politicsnation, tonight s ali, start your engines. the biden reelection effort is shifting in the high gear, with the first official democratic contest of the primary season, just six days away. that will be in south carolina. president biden has been reengaging with folks this weekend, especially black voters, who were crucial to his 2020 victory. biden s also getting a jump start from the united auto workers who are standing with the president joining the picket lines with them during their striking in the fall. i ll talk to the uaw president tonight about the big endorsement and what it will meet to the biden campaign. back on capitol hill, maga republicans are slamming the brakes on a bipartisan immigration bill at the behest of their presidential front runner, donald trump. and the impact of this gridlock may be felt far beyond the border, jeopardizing military aid for ukraine and israel. all of that tonight. plus, the white house response to breaking news ou
welcome to prime time weekend. i m chris hayes. let s get right to the week s top stories. 83 point $3 million. that s a lot of money. that s how much donald trump has just been ordered to pay writer e. jean carroll for repeatedly defaming her after she accused him of sexual assault. the jury spent four days hearing about what donald trump to. and witnessing his ongoing contempt towards both the proceedings in front of them and towards e. jean carroll with their own eyes. carol s attorney had asked the jurors to reach a jury verdict that would stop him from further defaming the woman that he has been defaming and harassing for the past five years. today, after deliberating for less than three hours, the jury came through. they awarded carroll seven point $3 million in emotional damages, $11 million in reputational damages, and a whopping $65 million in punitive damages, which is there, essentially, to stop him from doing what he s been doing. it was such a shocking
just five days ago. including an 83 million dollar defamation judgment against the republican front runner. and as the general election campaign has basically begun. standing by to talk about have a gun and take on trump and offer his reaction to e. jean carroll s massive victory against him. plus, from my department store in the 90s to her day in court this week, andrew weissmann and katie phang are going to join me for a deep dive into how carol s case against trump got to this point. and what comes next? also, could nikki haley be doing joe biden a favor by calling trump confused? and what are the factors the haley team is weighing as they decide how much to turn up the heat? and later, there is some big civil war energy coming out of texas, as greg abbott taunts the federal government with his actions on the border. i ll talk to about just how crazy things are getting, in his home state. as we come on the air today, we re getting some breaking news out of th
nice to see. thank you very much. i want to welcome everybody to the beat, i m ari melber, we begin this week with the continuing fallout. the consequences and the very real losing defendant donald trump. in this case, it was all about his lies, e. jean carroll, and that record breaking 83 million dollar penalty. over $80 million that the jury is awarding e. jean carroll. that s significant for her. for a total of 83 point $3 million. that s a high eight figure award. e. jean carroll smiling. a victory lap outside of manhattan courthouse after a jury awarding her a staggering $83 million in damages. those staggering damages have real consequences. we re gonna go through them right now for you. first of all, for donald trump, one is that the legal finding in punishment is breaking through, even on fox. the 83 point $3 million, that s staggering. this thing has exploded on him. the more times that you engage in this behavior, when you ve got no warning, you really
value at $84.5 million. it s an interesting me. today, a jury ordered donald trump to pay writer e. jean carroll $83.3 million, approximately one trump park avenue, for defaming her. breaking that number down a little bit more, the jury awarded e. jean carroll $18.3 million to compensate her for the harm trump s lies caused her. they awarded her another $65 million in punitive damages to, well, punish donald trump, to deter him from defaming e. jean carroll ever again. we will have more on that in just a moment. a nine member jury took just two hours and 45 minutes to reach its verdict after hearing final arguments from trump, and carroll s lawyers. mr. trump himself spent the final day of the trial causing disruption. and when ms. carroll s lawyers were given closing arguments, he stood up and walked out of the room, at which point the judge interrupted ms. carroll s lawyers and order that the official record reflect donald trump s abrupt exit. at one point the judge had to