hello, everyone. i m dana perino. it s 5:00 in new york city. this is the five. dana: america just when you thought you had seen every scandal out of washington, there s this. a staffer for democratic senator ben cardin is out of a job after a graphic sex tape was filmed in a historic senate hearing room. capitol police are investigating how it was allowed to happen. it was recorded last week, but the time of day is unclear. it s the same esteemed places where supreme court justices had their confirmation hearings, where the 9/11 commission uncovered what happened there, and it s where james comey testified against former president trump. the identities of the people involved in the video have not been confirmed, but legal experts think they could face criminal charges like trespassing. meanwhile some in the media are really spinning this story. nbc news blames conservative outlets for reporting that a democratic senate staffer filmed the sex video in a capitol hill heari
you have a great weekend. and to all of you joining us tonight, our breaking news. $148 million, today, a washington d. c. jury ordered rudy giuliani to pay 148 million, $169,000 to the two atlanta election workers who he falsely accused of election fraud, after donald trump lost the 2020 presidential election. the case began on monday of this week and, despite very vocal promises to do so, in the end, giuliani did not take the stand in his own defense. that left the jury with little to consider of the harrowing and compelling testimony from ruby freeman and shaye moss, who many met during the house select hearings. i stayed away from my home for approximately two months. it was horrible. i felt homkeless. i felt, i can t believe this person has caused just much damage to me and my family. to have to leave my home that i lived there for 21 years. lady ruby and her daughter describe to the jurors and vivid and emotional detail, how they were terrorized by racial threats, w
holding face to face meetings. we re live with the very latest. and 12 days until possible economic catastrophe as the negotiations on the debt ceiling hit snag after snag in washington. plus everyone is going to see this and witness a miracle. she s returned from a russian jail and playing in the wnba again. brittney griner returns to the court. andy scholes will break down her first game back since her release from a russian jail. we begin this hour japan as the ukrainian president begins his in-person appeal for support at the g7 summit. he arrived a short time ago tweeting that peace will become closer today. he will be meeting with many of the world leaders gathered there beginning with italy s prime minister. joe biden has given him a boost agreeing to support training ukrainian pilots on f-16 fighter jets. the u.s. debt crisis is looming large over the summit threatening to rock the global economy. talks appear dead locked, but president biden says he s confi
twice impeached once indictment ex-president and his loyal attorney general s pledge to investigate the investigators. it was a flashing red warning sign, though, of the politization of the trump era justice department. now, after an investigation that lasted four years, twice as long as the russia probe, it was initially set up to investigate, special counsel john durham has released a final report. it s more than 400 pages long. our team of experts and reporters are combing through it. but the probe s many failures and contradictions and chaos that surrounded it have been reported on and they are out there for everyone to see including high-level resignations. john durham is not today bringing any new charges. he s lost both of the cases that he decided to bring to trial. that s why some of the people at the highest levels of that probe left. the probe s stunning clashes and ethical lapses and internal chaos have been documented and detailed in an extraordinary body of repo
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. tensions are running high in texas as an accused killer has now been on the run for more than 40 hours. the fbi has joined the manhunt for 38-year-old francisco oropesa. he has been a fugitive since friday night. that s when neighbors asked him to stop firing his rifle in his front yard because they were trying to get a baby to go to sleep. but police say oropesa then entered their home and began shooting. an 8-year-old boy was among the five neighbors gunned down almost execution-style in the words of the local sheriff. a short time ago, that sheriff spoke to the press. five people died in my county, and that is where my heart is, in my county, protecting my people to the best of our ability. we have over 150 policemen here yesterday looking for this suspect. today it s well over 200, and more officers from other agencies are coming in to help us find this suspect. cnn s ed lavandera is in cleveland, texas