thejudge, eric davies, has said that if this company wants to subpoena rupert murdoch and his son lachlanwon't stop them, saying their testimony is relevant. if you look back so far at this case, rupert murdoch gave a deposition already and that was pretty damning so if that's anything to go by, then the murdoch or news corp has something to be worried about. we will find out more when this trial gets under way in a week's time but there is always the possibility of there is always the possibility of the two sides could reach a financial settlement before then and perhaps this may —— maybe increases the pressure on news corp if they don't want their top brass to be making an in—person appearance. thank you, michelle. after days of deliberation, india's central bank has kept lending rates unchanged at 6.5%. it was a surprise to markets that were pricing in another quarter percent increase in the cost of borrowing. since may last year, the reserve bank of india has raised rates by 2.5% in a bid to try and control soaring inflation. unseasonal rains and a cut in oil production announced by 0

lawyers, cindy powel and rudy giuliani, which dominion said had been turne over only a week ago judge eric daviesry likel appoint a special master t investigate whether foxe lawyers missed handled o withheld material. joining me now is someone wh is inside the courtroom today, eric - the media critic for the washington post. who is covering the trial. eric, i was following your dispatches from inside the court today, we'll get to that that ruling. before we get to that, i sounded like the judge reall let the fox lawyer, dan webb who's a sort of famous legendary litigator, have it today in that courtroom. what was that about? >> well, there were two days o pretrial hearings, yesterday and today. and honestly, you know, judg eric davis has spent the pas two days scolding the entire fox news legal team, in one wa or another today, was particularly, i would say, stringent particularly acute he was very upset with the fox news team, because of evidence that had merged, they did no share the actual title o rupert murdoch, the fox mobile with respect to fox news this is a technical manner, bu really, it

judge eric davis imposed a sanction on the network.pared for the 6-week trek to and from delaware. should fox have covered it more in maybe, but everything gets compared to the endless anti-fox coverage led by the same hosts and elsewhere on cable news. with a handful of exceptions, i note when our friend steve krakauer tweeted is there a single corporate media journalist willing to say that there will be negative, wide-ranging ramifications for the broader media industry and a free press if dominion is victorious over fox news in a big way. let's be clear, i'm not defending what was dribbled out by dominion showing a gap between what some at fox were saying publicly and privately. it's been embarrassing. but fox was also fighting for the first amendment which actually applies to liberal news outlets as well as right-leaning ones. both sides had incentive to settle. fox wanted to avoid a parade of high profile witnesses, and the judge had gutted most of its planned defenses. dominion might have lost and gotten zero in part because it h

the details of the settlement unclear, butjudge eric davis announcing that the case has been resolvedved after bringing the jury and 12 alternates back into the courtroom after a lengthy break there _ courtroom after a lengthy break there of— courtroom after a lengthy break there of all of the attorneys being told were — there of all of the attorneys being told were present in the courtroom when _ told were present in the courtroom when this— told were present in the courtroom when this announcement was made. this blockbuster $1.6 billion that dominion was asking for in damages, still unclear— dominion was asking for in damages, still unclear how much we settled for here — still unclear how much we settled for here. ., ., , , ., for here. how would this be? -- how usual would this _ for here. how would this be? -- how usual would this be? _ for here. how would this be? -- how usual would this be? the _ for here. how would this be? -- how usual would this be? the case - for here. how would this be? -- how usual would this be? the case had i usual would this be? the case had got under w

has sanctioned fox news as part of a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against the network. judge eric davisadcaster withheld evidence in the case brought by dominion voting systems. the firm accuses fox of harming its reputation by airing unfounded allegations by donald trump's campaign team that its voting machines were used to rig the last presidential election. italian authorities are hunting for a bear that killed a 26—year—old jogger in the alps last week. the 17—year—old female bear was known as ”4 and identified through genetic testing. hundreds of mourners in the village of caldes turned out to pay their respects at andrea papi's funeral on wednesday. scientists who have completed an unprecedented study of cancer say they don't think a cure will be found any time soon. the researchers who tracked lung cancers for nine years said they were surprised at the "almost infinite" ability of tumours to evolve and survive. cancer research uk said the study showed the importance of prevention and early detection. researchers say that globally, fewer fossil fuels will be used this year to prod

delaware superior court judge eric davis says he plans to appoint an outside attorney so called specialmaster to investigate whether fox news lied to the court and withheld key evidence in the case. dressing down foxes, attorneys from the bench, judge davis said quote i am very concerned that there have been misrepresentations to the court . this is very serious. no one wants to head into a trial, particularly a trial where $1.6 billion is on the line with the judge upset with them. you especially don't want to head into a trial that is about knowing falsity with the judge thinking that you have engaged in misrepresentations. judge davis also today imposed a sanction on fox over that same matter. the judge has expressed frustration over fox not being forthcoming over chairman rupert murdoch's role at the company. fox lawyers had long claimed murdoch doesn't have an official role at fox news that he was only an officer at fox corporation. it was only clarified recently that murdoch is also an officer at fox news is quite upset to be learning at the last minute, but that role might be dif

just after opening statements were set to begin, judge eric davis announced to the court the partiesster settlement averting a potentially landmark trial. >> the truth matters. >> reporter: lawyers for dominion voting systems celebrated their settlement with fox news this afternoon, announcing the company would pay dominion more than $787 million. >> today's settlement of $787,500,000 represents vindication and accountability. lies have consequences. the truth does not know red or blue. >> reporter: dominion had been seeking $1.6 billion in damages from fox for defamation, arguing the company knew the claims of election fraud aired by their guests and some of their hosts were false and aired them anyway -- >> an update on dominion. >> reporter: -- damaging dominion's reputation and business in the process. dominion's ceo john poulos. >> fox has admitted to telling lies about dominion that caused enormous damage to my company, our employees, and the customers that we serve. nothing can ever make up for that. truthful reporting in the media is essential to our democracy. >> reporter: a

in court on monday, delaware judge eric davis said that the one—day delay wasn't unusual and that thingsute settlement between the two parties here on the courthouse steps to avoid trial. not only would that reduce the risk each side takes by putting this matter in the hands of a jury, it would also spare rupert murdoch from being compelled to testify. it could be by midweek that the billionaire chair of fox news is on the stand, answering questions from dominion�*s lawyers. mr murdoch, who is likely more used to asking questions than answering them, well, he will have to defend the network's decisions to allow its hosts and guests to make false claims about the election in 2020 which he knew to be untrue. tucker carlson and sean hannity, two of the network's stars, could also be on the stand in a matter of days answering questions, but if settlement talks are getting serious, one possible stumbling block — fox and dominion are hundreds of millions of dollars apart on estimating dominion�*s worth and the dollar amount on damages. plus, it's not the first time the two have considered sett

judge eric davis says he may also investigate whether the broadcaster withheld evidence in the case broughton by broadcasting unfounded allegations about its voting machines. meanwhile, bloomberg news is reporting rupert murdoch — the boss of the company that owns fox — would be forced to testify at the trial as early as next week. scientists who have completed an unprecedented study of cancer say they don't think a cure will be found any time soon. the researchers who tracked lung cancers for nine years said they were surprised at the "almost infinite" ability of tumours to evolve and survive. cancer research uk said the study showed the importance of prevention and early detection. researchers say that globally, fewer fossil fuels will be used this year to produce electricity, in what's being described as a "turning point" in the battle against climate change. last year, there was more carbon emitted than ever to generate electricity. but this year, those emissions are expected to fall slightly. the reason is mainly down to the boom in renewable energy, led predominantly by china. here's

alienate the significant number of trump supporters who us villas, delaware, superior court judge eric davis has already ruled that fox on air personalities and executives will have to testify including the company c o, rupert murdoch, and his son and fox co chairman laughlin, who dominion alleges, knew the claims to the false, but did nothing to stop them being broadcast the trial is expected to last 6 weeks, but the potential consequences to the application of the 1st amendment could last very much longer. by cana out 0 washington. i want to take you back to our top story now the fighting in sudan all day. we have been speaking to civilians, especially in the capital cartoon to paint of accurate picture as we can of what is happening there. well, how lead side lives in court to me and he joins us now. he has the fighting stopped, where you are, how you doing. it's now i have a message blackout since 2 hours now. even if i can join you to do or video goal. so this is a situation for the bus 40. we are going to have even the basic needs. we don't have the troll, we don't have water, we don't

firstly you had a decision from thejudge eric because firstly you had a decision from the judge eric davisal and thejudge saying dominion's lawsuit could go to trial and the judge saying he would not impose important witnesses like rupert murdoch being called. trial is set to start on the 17th, not this monday but the following week, and we will see if it gets to trial or if they reach a financial settlement before then. remind us the background _ settlement before then. remind us the background to _ settlement before then. remind us the background to this _ settlement before then. remind us the background to this case - settlement before then. remind us| the background to this case because it relates to dominion who make electronic voting technology but there were serious accusations broadcast on fox news about the veracity and reliability of that machine. ., �* , veracity and reliability of that machine. . �* , ., ., , ., machine. that's right, that was one ofthe machine. that's right, that was one of the claims _ machine. that's right, that was one of the claims made _ machine. that's r

alienate the significant number of trump supporters who us villas, delaware superior court judge eric davis, has already ruled that fox on air personalities and executives, will have to testify, including the company's c. o rupert murdoch and his son and fox, co chairman laflin, who dominion alleges new the claims to the false, but did nothing to stop them being broadcast. the trial is expected to last 6 weeks, but the potential consequences to the application of the 1st amendment could last very much longer. by cana, i'll jazeera washington. rescuers are still looking for at least 4 people in the northern indian city of colonel. there believes to be trapped under the pre if a collapse building. so the say at least 4 people were killed and more than 20 others injured when the 3 story race, no caves in around 150 workers were asleep inside that building. when it happened. fresh presidents are malware micro is defending controversial pension reforms in his 1st address to the nations and signing them into law on saturday. so there were demonstrations and several cities during his speech, micro

just after opening statements were set to begin, judge eric davis announced to the court, the partiesbuster settlement averting a potentially landmark trial. >> the truth matters. >> reporter: lawyers for dominion voting systems celebrated their settlement with fox news this afternoon, announcing they would pay dominion more than $787 million. >> today's settlement of $787,500,000 represents vindication and accountability. lies have consequences. the truth does not know red or blue. >> reporter: dominion had been seeking $1.6 billion in damages from fox for defamation, arguing the company knew the claims of election fraud aired by their guests and some of their hosts were false, and aired them anyway. >> an update on dominion. >> reporter: damaging dominion's reputation and business in the process. dominion ceo john poulos. >> fox has admitted to telling lies about dominion that caused enormous damage to my company, our employees, and theustoe. for that truthful reporting in the media is essential to our democracy. >> reporter: attorneys for fox left the courthouse without comment. in

alienate the significant number of trump supporters who us villas, delaware superior court judge eric davis, has already ruled that fox on air personalities and executives, will have to testify, including the company's c. o rupert murdoch and his son and fox, co chairman laflin, who dominion alleges new the claims to the false, but did nothing to stop them being broadcast. the trial is expected to last 6 weeks, but the potential consequences to the application of the 1st amendment could last very much longer. by cana jazeera washington, the f. b. i has arrested to us citizens on charges of running a chinese secret police station in new york. investigators say the men had been prosecuting people that beijing sees as political dissidents. dmitri man, danco has more. this building in manhattan's china town advertisers and acupuncture clinic and raman delivery. but f b i investigators say in 2022. it also housed a secret police station for china's ministry of public security. the m p. s lou jang wang and changing ping. both us citizens were arrested on monday on charges of helping establish and

alienate the significant number of trump supporters who us villas, delaware superior court judge eric davis, has already ruled that fox on air personalities and executives will have to testify, including the company c o, rupert murdoch, and his son and fox, co chairman laflin, who dominion alleges new the claims to a false, but did nothing to stop them being broadcast. the trial is expected to last 6 weeks, but the potential consequences to the application of the 1st amendment could last very much longer. mckenna out to sarah washington. ah, your headlines on al jazeera, 24 hour cease fire between the warring sides in sudan was supposed to have started just this hour, but there is still a gun fire and shelling and parts of the capitol cartoon. the un says more than a 185 people have been killed in the fighting between the army and the rapid support forces paramilitary group here. but morgan reports from courtroom.

alienate the significant number of trump supporters who us villas, delaware superior court judge eric davis, has already ruled that fox on air personalities and executives, will have to testify, including the company's c. o rupert murdoch and his son and fox, co chairman laflin, who dominion alleges, knew the claims the false, but did nothing to stop them being broadcast. the trial is expected to last 6 weeks, but the potential consequences to the application of the 1st amendment could last very much longer by cana out 0, washington work is now underway to repair the damage to the centuries, all the ox on mosque and occupied east jerusalem there were violent confrontations in the compound when is really forces b worshippers earlier this month without me having has more. oh, during these last days of ramadan, an extra compound becomes a beacon of quiet a place where palestinians love to worship or just spend the day. it's been 4 years since me was last here. 9111 of the people to come here unless we just department and it's not easy. last time the soldiers came in and they were clashes with

the judge, eric em davis of th delaware supreme court, ha really manage this case to a fairly well. when he went out on brakes and said he'd be back at 11:35, he was back 11:35 when he said lunch break would be over at 1 pm, it would be done, he would be at the bench by 12:59 in this case, 2 pm, folks were supposed to come back from lunch, and it went on, and i went further, and it was a hour i noticed at 3:00 it was beyon an hour. and suddenly you began to sens something real was happening it wasn't a minor glitch i terms of an alternate juro something like that. i've been speaking to a senior fox corporation executive in the courtroom. he was trying to me, we were exchanging friendly sides, h looked down and said oh gosh i've got to go at that point i said, there's settlement, it's about t happen >> okay, so you had a spidey sense and also good intel from inside the courtroom, but do you have a sense of how, i mean, it feels like the admission of guilt here is the price tag of this settlement. and i wonder to what degree yo as a media reporter can surmis the impact that will hav i

in court on monday eric davis said the one day delay wasn't unusual and that things happen.f a last—minute settlement between the two parties here on the court house steps to avoid trial. not only would it reduce each side takes by putting the matter in the hands of a jury, it would also spare rupert murdoch from being compelled to testify. it could be by herdwick that the millionaire chair of fox news is on the stand, answering questions from dominion public lawyer. mr murdoch who is usually more used to asking questions rather than answering, he will have to do leave it to them to decide that the claims of a full selection retreat. two of the network stars could also be on the stand within a matter of days answering questions. if settlement talks are getting serious possible stumbling block — fox and dominion are hundreds of millions of dollars apart on estimating dominion's worth and the dollar amount in damages. plus, it is not the first time that the two considered settling. they met a mediator in december but no deal reached. while there may be a renewed sense of urgen

judge eric davis accused fox of having a credibility problem and said he is appointing someone to investigatehe matter. on wednesday, msnbc obtained audio recordings played in court that were made by former fox news producer abby grossberg of conversations with rudy giuliani and another trump campaign official that appear to show trump's team did not believe its own claims that dominion voting systems were faulty. this is a recording from december 5, 2020. >> i think they have looked at the machines. when the secretary of state did his audit, there was a lot -- looking at the machines, the audit came in close with what the machine cap was with the receipts so, you know, i don't know the outcome of those but our understanding, from the secretary of state's office, there were not any physical ises with the machines. amy: jury selection for the dominion trial starts today and it is scheduled to begin monday after a fox corporation shareholder sued murdoch and other members of the board for failing to prevent fox news from "reporting false and dangerous misinformation" around the 2020 presidentia

judge eric davis had already helped select and seat a jury and announced that opening arguments would today, the judge emerging and delivering these six words. the parties have resolved their case. dominion had sued fox charging this the network damaged its reputation by reporting on false claims that its machines were somehow stealing votes from donald trump and flipping them to joe biden. citing internal messages that key figures at fox did not believe those conspiracy theories. fox argued that cherry picked evidence in search of a big payday and that the first amendment protects the network's airing of false claims made by former president trump and his allies as extraordinarily news worthy. fox said in a statement we are pleased to have reached a settlement of our dispute with dominion voting systems. we acknowledge the court's rulings. finding certain claims about dominion to be false. this settlement reflects fox's continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards. a dominion lawyer gave reporters a dollar figure for the segment but i have not been able to independently

happened today is significant not only legally but because it appeared to so anger the judge, judge eric davis. it's not good ever to be a defendant in a case going into a jury trial where you have the judge mad at you, because even though the jury will ultimately decide whether or not dominion is liable for defamation, the judge still has extraordinary power to shape the case and to limit the way fox can present its defense. what fox had initially told the judge and argued repeatedly in court and in interviews with reporters like me is, look, rupert and lachlan murdoch as the two executives responsible for the fox corporation, the parent company of fox news, don't have much to do with fox news they're too busy running the broader, larger parent company they don't meddle in the affairs of this news network but what we learned yesterday is that that's just not true as far as it relates to rupert murdoch. and that's significant because it allows dominion to go after fox corporation, especially on damages if fox is ultimately found liable for this. it's a much bigger case that way. but delaware l

drink retail, arguments -- eric davis found that it i quote, crystal clear the fox & friends about dominion are false, making it an issue that won't be disputed at trial the judge also took away fox's ability to use neutral reporting privilege and opinio privilege to common defens tactics for news organizations that are facing such lawsuits. that means the jury is left to decide whether fox knew or should have known that claim were false, when the network aired them and, if so, how much to ow dominion a damages dominion said it is in a statement, we welcome al scrutiny of our evidence because it all leads to th same place fox knowingly spread lie causing enormous damage to a american company can be. now, along fox has denie dominion's allegation that publicly argued that the cases but the rights of a free press on the line, and in a ne statement the networks tha dominion's lawsuit is political crusade in search of a financial windfall, but th real cost would be cherished first amendment rights just last week, judge davi said that he was imposing sanction on the network an would very likely

it already took years to get even to this point, in fact, i was fast-tracked, because judg eric davislaware sai this is a -- rocket docket, we're gonna get this done quickly. and the judge did everything h could to get it to a jur trial. but at the end of the day, it' a lot of money at play here an you can't fault dominion for making a business decision tha made sense >> does fox pay that money, or does their insurance company katie? >> you know, i did not hea about the insurers that were coming into play here. some of these insuranc policies could be self insured -- it could be -- it could be self eating. it could be a situation here where there was no ensure that was at play here i actually have not spoken about that particular componen with the dominion legal team but fox we have to post a bond so, let me be clear, it was no going to just be dominion wh was would-be face this hurdl financially, fox was going t have to post a bond, if it ended up having to take an appeal against a negative an adverse verdict. so, it would cost fox a lot of money. but if you look at it -- i've called

announced and nbc news has not confirmed that reporting for his part, delaware's superior court judge eric davis who is overseeing the defamation case says delays are normal and he plans to start jury selection tomorrow joining me now from wilmington is nbc news correspondent stephanie gosk and "new york times" political and investigative reporter and msnbc political analyst, nick co confascori what do you know >> not much. what he said to us as we were all gathered and it was basically all members of the media, he said my courtroom is not a press conference i do not hold press conferences in here. and he went on to say there will be a delay, which we knew because he told us last night, and he said they were going to move forward with proceedings tomorrow morning had a brief side bar with the lawyers for both sides, and then it was quickly over. as you mentioned issue there have been some reports that there are still negotiations going on, settlement negotiations, that can happen, really, at any point in this process. even in the build up as we're getting close to opening statements, it can happ

had to stop it before a dominion lawyer said a singl word in that courtroom this morning, judge eric - davis gave the jury some brief preliminary instructions about taking notes during the tria and not consuming any news reports about the trial, and a few other standard items, with an instruction for the jur before the case got underway including the promise from the judge that that jury would get out of work every day at 4:3 pm they got out a little earlie than that today when ruper murdoch decided to pay dominio voting systems 787 point $ million to settle the case, to stop the case. the settlement discussions began when the judge recess fo lunch today, telling everyon to be back in the courtroom at 1:30 pm. when 1:30 pm arrived, no one came back to the courtroom because the lawyers had passed the word to the judge that the were working on a settlement and that can happen at any point in a civil trial, so the judge certainly wasn't surprised by that. and it is standard to simply suspend while lawyers ar working on a settlement. the settlement rupert murdoc paid for today could have been pu

the judge eric davis, did not prove the, reveal the details. we do know from that particular statement from the dominion lawyer that fox is paying out a huge amount of money, even though it's some half of what dominion originally asked for in the suit. so dominion thesis as a massive victory, also hearing from the lawyer there that it also sees it as a victory for democracy and above all, a victory for truth. now damaging is it for fox news is reputation. well, the interesting point here is that foxes viewership has not actually taken a hit in recent weeks, despite all the publicity around the trial. in terms of monetary value. we'll fox's cash assets were measured at some 4400000000. so this is a quarter, less than a quarter of the assets in hand. fox itself. and it had said that it take knowledge is that the court had found that it had told several untruth. in fact, the judge in this case had already ruled that fox had lived on at least 20 separate occasions. it would have been up to the jury to decide whether these lies cross the legal barri

trying to set for this trial how do you expect things t play out >> we know the judge in this case, eric davislems on the part of fox' lawyers because evidence had been withheld during the discovery process. that apology letter from fox basically told the judge, ha in hand, we are sorry we did not mean to misrepresent the court. we apologize it was not intentional and we are clarifying that rupert murdoch does have a rul on fox news in fox corporation we dovetails with what you and i talked about a few minutes ago rupert murdoch might hav his fingerprints on everything that was presented to the fo viewers. >> okay. you are definitely four on the case for what we are all grateful , thank you katie. for all of, you good he is going to, be as we mentioned live in wilmington, delaware coverage of the trial all week long here on msnbc you can always capture it ever weekend idiom eastern for th katie phang show and we are back in just moment .. with flonase, allergies don't have to be scary. spray flonase sensimist daily for non-drowsy, long lasting relief in a scent-free, gentle mist. (psst psst) f

them admitting they had no evidence to support their dominion election fraud lies and the judge eric davise, fox with holding evidence so if fox is trying to make a case that they wanted to say, well, we put this on because we thought it was newsworthy, the judge says you can't do that what happens if now there's evidence that they are lying when they said that they didn't know whether the information was true the court would allow dominion to hold depositions based on this evidence that apparently has been with held evidence that only came out because abby grossberg filed her own suit against fox and this came out in the discovery in that suit but they will go back. they will have those depositions. they will be at fox's expense. and that can be entered into evidence but again, i think it leaves a really bad taste in the mouth of the judge. and if more of this comes out after the jury is picked, it leaves a bad taste in the mouth of the jurors as well. it's not great >> not good. let's go to trump. trump is now claims he's suing michael cohen for $500 million he's got some issues here. he

so, i am looking forward to se what judge eric davis thinks about this letter, but i am no hopeful voxelissa, are moments of cal instantly that is a libel case i asked the law expert yesterday about dominion's potential argument about fox take a listen. >> they were losing ratings, they were losing their cor audience, and that is when the narrative shifted for fox news where they decided to choose their audience, and th province that that audienc briefings, rather than publishing the truth about the election the jury is going to b wondering, why would the spread lies about somethin that everybody knew? and the answer is money. >> melissa, i wonder if you do that assessment? >> well it certainly seems tha the pressure from the trum campaign, and fear that fo would lose market shares t other competitors like away on and use max troublesome of this at least from the evidence tha seeped up during the course of discovery, but there is a lo going on in this trial, th actual malice standard that th dominion has to establish is a very high one, although we hav gotten more clear evidence tha fo

judge eric davis writing: there is no genuine issue about the false ifty the of some statements airednd guests representing trump. he said the evidence was crystal clear that none of the statements relating to chin onabout the 2020 the concern dominion about the 2020 the election are true. such anchors as bret baier had said many internal messages or depositions that today did not believe the election fraud claims. judge davis also granted summary judgment to dominion on whether fox news had aired or published 20 false and derogatory statements, yet he denied summary judgment on whether fox corp., the parent company and was responsible for these falsehoods. but the judge said there was no clear and convincing evidence that there was actual malice. such mall plus or reckless disregard for the truth is a high legal standard that makes it much harder to prove defamation. davis would not grant summary judgment on this point and said it would be up to the jury as would be the question of damages if any are awarded. bottom line in this 130-page ruling, fox had a difficult day in the courtro

both looking to se what was going to happen fro the summary judgment notions and listen as judge eric daviscimated much o foxes potential offenses rulin that fox cannot invoke the neutral report privilege because the evidence does no support that fox conducted goo faith reporting and the charge also blocking fox from using the fair reporting privilege because the statements made by fox and his guests were no related to officia proceedings. explain to our viewers why thi is such a major setback for fox. >> because when the jury gets case and several of foxes ke arguments will not be availabl for its lawyers to make. several of these will alread have been decided in dominion' favor because of the judge's decision on friday so what this does is i significantly limits foxes ability to mount a defense and leaves for the jury the ke question of whether or not there is enough evidence t show that fox hosts producer and executives knew what the were putting on the air wa false or at least recklessly disregarded information showin that it was false and that i how you get to potentially significant a

alienate the significant number of trump supporters who us villas, delaware superior court judge eric davis, has already ruled that fox on air personalities and executives, will have to testify, including the company's c. o rupert murdoch and his son and fox, co chairman laflin, who dominion alleges new the claims the false, but did nothing to stop them being broadcast. the trial is expected to last 6 weeks, but the potential consequences to the application of the 1st amendment could last very much longer by cana out 0, washington work is now on the way to repair the damage to the century is old along the mosque, unoccupied, east jerusalem were violent confrontations in the compound when israeli forces beat worship as early this month. what i mean has more from occupied east jerusalem. oh, during these last days of ramadan, an oxley compound becomes a beacon of quiet a place where palestinians love to worship or just spend the day. has been for years since only was lost here. $9111.00 of the people to come here unless we get the permit and it's not easy. last time the soldiers came in and t

fox news and fox corp begins tomorrow the cable giant is already i hot water with the court judge eric daviso is overseeing the case, sanctions fox news on wednesday over withholding evidence after dominion revealed that fox's lawyers had not turned over ke evidence in a, quote, timely manner the judge also said he i likely to report a special master to investigate th matter further as fox prepares to mount a defense one option is alread off the table. the judge ruling that the medi giant cannot argue newsworthiness to defend airin false claims defending the new york times wednesday in court the fox chairman, rupert murdoch, coul be called to testify now the judge has prohibited video and audio recordings fro the courtroom. i will be there, startin tomorrow, covering the trial keeping you updated right here on msnbc joining me now is glen kershner, nbc legal analyst, former prosecutor and host o the justice matters podcast. -- president and ceo of media matters. gentlemen, good morning! big case, starts tomorrow with opening statements glenn, i would like to start with you the judge already

president of the united states and his lawyers, making allegations of voter fraud except that judge eric daviseady shut down that defense from being used in the dominion trial, telling fox's lawyers in a pretrial hearing, quote, just because somebody is newsworthy doesn't mean you can defame somebody and then there are the pair of lawsuits from former fox news producer abby grossberg alleging the network had a toxic workplace culture of discrimination and that company lawyers coerced and intimidated her to providing misleading testimony when she was questioned in a deposition in the dominion case. she was fired by fox after she filed her suit fox says her legal claims are, quote, riddled with false allegations. she also handed over several audio recordings that she made featuring rudy giuliani and other trump al lice admitting they had no evidence of issues with dominion voting machines. fox failed to provide those to dominion to discovery leading to sanctions from the judge joining me now is jerry, the attorney for former fox news producer abby grossberg, thank you for being here i want to st

this is judge eric davis down in the delaware superior court, he said, quote the evidence developed inhis civil proceeding. demonstrates that it is crystal clear that none of the statements relating to dominion about the 2020 election are true. and victor. i'm not the one who put crystal clear in all caps. that was the judge. he is saying here that dominion had already proven that this was false, and that will be up to the jury to decide if it was defamation. victor i was gonna ask that who chose the capitalization there, but 100 and 30 pages that is very detailed. marshal cohen. thank you for the reporting. you bet. today loved ones will say their goodbyes to two more victims of this week's nashville school shooting. we're going to have the full all the details on the funeral's next. works hard at ourr won it twice as hard when you take it again the next day, soso betty can be the barcode bt conductor go. betty must be more than our allergies. z's the day wi zyrtec for copd. that's fine high. you know how i feel. screen. he's gone by. you know if you're tired of staring down your copd

. $1.6 billion defamation suit came from the judge eric davis, who scolded fox's lawyers after dominioneveal that the network and muddied rupert murdoch's official role. george davis, telling them quote you have a credibility problem. when a fox attorney pushed back, the judge replied, quote. i hope you're not being cagey with me, and i don't know why this is such a difficult thing. to say you don't know who your officers are. seems extremely bizarre to me. this came after a series of pretrial rulings, including one forbidding dominion from bringing up the january 6th attack on congress. jury selection is that for thursday the news continues. cnn primetime with caitlin caitlin starts now, caitlin to watch anderson. thank you so much tonight. there are some major developments on all of today's biggest stories. chilling footage. i think he's down video released in the louisville bank shooting massacre unfolding in mere minutes as democrats call for action on guns, people over guns, kids over guns, public safety over guns. what is the republican plan to stop these shootings will last 2024

voting systems high stakes defamation trial against fox news, the delaware state judge in this case, eric davis, announcing a one day delay without further explanation, raising the possibility of settlement is in the works. the wall street journal, also owned by fox corp. reporting last night that fox news has indeed made a late push to settle neither dominion norfolk's commenting, but a settlement would avoid weeks of further embarrassment for fox, including testimony by its highest profile stars and executives. all right, the u. s coast guard in the mexican navy, searching the waters off baja california for three americans sailing north from mazatlan, who have not been heard from since april. 4th. cnn's camila bernal has more from los angeles. these three americans were last heard from on april 6th. they were near mazatlan, mexico, and they were headed to san diego, california they were supposed to stop on april 6th in cabo san lucas, but they never made it there. now it is the mexican navy who is leading the search here with the help of the u. s coast guard the three americans that are curre

delaware superior court judge eric davis admonishing fox attorney saying , and i quote here i am very concerned that there have been misrepresentations to the court . this is very serious to fox news is being sued for allegedly promoting false claims about dominion machines. rigging the 2020 presidential election. fox denies that it ever defamed dominion and says that it properly disclosed rupert murdoch's role and its public financial filings. so joining us now attorney ken turkel, he has represented multiple high profile figures like sarah palin and hulk hogan in defamation cases. so it's interesting that we have him and we're so glad that you're with us this morning. thank you, sir. so judge sanctioning fox news, appointing a special master to investigate what is behind this . i mean, this is really significant legally. john donne . i think one of the most significant things is when it's happening. it's not uncommon in cases to have battles over discovery. what was what was introduced, but to have evidence this this substance. showing up in the discovery fight on the eve of trial i

delaware superior court judge eric davis says he plans to appoint an outside attorney so called special master to investigate whether fox news lied to the court and withheld key evidence in the case. dressing down foxes, attorneys from the bench, judge davis said quote i am very concerned that there have been misrepresentations to the court . this is very serious. no one wants to head into a trial, particularly a trial where $1.6 billion is on the line with the judge upset with them. you especially don't want to head into a trial that is about knowing falsity with the judge thinking that you have engaged in misrepresentations. judge davis also imposed a sanction on fox over that same matter. the judge has expressed frustration over fox not being forthcoming over chairman rupert murdoch's role at the company. fox lawyers had long claimed murdoch doesn't have an official role at fox news that he was only an officer at fox corporation. it was only clarified recently that murdoch is also an officer at fox news. dominion is quite upset to be learning at the last minute, but that role might b

delaware, for us, thank you so much, so just to bring you this news, delaware superior court judge eric davis has praised both lawyers for fox and lawyers for dominion after they abruptly settled this case. dominion suing fox for defamation, the case was settled at the last second, the judge saying, quote i have been on the bench in 2010. i think this is the best lawyering i've ever had . judge davis went on to say, quote i would be proud to be your judge in the future. the hearing in the case are now over. let's bring in cnn legal analysts laura coates and elie honig laura a settlement just as the trial was set to begin, and we should remind viewers that dominion even though it was taking this stance against the lies of fox, and it was taking its this stance demanding accountability from fox. dominion is owned by a new york private equity, private equity firm, and so if they were given an opportunity to have a big check sent to them, they were probably going to take it. the idea here. what you're seeing is the power of pretrial motions, right? the emotions that you will hear that the judge w

alienate the significant number of trump supporters who us villas, delaware superior court judge eric davis, has already ruled that fox on air personalities and executives, will have to testify, including the company's c. o rupert murdoch and his son and fox, co chairman laflin, who dominion alleges new the claims the false, but did nothing to stop them being broadcast. the trial is expected to last 6 weeks, but the potential consequences to the application of the 1st amendment could last very much longer by cannot. i'll jazeera washington, a german artist is refusing to accept an award for photography after admitting that the photo he took was generated using artificial intelligence. here's the picture that we can't really call it a picture. it's a visual by boris l docs, and it depicts to women from different eras using a black and white filter attacks and one in the creative open category. at the sony world photography awards, he says he entered specifically to spark this debate over the role of artificial intelligence in the art world. well, joining his life from berlin is the artist hi

delaware superior court judge eric davis says he plans to appoint an outside attorney so called special master to investigate whether fox news lied to the court and withheld key evidence in the case. dressing down foxes, attorneys from the bench, judge davis said quote i am very concerned that there have been misrepresentations to the court. this is very serious. no one wants to head into a trial, particularly a trial where $1.6 billion is on the line with the judge upset with them. you especially don't want to head into a trial that is about knowing falsity with the judge thinking that you have engaged in misrepresentations. judge davis also imposed a sanction on fox over that same matter. the judge has expressed frustration over fox not being forthcoming over chairman rupert murdoch's role at the company. fox lawyers had long claimed murdoch doesn't have an official role at fox news that he was only an officer at fox corporation. it was only clarified recently that murdoch is also an officer at fox news. dominion is quite upset to be learning at the last minute that that role might be

expected to start monday, a delaware judge wrapping up questioning of prospective jurors today judge eric davis, speaking to the individuals privately asking questions like whether or not they regularly watched fox. today's hearing also included previously undisclosed audio featuring conversations between the fox news host maria bartiromo and former trump attorneys rudy giuliani and city powell. this is that audio. what about this software software? that's that's a little harder. troubling tell you right, it's being being analyzed right now. i mean, there are a couple of races that have been reversed. because the democrat was triple counted two already in michigan. now, whether that applies for the whole state or not, i can't tell you yet. but i can't. but i can tell you that. yep. we have more than we have more than enough observed ballots. in michigan area in. sylvania to overthrow the election. okay perfect and then get this killing himself for nancy pelosi have an interest in it. i yeah. i've read that. i can't prove that, okay? cnn's oliver darcy joins our conversation now, oliver. i mean

here are a few of the interesting ones judge eric davis ruling dominion voting systems cannot bring up the january 6th insurrection at trial. the company can tell the jury about the existence but not the content of threats to their employees can also bring up foxes. financial information, including salaries of top hosts and executives. as for fox, the judge, ruling that the company cannot bring up broadcasts where its reporters accurately fact checked. donald trump's election lies. it also cannot use internal dominion emails where its staffers said the dominions products suck. and we're riddled with bugs. sarah fisher has been reporting on all of this pretty fascinating why can't they bring up january 6th? because what the judge is trying to do is limit this trial. he's only slated five weeks for it to occur to litigate the exact matter at hand, which is did fox knowingly spread false information pertaining to dominion voting systems and their role in the 2020 election? and did they do it with actual malice, meaning that they do that intentionally by saying that they can't bring up jan

speaking in court earlier, judge eric davis said that this wasn't unusual and that things happen, especially about a six—week trial. that hasn't stopped speculation of a potential out—of—court settlement, with one of the newspapers owned by rupert murdoch, the wall streetjournal, reporting on sunday night that fox was pushing for a deal to avoid trial. now, during the four—minute hearing, there was no mention of settlement talks, and lawyers for both parties did not comment. at its heart, this case is about whether or not fox news defamed dominion by spreading false claims that the voting technology company rigged the 2020 us election against then—president donald trump. the trial is being seen as a test not only of press freedom, but also an attempt to hold accountable those who spread misinformation about the 2020 us presidential election. it could also have implications for how political coverage moves forward when we're talking about the 2024 elections. if the trial goes forward as planned tomorrow, media tycoon rupert murdoch at some point may be compelled to testify in person. and won'