and a remarkable rescue. how an 8-year-old survived in the wilderness for days until a searcher heard his calls for help. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome. it took less than three hours for a new york jury to find former president donald trump liable for sexually abusing writer e. jean carroll and for defaming her with the nature of his denials. the ex-president ordered to pay carroll $5 million. the explosive civil case stemming from an encounter between the two in a tony manhattan department store back in the 90s, where carroll said mr. trump raped her in a dressing room. tonight the nine-member jury did not find him liable for rape, but concluded he did sexually abuse ms. carroll. the republican presidential candidate did not appear at trial, but posted on social media today, calling the verdict a disgrace. in her own statement, e. jean carroll
[ bleep ]. you can do anything. that s what you said, correct? that s historically true with stars. that s true with stars that you can grab women by the [ bleep ]? if you look over the last million years, that s been largely true. not always, but largely true. unfortunately or fortunately. and you consider yourself to be a star? i think you can say that, yeah. reporter: mr. trump s attorney joe tacopina telling reporters after today that tape a possible ground for a forthcoming appeal. the access hollywood tape should not have come into this case. there were things that happened in the case that were beyond the peal. reporter: he also confused a photo of carroll who he said wasn t his type for his ex-wife marla maples, yeah. that s my wife. reporter: a striking moment tacopina never addressed at trial. and laura, this case is also breaking rare legal ground. that s right. carroll s case is among the first to go to trial using a new
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stage, was asked by anderson cooper, have you ever kissed a woman without her consent and said no no no no no, that s when natasha stoynoff phil showed it to the american public as they went to the polls to let them know who dom trump. was the timeline on the trial the, snow could be any witnesses presented by the defense as we learn today. there s still one big witness outstanding for the plaintiffs side. that s carole martin, veteran news woman here in new york. wcbs. a legend, yes. yes, a legend. and she worked with e. jean carroll at americas talking, a precursor to this network where they will posted programs. a couple of days after e. jean carroll s alleged assault, she won t caro martins hired housing confided in. who carroll wrote and gave her the absurd advice that the other friend lisa birnbach gave. carol martin said this is donald trump. he has hundreds of lawyers. he will destroy you. and that was the advice that e. jean carroll followed.
woman without her consent and said no no no no no, that s when natasha stoynoff phil showed it to the american public as they went to the polls to let them know who dom trump. was the timeline on the trial the, snow could be any witnesses presented by the defense as we learn today. there s still one big witness outstanding for the plaintiffs side. that s carole martin, veteran news woman here in new york. wcbs. a legend, yes. yes, a legend. and she worked with e. jean carroll at americas talking, a precursor to this network where they will posted programs. a couple of days after e. jean carroll s alleged assault, she won t caro martins hired housing confided in. who carroll wrote and gave her the absurd advice that the other friend lisa birnbach gave. carol martin said this is donald trump. he has hundreds of lawyers. he will destroy you. and that was the advice that e. jean carroll followed. we will see her making that case and presenting it on the stand. lisa reuben you hav