joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m bianca novillo foster joining you live from london just ahead on cnn newsroom. the world got to see what really went on at fox news in 2020, today s settlement is complete vindication and really a message that lies do have consequences. i m thankful that mr lester has turned himself in charge does not mean justice deep. live from london. this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, april 19th nine am here in london. four am on the u. s east coast. we begin with a colossal settlement in one of the biggest media cases in decades. the two year long battle between fox news and dominion dominion voting systems, finally ending with a whopping more than $787 million in damages to dominion, just before opening statements were set to begin. the deal, exposing the networks lack of credibility. the fox issued a statement saying it acknowledges the court found some of its claims about damian after t
million in damages to dominion, just before opening statements were set to begin. the deal, exposing the networks lack of credibility. the fox issued a statement saying it acknowledges the court found some of its claims about damian after the 2020 presidential election to be false. money is accountability. and we got that today from fox. but we re not done yet. we ve got some other people who have some accountability coming towards them. and i m very proud of the team from susman godfrey that has worked tirelessly for this case. and we ll move right on to the next one. and this is just one of the cases that fox is battling another voting tech companies. smartmatic says the settlement proves foxes wrongdoing, writing in a statement, dominions litigation exposed some of the misconduct and damage caused by fox s disinformation campaign. smartmatic will expose the rest and i believe that they are suing fox for $2.7 billion the