the world. you are watching cnn newsroom and church just ahead. fox news reaches a last minute settlement with dominion voting systems, just as the jury was sworn in, and the defamation trial was about to begin how much the network is shelling out. 84 year old white man is out on bail of religiously shooting, a black teenager rang his doorbell by mistake the charges he faces in court in the coming hours. people cling to anything they can find to escape a deadly fire at a hospital in beijing. buy from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. have you with us with the jury was sworn in lawyers were ready for opening statements. but then folks news blinked, reaching a last minute settlement in a billion dollar defamation lawsuitin systems. ur the deal, fox agreed to pay almost $800 million to dominion about half of what the company had originally sought in damages. the agreement saves top fox executives and the network s most prominent stars from the embarrassment
defamation settlement involving a u. s media company, and fox, now facing an even bigger lawsuit from another voting company. plus putin s crackdown has just been sentenced to 25 years in a russian prison for speaking out against the war in ukraine. vladimir kara murza wife is outfront tonight. and a 20 year old woman shot and killed for pulling into the wrong driveway. police chief says the gunman showing zero remorse that chief is my guest tonight. let s go, outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight 787.5 million. it is a stunning number, and that is the settlement between fox news and dominion. in fact, it is the largest publicly known defamation settlement involving a me company in the united states. and by the way when you look at the value of it for dominion, it is 10 times the value. of dominion voting systems. it s massive anyway. you look at it now. in a statement along with the settlement, fox writes, in part quote, we acknowledge the court s ruling
two protesters in 2020, a fear for his own life was key to his defense. if i would have let mr rosenbaum take my firearm for me, he would have used it and killed me with it in probably killed more people was ultimately acquitted, but perhaps most famously tested florida s stand your ground law, which like missouri, permits the use of deadly force to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm. that s unique law because it says to a potential shooter don t worry about, you know, running or turning away or backing up. you can shoot in 2012 neighborhood watch captain george zimmerman shot and killed 17 year old trayvon martin, who had just left a local convenience store. zimmerman called 911 to report a quote suspicious person and ignored the dispatchers warning not to approach the individual, ultimately getting into a confrontation and shooting martin in what zimmerman described as self defense. help me help me. i felt his arm going down to my side. i just grabbed
ground law, which like missouri , permits the use of deadly force to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm. that s unique law because it says to a potential shooter don t worry about, you know, running or turning away or backing up. you can shoot in 2012 neighborhood watch captain george zimmerman shot and killed 17 year old trayvon martin, who had just left a local convenience store. zimmerman called 911 to report a quote suspicious person and ignored the dispatchers warning not to approach the individual, ultimately getting into a confrontation and shooting martin in what zimmerman described as self defense. because it help me help me. i felt his arm going down to my side. and i just grabbed my firearm shop. he was tried and acquitted by a florida jury circuit in a. now aaron, the man accused of shooting 16 year old ralph yoro is now out on bond. cnn is attempting to locate his attorney for comment. we will have to wait and see how he
and a victim of a miss carnal of justice. the fact that two law enforcement entities stated that i had acted within the laws of our nation in self defense. you don t think it was about the law? i know it wasn t, yes. what does that make you? like a scapegoat. a scapegoat for? the government, the president, the attorney general. one washington post blog said that comment shows how delusional he is. and a liberal blog wrote, yes, yes, it s all a plot against him. your story is not a sad story. you re not some sort of victim from what happened after the fact. social media also erupting with appearingry comment with angry comments. some even directed at cnn. some directed at what zimmerman