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
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Heck of a message to send today and there are other cases going on. i believe those two election workers in georgia are suing the right wing website for lying about then ellie. uh the fact statement did not have an apology to its viewers or to dominion. it did have this one line quote. we acknowledge the court s rulings finding certain claims about dominion. to be false. so translated. that means fox acknowledges. that they aired and pushed lies about dominion. is that what that means? translated it means we got caught lying pie. the judge , and i think that s exactly why we are seeing this absolutely jaw dropping number. i mean, let s be clear. this is an unequivocal rebuke of fox news of their reporting of their quote unquote journalism. i don t know. i m not exactly a historian, but i don t believe i ve ever seen a jury verdict or a settlement on the amount of
Tower in phoenix where the arizona governor has his offices. that was april 20th 2020. this was michigan ten days later, april 30th 2020. right-wing protesters storming into the michigan state capital. former president responded to that action by saying a line quote, these are very good people. this was a few months after this, august 2020. right-wing protesters have passed police and force their way into the idaho state in boise, breaking windows along the way. you republican state house speaker in idaho actually ordered that the crowd be allowed in after they initially force their way past police. he said he feared what other violence would break out if police tried to hold the line against this armed crowd. this was just a few months later. november, november 7th 2020, right wing protesters show up in big numbers heavily armed. this was at the pennsylvania state capital. this was two weeks after that in virginia, right wing protesters show up and march in military formation,
Lead to a temporary increase in inflation, and unemployment. vladimir putin explained what russia is fighting for with this line quote the struggle we are waging is a struggle for our sovereignty, for the future of our country and our children, we will fight for the right to be and remain russian. an example for us is the courage and steadfastness of our soldiers and officers. the faithful defenders, for the fatherland . joining us now, angela, a senior fellow at the birkin s institution. she served in the state department, and her latest book is called putin s world. thank you very much for joining us tonight. what did you take from vladimir putin s speech today? it was a very belligerent speech. as you said, he accused the west of everything that russia is doing. he justified the war, excuse me the special military operation.