welcome to prime time weekend. i m chris hayes. let s get right to the week s top stories. 83 point $3 million. that s a lot of money. that s how much donald trump has just been ordered to pay writer e. jean carroll for repeatedly defaming her after she accused him of sexual assault. the jury spent four days hearing about what donald trump to. and witnessing his ongoing contempt towards both the proceedings in front of them and towards e. jean carroll with their own eyes. carol s attorney had asked the jurors to reach a jury verdict that would stop him from further defaming the woman that he has been defaming and harassing for the past five years. today, after deliberating for less than three hours, the jury came through. they awarded carroll seven point $3 million in emotional damages, $11 million in reputational damages, and a whopping $65 million in punitive damages, which is there, essentially, to stop him from doing what he s been doing. it was such a shocking
and counterclaim from both sides. both sides are reporting heavy losses. and as we have been hearing, this counteroffensive is going to take many months, really the focus has been on the spring and now very much the summer offensive, which will last until about october or november before the rainy season begins. and as we have also reported, it is quite difficult to fight when the weather becomes colder. it becomes difficult for the tanks that go off road to be operating on wetland. so, they had this window where they need to try and make as many gains as possible. joining me live from fife in scotland, kezia dugdale, former leader of the scottish labour party, and from washington, bryan lanza, republican strategist and former director of communications in donald trump s transition team. looking at these developments in ukraine, this counteroffensive is something that has been anticipated for a while now. keep has been quick to talk about successes, but brian, these are small
republican news organizations, or fox news and all the right-wing echo chambers. they don t want to face the republicans who are forcing these laws on people. they don t want to face the real implications of these laws and what they mean when ten year old girls get pregnant by rape. that is really what we are dealing with here. thank you, ayman. yeah. thank you, my friend. thank you. it has long been the official position of this program that if donald trump is to become a criminal defendant, the most likely place where he will be charged with a crime or crimes is atlanta, georgia, where district attorney fani willis is conducting a grand jury investigation in which the breaking news of the night is that every one of these 16 republicans who falsely claimed to be george s elected members of the electoral college are now targets of that grand jury investigation. that news was revealed in a court filing in which the criminal defense lawyers for 11 of the republicans have
that is really what we are dealing with here. thank you, ayman. yeah. thank you, my friend. thank you. it has long been the official position of this program that if donald trump is to become a criminal defendant, the most likely place where he will be charged with a crime or crimes is atlanta, georgia, where district attorney fani willis is conducting a grand jury investigation in which the breaking news of the night is that every one of these 16 republicans who falsely claimed to be george s elected members of the electoral college are now targets of that grand jury investigation. that news was revealed in a court filing in which the criminal defense lawyers for 11 of the republicans have asked the georgia judge to quash their subpoenas to testify to the grand jury. the motion says that for over two months, the district attorney s office told the criminal defense lawyers that the fake electors, quote, where witnesses, not subject for targets of the district attorneys, a
Mising nineyearold Charlotte Sena found alive hidden in a cabinet that belongs to the man who abducted her while she was camping with her family on saturday. Youre watching fox and friends first, im todd piro. Carley good morning, todd, im carley shimkus. The details are incredible. Here is how it played out. Charlotte was last seen 6 p. M. Saturday night when she was bike riding with friends in the park. Her parents called 911 after finding her bike abandoned in the woods. Todd Police Issued an amber alert the next morning. Things got interesting. Next day around 4 20 in the morning, the suspect in the case showed up at the familys house to drop a ransom note in the mailbox. Police lifted a fingerprint in the note and traced it and found her in hiding in a cabinet. The first 48 hours after somebody specifically, particularly a child goes mising is the most crucial period and what is so stunning about this case is the amazing response of Law Enforcement and how Everything Coalesced to