look, we ve all been waiting to see what lies might cost, eventually. we know what they might cost a family, maybe a country, maybe a democracy. the toll, the human misery. but the question for a texas jury today is what it should cost conspiracy theorist alex jones. we now have our answer. nearly $50 million. now, recall jones was already ordered to pay more than $4 million this what s called compensatory damages just yesterday. that to the parents of a beautiful 6-year-old child, a little boy killed in the 2012 attack. but today, they added $45.2 million on top of that, awarded him punitive or the punishment side of damages. why? for spewing lies that have caused unthinkable arm to one family of many families, destroyed by the sandy hook massacre. $50 million. and that s just one case. he has two more defamation trials awaiting him, so this is really far from over for the far-right conspiratorial host of infowars. this has really been a case that centered on lies, and thr
to be sure, we brought a doctor just in case. we begin with fox news alerts, second day after the supreme court handed down its decision overturning roe v. wade allowing states to make their own abortion law. protest erupted across the country after the ruling yesterday. thousands of people pro-life and pro- abortion activists. the protests were mostly peaceful but last night in our nation s capitol they burned the american flag. one sign read fm pd. another reads coni barrett, kavanaugh, corsets, roberts and police years tear gas to break up the crowd outside the arizona senate building. one senate saying they threatened to break the glass. washington democrats the polling. you see the turnout here? we will decide. we will be outside in millions. of the war we need to recognize it. [cheering] department of homeland security warned extremists could use the supreme court s decision to justify their violence. it s amazing because look at this back when you have the bu
we begin with the latest developments in the mass shooting in illinois. six killed, 38 injured when a gunman opened fire at a fourth of july parade in highland park. that is an affluent suburb of chicago. this video shows a band playing as people begin to run. other footage caught the jarring sound of gunfire. [ gunfire ] imagine the shock and confusion. maybe it was fireworks, they could rightly think. no, those were gunshots. the series of shots you heard followed by a second round of shooting that lasted about 7 seconds. the gunman was on a rooftop with a high-powered rifle. parade-goers scattering in all directions once they realized what was happening. you see a band running there. the crowd left behind chairs, toys, baby strollers, and blankets. here s one witness describing that scene. a few minutes into the parade started, like, the marching band had just passed, i heard a subsequent pop, pop, pop, all in quick succession. i thought to myself, that s not that
than go dropped out of school then went to the robb elementary school through an unlocked door. he then opened fire on to fourth grade classrooms killing 19 students and two teachers. the american people were shocked, outraged and devastated by this attack and collectively asked how can we prevent this fromm happening again. the discussion surrounding this topic causes emotions to run high. i understand why. for too long some politicians t have tried to fit the right to live in a safe community against the constitutional right to keep and bear arms. they make it seemed like our country can only have one or the other. either the second amendment or safe schools and churches and grocery stores and of course this is a false choice law-abiding gun owners are notab the problem men and women who buy guns to protect themselves and their family, to hunt or engage in sports, they are not a public safety problem. following the shooting i promise to do everything in my power to try to a
fourth grade classrooms, killing 19 students and two teachers. the american people were shocked, outraged, and devastated by this attack and collectively asked, how can we prevent this from happening again? while the discussions surrounding this topic causes emotions to run high, and i understand why, for too long some politicians have tried to pit the right to live in a safe community against the iewnl right to keep constitutional right to keep and bare arms, they make it seem like the country can only have one, either the second amendment or safe schools and churches and grocery stores. and, of course, this is a false choice. law-abiding gun owners are not the problem. men and women who buy guns to protect themselves and their family, to hunt or engage in sports, they re not a public safety problem. following the shooting, i promised to do everything in my power to try to answer that call to do something. i don t believe in doing nothing in the face of what we saw in uval