jericka: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this friday night. i am jericka duncan in for norah. we will have more on the shocking news of alexi novotny s death in a moment. but first, we begin tonight with some breaking news in the historic ruling in the civil fraud trial against former president donald trump. a judge ordered trump to pay more than $350 million in penalties and barred him from serving as an officer or director of any new york company for three years. today s decision comes months after he was found liable for falsifying business records in order to get better terms on loans and insurance. it is a major victory for new york state attorney general attorney general letitia james, who first sued the former president back in 2022. well, tonight, trump called the ruling a total sham. cbs s robert costa has the detail from lower manhattan. thank you very much. reporter: tonight have a potentially crushing blow to donald trump s business empir