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
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