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will dominion get its day in court? not today at least, why the defamation suit against fox is being pushed back. and five days after that massive fire with toxic chemicals, the epa is issuing a new warning to residents of indiana. and a medical breakthrough, conjoined twins separated after an 11-hour surgery it's monday, april 17th. "early today" starts right now good morning, i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. 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. and drew petrimouix do we know why the judge postponed the trial this late in the game >> reporter: good morning. actually, we don't right now, the judge giving no indication

of why he issued this continuance late last night and both fox and dominion have not yet responded to request for comment from nbc news. we do know that this latest twist came after a week of contentious pretrial hearings in delaware supreme court the judge admonished lawyers for the fox corporation accusing them of withholding evidence and misstating repeart murdoch's role in the proceedings. they 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 made a last minute attempt to settle out of court. theres a very high bar in defamation cases, plaintiffs have to prove that the defendant lied on purpose with malice, and that is exactly what dominion lawyers say they can demonstrate in this case during his deposition made public rupert murdoch admitted to, quote, some of our commentators were endorsing t

yes, they endorsed: the it being the unfounded claims that joe biden won the presidency in 2020 through fraud. murdoch confirming that he thought some fox personalities endorsed the election fraud lie. there was further embarrassment when they had to turn over text messages from fox personalities like tucker carlson, sean nny and laura ingraham, a notable example was a text from carlson that fox news is very, very close to being able to ignore trump most nights i truly can't wait, end quote, later saying he hates trump passionately and saying that i can't handle mucher mo of this, those quotes from tucker carlson. the u.s. has robust free speech protections and fox news lawyers are pointing to the first amendment in their dismissal of the suit's central claims, but a trial is widely expected to air lots of fox's private messages in public so regardless of the outcome of the trial the company

could suffer a lot of damage that's the latest from here in washington, back to you. >> okay. it is the 11th hour. we will see if we will be reporting on trial or settlement this time tomorrow drew, thank you. let's turn to dadeville, alabama, the latest community shattered by gun violence. counselors will 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 has the latest from alabama. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: what began as a sweet 16 party celebrating life ended in a massacre. >> it's very horrific, those children, traumatized. >> reporter: the tragedy taking place inside a small dance studio in dadeville, alabama, just 60 miles northeast of montgomery. >> i was hoping it wasn't true i was hoping that somebody was shooting fireworks outside and

scaring the kids because, you know, we don't have any gun violence here. >> reporter: investigators say a gunman opened fire saturday night killing four and that 28 others were injured. michael taylor is an assistant football coach at dadeville high. >> we are going to really be a family now, some counseling for kids because it's going to take a while for them to recover from this. >> reporter: investigators providing few details about how the shooting unfolded and declining to say whether they have identified or arrested a suspect. confirming only that the investigation remains ongoing. >> we've got to have information from the community so if you are at home right now or you know somebody that has any information, we absolutely need you to share it. >> reporter: authorities say there is no active threat. dadeville is the latest community to be shattered by gun violence the shooting there happening within hours of a deadly mass shooting in louisville,

kentucky police say two people died and four more were rushed to the hospital after shots were fired into a crowd at a park >> i'm so tired of this. and i can't make any sense of it. >> reporter: that shooting just days after a mass shooting at a bank in the same city left five dead more prayers, but little solutions. officials here say no tip is too small, urging the public to come forward with any information as they continue to investigate how all of this unfolded and who is responsible. back to you. >> all right priscilla, thank you. treasury secretary janet yellen is predicting more caution from the banking system after a turbulent first quarter of the year. yellen told cnn on sunday that thanks will likely tighten their lending in response to the major failures of silicon valley bank and signature bank back in march. yellen added that this clamp down could negate the need for

future interest rate hikes from the federal reserve. yellen said she still expects to see moderate economic growth this year, as well as a continued strong label market. evacuation orders have been lifted in richmond, indiana, residents were given the all clear to go home late sunday more than five days after a massive fire broke out at a plastic recycling center but the danger hasn't completely passed. >> the epa is warning people not to handle or remove any debris because asbestos has been found in samples which can cause cancer they say the residents should report debris so they can have it professionally removed. violent clashes have resumed in sudan following an u.n. backed ceasefire on sunday to evacuate injured citizens. the fighting 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 do we know what led to the sudden conflict in sudan >> reporter: phillip, good morning to you we do, actually. as you mentioned we have got two sides at play here, you've got the sudan niece armed forces locked in this bloody power struggle with the paramilitary that the sudanese army is trying to take under their control. both sides are loyal to different leaders. we have seen tensions brewing in sudan for some time now, all of this culminating saturday morning with the capital city erupting in violence with gunfire and explosions going off, fighter jets flying above u.s. citizens are trapped in the middle of this, saturday morning is the last time we heard from the u.s. ambassador to sudan, saying that he and his team are hunkered in place, they are sheltering in place, that's something that people are being called to do there as this bloody battle continues to rage. we know that the united states state department is saying at this point that they don't have

plans to evacuate u.s. citizens, but also keep in mind that the international airport in capital city is closed right now the latest numbers that are coming in from the ground are some 97 people that have been killed, that is according to the sudanese doctors on the ground there, and that the injury toll just continues to soar past 900 since saturday in this rare look of unity, if you will, you're seeing countries like china and russia standing with the united states calling on the violence in sudan to end this of course is echoed by leaders across the world that are calling for the violent to stop, a ceasefire, but at this hour both sides are showing no signs of stopping. >> unexpected allies during this very dangerous situation developing in sudan at this hour thank you. on sunday russian president vladimir putin and russian defense minister sergei show voi met with general lee shang fu.

this comes less than a month after president xi attended moscow it is providing russia with political cover and offering economic assistance during its ongoing investigation. last week china's foreign minister said the country wouldn't be helping russia with weapons which has been a concern for u.s. and western allies. during the meeting putin praised the development of russia-china relations. according to the kremlin he said that they are cooperating in the field of military technical cooperation and conducting joint exer exercises. time to get a check of your monday forecast with nbc meteorologist michelle grossman. good morning >> good morning to you both. we are tracking april snowshowers also some rain showers, we had snow over the weekend in parts of the upper midwest, the upper great lakes, that is continuing today along with gusty winds winds gusting up to 50 miles per hour, we alerts, even blizzard warnings where you see the purple there so radar showing us that the snow continues to fall, that's

where you see the blue, we have mixed precipitation that's the purple and the pink and heavy rain falling in parts of the mid-atlantic, also the northeast, that's where you're seeing brighter colors we will see that rain lingering in parts of the northeast as we go throughout this monday. this is what it looks like, an area of low pressure spinning over the great lakes, it will bring heavy wet snow and strong winds will continue. tomorrow it's going to move slowly off to the north and east, we will see rain mixing with w snoetpper midwest, upper great lakes, temperatures only in the 30s, 36 in green bay. all right. guys, it's monday, we will take a look at the week ahead in just a bit. >> what a drastic change last week minneapolis green bay around 90 degrees, now they're

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