we start with the breaking news. a jury has just awarded nearly $1 billion in damages to sandy hook elementary families and an fbi agent in the connecticut defamation trial against alex jones. eight families and a first responder sued the far right conspiracy theer orists for the lies he told. this is the second of three against jones, concerning the sandy hook massacre, comes after a texas jury decided in august that jones and his company should pay nearly $50 million. the connecticut jury, nearly a billion. let s go outside the courtroom. bryn, you were in there when the big figures were read out. walk us through the jury s decision. reporter: big figures leading up to the announcement of the numbers, even the jurors were taking a deep sigh. there was just so much pressure and tension inside that room. then what a release from these family members when those numbers were being read and tallied. i can tell you as we talked about, robbie parker, he received the biggest amou
More on those story ms. A moment. Record breaking accuweather forecast with meteorologist chris sowers. Good afternoon, actually weve already smashed the record midday. We have several locations now new record highs. Lets take a tour here. Watch what happens. Atlantic city, 71 degrees. Thats a new record high for you guys already. Trenton 67 thats a new record high. Philadelphia, 67 thats a new record andal ep tin and reading both showing 64 both locations new records and dover 68, mil millville 68 newed record for that he and 66 wilmington and thats a new record high. As the numbers just updated within the last hour a lot of them jumped, three, four and five degrees in some case and theyre all record highs. This is backtoback days featuring record high temperatures around the Delaware Valley. Satellite 6 and action radar we continue to climb. These are high, thin clouds youre seeing in the sky today and sun will shine through them later on were expecting highs to top out in the low 70
Coalition. He uses words calling u. S. Terrified, weak, powerless and urges isis militants to unleash a volcano of jihad. Fareed zakaria joins me now. Your First Impressions when you hear this message from the head of isis saying weak, powerless, failed. It mentioned the additional 1,500 troops the president announced the other day. This is an old tactic that al qaeda used to do. I think its important to remember something i often said. They are trying to set a bait. They want the United States more involved. It helps them recruit. Isis has gone from nothing to becoming the replacement for al qaeda. The most well known Jihadi Organization in the world. How . By taking on the 800pound gorilla of the world, the United States of america. In reading comments, i wondered if it was a dare to the United States. Sounds like you agree it would be. How exactly then would that then create recruitment for want to be jihadies . If you are one of the many Jihadi Organizations or radical organization
well, george lois has died. and if you don t know his name, you ve probably seen his work. he was a longtime admin and designer. he fashioned iconic magazine covers for esquire featuring muhammad ali and andy warhall among others. the slogan i want my mtv, well, that was his too. he was 91. tonight the sun goes down on elton john at dodgers stadium. the 75-year-old is performing what he says is his final north american concert. it s a full-circle moment for elton, who describes his 1975 concert at dodgers stadium as the pinnacle of his career. good luck. when we return, spam serves up a christmas classic in a can.
cancer at the age of 41. he was an endless fashion designer that inspired andy warhall. the designer s death came as a shock to many. he didn t disclose his cancer diagnosis publicly. his representatives explained he chose to endure the battle privately undergoing numerous challenging treatments all while helming several significant institutions that spanned fashion, art and culture. they added his curiosity and optimism never waivered. tributes have been pouring in since the news broke. it s a testament to how many whirls he touched ranging from vecshe. he s survived by his wife, two children, sister and parents.