that it was all a lie and never happened. let s go to cnn s drew griffin, who has been found a trough in the start. drew, first break down the verdict for us. how exactly did the jury get to the figure of four point $1 million. the jury was asked a series of questions. keep in mind, they came in only for the punishment phase or money face. alex jones was fined liable by the fault in this case. one of the cases was for the father of he claimed definition. that defamation is what the jury awarded at least for them. that was $110,000. but for both parents, scarlett lewis and neil heslin, the jury said, for the inception of emotional distress, now and then the future, warning them each $2 million. as you say, that is far below the $150 million that they asked for. jim, i just viewed an obnoxious video by alex jones that he put out on his website, as he begged for money from his viewers calling this a major victory for truth, alluding to the fact that this whole trial was a de
republican base, everything that katie and mollie said, is what they believe. and that is rebounding to former president s benefit and republican primary, if you look at polling to the statement we heard from former president trump spokes person on fox news sunday, it is true some of this stuff is politically motivated. and american people believe in the polling that is at least that is at least partially politically motivated but the independents who agree yes there are politics at plea also believe that trump is guilty of crimes that could be a big problem in a general election, if there is not affect of push back. eff. why victor davis hanson said this is a time for courage, there need to be courage people to say, take personalities away do we want to be a country where we have politicized prosecution. date for dc trial will get set tomorrow.
deputy, patrick philbin. so, this is a significant development what we are learning from our reporting to, is we ve reached out to the trump spokes person, and they give us this indication that they are intending to dig in on this issue. here s what he told us. how can any future president ever have private conversations with his attorneys, counselors, and other senior advisers if any such advisors force either during or after the presidency, in front of an un-select committee or other an entity, and be forced to reveal those privilege confidential discussions? now, we ve reported that the justice department is preparing to take this battle into court. and our sources say that they are confident that they will win. i understand you are also new details about the president, the former president himself, and his views on all this. what s he focused on when he s been speaking with his attorneys? well jim, sources tell us that trump has out meetings with his attorneys, they ve warned
are going to be looking at video like this to determine how the different people who were involved related to each other in order to prove something like conspiracy or to prove coordination between individuals. a video is worth more than a thousand words. they always say a picture is worth a thousand words. as a prosecutor you know, when i was prosecuting folks, it was always difficult for defendants to argue with video footage. if it s just right there in front of you. it also appears that the committee is following the money because we now know they have demanded these financial records from the trump spokes person. what does that development tell you about the direction of their investigation? i think they are trying to go beyond the people who we see storming the capitol, right? obviously these people that we re capturing on video are committing a crime. what the committee wants to look at now is who coordinated this. who planned it. who aided them, so you re guilty of a crime
we re having a lot today, but prime minister may and i have developed a very special relationship and i think trade will be a very big factor between our two countries so i want to thank you very much. reporter: did the russians lie about your meeting yesterday? . i will be going to london, yes. reporter: when will you be going sir? we ll work that out. the questions come after another he said he said. reporte reporters saying that the president accepted the comments that russia was not involved in meddling in the election, but a trump spokes person immediately denied that claim. demonstrators are gathered peacefully. that s what we re seeing this morning, but this was the scene