now is elizabeth williamson of the new york times who was in the austin courtroom today. she s the author of an extraordinary book called sandy hook: an american tragedy and the battle for truth. elizabeth, what happened in the courtroom today after the judge left the room? it was an emotional day to say the least, anderson. at the end of that day, after the judge went back to her chambers, alex jones approached scarlett lewis and neil heslin, jesse s parents, shook their hands. i think scott garland offered him a bottle of water, because he had been coughing through s testimony. and he was telling them that he was sorry. the lawyers kind of got into the middle of this because they see this as a kind of gambit because jones has repeatedly said that he s apologized to the parents, but this has always been a backhanded apology, bookended by another charge against them for being an actor.
arguments, leaving steve bannon were not many options and no way to make good on his threat. pray for our enemies. we are going medieval on this. we are going to savage our enemies. pray for them. who needs prayers? not maga, not war room, and certainly not stephen k. bannon. i spoke too soon, he is now actually speaking about himself and the third person. i must say, he sounded like i did when i was 11 years old playing dungeons and dragons. cnn s katelyn polantz was in the d. c. courtroom today and was outside when stephen bannon spoke out. what was it like inside the courtroom today? anderson, when we arrived this morning, we really thought that it would be very smooth. this case got off very quickly, the jury would be seated, and we will be off to the races with opening statements. that is not what happened at all. i actually want to highlight a little bit of what steve bannon said outside the court, because it echoed some of the strategy that his lawyers were trying inside t
because there are no exceptions for rape in ohio. some claimed the family s story was not true. tonight, a suspect has now been charged in the case. and what ohio authorities are now saying. here s alex perez. rape or incest. the 27-year-old suspect, who authorities say is undocumented, arraigned in a columbus courtroom today. prosecutors saying he admitted having sexual contact with the girl. the ohio attorney general issuing a statement, saying, my heart aches for the pain.
sent text messages to mark meadows, pushing the whit house to overtur the election results tonight in a letter obtained by nbc news thomas lawyer says he has not seen any reason for her to testify and that the committee he says needs a better justification why it s relevant lester peter alexander starting us off, thank you. five days after the supreme court overturned roe v. wade the country is now caught in a confusing patchwork of abortion laws and challenges with many patients and providers alike wondering what they should do. anne thompson now with the latest reporter: the battle over kentucky s abortion trigger law moving to a courtroom today. your honor, there is a real vagueness problem here with the trigger ban. reporter: kentucky one of 12 states where the future of abortion services is now in court, causing confusion for patients, doctors, and lawmakers alike. i don t think it could get more confusing. reporter: dr. gabrielle goodrick leads arizona s camelback
showing, you know, just what we re all feeling. i thought that was really i know it was hard for you, and i you were crying for me, too. anna, thank you very much for saying that. my question is, what do we do to stop or prevent the next one? for starter s we call them out. thank you very much. thank you two. let s turn to ukraine now. a nato military official says the momentum has significantly shift in the ukraine s favor, but the stalemate on the battlefield with russia could last weeks. and in a key courtroom today, a russian soldier pleaded guilty in the first war crimes trial since the invasion began.