in washington, d.c. are dealing with a very important question. trying to decide what price should be paid for telling lies that throwed a violent insurrection. eroing the fabric of america and through no fault of their own became subjects of a conspiracy theory. rudy giuliani s defamation trial sued by ruby freeman and her daughter shaye moss. the judge ruled giuliani defamed freeman and moss, now deciding how much giuliani will pay. started with the expectation he made himself that giuliani would testify on his own behalf. he vow yesterday to give the whole story in a bit of a dramatic press conference. once he conceded, the trial went to arguments. when that happened, the lawyer asked the jury to award them $24 million each. gottlieb said giuliani has no right to offer civil servants up to a mob to win a general election. very true. emotional testimony by ruby freeman yesterday. over the course of 90 minutes freeman recounted how she was hounded by death threats, messa
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the proceedings. alexandra fields is following this legal saga. good morning. reporter: a $2 billion deal on the line. the fate of the l.a. clippers authorization hanging in the balance as shelly and donald sterling head to trial. at issue whether shelly sterling has the right to sell the clippers without her estranged husband s consents after she accept add bid from former microsoft ceo steve balmer. shelly s attorneys will ask the court to uphold the deal arguing that she controls the family trust which owns the clippers because doctors found donald sterling mentally unfit. donald s lawyers will argue that shelly is improperly trying to take control of the sterling family trust. sports analysts say the ruling will have significant implications for the nba, which has been working to oust donald sterling since his racist rant went public. this is probably one of the most important processes we ve had in pro sports and the trial is part of that.
we ll be live when it hams. yesterday speaker boehner told the troops to get their asses in line . apparently not enough republicans have, and now his credibility is on the line. most of the opposition coming from tea party supporters, raw, open, direct rebellion. we want to make sure we never get here again. i want to support something that makes sure we never get here again. the deal that is on the table makes the hole deeper. and so don t you shouldn t expect people who believe that we should balance the budget to vote for a deal that makes the hole deeper. i can t support this plan. i would love to be able to support speaker boehner, leader cantor. i have to have something that transcends election cycles. i can t support it. well, over on the democratic-controlled senate side, they are waiting to get a house bill simply so they can vote no on it. then, experts say, the real bargaining could begin on some kind of compromise that both the house and senate might a