news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. it's wednesday, april 19th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." last-minute deal. fox news and dominion settle a defamation lawsuit for almost $800 million. why the legal trouble isn't over yet for the cable news giant. all we know is he was hurt. we need to get him -- he needs to be the priority right now. >> neighbor speaks out. for the first time, hear from the man who rushed to help a black teenager who was shot after ringing the doorbell of the wrong home. pint-sized trespasser. agents stop a curious trespasser after he squeezed through the white house fence. good morning, and good to be with you, i'm anne-marie green. >> we begin with that

blockbuster settlement between fox news and dominion voting systems. yesterday the conservative network agreed to pay more than $787 million to avoid a high-profile defamation trial. it was sued d after airing unfounded claims that dominion helped rig the 2020 presidential election against then-president donald trump. fox news said it's pleased to settle the dispute, but the legal fighting is not over yet. jarred hill is here in new york with more as all of this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. and another voting machine company has an even bigger defamation case in the works against fox news. as you mentioned, the media giant has now avoided the trial against dominion, though that voting machine company says this is bigger than the massive payout they're about to get. >> truthful reporting in the media is essential to our democracy. >> reporter: the ceo of dominion voting systems says the nearly $800 million settlement of its defamation suit against fox news is historic. >> today's settlement of

$787.5 million represents vindication and accountability. lies have consequences. >> reporter: opening arguments were set to begin in a delaware court, but instead the judge announced the parties had resolved the case. dominion originally sought $1.6 billion, arguing that fox news knew the claims made by their guests and some hosts that dominion helped rig the 2020 presidential election were false but aired them anyway, damaging the company. >> there were a lot of serious issues surrounding the state's dominion voting machines. >> reporter: court records in the lead up to the settlement included internal communications showng that fox hosts and executives doubted claims of election fraud. in a statement the network acknowledged that the court found some of fox's claims against dominion to be false. >> the settlement then avoids a

do appears to be over, theneing similar defamation suit from smart-matic. another voting system firm. they're seeking $2.7 billion. and experts believe that case could end in a settlement, as well. now after the dominion settlement was announced, smart-matic said, quote, it remains committed to clearing the name, recouping the significant damage done to the company, and holding fox accountable. anne-marie, back to you. >> jarred hill in new york. thank you. police in maine have arrested a man accused of shooting and killing four people in a home. want bodies were discovered in the small town of bowdoin. authorities charged 34-year-old with murder. no word on a possible motive. investigators say three more people were shot in their cars on a busy highway about 25 miles away. one victim was critically wounded. police say the shootings are connected, but they have not released any more information.

the supreme court is set to make a major decision today regarding a widely used abortion decide by midnight on whether or not to keep full access to mifepristone. last week a court of appeals ruled the drug can stay on the market but with significant restrictions. availability was almost taken away entirely when a texas judge suspended the fda's approval of mifepristone, but the justice department appealed the ruling. the 84-year-old white kansas city man accused of shooting a black teenager will be arraigned in court today. andre lester posted bond yesterday and was released from jail. he's charged with two felony counts after last thursday's shooting. authorities say he shot 16-year-old ralph yarl twice after the teen accidentally went to the wrong home to pick up his brothers. lester told police he lives alone and thought someone was trying to break in. adriana diaz has more. [ chants ] >> reporter: ralph yarl's

classmates marched in solidarity and support. ralph's mother says her son is recovering from being shot in the head and arm. >> mostly he just sits there and stares and the buckets of tears rolls down his eyes. you can see that he's just replaying the situation over and criminal action and first-degree assault. according to the criminal complaint, the 84-year-old told police he had just laid down in bed when he heard the doorbell. he picked up his gun and said he saw a black male approximately six-feet tall at the door. telling detectives he was, quote, scared to death due to the male's size and lester's old age. the complaint says lester repeatedly expressed concern for the victim. ralph's family says as he was trying to get help, someone yelled at him to get on his knees and raise his hands. >> all we hear is a bunch of banging at our door.

>> reporter: in his first television interview, zac dovel, who lives across the street, said he and his mother went to help. >> there was blood from where he el >> youear abt these in the ews over ti it a lchange >> reporter: adriana diaz, cbs news, kansas city, missouri. federal prosecutors will argue in court today that a massachusetts air national guardsman should remain in jail for allegedly leaking highly classified documents on line. they say 21-year-old jack teixeira posted military intelligence about ukraine and u.s. allies on the platform discord. he's facing two criminal charges. the air force is investigating how he accessed the documents, and a military inspection general will look at the base where teixeira served to determine what went wrong. one worker is dead and five

others were injured after a parking garage collapsed in new york city. police say the concrete floors fell on top of each other yesterday a few blocks away from city hall. authorities believe everyone was accounted for inside the building, but they were still conducting searches last night to make sure no one s usdeealee escribed they w an. >> so then all the sudden the building was starting to shake tremendously, and the noise also was quite loud. and then i called out for my son who was in the back. and we both decided -- obviously we had to get out. >> we thought initially it was an earthquake. but then when we saw the cars basically we thought it was a sinkhole. >> city records show the three-story structure has been a garage at least since the 1920s. senate democrats failed to temporarily replace senator dianne feinstein on the powerful the 89-year-old has been out since february while recovering from a case of shingles.

her absence means democrats can't confirm president biden's judicial nominees without republican support. democrats offered a resolution to allow someone to take over for senator feinstein, but republicans blocked it yesterday. coming up, cleared to play. buffalo bills star damar hamlin announces his comeback after suffering cardiac arrest. and a tiny security breach at the white house. how a toddler got onto the groends grounds. this is the "cbs morning news." rning news." dad, we got this. we got this. we got this. we got this. we got this. yay! we got this. we got this! life is for living. we got this! let's partner for all of it. edward jones

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a toddler caused a brief security scare at the white house, and damar hamlin announced his nfl comeback. those are some of the headlines on the "morning newsstand." "the buffalo news" reports the bills' safety, damar hamlin, has been cleared to play football again. the 25-year-old spoke yesterday announcing his return to the nfl. he suffered cardiac arrest four months ago during a game and had to be resuscitated on the field. >> this event was life changing, but it's not the end of my story. my heart is still in it, you know. my heart is still in the game. i love the game. it's something i want to prove to myself, not nobody else. >> hamlin was cleared after meeting with a third and final specialist last friday. since his recovery, he's been taking part in voluntary workouts. "people" magazine reports a body in a hearse apparently saved the life of a driver who almost went off a cliff. new video was just released of the incident which happened back

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traditional cigarettes. some space junk is expected to fall to earth tonight. scientists say nasa's old satellite known as ressie will plummet through the atmosphere. fortunately most of the 660-pound satellite is expected to burn up upon re-entry. the agency says the chances of anyone on earth being harmed is pretty low. oscar winner michelle yeoh is ready to come back as emperor phillipa georgo in the "star trek" movie for paramount plus. yeoh will serve as executive producer on the project. she first took on the role in 2017 in the "star trek discovery" streaming series on paramount plus. "star trek section 31" will begin production later this year. coming up, reddit co-founder alexis ohanian talks with ben tracy about supporting young entrepreneurs searching for climate solutions. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." . i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news."

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