carroll had accused trump of raping her in the changing room of a luxury department store in 1996. she also claimed that trump defamed her when he called her, quote, a complete conjob after she went public with the allegation in 2019. after deliberation, the jurors said trump did not rape carroll, though they did uphold her other complaints. the ex president has been ordered to pay carroll $5 million in damages. the bbc s nada tawfik was outside the courthouse in manhattan today, and sent this report. it took thejury isjust under three hours to rule in herfavour, they did not find that donald trump raped her, they unanimously agreed that he sexually abused her and then defamed her when he accused of being a liar. no doubt this is a bit weary for ejean carroll. she no doubt this is a bit weary for ejean carroll. she later released a statement saying: donald trump on social media said this verdict was a disgrace and he again repeated his allegation that there is a witch hunt
even say i guess how old i am. i can t even say the number. it doesn t register with me. and only thing i can say is that, one of the things that people are going to find out they re going see a race and they re going to judge whether or not i have it or don t have it i respect them taking a hard look at it i would as well. i took a hard look at it before i decided to run. paul: let s bring in poll strer strategist doug served as advisor to former bill clinton doug nice to see you again. good to be here, paul. polls say majority of democrats would prefer another candidate to be their nominee in 2024 can you remember a case when that was the true incumbent? i can t remember a case where that was true of the incumbent or case where the field of perspective challengers to the president was as frankly limited as the field would be. there s an old adage in politics you can t beat somebody with nobody. that s what we re facing. paul: is there a doubt about him related to his
somebody i knew would be involved? definitely not. i read the article and heard it was a dance studio, it crossed my mind. reporter: you thought about your dod potentially? yeah. the young man whose father was murdered at the dance studio now speaking out in a heart-wrenching interview. gun violence never seems to end. two students shot and killed at a des moines, iowa center for at-risk youth. cnn reporters on the scene to bring you the latest. a critical hearing in fulton, georgia. finishing a report on donald trump s effort to overturn the 2020 election in their state and now a judge decides whether the public gets to read it. we start in california reeling from three mass shootings in just three days. this time it s a small northern california city of half moon bay. investigators say the gunman killed at least seven people at a mushroom farm and trucking facility. come here! come here. hands up! there you see it right there. sheriff deputy found the susp
also on the programme. lucy letby goes on trial accused of the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of ten others at a hospital in chester. she pleads not guilty. in aberdeen nicola sturegon tells the snp that the economic case for scottish independence will be published in a week s time. and how councils across the uk are supporting warm hubs where people can keep snug at a time of rising energy bills. and coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, there s a premature end to the w series season. the championship for female drivers scraps its last three races because of financial reasons. good evening. parts of ukraine have suffered the biggest bombardment by russian forces since the early weeks of the conflict. more than 80 missiles have struck both industrial and civilian buildings. it s the first time the capital kyiv has been targeted in months. president putin says the strikes on ukraine are retaliation for saturday s attack on a key bridge linkin