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
you know, this perpetuation of the big lie is a big focus of the committee. the second thing i want to know is in these document and particularly in the versions of the speeches that are leading up to trump s speech at the elimits, how much of that was toned down is this there s a lot being made that he told the marchers to march peacefully. what version was that? you know, did he really have stronger language that, you know, his aides and staff were trying to revise because this goes to, aprila, you know, did they anticipate that there could be potentially, you know, riotous or slept activity that day that they were trying to stave off, and did trump know that as well? elie, you point out that some of these documents could shed light on trump s state of mind. was he upset? was he pleased? outside the committee work, what could learning this mean for potential charges? well, so, intent is a key