i m abby philip, and washington, where today cameras captured what might be the final chapter in a truly american story. a jury, sentencing the man once known as america s mayor to what is, essentially, a financial death penalty. rudy giuliani, now on the hook for $148 million. $148 million for the harm he caused to two women. shame moss, and ruby freeman. moss and freeman are the georgia election workers whose lives were forever altered after giuliani made them the crux of a nonsense voter fraud conspiracy. now, the sheer size of this penalty is, really, stunning. 16 million for defaming freemen, 16 million for defaming moss. 40 million for emotional distress to both women, and 75 million in punitive damages. moments after following the verdict, the two women thanked the jury, but said that today s result does not atone for two years of turmoil. the flame that giuliani lit with those lies, and passed on to so many others to keep the flame blazing changed every aspect of ou
with a with ah, [000:00:00;00] with the crown believable and i mentioned a resume to the order of the committee of tonight the chair declares the committee in recess for a period of approximately 10 minutes. okay. ah . okay. well they certainly a lot to unpack here. chair bony thompson said the general 6 riots was the culmination of an attempted coup. we then heard from representative liz cheney, a republican who also had a strong opening remarks. and we ve just watch some, pretty harrowing footage of a 1st hand account of what he can put it from offices on the ground. can he to panic in the voices? they tried to hold back the right is and then repeated. we have lost the line. we have lost the line, so let s bring in our report. and now heidi j. castro, who was covering or he s covering that hearing heidi talk is through your perspective, what was the tone like for you? what stood out to you most in that sort of 1st hour of the hearing? yes, there is so much and pack explosiv
the seat of american democracy, overwhelming police and delaying the certification of the presidential election until 3:42 a.m. lawmakers were forced to flee the house and senate chambers while law enforcement, with guns drawn, tried to protect the entrances. at least nine people died as a result of that day, and more than 140 police officers were injured. but the violent insurrection at the capitol is only part of the story. members of the committee believe the deadly assault is just the most visible evidence of a broader plot to undermine american democracy, one that emanated from the white house. and as the committee members enter the room, we should point out that there are seven democrats and two republicans on this committee. their staff with them has conducted more than 1,000 interviews. they ve gathered tens of thousands of documents. and now they have a difficult job of making this compelling case to the american people tonight about how close we came to losing our d
here. from all of our colleagues across the networks of msnbc news, thank you for staying up late and i will see all of you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow now it is a top of the hour. we are looking at live images of the cannon caucus room at the u.s. capitol. members of the january six investigation are about to enter the room and take their seats. in terms of what we are expecting, here betty thompson is expected to gavel the hearing in the session. as i was mentioning we expect opening statements both from chairman thompson, and from the republican vice chair liz cheney. we also know that there are two live witnesses, who are slated to testify tonight. capitol hill police officer who was injured, and the attack. also documentary filmmaker, who captured footage on january 6th that we will be seeing for the first time tonight. he is and that it with the pro trump paramilitary group, the proud boys that was a subject of a seditious conspiracy, federal felony indictment earl
With the investigation, cnn reports this, questions asked of two recent witnesses indicate smith is focusing on how money raised off those baseless claims of voter fraud was used to fund attempts to breach Voting Equipment in several states won by joe biden and squarely in jack smiths sights, unindicted coconspirator number three, thats trump codefendant attorney Sidney Powell. Cnn reports this, quote, according to sources, witnesses interviewed by jack smiths prosecutors in recent weeks were asked about powells role in the hunt for evidence of vote fraud after the 2020 election. Including how her Nonprofit Group defending the republic provided money to fund those efforts. If team trump was literally trying to break into the Voting Machines after the fact, then the truth spun by chris krebs about the security of the 2020 election was a real fly in the ointment. There is no foreign power that is flipping votes. There is no domestic actor flipping votes. I did it right. We did it right.