of people that included roger stone and steve bannon urging trump to declare victory regardless of the results, the actual legal results, of the 2020 election. now the january 6th select committee cites a memo that fitton wrote for trump in the run-up to election day, i think the summer before the election, as evidence that in the words of committee member zoe love gren friend the big lie was untensional, promeditated and a plan concocted in advance. here s a snippet from the january 6th select committee s final hearing. a few days before the election, mr. trump also consulted with one of husband outside advisers inside activist tom fitton about the strategy for election night. the select committee got this pre-prepared statement from the national archives. as you can see, the draft statement, which was sent on october 31st, declares we had an election today and i won, and the fitton memo specifically indicates a plan that only the votes counted by the election day deadline
hire, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york on a very busy day of news and more details on what promises to be a blockbuster hearing on the january 6 hearing and we ll have much more on that. we begin with the verdict in the alex jones trial where a jury has just awarded nearly $1 billion in damages to the family members of the sandy hook victims, people who suffered from the lines that alex jones started spreading hours after the massacre. harry lipman joins us, a former u.s. attorney and former deputy assistant attorney general. let me just not go the down the rabbit holes of alex jones but the families had pain and suffering from the massacre being described as a hoax and the nearly billion dollars in damages does nothing, nothing to deal with their grief but it was as signal, it seems harry, that the jury felt that it was represent henceible. even his defense attorney said in close, nicole. this is a despicable human being and, of course, he s the vilest vermin out there on
Flight home. I got an early flight. I thought i was making out well. Now i feel groggy. Reporter millions watched them on tv but they got a glimpse of it on the streets of new orleans. It was an amazing experience, walking up bourbon street with thousands of clanting ravens chanting ravens fans. The town painted itself purple for us. Reporter but they said while the players battled on the field, they faced a different kind of competition in the stapsd stands, simply because they were ravens fans. We were surprised to see 49ers fans there. Prior to there were only ravens fans. Thats the difference between watching it at the super bowl and actually on our couch. Reporter the spirited banter only grew loud are. Did you get nervous about the team when the 49ers started coming back . I did. My dlad is a diehard steelers fans. He hates the ravens so we had to go for the 49ers. Reporter you were going for the 49ers . I was going for the ravens. One person was disappointed that the only famous
Stick quickly. 29. Damascus. A coating to an inch. It will be slick first thing in the morning. Well have or on that land a look at the next snow after this. Its straight ahead. Thanks a lot, wyatt. Ravens nation is still celebrating the teams super bowl victory against the 49ers. Well be welcoming the team home tomorrow with a parade at city all. Cheryl, what do you have for us . Reporter the city is planning to host thousands of people here tomorrow morning, but tonight we are hearing those microphones get a test and the purple light and the fences are up lining the parade route which will start mat city hall. It will go down commerce street and continue to howard and pratt. At 10 45, youll see players, including ray lewis and coach John Harbaugh as they get a big baltimore welcome home. Their destin disaition is m t bank stadium, the office of promotion. A bold win can bring a big above the to baltimore. We talked to Tracy Baskerville and so many saw baltimore and the spotlight. She
Come through this past weekend. Some places maybe getting up to a half an inch or fluffy one inch. This is coming on through. Supposed to get out of here later. Well talk more about this in your evening forecast and any more clippers coming your way. I think there will be. See you then. Thank you. The party in new orleans rolled into the wee hours of the morning. Celebrating a second superbowl championship with a thrilling win over the San Francisco 49ers. Scott smith joins us now. What a way to cap off an incredible season. Just to think this team limped into the playoffs losing 4 of their last 5 and they were the under dog. It was almost as if they got better the more they were down. And what a way to end last night after marching out to a 216 halftime lead. The ravens looked to provide the back breaker here. Jones returned the run 108 yards. The longest single play in superbowl history. A 22 point baltimore lead. But it was not safe. After a power outage and a fewer rhus niner come