joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m bianca novillo foster joining you live from london just ahead on cnn newsroom. the world got to see what really went on at fox news in 2020, today s settlement is complete vindication and really a message that lies do have consequences. i m thankful that mr lester has turned himself in charge does not mean justice deep. live from london. this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, april 19th nine am here in london. four am on the u. s east coast. we begin with a colossal settlement in one of the biggest media cases in decades. the two year long battle between fox news and dominion dominion voting systems, finally ending with a whopping more than $787 million in damages to dominion, just before opening statements were set to begin. the deal, exposing the networks lack of credibility. the fox issued a statement saying it acknowledges the court found some of its claims about damian after t
about election lies, plus the deadline fast approaching for abortion pills in america? will the supreme court step in in the hours ahead and just minutes from now ceremonies begin to mark 80 years since the warsaw ghetto uprising against germany. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world this wednesday morning. i m christine romans. we begin with fox news, settling the huge lawsuit. dominion voting systems filed against it at the very last second before trial was set to start in delaware. the $787 million settlement is by far the largest publicly disclosed media defamation settlement in u. s history is nearly 4.5 times what abc news paid back in 2017 to a meat processor in the so called pink slime case. the settlement does not require fox to apologize, correct or retract the many falsehoods and lies that broadcast about dominion. but dominions lawyers say their clients have been traumatized by the experience and the money in court rulings in their favor
lawsuits as they play out. today s settlement represents vindication and accountability lies. consequences if you re a fox news viewer, you won t even know this happened. the 84 year old white homeowner charged with shooting ralph ural turned himself into authorities and was released. we don t want him out, but we understand that s part of the process. this is a standard ground state combined with completely unfettered access to firearms and implicit bias. you have a recipe for disaster. this was heinous. it was evil. it was criminal. one person dead and several others injured after a parking garage in lower manhattan. quote pancaked using the necessary technology, we re able to get a clear view of what s happening inside the building. we believe that we have everybody accounted for going to take awhile to make it safe for the public. senate republicans blocking democrats temporarily replacing california senator dianne feinstein on the judiciary committee. that s ridiculous r
a suspect now in custody. in missouri, the 84-year-old man who shot a black teenager who mistakenly rang his doorbell today pleading not guiltlty. and in upstate new york, a young woman shot and killed when the car she was in made a wrong turn in a driveway. the shooter denied bail. plus, the arrests in the deadly weekend shooting at a sweet 16 party in alabama that injured dozens. the latest on the cases and the state of gun violence in america. also tonight, the airman accused of leaking top secret intelligence documents in court. the blowback on capitol hill. the hearing in congress aboutut unidentified objectsts in the sky. why the pentagon s warning tonight is not about alien life. the severe weather threat across the plains. millions facing high winds and large hail in the middle of the country. our series, climate challenge, the threat facing some endangered gentle giants of the sea, but also signs of hope. and the official end of a bygone era, streaming
band, and not just smaller gloves the entire school is here for him, we all miss him, is he means the world to us. this hour i ll speak with the mayor of kansas city, missouri, about the growing calls to charge that suspect with a hate crime. plus, a historic and shocking settlement. fox news agreeing to a massive payout to dominion voting systems, averting a high stakes defamation trial at the 11th hour, the andominion ceo saying fox has admitted to telling lies. s 21-year-old accused of that massive intel leak will appear before a federal judge in boston he was supposed to have a detention hearing. that has been postponed. he ll still be in court. this afternoon senators will get a classified briefing about the leak what more could we learn about all those secrets? let s begin in kansas city where andrew lester s arraignment is set for this afternoon joining us from kansas city, nbc s maggie vespa and charles coleman, civil rights attorney and msnbc legal analyst. what