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
minute settlement with dominion voting systems. false on air claims. we will get reaction this hour from dominions lead lawyer also tonight, the 84 year old kansas city man charged with shooting a black teenager was just released on bail after turning himself in. court documents say he wordlessly opened fire within seconds of seeing the 16 year old who mistakenly wound up on his doorstep. and for the first time in weeks, we are getting a glimpse of the american journalist. jailed in russia on spying charges, will discuss his case in an exclusive joint interview with the chairman and ranking member of the house intelligence committee. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is on assignment. i m alex marquardt, and you re in the situation room. let s get right to the major news on the fox settlement , the lawyer for dominion voting systems, revealing that it totals more than $787, million cnn senior media reporter oliver darcy is
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
politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. fox pays up the network. thanks. a $787 million element with dominion historic and an embarrassing some, but it s an important but fox escapes without publicly saying these words to its viewers. sorry. we lied to you. bus to florida man battle for the approval of yes, mostly other florida meant donald trump tries to outshine ron desantis by nabbing more congressional endorsements from florida and alabama police announcing just moments ago, they are arrested two teams on reckless murder charges that connected to a sad sweet 16 mass shooting that killed four a prosecutor promises to try the suspects. as adults at first for us, though truth lies and yes, lots of money. $787.5 million to be exact. that is the eye popping total. fox agreed to pay dominion voting systems to settle a defamation suit that asked for twice that much now does that represent accountability for its constant lies that the 2020 e
to the program. we begin in russia where president putin has carried out a rare reshuffle of his security chiefs. his top defence minister, sergei shoigu has been removed from his post. he s a long standing ally of vladimir putin and has served as defence minister since 2012, playing a key role in russia s invasion of ukraine. his replacement will be andrei belousov, an economist and the deputy prime minister. earlier our russia editor steve rosenberg explained that at the kremlin, reshuffles are unusual. whoever the russian government ministers are, whoever s sitting around that cabinet table, there is one man and one man alone in russia who calls the shots, and that is vladimir putin. he s the man with all the power. having said that, a government reshuffle in russia is interesting, particularly when key ministers like the defence minister is being changed. they don t happen too often. the foreign minister, he s been in his post for 20 years. mr shoigu, he has been defence