good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. donald j trump, the current front runner for the 2024 republican nomination as now been found liable for sexually abusing writer e. jean carroll. the jury of six men and three women announced the verdict late this afternoon after a civil trial that lasted two weeks. nbc s laura jarrett has the details. can we have a statement please? a resoundingly win for e. jean carroll. finding former resident trump sexually abused her and then defamed her by calling her story a lie, awarding her $5 million. the jury swiftly returning their unanimous verdict after fewer than three hours of deliberations. in a statement tonight, carroll saying, this vector is not just for me but for every woman who has ever because she was not believed. over the course of two weeks, they heard flip carroll tearful dressing room at bergdorf goodman. two friends she told at need time, along with two other women who accused mr. trump of making unwanted adv
word in this program tonight. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts nowtephanie ruhle starts now tonight, the $5 million of the verdict. former president donald trump find liable for sex abuse and defamation. we will break down the legal and political fallout. then, congressman george santos now facing federal charges. what we know as calls for his resignation continue for both sides of the aisle. and, with the clock ticking on the debt ceiling, president biden met with congressional leaders. what went down and is congress any closer to a deal? as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again i m stephanie ruhle. donald j trump, the current front runner for the 2024 republican nomination as now been found liable for sexually abusing writer e. jean carroll. the jury of six men and three women announced the verdict late this afternoon after a civil trial that lasted two weeks. and the s laura jarrett has the details. can we have statement? ple
once again with iranian-built kamikaze drones. we will have a live report from kyiv. and also we will speak with former ukrainian president poroshenko about his reaction and the very latest in the war. and you will hear the exclusive one-on-one interview with georgia republican senate county herschel walker. what he said about claims he paid for an abortion. plus, a california community relieved after police say they caught a suspected serial killer. and xi jinping is poised to win an unprecedented third term in office. we ll get the latest from beijing. we will look into the importance of language in identity. we will go inside what is becoming a big debate about spanish and cultural. and we begin this hour with the breaking news out of ukraine where the country s dam was struck again by another were round of russian strikes overnight. kyiv s mayor says the city was struck by iranian-made kamikaze drones that hit critical infrastructure and a residential building.
grandiose plans, this thing is not over. what kind of damage is russia doing day in and day out to ukraine, just today they launched 15 missiles into kyiv. yeah, i think there s no question that where is the beginning of the war the russian strategy was to decapitate the ukrainian government, take over kyiv and control it. whether trying to do now is hold defensive positions. they have gained territories the beginning of the war in southern and eastern ukraine. holding that with a kind of trench warfare, grinding out, be willing to throw their larger manpower at the ukrainians to hold or territory, willing to lose tens if not hundreds of thousands of people while they simultaneously bombard kyiv, hit critical infrastructure, terrorize civilians, and just try to wait it out. whether it s one, year three, years five years, their strategy is, we re gonna try to hold what we ve, got make it so miserable for the ukrainians that they lose their will to fight in the americans and the europe
is hold defensive positions. and they have gained territories at the beginning of the war in southern and eastern ukraine. holding that with a kind of trench warfare, grinding out, be willing to throw their larger manpower at the ukrainians to hold that territory, willing to learn if not hundreds of thousands of people while they simultaneously bombard kyiv, hit critical infrastructure, terrorize civilians, and just try to wait it out. whether it s one, year three, five years, their strategy is, we are going to try to hold what we ve, got make it so miserable for the ukrainians that they lose their will to fight and that the americans and europeans lose there we ll to continue to on the ukrainians on the scale of they have. that s the bet he is. making that he can still walk out of this we re with more territory something that he can declare victory, but the only way he can do that, again, is by terrorizing civilians and by slaughtering his own people in the frontline. terrorizing ci