hire, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york on a very busy day of news and more details on what promises to be a blockbuster hearing on the january 6 hearing and we ll have much more on that. we begin with the verdict in the alex jones trial where a jury has just awarded nearly $1 billion in damages to the family members of the sandy hook victims, people who suffered from the lines that alex jones started spreading hours after the massacre. harry lipman joins us, a former u.s. attorney and former deputy assistant attorney general. let me just not go the down the rabbit holes of alex jones but the families had pain and suffering from the massacre being described as a hoax and the nearly billion dollars in damages does nothing, nothing to deal with their grief but it was as signal, it seems harry, that the jury felt that it was represent henceible. even his defense attorney said in close, nicole. this is a despicable human being and, of course, he s the vilest vermin out there on
Campuses, terrible violence breaking out, buildings being taken over, police clashing with demonstrators. For two weeks ive been asking, where is President Biden . Why isnt he addressing this Huge National crisis on television . I cannot fathom why he is not speaking out. When the white house says, oh, hes denounced all this, not. These are statements coming from a deputy press secretary. The next moshing under pressure from the media morning in an unscheduled event and at the last minute, the president finally found the words. Destroying property is not a peaceful protest. Its against the law. Vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows, shutting down campuses, forcing the cancellation of classes and graduations, there should be no place on any campus, no place in america for antisemitism or threats of violence against jewish students. Howard that took place after donald trump addressed the protests in a fox interview after a full day in court and at a weve rally. To every College Presid
[bleep] they just is literally move methodically forward, peeling away all those barriers and hen the people themselves. Free, free palestine [inaudible conversations] [background sounds] [bleep] neil man, oh, man, what a weekend. We are not done, my friends. Welcome, everybody. After that we are now looking at more potential problems this weekend as a crackdown at several antiisraeli protests continue to overrun colleges and universities. At least one Graduation Ceremony has been disrupted by it and at least one canceled because of it and we, well, were all over it with the former police chief in l. A. And served that same function in new york, bill bat bratton, on how authorities can put a stop to it and congresswoman Virginia Foxx who Will Ban Loan Forgivenesses from students participating in it. Plus, another week in new york in a courtroom for the former president of the United States. Right now courting donors and potential Running Mates in palm beach, florida. Can he position hi
Pete it is the 9 a. M. Hour of fox Friends Weekend. We start with this fox weather alert. Massive tornadoes tear through americas heartland leaving behind destruction in iowa e and nebraska amongst many other states. We have the latest updates. Will and its new york versus trump returning on tuesday after extabloid publisher david pecker claimed he never if used the term catch and kill with the former president. Carley plus, more americans say theyre being shamed into tipping even for coffees and selfservice kiosks. We have your responses on tipflation. The final hour of fox Friends Weekend starts right now. Will to a fox weather alert. Right now 55 million americans r alert one day after massive tornadoes tore across americas heartland. Carley at least 59 twist thers in texas, kansas, oklahoma, iowa and the hardest hit state has been nebraska. Pete fox weathers Nicole Valdes is in ilkhorn elkhorn, nebraska, with more. Reporter good morning. Look, its a sad day here where there are doz
In iowa and nebraska, some with winds of at least 130 miles an hour. Hundreds of homes are destroyed, more severe storms are on the way right now. Good evening. Im jon scott, and this is the fox report. Jon we have team coverage, Brandy Campbell with a live look at conditions in iowa a right now. But first, Meteorologist Adam Klotz is live in our Weather Center tracking these storms. Adam. Adam hey there, jon. We are right in the thick of it as we speak. These storms very active across portions of texas, stretching now as far north as iowa, ultimately, stretching even farther to the north. But we have got a line of Severe Weather. Im going to show you what were seeing. Every one off these red boxes, its fairly active out there, that is a Tornado Warning currently across portions of northern missouri, big, severe thunderstorms are the yellow boxes. Winds at least 60 miles an hour. Youre talking about hail and just absolute downpours as far as rain goes. Flooding actually a may be with a