right of self-defense because the president of the united states is not fulfilling his duty to enforce the laws. bill: that from greg abbott on our program yesterday not giving an inch on the border matter. the white house gave texas until today to reopen a stretch of 2 1/2 miles. texas saying it won t touch that. it will do no such thing. that s where we start. good morning on a friday. bill hemmer. dana: not like a little constitutional crisis on a friday. i m dana perino, america s newsroom. a pretty big deal in texas. they re going to defy the federal deadline despite the supreme court ruling against the state in a dispute over razor wire. the court bill: earlier in the week the court said the feds can t remove the wire. abbott says texas has the right to defend itself. dana: jonathan turley is on deck but let s begin with matt finn with the latest from eagle pass. as it stands right now the state of texas has not given up control along the property along th
listen to the show wherever you get your podcasts. the lead starts with wolf plitser in the situation room. happening now breaking news, a huge legal and financial blow to donald trump. a jury says he should may more than $83 million in damages to writer e. jean carroll for defamatory statements he made about her. we re breaking down the verdict and the message it sends to the former president and the clear front-runner for the 2024 republican presidential nomination. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, and you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the major breaking news we re following right now. the bombshell verdict in the defamation trial against donald trump. the former president now on the hook for a stunning $83.3 million. let s go to cnn s cara scannell outside the courthouse in new york where all this unfolded. kara, walk us through this verdict. reporter: wolf,
indictment. no one has made that allegation. at the end of the day, you have to weigh the damage of the indictment versus the damage of the allegations. it s just not even a fair way. senator marco rubio s evolution on donald trump s access to and handling of classified documents. yeah, i agree, it s not even a close call. you weigh whether you believe as the 11th circuit said that the foundational principle of this country, that no man is above the law, and you balance that against whatever marco was saying we should balance it against. and, you know, willie, i just you will notice you will notice of all of the noise out there, of all of the ground noise, nobody is saying he s innocent. nobody is saying he did not commit the crimes that will put him in jail for over a hundred years, if convicted on all things. i can t think of one person who has said this man did not do it. so what they say is what about hillary? i mean but they had a long time to do that.
donald trump but, hey, it is about two weeks away. i guess he has some time to find some words. that is our show for tonight. it is time for the last word with lawrence, so donald boarding my friend. good morning, ali. with donald trump going to supreme court, we have colleagues leading us off, which could not be more perfect, and also, colorado s secretary of state, janet griswold, is going to join us now that colorado is headed, apparently, for the supreme court with donald trump. and the only thing all those people have in common is they would like the supreme court to actually weigh in on this thing and get it moving, so i am excited to hear that conversation. it is going to be the year of the supreme court. thanks, ali. well, tonight, 77 year old donald trump is asking a court where he appointed three of the nine judges, to save his presidential campaign. donald trump s lawyers have filed an appeal asking the united states supreme court too overturn the decision
it cannot be more perfect. also, call about a secretary of state, jena griswold is going to join us. colorado is headed apparently to the supreme court without trump. the only thing all those people have in common is that they would like to supreme court to actually weigh in on this thing and get it moving. i am excited to hear the conversation. it s going to be the year at the supreme court. thanks, ali. tonight, 77-year-old donald trump is asking a court where he appointed three of the nine judges to save his presidential campaign. donald trump s lawyers have filed an appeal, asking the united states supreme court to overturn the decision by the colorado state supreme court to ban donald trump from the presidential ballot in colorado. colorado supreme court s decision is based on the 14th amendment, which is ratified in 1868. it does not allow officers of the federal government to be elected to office again if they have engaged in insurrection against the united state