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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 embarras ....
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 of testifying in the case. cnn senior media reporter oliver darcy has more. we were in the court, waiting for opening statements to begin and the judge there was an unexplained delay about two hours and then the judge came out and announced that the parties had reached an out of court settlement. this, of course, averts a very agonizing trial that was in store for fox news, where some of its top hosts like sean hannity, tucker carlson, we re going to have to appear just behind me in wilmington s. and testify about how the network promoted election lies about dominion voting systems and just in general about donald donald trump s election lies in the wake of the 2020 election. rupert murdoch, the fox ....
Systems, revealing that it totals more than $787, million cnn senior media reporter oliver darcy is live in wilmington s delaware for us, where the settlement was announced just a short time ago as the trial we should note was just about to begin. so, oliver, how much more do we know about how this settlement came about? that s right. alex donald trump hasn t had to pay for his election lies. but fox news is going to have to pay and pay big, more than $787 million was the settlement reached between dominion voting systems and fox news on the brink of trial. we were in the court, waiting for opening statements to begin and the judge there was an unexplained delay about two hours and then the judge came out and announced that the parties had reached an out of court. settlement this, of course, averts a very agonizing trial that was in store for fox news, where some of its top hosts like sean hannity, tucker carlson, we re going to have to appear just behind me in wilmington s and testify ....