sexual battery and defamation. e. jean carroll claims the former president attacked her in a department store in the 1990s. trump ordered to pay her $5 million. bryan llenas is following the breaking news. judge, good evening. and less than three hours of deliberations, a jury of mine unanimously found former president trump liable of sexual battery, specifically finding he sexually abused and forcibly touched e. jean carroll in a department store in 1996. they also found him liable for defamation, finding he maliciously smeared carroll s reputation and must pay carroll $5 million in damages. the jury did not find trump liable for rape, which was the central claim from carroll. trump told fox news digital he will appeal this decision. to post on truth social, trump wrote is a very unfair trial and said i have absolutely no idea who this woman is. this verdict is a disgrace, a continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all time. this was a civil case, which means the bu
the senate will get its own briefing later this morning. bill: the u.s. revealing the spy flight was part of a larger espionage program going on for years. china maintains it with as a weather balloon that drifted off course and traveled over sensitive military sites in the u.s. the pentagon says no chance. i can assure you this was not for civilian purposes. we re 100% clear about that. we are very confident we ll be able to detect these kinds of capabilities as evidenced by the continuing body of knowledge that we ve been able to build up on this. obviously that s something our intelligence community will continue to work closely on for this and any other potential threats. dana: bryan llenas is in myrtle beach, south carolina where crews are still searching for debris. we begin the aishah hosni on capitol hill and more on today s briefings as we get thursday going. hi, aishah. this all-house briefing got underway an hour ago and already seen some of these members e
time they arrived. todd: brooke singman joins us live with more. brooke? ashley: they were already dead by the time the authorities arrived on the same here at two victims eric james williams survived the horrifying kidnapping and are back in the united states. all four traveled south carolina to mexico so maggie could get a procedure. this update, she is doing okay but she was crying, watched two of them die in front of her peer of the held hostage in this small shack located in a rule part of mexico and got lost and mistaken members of drug cartel. the mexican police arrested a 24-year-old mexican national in connection with the violent kidnapping. the suspect identified as jose guadalupe jose guadalupe a accused of guarding for shack world victims were found. authorities didn t say whether involved with the cartel. the kidnapping was caught on surveillance video that some find disturbing and all four victims dragged into the back of a pickup truck. you can see the susp
the dow plunged 500 points. this is unbelievable. ftc going after elon musk for communications with journalists. on the biden administration s effort to censor americans online. a minnesota vikings player being praised for helping rescue a man from a fiery crash wide receiver k.j. osborn. uber driver noticed the crash and they managed to free the driver. got high, high hopes. steve: another one of those beautiful red, white and blue in the district of columbia. it s absolutely clear, about 50-mile visibility. currently they have got 33 degrees in the federal city and they re going for a daytime high of 52. and sunrise for our nation s capital is 6:30. although ainsley people would say people are in the dark there all the time. ainsley: that s exactly right. if you are heading out and you are in washington this morning. bundle up. 33 is pretty cold. steve: it is, indeed. here in new york city we will go down to brian in tampa. ainsley: much warmer. s