billion dollars is definitely, i think, a shot in the arm of people who think that liars like jones can be held accountable. seeing him today on the show say that we are going to keep talking about parkland, and uvalde, and they can t stop us, and the war effectively goes on, is just absolutely devastating. and a decade later, also, the heels of justice chrysler. but sometimes they keep turning forward. thank you to all of you at home for joining us tonight, we have a lot to get to. today, right thing alex jones was ordered to pay nearly a billion dollars in damages for the extraordinary vicious lies that he spread about the sandy hook massacre. in just a few minutes, we will be joined by the lawyer who won that case for the sandy hook families. we will also be talking to the democratic nominee for u.s. senate from north carolina. her races super close, and it s one of a handful of contests that could determine senate control. national democrats understand that, and are
those who are impacted by that hurricane as we get through this. and on that note, i wish all of you a very good and safe tonight. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. end of tomorrow we have a lot to get to. today, right thing alex jones was ordered to pay nearly a billion dollars in damages for the extraordinary vicious lies that he spread about the sandy hook massacre. in just a few minutes, we will be joined by the lawyer who won that case for the sandy hook families. we will also be talking to the democratic nominee for u.s. senate from north carolina. her races super close, and it s one of a handful of contests that could determine senate control. national democrats understand that, and are making a huge last-minute investment in their candidacy. she will join us live a little bit later on in the show. first, we have breaking news tonight of donald trump s mar-a-lago document sca
pence as the rioters approached. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this thursday. big day, morning joe starts right now. tonight i come to you with a spring in my step, a song in my heart, emotionally and spiritually refreshed because you know how as humans we have to accept the fact that sometimes bad things happen to good people. well, by the grace of god, sometimes bad things happen to alex jones, and that s a good thing. oh, yes, conspiracy theorist alex jones ordered to pay nearly a billion dollars to sandy hook families for lying about the 2012 massacre being a hoax. we will speak with one of the plaintiffs in the case, a sandy hook mother. and you know, mika, we were watching this live, got breaking news. and as the verdicts were coming in, it was so painful. it was so painful. looking at the parents. you know, they re talking about, you know, basically a billion dollars in civic awards, and you just couldn t, you still looked at
midterms, with nearly 200 election denying republicans running for key positions across the nation. today we will see new surveillance footage from the trump rally on the ellipse and secret service documents proving how forcefully the former president tried to join the rioters at the capitol on the 6th. the committee will show new evidence he planned to declare victory even before the election was held and new testimony from top trump cabinet members that they tried to stop him afterwards from overturning the results. today s overriding theme, beyond donald trump, congress and the voters have to work to preserve democracy as we know it. keep in mind, this is the first time in nearly three months we will see the committee in action. you know the political reality. the house of representatives could be in republican control come january. while members have repeatedly said they don t see this as part partisan, there s still a political context here. ahead of a potential 2024 p