fulton county election workers ruby freeman and shaye moss a staggering $148 million in damages for the lies mr. giuliani spread about them. giuliani has already said he will appeal the ruling. and we will get some expert help on what that means for this case, in just a second. but throughout this trial we have learned so much more about what exactly happened here. most of what we understood about ruby freeman and shaye moss s story before this trial was about the lies giuliani and trump pushed about these two women and the threats that followed. and what we ve learned through the trial is how much those threats actually impacted their lives. he was ruby freeman s at the court after today s verdict. i want people to understand this. money will never solve all of my problems. i can never move back into the house that i call home. i will always have to be careful about where i go and who i choose to share my name with. i miss my home. i miss my neighbors. and i missed my name
potential presidential campaign just ahead plus what we re learning about donald trump s deposition yesterday in new york after spending eight hours at the attorney general s office. and we ll have the latest on the arrest of the young air national guardsman suspected of leaking classified documents all right, good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, april 14th. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire we begin in florida where ahead of a likely presidential run governor ron desantis signed a six-week abortion ban into law yesterday, a move that underscores just how controversial the move is. the typically boisterous desantis announced the decision with little fanfare last night, putting out this tweet just after 11:00, hours after the ban was approved by the gop controlled state legislature just two out of the 28 republicans in the florida senate voted against the bill, which makes exceptions for pregnancies involving rape or incest up until 15 weeks thosexes
this is bbc news. the headlines at 6pm the former chancellor, rishi sunak, enters the race to be the next leader of the conservative party and prime minister. durham police clear sir keir starmer of breaking lockdown rules. he d pledged to resign if fined. the labour leader says his party is now ready for an election. if there was a general election, this government will fall. and we ve got a plan for the country, we want that fresh start. britain s former counter terrorism police chief sir mark rowley is formally appointed as the new head of the metropolitan police in the wake of a string of failings which have compromised public trust. tributes pour in from around the world forjapan s former prime minister, shinzo abe, who has been assassinated while delivering a speech at a campaign event. six men have been found guilty for taking part in a string of robberies and burglaries, including the theft of a 5.5 million diamond encrusted tiara. it is all overfor it is all over f
cnn has not been able to confirm if that voice was a student, but the man who recorded the video says the audio came from the dispatch radio in a customs and border protection vehicle. we are also hearing today for the first time from an off-duty border agent who ran to help when his wife, a fourth grade teacher, texted him. that agent was getting a haircut when the shooting happened. so he borrowed a gun from his barber and raced to the school. he ended up outside the door the gunman was behind. he had no tactical gear. here s what he says happened next. i was there at the door fixing to go in. once again, i didn t have any gear. i wouldn t have been a smart move for me. all those guys had their gear and stuff, so like i said, i pulled back. obviously there s a lot of scrutiny about the police response. what s your take on all of that? to me, i believe everyone there was doing the best they could given the circumstances. yeah. i believe everyone there was doing every
Place restrictions that would prevent it from being sent to patients by mail the new york times reports the supreme court justices, quote, will most likely rule on the biden administration s emergency application in a matter of days. they may restore full access to the pill, endorse the restrictions outlined in the appeals court, or sus spend access entirely as a federal judge in texas did the biden administration would need to win the votes of at least five of the nine justices on the supreme court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority. as you may remember in a 5-4 ruling last summer the high court overturned the landmark roe v. wade decision, which guarantees a constitutional right to abortion. all right, and joining us now to unpack this all is health care reporter on capitol hill for politico, the one and only alice olstein. alice, thank you for joining us. really appreciate it what kind of potential timeline are you hearing for this doj