$4 million in compensatory damages already award at the civil trial just yesterday for those deeply harmful lies that the shooting was a hoax among many other completely false and outrageous claims. now, under texas law there are limits on punitive damages of $750,000 per plaintiff. so it seems he won t be forced to fork over quite that much yet. he s still facing two more defamation trials, and one of them is in connecticut. but it appears the jury did listen to this plea from the attorney for the sandy hook family. we ask that you send a very, very simple message. and that is stop alex jones. stop the monetization of misinformation and lies. estimated to the jury that jones may have a net worth as much $270 million but has been trying to hid his wealth with personal loans and shell companies. now, jones said at trial he faced financial ruin if there was an award of more than $2 million. more lies on top of lies, perhaps? the mother of 6-year-old jesse lewis who was kill
conspiracy theorist alex jones has been ordered to pay even more to the parents of a 6-year-old little boy who was killed in the 2012 massacre at sandy hook elementary school. $45.2 million more in punitive damages on top of the more than $4 million in compensatory damages already award at the civil trial just yesterday for those deeply harmful lies that the shooting was a hoax among many other completely false and outrageous claims. now, under texas law there are limits on punitive damages of $750,000 per plaintiff. so it seems he won t be forced to fork over quite that much yet. he s still facing two more defamation trials, and one of them is in connecticut. but it appears the jury did listen to this plea from the attorney for the sandy hook family. we ask that you send a very, very simple message. and that is stop alex jones. stop the monetization of misinformation and lies. estimated to the jury that jones may have a net worth as much $270 million but has been trying
we ll look at the measure bringing a bit of inflation relief and what comes next to get it passed. and millions of people from the europe to the u.s. baking. the forecast is coming up. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with lynda kincaid. well, it s now 11:00 on saturday morning in gaza where israeli war planes have pounded militant targets for a second day. airstrikes hit islamic jihad in gaza. a as many as 19 were arrested saturday. israel says the militants have fired nearly 200 rockets toward israel in retaliation. most of those rockets were intercepted, fell short or landed in open areas. no israeli casualties have been reported. according to the palestinian health minister, at least 11 people have killed by israeli airstrikes, including a 7-year-old girl. our fight is not with the people of gaza. islamic jihad is an iranian proxy that wants to destroy the state of israel and kill innocent israelis. the head of islamic jihad is in tehran as we speak.
sanders said the bill does not go far enough, what does that mean? he represents the further left of the democratic party and wrangling all 50 of the democratic senators has been no small fete, getting senator manchin and kyrsten sinema on board. ultimately we believe this bill will move forward, the question is when. this is a very, very lengthy, complex, tedious process they re using, a specific budget process they re using to get it through. let me tell you about what s in the bill, a lot of climate provisions, about $369 billion in climate provisions, the biggest investment out of the senate ever. hoping to reduce carbon emissions by 40% by 2030. also some tax incentives in there to push renewables. there s also some health care components in theory that would allow medicare to negotiate the price of some drugs, about 10 drugs by the year of 2026 and extending beyond that, the first time medicare would be able to do that. democrats wanted it to be bigger but this was ab
front and center at cpac. the most buzzed about booth is this. a fake jail cell. what you re watching actually happened at cpac. it features a convicted january 6th rioter doing performance art, if you want to call it that, in a cage wearing an orange jump suit. also on display, cultural wars and election denialism. we re at war. think about after high noon on the 20th of january of 2021. when an illegitimate impostor took over 1600 pennsylvania avenue and took over the administration. my job, it s like the old coliseum where you slam on a breast plate and go fight the barbarians. we re going to secure a boarder, build a damn wall, then when we finish it, name it after president donald j. trump. a lot of this sounds familiar, but the hits, i thgue they keep the folks coming in. what are you hearing from the attendees there? well, jim, in just a few hours, as you said, donald trump will take the stage. the final speech here at this three-day event. he ll be proceeded