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
There were obviously they did settle, so there must have been settlement talks. we know that rupert murdoch s wall street journal reported on sunday evening. there was a late push by fox to settle this case, and that was matched by a few other outlets, but the jury selection did resume earlier today, and they did get sworn in by the judge. and so it looked. you know, like this trial was going to happen, and people were, you know, going into court earlier at 1 30 for opening statements. there was that unexpected delay. we did see our cnn s marshal cohen in court. he saw a fox lawyer, take out a piece of paper and show it to dominion lawyer. then they went outside the courtroom. it was unclear what was discussed. but it seems right now, given the news that they were talking about a settlement, and that has been reached, really averting a really excruciating process for fox news that was set to take place here in wilmington, delaware. over the next six weeks. jake and oliver, i can t help