2020 election. we re still not done. an nbc news analysis finds jack smith s grand jury has interviewed dozens of witnesses from little known campaign aides to the former vice president of the united states. and smith s questions are, quote, focused particularly on the fake elector scheme. smith is also said to be focused on that unhinged december 18th oval office meeting about seizing voting machines. the meeting was full of insults and conspiracy theory, concerning powell, michael flynn. here s how the people in the room described that december 18th meeting. someone screamed at me that i was a quitter, kept on standing up and turning and around screaming at me. they were fighting. the first thing i walked in and i looked at them and said who are you? people fighting with each other and hurling insults at each other. what they were proposing i thought was nuts. how nuts was it? this was the draft executive or they were pushing trump to sign: it was not written
for donald trump. we ll get into that. plus, some of the week s other top stories. take a look. in the city, jerry finding donald trump liable for a sexual abuse and defamation. the unanimous decision was handed down after less than three hours of deliberation. trump now must pay $5 million in damages to rider e. jean carroll. and e. jean carroll joins us now along with her attorney roberta kaplan. good morning to you both. how are you feeling this morning? on top of the world. yesterday was the happiest day of my life. was it? how come? [laughter] what was the feeling? because the former president had smeared me so badly and so evenly, and was such malice and such despite that it wasn t until yesterday that i got back on my feet. and so, my name is back, and robbie kaplan got it back for me. there are a lot of people who wondered why you would bring this case, not just because of the time, but because you know, you are from new york. you understand who donald tru
with my colleagues mark morale us enough impresarios. we have new details on what may have been the most important meeting in the world today. one to prevent global financial meltdown and economic doom here at home, as america stares down the possibility of its first ever debt default. was any progress made? president biden addressed americans tonight and the key congressional players who met with him or talking. but first the verdict in manhattan. the federal jury finding donald trump liable for sexually abusing e. jean carroll in a manhattan department store dressing room in the mid 90s. he owes carol $5 million for battery and defamation. carol reacted in a statement, saying, quote, they the world finally knows the truth. trump s response, quote, i have absolutely no idea who this woman is. this verdict is a distant race, continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all-time. today s development follows the ex presidents criminal indictment on 34 felony counts in a hush mone
generations. we know in our bones that our democracy is at risk and we know this is your moment to defend it, preserve and protect it, choose it. i want you to know we ll meet this moment. every freedom loving american needs to understand the time stands up to this growing left wing tyranny is right now. if you want to save your rights and liberties, you have to start by dealing a humiliating rebuke to the radical left of this election. this is so important, this election. the current and former president delivering their final speeches of this midterm campaign. but donald trump had a lot more than this election on his mind. we re also going to hear the closing pitches from the candidates themselves and several key races that could determine the balance of power in washington. plus, how speaker nancy pelosi gives her first interview since the brutal attack on her husband. we ll have all of that for you straight ahead. good morning. welcome to way too early on this tue
the desantis dogma as he misquotes a bible gets underway on this monday night. good evening i m alicia menendez in for stephanie ruhle. we have breaking news tonight the may offer new clues as to why the justice department moved so swiftly with a search and seizure that turned up 11 sets of classified documents at mar-a-lago. the new york times reports the government has managed to retrieve hundreds of classified documents from the former president since he left office almost exactly 19 months ago. the times writes quote, the initial batch of documents which eve by the national archives from former president donald trump in january included more than 150 marked as classified. multiple people briefed on the matter said. in total, the government has recovered more than 300 documents with classified markings from mr. trump since he left office, the people said, a first batch of documents returned in january, another set provided by mr. trump s aides to the justice department in