castro in for alicia menendez. as we get to the our immigration talks come to the wire as homeland security chief, alejandro mayorkas meets with bipartisan senators, the clock is ticking on a deal. and progress is slow. while we are not denying crucial aid for our allies, gop lawmakers spend their time on bogus impeachment schemes. california congressman, robert garcia, and what happens next. also tonight, paying the price, how this week, multimillion dollar ruling against rudy giuliani could have ramifications beyond his bank account. and how might home states attorney general is doubling down on extremism after surviving a recent impeachment. this is american voices. we are just over one week from christmas. most lawmakers have already gone home for the holidays. earlier today, a few, along with homeland security chief, alejandro mayorkas, had a rare weekend session to try to hammer out some kind of deal on immigration before the end of the year. while they have not r
i m julián castro, in for alicia menendez. welcome to american voices. we begin with paying a hefty price for pushing a big lie. on friday, trump s former personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, was ordered to pay a whopping hundred 48 billion dollars for defaming to georgia election workers. elie freeman and her daughter shaye moss. by repeatedly and falsely accusing them of election fraud, during an emotional testimony on wednesday, freeman said those lies unleashed a mob of angry trump supporters after them. she was flooded with racist and violent threats. forcing her to moveut of her home. many of those messages were shared with the jury. and they listened. the jury unanimously decided giuliani was liable for defamation. intentional affliction of emotional distress, civil conspiracy and punitive damages. after the verdict, freeman and moss said their lives will never be the same again. the flame that giuliani lit with those lies and passed so many others to keep that flame b
between the memorabilia and the murder? the question is who is going to benefit by these two deaths. jessica was the only child and she is the sole heir. sole heir. was there somebody else who stood to gain? investigators would discover a clue. by far the most important piece of evidence that was in the case. that would reveal a mind-blowing betrayal. somebody with a sick mind, that s all i know. welcome to dateline. it was a hobby that turned into a passion, collecting. and they were good at it. amassing a fortune that they kept right there in their home. it is also where their bodies were found and the question was obvious who stood to gain? with the answer to who killed him be that simple? here is dennis murphy with the collector. if you travels take you to the ozarks in southwestern missouri, that splendid lake country, you maybe have passed or trout fishing on the mind. or perhaps you are heady to catch the stage shows. but there was no tour guide that
over a weekend session to try and hammer out some sort of deal on immigration before the end of the year. while they haven t reached a deal, several have cited, quote, unrest. anything to say about the negotiation? yes, we made progress, things are good. we are here, tomorrow it is all good. we know senate negotiators will be on the hill next week trying to work on the immigration side of the deal. so president biden s foreign aid package could pass. when republicans are holding aid to ukraine, israel, and other u.s. allies hostage to president biden agrees to short-circuit our nation silent system, comes as no surprise after all, today s micah dominated gop caucus zealously embraces donald trump s extreme anti immigrant agenda. republicans are proposing reads like a stephen miller wish list. a return of title 42, the expulsion of migrants without allowing the asylum, toughening the stand for granting asylum, bringing back wide scale migrated attention, and limiting exe
the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with florida governor ron desantis set to launch his campaign today in an audio interview on twitter conducted by elon musk, part of an attempt to reset the table as donors express concern. there are other unconventional aspects like this dramatic teaser video tweeted out by his wife. is it worth the fight? do i have the courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it every single time. jessica dean has more from miami. reporter: news coming on tuesday that makes it official, something that has been talked about for months and months. ron desantis will announce that he is running for the republican nomination for president. what is unique is that he will be sitting down to do so with the owner of twitter, elon musk. he will be doing that on wednesday night. that is not typically how someone would announce their candidacy, but it goes with what we ve been told about what the likely campa