american woman as his nominee to the supreme court for justice breyer seat. even though, other presidents including ronald reagan and donald trump have made pledges of that kind to pick a specific demographic for the court in reagan s case. he pledged in advance as a candidate that he would appoint the first women justice. president trump also pledged that he would appoint a female justice to court. nevertheless, conservative media and republicans are turning their hair out and pretending like nothing like this has never happened before. there are so outraged that a black woman is finally going to be nominated for the court. president biden pledged today that his nominee will be announced within a month by the end of february. so, not the countdown begins. now, we ve got eyes on that story tonight as we will, every night, until we got a nominee and beyond. i also have to tell you, because i know you, we ve also got eyes tonight on the story i know you most want to hear on ton
hire, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york on a very busy day of news and more details on what promises to be a blockbuster hearing on the january 6 hearing and we ll have much more on that. we begin with the verdict in the alex jones trial where a jury has just awarded nearly $1 billion in damages to the family members of the sandy hook victims, people who suffered from the lines that alex jones started spreading hours after the massacre. harry lipman joins us, a former u.s. attorney and former deputy assistant attorney general. let me just not go the down the rabbit holes of alex jones but the families had pain and suffering from the massacre being described as a hoax and the nearly billion dollars in damages does nothing, nothing to deal with their grief but it was as signal, it seems harry, that the jury felt that it was represent henceible. even his defense attorney said in close, nicole. this is a despicable human being and, of course, he s the vilest vermin out there on
back here in the u.s., the horrific scene. the rookie police officer fired from the force after shooting an unarmed teenager who was in his car eating a burger at mcdonald s. the disturbing body camera video showing the officer opening the car door and then opening fire. the uproar tonight involving the los angeles city council. the council president now resigning as president 24 hours after a leaked recording. what she is heard saying about a white councilman s black son. other council members also heard on that audio. the urgent search tonight for a missing 14-year-old girl in boulder, colorado. last seen with two older men at a high school football game. the alleged messages from another state to her friends. and what authorities are now saying tonight. the concern at several major airports in the u.s. after hackers based in russia targeted laguardia, l.a.x., o hare, hartsfield-jackson in atlanta. hacking their websites. if they can do this, what else can they do? gi
really happy to have you here. we are less than 30 days out now from the elections. we are going to be joined in just a moment by the man who was in charge of the democratic party s efforts to hold the united states senate. and that is quite a job this year. the polling averages right now show that the prospects for both parties in the senate are equal as of today. literally, if the polling says today ends up matching the vote on election day, it will be 50/50 in the senate. so in terms of control of the senate, control of the direction of the country, every race really matters. every seat really matters. every candidate really matters. it is just on a knife s edge. and i mean, just on a personal level, if you didn t know whether you would volunteer for a candidate yet this year. if you would volunteer to door knock or do some get out the vote work. if you haven t committed to voting for sure yourself this year, this year your vote will really matter. this is not one to skip
good evening, i m alicia menendez. federal investigators may now be turning up the heat on members of trump s legal team. those documents are stashed at mar-a-lago. christina bob spoke to federal investigators on friday. in name two other lawyers who investigated the case. nbc news also reported and trump s possession had been returned to the government. it has been nine weeks since the trump of there s still no explanation as to why he took the documents and what he intended to do with them. the new york times is reporting on one possible plan. the time said since late last year, trump told his advisers he would return the records if the national archives handed over material that he believed would discredit the fbi s 2016 rush investigation. trump never pursued the idea. this weekend, trump again spread the false claims that those white house records are his. even though they are not and will never will be. i had a small number of boxes in storage at mar-a-lago guarde