cnn breaking news. welcome to the lead. we have some breaking news for you. i m jake tapper. moments ago, we learned there is a settlement a settlement in the high stakes trial between dominion voting systems and fox dominion was suing fox for $1.6 billion, saying that the network showed complete and utter disregard for truth and facts and accuracy. when they allowed guests and hosts to push false conspiracy theories that the 2020 election had been stolen from donald trump. cnn s oliver darcy is outside the courthouse in delaware. oliver. what do we know about the settlement? we know right now. the judge just announced actually moments ago, jake that this case has been settled out of court. we don t know any details about what happened. but there was this unexplained two hour delay in court proceedings. this settlement really comes right before the clock struck struck midnight jake opening statements were set to begin at 1 30. they did not as scheduled, and there was an unexp
Restraints. it actually has things you cannot do and cannot go beyond and one of them is defamation. you cannot use your platform and to try to hide behind the first amendment by saying lies and there s lies had consequences to individuals to a corporation. and don t forget the larger picture here. we re talking as we go into an election year presidential election year from the last one, but it has people believing that somehow this company was integral in trying to promote an election related lie that did not happen and let s remember there s still another defamation trial. i believe that fox is facing from smart, manic, a different, uh, election technology company. stick around . we re going to take a quick break. we ll be right back with more coverage of this breaking historic day. an epic c crime story. when they come for you become at what you love most in life, two of the most respected writers in the world loved on