so what happens to the $146 million he was ordered to pay in the defamation case against georgia election workers. we ll dig deeper coming up. plus, the supreme court face ing a nearly unprecedented test of its integrity and reputation. the political and legal challenges posed by the colorado case and others now piling up on the justices doorstep. can the court and the country emerge unscathed? and the terrifying images out of prague where a mass shooting has left 15 people dead, two dozen hurt. students climbing out onto a fourth story ledge of a university building as they try to escape the gunman. a lot going on just in the last couple of hours. we begin with that breaking news. rudy giuliani filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy in new york. he s listing debts up to $500 million, assets up to 10 million. this comes one day after a federal judge ruled giuliani has to immediately pay that $148 million that he owes to two former georgia election workers. nbc s ken dilanian i
lindsey reiser in for ana cabrera. this morning new pressure on ron desantis after a stumble at the starting line. the florida governor looking to reframe the narrative today after his 2024 rollout on twitter was marred by tech issues. the desantis team spinning it as a victory. we had a huge audience. it did it was the biggest they d ever had. it did break the twitter space, and so we re really excited with the enthusiasm. his critics had a different take, trump jr. calling it a de-saster. president biden sending out a fund-raising tweet with the caption, this link works. the question today, how does desantis rebound? plus, a warning of financial armageddon, a top agency putting the u.s. credit rating on watch for a possible downgrade with debt ceiling talks coming down to the wire. how an actual downgrade could impact everything from home buying to credit cards even as members of congress prepare to leave town for a long weekend. sentencing for stewart rhodes, the
leaders of the white house. with a historic default looming and the president scheduled to leave the country tomorrow. can they strike a deal with the clock ticking? plus, just one vote. that s what a major battle over abortion access could come down to today in north carolina. the intense efforts by democrats to convince just one republican to flip. and we have some breaking news. the man accused of attacking a virginia congressman staffers with a metal baseball bat is due in court any moment. the suspect was apparently caught on camera just minutes before the attack chasing another woman. we ll have the latest on the investigation now involving the capitol police and how the two staffers are doing this morning. the people inside were scared. they were hiding. someone swinging a bat around i would be scared as well. and yet another mass shooting in america. this time in new mexico where three people are dead. what we have learned about the teenage suspect who police
jean carroll rape and defamation cape. the judge denied it and carroll is back on the stand. tacopina is trying to cast doubt on carroll s motivation. you received lots of love from this trial, people planning watch parties of your case, he said. yes, she said. you wanted more publicity when you book came out. yes, she said, my book wasn t selling. you went back to bergdorf goodman, at least 23 times after you say donald trump raped you, he said, you weren t concerned to go back? no, she said. i ve made that clear that bergdorfs is not a place that i m afraid to enter. you posted a facebook poll in 2012 asking would you have sex with trump for $17,000 if you could give the money to charity or close your eyes and he s not allowed to speak. you joked about having sex with trump for money, you said. yes, she said. in your advice column, you told me who said they were assaulted to go to the police, he said, you didn t go to the police, he said. i didn t call the police after do
we re live outside the federal courthouse on long island where he s scheduled to appear in just hours. also breaking this morning, we are hearing now from e. jean carroll for the first time since former president donald trump was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming the former magazine writer. a jury awarding carroll $5 million after a contentious civil trial, but today carroll says it was never about the money. i didn t even hear the money. this is not about the money. this is about getting my name back and that s what we accomplished. i m overwhelmed with happiness for the women of the country. it s really not about me so much. it s about every woman. we have the latest on both of these developing cases and what santos and trump s legal problems mean for the future of the republican party. let s begin with that breaking news involving new york congressman george santos who is in custody right now, and we ve just learned he s facing those 13 federal counts. n