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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this tuesday night good evening once again, i stephanie ruhle. the parties have resolved thei case those words from the judge brought the dominion fox new defamation case to an an before the jury heard from a single witness late today, fox agreed to nine figure payout to settle the lawsuit, 787 point $ million, a little less tha half of the 1. 6 billion the were suing for fox has admitted to telling lies about dominion, tha caused enormous damage to my company, our employees, and th customers that we serve. nothing can ever make up for that the deal officially ends th legal battle over whether fo defamed dominion when it broadcasts conspiracy theories about its voting machines in the 2020 presidential election those included false claim dominion used is votin machines to rig the outcome. the truth matters lies have consequences over who years ago, a torren of lies swept dominion and election officials acros america into an alternativ universe of conspiracy theo
well, we served six years together here in the house i know what he believes. i know his principles and i ve seen his record since he went to florida. i d be really excited to have him as president those are a couple of the lawmakers who are already endorsing ron desantis for president in 2024. the florida governor was on capitol hill yesterday trying to win more support for a campaign that he hasn t officially launched, but was desantis outmaneuvered yesterday by his biggest rival? plus, we ll have the latest developments in two high profile shootings. in both cases the victims made the simple mistake of going to the wrong house. and also ahead we ll break down the massive settlement that fox news agreed to pay for airing false claims about election fraud, and we ll explain why the legal issues for the network are far from over. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, april 19th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll
He feared for his life, even though neither she nor her friends ever left the car. 84-year-old, andrew lester shot 16-year-old, ralph yarl through the door after the teenager rang hi doorbell ralph mistakenly went to the wrong address to pick up his little brother s harmless mistakes with devastating consequences but i want to focus on wha happened to ralph, because his shooting is yet another sa reminder that black boys and men, historically, are mor likely to face deadl reactionary force. ralph assailant alleged that h saw a black male and said quote, was scared to death, due t al s side, according t statements made to police. ralph is 58 and 140 pounds his survival is nothing shor of a miracle ralph is a junior in hig school, and honor soon, and member of the school band an competes in science olympiad