e. jean carroll. may 2023 decision, a jury ordered the former president to pay carroll $5 million. nbc news correspondent rehema ellis outside the courthouse. also dasha burns and msnbc legal analyst and former district attorney katherine christian and former defense attorney jeremy saland. rehema, bring us up to speed. >> reporter: good morning. i should tell you we understand the former president, the gop nominee for president, arrived at the courthouse about 30 minutes ago. also at the courthouse is author e. jean carroll who is going to be here to hear these arguments. this is in reference to his attorneys coming before a panel of three judges in the appellate court here in manhattan arguing that this case against him should be overturned or at least as you point out that the $5 million judgment should be reduced or dismissed completely. they're arguing that some of the evidence, including the transcript from the "access hollywood" tape should not have been admitted to trial and other evidence not

e jean — come forward. this is according to e jean carroll's lawyer, enjoy— to e jean carroll's lawyer, enjoy the point of thezment team did not call any of their own witnesses and that they could have — witnesses and that they could have cross—examined the women if they— have cross—examined the women if they wanted. and donald trump _ if they wanted. and donald trump ozment lawyers were also upset _ trump ozment lawyers were also upset about the admission of the kind _ upset about the admission of the kind of infamous access hollywood tape where donald trump — hollywood tape where donald trump talks about grabbing women _ trump talks about grabbing women by their genitals. and so the court — women by their genitals. and so the court has not made a decision— the court has not made a decision yet, matthew. it was not a — decision yet, matthew. it was not a to— decision yet, matthew. it was not a to do that today, but they— not a to do that today, but they will— not a to do that today, but they will rule in the future about this issue.— they will rule in the future about this issue. now, this case of course, _

e. jean carroll. claims today were substantively nearly identical to things he said in the past, for which he has been found libel by a jury. however there wouldn't be additional consequences including e. jean carroll decides to sue him all over again. we've seen instances of former president trump saying these types of things since the latest of the e. jean carroll verdicts in the two trials that have gone on, and she has not brought additional suit. so we'll have to see whether she and her attorneys decide to do so. my guess is, that they believe they secured two investigations against former president trump with a total damages amount exceeding $88.3 million. that for them is likely enough. what they really want to do now is enforce the verdicts that they have and have them sustained by appellate courts. >> let's go to that. the legal questions today inside the courtroom. did donald trump's lawyer make a strong case that judge kaplan made mistakes serious enough to overturn the verdict? >> not only

e jean. e jean carroll's then husband was. he said that again in the same press conference where where he said that it was a.i. so there you go. i'm glad you brought that up because it reminded me he had a lot of things to say. so i'm glad that reminded me to mention that as well. >> absolutely. and i think it shows that his his lying can veer from one lie to a contradictory lie in just a matter of a few seconds, often people think of this kind of dishonesty or strategic like, what is the grand plan or play here? and i think often it's just his unique bryan coming up with something in the moment that he thinks will get him successfully to the next moment. >> daniel dale. thank you so much. appreciate all your work up next, we thought we'd be reporting on the first ballot of 2024 going out in north carolina, but rfk jr. and his lawyers just threw a wrench in that plan will explain after a break how far would you go to set the ambiance of your space? try the air wigwe with air wake central myth infused with natural and two oils

e. jean carroll. e. jean carroll's attorney came back and said, even if all of that were thrown out of the case, the judgment should still stand. it was very interesting that donald trump was here. he did not have to be here. he was not here when this case went to trial last year. he didn't spend any time here, but there was a deposition of him that was used in this case. so with all of that, e. jean carroll's attorney arguing that she had 11 witnesses in this case, donald trump presented none, that the time to make the argument was last year, and not now. they were asking about the judgment that they got in this case should stand. >> thank you very much. let me play a little bit inside the hearing room because we don't often get audio out of these things. this is roberta kaplan, e. jean carroll's lawyer, and john sauer who is donald trump's lawyer, along with the judge in this case, talking about why the judgment should stand. i'm going to warn you, though, there is some coarse language. >> mr. trump is

we expect to hear from donald trump after he spent the morning inside a courtroom along with e jean carroll, lawyers for the former president and e. jean carroll squared off in manhattan's federal appeals court trump is seeking an appeal after a jury found he sexually abused and defamed the former columnist and awarded her 5 million. last years trial was separate from the related defamation trial held earlier this year when a jury awarded e. jean carroll $83 million in various damages, cnn national correspondent kristen holmes is with me here in the cnn newsroom. so where do things stand now, kristen? >> well, where they are right? this second is the fact that the judge has this case at our appeals court, has this case, and they're waiting to make a ruling. we don't expect when today. we don't even think one is likely before the election, but just to give some details as to what exactly we saw today, what is going on as you he said, this is the appeal he is seeking a new trial here. this was a two-week case, a nine-person jury determined that he was law found liable of, as you said, sexual

e. jean carroll. it is important to remember e. jean carroll's storey at its heart is an utterly and plausible he says she said story. there is no corroboration for anything she has ever claimed about president trump. there are no corroborating witnesses as president trump alluded to. there is not confirmatory dna, no police report was filed at the time of this election. she was able to identify this when it occurred, no surveillance evidence or witnesses have been found confirming any aspect of her story. in light of the under possibility of the story that e. jean carroll was attempting to so for the jury in this case, her attorneys introduced evidence that should have never seen the inside of a courtroom. utterly insane efforts to introduce propensity witnesses, jessica leeds and natasha storing off in an unfair and improper effort to buttress e. jean carroll's failed attempt to assault president trump. jessica leeds this story as instructed, a woman who claims in the middle of a crowded airliner in 1979 president trump assaulted

e. jean carroll for defamation. afterwards, he spoke for nearly an hour, took no questions, and strangely brought up another woman who has accused him of sexual assault. >> she would not have been the chosen one. now, i assume she will sue me now for defamation like i got sued by e. jean carroll. >> reporter: vice president harris, who has hunkered down in pittsburgh to prep for next week's debate, courted latino voters in a radio interview. >> i come from a middle-class back ground, unlike my opponent, who had his rich daddy who helped him start his career. >> reporter: and she picked up another unexpected endorsement from neoconservative former vice president dick cheney after his daughter, liz, announced her support this week. >> dick cheney will be voting for kamala harris. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: the harris campaign also rolled out its own set of law-enforcement endorsements and it announced a record fundraising call in august, pulling in more than $360 million, nearly triple what trump raised, with

e. jean carroll. they're also multiple e. jean carroll cases. there's a defamation case where he owes are over 83 million dollars. and then today he and his lawyers were in court fighting a $5 $5,000,000 judgment from a trial last year. so yes, it would be expected that most of those would continue, but i'm confident that his lawyers would try to find a unique legal issues to prevent him from having to actually pay that if he is reelected paul reid. >> thank you so much for the breakdown next on cnn news central family members of those killed in the georgia high school shooting come face to face. with both the 14-year-old suspect and his father. why prosecutors for only the second time in our nation's history will try holding a parent partly responsible for what happened with murder charges sanity needs a safe space. you have a show oh, we're right and left. talk to cnn presents an encore presentation of hbo's real time with bill maher tomorrow at 8:00 on cnn morgan stanley is partnering with the women's tennis association to remove boundaries b

e. jean carroll? ter: i'm so glad you asked that question because that's the reason i think donald trump showed up in court this morning. it's not just about this first trial where e. jean carroll won damages in the amount of roughly $5 million. it's because judge kaplan, after the first verdict where a jury found him liable for definition and sexual assault held that in the second trial former president trump was not allowed to contest those findings. he was bound by the first finding that he had sexually assaulted her and that he defamed her and the second trial was just about the quantum of damages he would owe her. we know that former president trump at that second trial was found liable for over $83 million to e. jean carroll. with $88.3 million on the line and counting because it's accruing interest, former president trump is concerned about the impact on his wallet as well as the damage with female voters. >> dasha, do we know why trump decided to attend today's arguments? he didn't attend much

e. jean carroll three, e. jean carroll four in an endless parade of cases. he made an interesting point at the top of the show, which is, what is the benefit to donald trump of doing this? it can't help him with voters. it sounds unhinged. it is going to offend people. it's going to magnify his behavior to people who may not have even been aware of it and come back to the central premise, which is, he can't help himself. this is a mentally and emotionally and morally unwell person and unfortunately, we have not always been able to see that through the coverage she has gotten, but i do think that he can't help himself and that's one of the reasons why kamala harris and her team wanted to have the mike's unmuted during the debate, because people should see just how unhinged he is. i just do want to agree in part with barbara about judge merchan. you know, he is a very good judge. so is judge chutkin. they have seen this issue differently. judge chutkin says i don't really care what's going on in the election. judge merchan says i don't want it to overshadow th

e. jean carroll? tell me in that moment what you feared the end game was had that butler not intervened? >> i never thought of him as a predator at that time. and that's why i was fine to be in a room alone with him. but it occurred to me after the incident that that was the first time i was ever in the room alone with him. i had interviewed him several times. but had always been surrounded by publicists, managers, and there was no reason for me to really think anything untoward would happen being in the room alone with him. >> but once it did, and then when you later heard, you know, you go back many years later, and you heard him in that "access hollywood" video, which was recorded, i think the same year that what happened to you happened where he said when i see a beautiful woman, i just kiss, i don't even wait. then he said, you can koo anything when you're famous, you can grab them by the -- which is what he did to e. jean carroll. when you heard that tape, what did you think? >> it's weird. i fe

e. jean carroll for defamation. separately in his hush money case, which he was convicted in may, the former president is asking that judge to delay his sentencing until after the election. on the campaign trail, mr. trump heads to north carolina later today. vice president harris remains in pittsburgh, holding mock debates before tuesday's big face-off in philadelphia. >>> in georgia, the father of the suspected charged with second degree murder, appearing in court amid revelations the father gave his 14-year-old son an ar-15-style rifle after both had been questioned about alleged threats the boy made to carry out a school shooting. the teenage suspect was in the same courtroom, shackled and tried as an adult. it's now a campaign issue. j.d. vance on the defense after the harris campaign pounced on him saying he wishes school shootings were not a fact of life. >> i don't like that this is a fact of life. if you are a psycho and you want to make headlines, you realize that our schools are soft targets. we have to b

e. jean carroll. today a panel of appeals court judges appeared skeptical of the argument by the lawyer including the assertion that would donald trump set on the infamous "access hollywood" tape should not be admissible as evidence. >> i believe i could lose all the propensity evidence and still be harmless error, except that the "access hollywood" tape, as judge kaplan noted in his posttrial motions. >> what about the argument whether it is new or not that is not propensity evidence but it's a confession. how do you respond to that? >> it's hard to see how it's a confession because that is the underlying problem that they do not point to any specific incident it is a confession of. >> it's a confession. >> a confession. remember that right after you said when you are a star they let you do it. that is about everything from bragging about sexual assault and women to encourage input into interfere to hurt his opponent. to attempting to extort ukraine to sabotage his 2020 upon and working to overthrow

e. jean carroll. and i know this because we have the tape so while trump is currently suggesting, i sat through a commercial break on live tv with e. jean carroll telling her to be angry or whatever. we actually just paused in a pre-recorded interview for a few seconds. and if you don't believe me, here's the raw, unedited video of what was actually being recorded. and you will hear exactly what i said in the few seconds. it took me to resume the interview we've got to take a quick break if you can stick around and we'll talk more on the other side. >> your fascinating to talk to right? >> we come back okay so before the break you said you don't use the word rape so that was the entire break. so when donald trump is saying was a four-minute break, i'm that i'm talking to each and carol you just saw the break and that weird look i have is how i could talk my control room. what i'm saying. okay, we good. we coming back. okay? i'm talking to a producer in the control room. he's talking to me in my earpiec

e. jean carroll, who is in this courtroom dealing appearing in person, and then has this so-called duty conference over at trump tower where he may say whatever pops into his head about e. jean carroll, eight weeks before an election. >> and there's obviously political risks, but the risks political reward for him. >> i mean, we have seen time and time again that unlike almost any other politician, and i'll time these legal trials have actually helped him showing up the courtroom saying that he is politically persecuted during the gop primaries. >> during the gop primaries, and fundraising, he raised a lot of now, obviously, yes, there are questions of whether or not that plays in a general election as well. this is really the first time we're seeing him do this again. he's going to be giving that press conference. i will say one thing which is yes, he obviously is not someone who can be controlled. >> however, lawyers have briefed him over and over and over again on what he can and cannot say. >> you see him time and time again, walking all the way up to the line. now, obviously, he's c

e. jean carroll's lawyers, that's exactly what they think he's doing.ance they are considering launching another case of defamation. he surely knows that. i was -- it was loosely called a press conference by his team. it was not in the sense there was no opportunity for the journalists to ask questions but even by donald trump's standards, this was a pretty unconventional event. there was a time in u.s. politics when relitigating in public every sexual assault allegation made against you, even if it is to deny those allegations would not have been seen as a winning strategy. but this is the donald trump world of politics and political reality that we live in today. what was a victory for him, of course, was his success in his criminal case. as you say, the judge there ruling, accepting the trump team's request to have that sentencing delayed uil after the election. he said he did it despite all along through this process being at pains to make sure politics and justice do not mix. but he said their argument that there was a possibility here -- at least

e. >> jean carroll sex abuse defamation case. trump said he was disappointed in his legal team and he lashed out at carroll and several other women who have accused him of sexual assault repeating some of the same defamatory comments he was found liable for take a listen i never met her never touched her i have i would have had no interest in meeting her in any way, shape, or form. she made up the story and fabricated 100%. she would not have been the chosen one. >> trump also repeated a familiar accusation about his antagonists and they motives every one of these cases it's political interference. >> it's a witch on just like the fake russia, a hoax it's a scam, it's a political witch hunt he is hush money trial. >> trump is praising the judge's decision to delay sentencing until november 26 well after the elections,

e! jean carroll appeal came despite his not having attended the original civil trial. a lot has changed, of course, in the race for the white house since then, and it was interesting to note that his female attorney, alina habba, spoke directly to women voters today on the former president's behalf. in washington, alice barr, nbc news. all right. thank you very much, alice. now you can watch the upcoming presidential debate hosted by abc news here on nbc bay area. you'll see vice president harris and former president trump go face to face for the first time. full coverage begins right here at 5 p.m. well, if you've had layoffs recently at your company, you are not alone. our economy is slowing down. we're not in a recession, but it is getting to particularly as large tech companies cut back. but there is some reason for optimism. we want to bring in our business and tech reporter scott budman. okay, scott, give us the landscape. well, jessica, there is at least a little good news today. we saw more job growth last month, but that growth has slowed largely because tech

e. jean carroll case. what did you make of him doing that in such a public way it's a way to show dominance. >> it's a way to say what he wants knowing they're not going to say anything back to him because this is a public setting and they're not going to turn to him and argue. and it's a way to humiliate and that is something that we know that he has done with any number of aides and lawyers, and advisers and employees over a number of decades. he is he is constantly complaining about his lawyers. you know, this this has been going on for decades, even even roy cohn, who he has mythologized as the most perfect lawyer in his, in his death has since his death, he was really critical of in real time and he distance himself from when were cone was dying of aids. so this is now i'll just the latest these, these, these people who have defended him pretty aggressively and in the ways he has asked more often than not up to a line that they try not to have cross where it would cause problems with a judge or a jury

despite his insistence, that the case was fabricated and that e jean carroll was lying, he received fulln the matter. her lawyers presented the case to a jury and after hearing arguments and the ex- president's defense, the jury believed e jean carroll and found trump was liable for sexual abuse and defaming her by saying what you just heard him say there. we should note here he didn't need to be in court today, you don't have to show to your own appellate argument he could have let his lawyer handle it but he chose to be in the courtroom to put on a spectacle in front of voters in front of american flags spending an hour disparaging e jean carroll. not just that he also spent time insulting and attacking numerous other women because there are many women who've accused him of sexual assault throughout the years, the kind of sexual assault he once bragged on on tape including one who give testimony in her case. >> there were two witnesses, one is a woman who's followed me for years . she said in 1979 i was in an airplane, we became very intimate. passengers were coming into the plane and

e. jean carroll, awarding her $5 million. >> it's an appeal of a ridiculous verdict of a woman i have never met. >> and so, laura, it's been a year full of court activity, and now it feels like everything is on hold. >> his attorneys have managed to get all four of those criminal cases basically tied up on appeal or otherwise delayed. now, on the civil side, we will wait to see what the second circuit does with the carroll case, and jessica leeds, that

e. jean carroll. what can you tell us about what happened today? that appeals court with e. jean carro ll present as both lawyer teams argued. trump's team wants a new trial. because his team says two of the witnesses had agreed just -- egregious bias against donald trump and their evidence was allowed to be entered improperly, saying it was highly inflammatory, admissible. they said the access hollywood tape where donald trump talks about grabbing women by their generals -- genitals should not have been admitted. panelists seemed skeptical, noting how difficult it is to overturn jury convictions, noting trump's team had the ability to cross-examine those witnesses. e. jean carroll's lawyer said these arguments should not be considered. these women talked about a pattern that existed with donald trump and there were no jurisdictional issues and that trump had every opportunity to take the stand himself in that trial. caitrÍona: thank you. one of the most important guides to the health of the u.s. economy was released friday and provided a mixed pic

months katelyn polantz, cnn, washington so after hearing donald trump's verbal attacks against e. >> jean carroll on friday, her attorney says, all options are on the table, implying they could sue trump again for defamation two separate juries awarded e. jean carroll $5 3 million in damages after finding and that trump sexually abused and defamed her liz cheney announced wednesday that she will be voting for kamala harris in november. now, she's revealing how her father, former republican u.s. vice president dick cheney, will be voting. here. here is the former wyoming congresswoman speaking in austin, texas dick cheney will be voting for kamala harris. >> you know, my dad believes and he said publicly that there's never been an individual in our country who is as grave a threat to our democracy as donald trump? >> trump is now attacking cheney for supporting harris a decision cheney confirmed in a statement talking to truth, social trump dismissed the xvb as a quote, irrelevant republican in name only will the race for the white house is in a critical stage right now, let's just 59 days to elec

e. jean carroll. trump wasn't required to show up for the hearing, but he chose to go, later venting to reporters at trump tower. >> it's a ridiculous case. remember, it never happened. >> reporter: and he attacked his own lawyers even as they stood behind him. >> i'm disappointed in my legal talent, i'll be honest with you. >> reporter: trump billed the event as a news conference but didn't take a single question, instead complaining for nearly an hour about the woman who accused him of sexual misconduct. about two dozen women have come forward over the years. he called some of them out by name, including jessica leeds. trump went into descriptive detail in his effort to discredit her. >> i'm in a plane, people are coming into the plane. and i'm looking at a woman, and i grab her, and i start kissing her and making out with her. what are the chances of that happening? what are the chances? and, frankly, i know you're going to say it's a terrible thing to say. but it couldn't have happened. it didn't

e. jean carroll appeal on the first case, the $5 million verdict. that appeal of the $83 million case with e. jean carroll is still ongoing, too. but he was in front of the microphone not long ago talking about how he feels completely persecuted by the judicial system and how he feels like these cases have been political in nature. so that is the tone we have already had from him today, fighting back on the e. jean carroll case, at least one of them. so it'll be interesting to see what tone he takes with respect to this. this is what his team pushed for and asked for, so you would think they would want to say, we thank judge merchan for making what we think is the right decision. now let's get on to the economy, the border, all those things. the debates on tuesday, we know the vice president is hunkered down in pittsburgh doing traditional debate prep. president trump does interviews every day, that's how he is prepping. even folks who support him say let's get to the policy. that's going to be our winning lane. go there. >> john: do you think, kerri

e. jean carroll. trump lashing out about the cases, women who accused him of assault, and even his own legal team. >>> plus, the 14-year-old and his father charged in the deadly georgia shooting at a school appearing in court, the punishment they could face if convicted, and what the father told authorities when he was interviewed last year. all of it as the debate over guns heats up on the campaign trail. >>> just breaking, federal officials charging a man with attempting to travel to new york to carry out an isis attack against a jewish center on october 7th. what we've learned. >>> an american woman killed during a protest in the occupied west bank. we speak with a witness who says israeli soldiers shot her. >>> the surprise announcement by former vice president dick cheney now saying he'll vote for kamala harris. >>> boeing's troubled starliner spacecraft finally heads home, but without the astronauts. >>> and the good news from paris, the paralympic moments you won't want to miss. >> announcer: t

e. jean carroll.t criticized carroll and another woman who claims trump groped her on an airplane in the 1970s, an accusation he's long denied. >> so think of the impracticality of this. i'm famous, i'm in a plane, people are coming into the plane, and i'm looking at a woman and i grab her and i start kissing her and making out with her. what are the chances of that happening? what are the chances? and, frankly, i know you're going to say it's a terrible thing to say, but it couldn't have happened. it didn't happen. and she would not have been the chosen one. she would not have been the chosen one. >> so here we are about 60 days before an election and trump is commenting on an accuser's looks, he's taking time, an hour almost, trying to debunk claims of sexual assault when the court has already ruled against him, and he criticized his legal help with his lawyers standing behind him. >>> and speaking of his legal team, a new york judge has delayed former president trump's sentencing on felony criminal

e. jean carroll? >> from a cost-benefit analysis legally speaking i think donald trump had less to lose and more to gain by continuing to stand in the space of being a martyr. continuing to double down on his misogyny. of donald trump came into that courtroom and was remorseful, no one would leave him. so he is going to stick to the things that people know him for and he's going to count on the fact that even with additional legal exposure, which you mentioned, he is never going to pay that money. he's never going to end up winning the fight to not pay e. jean carroll, so he is basically hedging his bets thinking that if i stay with what got me to be president of the united states, i have a chance to be president again and i will worry about the potential legal exposure later on after several appeals have been exhausted. >> charles coleman jr., thank you very much. i always appreciate your time and insights. >> thank you. >>> next up we talked to a house democrat trying to solve a $10 million mystery

if you listen to e jean carroll's _ liability? he is. oll's lawyers. they are considering launching another case for defamation, he surely knows that. you know, i was in that, it was called a press conference by his team but it wasn't in the sense that there was no opportunity for any of the journalists there to ask questions, but even by donald trump's standards, this was a pretty unconventional event. there was a time in us politics when relitigating in public and every sexual assault allegation made against you, evenif allegation made against you, even if it's to deny those allegations would not have been seen as a winning strategy. but this is the donald trump world of politics and political reality that we live in today. what was a victory for him, of course, was his success in his criminal case. as you say, the judge their ruling, accepting the trump team's request to have that sentencing delayed until after the election. he said he did it despite, all along through this process, being at pains to make sure that politics and justice

e. jean carroll by exactly what he said you could do when he said it on tape in 2006.s is someone who seems not to be able to sit by women in airplanes without reaching between their legs, that's the protector? the guy who wants to date his daughter. it's gross he still has women saying that's what i want. what is happening? what is wrong? i don't know, you talk. >> it's frustrating. it's frustrating. the thing i will say is that donald trump will not have the last word, not about our bodies and not about the future of the country. he simply will not have the last word. and i suspect the reason for all these years that he attacked the press, that he attacked people who were speaking from polls and from information and from fact is so that people question reality itself. i mean, his words themselves really call into question reality. like, am i hearing what i think i'm hearing? and i think we have to take a step back. >> yeah, but i want to play charlie kirk. this is somebody very popular with young men that listen to his podcast. here's charlie kirk talking about what

but there had been enough so that he doesn't remember leeds was one of two women, e jean carroll's lawyerseged trump had a pattern of sexually assaulting women and then attacking not just their credibility, but there appearances. >> you may remember trump also said e jean carroll was not his type then mistook her for his ex-wife, marla maples, in a photo coming up undecided in pennsylvania. they're the voters who may determine who wins this entire race. so what did they want to hear? debate. you're going to find out after a quick break cnn this morning with kasie hunt tomorrow five eastern introducing mcafee plus all in one protection that goes beyond your devices it protects you your identity and privacy with mcafee plus, you can enjoy life online competently because safety has a feeling all its own that's payback time all these years you worked hard if fixed it, you looked after it maybe it's time for your home to start taking care of you we've invested in our home we worked on it. we had a whole lot of equity just sitting there. >> you paid down your mortgage, invested in your home i gu

e. jean carroll, and he essentially said she's not the type of person i would sexually harassed. he kind of had a weird comment. and so if he does those where comments she's just got to get out of his way and let them do them. and i think he can help so lulu, for instance, and her interview with dana bash when she was asked about him questioning her race and gender that she that was the right thing to do. >> basically say it's the old tired playbook. next question and not engaged at all. >> i think she's he can't get dragged down into the mud with him and i don't think that it's going to be very useful for her to go and do this back-and-forth about in black i am, you know, you don't want to give him the playing field and let him define her but i do think what she does have to cme is that is on message she this is a huge opportunity for her to speak to the american people and if she can actually speak to the american people and make sure that she is the one defining what subjects are talked about. then i think she'll do very, very well, do not let him be the one to drag her into t

e. jean carroll. cnn's kara scannell is outside the court where we could see donald trump. win the next couple of hours. kara, what are we expecting today yeah john so donald trump is expected to appear in this courthouse behind me just a few hours from now and he is challenging the verdict that $5 million verdict by the jury finding that he's sexually abused and defamed e. >> jean carroll and his lawyers are going to argue that the judge should never have left the testimony of two other women who have accused trump of sexual assault, go before the jury and they also say that access hollywood tape should not have been played. now, trump's lawyers that will be their argument. e jean carroll's lawyers are going to counter that, saying that that testimony that evidence was evidenced of trump's mo that he had assaulted women then when they went public with it, denied it and criticize their appearances know both sides will only we have about ten minutes to make their arguments and unlike donald trump's criminal trial, where he spoke to cameras in the hallways during breaks in th

e. jean carroll. trump and his lawyers are attending to overturn a verdict found her liable for sexually abusing and defaming her. after the verdict, he gave another rambling speech that was difficult to follow and largely served to remind the public of his long history of mistreatment of women and the numerous allegations that have been made against him beyond the one brought by e. jean carroll. >> think of the impracticality of this. i'm famous, i am in a plane, the blur in the blame. and i am looking at a woman and i grab her and start kissing her and making out with her. what are the chances of that happening? and frankly, i know you're going to say it's a terrible thing, but it couldn't have happened. it didn't happen. and she would not have been the chosen one. she would not have been the chosen one. >> just think about that one. she would not have been the chosen one. so it, sexual assault or abuse didn't happen, what if it did happen? if i were going to sexually abuse someone, that wouldn't be

e. jean carroll $5 million $3 million in damages after finding that trump sexually abused and defamed her. a decision on trump's motion is not expected until after the election. well, the race for the white house is in a critical stage right now with just about 60 days until election day. both trump and harris campaigns are focusing on key battleground states. even as they get ready for their first debate on tuesday vice president kamala harris's campaign has been focused on the south eastern states of georgia and north korea karolina, with the trump team tackling the democrats so-called blue wall of pennsylvania and michigan, and wisconsin. meantime, several states will start in-person early voting in about two weeks what charged with four counts of felony murder suspected georgia high school shooter colt gray is now facing life in prison. if convicted in wednesday's shooting the 14-year-old and his father appeared separately in court on friday to face charges for that shooting that left four people dead. cnn's isabel rosales spoke with one student who came face-to-face with the alleged

e. jean carroll. trump's lawyers argue the court allowed inadmissible evidence including testimony from other women and the inclusion of the access hollywood tape. now, lawyers for trump and carroll made their cases before a three-judge panel. a decision will come at a later date but today trump took issue with the panel itself, noting that all three judges were appointed by democrats. bret? >> bret: nate foy outside of the court of appeals in new york. nate, thanks. another legal battle in north carolina has also fallen in former president trump's favor. the state was scheduled to be the first state to send out mail ballots today but a legal effort seeking to remove robert f. kennedy jr.'s name has the ballots now on back order to be reprinted. moments ago, former president trump wrapped up remarks in north carolina, correspondent aishah hasnie is there with details on today's legal wins for the trump campaign. good evening, aishah. >> bret, good evening to you. and the former president addressed it

e. jean carroll case -- case. the former president held what he deemed a press conference after that. he did not take any questions but he gave some remarks. in that, he went after e. jean carroll and some of the women who testified in this case. take a listen. >> i am in a plane. people are coming into the plane. i am looking at a woman and i grab her and i start kissing her and making out with her. what are the chances of that happening? what are the chances? and, frankly, i know you will say it is a terrible thing to say but, it could not have happened. it did not happen. she would not have been the chosen one. she would not have been the chosen one. >> the former president maintains his innocence in all of his cases. the lawyers are trying to say that the testimony should not have been admitted but this is not what the campaign wants us to be talking about today. it is not what they want the former president to be talking about. he sort of invited the coverage of these past allegations by holding that press conference. he talked for a moment about the economy but mainly focused on

. >> and donald trump mocking e jean carroll who he was found liable of sexual assault and defaming and woman who had made accusations in the past against him, jessica lee, on an airplane. >> that press conference, was a a little inexplicable. sorry, what was your question? >> i just wanted to play that little bit about jessica lee and ask you about it on the other side. >> what are the chances of that happening? what are the chances? and frankly, i know you're going to say it's a terrible thing to say, but it couldn't have happened. it didn't happen. and she would not have been the chosen one. she would not have been the chosen one. >> he was talking about jessica, the woman on the plane after access hollywood who came out against him. just how does harris handle the gender issue? >> so, a couple of things. that press conference was inexplicable politically where you have former president trump who has already been found guilty of defaming e. jean carroll sort of unprompted taking the national spotlight to bring up other accusations of sexual assault he's been accused of and being quit

e. jean carroll sex abuse and defamation case.fterwards, he lashed out at carroll and several other women who have accused him of sexual assault repeating some of the same defamatory comments, he was found libel for less and less frankly, i know you're going to say it's a terrible thing to say, but it couldn't have happened. it didn't happen and she would not have been the chosen one. she would not have been the chosen one to separate juries awarded e. jean carroll $5,000,000.80, in damages after finding that he had sexually abused and defamed her decision on trump's motion. isn't expected until after the election. and trump also took to the campaign trail on friday, he was in north carolina receiving the endorsement of the fraternal order of police. and he asked the officers to quote, watch out for voter fraud areas i hope you can watch and you're all over the place. watch for the voter fraud because we win without voter fraud, we win so easily trump also welcomed in north carolina court decision to have robert f f. >> kennedy ju

e. jean carroll. >> this is a long and complicated story, but it all goes back to kamala and sleepy joend all of them. we have a rigged election system. nobody has ever seen anything like what's happening. now i understand they are bringing up russia, russia, russia again that they have done for years. never found anything, but they should be looking at china, china, china. iran, iran, iran. lots of other places. i have not spoken to anybody from russia in years. they know that, but it is a scam, but it all goes back to the doj because we had a trial today. it's an appeal of a ridiculous verdict of a woman i have never met, i don't know. i have no idea who she is. she wrote a book and made a ridiculous story of. she put it in her book. we are now appealing the decision. we had an extremely hostile judge appointed by clinton. very good friends of clinton. guess he presided over the marriage ceremony of one of the lawyers on the case against us. and it's very sad. judge lewis kaplan. angry man. he was so angry. i went to the trial. i have been in a lot of litigation over the years. i have

e. jean carroll. >>> as for the presidential campaign, donald trump laid out a number of his economic proposals yesterday, and it included a task force to conduct a financial and performance audit of the federal government led by tech billionaire elon musk. cbs' robert costa has the details. >>> it will be a national economic renaissance -- >> reporter: former president donald trump held out his vision for the economy and had sharp criticism of vice president kamala harris. >> comrade kamala harris wants to sacrifice our wealth, kill the economy, and drive jobs overseas to punish businesses more. >> reporter: trump claims a second-term agenda would include lowering the corporate tax rate, slashing regulations to boost energy production, and imposing tariffs and tax penalties on companies that don't produce in the u.s. vice president harris by contrast has said she would raise the corporate tax rate from 21% to 28%. >> billionaires and big corporations must pay their fair share in taxes. [ cheers ] >> reporter: trump also embraced a government efficiency commission pushed by billionaire supporte