jones now has to pay the parents of a sandy hook school shooting victim more than $4 million for the cruel and widespread and relentless lies that added to their heartache over a ten-year period. now, of course, this does fall way short of $150 million they did ask for in compensatory damages sought by little jessie lewis parents, a number their attorney said came from the number of people who believed the false claims of the hoax spewed by jones and the baseless arguments that the newtown s grieving parents were actors. the number also factored in the emotional and mental anguish those parents suffered and continue to suffer today for years of harassment by jones and his followers. he finally acknowledged what everyone else hopefully knew to be true, that the massacre was, quote, using his words after what ten years, 100% real. but the $4 million is actually not the end of the story, not in this courtroom, not in texas, because jones legal battles are actually far from
it s subway s biggest refresh yet. welcome back to morning joe. it is 6:00 in the morning in los angeles. 9:00 a.m. here on the east coast. as we begin our fourth hour of morning joe. i ll willie geist and let s dive right in with a new development surrounding the fbi search of president trump s mar-a-lago home in florida. they have until thursday to provide a rezakted copy of the affidavit and the former president is hinting at taking more legal action. senior washington correspondent hallie jackson has the latest. reporter: former president trump now teasing what he calls a major legal motion. he and his attorneys saying they plan to ask for a third party, a so-called special master to review what was taken by the fbi during their search of mar-a-lago. pointing to the fourth amendment which protects from unreasonable searches and seizures. one of the benefits of a special master, if the master agree with this, is we could stop the doj in their tracks when it comes
First of all, imagine for a moment someone tells you that theyre giving you a gift worth 237 million. I mean, thats enough money to make you want to shout. Write this, start making plans, telling everybody you know but then you find out that the actual value of that gift could be zero well, thats what happened this week on an historically black college, black University Campus in tallahassee, florida this would have been the largest donation ever to an hbcu and we know how these schools have been so underfunded, right . This one has had some very public financial challenges, especially but to understand this massive collapse, lets go back one week, to may 4 thats the de of florida a m universitys Commencement Gregory Two Rami is introduced as the ceo of better sun farms corporation. He gave a speech that ended with the Surprise Announcement along with a huge ceremonial check hundred and 37 million and bad away the money is in the bank all the cheering there. Did you hear the background
and the manhunt for a murderer not going according to plan. dense terrain and brutal heat as police struggle with the search now in its eighth day and new questions about how the killer got away and how another prisoner did pretty much the same thing just a few months ago. police expected to update the situation this afternoon. we ll bring you that when it happens. plus, democrats, you have a problem. new poll numbers painting a bleak picture for president biden s re-election campaign. concerns about his age, his job performance, and new numbers showing one republican with the best chance to beat him. can you guess who it is? we re following these developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. rescuers in turkey are rushing to save an american trapped deep inside a cave. mark dickey is more than 3,000 feet below the earth s surface. 300 stories. the 40-year-old is an experienced caving instructor who was part of a research team in the mor
you re watching cnn news central. we begin with breaking news. two major stories we re following right now. one overseas and the other on capitol hill. any moment we expect to hear from secretary of state antony blinken after a series of key meetings during his high-stakes trip to israel. soon the house is expected to debate an expulsion resolution for george santos. santos lashed out at colleagues during a news conference, accusing them of bullying in the wake of the scathing house ethics committee report. the report says santos spent thousands of dollars on botox, personal vacations, paying off personal credit cards and luxury goods. lauren fox is live on capitol hill. lauren, as lawmakers weigh whether to boot santos, what are the chances he survives this vote tomorrow as he s done on two previous occasions? reporter: that is the key question and what we ll be watching in the hours and day ahead. we expect this expulsion vote will come to the floor tomorrow in