accuser. he s ordered to pay $83 million to the writer e. jean carroll. she s the victor was plaintiff in this case, as she first walked out of court with hers lawyers today. the jury deliberated for just under three hours. that is fast. it shows a very costly miscalculation that he, the ongoing defendant, made by lying and defaming her again after a previous cord victory. $18 million to compensate carroll. okay? that s what the jury foun and then the larger number, a massive $6 billion to punh this defiant defendant. i m going to walk you through why that is such a high number. the injure determined he acted maliciously. this is big in every sense, a large amount of money even for an wealthy defendant they can directly grab the money, as loan as trump owes this and the judgment is not somehow later reversed, the court system can take the 83 mill from his kits, his properties, period. this also sets a huge and significant press den, as legal, as legal reporters ctainly know,
but this is also a story about the workplace culture at britain s biggest commercial broadcaster. so let s take a look at what s happened so far. two weeks ago, schofield announced he was leaving this morning after 20 years. he suggested resigning had not been his choice. in a statement he said, i understand that itv has decided the current situation can t go on . a week later, he admitted to the affair with the younger colleague, and left itv completely. two days after that, his co star, holly willoughby issued a statement, saying she had asked schofield about the allegations when rumours emerged in 2020, but he had denied they were true. and now we understand that next week mps are to question itv executives over the developments, to see how the issue had been handled by the organisation. in his first interview since resigning from itv, mr schofield says he desperately regrets the relationship, but insists it was consensual and he strenuously denies claims that he groomed
makers and dealers i ll talk to tennessee state senator, london lamar, in just minutes. and later, outfoxed? fox news hit with the bigges media settlement in the united states history, for helpin amplify donald trump s big lie i want to know, has fox news learned its lesson all of that and more, is comin up and a good saturday morning to you, i am katie phang for the next 25 days, millions of women across the countr will still have access to th widely used abortion pill, mifepristone the united states supreme cour temporarily pu o lower court rulings that put restrictions on the drug nationwide this means patients can stil access mifepristone, excuse me by mail, and use it up to te weeks of pregnancy as appeal continue to play out in th fifth circuit. but this legal battle coul take months or even longer joining me now is nbc news investigative reporter, chlo atkins chloe, good morning. thanks for starting us off conservative justices clarence thomas and samuel alito
getting some of our biggest clues yet about the directions special counsel jack smith is taking the politically fraught and complex and unprecedented investigations of an ex president by the justice department. there are major developments in both the january 6 investigation and the probe into the classified documents. we ll get to that in a minute. but we begin with what we know about the sprawling criminal probe into the capitol insurrection and the coup plotted by the ex president and his allies and including those in the administration and in congress. as the new york times reports, jack smith steps us the pace, sorting through a mountain of evidence from the january 6 committee and looking to interview witnesses that did not speak to the congressional panel. from that times report, quote, did former president trump consume detailed information about foreign countries wild in office? how extensively did he seek information about whether voting machines had been tampered
thank you so much for once again letting us into your homes during these extraordinary times. we are grateful. the beat with ari melber starts rite now. thanks so much. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber, and we are tracking several stories for you tonight, including potentially remarks from president biden. but we begin right now with a mystery. consider that nobody really publicly has said they know exactly what secret deals were cut to make kevin mccarthy speaker. mccarthy isn t making it public even though there s been dribs and drabs in reports. house republicans actually say they are in the dark about what s been reported as a shod doe document, that there s a secret three-page addendum that includes mccarthy s most controversial conseeings to those so-called rebels. now controversial is one of those words that could mean different things to different people in politics, but that s reporting a lot of people in d.c. or people around mccarthy think it s controversi