with my colleagues mark morale us enough impresarios. we have new details on what may have been the most important meeting in the world today. one to prevent global financial meltdown and economic doom here at home, as america stares down the possibility of its first ever debt default. was any progress made? president biden addressed americans tonight and the key congressional players who met with him or talking. but first the verdict in manhattan. the federal jury finding donald trump liable for sexually abusing e. jean carroll in a manhattan department store dressing room in the mid 90s. he owes carol $5 million for battery and defamation. carol reacted in a statement, saying, quote, they the world finally knows the truth. trump s response, quote, i have absolutely no idea who this woman is. this verdict is a distant race, continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all-time. today s development follows the ex presidents criminal indictment on 34 felony counts in a hush mone
republicans expelled to blac to democrats for protesting gu deaths as the texas governor promises to pardon the man o killing a black live protester. plus, a member of the centra part exonerated on crimina defendant donald trump and a closer look at the gop - providing three of trips t supreme court justice clarence thomas and his nazi artifact collection if you ve been watching this show since we launched over tw years ago, you know the core enterprise of this program has been to sound the alarm on the threats to american democracy. and to underscore had the gran old republican party constitutes the greatest threa of all this week, we ve got fou stories illustrate exactly that, indeed, we are sadly spoiled for choice let s start in tennessee where it man accused of molestin multiple young girls was ouste from the state legislature wait, no he wasn t back in 2019, after thos allegations came to light, the republican s the point to lead the education subcommittee this week, th
for ari melber starts now. i wanted to say, what a day doesn t every feel day like what a day? what a day without breaks. some accountability welcome to the beat. i m alicia mendez in for ari melber we start with breaking news a legal earthquake for fox news fox news folded. rupert murdoch will pay more than $787 million over lies and conspiracy theories. the settlement coming as opening statements were about to begin in court today fox admitted to telling lie, and it comes after two years, a mo mounting smoking gun of evidence rupert murdoch under oath admit some hosts endorsed the lies from trump s team. here s dominion s lawyer right after the deal was struck. the truth matters lie have consequences. over two years ago a torrent of lies swept dominion and election officials across america into an alternative universe of conspiracy theories causing grievous harm to dominion and the country. today as settlement of $787,500,000 reps vindication and accountability.
people that they are trafficking into america, how they enslave them in the sex trade and how the treat these people and leave them for dead in the deserts. we need to pick up the pieces of those families who lose loved ones to fentanyl poisoning. dana: mexico s president obrador rejecting claims that mexican drug traffickers are responsible for the fentanyl in the u.s. and saying it is u.s. problem. not mexico s. bill: bill melugin back at his post in brownsville, texas, where he has been most of the week. hello. good morning to you. it is well established fact that fentanyl is mass-produced in mexico by mexican drug cartels in their labs using chemicals imported from china. mexico s president said they have nothing to do with that and it s all the u.s. s problem. he said take a look. here we do not produce fentanyl and we do not have the consumption of fentanyl. why don t they, the united states, take care of their problem of social decay? fentanyl is pouring into the
losing our democracy. that is what s happening in the state of tennessee. why this extraordinary rebuke could set a precedent plus stormy daniels breaking her silence after donald trump s indictment. why she says he shouldn t go to prison, also, the man in charge of america s biggest bank has a sobering prediction for the economy are seeing people reduced lending a little bit. cut back a little bit. pull back a little bit. it won t be necessary force recession, but it is recessionary. exclusive interview with jamie dimond and yachts, vacations and billionaire explosive new reporting on a supreme court justice, raising new concerns about the nation s highest court . this is cnn prime time. good evening. i m caitlin collins. and i am joined here tonight by an all star cast of cnn talent from across the network sara seidner, van jones and phil mattingly. we re all going to break down the day s biggest stories, but tonight we are going to start here with a showdown in the south a