the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. lord, you have been our guiding place in all generations. you laid the earth s foundation on the seas and built it on the ocean depths. each day we receive the showers of your blessings. thank you for listening to our prayers and for keeping us safe. thank you for giving us hope, even when life seems covered by shadows. lord, continue to sustain our senators. give them wisdom and courage to do their duty. keep them humble, and help them to trust you completely. we pray in your matchless name, amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the c
children, staffers at sandy hook elementary school nearly ten years ago. conspiracy peddler and profiteer alex jones slandered this little girl s memory with his online rantings and tormted his father robby who you ll hear from tonight. take a look at dylan, also 6 and also murdered in the worst mass shooting this country has ever endured and conspiracy profiteer slandered his memory for money. alex jones also slandered the memory of school psychologist. when she first heard shots she left her office, ran toward the gunman doing her best to warn others and save lives before the killer murdered her. no one can possibly imagine what her family, mhave been through
have, which he doesn t, indifference to his victim s tears. to plaintiff robby parker, a, defamation slash slandered damages, $60 million. b, emotional stress damages, $60 million. total fair to plaifs robert parker and against alex jones online a and line b a total of $120 million initialed by juror number one. in all jurors awarded $965 million for defamation by jones and his company for falsely denying the incident, denying their losses and portraying them as so-called crisis actors. that s something that does not exist outside the fevered dreams of conspiracy theorists. then we see footage of one of the reported fathers of the victim, robby parker, doing
and i really did this for my surviving son, jake. he s been through so much pain already. and he s 18 now, and i want him to live in a future where he won t be harassed, where people won t come up to him and say, oh, you were part of that sandy hook hoax. i want him to believe in the good of people and the power of humanity, and i m hoping that this is going to provide that for him, restore his faith and belief as well. nicole and erica and robby and bill i appreciate your time tonight. and i so appreciate your strength and continuing this fight. thank you. thank you, anderson. thank you. it is a remarkable victory. our legal panel next on the likelihood of even getting a penny out of alex jones. and later a significant
end, and it s not over. how did you feel today hearing the verdict? you know, in the first when first number came out for robby i realized this was going to be something historic. and the it was just the rush of feelings and emotions was just completely overwhelming. and i think i missed a lot after that because i was very much in the sort of, oh, my gosh, they are really sending a message here and this is going to create change. so it s been such an up and down ride especially these last few weeks, and i m just feeling very positive because some justice is being done. robby, for you what was that moment like? i don t even know i can speak to the moment just, like, for myself because i was so concentrated on what this meant