That visceral experience is thought something anyone forgets. So, you know, keep at it, republicans. Thank you, my friend. And thanks to you at home for joining us this evening. So Donald Trumps fourth criminal indictment, number four, appears to be days away. Nbc news is now reporting that Fulton County District Attorney fani willis is expected to present her case to the grand jury next week. And we know that d. A. Willis has been investigating trumps efforts toti overturn the 2020 election in georgia, and her investigation appears to have quite a bit in common with the federal case being brought by special counsel jack smith in washington, d. C. But the case in georgia may prove to be different from jack myths case in one very meaningful way. That, we need and to go back to 1979 when the City Of Atlanta was experiencing an unprecedented wave of crime. Here was nbc nightly news in august of that year. During the First Six Months of this year crime in atlanta was up 30 . Robbery and ag
The pressure is on President Biden is preparing to go you have one of his most important speeches ahead of the november election tonights State Of The Union. His allies are hoping to see a fiery version of the president , while republicans are planning on how they will strike back the armorer are in charge of weapons on the set of rust found guilty guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter. So what does this verdict mean for the case against alec baldwin . Conduct a controlled burn or let a derailed train sit and risk a catastrophic explosion. Those were the options left in the hands of officials in ohio after that train derailed last year. Now, the ntsb says they made the wrong call. Why investigators saying no one on the ground had enough information to make the right one im kate baldwin with john berman and sara sidner. This is cnn news central hours from now, a highstakes so dress by the current president and ill promised real time rebuttal by the former president trying to take back the
plus, house democratic leader hakeem jeffries is here at the table as republicans struggle to do anything with their majority in the chamber. and arizona secretary of state demanding the justice department take action to protect election workers. grab your coffee, settle in, welcome to the weekend. we begin with the verdict and e. jean carroll s defamation case against donald trump. the 83.3 million dollar award includes 65 million in punitive damages. friday s verdict came after an eventful day in court. trump stormed out of the courtroom during closing arguments while carroll s lawyer were telling jurors that the former president is a liar who thinks quote, the rules don t apply to him. joining us now, former u.s. attorney chuck rosenberg, he is an msnbc contributor and former senior fbi official. also with us, msnbc host and legal analyst katie phang. katie, in the run up to this verdict, the big question was, what number is going to be big enough to make donald trump st
bring it, donald. show me what you got. also, alabama set to make history tonight for the controversial way it is scheduling to execute a convicted murderer. across the south, more than 30 million people bracing for another round of heavy showers and flooding that could linger for days. and a family reunion, 14 years in the making. a mom finally back with her family after being separated by her nation s broken immigration system. and we begin this morning with breaking news from here in new york city, where testimony has resumed in former president donald trump s defamation damages trial after a three-day pause. the former president is in court today for proceedings, and could testify in his own defense later today. trump was originally expected to testify on monday in the case, brought against him by writer e. jean carroll, but the trial was postponed after a juror got sick and one of trump s attorneys told the judge she was exposed to covid and was feeling sick. l
accuser. he s ordered to pay $83 million to the writer e. jean carroll. she s the victor was plaintiff in this case, as she first walked out of court with hers lawyers today. the jury deliberated for just under three hours. that is fast. it shows a very costly miscalculation that he, the ongoing defendant, made by lying and defaming her again after a previous cord victory. $18 million to compensate carroll. okay? that s what the jury foun and then the larger number, a massive $6 billion to punh this defiant defendant. i m going to walk you through why that is such a high number. the injure determined he acted maliciously. this is big in every sense, a large amount of money even for an wealthy defendant they can directly grab the money, as loan as trump owes this and the judgment is not somehow later reversed, the court system can take the 83 mill from his kits, his properties, period. this also sets a huge and significant press den, as legal, as legal reporters ctainly know,