion voting systems to have accepted a settlement, what must this include well, the number is going to be the thing that everyone is sort of looking for, no matter what fox wants to spin this as, whether it s 1.6 or more is going to be really telling because, you know, here for dominion, what they get out of it is immediate cash, because, you know, there won t be appeals. there won t be all of these legal issues that fox would clearly do, the trump tactic, sort of delaying things.