moment that you will be forgiven if you don t remember are missed at the time, a lot happened on this day, but at his speech before the insurrection on january six, president trump had a lot to say about bias on the supreme court. you know, look, i am not happy with the supreme court. they love to rule against me. the supreme court, they rule against me so much, you know why, because the story is, i have not spoken to any of them since virtually they got in, but the story is, that they re puppets. the only way they can go out to, because they hate that, not good on the social circuit, and they only way to get out is to rule against trump. let s rule against trump, and they do that. now, in reality, the current supreme court is one of the most conservative courts in modern history. they are the court that overturned roe and ended affirmative action, all practically speaking, gave it to citizens united. conservatives dominate the bench, 6 to 3. but donald trump is not compl
that s right. it s an important public service announcement. i encourage everybody to watch at 8:00 and 9:00. this is usually ari s hour. who can do it like ari? i wish you a happy holiday. you made it through two hours of a holiday rock block. did it. i m sorry we re not in the same studio. have a great, restful, well-deserved holiday. enjoy your rock block. i will. thank you all at home for joining me this hour. i m not ari. i m alex wagner. this is the beginning of a two-hour rock block thick with news. we begin here. it s a moment that you are forgiven if you don t remember it or if you missed it at the time. a lot happened on this day. at his speech before the insurrection on january 6, president trump had a lot to say about bias on the supreme court. you know, look, i m not happy with the supreme court. they love to rule against me. the supreme court, they rule against me so much. you know why? because the story is, i haven t spoken to any of them, any o
fulton county election workers ruby freeman and shaye moss a staggering $148 million in damages for the lies mr. giuliani spread about them. giuliani has already said he will appeal the ruling. and we will get some expert help on what that means for this case, in just a second. but throughout this trial we have learned so much more about what exactly happened here. most of what we understood about ruby freeman and shaye moss s story before this trial was about the lies giuliani and trump pushed about these two women and the threats that followed. and what we ve learned through the trial is how much those threats actually impacted their lives. he was ruby freeman s at the court after today s verdict. i want people to understand this. money will never solve all of my problems. i can never move back into the house that i call home. i will always have to be careful about where i go and who i choose to share my name with. i miss my home. i miss my neighbors. and i missed my name
of the fox corporation to settle defamation lawsuit brought by dominion voting systems continue today. fox will pay dominion a record $787.5 million, while fox news was largely silent on the massive payouts. senate majority leader chuck schumer was not rupert murdoch s legacy is forever sealed as the network that sought to undermine american democracy. one prime time segment. at a time and dominion isn t done either they have pending lawsuits against the right wing networks, o a n and newsmax as well as against allies of the former president rudy giuliani, mike lindell and sidney powell. in a moment, we re going to talk to former fox anchor gretchen carlson in her first interview since the settlement, but before we do, it is worth noting that fox is legal jeopardy is far from over the voting technology companies . smartmatic is suing the network for $2.7 billion for they say we re over 100 false and misleading on your statement. it s about them. and fox also faces the very re
dangerous rhetoric. we re talking, of course, about the elevation of some of the fringiest of the fringe members of the republican caucus, the seats on important congressional committees. when we say it is happening on today of all days, that s because today would have been the late congressman elijah cummings 72nd birthday. he passed away in 2019, the son of sharecroppers, he would go on to become a force of nature in congress, and ultimately the chairman of the powerful house oversight committee. when we re dancing with the angels, the question will be asked, in 2019, what did we do to make sure we kept our democracy in tact? did we stand on the sidelines and say nothing? there are efforts to stop people from voting. that s not right! this is not russia! this is the united states of america! and i will fight until the death to make sure every citizen, whether they re green party, whether they re freedom party, whether they re democrat, whether they re republican, whoever