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
it is also discussed mystic violent extremism. i m in touch with the highest levels of the department of justice. resources will be put behind this investigation. whatever we need we will not stop until justice is brought to this community, those families, and the victims of this horrific crime. i can assure you that as the united states attorney i will bring whatever resources we need to this community to make sure that justice is done. this should have never happen to anyone in any community. it surely shouldn t happen on a beautiful saturday when people are just shopping and going through normal life events. we will ensure that the perpetrator of this victim is given justice and justice will be done for this community. let me first start off by saying thank you. thank you to all my partners in law enforcement here, from the federal state, local level, the amount of work that has been done so far has been extraordinary. the amount of information that has been gathered so
And we are sending our care to her family tonight. Thanks so much for watching this room with wolf blitzer starts now its tuesday, may 21, right now on cnn this morning and explosive admission from Michael Cohen in a dramatic clash between the judge and a witness in the final hours of the trump Hush Money Trial, plus an angry response from President Biden after the International Criminal well, court decided to see an Arrest Warrant for israels Prime Minister. Was growing uncertainty in the middle east. Whats next for iran after the sudden death of their president . Alright, by they, im hearing washington alive. Look at New York City on this Tuesday Morning. Good morning, everyone. Kasie hunt. Wonderful to have you with us in just hours. Donald trumps criminal Hush Money Trial set to resume in new york. This comes after an explosive monday in court. Former trump fixer, Michael Cohen, admitting to stealing thousands of dollars from the Trump Organization. Another hit to the credibility o
Deadline white house starts right now. Hi, everyone, welcome to wednesday, a critical chapter in the trial of the expresident is coming to a close. Questions now swirl about what happens next n trump election interference trial. Todd blanche failed to land any significant blows to Michael Cohens credibility, something theyre desperate to do after he was put in the center of the scheme to catch and kill negative stories that could have hurt Donald Trumps campaign. He told the jury that the president himself signed off on the plan to hide the expenses. Todd blanche started this way, these are literally the first words out of the his mouth. You and i have never spoken or met, have we . To which cohen replied, we have not. Todd blanche, but you know who i am . Cohen answers, i do blanche asking, on april 23rd, so after the trial started in this case, you went on tiktok and called me a, quote, Crying Little cohen supplies that might be something i would say. Blanche went on to defend mr. Co
And human dignity. Hello. The white house says israel has turned the water supply to Southern Gaza back on, after it was switched off following the hamas attack eight days ago. It said the decision followed a conversation between President Biden and the israeli Prime Minister, binjamin netanyahu. The Israeli Energy minister insisted the decision is in line with israels existing policy, which is to block all food, fuel, and waterfrom entering gaza until hamas agrees to hand back more than 100 hostages seized in last saturdays assault. People in the northern half of gaza are continuing to flee the area ahead of an expected israeli incursion. Thousands of troops are already massed on the border with gaza. The israelis say they hit over 100 military targets in air strikes overnight. Hamas has continued to fire rockets into israel, including towards tel aviv. The us Secretary Of State, antony blinken, has been in egypt, where hes been pressing for humanitarian aid to be allowed into gaza th