fox corp.'statement on the settlement. quote, we are pleased to have reached a settlement of our dispute with dominion voting systems. we acknowledge the court's rulings finding certain claims by dominion to be false. this settlement reflects fox's commitment to the highest journalistic standards we're hopeful that the result of solving this acrimoacrimoniousl. and nick, the key here, which i'm sure people had a pencil on, quote, we acknowledge the court's rulings finding certain claims by dominion to be false it's not saying we acknowledge and intentionally broadcast in a couple instances rebroadcast all claims about dominion. but saying we acknowledge the court's rulings very weak. >> interesting, earlier in the case, as you know, the judge had made a preliminary ruling saying fox's statements were definitely untrue no question. crystal clear. >> it wasn't going to be litigated? >> right i've seen a lot of statements from companies this statement is saying, i've seen your statement. it's not s

involved but fox corp. the reason rupert murdoch is critical to this entire presentation of dominion is because if fox was trying to insulate rupert murdoch and its lawyers were making it seem like they did not have control in the day to day operations of what was being put forth in front of the viewers there could be an argument made it doesn't make a difference you need to have less rupert and less sydney, and less lindel it will make a difference now. the fact rupert murdoch is going to be called by dominion as its own case and chief by this monday considering the following, alex. you're going to have jury selection happen and then opening statements on monday and then you're going to have dominion call rupert murdoch, and he's going to be confronted with all those e-mails and communications where he said the host was endorsing the lies and criminally trump is responsible for january 6th. and that is so powerful to hear that come out of the mouth of the guy who's the head of fox. >> you've reported the c

fox's audience, started wantin something that the news part o fox could not give it, here yo see fox, as we described, it in a story las weekend. down a rabbit hole the question is, do they pul back, now, there are some ke testimony in rupert murdoch' own deposition, that why did they not want to alienat trump. they did not want to alienat trump in their coverage of the election lies it's because their audience, they are fans of trump to alienate trump's to alienat their audience, is to affect ratings. the question is, will that change going forward that's a big question. even if they win at trial, the certainly don't want to go through anything like this again. >> do you get the sense that there's fear inside fox abou what this represents the fact that the king is being, you know, his time on th throne, as someone who's leading the organization, coul be in jeopardy >> i think that they are s busy preparing for trial, that is a little bit hard to read we see what we see in thes emails fear over audience, overrating rupert murdoch controls this company from the top i think he'll be, t

settlement with fox. and david plouffe, michell goldberg, and harry lippman on what it will mean for rupert murdoch's monopoly and america politics moving forward. another nightmare, murder this time in upstate new york on th awful truth of a politics of crime and punishment and why it is tax day should make a happy ending to nonsens fearmongering about 87,000 new irs agents >> are they going to have strikeforce that goes in wit ak-15s already loaded, ready t shoot? >> when all in starts righ now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes. this afternoon, the very first day in court, fox news reached a settlement with it dominio voting systems for more than $787 million it is one of the largest settlements we have ever see in a defamation case in this country. second only to the 1. 4 billio dollar verdict judgment agains right-wing conspiracy theorist alex jones last fall a as of today, we are in truly uncharted territory. fox news has joined the alex jones category of the speciall financial ro

i'm alicia mendez in for ari melber we start with breaking news -- a legal earthquake for fox news fox news folded. rupert murdoch will pay more than $787 million over lies and conspiracy theories. the settlement coming as opening statements were about to begin in court today fox admitted to telling lie, and it comes after two years, a mo mounting smoking gun of evidence rupert murdoch under oath admit some hosts endorsed the lies from trump's team. here's dominion's lawyer right after the deal was struck. >> the truth matters lie have consequences. over two years ago a torrent of lies swept dominion and election officials across america into an alternative universe of conspiracy theories causing grievous harm to dominion and the country. today as settlement of $787,500,000 reps vindication and accountability. >> fox news released a statement saying we acknowledge the court's ruling finding certain claims about dominion to be false them settlement reflects fox's continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards. here's the thing -- $787 million, that tells the story. with this

saying that fox shouldn't admit to. ah, you know, it shouldn't admit admitted to, to any sort of wrongdoing or any false claims here. so there are still a few people that, you know, ironically enough, the person who is still talking about this is a, is donald trump. so maybe some of those fox years will, will hear from him, but certainly they will be hearing much about it on the network, which really wants to be bond. this is not the end that foxes legal troubles is a let me read out a statement by the lawyer for a smart magic, another voting machine firm that is doing fox, he said, dominions litigation expose some of the misconduct and damage caused by foxes. this information campaigns smart magic will expose the rest max smart magic lawyers sounds very confident of succeeding and their last soon had the company's chances improved. following the settlement with dominion. yeah, i mean i think that they, they have a roadmap here. um, smart magic is a lot further behind a, in a, in its a trial in its case against fox domi

were ultimately let go from fox. yeah i mean, it was really remarkable to read these details because not only were they promoting lies about the election, but they were disciplining staff behind the scenes for trying to tell the truth about the election. it's really showed and highlighted the fact free universe in which fox operates, which, actually, to some degree would have made this process of this trial of war to have happened, more agonizing. for the network because the network is used to sailing through controversies by misleading viewers. bad faith attacks on critics attacking the media. those things jake would not have been allowed in a trial , the judge would have compelled fox to put forth a honest fact based narrative for the jury. and so that would have been a very uncomfortable position. i think for fox, especially given the hand they had been dealt, i mean, it was very clear that they were dishonest about what happened in the wake of the 2020 election. the judge already ruled that they had broadcast fal

i think that they, i think they certainly feel good after say, but, but fox, you know, fox is continuing to stand firm and saying at least in their statements that they'll go to trial with this one as well. but i think again, once again, it all really depends on, you know, what smart magic turns up in, in their discovery efforts. and it really depends on, on what their, what, what their goals are. but certainly this is a, a, they've seen the roadmap here, which hasn't been laid out by dominion. now can you think that i'll do anything to change foxes editorial policies, especially heading into the 2024 election. that's really the question, isn't it? no, i don't think that they necessarily, i certainly don't think that they enjoyed this, this process one bit. and so i do think that certainly there will, there will be some soul searching. ah, you know, by, at least by the, some people at fox who don't want to make this miss this mistake again. but at the same time, we saw in the, in the documents that, that, you know, some of the only people who've been actually pushed out the network over

fox only covered it. i only mentioned this the settlement just a few times on air yesterday night during the news programming hours, i wasn't really a subject of their a more highly rated opinion shows. so a, and this has not been something that fox or news max, which is also another conservative network that's being sued by dominion. they are not talking about this at all. so i think it is, there is a high likelihood that a lot of the viewers of fox, like no idea about the outcomes of this. but, but i will say this, you know, some of those people are also fans. many of them are fans of a former president, donald trump, who has actually been, you know, talking about this and he posted something untrue social i just a few days ago saying that fox shouldn't admit to. ah, you know, it shouldn't admit admitted to, to any sort of wrongdoing or any false claims here. so there are still a few people that, you know, ironically enough, the person who is still talking about this is a, is donald trump. so maybe some

misconduct and damage caused by foxes. this information campaigns smart magic will expose the raft, max smart medic, lawyers sounds very confident of succeeding and their last soon have the company's chances improved. following the settlement with dominion. yeah, i mean i think that they, they have a roadmap here. a smart magic is a lot further behind a, in a, in it's a trial in its case against fox dominion was a, was the for, it was the one to go 1st and now smart medic knows, i, you know, that it has a playbook the companies are are a big difference and i think that there, i think that the cases are in are interpreters addictions, if i'm not mistaken, you know, so it's not going to be exactly the same thing. they've also adopted somewhat different tactics here. dominion had a really media forward, a strategy they wanted to get as much of this stuff out there as possible. smart medic hasn't necessarily done that quite yet, but they are a bit further behind. but they've seen that there is a price that fox is willing to pa

llrlul’eiiii. interested in how rupert murdoch has managed fox news?— managed fox news?ink they're interesting because i think they're interesting because this is— think they're interesting because this is a — think they're interesting because this is a david versus goliath type story— this is a david versus goliath type story and — this is a david versus goliath type story and it — this is a david versus goliath type story and it all stems around donald trump _ story and it all stems around donald trump saying to the american people, look, _ trump saying to the american people, look. these _ trump saying to the american people, look, these voting machines that you are using, _ look, these voting machines that you are using, they were used by hugo chavez— are using, they were used by hugo chavez and ms. miller to ensure he would never lose an election ever again— would never lose an election ever again and — would never lose an election ever again and the kind of anti—politics misinformation that fed into the american — misinformation that fed into the american psyche th

that was why fox was so eager to split fox corp off fox news as a defendant and why they didn't wantto go on the stand. at the end of the day. it's rupert murdoch who's going to have to make decisions in the wake of this that i don't think he's going to make, which is to rein all this stuff in >> there's no business incentive to do this angelo, do you expect as i do them to just go right back to business and build in this $787 million as a cost of doing business the way they have with the sexual harassment suits. >> think it's worst. fox news is going to burn brighter and hotter because they don't have a choice. they have to shore up their audience, feed them the rarest of meat. they have been walking this fine line for a while for the first time ever, they have their footing back. they're going to burn brighter and hotter we need to be extra careful about that >> absolutely. >>> up next on "the reidout," an 84-year-old man accused of shooting teenager ralph yarl who showed up at the wrong address to pick up his little brothers has turned himself into police in mississippi ralph's au

and fox just kept broadcasting. so that's a very, very different scenario from the fictional it war was worlds. >> so you mention it bringing it back to this pending defamation lawsuit, and it does center on the first amendment. here's a statement fox news made about the lawsuit our source cbs sa dominion lawsuit has always been more about what will genete headlines than what can withstand legal scrutiny and now forced to slash their fanciful damages demand by more than half of a billion dollars, after their o expertebund its impausabl claim their summary judgment motion took view of defamatioaw that would prevent journalist from basic reporting in their efforts to publicly smear fox f covering and commenting on allegations by sitting president of the united states should be recognized for what it is, a blatant violation of the first amendment. fox is making a first amendment case here. how do you think that is being applied or how are they trying to apply the first amendment here?nk >> well there's a lot to unpack

for fox's reputation?y said we acknowledge the court's finding certain claims about me knew to be false, which is essentially admitting that they lied. >> well, they sort of did. they acknowledge the judge's finding. certainly in the summary judgment ruling of a few weeks ago the judge categorically said that fox had lied. but i think their statement is kind of a weaselly kind of statement, suggesting that, yes, this is what the judge found, but of course you know the truth, our loyal viewers, we are still telling you the truth and maintaining our high journalistic standards. as is often the case with these post settlement statements, each side has tried very hard to spin the outcome here to the greatest advantage. >> especially not going ahead with the trial avoids the need for some of the high-profile cop -- fox presenters to appear in court. was that a risk for fox? >> no question about that. i think the spectacle of rupert murdoch and others in fox management having to testify in open court before jury

i actually don't know whether fox is technically considered an entertainment corporation or fox news eight news organization but we have to assume they have news credentials because they are allowed at the white house briefings have restaurant rentals to cover -teverything there is a lot of controversy about whether they should be treated. >> we break away to bring you live coverage of the senate you're on c-span2 lawmakers expected to nomination rock plum to the center members continue working on legislation to extend our programs providing me not life to the floor of the u.s. senate you're on c-span2.

-- fox did itself in.s. you actually have somebody like paul ryan, for example, who said and begged rupert, do not allow these election fraud lies to be broadcast to the viewers yet, they continued to do it.an, said something that was important. endorsement. that's what rupert murdoch said in his deposition under oath he said the hosts were endorsing the lies it wasn't just saying, here, viewers, take it for what it is. it was an endorsement. that's why their own words will do them in at this jury trial. >> we are so indebted to both of you for helping us understand the complicated and in some instances counterintuitive nuances of this. thank you for starting us off today. >>> when we come back, when you hear the disgraced twice impeached now indicted ex-president praise some of the world's worst authoritarians, it might be understandable why so many in his party have fallen in love with authoritarian tools. it's easier to silence the press when your leader is gushing about dictators. that conversation and

when it comes to fox this is not something you hear about on fox news we played the fox media report howard curts mentioned it and was gone in terms of the folks you have talked to in and around sort of conservative gathers, is it really as extreme as if it is not covered exhaustingively and fury and passion in conservative media it does not exist in the outside world? that the the sense you got >> in a nutshell, yes. as far as this dominion case here, i'm not 100% rudy giuliani is not going to have a pres conference tomorrow saying we can still win this thing >> there's always that alternative. >> it might happen it's definitely in this world. and you see this fully loaded acknowledgement from fox news. i don't think that's going to resonate with a lot of people i talk to. quite frankly, over the last year the folks i've talked to out on the road have moved on from fox news. they already got the results they did not like from fox news. mild distrust of donald trump not winning the election caused so many folks to move over to news that was more comforting to them the news max, the o

is, and that came about because dominion sued fox, demanded answers from fox news, demanded the foxits actions and that is the nature of accountability. it certainly is not the accountability that people who care about media want. and deserve quite frankly. but it doesn't mean that it frankly. but it doesn't mean thatitis frankly. but it doesn't mean that it is a complete wash—up. what we have seen over the past two months is an explosion of — of evidence about the way fox news does business. it is valuable, it is the most penetrating view we have ever had into the beast of fox news, how it does business. it is one of the most opaque institutions in american society. so you can say you want more accountability, more transparency, i understand that, but it is a dose and a significant dose.— significant dose. 0k. interesting. - significant dose. 0k. interesting. so - significant dose. 0k. interesting. so if - significant dose. 0k. interesting. so if we | significant dose. 0k. - interesting. so if we look at how fox news itself has been covering this, their article online on this case,

from fox. but i will tell you that i thought that the statement from fox news was about his, uh, milk toast is it could possibly negotiate, it said. we acknowledge the court's rulings finding certain claims about dominion to be false. not all just certain claims to be false and the reason we settled, according to fox. is because we have a commitment to good journalism and we don't want to divide the country. um, you know, going along in the future , so we'll have to see how fox behaves the one thing of course . that is so important is that these anchors do not have to go on the air now and tell people what they really believed at the time. and that would maybe would have changed certain people's minds, but now they don't have to do it. and they don't have to show up in court. either everyone thank you so much for joining me on this major breaking story for helping us break that down. we do have more news ahead on the fox settlement will be joined by the attorney for a fired fox producer who tes

fox would be able to pay that. that's because they had over $4 billion in cash and cash equivalents as of their last quarterly report daeted the end of december. so they have the ability to pay that large of a fine without having to sell any assets or make any dramatic changes to their business model and the last filing with the securities and exchange commission noted the company wouldn't have a quote adverse effect on its business so they have the ability to pay out even the harshest penalties from this case >> what about the stock? it's fallen 10% since dominion sued back in march of 2021 the same time as the dow has risen more than 2% if a verdict comes out that is unfavorable for fox, if fox loses this, what are the concerns regarding the company's stock? >> yeah, it's an important point you bring up it's a publicly traded company it's a slimmer company since fox basically unrolled its media and entert entertainment as sets to disney it's been performing not so welcome paired to the overall market it's been tw

the trial, but fox resolved anotherj the trial, but fox resolved another lawsuit _ the trial, but foxachine — filed by a venezuelan man with these voting machine conspiracy— filed by a venezuelan man with these voting machine conspiracy theories . voting machine conspiracy theories as well, _ voting machine conspiracy theories as well, so— voting machine conspiracy theories as well, so the _ voting machine conspiracy theories as well, so the fact _ voting machine conspiracy theories as well, so the fact is _ voting machine conspiracy theories as well, so the fact is this - voting machine conspiracy theories as well, so the fact is this is - voting machine conspiracy theories as well, so the fact is this is the i as well, so the fact is this is the second settlement _ as well, so the fact is this is the second settlement in _ as well, so the fact is this is the second settlement in a - as well, so the fact is this is the second settlement in a row- as well, so the fact is this is the second settlement in a row on i as well, so the fact is this is the - second settlement in a row on the

like fox. well, especially fox that as you know, anderson has not reported at all on this lawsuit until today and today only very briefly. the people who watch fox news and live in that silo. um fox does not want them to be hearing apologies and retractions and that sort of thing. yeah. i mean, i don't know if you stop for howie kurtz over there the you know, the media watchdog over there. he twisted himself in knots. you know, i think he was on for a blip reading the fox. you know the statement? um yeah, i thought his comments were interesting. i mean, he basically said, oh, the rest of the media is disappointed. they don't get to see our people take the stand. and i think that was one of the driving forces here. motivating fox. imagine the spectacle. imagine the devastation that would have wrought to fox to have tucker carlson, sean hannity. genie peril. rupert murdoch, take the stand, and i think when the judge made his ruling, i think it was last week that yes, rupert murdoch does have to t

what i can say is that fox put forth completely ridiculou proposition that he had no involvement in fox news, tha he was just a member of th parent company, that he didn't really care about what was going on with their quote on quote journalism there. and it just has proven to be true. no true. it has proven to be a lie, over and over again. -- he would call into various show and comment about them, he would talk to suzanne scott, the fox news ceo, and he was intimately involved with handling this nonsense. and no just that, he has been intimately involved, for decades, in pulling the wool over peoples eyes. and for showing a turn complet contempt for its audience. look, like most people in new york media, they have bee approached by murdoch types fo jobs over the years. and the degree to which they sho contempt for their audience an call them rubes, and called th morons behind closed doors i jaw-dropping, and i neve thought i would see the da where that actually came t light. and it has already in the trial that hasn't even started. >> katie, dominion will need to, as i mentioned there

fox i saying that i am completel culpable for what i am accused of doing by dominion you know, fox may want to say, i'm going to pump this to jury and blame a jury if a jur comes back and say that i am liable for defamation and fo billions of dollars. but we do know that jury selection wasn't completed i want to emphasize this we don't have a sworn injury we don't have that - it will begin on tuesday morning, allegedly at 9:00, an then we are supposed to have a 15-minute recess, and then g into opening statements. >> yeah. we want to be absolutely clear we don't know why it i delayed. so we do not want to speculate for that at all. so thank you so much for all o that context and clarification katie. jeremy, you have been covering this case since the beginning. i want you to set the table fo us in terms of where both side stand as we go into this trial we know that fox apologized to the judge for withholding that information i referenced there in my setup. are they on the back foot, going into this? >> they are. the judge has repeatedly reprimanded fox. and its attorneys. for objecting

fox would have been happy. fox rightly was fearing rupert murdoch, the 92-year-old founder of fox news, appearing in the witness stand in th next day or two, to be questioned quite tough lay under oath, in front of th public, rather than in a deposition setting additionally, you would've had some of these top names, including tucker carlson, john hannity, testifying about what they knew and didn't, what the believed and didn't, whether they knew what they were presenting to their millions o viewers were not only untrue but to be lies in the moment those are tough, tough thing to have to address fully but dominion wasn't interested in settling this case until it had on the record a rather fulsome and complete set o facts, not all that we would'v received had the trial gon forward, but nonetheless layin out for the public and for the nation the degree to which i was cynicism cynicism and th fear of losing the audienc that was driving fox, fox' decision, not just o journalistic imperative that happened to be mista

secondly, fox having acknowledged that fact as serious as that acknowledgment was, you had fox settling fo this enormous figure certainly, rupert murdoch ca afford this, their company can afford it because of the riche that fox news generates ever financial quarter. nonetheless, it's a huge amoun of money that any fortune 50 - would have to acknowledge as significant. it's also that that figure was acknowledged publicly. they can speak to the statemen and size of the settlement which clearly had to b acknowledged publicly as par of this settlement, and sa that this was vindicated we are right, something wron happens. fox had to pay the high nine figures, it doesn't do that fo charity. it's doing that for necessity, possibly even bigger defamatio claims what does that mean internally for fox? we're going to have to watch and see. fox news did, as you presented to your viewers, quite rightly acknowledged the statement a serious as it was, to it audience it will be aware of that i a-limited way. i think that fox will probably have lawyers sitting on thei shoulders for some time to mak sure

the surprisingly brief statement from fox reads, quote, fox news media and tucke carlson have agreed to par ways we thank him for his service t the network as a host and prio to that as a contributor some reports say carlson's depart was ordered by fo chairman rupert murdoch as early as friday. nbc hasn't confirmed the details, but you don't have to look far to find the reasons fox would want to get rid of tucker carlson at this particular time. according to the l. a. times quote, carlson's exit is related to a discriminatio lawsuit filed by abb grossberg. the producer fired by th network last month carlson senior executive producer justin willis also ha been terminated. the times also reported that murdaugh was really concerne about carlson's coverage of th january 6th attack, and also carlson's dismissal may be linked to the landmark 787 million dollar defamatio settlement with dominion votin systems. the president reports quot carson's comments about fo colleagues partly revealed the dominion case played a role in his departure. fox said carlson's final sho aired friday which was

in terms of fox the network, there's _ wronged by fox.mation case with another firm for $2.7 billion — is it now inevitable they'll have to settle that one too? not inevitable, the working assumption is they will settle for a similar price as dominion. dominion received almost half as much as they wanted, but you can see democrat expect the other to get the same amount, more than $1 billion in that case. there are also shareholder lawsuits pending, so murdoch could end up having to pay out $2 billion to clean up trump's mess from 2020. now rupert murdoch had to close a new peer—to—peer in the uk —— a newspaper in the uk for phone hacking, he's now paying out three quarters of $1 billion for this. are there questions being raised in the us about proprietorship, questions about ownership, all that? normally, for a very publicly _ about ownership, all that? normally, for a very publicly traded _ about ownership, all that? normally, for a very publicly traded company, i for a very publicly traded company, the answer would be yes. but the only

why fox. thought they were bigger than fox news. never worked. never worked. >> platform was more powerful than the personality. and roger hills used to actually at times, force host of just approved them that the ratings would stay up even when they were gone. that's been proven time and again. the los angeles times reporters steve is always. thank you so much we're grateful that you are here tonight. >> thank you. >> so coming up next what it means for what that means fox news presser. we're for the business of. fox news plus gonna play bill maher's reaction to the dominion settlement and how that may have played into tucker's downfall. and later in the hour, our trip to ireland and northern ireland. including my conversation with president joe biden. and when he thinks the fragile peace in northern ireland will hold. even in the face of new challenges. >> >> you you said, and actually said actually in in your speech you said. your speech you said a lot of american investment right now is on the sidelines. and they are waiting to come in in nor

for fox.ne third of what they are paying out. >> i know, what a world? that is partly why i said earlier, it is not the significance -- this is a big settlement. at one of the things fox to pretty probably to make sure everybody knew it was going to be ok for them, specifically investors and shareholders and market, is to get two pieces of information out. one is, don't worry, we can deduct $200 million of this through our taxes and that will help us. the other thing they pointed out was, we are in the middle of contract negotiations and try to get everybody to pay is one dollar more which means in one year alone, fox news will make about 980 million more dollars in profit if they are successful. they're supposed to be renegotiating the same time the trial was happening. for them, it was worth paying it just to get it over with so they could focus on these contract renewals. honestly, the contract renewals are worth more to them in profit than this particular significant settlement. fox made s

is this a win for dominion or fox. it’s a win for dominion or fox.tainly for fox, it's the best possible outcome and although there is this massive pay—out, the alternative could have been much worse, in financial terms, and they save themselves the embarrassment of what might have happened, with high—profile stars being on the stand and there is pending from fox from another boating company and whatever happens now, would have had a significant impact on the case, without seeking more money, $2.7 billion soapbox in many ways saved itself the embarrassment and possibly saved itself quite a bit of money as well. benefits more from the settlement? it’s from the settlement? it's interesting. _ from the settlement? it's interesting. while - from the settlement? it's interesting. while the cause of dominion— interesting. while the cause of dominion was taken up by a lot of liberals, particularly people in the media have long said fox's _ people in the media have long said fox's airing lies, at the end — said fox's airing lies, at the end of— said fox's ai

fox news is a significant profit contributor to fox corporation.have the host of the most-watched show leave the network is certainly something investors will be concerned about. fox, if you think about it used to be a much bigger company. they sold a lot of business to disney. tucker carlsen has made controversial comments and advertisers have fled his show as a result of this. that is part of the business where he had created some headaches. kriti: certainly something we will keep an eye on. shares of fox down just shy of 3%. it really speaks to the intersection of the political, media, and other markets as well. jon: and coming as jerry noted after the settlement that was at the time a surprise to investors. you were talking about digesting the earnings story and the economic dead as we roll through the week. kriti: stocks on wait and see mode until we get more information. the s&p 500 unchanged. 10 year, 3.51. more coverage ahead. stick with us. this is bloomberg. ♪ - super excited to open up my diploma from southern new hampshire university. -

rather than listen to fox. he's trying to pry them away and exactly the way that trump pride people way from fox. it's all just these trus relationships. no one can referee any of it there is no one to appeal to outside of this universe >> no, and one of the mechanic of how trump was able to hijac the fox audience, he used thos other outlets as a cudgel. the first time one america news and others were use against fox, was not the election, you can go all the way back to 2016, when trump was boycotting fox news for tw weeks, and sarah palin suddenl had a show on one american i where donald trump was thi featured guest, or during covid, where they had chanel -- from american news coming, all the thanks fox news wasn't saying for a couple weeks, until fox news finally started to get in line on some of this so, he used -- there is a fusion of the right-wing media and a political power. whoever has the key within the right-wing media, then gets to exercise that political power. >> this is the thing i think i importa

looking at a fox. and i think we need to talk, we need to talk as quick as the technology advances and i'm very happy that we are doing right now. awe this is angie, are these are the top stories. gunfire has still been heard in the sudanese capital just fine plans for a ceasefire to begin several hours ago. but he has persisted for 4 days and a 185.

. >> tucker carlsen exits fox news. years, he has been one of america's most profitable and most-watched and most controversial personalities. plus, monarchy and popularity. a new bbc poll suggests less than one third of young adults in the u.k. want the royals to contue. ♪ >> welcome t "world news america" on pbs and around the globe. the u.s. sretary of state has announced a three-day cease-fire has been reached in sudan. this comes after ongoing fighting, and a massive international effort to get personnel out of the country and back to safety. a statement from antony blinken says following intense negotiations over the past hours, the sudanese armed forces and the rapid support forces have agreed to implement a nationwide cease-fire starting at midnight on april 24. it will last 72 hours. during this period, the united states urges the saf and rs avenue to immediately and fully uphold the cease-fire. before the cease-fire announcement, the united nations secretary general warned the violence in sudan is at risk of c

fox. let it sink in that is a language fox chief rupert murdoch understands it is a penalty in the very language of the corporate masters who, by their own admission, said sometimes this was more about audience or business than anything else. indeed, that was their defense, because to admit something worse, that they were actively trying to steal an election, that could be even more damaging, and as i've just told you, this was quite financially damaging here's how that big news broke in realtime. >> hi there, everyone. we come on the air with a whopper of a breaking news story for you. we're hearing that the parties have resolved the issue. >> a settlement has been reached in the massive $1.6 billion lawsuit brought by dominion voting systems against fox news. >> the truth matters lies have consequences. >> undoubtedly a disappointment and other networks relishing this spectacle. >> fox issuing a statement saying the settlement reflects -- sorry, difficult to say with a straight face this

fox knew from the top down from the top down fox knew that is what dominion said in brief file in the case and dominion proved that they proved that in their case and they proved to the judge i the case that what fox sai about dominion and allowed t be said about dominion was false. the judge accepted a undisputed fact that fox was providing a forum for rudy giuliani and other trump supporters to lie to fox viewers about dominion votin machines dominion got rupert murdoch to admit under oath that he could have stopped the lying, but he chose not to that was a choice he made. dominion has proved that tucke carlson was lying to his audience about how he felt about donald trump dominion proved all of tha before going to trial. and that is the way it usually works in civil cases because each side and a lawsui gets the right to subpoena witnesses and force them t testify under oath before th trial. and the trial is usually just rerun of what happened in th depositions, what was said i the depositions, and what wa revealed in the document obtained by subpoena in the pr trial discovery proce

we canceled fox nation yesterday. adding that karlsson -- carlson and one of the other hosts were the main shows we watched on fox. we set a line for all others. besides fox news and cnn viewers. david in new york on our line for others, you are next up. caller: good morning, pedro. the more significant event is the firing of tucker carlson. don lemon, his program in the ratings was just not working. i think that was more an economic decision rather than having to do with his behavior. tucker carlson promotes conspiracy theories and is a definite danger to our civic conversation. host: the comments about nikki haley and women being past their prime, you don't think that factored into the decision? caller: i'm sure that factored into the decision. but at the same time the roll out of the new format on cnn morning was a disaster. it's just not the right role for don lemon. if he made a proper apology at the time and moved forward, i think that his late night program would have been perfect for him. he could have gone ba

maria bartiromo, janine --, lo dobbs on the fox side.n the guest side, rud giuliani and sidney powell so a lot of the same body of evidence lies there fo smartmatic to take advantage of, as we saw produced thi settlement in dominion >> senator, after this settlement was announced, yo tweeted something that caugh my attention i think it caught a lot of peoples attention. you wrote, sadly reimbursing democracy cannot be done in single lump sum payment. the damage that fox, trump anti trump enablers have don to democracy will take time, patience, and quite a bit of political courage from those o the right who actually give damn do you think that we will se that type of courage anytime soon when you look at what th republican party continues t do i mean how long can we affor to wait to see tru accountability >> we sure haven't seen a, hav we i mean i don't think there has been hardly a comment about th dominion settlement from fox like that. but this is a work in progress we know that as we continue to go forward the more that it is in the n

what should fox have done? >> they should have listened to the recordings and determined whether they were relevant to the outstanding requests for discovery by dominion and then they should have produced them or at the very least -- because i think on one of them there was the issue of reporters privilege, they should have produced them on a privilege log. they didn't say anything about anything until we filed our complaint in the delaware court and put it -- i don't want to get into the weeds but put in a corrected err rat at that sheet. >> her depo gets corrected >> she gives a deposition after they coach her and intimidate her and throw her -- there's like four attorneys, spent four days with her. you never spend four days with a witness, it's just ridiculous. anyway, she goes in for her deposition, gives her deposition, what's supposed to happen after that is you're under delaware law you're supposed to get a transcript of your deposition so you can read it and make sure it's correct, you didn't say anythi

and here is how fox viewers learned of the news this morning. >> we have some news from within our fox family fox news media and tucker carlson have mutually agreed to parts. tucker's last show was this past friday and starting tonight, fox news tonight will air live at 8:00 p.m. eastern it will be an interim show with rotating fox news personalities until a new host is named. we want to thank tucker carlson for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a longterm contributor >> so no grand send-off for tuck 'ems. no final show for him to sign off with his viewers it's almost hard to believe that just months ago, tucker wielded so much power, kevin mccarthy traded him 40,000 hours of exclusive january 6th footage in his hostage deal to become speaker, yet today, tucker has officially achieved something that i don't think anyone else in our industry can claim, being let go by all three major cable news networks, msnbc, yes, he used to work here, cnn, after john stewart humiliated him live on air, and now fox. but tucker has also achieved something else he arguably has do

fox news and dominion reaching a settlement just hours afte -- was sworn in but foxes legal battles are no over yet then, why some are questioning florida governor ron desanti is really a. conservative. and then an alarming and disturbing uptick in gun violence, highlighted by two separate incidents how ringing the wrong doorbell and turning into the wrong doorway ended in tragedy as the 11th hour gets underway this tuesday night ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good evening once again, i' stephanie ruhle. the parties have resolved thei case those words from the judge brought the dominion fox new defamation case to an an before the jury heard from a single witness late today, fox agreed to nine figure payout to settle the lawsuit, 787 point $ million, a little less tha half of the 1. 6 billion the were suing for >> fox has admitted to telling lies about dominion, tha caused enormous damage to my company, our employees, and th customers that we serve. nothing can ever make up for that >> the deal officially ends th legal battle over whether fo defamed dominion when it broadcasts conspiracy theories about its vo

an employee of fox news?on't know but these are certainly questions that need to be asked and need to be answered. the big lie is never going to be fully understood until we have the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. until we do, it's going to continue, and the big grift continues to this day. >> interesting when you put it at that altitude, because you're linking what they call the big lie with the defamation at loss, which is in serious tumult and the other allegations nicolle and i were discussing with your client as well we afforded fox the opportunity to respond to the tapes and they did not. they we gave them the opportunity to respond to your client, they did they say ms. grossberg's legal claims are unmeritorious and riddled with legale -- as you know, the client, ms. grossberg did speak to msnbc today to my colleague nicolle wallace. many people saw that recently. way tonight play a part. >> have you been contacted by smartmatic >> yes. >> and you've shared all the recordings with th

it is dominion, fox vs. dominion. eyes on the court case. >> it is going to be a huge spectacle in part because by midweek you could see rupert murdoch on that witnessed and being questioned by dominion's lawyers. >> this is about the tension between, on the one hand, broad protection for freedom of the press, and on the other hand, consequences for the telling of a known lie. >> hello, and welcome to "the context" on this evening. we will be getting the latest from sudan, where gunfire has been heard in the capital after a 24-hour cease-fire was supposed to come into forceful residents of khartoum told the bbc the fighting hasn't stopped. the rival generals whose troops have been fighting for control agreed to a humanitarian pause to allow civilians to escape. there are signs of recovery in the afghan economy. the u.n. says those assigns are weak and at risk of being undone by recent restrictions on women working at ngo's. the parade rehearsals under the cover of my time as the king's coronation -- of nighttime as th

she was fired by fox after she filed her suit fox says her legal claims are, quote, riddled with falseegations. 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 start with that last bit there. your client has apparently been subpoenaed in the smartmatic lawsuit, is that correct >> yes >> is there anything new -- because we know she does have some additional recordings, some things not turned over initially, is there anything new we're going to learn from her that we didn't already know from the dominion case? >> first of all, thrilled to be with you, joy. yes, there is plenty that's going to be learned from abby's documents and abby's testimony, if necessary, in the smartmatic case and, of course, in our two cases. you know, dominion, who we congr congra

i'll never watch fox again. i think fox news is a traitor.ucker carlson reported the news like it was. he got a lot of broadcasters that reports at the way they want to do it, not with actual proof. i watched fox news for years. i'll never watch it again. host: you don't think tucker carlson put out whatever he put out information-wise that was not shaded with his opinion? caller: no. i don't. he put out the truth. he might've been a little shady at that but i'm not a democrat or republican, because i think both parties are crooks. they are not for america. they are for more of the big industry and other countries. tucker, he put out the news of the way it should have been and i think fox will lose a lot of viewers now that they fired him. host: that is william in indiana. we have a few more minutes if you want to get in your thoughts on either the firing of tucker carlson from fox news or don them in an -- don lemon from cnn. if you're a fox viewer, (202) 748-8000. cnn viewers, (202) 748-8001. all others, (202) 748-8002. you can text us if y