pence as the rioters approached. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this thursday. big day, morning joe starts right now. tonight i come to you with a spring in my step, a song in my heart, emotionally and spiritually refreshed because you know how as humans we have to accept the fact that sometimes bad things happen to good people. well, by the grace of god, sometimes bad things happen to alex jones, and that s a good thing. oh, yes, conspiracy theorist alex jones ordered to pay nearly a billion dollars to sandy hook families for lying about the 2012 massacre being a hoax. we will speak with one of the plaintiffs in the case, a sandy hook mother. and you know, mika, we were watching this live, got breaking news. and as the verdicts were coming in, it was so painful. it was so painful. looking at the parents. you know, they re talking about, you know, basically a billion dollars in civic awards, and you just couldn t, you still looked at
more a part of maga mainstream as trump openly embraces their messaging. plus it has been a week dominated by major headlines, we re gonna mix it up with a new team to break them all down as the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. good evening once again i m stephanie ruhle, the former president and his week in even deeper legal jeopardy as he clings to political power in control of the gop tonight investigation into the classified documents seized at his club in florida is heating up. intel officials tell nbc news they have reviewed they, have resumed their view of the top secret records as they tried to figure out the potential damage to national security. this comes days after appeals court judges gave the greenlight to the feds to access the evidence remember, it has not been nearly seven weeks since the fbi search and trump has yet to explain what he was to doing with the documents in the first place. his former personal lawyer suggest trump s motives may have
actually invented that whole idea because of a pilot. they figure they need to do something, because in 1927 the pilot charles under very became the first person to fly nonstop solo across the atlantic ocean. he became the biggest celebrity in the world for doing that. there were parades held for him and international prizes, all kinds of honors. he instantly became the most famous man in the world when he did that in 1927. that is where time got the whole man of the year thing in the first place. they invented it specifically for him. amelia ehrhardt was the first woman to fly across the atlantic, and the first solo pilot to fly between hawaii and california. amelia airport is remembered mostly for going missing on and around the world flight in 1937. she really was a household name in the united states. she was a huge star. lindberg and her were not the only ones. the between the first and second world war, flying was a huge deal to americans. it was a nationwide craze. pil
probation who then fled the scene. that mother will join us in moments and she says she wants to put california in her rearview mirror for good. mike: headlines piling up in cities across america. murder, assault, rape, robbery, too much to keep track, even those who stand up to serve are themselves targeted. just this morning, three swat officers were rushed to the hospital after being shot while serving a murder warrant in philadelphia. authorities just now giving new information on their conditions. sandra: it s part of our team coverage of the crime wave continuing to plague cities from coast to coast. starting with the shooting in philadelphia, david lee miller has more. mike, growing anger and frustration in philadelphia over surging crime following a gun fight this morning that left three swat officers injured. two have been released from the hospital. another officer was shot in the chest. 29 year department veteran is kept for observation. serving an arrest w
and you know, we get into law school every so often on this program and we get into barack obama s unearthed law school manuscript and what he says about safeguarding american democracy, which is pretty relevant. but we begin with huge breaking news. a billion dollar verdict. that is the total damages for the liar proven in court to be a liar and right wing conspiracy theorist, alex jones. the lies matter. because the sanctions for them matter. because what is happening right now tonight in america is according to so many victims family, justice long overdue for these families who lived through the unthinkable. the murder of their children at sandy hook and the man you see on your screen tried to lie about and harass and defame and profit off all that. well that ends. that ends today. that was put to an end in court with and i want you to hear this number because it is way larger than any number i have ever read in any newscast to you as news. $965 million in damages against