the judge has already determined a that alex jones is liable. e 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 initi

keep in mind that this is not whether alex jones lize about calling sandy hook's, describing it as a has been determined that he did. the question now is how much jones should pay families of victims and others who say that they have had severe emotional damage, there are liabilities involved, et cetera, from the lies that alex jones and noted conspiracy theorist put forward. and i want to bring that forward with paul right now, and we are waiting and listening and monitoring what is happening inside this courtroom. our legal analyst, paul, talk about what is at stake and what we should be looking for. >> we should -- >> paul, i'm not sure if you can hear me. i went to you as to what is at stake and what we should be looking for as we look at what the number of the settlement could be. >> it is really unto the jury, in this case mr. jones defaulted, he doesn't respond to the part of the trial that's about whether he's liable, so he's basically conceded liability, so at this point, the jury has to decide a number. and he has not been sympathetic to the defendant in any sense, and so i'

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

and that was how alex jones started. so he and kelly jones, his ex-wife, would create these feature-length films from bohemian globe and reveling about the globalists, and they would not only send them out to you if you contacted them by either phone or later on their web site, they encouraged people who bought them, pass them around, let all your friends see them, spread this. and that was exactly the verbiage he was using during 2020 in the runup to the -- >>ec right. but instead they were using -- [inaudible]xp >> which was exponentially -- >> right, right.th and one of the arguments, i'm going to read you something i wrote, and i'm not going to tell you when i wrote it, but in a minute, in a second. they went there because these were platforms that allowed them to do this at a much faster rate without any tracing and any, any kind of editorial -- >> total anonymity. >> right, anonymity. talk about that. started to do that. >> yes. >> then complained to these platforms -- >> right. >>ur now, i'm not surprise, but expla

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

the sandy hook families, but the republican party and political right need to decide that every alex jones out there has no part in organized political dialogue. >> senator chris murphy of connecticut, thank you for your time tonight, sir. >> thank you. >> that is all in on this wednesday night. 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

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

the sandy hook families, but the republican party and political right need to decide that every alex jones out there has no part in organized political dialogue. >> senator chris murphy of connecticut, thank you for your time tonight, sir. >> thank you. >> that is all in on this wednesday night. 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 fro

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.

all while alex jones himself had profited.a jury in connecticut unanimously ordered that alex jones and his company pay $965 million in damages to the families of eight victims from that shooting. that comes on top of the $49 million the jones has already been ordered to pay in a similar case in texas. amazingly, jones was live on his show when today's verdict came out. despite hearing exactly how he had hurt his families, just a staggering amount of pain and anguish that has been described in detail. in detail, over the course of this trial. despite that fact, and the fact that he now faces a billion dollars in damages, alex jones still believes that this is all just one big joke. >> the judge looks pleased, probably $200 million. i don't have any money, it's all a big joke. >> $55 million. >> yeah! >> yeah! >> $28,800,000. >> get those numbers up! >> 87 million, $600,000. >> get those numbers up! >> $73,600,000. >> i want to be the billion dollar man. i bet they actually believe there own stuff. we're not scared, and we're n

that alex jones payout

>> 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,

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 m

the sandy hook families, but the republican party and political right need to decide that every alex jonespart in organized political dialogue. >> senator chris murphy of connecticut, thank you for your time tonight, sir. >> thank you. >> that is all in on this wednesday night. 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

total fair to plaifs robert parker and against alex jones online a and line b a total of $120 million initialed by juror number one. >> in all jurors awarded $965 million for defamation by jones and his company for falsely denying the incident, denying their losses and portraying them as so-called crisis actors. that's something that does not exist outside the fevered dreams of conspiracy theorists. >> then we see footage of one of the reported fathers of the victim, robby parker, doing classic acting training where he's laughing and joking, and they say, hey, we're live and he goes, oh -- and maybe that's real. i'm sure it is. >> i already felt like i failed emily as a dad when she was alive because i have. because we sent her to school. and i was especially starting to feel like i was failing her in her death because of what people were saying about her and what they were saying about me trying to remember her. >> beyond even that, they had to endure threats from jones' followers. >> this gentleman took out a phone and started recording and pulled out from his pocket a picture of me

systems announcement came from a meeting of nato defense ministers and the conspiracy theorists alex jones has been ordered to pay almost a $1000000000.00 in damages to families of the victims sandy hook school shooting jones off to falsely claiming for years that the 2012 shooting was european union energy was ministers, have again failed to agree on a package to tackle high gas prices. 15 member states want the price of wholesale gas to be kept to cross the block. all those want different strategies, including a limits on gas consumption and subsidy packages for businesses and consumers. you are being commissions proposals are due to be unveiled next week, dominate kane has been following the meeting from berlin. the interesting thing coming from this meeting is the unity of purpose that pretty much everyone involved in the meeting said that they wanted to bring to this problem. they all want to try to resolve the issue. they want something to take forward. the european commission says it has proposals to do precisely that we will propose and our proposal and ain't the tougher october. i

tonight, the jury deciding alex jones should pay $965 million in damages to several families, after years of jones' lies about the massacre at sandy hook elementary. 20 first graders were killed. six staffers were killed, too. lawyers had argued jones used those lies to create profits. tonight, the question, will the is any of alex jones' millions protected? eva pilgrim reporting. >>> also tonight, reported tornadoes as we come on the air. the warnings and watches right now. reported twisters near milwaukee. this system moving into the northeast tomorrow. washington, d.c. to philadelphia, new york to boston. and rob marciano timing it out. >>> the war in ukraine tonight. and you'll see the new and h harrowing images right here. a family rescued following a russian missile attack. and tonight, who vladimir putin has now arrested for that bridge explosion. ian pannell in ukraine. and here in the u.s. tonight, two americans on their capture in ukraine by russian-backed forces. they describe what they say was done to them in captivity. whit johnson with the interview. >>> tonight, two navy of

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

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

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

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jury representing our community and our nation rendered an historic verdict, a verdict against alex jones's lies and their poisonous spread and a verdict for truth and for our common humanity. >> jones defense team opted not to cross examine him and jones never took the stand again during the trial. his attorney saying this after the verdict was read today. >> certainly it's more than we expected. that's an understatement, but we looked very much forward to an appeal in this case. >> reporter: even as the verdict came down alex jones on his show mocking the verdict saying he has no money. his attorney says they plan to appeal this decision. the plaintiff's attorney says they are going to fight this to the very end. now the plaintiffs are going to also be awarded punitive damages but the amount is going to be determined at a later court date. brynn gingras, cnn, waterbury, connecticut. >> jones claims he doesn't have the money to pay the compensatory damages. he's indicating even if he did, he wouldn't and called the verdict a travesty. >> 57 million. 20 million. 50 million. 80 million. 100

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stephanie: amna, alex jones lost four defamation lawsuits filed by sandy hook families late last yeartrial in connecticut is the second of three trials for juries to decide on how much money jones must pay in damages. a previous jury in texas ordered he pay $50 million to a sandy hook family. during this trial in connecticut, where the shootings occurred, father mark barden was among those parents who testified about the torment he endured from jones's followers. >> this was horror beyond anything we could ever imagine, trying to deal with -- trying to deal with the fact that our little boy had just been shot to death in his first grade classroom. i had a picture of one of my little days at home with daniel, you know, just for fun. we had a little bath in the kitchen sink, and i had taken a picture of it because it was adorable. and somebody came on the website saying that that picture was actually -- excuse me -- but that was a picture of daniel after i had dismembered him and killed him myself. and that picture was me mocking everyone else with the fact that i had murdered my son an

do you think that the sides of judgment has an impact on either alex jones or people like alex jones. because he's landing a very hard lesson here. week he first talked about sandy hook and said that it might be a hoax, that was roughly two and half hours after the shooting, i was still in a firehouse at the time and i didn't love my son was alive or dead and he was already saying this. but he said this in 2013 and 14 and 16 and 18 after there was over wyoming evidence that this happened. this event happened. he kept spreading the lies and that's where you are talking about free speech, but this is about maliciously spreading lies that you know to be false. and so he needs to be held accountable, but is it going to stop him? i don't know. such a narcissist, i don't know if he will really be able to grasp the effects on, this but i think for everyone else they will stop and i think alex jones might think twice before he starts spreading lies about another mass shooting, and that is what he is trying to do. >> used to be a standup, but now disinformation perilous all over the world, but

so a wealthy person like alex jones has everything. could be subject to this judgment. and so as a result, he's going to have to portray himself as totally broke , and that's not that easy to do . jones is expected to appeal the verdict in connecticut, and legal experts say the court will likely at the very least take a look at the appeal. according to connecticut law court should not interfere with the jury's determination unless the verdict is plainly excessive or exorbitant. jones also faces another defamation trial in texas, where his show is based administration is announcing a new policy to address the crisis of the southern border it is offering to accept up to 24,000 venezuelan migrants into the u. s as part of a humanitarian parole plan to grant them legal status. but from now on the u. s. says venezuelans who walk or swim across the border enteringo seek asylum. the plan is modeled on a similar program for ukrainians who fled russia's invasion. the los angeles city council president who stepped down from her leadership post over racist remarks, has now resigned

but what about the alex jones trial do you think this will go away? for those to bring the lawsuits. and with the connecticut with those eight sandy her victims. and to show the human impact the devastating effect it could have on people who are already traumatized that makes other purveyors think twice about what they m will do and with those judgments that is my hope so is there another alex jones type on the horizon that could reformulate? >> that with that historical nature but yes. there are many because it is in the national character to question official narratives and be suspicious of authority. and now we're in the shadow was too long contentious and unsuccessful wars. so it depends on the course of events going forward there is a longer perioder of stability than the opportunity for this hard-core alex jones conspiracy theory would diminish. it's not going away and will never go away but diminish if it really means at the level of dislocation of where we are right now because all of these challengesis that's a fair way to think about it hist

he say that alex jones is a conspiracy theory, spreading misinformation. and after a while, when you keep saying this, a new weapon, eyes in criminal eyes, misinformation. what about me just being wrong? and more importantly, who are you to tell me that what i am saying is incorrect? it's my opinion. over it time, we get to the point which find me even more so that people are going to be lot sued . perhaps are arrested, perhaps shut down centered merely for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. and when that happens, and we're very close to it, if not already, then it's over. for every one target arrest years are still sifting through the rubble of coal. mine in the countries know where an explosion has killed at least 41 people leaving dozens more trapped, 300 meters on the ground floor and he say the glass could have been called one industrial accent. isn't noticeable. we have from the scene of the tragedy from a local correspondence locked them. this is barton, a, missouri, a huge explosion occurred here in the mine you see behind me last night, acc

has ordered the right wing conspiracy theorists, alex jones to pay almost to $1000000000.00 in damages solve to falsely claiming that the 2012 sandy hook school shooting was a hugs. the radio host who found to the website info was claimed for years that the masika was staged as part of a government plot to take away americans guns. he's been ordered to pay damages to families of 8 feet 26 victims. the federal move that i been associated with for 10 years through this tragedy on europe. beautiful political you'll ever encounter in their children. if your mom's and their wives, you know, beautiful people could ever get to know. oh, i can really say is that i'm just well done. what we're able to accomplish is just to simply tell the truth and it shouldn't be this hard. and it shouldn't be the scary as go to rosalind jordan, who's live in washington dc. rosalind, how did the jury reach this figure of almost a $1000000000.00? well, the families that had sued the 8 families of some of the 20 children who had been killed in the us school shooting in sandy hook, connecticut, 10 years ago. at w

alex jones has to pay. the series finale of the januar. and quintessa swindell! it is "the daily show with trevor noah"! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> trevor: hey, what's going on, everybody? welcome to "the daily show." i'm trevor noah. thank you so much for tuning in and thank you for coming out in person. thank you so much! thank you so much! thank you so much! take a seat, everybody. take a seat. we've got a great show for you tonight. inflation is still inflating, we have some never-before-seen footage of the work being done by trump's special master, and alex jones needs to borrow a few bucks. so let's do this, people. let's jump straight into today's headlines. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ all right, folks. i'm gonna be honest, with all the news that happened today, i just don't think we have enough space in today's show. yeah, i know, i tried everything to fit it in. i even tried to unscrew the legs and take off the cushions and turn the news sideways so it would fit, but it didn't work. there's not enough time. [audience reacts] luckily, not enough time is j

alex jones thought that this shooting might have been a false flag. he said so on his program. now he later retracted and even apologized to the victims, but the family members have now taken him to court for defamation. now there's certainly isn't the 1st time alex jones has gone to court around this issue, but this time the pay out he's expected to give the family members is pretty high. i think it's the largest defamation verdict in u. s. history certainly on compensatory damages. jones is pretty pessimistic, but says he is planning an appeal. we can, we can, we can or 2 years appeal this, we're not going anywhere. nuclear world probably on the show before that unfortunately, is this really justice? well, who doesn't feel sympathy for the family, members of the victims of that hernandez shooting, but a $1000000000.00 to be paid out in damages simply for reporting. a conspiracy theory seems a bit harsh to manny, especially if you look at what per do pharma had to pay out in their lawsuit. this is a big pharma corporation manufacturer opioids and was accused of downplaying, th

while the case of alex jones could set a dangerous precedent for more countries than just the u. s. this does not have legal precedent because this is a particular case involving these family members and alex jones, it doesn't have any lasting effect ah, regarding any other cord in the country. this is not an appellate court. this is not the supreme court, but what it does do is it sets a tone. it sets some potential for some exaggerations. if you listen to what people say, not just in the united states, but all over the world. he say that alex joe.

with shepard smith" starts now "the news with shepard smith" starts right now >>> a jury delivers alex jones the bill for the damages his lies caused. the mere billion dollar bombshell in court i'm shepard smith. this is "the news" on cnbc >>> oh, my god, 50 billion, 100 billion, trillion. >> alex jones live stream of the verdict against him. >> this corrupt dying political system is trying to make me the devil. >> ronnie parker, a, defamation damages, $60 million. >> yeah. >> b. >> the staggering penalty and legal analysis >>> chaos, gridlock and now a major resignation at los angeles city hall. government crippled over a racist reporting bringing city leaders to their knees >>> ukraine's zelenskyy asks for game-changing u.s. help, protection in the skies. >> integrated air missile defense system. >> what the pentagon now plans to provide and what it could mean in the fight against pu putin's invaders. >>> a cop shoots a texas teenager in a fast food drive through. the teenager's condition. >>> apple and its one unionized store drawing battle lines. >>> the fda snatches the healthy away fro

so that's my hope . >> is going to ask you, now i feel like alex jones aside, is there another alex jones type on the horizon could maybe reformulate the formula that he did? >> i'm going to punch 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 and i'd also say in answer to your question we're at the end of this long and terrible epidemic . there's a lot of course political division. we are now in the sort of shadow of too long contentious and unsuccessful wars. so it depends on what the s course of events is going forward . if there's a period of relative stability i think the opportunity for this kind of hard-core conspiracy theorists to spread something will diminish, it's never going away but it would diminish. if the society remains in the level of turmoil that we're at rightnow . i think that's a fair way to fe think about it we will give you the last one. >> i wonder if you had any recommendations of how can we more critically evalu

alex jones type on the horizon that may be free the formula that he did? >> i'm going to punt this to brendan because of the historical nature here. yes there are many and that is partly because it is in our national character to question official narratives. >> question official merits be suspicious of authority and i would say in answer to your question we are at the end of this pandemic and there is a lot of political division and we are in the shadow of two long contentious wars so it depends on what the course of events is going forward. if there isin it. of relative stability i think the opportunity for this hard-core alexpo jones type conspiracy theorist to spread something will diminish. it won't go away. it's never going away but it will diminish. if society remains at the level of dislocation and turmoil and atomization that we are at right now because of these, challenges he remains very for it. that's a fair way to think about it historically. >> it's time for one quick question. >> thank you offer coming. i was wondering if you had any recomme

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still ahead here on "way too early," conspiracy theorist alex jones has been ordered to pay nearly $1 in damages to the families of eight sandy hook shooting victims. we're taking a look at the reaction from inside the courtroom as well as how jones responded online. we'll be right back with that. responded online we'll be right back with that. discomfort back there? instead of using aloe, or baby wipes, or powders, try the cooling, soothing relief or preparation h. because your derriere deserves expert care. preparation h. get comfortable with it. (vo) get the new iphone 14 pro on us. right now t-mobile is including apple business essentials so you can easily manage your team's devices. on the network with more 5g coverage. only from t-mobile for business. [ sneezing ] are you okay? oh, it's just a cold. if you have high blood pressure, a cold is not just a cold. coricidin is the #1 doctor recommended cold and flu brand. specially designed for people with high blood pressure. be there for life's best moments. trust coricidin. these are the faces of listerine. the face of millions of

alex jones has _ everybody's children. alex jones has suggested - everybody's children.ggested he i everybody's children. alex jones has suggested he will appeal. what is your reaction to that? i appeal. what is your reaction to that? , , , ., appeal. what is your reaction to that? ,, , ., ., to that? i guess it is not a surprise — to that? i guess it is not a surprise because - to that? i guess it is not a surprise because he - to that? i guess it is not a surprise because he is - to that? i guess it is not a | surprise because he is who to that? i guess it is not a - surprise because he is who he is but the incredible victory role and hate that he spewed for a very long time does stalk. there was a message today that truth and justice met matters and is your correspondent said, lies and lies in of this vitriolic unspeakable nature are unacceptable and i would imagine that the nextjury or judge that reviews this case would find similar to this group of incrediblejury group of incredible jury members group of incrediblejury members who will group of incredible jury membe

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nearly a billion dollars of alex jones forced to pay.nt will this be among some of the people you monitor? >> yeah. i mean there is a lot of alex jones wanna bes out there. right? there is a lot of money in this stuff. it might have a slight chilling effect. maybe hopefully terrible people like this won't be going after the families of victims of mass shootings, and maybe some of those conspiracy theorists out there were quietly deleting posts from the social media or web sites last night. i think what we have seen over this time since sandy hook if, you go back to 2011, jones was this crazy fringe figure. but he was elevated just as he was elevated by many parts of the republican party. >> we've seen thou guy was brought into all the election lies. and on that point, i would say that, you know, they see now they don't have go after the families of mass shooting victims to make a quick buck. they can play into the election lies as alex jones did. >> interesting. you go after institutions instead of individuals. it may be harder to prove

liberty.♪ >>> alex jones pieced today, got on his jet and went home. t recent sandy hook defamation trial the new york times reports jones packed up all of his entourage and all of his stuff and security guards and hopped on a private jet right out of connecticut. today in court, his lawyer said info wars host decided not to take the stand again despite previously saying he would. >> testifying in the court but the court orders , committing perjury if he violated the court orders criminal attend if he takes the fifth, he gets an adverse inference. so for mr. jones, by operation, untenable position and has chosen to boycott. >> there you go. [ laughter ] there is the courtroom word salad for you. jones has called this a show trial blaming, of course, court rules that bar him from taking certain statements that are untrue. for example, he can't claim that the first amendment covered his comments about sandy hook because the judge already found him liable for defamation. the jury now decide how much was money jones must pay to the families of eight sandy h