so i called alex. called. >> and alex murdaugh got a settlement for you. >> absolutely. >> and that money came right to you? >> not all of it. >> alex murdaugh allegedly defrauded jordan jinks of $150,000. he was a friend. >> and he convinced you that he's working for you and doing everything above and beyond for you. >> i trusted alex like a brother. alex and i ate off the same plate. >> if he's willing to do that to a childhood friend, he'll do it to anyone. >> russell lafitte pleaded not guilty to a federal indictment, alleging he he helped murdaugh steal from their mutual clients. his trial is set for november. their lawyers did not respond to a request for comment about these financial fraud charges. when we return -- >> this trial will probably be one of the most watched since o.j. >> what happens next? >> all he has to do is flip one juror who is going to say he is not guilty. >>> what bridge is this? [ phone ringing ] >> 911. where is your emergency? >> we're in a boat crash. on arthur's creek.

the judge has already determined a that alex jones is liable.se families be paid for their pain and suffering for the emotional distress they experienced as a result of jones' vicious lies. >> let's go back into the courtroom. >> ladies and gentlemen of the jury, as your number is called, please answer here. rise and remain standing. juror number 1. >> here. >> juror number 2. >> here. >> juror number 3. >> here. >> juror number 4. >> here. >> juror number 5. >> here. >> juror number 6. >> here. >> ladies and gentlemen of the jury in the case, have you agreed upon a verdict? >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> would you please pass the verdict to me? >> you can be seated . >> just bear with me . >> the judge is reviewing some of the documents from the jurors. i assume -- >> so i am going to send you back with just very minor instruction, and i'm sorry for this, but i just want to make sure that we cross all the ts and dot all the is and as i pointed out, i had asked you -- you probably don't remember no because it was days ago to have the foreperson init

based on the number of views that alex jones had for his alleged defamation.l measure of defamation damages, but in a case like this, what else are you going to do? how else are you going to convey to the jury, hey, find a number. you know, the jury not only took that number, they nearly doubled it. >> paul, i have about 40 second left in the show. jones' attorney is calling today a dark day for freedom of speech saying they are likely to appeal. what would an appeal even look like sneer. >> it's hard to imagine u.might have noticed that the judge had a fake smile on her face when she reviewed the verdict before it was announced. i think that probably comes close to what she thinks about this verdict. i think it's likely to stand. the appellate court may reduce the amount somewhat. this is historic, but if the american legal system has anything to do with it, alex jones will spend the rest of his life paying back the 15 people who his vile words and deeds injured and his business will go bankrupt. guess what, there's a third damages trial coming up. westbound

host: let's give alex a chance. alex: this conversation is getting strained.hey are right the many budgets announced by the last chancellor -- inflation is running higher and every major european economy. it is peculiar for anyone to suggest the u.k. is doing worse. you cherry pick a single quarter from two years ago to try to demonstrate it. of course it is difficult for us as you have been referring to graphs. it is difficult to rebut that. i rather doubt if you are tracking the euro's performance against the dollar you will see a huge difference. i accept that the mini budget we had in liz truss' leadership spooked sterling and other markets. the phenomenon in international markets is the dollar being so strong, not the pound being so weak. if you compare to other currencies you will see equal underperformance against the dollar. the yen is at its lowest low against the dollar. there was a moment you have to say this conversation got weird. host: we have not pulled anything out, there is no magic rabbit out of a hat. everybody can have a look at it and make

alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex. wagne>> good evening, chris. that alex jones payout of a billion dollars is definitely, i think, a shot in the arm of people who think that liars like jones can be held accountable. seeing him today on the show say that we are going to keep talking about parkland, and uvalde, and they can't stop us, and the war effectively goes on, is just absolutely devastating. >> and a decade later, also, the heels of justice chrysler. >> but sometimes they keep turning forward. thank you to all of you at home for joining us tonight, we have a lot to get to. today, right thing -- alex jones was ordered to pay nearly a billion dollars in damages for the extraordinary vicious lies that he spread about the sandy hook massacre. in just a few minutes, we will be joined by the lawyer who won that case for the sandy hook families. we will also be talking to the democratic nominee for u.s. senate from north carolina. her races super close, and it's one of a handful of contests that could determine senate control. national democrats un

so -- vis-a-vis alex? >> the whole incident and then how -- why -- the shooting, why did this one get that kind of attention? >> so, obviously, as everyone in this room knows and probably rememberme where you were when this happened, it was just an unimaginable crime, you know? the slaughter of 20 first graders, you know, trying to hideo in their classroom, expect six women who trieded to protect them. and initially, even the parents themselves couldn't countenance this, you know? and the people around them, and, you know, they told me about how, you know, they'd wake up even today and say some morning s that was a nightmare, you know? and then realize, no, actually, it's my life. and so i think there were a number of people who congregated online, especially moms who had children around that age, and they just -- >> astonishing. >> yeah. they just couldn't believe it. they would show up at the sandy hook hopes facebook group was one of the biggest denier groups at the time -- >> [inaudible] >> there were

alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex. good evening, alex. think a shot in the arm to people who think that liars like jones need to be held accountable. man, seeing him today on his show saying we're goingis to ke talking about parkland and uvalde and they can't stop us and the war effectively goes on is devastating. >> a decade later. >> but sometimes they keep turning forward. thank you, chris, as always. thank you to you at home for joining us. we have a lot to get to. today right-wing conspiracy monger alex jones was ordered to pay a billion dollars in damages for the extraordinary, vicious lies he spread about the sandy hook massacre. we'll be joined by the lawyer that won the case for the sandy hook families. we'll be talking with the democratic nominee for u.s. senate from north carolina. her race is super close. one of handful of contests that can determine senate control. democrats understand that. they're making a huge last minute investment in her candidacy. sherry beasley will join us later on in the show. first, we have breaking

yes, so alex jones. we love this part out of our narrative was a regular on our tea so he would get up. this is russia today. yeah, russia today kremlin funded state tv. he would get up in the middle of the night, you know, his ex-wife told me clamber out of bed, you know ready to go on our tea at all hours. he was eager to expand his platform by whatever means necessary. he's been a putin fan and apologist from the start. he admires that and i actually think and you know, paul and i have talked about this. when i was a reporter in eastern europe, it was you know, even then not terribly long ago. it would have taken a pretty sophisticated foreign adversary like russia to sew the kind of disinformation that we are doing ourselves and if we're worried about russia interfering in our next election, don't worry about it because we've already done it and we'll do it again, right? so it's ours. it's not where these groups in this country. yeah, but was he funded now, but talk about bots one, you know, i asked

andrew, i want to ask what alex jones. new york times has reported that this guy's net worth is about 200 and $70 million. he's basically laughing at this monster verdict that he's got that he's gonna have to pay almost a billion dollars. so, tell us the truth. are these families ever going to get the money they are owed? >> you know, no one knows the answer to that. but i have to tell you, there are lots of ways to dig up money. as you know, stephanie. so there are reports that alex jones is taking a private jet, that he has bodyguards. will you go ahead and subpoena them, and you have them under oath as to who is paying them. and you do a follow the money investigation. what is important to know is in those types of investigations, there is something called civil contempt. and although it says the word a civil. people go to jail for that. so, if you lie and you are hiding money, the bankruptcy judge and the trial judge can send people off to jail. so, you could end up seeing alex jones in jail a lot sooner than you are g

>> alex, how much time do you have? i served as counsel for the first impeachment to, and him and donald trump is what he and i called a recidivist. he repeats, commit crimes, because he believes he is above the law. whether he is obstructing a russian investigation, preventing the peaceful transfer of power, or keeping documents because he wants to, he doesn't think that the law applies to him, and most federal crimes have at their base, lies. donald trump has been known to be a proponent of many falsehoods, especially because of the election. you don't need to prove a motive, motives or helpful for juries to understand the evidence, and believe the entrances that are drawn from them. but in this case, you can see that donald trump has said, these are my documents, i want them. i don't care that it hurts the national security. the overall theme here is donald trump, once again, is putting his own personal interests over the interest of national security. and if these reports are true, he is prone to some of the most se

we award damages to each plaintiff against alex jones and free speech systems llc.umber 1, compensatory damages, instructions. fill in both numbers for each plaintiff. please enter your damages, assessments for each plaintiff. to robert parker, defamation/slander damages, past and future, $60 million. b, emotional distress damages past and future, $60 million. total reasonable damages to plaintiff robert parker, add line and line b, $120 million. initialled by juror number 1. to plaintiff david wheeler, a, defamation/slander damages past and future, $25 million. b, emotional distress past and future, $30 million. total fair just and reasonable damages to plaintiff david wheeler and against alex jones and free speech systems, add line a and line ballistic missile. $55 million. initialled by juror number 1. to plaintiff francine wheeler. a, defamation and slander damages, past and future, $24 million. b, emotional distress damages past and future, $30 million. total and fair just and reasonable damages to plaintiff francine wheeler and against alex jones and free spee

>> of course it's hypocritical, alex.is one of the things that i was always concerned about over on, but republicans and conservatives are position, because what happens when one of your own people are doing, that and these allegations come out, and you are living this up, righteous ethical life, but you are out there sleeping around with like different people having a lot of babies are not taking care of. and with that said though, when you look at how close midterms are across the country with 46%, between democrats and republicans, and to the american people want to control government, it is close because it's not just republicans alex, republican voters i should say you want republicans to meet tim, control but they're independent screen voters in this country who don't like the direction of the country and they are sticking with republicans despite a lot of the crazy stuff across this country right. now i'm a democratic friends need to make a distinction between those things, because those of the voters who are going

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alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex. good evening, alex.he arm to people who think that liars like jones need to be held accountable. man, seeing him today on his show saying we're goingis to ke talking about parkland and uvalde and they can't stop us

let's take that point to alex. alex also mentioned the revolving door looking at the names of the likely candidates for the job of prime minister. you get the feeling is the conservative party running out of options when a name like boris johnson is back in the running again. not just back in the running. i didn't think this 48 hours ago, but now i must say that i think barbara johnson is the most likely person to win this contest. and i think 1st of all that because of something that paul was reflecting in the piece that we just heard, and i thought his reporting was very accurate. i may say conservative party members of parliament will not want an election. i would go badly for them. i think if they were to be one cool, any time seeing as a great deal of challenges, we just heard from the labor party as to whether a new leader would have a democratic mandate, you know, prime minister in a single year. will that argument dissipate somewhat? if it's orest johnston, who of course one and a t c. majority of the last

person, alex jones, they had instead thanks, to this person alex to endure far worse. jones, they have had they have been told or loss to endure far worse. they have been told that their loss never never happened, their children happened and that their and parents and spouses weren't parents and children and spouses actually murdered, maybe were actually didn't even exist. so if there were to justice in murdered. this world, jones would have maybe didn't even been struck silent today when i exist. so if there were what are great, connecticut true justice in this world, jones would have jury awarded nearly a billion been struck silent today when a connecticut dollars to them and an fbi agent that he tormented with jury awarded nearly a billion his loss for so many years. dollars to them and an fbi agent that in a better world, he would he tormented with his loss for so many years. in a better world, he would have said nothing, except, perhaps, to ask his listeners have said nothing, except, perhaps, to ask his listeners, for whom he takes millions of, for whom he takes

name alex jones.loyd's brother, he told me that one of the main reasons that they think it could be possible to go forward with this is because of the extraordinary verdict we saw against alex jones who is looking to pay something like a billion dollars in damages to sandy hook victims and it has to do with how difficult it's been to get something like an emotional distress case over the legal bar and, of course, under u.s. law you cannot defame the dead. but the idea here, because we saw alex jones punished for publicly stating something that he knew or at least said in court he knew to be false and that he made money doing so, that may be what has inspired the family here. we saw in the statement that came out yesterday, not only is kanye west's name all over it, but the mention of his making money, attracting attention to his brand, making a profit off of these statements. for me who watches technology companies, social media companies, the attention economy in general, a lot of experts that i spea

somebody else will take alex jones' place because alex jones is still celebrated in the republican partyp on their social media feeds. i think this is a good day for the sandy hook families but there's going to be another alex jones out there unless the republican party and the right fully condemns this movement. >> and in fact, senator, to your point, he's making himself a martyr, i will not pay, this will not stand. go to my web site to pay money so i can pay some of it. he's declared bankruptcy. you have gotten to know the families so well over the last decade, and it has been almost ten years now since the terrible day at sandy hook. can you just speak a little bit more, senator, to what you know they've gone through, i mean, the details of the harassment they have suffered, death threats they have received. many families having to move several times to dodge people who have been sent out by alex jones to pursue them. what have their lives been like as they try to grapple with the unthinkable thought that their first grader was slaughtered inside an elementary school classroom. okay.

i'm for for alex of those. i'd prefer self global health dos. i school of public health director university and i gotcha. i'm a demographic trend in previously i saw as the executive director of the african population health research center in my b. and i also found on to you and i left a lot of i st. board for it because you are friends. so guess it's really hard for me to grapple with what 1000000 people looks like. what that feels like. well, i feel different on november, the 15th, and i do right now, rachel. no, you won't. in civil terms. yeah, this has been a while coming and yeah, you won't feel much on the 15th of november. jennifer, when we talk about a number like 8000000000. if you're studying population, then you knew it was coming. i remember at school we were usually worried about how many more billions of people can, can survive on the earth. and he, we, our 8000000. what does that mean for most of us? how should we think about that number? well, you know, i also remember studying this in school and actually i think that's how i en

>> i just can't understand what makes alex jones be alex jones. right? you look at him and think, what kind of person would inflict this kind of pain. you would not inflict on someone you hated. you wouldn't even do this to the worst enemy, and here he does it to this part to these people who have had one of the worst things that could ever happen to you in your life happen. and then just, you know, poured gasoline on the fire and keep growing and growing and get worse and worse for them. this is just a person that i can't begin to understand. and then to act like an aggrieved party when you're held accountable and say they're never gonna get the money. >> taunting. >> yeah, taunting people. it's sadistic. he just loves to make them suffer even more than they've suffered. and it helps him make money. that's the thing, he actually has enriched himself off of pushing this. so, there's a benefit to him but he does seem to enjoy it. >> here's the -- list of this. >> money is all that alex jones cares about. and the only way to even begin to start to explain,

>> hi there, alex.age is definitely here in charleston, but when you talk to officials, when you talk to residents here, they do feel as if they dodged somewhat of a bullet because of the stories that we've just heard steve talking about out of what happened in florida. but look, they saw that tropical storm force winds here and they got a significant amount of rain. all that turning into scenes like this. this tree in the downtown area toppled over. just take a look at the power of that. that's the result of the saturation of the land here. we are talking about charleston area getting a historic amount of rain yesterday. the national weather service, saying that it was the wettest day since 1938. so, across the city today, you are seeing the cleanup begin. we saw crews here working on this, clearing out the sidewalk earlier today. many of the flooded roads have since been reopened. but there's still work that needs to be done. i want you to listen to what we heard from some homeowners here in this area

even worth, alex, if i can.online that there are now people questioning whether what happened really happened and trying to make that a conspiracy. van of rage i have one that happened is pretty anne -- >> there is no reigning in the crazy, i tell you. that is -- that your time in office encapsulates that period, how to different is the political environment now? you start in congress about a decade ago. how does it compare to then and how can we make the country safer for elected officials? >> next year, 30 years local and federal office i have been involved being in public service. i've never seen it like this. i've never seen the rhetoric, the level, the fact that people so much more overtly say things that used to be more clandestine and not their name. not leaving any kind of message under the and the threat over the voting machine, the message machine. now people are a little more blatant about that. they feel that they have got someone who has their back, because the rhetoric of donald trump went out ther

thanks for being with us and alex, welcome back to the stream. get to see you again. remind our audience who you are and what you day. i thank you family. thank you for having it by. i'm a professor global health. i don't, i school of public health director university and my daughter. i'm a demographic by trending. and previously i found an executive director of the african population health research center in my b. and i also saw on the un high level advisory board for clinical social affairs. i guess it's really hard for me to grapple with what 1000000000 people looks like, what that feels like. well, i feel different on november, the 15th, and i do right now, rachel. no, you won't. in civil terms. yeah, this has been a while coming. and yeah, you won't feel much on the 15th of november. jennifer, when we talk about a number like 8000000000. if you're studying population, then you knew it was coming. i remember at school we were usually worried about how many more billions of people can, can survive on the earth. and he, we our 8000000. what do

welcome to alex witt reports. developing for you this hour concerns over national security growing this weekend in the wake of a bombshell new report on those documents seized from mar-a-lago. nbc news confirms some of those classified documents in trump's possession included intelligence regarding iran and china. this is according to two people familiar with the matter. then the revelation comes as trump faces new pressure on another front, of the january six committee, formally sending the former president a subpoena. trump has been ordered to submit documents by november 4th and appear for a deposition on november 14th. in an exclusive interview with msnbc, president biden waiting in on his presidency as legal challenges. >> i'm not going to comment on what he should do, but i think the committee has handled it very well. >> what would you say to the american people if he didn't testify, do you think? >> well a portion of them, they would say that's great. to a larger portion, i think they would say, that was a

and it's not just about alex jones.e business model for so many far right extremists, so many bigots. this says you want to skate on thin ice here. well, sometimes you might get away with it, sometimes you might not, but the profit model is not going to work for you or at least it's not certain to work. and this entire enterprise of pretending what you are doing is protected by the first amendment is starting to look really dubious. >> yeah, marry anne franks, appreciate your time tonight. >> thank you. just ahead new reporting leading up to the fbi's search of mar-a-lago in august and what an employee of the former president has now told investigators. in three seconds, this couple will share a perfect moment. is that? oh wow! but we got to sell our houses! well, almost perfect. don't worry. sell with confidence to opendoor. yes! -done. request a cash offer at opendoor.com we desperately need more affordable housing, but san francisco takes longer than anywhere to issue new housing permits. proposition d is the only me

this is not over for alex jones. he's already been foul liable in these cases and he will soon face a new trial in texas in a lawsuit brought by the parents of another sandy hook victim. david? >> eva pilgrim leading us off here tonight. eva, thank you. >>> we turn next tonight to those reported tornados as we come on, and the severe weather moving into the northeast this time tomorrow. washington, d.c. to philadelphia, new york right up to boston. all part of the same system, the winds spinning up lake geneva, wisc wisconsin. there were tornado warnings near milwaukee today. and a line of storms moving across central arkansas. lightning and hail there. this heavy rain and the flood ritzing on the way for the northeast. senior meteorologist rob marciano tracking it all for us. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. you know, as we get deeper into fall, these fronts, these jet scream stream energy only get stronger, which means nor severe weather. the six reported tornadoes in southern wisconsin today from waukesha to milw

that is my hope. >> i feel like alex jones has been put aside. is there another alex jones type on the horizon to reformulate the formula he did? >> i will punt this to brendan because of the historical nature here but yes. there are many and that is partly because it is in our national character to question official narratives. >> be suspicious of authority. in answer to your question we are at the end of this long and terrible epidemic. there's a lot of political division, we are in the shadow of two long contentious and unsuccessful wars so it depends what the course of your ands is going forward. if there is a period of stability, i think the opportunity for this hard-core alex jones type conspiracy theorist to spread something will diminish. it won't go away and is never going away but it will diminish. of society remains in the level of dislocation and turmoil we are right now because of all these challenges soil remains fertile for it. that's a fair way to think about it historically. >> we have time for one quick question, we will give yo

well, i don't have the sense that alex jones is a billionaire. that is, has multi billions of dollars and can actually afford a $1000000000.00 verdict. what will happen though, is that plaintiff's council will go after all the assets that he does have in those assets will get split up between the parties. the plaintiffs consistent with the way that the jury a rule. so we don't know how much he has. my understanding is that he is a wealthy man, or was a wealthy man. he's an incredible debt now, but that they can do things. an american court system, like i put his house up for sale, sale his cars, a sell his belongings or at work that sort of thing. and then from that they can a mass money to pay the plaintiffs. and what options this whole have. i mean, can he and as low as appeal this without yes, we have several options. first, they will file what's called the motion of remitted tour remitted or is a latin word in the american judicial system. that simply means that the judge can remit or lower the verdict without ordering a new trial. so you can

alex, what is hunt-onomics? alex: it is the previous chancellor's economics on steroids.will go further and faster demonstrating fiscal competence -- manus: will there be a shocker of attacks rise that blows the doors off, quoting the italian job, alex? [laughter] alex: i think you will end up with surprising bloodiness when it comes to the cuts scrapped. i think you might also hear some words about the spending side of things being reduced pity you have a series of big commitments that truss-onomics involved. there is something left unsaid at the moment, what happens to those big protected areas of spending. manus: alex, let's see what the day brings, never mind the week. alex dawson. coming up, the u.s. earnings season continues with bank of america on the slate today. more right here on bloomberg. ♪ juliette: i am in singapore with the first word news. chinese president xi jinping says china is staying the course as it faces what he calls dangerous storms and growing challenges from the u.s. in an almost two hour speech before the party congress, he said china would pu

alex? >> very interesting if biden can find, one that is a great but putin may take it that is a big question mark. okay josh let him, and thank you for that. joining me right now, california congressman ted lieu a democratic member of the house judiciary. foreign affairs committee, good friend of the show, i'm glad to welcome you sir. let's get into this issue of putin's threats to use nuclear weapons and president biden's off camera marks at the fund-raiser this week. saying that the risk of nuclear armageddon is the highest in 60 years since the cuban missile. crisis what is your response to the actual process of that. what are you okay with the president making such doomsday proclamations? >> thank you alex for your question. let me first say that the nuclear war could not be one and must never be fought. i think that's what president biden was trying to convey, by using the words that he used. to convey that vladimir putin and nuclear war, simply cannot be one. those will result in nuc

a couple of weeks ago, the verdict for alex jones came down. have you spoken to the families and how are they reacting? >> i did almost immediately and throughout the trial which i was covering for the new york times, they were weighing in. they were particularly gratified by the confrontation in the courtroom that scarlett lewis whose son jesse lewis died at sandy hook had with alex jones. for 90 minutes, she was on the stand and she addressed her responses to every question to him personally and she held him to account. that was something that cheered them >>. >>how are they coping? how are they feeling moving forward? >> i hesitate to characterize or ascribe any feeling to any of the group or even to speak for them, but they are absolutely determined to hold alex jones and the other conspiracy theorist who supplied his content and harassed their families to account. [applause] >> when i started, i said conspiracies have been part of the country for more than 200 years. you write conspiracy rumors can be a collective response to psychological

the thing i'm looking at, alex, is weisselberg's testimony.ave a lot of room here to avoid -- he has no remit. all he's already pled guilty and one this step of not telling the truth, being perfectly forthcoming. what is gonna really hurt donald trump. >> it could potentially be his undoing giving the role allen weisselberg has played in the trump organization. lisa ruin, thank you so much for the role to play in the show i appreciate it. okay, thanks so much. the war in ukraine taking another inhumane turn with the weather may be used as a weapon? may be used as a weapon? 12 irresistible subs. the most epic sandwich roster ever created. ♪♪ it's subway's biggest refresh yet! here is minute clinic virtual care. ♪♪ and so is here and here. nationwide, 7 days a week from birth control consultations to visits with a health care provider i can access it all-here, healthier happens together. cvs health. (vo) with their verizon private 5g network, associated british ports can now precisely orchestrate nearly 600,000 vehicles passing through their uk

now what alex jones said or didn't say, is one thing. it's one thing for me to say that in the event did not occur. it's another thing for me to say that you, perhaps, as the victim of a family is making it up and you are a part of a lie. and the reason what was suggested theoretically, was that, and this was the theory, positive was that this was a false flag. this never occurred in order to incur the wrath in the iowan, the anger of the american people to perhaps make them repeal the 2nd amendment. our guarantee of the right to bear arms had to cause some type of a political and constitutional conflagration that was alleged by not just alex jones by a lot of people. it was despicable. it was terrible. i'm not here to argue against that or for it. but what i'm saying is the most important news here is being overlook. how many times have you or i, or anybody said that an event as proclaimed by a government did not take place. that an event, as stated by a government or a police store, an army was either exaggerated or was not as bad, or

that, of course, is good news, alex. all of this, just for context, is unfolding more than two days after ian first struck this area. we are talking about a potential breach of a levee that occurred overnight in the early morning hours. that's when police started making the evacuations, according to the sheriff's department. just to give you an idea of how much water is here, it was still putting pressure on infrastructure. more than two days after this storm force struck. i can tell you, it's still very difficult to navigate these areas. because of the cell phone issues, i can imagine it's even harder for people to try and find their way back to parts of these communities. the images just say it all, alex. >> so, i'm being told, jessie, that specifically these are, this is video that happened just this morning and we are showing the levee issues right there. it's my understanding that where the levee to break, although i've got to say, it looks like it has been inundated at this point, given the amount of water in the r

welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. developing this hour new report from the january six committee's questions swirl over whether donald trump will formally answer a subpoena from the panel. the former president avoiding the question in the 14-page response to the committee. a bit earlier today panel member reports trump testified live could be an option. >> that is going to be a negotiation i will only address that when we know for sure whether not to the president has tried to push this on to our lives. he's made it clear he has nothing to hide. so we are coming on the day we asked him to come in. he pushes off the on that we'll figure what to do next. >> also new today another member of the committee was pressed on why the committee did not vote to subpoena vice president mike pence. >> i think that is comparing apples to oranges. the former president was the perpetrator and the central figure in orchestrating the effort to overturn the 2020 election whereas vice president pence was somebody who is a key figure in st

>> yeah, alex. one revelation that came into thursday's hearing that's really raise more questions than provided answers is about the secret service. how much information the agency had and didn't initially sure until it was subpoenaed about these warnings of violence well before the january 6th attack on the capitol. since that hearing on thursday we have learned about at least one secrecy service agent in the protective detail of the agency who was in communication with members of the far-right group. the oath keepers months before the attack. now nbc news as exclusively learning that the january six committee is asking the secret service for any and all communication between agents and the oath keepers before and on january six. this is all coming after the agency told the committee that one agent had quote, numerous contacts with the oath keepers, leaders, stewart rhodes, and other members as early as september of 2020. of course you talked about this on your show and this network as a whole. ro

>> reporter: yeah, absolutely, alex.elves, it's a divided electorate as you're saying the jair bolsonaro is trying to get mileage out of the culture wars. it sounds familiar, right? these issues will be front and center as brazilians take to the polls on sunday. listen. millions more in brazil now are armed and ready. ready to load, aim, and fire. gun ownership, who can own them, and why people need them as become an election issue. and it's the president himself, jair bolsonaro, who wants more brazilians to bear arms, has loosened strict gun ownership laws and made promises of more gun rights to come. win or lose, his armed masses aren't going anywhere. one of the owners of this club tells us bolsonaro is one of the best sellsmen he had. >> he did free advertising, encouraging people to buy guns. >> reporter: daniel tells me he believes bolsonaro's opponent, lula da silva may try to crack down on gun ownership if he wins, doubts it will work, but like most gun owners, he's not chancing it. he's voting for bolsonaro. man

. >>> 1 billion dollars that's what the jury said alex joe bidens needs to pay to eight families of the sandy hook massacre and a front, they sued the rye wing conspiracy theorist he lied about horrific 2012 school shooting the one that killed 20 children and six adults nearly 10 years ago, but jones, well, he's not mucking the verdict, maybe thinks it's funny claiming there ain't no money, talk about it now with maria, chris powers and david urban, i got to tell you the mirror mention of his name and what's happened at sandy hook you get most invest relay reaction because it's so disturbing, listen to think here's what he said after that jury award cam down, it wasn't like he took it seriously. 11 to this. >> 57 million. 20 million, 50 million. 80 million. by the way, you get 100 million, you get 50 million, do these people think they're getting money? i can keep that in court for years appeal the stuff we can stand up against travesty >> who is the they? i was like he was on trial but trying to appeal to it's us against the families. >> the guy is despicable. think of a bad adjective

what is going on, alex? we know about the pressure _ what is going on, alex?lex? we know about the pressure on energy - what is going on, alex? we know i about the pressure on energy supply and on prices and so within the department for business, they've been looking at a plan for a campaign to advise people on how to reduce their consumption. but downing street decided that shouldn't go ahead. ministers say they are pretty secure in our energy supply. they are confident, despite the fact there have been warnings about blackouts in the worst—case scenario, and there is a sense of not wanting to worry the most vulnerable so they don't turn on the heating when they need to. but there is an ideological element of this, too. liz truss has said she doesn't want to tell people what to do and so now we have the national grid, we have private energy companies looking at ways to incentivise people to use less energy, particularly at peak times, and yet from the government, advice. thank ou. alex from the government, advice. thank you- alex forsyth — from the government

alex, thank you for joining us.of the velshi book club today. >> thank you, thank you for having me, thank you for your kind words, that was wonderful. >> let's talk about the name of the book. first of all, melissa, members of the velshi fan of the club may have this, book may have seen is on bookshelves are reddit, but had a different title. it was called george. they traded with officially changed last year. tell me about the name change. >> sure. it is hard, in some ways, to think now, of how quickly things are changing. but when i start to this book in 2003, i had no thought that it would be published, i called it guerrilla george to myself as a joke. then it was published, it became a george, and it was right about when i got the first copies that i thought this is not the name that she wants to be cold. the idea of what we might call a dead name in, which is the kind of -- funny concept, no one is dead, but the idea that you should called a trans person only by their name that they told you to use is sort of

i think there's a possibility, alex.rett went to team trump and said that we believed your clients has more documents tells me two things. one, the department of justice does make those representations unless they have some pretty solid backing for it. two, the department of justice understands that trump is the one weaponizing the investigation and all of his public appearances. at least arizona, nevada, and the swing states in which he is campaigning. they understand that if they're going to go ahead and put an indictment in the sky, they have to show the american public that they have taken every step possible short of another search warrant before actually executing it. it's not accidentally that we have public now know that representation was made to trump's lawyers. if and when the puck to parliament justice executes another shirt warrant as call by federal judge, they want to get to say to our viewers and others out there that the there is no opportunity to turn the staff over and he declined and, oh and behold, t

the main exit, alex.nd the reason the death toll climb so quickly is that people were trampled, suffocated. tear gas, alex, is banned inside of stadiums. it is considered excessive use of force by fifa and the owner said today that the soccer world's a state of shock. amnesty international is put out a statement slamming the indonesian police for what they call excessive force. as you mentioned, 125 people have been killed. that death toll maybe go up, 100 people are still in the hospital with at least the injury number at about 320 people. many have critical injuries. we may see those numbers rise later today, indonesia has announced a suspension of the top soccer leave with a investigation into the situation taking place. >> it's extraordinary, the story. absolutely stunning and tragic. thank you very much molly for bringing at this the details. but seven easton midterms in a new poll shows the most important issues for a key polling group, what does it mean for the november vote? congresswoman marjorie

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