>> one father in particular who is the father of emilie parker who died in sandy hook, when he went to make a statement on behalf of his family about his daughter, speaking about her as a child and their gratitude for the outpouring of sympathy that they had already received. this was the night after the shooting and he did was as he stepped into the microphone he thought he was going to be addressing one camera crew. it turned out to be a sea of cameras and a reporter. he gave this a nervous laugh, not knowing what to do and what happened was that was portrayed as why would a grieving father who had just lost his daughter the laughing? that was spun into a pot for years. -- plot. >> alex jones had a leading role in this plot? >> he was spinning this narrative that this was a pretext for conine gun control measures -- four draconian gun control measures. >> what was your view of the verdict? >> the verdict will still be appealed, it was a hefty judgment, $50 million. there is some question as to whether the families will collect that full amount. what it was an opportunity to confront

>> went father in particular, robby parker who is the father of emily parker who died at sandy hook,t to make a statement on behalf of his family about his daughter just speaking about who she was as a child, and about their loss and their gratitude for the outpouring of sympathy that they had already received. this was the night after the .hooting and what he did is as he stepped to the microphone he thought he was going to be addressing one camera crew. and it turned out to be a sea of cameras and of reporters. gand so he gave this kind of nervous laugh at not knowing what to do.d what happened was that was portrayed as why would a grieving father who had just lost hisin 6-year-old daughter e laughing? and that was spun into a plot for years. >> host: alex jones took a leading role in this plot? >> yes. within hours afterne the shootig he was spinning this in narrative that this was a pretext for draconian drum control measures lauded by the government. >> host: what was your view of thent recent verdict on alex jones? >> guest: it was i would say the verdict obviously will still b

joining us now, emilie parker, executive founder of coin desk they were on the story yesterday. reciate you getting up early and coming back on. with all the attention on the midterm, this to me is one of the biggest market stories in the world. what do we know? what have we learned in the last 12 hours or so, because i think people's heads are still spinning about how ftx could go down like this. >> emily, are you there? hello, emily >> hello. >> this great setup, we didn't want to waste it it's fine. 50i78 just kidding in the crypto world, i mean, they're stunned. >> they are. they are stunned i think is really one of the biggest crypto stories i've seen in a while, even competing with election day in the u.s. one interesting thing that has emerged is cryptos are trying to be more transparent in the wake of this huge crisis, so that's one positive thing that's come out of this is crypto changes are taking a little more crypto accountability in terms of publishing proof of their reserve holdings. >> yeah. you know, cz zhao who's the head of finance, he tweeted out something, kin

joining us now is emily parker, executive director of global content at coin desk emily, this story has a lot of sort of its own lingo, its own players. we still -- there's a lot that we don't know. what does it mean for the industry writ large right now? >> you guys just did a fantastic job of summing up a very conflicted situation so, yes, as you said, this story came to light after my colleague ian allison at coin desked a this incredible scoop, looking at alameda's balance sheet and showing that much of it was ftx-owned token, ftt this raises a lot of questions about the crypto industry, in particular two real weaknesses in the crypto industry one is a lack of transparency. if ian had not received that private document and not brought this to light, would people just not know that this is going on that's a real question about transparency and disclosures that's one the second one is this question about decentralization so this is really ironic, because crypto is supposed to be this truly decentralized industry and yet, over the past few months, we've seen power increasingly consolid

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he and emily's mom, alissa parker, wanted to be the first ones to speak about her and they wanted anything that would be said to come from them. instead, it was a sea of reporters and, blinding camera lights and. so as he stepped to a lectern quite this one he gave you know just a sort of smile and a kind of laugh and then he started what was really a heartbreak, aching tribute to his daughter. alex jones seized on split second of that laugh. he called the entire disgusting and for years, replayed this video. but just that moment, and called robbie an actor. a soap opera actor, a liar. and who, you know, profited from his daughter's faked death. so people instantly recognized him and including this man on the street in seattle all, four years later. so he still remains silent for all of those years because he didn't want to poke the bear, was really afraid that, you know, the whole family was afraid that if he spoke up about this or if he confronted people or, you know, went public with what was happening to them, you know, people sending, them these letters confronting them, one man was w

wheeler parker and other emily members to come down to tallahassee county and can you tell us about that in your role in it what it meant to you pretty. >> sure. first of all his owner to be here on this platform and i'm just thankful that we are able to keep his legacy alive. so would have been in zero seven, the public apology, and my understanding that there had never been a recognition of what happened from a public perspective and what you can dot it in the community and basically an hours community in tallahassee county, and some other counties. i grew up in that community and i guess when i was a teenager, so i heard bits and pieces for my mom and i grew up in tallahassee county read there wasn't anything said publicly. so i became the supervisor i don't really know, like i was in hearing bits and pieces. i think i gave him efficient, he said we need to do something anyway in oh seven, you know kind of the recommendation to give a public apology and the commission had been somewhat fod working with susan and william and kind of came on board afterwards and helped us. it was a bira

give a little bit of emilie's life and just have that, too, to share, you know, for family back at home, because reporters were calling all of their relatives and he and mom, alissa parker, wanted to be the first ones to speak about her. and they wanted anything that would be said to come from them. instead, it was a sea of reporters and blinding camera lights. and so as he stepped to a lectern quite like this one, he gave, you know, just a sort of smile and a kind of laugh and then he started what was really a heartbreaking tribute to his daughter. alex jones seized on that split second of that laugh. he called the entire presentation, discussed ing and for years replayed this video. but just that moment and called robbie an actor a soap opera actor a liar and someone who you know, profited from his daughter's faked death. so people instantly recognize eyes him and including this man on the street in seattle four years later. so he's still remained silent for all of those years because he didn't want to poke the bear. he was really afraid that you know and the whole family was afraid that if he spoke up about this or if he confronted people or, you know, went public wi