plus, house democratic leader hakeem jeffries is here at the table as republicans struggle to do anything with their majority in the chamber. and arizona secretary of state demanding the justice department take action to protect election workers. grab your coffee, settle in, welcome to the weekend. we begin with the verdict and e. jean carroll s defamation case against donald trump. the 83.3 million dollar award includes 65 million in punitive damages. friday s verdict came after an eventful day in court. trump stormed out of the courtroom during closing arguments while carroll s lawyer were telling jurors that the former president is a liar who thinks quote, the rules don t apply to him. joining us now, former u.s. attorney chuck rosenberg, he is an msnbc contributor and former senior fbi official. also with us, msnbc host and legal analyst katie phang. katie, in the run up to this verdict, the big question was, what number is going to be big enough to make donald trump st