the move comes after the u.s. embassy issued a security alert highlighting retaliatory gang violence in the area. across the pond, king charles won t carry out royal in the agents for the next month as he continues to recover from prostate surgery. the king will still be available for state matters with queen camilla adding that he is doing well. a chaotic scene out of a children s book as circus s forced closures on an indiana highway after a vehicle fire. police later confirmed all the zebrasnd camels were rescued and contained safely. you knew it was going to happen after the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. some sobering headlines, a sobering reality. congresswoman barbara lee of california joins us to talk about that in just a moment. > bid you all a good day from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome to alex witt rep we begin this hour with the breaking news that three u.s. service members are dead and more than two dozen injured in a drone strike in n
welcome to prime time weekend. i m chris hayes. let s get right to the week s top stories. 83 point $3 million. that s a lot of money. that s how much donald trump has just been ordered to pay writer e. jean carroll for repeatedly defaming her after she accused him of sexual assault. the jury spent four days hearing about what donald trump to. and witnessing his ongoing contempt towards both the proceedings in front of them and towards e. jean carroll with their own eyes. carol s attorney had asked the jurors to reach a jury verdict that would stop him from further defaming the woman that he has been defaming and harassing for the past five years. today, after deliberating for less than three hours, the jury came through. they awarded carroll seven point $3 million in emotional damages, $11 million in reputational damages, and a whopping $65 million in punitive damages, which is there, essentially, to stop him from doing what he s been doing. it was such a shocking
it s saturday, december the 9th. i m ali velshi. we begin this hour with a new threat to democracy from donald trump and the active measures that he and his acolytes are taking the follow-through on them. a stolen trump campaigns for second term in the white house while facing dozens of criminal charges that imperil his freedom, he has made it explicitly clear that he intends to bend the american government to his will if he returns to power. the whole political apparatus already exists that is ready to go. its members are even talking about these plans right out on the open. donald trump himself is so emboldened to be throwing around the d word. reporter: you re promising to america tonight, you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody? except for day one. i love this, guy he says you re not going to be a dictator, are? you know, other than day one. we re closing the border and were drilling, drilling, drilling. after that, i m not a dictator. they trad