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 of ou
absent from the campaign trailer from the courtroom that her husband has been in. thank you very much for joiningous this very busy news week. cnn news night starts right now. a jury gives rudy giuliani 148 million reasons to regret his lies, that is tonight on news line. good evening. i m in washington where today, cameras caught what might be a final chapter in a truly american story. a jury sentenced a man once known as america s mayor as a financial death penalty. he is on the hook for $148 million for the harm he caused to two women. moss and freeman. they are the georgia election workers whose lives were forever altered after giuliani made them the crux of a fraud conspiracy. the sheer size of this penalty is really stunning. $16 million for defaming freeman. $16 million for defaming moss, $40 million for distress to both and $75 million in punitive damages. the two woman thanked the jury but today s result does not a tone for two years of turmoil. the flame tha
moment, with just 13 days until midterm elections it is one of many developments that continue to shake up races in central states. we will focus on their impact tonight and in pennsylvania the debate certainly made a mark as fetterman admitted just minutes ago the aftereffects of his truck made speaking difficult at times. my doctors, the real doctors and i believe, they all believe that i am ready to be served. i didn t hear you say that you would release your full medical records, why not? you have 30 seconds. again, my doctor believes that i am fit to be serving, and that is what i believe is where i am standing. republican, mehmet oz making headlines as well with this on abortion. i want women, doctors, local, political leaders, leading the democracy that has always allowed our nation to thrive to put the best ideas forward so states can decide for themselves. the question now, what will pennsylvania voters make of what they saw and heard? we will have real a
Live starts right now. Laura . Youve got a lot to fix with whats going on in washington. You think i can fix it . Hold on, im the want to fix this . You will not put that on me today. Laura alone can fix it. Well, then you have some very high hopes. Thank you so much, nice to see you as always. And we do have, to her point, there is Breaking News out there as republicans are just now choosing another speaker. The big question is, how long will this one last . Tonight, i am laura coates live. All right everyone, mike johnson, come on down. Youre the next contestant on the next speaker, right . Well, for the fourth time in three weeks, republicans have chosen another speaker designate. Congressman mike johnson was elected with 128 votes. Do the math, thats less than the total, you do realize. And get this, Kevin Mccarthy, who was kicked out of the job three weeks ago, received 43 votes. The next highest tally. Which means its Groundhog Day all over again. Just go ahead and cue up bill mu
I found it inappropriate, and the federal government does not have a role in certifying the results of a state selection. i think meadows attorney at one point described medals as no, i view this as campaign activity, i found it inappropriate, and the federal government does not have a role in certifying the results of a state selection. i think meadows attorney at one point described medals as trump s are alter ego. i was a bizarre way to describe it. look, the raffensperger piece of this is just a stark reminder that for a few people of conscience, where were this all gone? abby, that is the phone call. that phone call, to beat trump s chief of staff is a violate the hijack. demands mark meadows argument. yes, and team trump will be watching. they want to move to federal courts as well. but no, meadows knew exactly what he was getting into when he signed up to be trump s chief of staff. this is coming home to buy them