it s good to be back with you on this second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, former trump chavp chief of staff mark meadows is trying to move his georgia case to federal court. the skepticism we re hearing from the judge. overseas, national security adviser jake sullivan is back in the middle east and in the middle of a diplomatic high wire act. the big change israel just announced during his trip. and payback, the senate just passed a major bill granting back pay to hundreds of service members who had their promotions held up for months by republican senator tommy tuberville. and how one florida beach city is using something called tiger dams. they re 2 feet high, 50 feet long, and they re using them to fight back against potential flooding. we expect a storm this weekend that will affect the entire east coast. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, but we start in georgia where an appeals court heard mark meadows arguments
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you have a great weekend. and to all of you joining us tonight, our breaking news. $148 million, today, a washington d. c. jury ordered rudy giuliani to pay 148 million, $169,000 to the two atlanta election workers who he falsely accused of election fraud, after donald trump lost the 2020 presidential election. the case began on monday of this week and, despite very vocal promises to do so, in the end, giuliani did not take the stand in his own defense. that left the jury with little to consider of the harrowing and compelling testimony from ruby freeman and shaye moss, who many met during the house select hearings. i stayed away from my home for approximately two months. it was horrible. i felt homkeless. i felt, i can t believe this person has caused just much damage to me and my family. to have to leave my home that i lived there for 21 years. lady ruby and her daughter describe to the jurors and vivid and emotional detail, how they were terrorized by racial threats, w
the democratic side, james lane on the republican side, and kyrsten sinema, of course, an independent from arizona, who is trying to bridge both sides while staying in communication with house members. remember, that s where she came from, she has those relationships and those bonds, including what speaker mike johnson, who she told me she has spoken to, and she has kept at least somewhat of the contours are looking like right here. what s on the table here is certainly overhaul of the current status quo, immigration system, as we continue to see these record numbers on the border. it s things that progresses progressives antisemitic lawmakers are certainly called about. they re calling it unimaginably cool, and in response to that, sinema told me just yesterday they are saying that because they are not the ones at the table, in the room, trying to get what would be a historic deal in immigration, something we haven t done in four decades in congress. passed through the s
and rudy giuliani were subpoenaed to testify by the fulton county district attorney in georgia. about their involvement in trump s scheme to overturn the election results in that state. the da also subpoenaed three other lawyers, whose names you may remember from the january six hearings, jenna alice, clara mitchell, and kenneth chesebro, all of them appear before the special grand jury in fulton county. at the same, time those subpoenas also subpoenaed senator lindsey graham. again, related to his involvement in that scheme. for context, ten days after the 2020 election senator graham placed a phone call to georgia secretary of state, brad raffensperger. the georgia secretary of state told the washington post at the time, he was stunned by graham s request to toss out huge swath of legally cast ballots. but a few days later, senator graham denied he d ever said such a thing, instead he said that he wanted to talk about the process for future elections. did you or did yo