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i m abby philip, and washington, where today cameras captured what might be the final chapter in a truly american story. a jury, sentencing the man once known as america s mayor to what is, essentially, a financial death penalty. rudy giuliani, now on the hook for $148 million. $148 million for the harm he caused to two women. shame moss, and ruby freeman. moss and freeman are the georgia election workers whose lives were forever altered after giuliani made them the crux of a nonsense voter fraud conspiracy. now, the sheer size of this penalty is, really, stunning. 16 million for defaming freemen, 16 million for defaming moss. 40 million for emotional distress to both women, and 75 million in punitive damages. moments after following the verdict, the two women thanked the jury, but said that today s result does not atone for two years of turmoil. the flame that giuliani lit with those lies, and passed on to so many others to keep the flame blazing changed every aspect ....
accused donald trump of partying adolf hitler. what s your reaction and how you and other republicans feel? 76% of the american people, not donald trump, believe the border is broke snoon what about that language? the poisoning the blood? i m worried about an outcome. you have endorsed president trump. are you comfortable with him using words like that? you know, we re talking about language. i could care less what language people use as long as we get it right. that s republican senator lindsey graham refusing to condemn donald trump s use of hitler rhetoric during his campaign rallies. we ll have more of the president s disturbing comments just ahead. plus an update from capitol hill on foreign aid packages. the funding is being held up by gop demands for stricter immigration policies. plus, we ll go through the biden administration s latest push to urge israel to scale back its war on gaza. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday ....
don t hide under the bed. don t hide under the bed. you heard it there. congressman eric swalwell, thank you for your time tonight sir i appreciate it. that is our show for tonight, now it is time for the last word with ali velshi, who is in for lawrence. good evening, ali. > good evening, alex. we ll see you tomorrow. thank you. and today was a bad day for rudy giuliani. jury deliberations began today in ruby freeman and shaye moss s civil defamation suit against giuliani, which started on monday. the two women are seeking $47 million in damages for the torrent of abuse and threats of violence that they say rudy giuliani brought on them with his lies in the aftermath of donald trump s defeat in the 2020 election. after promising monday that he would take the stand and testify in his own defense in the lawsuit brought against him by the two election workers, he apparently had a change of heart. it s also possible that giuliani s legal team decided to put him on ....
ruling against rudy giuliani, a sum that will bankrupt the former mayor of new york city. his attorney said it is basically a death penalty for him, an economic death penalty. plus an update from capitol hill on foreign aid negotiations, the package which would provide critical funding for ukraine. it s been held up by republican demands for stricter immigration policies. but it looks like there s progress there. might be some. we ll get analysis on the biden administration s push to get israel to scale back its war in gaza, what s going on there. with us, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former state department official, elise jordan. politics nation reverend al sharpton. and presidential chair at vanderbilt university, historian jon meacham is with us. so let s get to it. at a rally on saturday, donald trump again used the language of 20th century authoritarians while separately praising this cou ....
giuliani must pay ruby freeman and shea moss, the two georgia election workers that giuliani falsely accused of stealing votes in the 2020 election. after the verdict, giuliani came out to the cameras. possibly we ll move for a new trial. certainly we ll appeal. the absurdity of the number merely underscores the absurdity of the entire proceeding. the comments they received i had nothing to do with. my comments had no connection at all to those. there were thousands of things in the press about this. of which mine were a small amount. you ll recall that back in august, the judge, beryl howell, issued a default judgment against jean y allny based on his admissions and failure to turn over evidence in the case. the task for the jury was to put a number on the human toll that moss and freeman suffered because of giuliani s lies. now cameras are not allowed in federal court, but we know what that toll looked like because moss and freeman have indicated the injuries that ....