a long score before it was called back on penalties. and one of trump's favorite sports ufc not left out oh he did the trump dance ah, he was ufc champ jon jones hitting the dance after knocking out his opponent while trump watched from the front row at madison square garden this weekend joe jones took his celebration next level. he handed the champion belt to trump for the photo op after his win but mark preston the trump dance now all the rage. >> okay, so just watching it right now, i think ridley did it best. i think everyone else does it too fast. if you're going to do it you have to emotionally do this if you ever see how trump moves his hand i've studied trump. i played him many times in debates. it's like this. >> this is why you're the perfect person to talk about this. and i will say this was widely celebrated at the republican national convention. i think there were some

eyebrows raised at the time, but here you go. they i guess, made it iconic. thanks to you guys for being here with us today. thanks to all of you at home for joining us as well. i'm kasie hunt. don't go anywhere. cnn news central starts right now >> know the president elect says he is not reconsidering his pick for attorney general. as testimony emerges that matt gaetz paid two women, $10,000 for sex, a once in a decade bomb cyclone slams the west coast, killing at least one person and leaving a trail of destruction and thousands without power. >> now, forecasters warn, the powerful storm could intensify and turn into what they call a triple bomb and sean "diddy" combs facing a new wave of lawsuits, this morning, facing another bail hearing and an anonymous celebrity now says he's the victim of an extortion scheme led by the attorney bringing the lawsuits against sean combs.

>> i'm kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman. this is cnn news central >> happening now, a live look at capitol hill. it looks peaceful and serene. there there will be a high stakes meeting that could determine the fate of now former congressman matt gaetz. president elect trump's pick to be attorney general after news broke overnight that two women testified, gaetz paid them more than $10,000 for sex. the decide what to do with and whether to release its now completed investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use by gaetz. a growing number of senators, including republicans who will vote on the gaetz confirmation. they want to see this report. gaetz himself will be on capitol hill today to lobby the senators. let's get right to cnn's

what's the view from inside trump world about where this is headed steve yeah, over the weekend, john, we heard from a lot of trump allies who were making the case for why trump should be able to get the cabinets that he picks. >> well, yesterday with senators back on the hill, we started to hear why there are so many concerns about whether or not gates can get the 51 votes he needs, and so he is with trump's vice presidential nominee, jd vance, who are going to be trying to make the case for matt gaetz and start working some of these senators trying to build up support. meanwhile, donald trump is standing by his controversial pick with a one word answer yesterday when asked about his views on all the concerns. take a listen to what he said reconsidering the nomination of matt gaetz? >> no face concerns about some of his picks that he has already made

in the last week, he is marching ahead with picks as he continues to put together his cabinet at a breakneck speed. >> take a look at all he got done in the last 24 hours. he named howard lutnick his secretary of commerce dr. oz. yes, the television personality will be in charge. the center for medicare and medicare and medicaid. and then linda mcmahon, one of the former russell wrestling federation founders, is going to be his secretary of education. just showing how experience is not necessarily as important to trump as loyalty and ability to communicate a message for him on tv. the big questions remaining is who will be donald trump's labor secretary, as well as who will be in charge of the treasury. that is a job that is getting a lot of intrigue behind the scenes. howard lutnick is someone who wanted the position now that he's been named as secretary, we're told secretary of commerce, we're told that they will march ahead with a pick for treasury as soon as today. and the contenders are scott

bessent. he's a hedge fund manager. senator bill hagerty of tennessee kevin warsh he's a former federal reserve governor and marc rowan the billionaire investor. john. >> all right. the jostling continues. steve contorno, thank you very much, sarah. >> all right. thank you, john cnn congressional correspondent lauren fox on capitol hill, where as you just heard from john, the house ethics committee in just hours is set to meet. lauren, what are you hearing from lawmakers at this hour yeah, we are waiting to see whether or not house republicans would vote to actually release this report today. >> now, michael guest, who is the top republican on that committee, he has made clear that he does not feel any pressure from speaker mike johnson. but we should just remind everyone that last week johnson made explicitly clear that he did not believe this ethics report should be released to the public. in fact, he didn't even believe it should be sent to the united states judiciary committee, which will have the important job

candidates for the post of attorney general. so that is still a huge question right now. will they discuss this report? will they vote to release this report, this committee is divided between republicans and democrats. so it would take one republican to actually vote with democrats. and of course michael guest would have to move forward with the vote of that report to be released. now, a lot of republicans in the senate say that even if it is not given to the entire public, they do want to have access to it as part of their vetting process. as part of their deliberations on whether or not they believe that matt gaetz is up to the job of attorney general, here are a few of those report out there that is being then i think the senate is going to want to see it. >> it may very well speed up the vetting process. on the other hand, if it's not available and we have to recreate it ourselves, that would delay our ability to make a decision on a very critical nominee. i

speedy consideration of this nomination there's a we've got to have as much transparency as we can have and that last senator there, senator chuck grassley he will be the incoming chairman of the senate judiciary committee. >> he's going to have a lot of power over what information he department, from the house ethics committee, and he's going to have a lot of say on how fast this nomination moves. sarah lauren fox, thank you so much for your reporting there on capitol hill for us. >> kate a verdict could come as soon as today for the man accused of killing the georgia nursing student, laken riley and new video in court of the college student's final moments and the this morning facing threats and and to anyone upset about the outcome of the u.s. election italy has got a deal for you. a

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complex near the crime scene hours before. prosecutors arguing that man was the defendant jose ibarra. cnn's rafael romo is following all of this for us from georgia and joins us now. and rafael, you you told us yesterday things were moving along quite quickly. how quickly could this case make it to the judge >> it's very possible that the family and many friends of laken riley who have attended every day of court will find out the fate of the man that stands accused of her murder. jose ibarra defense team has said that they only needed about half a day to present their testimony. and let's remember, kate, this is a bench trial not a trial by jury, which means many of the normal procedures don't apply. and won't delay the trial because it's ultimately the judge who will decide whether the defendant is guilty or not. among the most compelling evidence presented here in court yesterday was a college security camera video showing laken riley last run the morning of february 22nd,

before she was murdered. the video also showed jose ibarra, the defendant, lurking near the crime scene. we also heard testimony about frantic texts and missed calls from laken riley mother that the prosecution used to illustrate the timeline and in what's perhaps the most piece of evidence, a forensic expert testified how ibarra's dna was found under riley's fingernails. we also heard from the medical examiner's official determination for a cause of death. let's take a listen opinion as to the cause of death of laken riley? >> i did. what is that opinion? >> her cause of death is the combined effects of blunt force head trauma and asphyxia. what is her manner of death? homicide the last text message laken riley ever sent at 855. >> that morning, she texted her

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criteria. because what this comes from is a term known as bombogenesis. basically, when a unit of pressure storm system drops by 24 millibars in 24 hours. this one dropped 57 millibars in 24 hour period. and so that made again a two and a half time run for that criteria to be met. so it is called a bomb cyclone. we've got a lot of these popular meteorological terms that float around the internet. you know from a sting jet to a poisonous wind field to a bomb cyclone. and they all mean certain things unfortunately, they can all mean destruction as well. so we have seen that across the pacific northwest with unfortunately, trees and power lines toppling onto roofs taking hours for firefighters to rescue individuals out of the pacific northwest. this storm system very impressive on satellite loop and that poisonous tail or sting jet that's right here. the bottom portion of this bomb cyclone, that's where the most powerful

winds of this storm are actually located. fortunately, just offshore. but where the coldest, densest air actually rapidly descends to the surface the air dries out. and that's where we see those powerful winds. and some of them made its way onshore. you saw the destruction that it left behind. but look at these impressive wind gusts. mount rainier 77mph. that's equivalent to a category one atlantic hurricane. now this thing is tapping into a jet stream known as a pineapple express. so it's got deep tropical connections near hawaii, in fact. so it's going to take that moisture and create a torrent of precipitation in the coming days across the western u.s. from 1 to 2ft of snowfall locally higher amounts across the mountains to up to ten inches of rain across northern sections of california. you can see why this bomb cyclone means business john. >> yeah, bombogenesis one of my favorite bands from the 70s. peter gabriel was awesome in that rock on. derek, there's a study that was looking into the

impacts of climate change on this past hurricane season. what can you tell us about that yeah. >> okay. so we're talking about hurricanes, not bomb cyclones. although a cyclone and a low pressure and a hurricane all have similar characteristics to it. but this new study that you're talking about says that all the hurricanes that formed all 11 of them throughout this 2024 hurricane season actually were made stronger than it otherwise would have been without climate change, human caused climate change as a factor. take hurricane milton, for example. this storm exploded in strength 180mph, was its top strength, but that increase in max intensity of 24mph, according to this study, is what was made possible because of the abnormally warm gulf of mexico ocean waters which, by the way, are roughly two and a half degrees above average for this particular location. so that rapid increase we keep talking about that bomb cyclone, the dropping of the pressure, the

increasing of the winds well, that again was made. all that more and more likely because of climate change, our warm oceans and our warm atmosphere. >> john, that warm water in the gulf having a huge impact. derek van dam, thank you. and thank you for the explanations. they're human >> all right. thank you so much. the huge gift the state of texas is offering trump to assist in his mass deportation plan. and the white house does an about face on controversial weapons to help ukraine with its war against russia and ask questions like, what is a comedy show doing on cnn >> landslide. i want donald now. can you slice >> have i got news for you? >> saturday at 9:00. many remedies you take for chest congestion only mask the symptoms. you're going to love this property. >> try this. >> mucinex 12 hour treats. the mucus that causes chest congestion for all day relief

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rowan. but listen whoever ends up getting this job, they're going to almost immediately face a series of deadlines and pressures, starting with the return of the dreaded debt ceiling. remember, that is that borrowing limit that congress has to navigate. and if they don't raise it, you could have financial armageddon type situation. >> this is a huge part of all of the years i covered capitol hill was when they did not raise the debt ceiling, so nothing like getting the sword of damocles was one of the most oft repeated phrases ever. but nothing like inheriting this job and immediately having to defuze a financial ticking time bomb. >> but that's what's going to happen here because the treasury secretary has to not only defuze it by getting congress to address the debt ceiling, but also come up with these accounting maneuvers to make sure you keep paying the bills on time but listen, kate, if you thought 2024 has been fun, 2025 is going to be even better because there's twin fiscal cliffs. it's not just the debt ceiling, it's the tax situation. because if congress doesn't do anything, tax rates are going to spike because the

2017 tax rate law will that expires at the end of the year. and it's going to be up to the treasury secretary to convince congress what to do here and trump has proposed over $3 trillion in additional tax relief on top of extending that tax law, also up to the treasury secretary to figure out how to pay for all of this. because there's projections that trump's economic plan could add almost $8 trillion to the national debt and treasury's got to figure out a way to borrow all that money in a way that doesn't freak out the bond market. >> one, your definition of fun is needs to be looked at. two. two this is all really intertwined, though. the powers of congress, the powers of the presidency, and the powers of the treasury secretary. how much how much power does the treasury secretary really have when it comes to all of this? >> the treasury has a significant amount of power, and some of this is regulatory and statutory, but also some of it is just sort of the influence of the treasury secretary, because they're kind of like the quarterback of the

economy. right? they're trying to execute the president's game plan which is going to be especially important now because not only did trump win, in part due to frustrations with the economy, but he's planning to massively shake it up. and the treasury secretary is going to have to manage all of this right. selling the public and investors and lawmakers on tariffs and deportations potentially putting out some fires in the stock market and trying to convince everyone that they can do all of this without causing all of that inflation that we've heard so much about. one last point here another unofficial duty of the treasury secretary is trying to manage the relationship between the president of the united states and the chair of the federal reserve and given the complicated relationship between trump and fed chair jerome powell, that is going to be an especially important role for this treasury secretary, maybe complicated publicly but to jerome powell, very uncomplicated. >> there is no relationship one word. it is independent. yes exactly. good to see you, matt. thank you so much, john. >> treasury secretary, quarterback to the economy. is

that like an aaron rodgers type quarterback? hopefully better than that okay okay. set the bar all right with us now with former white house associate counsel under donald trump and joe trippi, democratic strategist and senior adviser to the lincoln project. i want to put some faces up so people can see so far what donald trump's announcements for who he wants in his cabinet, his administration looks like you can see that those are the folks that donald trump has named so far. and by and large, there are some exceptions. pretty white, pretty male by politico's count only five women so far. one person of color compared to what joe biden's were four years ago. and granted, this was by the end by january, biden had 11 women and 11 people of color. we may have a screen for that. also but what about that look? i mean, donald trump likes to claim that this victory for a republican had more participation for people with color than a lot of republicans

have ever had. so why not put a few in the cabinet or more women for that matter yeah, i guess i'm surprised we're even talking about this, because the american people voted precisely against this, about dividing us, labeling us on the basis of our race and our sex, and instead we just want the government and the economy to work for us. >> we are less interested in what somebody looks like, what their sex is and we are far more interested in whether they are going to execute the president's agenda. and whether they are going to unleash american business, whether they are going to weaponize the department of justice against people who don't agree with them politically, against businesses that don't agree with them politically, and so this is the thing. if a woman were to be put in a spot because she is a woman she would never be respected. if we are going to celebrate things on the basis of diversity then you can't gain the respect that you want and you deserve. if president

puts someone somewhere, it is because he trusts them. he thinks that they are going to do a great job and that for linda mcmahon that is empowering. for kristi noem that is empowering and that is what people want. that's what people voted for joe is may right that it's silly that he even asked about this uh, no i don't think that's what the american people voted for. >> i think she's right that they voted because they believed or hoped that he would fix whatever ills they believe in. the economy. and that's why i think of the previous reporter you had had it. right, because um, it there could be a ton of economic consequences to what the president is proposing and to the kind of people he is putting in power that are frankly, are just most of them are yes men, not whether they're men or women what their colors, they're all yes men for the most part. so they're going to implement his policies. the

treasury secretary is going to have a really incredibly tough job with the debt ceiling, with all the things that were just listed and i don't think that's that's the problem here. when a party, any party gets all three branches. i mean have it has it all house senate, uh, president and the court, the supreme court, they tend to overstate what they believe their mandate is. i think the american people want them to fix the economy not and they they did not the voters over and over again said what they did not like about about trump was the chaos. the just the craziness of it all but they wanted his economic policies. well, we'll see how that goes because they're going to get a lot of chaos. that's what this that's what this most of these appointees are there to do. >> the counter to that joe is that maybe this is exactly what voters were asking for. and

i'm not sure which way it goes, but the new york times has been running a series where they're out there talking to voters about why they made the decisions they did, particularly voters who switched from democrat to republican they spoke to someone named brian kozlowski, a 40 year old lawyer in orlando, who said, quote it's an actual fulfillment of a politician dispensing with the norms the number one thing to me and a lot of trump voters, is getting rid of the swamp, and that is what is shocking. some people. it may actually be happening. so is this exactly may what people voted for, like brian clough or joe, if you want to jump in there, go ahead uh, well, a convicted felon, uh, or convicted? >> convicted criminal president on you know, appointing a somebody that the ethics, you know that we're looking for the ethics report on for attorney general, i think. yeah it's disruptive. i do think a lot of the president's base wanted that and and probably enjoys

seeing this. uh, i'm not sure that the rest of the country, which, again, was i think, supportive of what they believed would be good economic policies. we can debate that. but i don't that's what i just think this is like way over the top may for small change they saw there were 70% of americans said that america was on the wrong track. >> and the the advertisement that performed the best was kamala's for they them. president trump is for you. and so that's not a particular thing. that is a feeling. that is a feeling that there is a class, there is an elitist, multiple degreed class that is sitting there operating more than 2 million government employees. and what are we getting for it? and so i think this is why people are so excited about doge government efficiency. it's it's not about creating chaos. it's

creating streamlined efficiency. it's creating a government that works for the people. and yes, that is disruptive, but it's disruptive in the right direction. it's disruptive. it's disruptive in the sense that we don't nobody elected these bureaucrats nobody elected the halls of these. well nobody goes to work anymore. but nobody elected the empty halls of the usda. they elected a president who's going to make the government work for them. and so i don't think the american people are shocked by cabinet picks that are in line with that vision. >> all right may mailman joe trippi, thanks to both of you sarah. >> all right developing now the u.s. greek and spanish embassies in ukraine's capital of kyiv are all closed today as missiles land across ukraine. ukraine's air force says one man was wounded and they managed to shoot down dozens of drones launched from russia and in a major shift in policy for the white house, two u.s. officials say the biden administration just approved sending anti-personnel mines to ukraine as russia continues its

assault cnn's natasha bertrand joining us now. give us some sense because there is a controversy surrounding mines in general on the international stage yeah, sarah and actually, the biden administration, in the very early days of this white house, they sought to limit the use of anti-personnel mines, a shift from the trump administration, which had loosened restrictions on those mines because they said that there was a of these mines worldwide because of the you know, very real possibility that these mines can maim and injure civilians long after a war ends. >> of course, they can remain in these minefields and pose a very real danger to people who may come across them. well, now we are hearing, including from secretary of defense lloyd austin, that the u.s. is going to be sending these anti-personnel mines to the ukrainians to use primarily because the russians, according to austin, they have changed the way that they are fighting this war instead of leading with kind of mechanized forces, tanks for example, they are now

leading with those dismounted forces, those those just troops on the ground who are kind of paving the way for these tanks to kind of enter the conflict and fight the ukrainians. so the u.s. is now saying look, in order to blunt the advance of those russian troops, we need to give the ukrainians these anti-personnel mines in order to give them a better chance of retaining the territory that the russians obviously want to keep taking so this is going to cause of course, some controversy simply because it does mark such a significant shift. and in the waning days of the biden administration to now be sending such a controversial tool to the ukrainians that is sure to set off some alarm bells. but still, you know, the u.s. is really emphasizing here that these are only going to be used in eastern ukraine. the ukrainians have assured the u.s. that they're going to be in areas that are not populated by civilians. and importantly, the kind of mines that the u.s. is sending have a very short kind of trigger and lifespan. so essentially they are battery

powered, and they have the ability to last anywhere from two weeks to a month. these are not going to be lasting for a very long time. on these minefields. there are different kind of anti-personnel mines than something that the russians are using for example. so that is how the administration is spinning it here. but clearly, you know, they're trying, in the waning days of the biden administration to give the ukrainians everything that they need and to blunt the very, you know, real onslaught of russian forces that are continuing to take serious amounts of territory sarah. >> all right. natasha bertrand, thank you so much for that. john all right. >> this morning, for the first time in what feels like 327 years, rafael nadal is not a competitive nadal retired. this is after his 22 grand slam victories his career. it ended with a loss netherlands. cnn's sports anchor andy scholes is with us rafah nadal, i mean just one of the best, sir certainly, john,

you know, the big three in men's tennis. >> now it's down to just novak djokovic you know, when nadal, federer and djokovic, they were at their peaks more than 80% of the grand slam titles. you know, no one really had a chance going up against those three. and nadal. but his incredible career, it came to an end yesterday as he was knocked out at the davis cup. nadal he leaves the game with 22 grand slam titles. the 38 year old, you know, he was the king of clay. he won a record 14 french open titles. nadal lost only four of his 116 matches at roland garros, which is just incredible. and the crowd in spain yesterday showing nadal tons of love and here he was before leaving the court. one final time i am one of these that i have been very lucky that the life gave me the opportunity to to live unforgettable experiences because of tennis so i just want to be remembered as a good person and a kid that followed

their dreams and achieved more than what i ever dreamed an era. and john think about this. nadal, federer and djokovic. it really is the only time in sports history that the three greatest of all time players in their sport were going up against each other at the peak of their powers. i mean, we may never see something like this ever again you know, he won 22 grand slams, but one of his career highlights for him and me was when we got to hang out for a day. >> once there it is right there. you know, i said tennis i think it's good for you play as long as you want because i think you'll have a long prosperous career. and then he pulled up. >> i did look forward to it every every time he won john, have you posting that picture and saying, between us we have 22 grand slam titles all right. >> i mean, i will still find a way to post this photo whenever i can in the meantime, turns out the cleveland cavaliers are no longer undefeated. andy, tell us about that. >> that that is true playing your boston celtics. you know the longest winning streak to start a season was the warriors

back in 2015. they won 24 in a row. cavs they were at 15 heading into boston last night. then this was an nba cup game. the celtics they got that green court. not really my favorite but boston. they certainly play well on it behind jayson tatum. they opened up a 17 point halftime lead. and then third quarter tatum the step back three on george niang there. hit it at the buzzer. tatum to get out of there with that. he had 33. cavs didn't go quietly though. donovan mitchell hit a three here. made it a three point game in the fourth mitchell had 35 points but tatum the celtics they held off a late charge. they ended up winning 120 to 117, handing the cavs their first loss of the season jayson tatum we was excited for today. >> we lost the last cup game. >> they've been the best team in the league. you know all season 15 and zero. they came in. they felt like we was the best team and we felt like we were the best team. it's all in competition, so we was ready to play today so celtics now one on one in the nba cup. >> john berman you're a celtics fan. what do you think about that green court there.

you like it i i i'm not sure about the whole nba cup thing altogether. >> i mean what do you get for it. except these courts with these like big colors here, you know. well, you know, for not much you get a trip to vegas maybe, and play for an nba cup championship. >> i don't know lebron won it last year. >> that's all he won last year i'm sorry from the uninitiated. >> andy, please stay here. is this the new celtics court or is this just for the special thing just for the nba cup, which is an in-season tournament? >> the normal floor at the garden is the parquet. the famous parquet that's what they take that out. they put in this special one. >> they have special courts all over. i was going to be like, that is a major rebrand in a headline that we really missed. if that really was like a permanent thing everyone, everyone hates it. until someone really wins. on top of that and then they're all into it and then it's okay. yeah, cool thanks, guys. thanks for that. i should have asked off camera before, but regardless, here we go coming up for us. five new lawsuits filed against sean "diddy" combs today. and a strange twist coming with a separate lawsuit. now one brought against the very

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>> new this morning. texas officials have offered 1400 acres of land for president elect donald trump to build deportation facilities on. according to a letter reviewed by cnn, the land's previous owner had refused border wall construction and blocked law enforcement from accessing the property. but then the state bought the ranch. cnn national correspondent gloria pazmino is here has the trump team responded to this offer of 1400 acres of land sarah? >> not yet. we reached out to the transition as well as the department of homeland security last night to see if they are familiar with this offer they have not gotten back to us yet but it is important to mention that trump campaigned on a promise to do these mass deportations immigration was a cornerstone, cornerstone of his campaign, and we also know just how expensive and difficult these potential deportations will be. so the idea that a

state like texas, which is run by a republican governor, would offer land like this is is actually not outside of the realm of possibility that trump might consider. now, this letter was sent by the texas general land office and the commissioner there don buckingham, wrote to trump saying there is 1400 acres of land in texas near the rio grande. it is ready for you and federal agencies to come in and build as needed. take a listen to part of how she described the area last night it's flat, it's easy to build on. >> we could very easily put a detention center on there. a holding place. as we get these criminals out of our country. it's accessible to international airports as well as of course, a major crossing over the river when it begins remains unclear. >> at this moment but without

question, if the trump administration moves forward with these plans and everything suggests that they will, they are going to need facilities like the one that the commissioner is proposing. and at least for now, texas. texas is saying there's areas here where you can do this, and they're pointing to a precise location near the rio grande, where there there are several crossings where they are suggesting a facility like this processing bringing people in and eventually getting them out after they have been deported where one of these facilities can be put up. sarah. >> all right. i know you'll be watching this. gloria pazmino. thank you so much appreciate your reporting this morning. >> kate disgraced music mogul sean "diddy" combs is still sitting behind bars facing federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges right now. also this morning, he is now facing five new civil lawsuits in them. combs is accused of drugging and raping alleged

victims who are all listed as jane and john doe. most of the victims allege the assaults took place at those big parties that combs was famous for hosting. one accuser claiming that he was at a casting call, and one of the women says that she was underage, just 17 years old at the time of the alleged assault. combs now put it all together, faces 30 civil lawsuits joining us, joining me now is cnn legal analyst and criminal defense attorney joey jackson. and there's a lot going on with regard to what combs is facing. let's start with this 30 lawsuits, civil lawsuits altogether. the new lawsuits are coming from the attorney tony buzbee he is representing. i believe, 20 of these lawsuits that have been brought, these civil lawsuits. and he says that he expects to file a new cases against combs on a weekly basis. that's what he's saying. what is what is this going to mean? how do how does how do all of these civil lawsuits work or not work together?

>> all right. >> so here's how it goes kate. >> good morning to you. >> so you have this attorney in texas and apparently he's indicating that he represents about 120, right. >> now, these are the lawsuits that have been filed already significantly less than that. but when you say he's filing every week, the latest ones we've seen relating to three men, two women, you gave a little recitation of the facts. they are civil in nature. what does that mean? it means they're about monetary damages. they're about compensating people for wrongdoing. and that's what our system has monetary at this point. they're allegations. they'll go to court. they'll be vetted. and in the event they don't settle that is resolved for a specific monetary amount. then you'll have a full hearing of the trial. now that's separate and apart of course, from his criminal case. right. which is totally different. and being heard in the southern district of new york when it gets there for what he's currently detained. so at this point allegations, the allegations will be revealed in a string of lawsuits to come by mr. bisbee, the attorney for these alleged victims. we'll see whether or not those allegations can be proven in a court of law. >> staying with civil for

another beat because another layer of this now is that attorney is now being accused of basically running an extortion scheme by an anonymous celebrity. the celebrity has filed a lawsuit accusing tony buzbee of in the lawsuit of. here's a quote from it, shamelessly attempting to extort exorbitant sums from him or else him or else public, or else he would publicly file false horrific allegations against him. the celebrity claiming that these are all these are claims relating to sean combs um and he's saying basically that tony was trying to extort him for money or he was going to link him to being related to what sean combs is being is being sued over. how much does this complicate things? >> so what happens, kate, is that generally speaking, attorneys, whether they're civil and they're filing sexual harassment lawsuits or any type of lawsuits, they have this

thing in law called a demand letter. what does that mean? it means that prior to a lawsuit, you would send out a letter giving some recitation of the facts what you believe you can prove and trying to resolve it prior to the case going to trial. so these demand letters are not new. now, there are certain protocols with respect to ethical things that you have to do in a demand letter. you can't say, i'm going to arrest you. you will be arrested unless but by and large, they don't rise to the level of extortion. at least they're not deemed to be leveraging people for money. they're deemed to be a critical tool. but it does. you know, it will raise the specter of whether or not the allegations are factually accurate or whether or not it's a shakedown, which, of course, the combs team is saying this is a shakedown monetarily and has nothing to do with the merits. we'll see how it plays out. >> and this is all with the civil lawsuits you mentioned the the criminal, the criminal side. he is a bail hearing again on friday. so we'll have more time to talk about that later this week without question. thank you so much, sarah. >> all right developing now, conspiracy theorist alex jones is fighting the infowars fire

sale now suing the bankruptcy trustee the onion and some of the sandy hook families who helped buy it after jones tormented them in their worst grief. cnn's hadas gold is here now. hadas, what can you tell us about the latest on this? there was the big headline. was that the onion was going to take over infowars yeah. >> so, alex jones, as well as the company that tried to bid for infowars, have both filed motions. alex jones has sued to try and stop this sale. what they're arguing is that this was an unfair auction process, saying that it had changed from a live auction to what was a written final and best bid closed auction. and they also are arguing that their bid from the jones aligned company was a better bid because it's a higher cash offer. but these are actually two very different bids, and i want to explain how the onion won this auction. as it stands according to the trustee, the onion put

then what they also did is got an agreement with the families of some of these with some of the sandy hook families who agreed to forego 100% of whatever they would have earned from this. because, remember, alex jones owes these families nearly $1.5 billion because of that defamation suit. and so the onion is arguing that their bid is actually worth $7 million because it has they have they have gotten this credit for the families. now the other bid comes from what's called first united american companies. this is a company that part of its business is to sell some of these alex jones branded supplements. so it's affiliated with him. they put $3.5 million in cash on the table. and they're saying that's obviously the better bid. they called the onions bid a flagrantly non-compliant bank, the court appointed trustee christopher murray, obviously felt very differently and said that the other bid from the onion was a better bid. now ben collins, he's the ceo of the onion he said in a statement last week. the long and short of it, we won the auction and you're not going to believe thispr