to the most widely used abortion pill good day i m andrea mitchell in washington fox news paying almost $800 million to avoid having to take the witness stand. the settlement lets fox avoid weeks of text. the damage to its reputation is done thousands of pages of evidence released during pre-trial discovery made public. that fox hosts lied about the 2020 election being rigged, knew it and so did their bosses all the way to the very top. there will be no on-air apologies or retractions from fox news in a statement the network is saying, we acknowledge the court s ruling finding certain claims to be false the settlement reflects fox s commitment to the highest journalistic standards attorneys for dominion speaking to the press after the settlement the truth matters lies have consequences money is accountability we got that today from fox but we re not done yet we have some other people who have some accountability coming towards them it s not over joining me now, stephani
lesser extent in the south down here. they ve gained even more ground in offensives. president zelenskyy claims they have recaptured some 6,000 square kilometers of territory. it s about 2,300 square miles since the beginning of the month. this is impossible to verify, but it is even more ground than the russians actually gained in the last several months and it happened fast. i want to show you this animation here, if we can zoom in. you can see the yellow there, how quickly ukrainian troops have recaptured territory that had been occupied by the russians. now russia is responding. ukrainian officials say russian strikes knocked out power in the region. in donetsk ukrainian forces also recaptured a town there after forces crossed the donetsk river. this here is the aftermath. the capture will further complicate any attempt by the remaining russian-backed forces to withdraw, and last night secretary of state tony blinken called the recent gains by ukrainians encouraging.
will be here to honor his wife. poppy, phil. certainly quite a day ahead. and we will have eva, thank you very much, full live coverage of that, it begins at noon eastern right here on cnn. thank you so much for starting your day with us. we ll see you back here tomorrow. cnn news central is now. we are standing by this morning for ten more hostages to be released by hamas. now, the fifth day of the fragile truce between israel and hamas. one day more than the original agreement to get hostages out, and only one day now and only one day more before now fighting could resume. and with these two additional days more hostages will be released and more aid will get into gaza. 51 israeli citizens and 18 foreign nationals have been released by hamas since the pause began friday. just yesterday, among the hostages released was a mother and her 3-year-old twin daughters. you see pictures of them there. they re coming home without their father. he is still being held captive by