Hi, everyone. Happy Monday. It's 4 o'clock in New York. A twist in the high stakes $1.6 billion

defamation case brought by Dominion Boating Systems against the giant of right wing media

and one of the biggest pervaders of election fraud conspiracies. We're talking of course

about Fox News. Today was supposed to be day one of that blockbuster trial, but an announcement

came down late last night that the start will be pushed back to tomorrow Tuesday. No

official reason was given for that delay. Judge Eric Davis said this morning that it was

not unusual for delays like this, but the Wall Street Journal, which happens to be owned

by the Murdoch family, as this Fox, of course, reports this, quote,

Fox has made a late push to settle the dispute with Dominion Boating Systems out of court.

That's according to people familiar with the situation. The Washington Post reports this, quote,

two people familiar with the case that the two sides are scheduled to meet Monday to determine

if a last minute deal to avoid trial could be brokered. One of the people said the judge had asked

the parties to make a final effort to settle the issue before proceeding with the trial. Now these

talks are happening in the aftermath of a series of rulings that effectively hamstrung Fox's

ability to mount a defense for one Fox is not allowed to suggest that the lies and conspiracies

it aired repeatedly about Dominion were anything other than that lies and conspiracies. The judge

has ruled this quote, the evidence developed in the civil proceeding demonstrates that it is

crystal clear that none of the statements relating to Dominion about the 2020 election are true.

If the case proceeds to trial tomorrow, we could also expect weeks of courtroom testimony from its

top post executives and quite possibly, report Murdoch the head of the Fox empire himself. Now,

back to this late night talk last night about a settlement, a settlement would avoid a long and

lengthy trial battle, legal battle. One that Fox News has reportedly been planning to take all

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