donald trump in a defamation lawsuit. we ll explain why the doj is backing off its previous position. plus two months worth of rain in two days. vermont is just starting the recovery process from that disaster. we ll get an update from one of the state s top lawmakers. all right, good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, july 12th. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. we begin with the major developments out of the nato summit in lithuania. the alliance says it will invite ukraine to join but only when allies agree and conditions are met. the group did not give a time line or details on what those conditions might be. vague wording is in line with what president joe biden said last week, calling a pathway to membership for ukraine, quote, premature while it is at war with russia. as the new york times points out, it appears the president and like minded allies have prevailed over poland in baltic nations that wanted a formal invitation for ukraine t
and lots of questions to answe so let s get started buckle up for what i anticipated to be a wild ride. donald trump is set to arriv in new york city tomorrow as the former president prepare to surrender to law enforcemen in manhattan courthouse on tuesday afternoon. plus, a judge denying medi empire fox news s request to keep the case from going to jury my question, just how big of a legal lost in fox news suffe on friday? then later, the culture is a ipi woman. i sat down with some trailblazers to talk about wha it means to be an asia american woman in today america. all of that and more is coming up donald trump is set to arriv in new york tomorrow i had one of the biggest court appearances we have ever see in united states history it truly will be unprecedented a former president facin felonies will go before judge. trump is spending the weeken in florida and was only briefl seeing driving by the smal pockets of supporters that hav gathered outside of hi mar-a-lago estat
that found the former president is liable for sexual abuse and defamation in a separate civil trial filed by carroll. the doj also brought up trump s continued bashing of carroll after he left office saying that this is proof his motivations were indeed personal. meanwhile, carroll wants to dismiss a counter defamation lawsuit filed by trump. his suit is over comments she made on cnn the day after she won her civil trial. carroll doubled down on her rape allegation even though the jury only found trump liable for sexual abuse. in a 29-page filing her attorney argues that trump s claim has no substance because, quote, carroll s statements are not plausibly acceptable and as a defamatory meaning are substantially true or uttered without malice and are protected by the fair reporting privilege. wow, there s a lot of cases to unpack and legal eze to work through. still ahead much more from the nato summit as president biden gives from a meeting with
to stop writer e. jean carroll from amending her defamation lawsuit. she is now seeking at least $10 million in damages. she was already awarded $5 million in her sexual abuse and defamation case against him. trump s attorneys are pushing to have the amended lawsuit thrown out and saying she is trying to retrofit the part of the case that favors her. and it is safe guarded by fair reporting privilege. the field of the republican people seeking the presidency is yoeing. chris christie is expected to announce his kacandidacy later today. and doug burgum teased a potential bid announcement on wednesday. meantime new hampshire s republican governor chris sununu tells cnn he won t be entering the presidential race but he still has sharp criticism for trump s candidacy. in an exclusive interview with
decide whether they released false information with knowledge of a reckles disregard of whether was fak or not jeremy peters s new york times correspondent in msnbc contributor. jeremy, you like i has bee tracking this case for a while and we were both looking to se what was going to happen fro the summary judgment notions and listen as judge eric davis on friday decimated much o foxes potential offenses rulin that fox cannot invoke the neutral report privilege because the evidence does no support that fox conducted goo faith reporting and the charge also blocking fox from using the fair reporting privilege because the statements made by fox and his guests were no related to officia proceedings. explain to our viewers why thi is such a major setback for fox. because when the jury gets case and several of foxes ke arguments will not be availabl for its lawyers to make. several of these will alread