jones now has to pay the parents of a sandy hook school shooting victim more than $4 million for the cruel and widespread and relentless lies that added to their heartache over a ten-year period. now, of course, this does fall way short of $150 million they did ask for in compensatory damages sought by little jessie lewis parents, a number their attorney said came from the number of people who believed the false claims of the hoax spewed by jones and the baseless arguments that the newtown s grieving parents were actors. the number also factored in the emotional and mental anguish those parents suffered and continue to suffer today for years of harassment by jones and his followers. he finally acknowledged what everyone else hopefully knew to be true, that the massacre was, quote, using his words after what ten years, 100% real. but the $4 million is actually not the end of the story, not in this courtroom, not in texas, because jones legal battles are actually far from
our cbs news investigation: crime without punishment. unsolved murder in america. why cases are going unsolved at record numbers. tonight s other top headlines: stepping up testing for monkeypox in america. a terrifying moment at yellowstone where a man and his son got attacked by a wild bison. and celebrating pride month: the female baseball star going public with her own personal truth at the age of 95. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. there are a number of new questions tonight after that jaw-dropping testimony from cassidy hutchinson, the close aide to then-white house chief of staff mark meadows. some of the revelations could land members of the trump inner circle and the former president himself in legal jeopardy. that includes hutchinson s firsthand account of the former president encouraging h
nearly a decade in a russian prison. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this friday, august 5th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being here. news from last night, senator kyrsten sinema has agreed to back democrats reconciliation bill. clearing the way for a vote later this week. her decision comes after days of fellow democrats lobbying her on the deal. in a statement last night, the senator said she would come on board after the carried interest tax provision was removed. lawmakers also agreed to combat droughts that plague her home state of arizona. democrats are now just waiting for the sign-off from the senate parliamentarian. majority leader chuck schumer says the final version of the bill will be introduced on saturday. the senate will take today off before a long day tomorrow a rare saturday. even rarer one in august. there will be up to 20 hours of debate after the first procedural vote. and then comes what is known as a voter-a-ra mr. a where senat
influence europe. our cbs news investigation: crime without punishment. unsolved murder in america. why cases are going unsolved at record numbers. tonight s other top headlines: stepping up testing for monkeypox in america. a terrifying moment at yellowstone where a man and his son got attacked by a wild anelebrating pride month. the female baseball star going public with her own personal truth at the age of 95. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell. reporting from the nation s capitol. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. there are a number of new questions tonight after that jaw-dropping testimony from cassidy hutchinson, the close aide to then-white house chief of staff mark meadows. some of the revelations could land members of the trump inner circle and the former president himself in legal jeopardy. that includes hutchinson s firsthand account of the former president encouraging his supporters to march to the
that john eastman continued his hunt for widespread voter fraud even after president biden was inaugurated. hours after president biden s inauguration, mr. eastman emailed rudy giuliani, donald j. trump s personal lawyer propose that they challenge in georgia for two senate seats that were won by democrats. according to the times eastman hoped that by trying to overturn another election and finding fraud in that race he would find proof that the 2020 election was stolen, but as we all know, was there no fraud. the election wasn t stolen and the big lie is still just that, a lie. the times also reports that eastman charged the trump campaign $270,000 and no surprise, given trump s long history of not paying his bills, it looks like trump never paid him. by the time mr. biden became president mr. eastman tried to be paid directly although two people with knowledge of the campaign s finances said he never was. john eastman has been under a lot of scrutiny from the justice depart