in full view of the police phe hit paul pelosi in the head two times with a hammer. both pelosi and depappy were taken immediately to a hospital, pelosi for his head injuries and depappy for reasons still not clear. he was later charged in federal court with assault and attempted kidnapping. at this point that s what we can say for certain. david depapi assaulted paul pelosi with a hammer and apparently admitted that in police custody. but beyond those facts there is much in the story that remains muddy. how in fact did depapi get inside the home. that s the first question. last year they reported she has protection around the clock at her houses, her own security, they have security police that fly out with her. but in this instance they say there was no security present at the pelosi home on friday night. and that s pretty strange because according to multiple accounts even when pelosi isn t at home her house is well guarded as you would expect. harmeet dhillon told us when
we start with the breaking news. a jury has just awarded nearly $1 billion in damages to sandy hook elementary families and an fbi agent in the connecticut defamation trial against alex jones. eight families and a first responder sued the far right conspiracy theer orists for the lies he told. this is the second of three against jones, concerning the sandy hook massacre, comes after a texas jury decided in august that jones and his company should pay nearly $50 million. the connecticut jury, nearly a billion. let s go outside the courtroom. bryn, you were in there when the big figures were read out. walk us through the jury s decision. reporter: big figures leading up to the announcement of the numbers, even the jurors were taking a deep sigh. there was just so much pressure and tension inside that room. then what a release from these family members when those numbers were being read and tallied. i can tell you as we talked about, robbie parker, he received the biggest amou
rights is inconsistent with who we are and who i am. still, the saudis are rejoicing at the meeting, and president biden s presence there at all, despite his campaign pledge to make saudi arabia a, quote, pariah, over khashoggi s murder. president biden in fact greeted mbs, the country s de facto ruler, with a fist bump earlier today. neither leader answering questions from the press at the very start of their meeting. jamal khashoggi, will you apologize to his family, sir? thank you, guys. a reminder, according to president biden s own director of national intelligence, quote, we assess that saudi arabia s crown prince, muhammad bin salman, approved an operation in turkey to capture or kill saudi journalist jamal khashoggi, unquote. among the reasons for that assessment, the dni notes, among the murderous thugs who killed the washington post columnist and then chopped him up with a bone saw, were seven members of mbs quote elite personal protective detail, one tha
frustrating. from coast to coast. travelers are facing delay or canceled flights. treasury secretary pete buttigieg wants airlines to stress their summer schedules. airline problem in this country. time for a wake-up call. [cheers] and matthew fitzpatrick is a champion again. good morning, everybody. that says it s fire island new york. i think that could be the wrong location. ainsley: fire island is a island off the long island. the sky is kind of the fire color but nonetheless. good morning, everybody, it is monday, june 20th, 2022 it is juneteenth. this was a federal holiday signed into law last year by joe biden. it celebrates and commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in the united states first celebrated in texas back in 1865 after the civil war and slaves were declared free under the emancipation proclamation. that s what juneteenth is all about. brian: texas was the last to recognize it. so, they were the last state to understand that
juneteenth, of fresh perspective . we will also pay tribute to the late great mark shields. his daughter amy will join me live. the first, the u.s. medias narrative about president biden. it s facing a perfect storm right now with the rising inflation, skyhigh gas, the continued covid pandemic, the president s unpopularity in the polls. more and more columnists are commentators are bringing up biden s age is a factor as well. right now, some liberals see up pylon going on. conservatives just think others are coming where they have been. standard photo ops seem to be going sideways for biden right now. chooses what video to show. maybe warps these narratives. vs reporters come you will see those complaints. this week, he invited a reporter from the associated press into the oval office for 30 minute interview. it was a rare move at some of these headline said. there long list of media outlets still waiting for the turn with the president. there was an news in that interview. t