okay. hello everyone, thanks for tuning in to this hour where we bring you tomorrow s news tonight. we have our great lineup for portis. we have harry enten, kara scannell, jeff zeleny joins us tonight, and eva mckend. great have all you guys hear. let s start with former president donald trump. he was found liable in the e. jean carroll defamation and battery case. the jury awarded carroll nearly $5 million in damages, that donald trump must pay, related to sexual abuse and defamation. e. jean carroll responded today, saying, quote, i filed this lawsuit against donald trump to clear my name, and to get my life back. today, the world finally knows the truth. this victory is not just for me, but for every woman who has ever suffered because she was not believed. cnn s kara scannell has been at the courthouse since the start of this case. she s here with us tonight. so, kara, tell us what it was like in the courtroom when that verdict was read. so, the judge told everyone t
Right . Hello again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me. Lots of breaking news today. Im Fredricka Whitfield and we continue to follow all of this on capitol hill. Members of the House Of Representatives just pass a series of foreign aid bills providing a total of 95 billion in dollars in assistance for ukraine, israel, and taiwan. It all unfolded in a rare high stakes saturday vote in congress, gop, House Speaker mike johnson was able to advance the bipartisan bills through congress. This week with the help of democrats. Its a move that could cost him his job as some hardliners in his party have threatened to introduce a measure to remove him from his post. We have teamed coverage of todays major development, Priscilla Alvarez, i will have reaction from the white house, but lets get started on capitol hill with cnns lauren fox, lauren, i mean, the votes there now official and how are people reacting overall on the hill yeah. I mean, this was such a Long Time Coming for montse
welcome students and one teacher were killed and the columbine high school massacre, the shock and horror of that de are still reverberating decades later on friday, gun safety organizations, how the vigil to remember the tremendous loss of life joining us now a cnn contributor and columnist for the trace, which exclusively reports on us gun violence. jennifer masia, jennifer, good to see you. i mean, who can forget what it felt like where you were when you heard of what was happening at columbine? i mean, that really shook at america s soul and shocked people. so what kind of lessons? have we learned as a nation? have we healed since then column might well, first of all, my thoughts are going out today to the victims and the survivors. this is a very hard de, for the entire littleton community columbine showed us that this could really happen anywhere in america, even in an upper middle-class community and colorado prado, that really got everyone s attention. because columbine wasn
gen group are huge gen z voting mobilization. they ve already endorsed for this next election. they did note that. and they said that they are speaking to social media influencers. and they are also engaging with grassroots gun safety organizations. that is an issue that is really important to young people. so they are attacking this problem. they recognize that it is vulnerability. the biggest advantage of all the president has is that he does not have a significant primary challenger. he would really be in trouble if say, bernie sanders for example decided he was going to challenge him. a lot of these young voters. and that is the interesting thing, he is almost as old as the president but young voters still gravitate towards him because of his policy. that is what the white house really is thankful for. every single day. it s bernie sanders going to launch a campaign. ? i was in michigan last week talking to voters said that her vote before joe biden was
won t back down gabby knows the devastation that gun violence has wrought on communities across the country. she s so critical to this fight for gun safety. no i won t back down what are you hoping to achieve with gun safety legislation? background check now. exactly. 90% of americans support universal background checks. it is my great privilege to be joined by former u.s. congresswoman gabrielle giffords, the cofounder of one of the most prominent gun safety organizations in the united states. stopping gun violence takes courage. the courage to do what s right. the courage to be responsible. on this vote, the yeas are 219, the nays are 210. the bill is passed. reporter: the u.s. house of representatives approved a pair