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scares. right here on cnn news central. right now, desperation is growing as tens of thousands of people are trying to escape the violence that is unfolding and escalating in sudan. over the last 24 hours, a mass evacuation has been picking up speed and urgency. u.s. officials have confirmed all of the u.s. personnel have been evacuated on president biden s order, u.s. special ops flew into the capital city and the troops were on the ground less than ong nearly 100 u.s. diplomats and staff and family members out. now, at this hour, roughly 16,000 americans remain in sudan and most of them holding dual citizenship, and now at this hour, tony blinken is speaking about the crisis for first time since this u.s. evacuation. listen to this. on saturday, i directed the temporary suspension of operations at khartoum, and we conducted a successful operation to safely evacuate u.s. personnel and their dependents. i want to reiterate my appreciate for ambassador john godfrey and t
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
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Cases like this one. danny shaw. let s take this back to basics. there are a number of things, a number of details which are really enshrined in the process. the idea that you are tried by a jury of your peers, the idea that members of the public can watch a trial taking place. how important in all of that is the idea that a convicted offender should be present to hear the sentence? offender should be present to hear the sentence? well, the person that has been convicted, the sentence? well, the person that has been convicted, the the sentence? well, the person that has been convicted, the defendant, | has been convicted, the defendant, has been convicted, the defendant, has the right to a fair trial. and it should be a trial that is conducted in public, in open court. but there is no law that can compel them to attend court, particularly for their sentencing. and there are cases in which trials take place with the defendant absent. for example, if they are a fugitive. that has