Good evening, im laura coates. Thank you for joining me this friday evening. Tonight, donald trump is on some thin ice. In the first hearing with the judge in his third indictment, the one over Election Interference, she warned the former president about his rhetoric and his agreement, by the way, not to intimidate witnesses in order to stay a free man. But she also favored some of the arguments by his attorneys, for example, on whether evidence can be discussed publicly. More on that whole dramatic Courtroom Scene in just a moment. First, hunter biden. Hes likely going to trial. Attorney general Merrick Garland effectively appointed a Special Counsel in the guns and taxes investigation of the president s son. Youll recall there was a plea deal, and it also recently broke down. And weve talked about the questions surrounding how that could have happened. Even a judge that questioned the terms of the agreement with the doj. Before we get to all of that analysis, youre probably thinking,
jeffrey epstein court documents have been released. bill clinton is described as a key person in the case of jeffrey epstein and gisele bundchen. that is not the biggest revelation about the former president thchl is a busy thursday morning, i m todd piro, carley shimkus has the day off. many people named have not been accused of wrongdoing, but the list is answering some questions about associates and friends. what else are we learning from them? brooke: a judge releasing nearly 200 names from a lawsuit brought by ghislaine maxwell. the documents detail personal relationship with epstein including four trips clinton took on the convicted sex offender private plane in the early 2000. one victim was asked if epstein ever talked to her about bill clinton. she answered, he said one time clinton likes them young, levering to girls. other people named are donald trump, michael jackson, alan dershowitz. here is alan dershowitz responding. documents will reveal that she did misi
new york. we have a lot of news to get to on this busy friday morning including a seismic development in the special counsel investigation into former president donald trump. his vice president, mike pence, appearing before the grand jury probing his former boss s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to a source familiar with the matter. this morning, new reaction including this from a member of congress who investigated the capitol attack. i think that the vice president has a lot of information. i have no doubt really that he answered the questions openly, honestly, and fully. plus, russia unleashing on ukraine overnight with the worst strikes in weeks. the death toll still climbing at this hour. we re on the ground in that war-torn country with a live report. and later, extreme weather, the iconic yosemite national park closing over fears a massive snow melt could lead to unprecedented floods. intense flooding also suspected to have caused this train dera
reporting. this is our lead story. it matters for justice, for lives in politics. here s the lawyer for those families just moments ago. the jury just returned a verdict for compensatory damages exceeding $4 million. that s a darn good start. we now have the punishment phase. i think it s perfectly expectable we re going to see an over nine-figure judgment against mr. jones. that is a lot of figures. and you can see in this long quest with so much ugly, terrible, reprehensible conduct by mr. jones, and conduct which the court has found lies and defamatory, you can see a note of encouragement there for the people harmed by him. a little bit of what you saw there, a triumph in what is just phase one. let s explain the second phase, because boy is mr. jones worried about that. punitive damages. the punishment. tomorrow, the jury looks at mr. jones, his conduct, which has already been of course judged, and what he has, what he s profited of, and how this all works. again, as
are we going to see jim, of course, this is incredibly significant it s the first earliest debate in modern presidential campaign history. and the reason is both candidates agreed to this debate. they want to try and define their opponents, define themselves, and frankly, shakeup this race for all of the changes follow the challenges in the country and the world this race has largely been much of how it s been for the last several months, if not year, donald trump has had a narrow lead nationally and in some battleground states president biden has been defending his record will onstage tomorrow evening, president biden will of course, try and draw that contrast with former president donald trump jim history is probably not our best guide for this because we have never seen two sitting president s side-by-side like this, making the case about one another. but think of all the differences over the last four years. one thing i m struck by is we follow these candidates and list