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fox is being pushed back it's marathon monday a decade after the horrific attack, we remember the lives lost in the boston marathon attacks as more than 30,000 runners get ready to race. after 25 years, the final curtain comes down on broadway's longest running show, "phantom of the opera." and love may be blind, but it sure wasn't live streamed netflix bungling the reality show's live reunion in what fans are calling a disaster it's monday, april 17th. "early today" starts right now >> good morning. i'm frances rivera >> and i'm phillip mena. the highly anticipated defamation lawsuit against fox news has been postponed by one day. opening statements will now begin tomorrow dominion voting systems is suing fox for $1.6 billion, saying the conservative network knowingly lied about their voting machines in the 2020 election let's go live now to washington, d.c. andrew petrimoulx

good morning, drew do we know why the judge postponed the trial this late in the game >> good morning, phillip actually, right now we don't the judge gave no explanation of why he issued this continuance last night and neither fox nor dominion has responded for requests on the issue. the latest twist came on a week after contentious pre-trial hearings in a delaware superior court. the judge admonishes the fox corporation of withholding information and misstating chairman rupert murdoch's role in the company the judge pushed back against other allegations. the suit is perhaps the biggest legal challenge fox has ever faced. "the wall street journal" reports that fox has madea last-minute attempt to settle out of court there is a very high bar in defamation cases plaintiffs have to prove a defendant lied on purpose, with malice, and that is what dominion lawyers claim they can demonstrate in this case during his deposition made public last month, rupert

murdoch admitted to, quote, some of our commentators were endorsing it, yes, they endorsed the it being unfounded claims that joe biden won the presidency in 2020 through fraud. murdoch confirming under oath that he thought some fox personalities endorsed the election fraud lie there was further development when during the discovery process, they had to turn over text messages from tucker caron, sean hannitynd laura ingraham a text to tucker carlson that fox news is, quote, very, very close to being able to ignore trump most nights. i truly can't wait, closed quote. he later said that he hates trump passionately, and that quote, "i can't handle much more of this. the u.s. has very robust free speech protections and fox news lawyers are pointing to the first amendment and their dismiss ol' telephone central claims but a trial is widely expected to air a lot of fox's private messages in public so regardless of the outcome of

the trial, the company could still possibly suffer a lot of damage phillip, frances >> which is why reportedly they're trying to settle out of court. thank you. let's turn to dadeville, alabama. the latest community shattered by gun violence. counselors be on hand today at schools after a mass shooting at a sweet 16 birthday party left four people dead there are still questions this morning about what happened and who the suspects are priscilla thompson joins us from alabama with the latest. >> the dance studio behind me was filled with teenagers saturday night celebrating a sweet 16 birthday party when officials say that gunfire erupted. four people were killed and 28 people were injured as a result of that violence police unable to answer any questions about motive or how all of this unfolded, nor have they been able to say whether they have identified or arrested a suspect, and they're saying that the investigation remains

ongoing, and they're urging members of the public with any information to come forward, saying that no tip is too small. meanwhile, this community held a prayer vigil to honor the lives of the four people who died and to pray for those who are recovering and those who are grieving, as so many are, in this community priscilla thompson, nbc news, dadeville, alabama violent clashes have resumed this morning in the african nation of sudan following a u.n.-backed cease-fire sunday in order to evacuate wounded citizens the fighting between the country's armed forces and paramilitary group has already led to the deaths of nearly 100 people in just three days. for more on this, we go to nbc's meagan fitzgerald in london. good morning what led to this sudden conflict in sudan >> phillip, good morning good to be with you. look, the latest information coming from the ground here are that both sides are signaling that they're unwilling to stop the violence to set the stage here, as you

mentioned, we've got two groups at play here you have got the sudanese armed forces that are locked in this bloody power struggle with the paramilitary, that the army is trying to take under its control. both of these sides loyal to two separate leaders now we have seen tensions in sudan, the continent of africa's third largest country, brewing for some time now. all of this culminating saturday morning with gunfire, explosions erupting in the capital city with fighter jets flying above we know that u.s. citizens are trapped in the middle of all this you've got a tweet coming saturday morning from the u.s. ambassador to sudan saying that he and his team are hunkered down they're sheltered in place there. the u.s. state department saying that at this moment they don't have any plans of evacuating u.s. citizens. but keep in mind, the international airport in the capital city is closed, as this battle continues to rage on. the latest numbers coming in right now, as you mentioned, 97

people killed according to s sudanese doctors with the injured soaring as well, past 900. and this rare show of unity. you're seeing countries like russia and china standing with the united states, calling for the violence to stop in the country, along with other people and other leaders across the world calling for a ceasefire. nevertheless, this battle continues to rage on, showing no signs of slowing phillip? >> a harrowing situation in sudan this morning meagan, thank you. today nearly 30,000 runners will race to the finish line at the 127th boston marathon. it has been ten years since the unthinkable attack back-to-back bombs that left three dead and hundreds more injured. on saturday, thousands gathered for a ceremony at the finish line to pay tribute to the victims and survivors. and sunday, more than 100 golden retrievers took a mile walk in honor of the boston marathon dog

spencer. he and his sister penny died earlier this year from cancer. spencer became the official dog of the marathon in 2018 when a video of him holding boston strong flags in his mouth along the runner's route went viral. >> it's been ten years now let's get to your forecast with nbc meteorologist michelle grossman good morning, michelle hope you had a good weekend. >> good morning to you both. i had great weekend. it went way too fast, as always. and hope you guys did too. speaking of boston, showers, maybe thunderstorms as we go throughout this monday it's all due to an area of low pressure that is spinning over the upper midwest, the upper great lakes. and it's bringing snow to portions of the upper great lakes and upper midwest. we could see an additional 8 inches in some spots still winter weather advisories, winter storm warnings, even blizzard warnings. that's where you see the purple there. we could see winds gusting up to 50 miles per hour. this is what it looks like on radar. all the flu bleu is the snow falling. heavy blues and reds, rain

falling. that's going to linger throughout the day and also tomorrow sort of just spinning over the area so we'll see some wet snow ovei upper midwest. the upper great lakes setting the stage for snow just 36 in green bay all right. it's monday already. that means we're going to take a look at the week ahead in just a bit. >> see you in a bit. thank you, michelle. a zes december separate search is under for three americans who went sailing just over a week ago. kerry and frank o'brien asked another to sail with them there hasn't been a record of their since. mexico's navy is helping with the search after the break, the curtain drops one last time on

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watching. >> he is proud no doubt you should know that >> thank you >> the family has overcome struggles, even homelessness as a first generation son of mexican immigrant, joshua hopes his story inspires others. how would you define the american dream >> the american dream to me has always been reaching for something more that belief that there is better throughout and it's within your reach, if you just work hard enough >> wow new chances and hope thanks to jose for bringing the uplifting story. >> the best part about money having the stories through

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