many of us woke up, this morning, to learn of, yet, another, mass shooting. a 19-year-old gunman who opened fire at a fedex facility in indianapolis, killing eight people before, also, killing himself. this news, mind you, comes on the 14th anniversary of the virginia-tech shooting, when 32 people were gunned down. meaning, we have arrived at a place, where mass shootings occur on the anniversaries of other mass shootings. here s what president joe biden had to say, today, about the epidemic of gun violence in america. this has to end. it s a national embarrassment. it is a national embarrassment, what s going on. and it s not only these mass shootings that are occurring. every single day, every single day, there s a mass shooting in this in the united states, if you count all those who were killed out in the streets of our cities and our rural areas. it s a national embarrassment, and must come to an end. it is an embarrassment. i mean, learning of a mass shooting is a
historical film this year about the civil rights martyr emmett till, and that s airing for the first time tonight, so i m excited to share it with you we begin with what we ve learned about the republican party it is reeling struggling with the maga republican problems it created after a midterm fizzle. the red wave if at most has become a red trickle. definitely not a republican wave, that s for darn sure. republicans score they were going to sweep, a red suetsunam, and we believed them, but they did not. even tucker carlson accepting the reality of election results. that has basketball the mood as the year ends. donald trump announce he have running again. there s a power struggle in the house. there s the rnc s autopsy. and then there s all of the blame on what even the republican party s leader in the senate called low quality candidates part of the problem i don t think there s any question in my mind that hurt republicans all over is donald trump. some w
january 6th investigation. lessons learned this year. the report confronting some of the hypocrisy their own justice, and our interview with the star of a historic film this year about the civil rights emmett till. i m excited to share it with you as we get through the hour. we begin with what we learned about the republican party as we and the. and it is reeling, struggling with all the maga problems that created after a midterm fizzle. the red wave, at most, has become sort of a red trickle. definitely not a republican wave. that s for darn sure. republicans where they were gonna sweep a red tsunami. that s what they told us, and we, to be honest, cautiously believe them. but they did not sweep, not even close. look at that. some level of agreement on the facts. even tucker carlson not doing the big lie denialism, but accepting the reality of election results. and that has been the mood as the year ends. donald trump announced he s running again, there s a power s
very real sandy hook mass massacre, calling it a fake. they today a texas jury ordered him to pay more than $4 million in damages to parents of six-year-old jesse lewis, one of the 20 young children and six teachers murdered in that shooting. jessie s parents wanted at least 150 million for defamation. this afternoon their lawyer said the next step in this case is the real name of the game. the jury just returned a verdict for damages exceeding $4 million. that s a darn good start. we now have the punishment phase. it s perfectly expect-able that we are going to see an over nine figure judgment against mr. jones. that punishment phase of the trial begins tomorrow. jurors have already heard about the damage done by alex jones s lies. i can t even describe last night i have nightmares of the living hell that i and others have had to endure because of the negligence and the recklessness of alex jones. jones may soon face even more legal jeopardy. yesterday the lawyer for