home tonight and everybody that s reading these articles and hearing this message and you choose love with your kids because you can. realize that you have a choice and your choice is love. jones had called the shooting a hoax. but during the trial admitted that it was real. the jury ordered him to pay $4 million in compensatory damages thursday and is now ordering him to pay $45.2 million more in punitive damages. after verdict jones s lawyer spoke to reporters about his client s reaction. his reaction was that, you know, he d been found guilty before he ever had a chance to defend this case on the merits. that the first amendment is under siege and that he looks forward to continuing the fight. cnn s drew griffin has more on the verdict and what comes next. reporter: the jury in travis
right. wing conspiracy theorist alex jones to pay $48 million in punitive damages over lies over the sandy hook shooting. jones called the shooting a hoax but during the trial admitted that it really happened. reporter: a big number, $45.2 million. and remember, that is added on to the $4 million that this jury awarded earlier in the week to the porn parents of jesse lewis. jesse lewis, one of the victims of the sandy hook massacre in 2012, the massacre that alex jones for years said didn t happen, was a hoax, that the parents were crisis actors. that s why the parents sued. that s why this jury has awarded this huge sum, by the way, under texas law, may be reduced because of caps on these punitive damages.
inserted ourselves, republicans, the republican party has inserted itself into that most critical decision-making that a woman has. we can no possibly understand the nuance and the situation of what a woman is going through. and therefore, she and she alone, with her health care provider, should be making these decisions. it is important for women to know and to have that full access. and what indiana has done is we have taken steps 50 years backwards. indiana state senator shelli yoder, thank you for your time tonight. thank you. well, the price of lies and the cost of hurting heartbroken parents. in a texas defamation trial, the jury has decided that right-wing conspiracy theorist alex jones should pay $45.2 million in
the state of texas has a cap of state law that caps some of the punitive damages so it s not clear. it is going to be a while before the courts and all sides sort this out. how much actually will go to the parents of jesse lewis. but right now, a very big number of $45.2 million in punitive damages today. followed with $4.1 million in compensation from yesterday. so about $50 million altogether. wolf. let me get some legal reaction right now. miguel, stand by. dave ehrenberg is joining us. the state attorney for palm beach county. $45.2 million in punitive damages for a little bit more than $4 million awarded yesterday. what is your reaction? wolf, i think this is a victory for the plaintiff tz. because after yesterday s verdict, just $4.1 million, a lot of us were hoping that the hammer would come down today and it did. and so this hammer will have to
parents more than $4 million in what are called compensatory damages. our national correspondent miguel marquez is joining us right now. so just moments ago, the judge announced the verdict. give us the latest. reporter: $45.2 million. on three different questions. the jurors were asked to consider, $4.2 million for one and $20.5 million for the other two questions. lawyers on both sides arguing today that they brought in a forensic economist, lawyers for the plaintiffs, that is the parents of jesse lewis, a 6-year-old killed almost ten years ago at sandy hook elementary. he was one of 26 people killed there. 20 of them children. all of them under 7. the main thrust of this case is that mr. jones through his info wars and various companies, lied about sandy hook, lied saying that it never happened. saying that the parents were crisis actors and that kids like