I came to office determined with the duty to care and get us through one of our toughest periods in history. And we have. President joe biden continues to hit the former president on the Campaign Trail as the former president yesterday appeared to float cutting Social Security and medicare. Meanwhile, trump is also now flipflopping on tiktok, the platform he pushed to ban when he was in office. It comes as the house is set to vote tomorrow. Plus, theres more fallout from alabama senator katie britts state of the Union Rebuttal and how her speech highlights republicans fears of losing women voters this election. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, march 12th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. Former President Donald Trump is vowing to release Hundreds Of January 6th defendants currently behind bars if he were to be releected this november. On truth social last night trump explained that one of his first acts as president would be to, quote,
in fact, all around the is horr million jews slaughtered. so important indeed. and to our viewers thanks very much for watching. erin out front next, breaking news. trump hit with a more than $83 million verdict for his repeated attacks on e. jean carroll. a c? plus fighting intensifies in gaza. you ll hear from an american doctor who has just returned from the area. why he calls this conflict and what he saw on the ground the worst he s ever seen. and new tonight a border shutdown. cnn learning a key group of senators have now agreed to close the southern border if m specific number. let s go out front. good evening. i m erika hill in for erin burnett. out front tonight, breaking news. $83.3 million. that is what a jury says donald trump must pay e. jean carroll for defaming her while he was president. this is the woman of course trump was found liable for sexually abusing. $83.3 million is a massive number. there s no way getting around that. it was agreed upon afte
good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin tonight with the massive bill. a new york federal jury today handed the former president for repeatedly defaming the woman he s already found liable for sexually abusing. $7.3 million for emotional harm he caused by his repeated verbal attacks on e. jean carroll while he was president, which of his followers turned into serious threats against her. $11 million to repair the damage carroll suffered to her reputation, and $65 million in punitive damages. $83.3 million in total. no comment from her or her team as they left the courthouse in lower manhattan making their way through a sea of cameras and reporters. in a moment we ll hear from her attorney, roberta kaplan, her first interview since the verdict. also exclusively from another trump accuser jessica leads who was a witness in ms. carroll s first lawsuit in which she told jurors the former president groped her on an airplane in a cross-country flight. mr. trump has repeatedly
tell joe biden to keep working for more jobs and less pollution. welcome to the next level. this is the lexus nx with intuitive tech safety radar detector: watch for traffic. and our most advanced safety system ever. there are challenges at the border, something the president has taken seriously since day one. the president would like to do more. he s using the tools in front of him. congress refuses to act. many want to make a political case out of this. john: the white house reacting moments ago to the crisis at the border and fears that it is about to get a lot worse when title 42 ends less than two days now. the pentagon set to address reporters minutes from now, this may come up. sandra: and we will be monitoring to see if the pentagon weighs in on the migrant emergency now that troops have been deployed to assist in the expected surge of migrants once title 42 is lifted. john: welcome back as america reports rolls into hour two. it s a busy one so far, sandr