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capitol hill this hour, both involving the border. new talks, new hope, but no word of a timeline for a potential hostage deal in the middle east. plus, able proposition that might result donald trump s legal issues once and for all. a very good day to all of you from msnbc headquarters here in new york. welcome, everybody, to alex witt reports. it s one pm on the east coast, ten a.m. out west. we begin with two big breaking news stories. first up, the white house is confirming three u.s. s members were killed and at least two dozen injured in an northeast georgia right near the border with syria. president biden said in a statement, quote, while we are still gathering the facts of this attack, we know it was carried out by radical around -backed middle groups operating in syria and iraq. and the other big breaking story, a possible bipartisan deal on immigration and border security. donald trump is urging senators to reject that deal, but republican negotia ....
welcome to prime time weekend. i m chris hayes. let s get right to the week s top stories. 83 point $3 million. that s a lot of money. that s how much donald trump has just been ordered to pay writer e. jean carroll for repeatedly defaming her after she accused him of sexual assault. the jury spent four days hearing about what donald trump to. and witnessing his ongoing contempt towards both the proceedings in front of them and towards e. jean carroll with their own eyes. carol s attorney had asked the jurors to reach a jury verdict that would stop him from further defaming the woman that he has been defaming and harassing for the past five years. today, after deliberating for less than three hours, the jury came through. they awarded carroll seven point $3 million in emotional damages, $11 million in reputational damages, and a whopping $65 million in punitive damages, which is there, essentially, to stop him from doing what he s been doing. it was such a sho ....
i just love you. donald trump got out there and just threw a temper tantrum. bring it, donald. show me what you got. to the surprise of costars and fans it wasn t enough for the film star margaret abe or its director, critical wig, to get inoculation. look, it was a good quarter. don t get me wrong. 3.3% lead estimates. the last quarter was a good quarter, 4.9%. absolutely. he gets his due. the fact that he would communicate to republican senators and congresspeople that he doesn t want us to solve the border problem because he wants to blame biden for is really appalling. joe biden bet on the american worker while donald trump blamed the american worker. the line here is mr. woodward has already filed an appeal. defendant trump ordered to pay $83 million to the writer, he jean carroll. i m not having anything thoughts on representing president trump. it is the proudest thing i could ever do. now is the time to make him pay for. now is the time to ma ....
weekend. the 119 congress is the least productive in decades. that could cost republicans big come this november. some of them already acknowledging that they had the embarrassment of not having nothing to run on, and a monmouth university poll released last month found only 17% of americans approve of the job congress is doing. this is as crucial issues like taxation, the border, ukraine aid, and government funding remain unresolved. joining us now to discuss it all is the house democratic leader congressman hakeem jeffries of new york. welcome to you, sir, thank you for being here. this is truly one of the most unproductive congresses in decades. what is your take here on the current border fight that is currently happening on funding? this is about ukraine aid at the end of the day, but donald trump seems to be scuttling any potential for a deal that is going to come together. this is a do nothing republican congress of epic proportions, and what we have seen is th ....
her trial. still, no official ruling on that. from the drug. back to you. ,. ,,,,. ,. . a the he it,. ,. the reckless will disregard of e. jean carroll s rights. it is awarding carroll $18 million for deliberating for less than three hours. it included trump storming out of the courtroom and the judge s threats to lock up trump s lawyer. we have reporters and analysts in place ready to go through all of the days big developments for us. o go ti welcome you all. we begin in las vegas where we expect donald trump and vice president harris to be speaking separately just a few hours from now. a little more than a week before voters have their say in both races. my colleague, nbc s liz kreutz is in las vegas. joining me right now. liz, welcome, set the stage for us on what we can expect to see from donald trump later today. might we hear him talk about the e. jean carroll position for the first time publicly? hey alex, yeah, that s the big question. donald trump out of ....