listen to the show wherever you get your podcasts. the lead starts with wolf plitser in the situation room. happening now breaking news, a huge legal and financial blow to donald trump. a jury says he should may more than $83 million in damages to writer e. jean carroll for defamatory statements he made about her. we re breaking down the verdict and the message it sends to the former president and the clear front-runner for the 2024 republican presidential nomination. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, and you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the major breaking news we re following right now. the bombshell verdict in the defamation trial against donald trump. the former president now on the hook for a stunning $83.3 million. let s go to cnn s cara scannell outside the courthouse in new york where all this unfolded. kara, walk us through this verdict. reporter: wolf,
$150 million in damages to two georgia election workers he defamed. we re breaking down the huge verdict against the former trump lawyer tied to his lies about the 2020 presidential election. i ll speak live to an attorney for the two election workers this hour. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. and we begin this hour with a major breaking story. the former trump lawyer, rudy giuliani, ordered to pay an enormous price for falsely accusing two georgia election workers of fraud. jessica schneider is outside the courthouse here in washington. jessica, this nearly $150 million verdict is vastly more than the attorneys for the election workers even asked for. it is, wolf. it s about $100 million more than their attorneys asked for. $75 million in punitive damages, essentially to punish rudy giuliani for those statements he made against ruby freeman and
philadelphia, new york to boston. and rob marciano timing it out. the war in ukraine tonight. and you ll see the new and harrowing images right here. a family rescued from the rubble of their home following a russian missile attack. and tonight, who vladimir putin has now arrested for that bridge explosion. ian pannell in ukraine. and here in the u.s. tonight, two americans on their capture in ukraine by russian-backed forces. they describe what they say was done to them in ca whit johnson with the interview. tonight, two navy officers and a doctor reprimanded in the death of a navy s.e.a.l. trainee at the end of what s called hell week. the new report tonight revealing his cause of death and martha raddatz is here. the former rookie officer now facing felony charges tonight after shooting that teenager while eating a burger in his car outside a mcdonald s. the officer now surrendering. the teen on life support. tonight, the chilling testimony from a member of the oat
tomorrow s climactic hearing by the january 6th select committee, the last before election day. cnn political correspondent sara murray has new details on what to expect. reporter: the january 6th committee making its closing argument ahead of the november midterms. there s some new material that, you know, i found as we got into it pretty surprising. reporter: sources say they re aiming to drive home that former president donald trump still poses a danger to democracy, using a mix of new evidence and reminders of their prior work. it s really demonstrated the breadth and the depth of the effort to overturn the election. and to stop the peaceful transfer of power. and it was an effort that, at every step of the way, the former president was deeply involved in, personally engaged in. reporter: while live witnesses are not expected, members are preparing to showcase previously unseen emails from secret service which recently turned over more than 1 million communicati
Familys car, two children inside. The Fight Spilling out onto the street. And a close call at Ohare Airport. The video just released. This cargo plane missing the runway nearly hitting several passenger planes. And good evening. Its great to have you with us on a busy friday night. Im tom llamas in for david, but we begin with the white house facing off against another former adviser. Blasting a soontobe published tellall book by omarosa. It goes back more than a decade from The Apprentice all the way to the white house. But in her book she has reported to call her former mentor and boss, a quote, racist, a misogynist and a bigot. Tonight she is also claiming she has heard a recording of the president using the n word. The president accusing her of false attacks. David wright starts us off with
the latest from those explosive claims. Reporter tonight the Trump Administration is slamming a new book by former white house adviser and Celebrity Apprentice contestant, omarosa manigaultnewma