control. what they ve done to these people, they ve persecuted these people. and yeah, my answer is i am most likely if i get in i ll most likely i ll say it would be a large portion of them. donald trump s town hall went exactly how most expected and feared it would. he repeated lies about january 6th, the 2020 election, and he inflated his own record. we ll have much more coverage on all of that in just a moment. plus, we ve got new polling on president joe biden s approval rating and a potential rematch with his predecessor. and also ahead the latest from the border as a pandemic restriction on immigration is set to expire at midnight. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, may 11th. i m johnlen lemere, thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning with former president donald trump continuing to cling to conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, an election he lost. within the first few minutes of his cnn town hall las
he defamed her by denying it happened. this is moments away. we will bring it to you live here and stay with it throughout this hour. national correspondent bryan llenas is standing by at the courthouse while we wait for the news that the jurors are about to present this verdict. hi, brian. yes, i m here in new york. we have our producers at the courthouse. we re waiting now what the verdict is. it said that they would be announcing it at 3:00. we re looking to see as soon as we get the verdict what it is. in this case we need to step back here, this is a civil federal case, which means that all nine jurors must come to a unanimous decision on whether or not they believe former president trump committed assault, a battery and whether or not he defamed e. jean carroll. the burden of proof here is lower than a criminal case. you must proved beyond a reasonable doubt in this case. the only thing they have to do is convince the jury that e. jean carroll said the events more tha
i met her in the front door of bergdoff goodman. i was immediately attracted to her and she was immediately attracted to me. and we had this great chemistry. we re walking into a crowded department store, a few minutes later we end up in a room, a dressing room of bergdoff goodman right near the cash register and then she said there were locks on the door. she found one that was open. what kind of a woman meet somebody and brings them up and within minutes you re playing hanky-panky in a dressing room, okay? i don t know if she was married then or not. john johnson, i feel sorry for you, john johnson. i know you re recounting what you said because i was very famous then and i owned the plaza right next door and owned the buildings around it. i m not going into a dressing room of a crowded department store. then i say if she was being
manhattan jury finding him liable after a civil trial that concluded this week. during a town hall in new hampshire last night the former president was questioned about the verdict, and he once again mocked carroll s account. i never met this woman, i never saw this woman. this woman said i met her at the front of a bergdoff goodman, which i never go into except for a cup of charities. i met her in the front door, i was immediately attracted today her, and she was immediately attracted today me, and we had this great chemistry. we re walking into a crowded department store, we had this great chemistry, and a few minutes later we end up in a room, a dressing room of bergdoff goodman right near the cash register and then she found out there are locks on the door and she said i found one that