hire, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york on a very busy day of news and more details on what promises to be a blockbuster hearing on the january 6 hearing and we ll have much more on that. we begin with the verdict in the alex jones trial where a jury has just awarded nearly $1 billion in damages to the family members of the sandy hook victims, people who suffered from the lines that alex jones started spreading hours after the massacre. harry lipman joins us, a former u.s. attorney and former deputy assistant attorney general. let me just not go the down the rabbit holes of alex jones but the families had pain and suffering from the massacre being described as a hoax and the nearly billion dollars in damages does nothing, nothing to deal with their grief but it was as signal, it seems harry, that the jury felt that it was represent henceible. even his defense attorney said in close, nicole. this is a despicable human being and, of course, he s the vilest vermin out there on
suspend its entire police force and puts two officials on leave following the school shooting that left 19 children dead. how the families are reacting. and anger and confusion in florida as many left homeless by hurricane ian are stuck waiting in line for hours to get the help they need. we re going to take you there this morning. new day starts right now. amara, we made it. the weekend, saturday, october 8th. we re so grateful that you re with us. before we start, a heartfelt welcome is in order. i hope our viewers will join me in welcoming and congratulating amara walker, the new new day permanent host. i m so excited. truly, there s no one else i would rather be doing this than you especially during these dark and early morning hours, but you and me together, we ve got this. world, watch out. happy to be here. thank you so much, boris. of course. we re following breaking news out of crimea where there s been a breaking escalation in russia s war on ukraine
kennedy and the cuban missile crisis, i don t think there s anything as the ability of using a nuclear tact cal weapon and not end up with armageddon. this is stark language and comes as the u.s. considers how to respond to a range of potential scenarios. let s bring in white house correspondent jeremy diamond for more. reporter: u.s. officials say there s been no change in russia s nuclear posture. one senior u.s. official telling cnn that the u.s. didn t detect anything yesterday that would indicate an escalation in russia s nuclear posture, that s why it s striking to hear the language that president biden used last night talking about the prospect of armageddon should putin use nuclear weapons and making clear he doesn t believe the russian leader is bluffing. here s a snippet of the president s comments from the fund-raiser in new york last night, off camera. saying, quote, we have a guy i know fairly well within he s not joking when he talks about potential use of t
florida governor ron desantis is ranged to fly 50 people from texas to martha s vineyard off the coast of massachusetts. this is all part of the campaign to protest the biden administration s immigration policies. but the white house says she s governors are using the migrants as political pawns. those taken to martha s vineyard are receiving shelter and help at a u.s. military base. miguel marquez has more on their journey. referee: after less than 48 unexpected hours in martha s vineyard, nearly 50 venezuelal migrants were given a warm sendoff, embracing each person as they boarded buses. then ferries and onto the next part of their long journey. their unannounced rival wednesday all part of a campaign by texas governor greg abbott and florida governor ron desantis to send them to sanctuary cities by surprise. free to the alien but certainly not mandatory. and that way they re able to go and these sanctuary jurisdiction cans put their money where their mouth is. r
there s a lot of alternatives. we haven t made up our mind yet. the white house evaluating how to respond as some key global economic forecasts have gotten gloomier. so what do all these forces mean for you at home and your wallet? let s discuss with cnn s matt egan. he s at the new york stock exchange. and cnn s kaitlan collins is with us from the white house. so matt, lay it out for us. is there a direct cause and effect between this production cut and prices at our local gas station? ana, the simple answer is yes. we re already seeing an impact. just ten days ago recession fears drove world oil prices down to eight-month lows but they have since raced back to life in large part because of rumors of this opec supply cut and now the actual official confirmation. and prices at the gas pump are responding swiftly. a gallon of regular now fetches $3.87 nationally. that is up from $3.83 just a day ago. up nine cents over the past week. prices are still lower, of course, than