jean carroll. we'll have more on that story later on, but today's ruling confirms when donald trump takes office next month, he will be the first u.s. president who was both a felon and who has been found liable for sexual abuse, which makes it endlessly fascinating that the constituency that supports donald trump by bigger margins than just about any other group is white evangelical christians. given how overwhelmingly american evangelicals have now identified with donald trump, it is worth remembering tonight that the first evangelical president was jimmy carter, and he won the democratic presidential primary in 1976 in part by winning states with large evangelical populations. carter was deeply religious to the end but also progressive. he saw no conflict. and throughout his life he claimed his support from human rights and racial equality and global health all came from his understanding of scripture. but the religious through their weight behind ronald reagan in the 1980s setting the stage for

jean carroll's $5 million judgment against trump. they were awarded the sum after a jury found trump liable for sexually abusing and then defaming her. joining our conversation, formative prosecutor at the department of justice, msnbc legal analyst andrew weissmann is here. your thoughts about sort of where trump is tucking in in his retribution visions with alluding to jail time for e. jean carroll? >> well, i think it's an interesting day. i think clearly what the former president and president elect is doing is another shot across the bow to send a message to those people who might sue him for wrongs. e. jean carroll was the victim here as found by, as you said, not one but two juries. that it awarded her a some of over $85 million. and found she was sexually assaulted. and so, the claims against her by donald trump are unsupported by any facts and in fact are contrary to the jury verdicts and just legally, by the way, donald trump cannot relitigate that. he had the opportunity not once but twice and he could've testified and did

jean carroll. that case also went to trial. the jury in that case awarded her $83.3 million.hat verdict is still up on appeal. no decision on that one yet, but i've reached out to both jean carroll's camp and donald trump's camp. no responses yet. i mean, donald trump's team could try to bring this to supreme court. the supreme court would not have to take the case. pam. >> all right, chris, thank you so much. president elect donald trump wants a say in tiktok's future in the u.s. he is asking the supreme court to pause the upcoming nationwide ban on the app so that his administration can look into a negotiated resolution. the ban is set to take effect the day before his inauguration. the biden administration says tiktok poses grave national security concerns. cnn senior legal analyst elie honig joins us now. elie, do you expect the justices will grant trump's request here? >> i don't think so, pam. if i had to guess. >> and here's why. this is a bizarre request by donald trump. we've never seen anything quite like it. essentially what he says is, hey, supreme court, hang on.

jean carroll had been sexually assaulted by trump and not raped. the judge's comment, by the way which is made after the show airs on nbc come significantly after, i think it is still powerful evidence by abc which they could have used. the judge says, and the common parliament, this is rape but the jury found sexual assault. >> in that vein, this goes back to what we have seen with the media class since probably several months before the election itself. this sense of, we just don't want to engage with trump in a sort of negative atmosphere. so we want to clear the deck. we will start all over. we are going to just go to mar- a-lago and talk to him and bring people here and do whatever it takes to kind of levels set the conversation. but for trump, that is all victory. for trump, this is -- they don't even have the account set up for this. a nope -- they have no place to put the $15 million. >> it is going in the escrow like to buy the house. >> what does that say to you? i have been on this program and elsewhere complaining. it is a complaint abo

jean carroll, sued the defendant, donald trump.nd for the plaintiff, donald trump appealed. the appeals court said no. and that's that this case, this part of the case is over. >> so so you're very definitive on that? absolutely not. and after we saw the court deny trump's appeal today, do you think he has any chance of winning the appeal against the related defamation suit. >> yeah. so the case that where the appeal was rejected today is actually the smaller of the two e. jean carroll cases, that's the one where trump was found liable for $5 million. there's a separate case where he was found liable for over 80, around $83 million. i don't think the appeals court is going to throw that verdict out and completely get rid of the case, but it wouldn't shock me at all if the court of appeals does reduce that $83 million amount. it's kind of hard to justify why the first case, which involved actual sexual assault and defamation, would be worth 5 million, and the second case, which is only defamation, would be worth 16 times that 83 mil

the one where a jury awarded jean carroll $83.3 million after finding that trump had defamed her?so in that case, that is also up on appeal. but they're arguing different legal grounds, so it's not clear how much this could impact the other one. trump's team in that appeal are focusing on that supreme court decision on presidential immunity, saying that it should apply in in that case, because the judge had said that they were too late to try to assert presidential immunity. when trump had responded to carroll's claim while he was president. so now they're trying to get an appeals court to take a second look at that. among other legal arguments. now they have just begun to file the motions on that. so a decision by the appeals court on that other case with that massive $83.3 million judgment is still going to be several months away. brianna. >> all right. kara scannell, thank you for the latest there. and coming up, the end of the holiday travel season is going out with a bang. a record number of americans expected to fly as we're heading into the new year. up next, a look at what

and i should say it's not just new york state court system, you mentioned the 2e jean carroll trials,n new york. you really have two systems here in new york and specifically in manhattan that functioned effectively and allowed donald trump to be held accountable. the people in new york that are my heroes of the year are the 30 jurors for a couple reasons. number one, because they heard the law, the facts, and made decisions to hold donald trump accountable based on those facts. but second, because we have not heard from anyone, they protected their privacies to ensure that the jury members, themselves, were protected. now, each of the cases you mentioned were on appeal and can be overturned by higher courts. it's important to know as we close out 2024, at least as we sit here on december 20th of 2024, donald trump remains either guilty on 34 felony counts as in the criminal case, or liable for sexual abuse and defamation and multiple fraud counts with respect to the fraud case we are talking about. >> we didn't even mention letitia james as other winds, getting trump university taken

jean carroll case. lisa ruben is with us now and has been following this very closely. >> lisa, good to have you. you noted that this is unusual for parties in cases like this to sort of attach the settlement agreement to the notice of settlement or stipulations of the dismissal. your reasoning was or thinking was that this is something donald trump wanted to be made public in the first instance because of the value he gets out of it. so there is that piece. but if you can't speak to the fact of the settlement itself and how we got here without even sitting down and going through the process itself at abc, a lot of folks think they had a good hand to play here but folded before the game was really set. >> right. to extend your metaphor, michael, this is a game where we did not see all the cards on the table. so we don't know for example, what e-mail exchanges or text messages or the like would have been available to the former and future president trump with litigating this case. however, based on the i

jean carroll's $5 million judgment against him.ar after a jury found pressliable for sexually abusing and defending her. joining our conversation, the department of justice, msnbc analyst andrew weissmann's ear. your thoughts about where trump is talking in in this retribution, with alluding to jail time for them. >> this is an interesting day. i think clearly what the former president and president-elect is doing is another shot across to send a message to those people who might sue him for wrongs. e. jean carroll was the victim here, as found by nicole -- by two juries that awarded her a sum of over 85 million dollars they found that she was sexually is halted so, the claims against her by president- elect donald trump are unsupported by any facts and are contrary to the jury verdicts and just legally, by the way, president-elect donald trump cannot relitigate that. he had an opportunity not once, but twice he could have testified and did not. so, you know, this is a lot of fear mongering, but it is effect to fear mongering as we

jean carroll when he was no longer president.eposition in a separate but related case concerning the first time he allegedly defamed her when he was in the white house. if those tweets in october of 2022 that were at issue in this particular jury verdict but the other reason they are sticking is because the evidence here was overwhelming and as the court noted in its ruling yesterday, the stuff that trump was trying to exclude from the case, he really didn't have a basis to exclude from it. the reason is because where we are talking about sexual assault, a defendant prior conduct can be admitted to show a pattern and hear the court of appeal said the tape as well as the testimony of the two other witnesses, basically established a pattern of what trump would do to women almost identical to if not highly similar to what he did to e. jean carroll, he would take a woman that he had never met before, placed an unwanted kiss or grope on them and attempt to have his way with them, and in all of those cases they said, this was corrobora

jean carroll. sum after a jury found president elect donald trump liable and defaming her. during our conversation, former top prosecutor, the department of justice andrew wiseman. your thoughts about where president elect donald trump is tromping in his retribution and looking at jail time for e. jean carroll. >> well, i think this is such an interesting day. clearly what president elect donald trump and what they are doing is another shot across to send a message to those people that might sue him for wrong. e. jean carroll obviously was the victim here and was found by two juries that awarded her a sum of over $85 million. they found that she was sexually assaulted. the claims against her from donald trump are unsupported by any facts. just legally, by the way, donald trump cannot relitigate that. he had an opportunity not once but twice and he could have testified nt did not. this is a lot of fear mongering but it is effective for fear mongering as we have seen in a variety of different context

this was in the lawsuit brought by e jean carroll against trump for both rape and sexual abuse, and forher charges or her claims that she had been raped. and the jury in that case found that trump was liable for conduct that did not qualify under the narrow definition of rape under new york law but that he was liable for forced penetration by his fingers, which is sexual abuse under new york law. so when george stephanopoulos said rape, you know, trump argues that is factually inaccurate. um, on the other hand, the standard for proving defamation is extremely high under american law. and because trump is a public figure, he would have had to demonstrate that the statement was factually false and that stephanopoulos knew that it was false when he made it. and one thing that... so was there...are you suggesting, then — sorry to interrupt — that if abc had chosen to defend, it would have had a case and it would have been quite hard for donald trump to win this? yeah. i think that abc had a number of very strong defences, especially given this high standard. i mean, one big fact was that th

jean carroll. he added, the finding that miss carroll failed to prove that she was raped], that she failed to prove that mr. trump raped her as people commonly misunderstand the word rape. is the evidence at trial recounted below makes clear, the jury found that mr. trump did in fact do that. i was not party to internal legal discussions. i'm not a lawyer so i can't say whether abc made the right call or not. i don't feel i'm in a position to know. i can tell you days before the settlement between trump and abc news announced, deborah o'connell, the disney executive dined with trump's incoming chief of staff, susie wiles. it was in palm beach this monday where trump outlined as many of his pending anti-media lawsuits as he can recall including the one against and selzer enter paper, one against bob woodward, and one more . >> we have one very interestingly on pulitzer because reporters at the "new york times", washington post got pulitzer prizes for their wonderful, accurate, and highly professional

jean carroll totaling over $88 million. us for more brilliance is msnbc legal analyst barb mcquaid. barb, let's start with those civil cases. i like to say, don't sleep on the civil cases, because, one, you can do a civil case against a sitting president. and two, the discovery and the evidence can be very similar to what happens in a criminal case. so, are you thinking that maybe we could see some of the discovery and the evidence that we didn't get from the jack smith january 6th prosecution, because that one's been put on the back burner for now, but we might actually see and hear it in those civil lawsuits? >> yes, because as you point out, katie, unlike criminal prosecution where there is this office of legal counsel opinion that a president may not be criminally prosecuted, there is supreme court precedent that says a sitting president may be the subject of a civil case. that comes from the clinton versus jones case that the civil cases may proceed. so in addition to the cases that you just mentioned involving e. jean

jean carroll by sharing a post on truth social for suggesting she could be jailed for allegedly lyinguits against donald trump. carroll's suits are the success stories in efforts to hold donald trump to account. and an appeals court has upheld the $5 million judgment against trump. the writer was awarded that sum last year after a jury found donald trump liable for sexually abusing and then defaming her. joining our conversation, former top prosecutor at the department of justice, andrew weissmann. your thoughts about sort of where trump is tucking in in his retribution visions, alluding to jail time for e. jean carroll. >> well, i think this is such an interesting day. i think clearly what the former president and president-elect is doing is another shot across the bow to send a message to those people who might sue him for wrongs. e. jean carroll obviously was the victim here, as found by not one but two juries. that awarded her a sum of over $85 million. and found she was sexually assaulted. and so the claims against her by donald trump are unsupported by any facts, and in fact are

jean carroll. kaplan added, "the finding that ms. carroll failed to prove that she was raped within the meaning of withe new york penal law doe not mean" and i'm quoting the judge" that she failed to prove that mr. trump raped her as many people commonly understand the word rape. indeed, as the evidence at trial recounted below makes clear, the jury found that mr. trump, in fact, did exactly that." now, i was not party to internal legal discussions, i don't know what discovery would have been s like, and i'm not a lawyer. i can't say whether abc made the right call or not. i don't feel i'm in a position to know.a i can tell you days before that settlement was announced deborah o'donnell, the disney cut teartive dined with trump's incoming chief of staff, susie we'lls in palm beach, multiple sources told "the new york times." it was in palm beach this monday at mar-a-lago where trump outlined, as many of his pending anti-media lawsuits he could recall, including the one against pollster ann selzer and her paper, one against "60 minutes

jean carroll civil case. trump was found libel for abuse, not rape.ndation and museum to be established by or for trump." the defendants will have to pay $1 million to trump's legal counsel and add a footnote expressing regret. i get why they settled. depositions and discovery in this case could have led to all sorts of damaging info coming to light. remember all those tucker carlson messages released in dominion's court filing against fox news? embarrassing for the network and its talent. the very day the case was to go to trial fox news settled for a whopping $787 million. the two instances, abc and fox, are not exactly the same, but trump's win against abc could have a chilling effect on media, pushing them to pull their punches to avoid a fight with a litigious and vengeful president. >>> back with us, max rose, maya wiley, and christine todd whitman. maya, you are the attorney closest to me at the table. talk to me about why you think this settlement with abc is so troubling. >> so first of all, there's no comparison between the fox news defamati

jean carroll. trump challenged the $5 million civil verdict, alleging the trial judge made several errors. but on monday, an appeals court ruled against trump saying he failed to prove his case. a jury sided with carroll last year after it found trump liable for sexually abusing her in the '90s and defaming her after she went public with her allegations. trump has denied the claims. >>> coming up, near collision. intense moments involving a small plane carrying gonzaga's men's basketball team. >>> and building collapse caught on camera. the big scare in the big easy. if you take or have taken humira for moderate to severe crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis and still have symptoms... you don't have to settle. ask your gastroenterologist if switching to rinvoq is right for you. it's one of the latest treatments from the makers of humira. rinvoq works differently than humira and may help. rinvoq is a once-daily pill that can deliver rapid symptom relief, lasting steroid-free remission, and helps vi

jean carroll. mr.rump denies the allegations, and today a spokesperson called the case a hoax and pledged to appeal. >>> as we all get ready to turn the page to 2025, millions of people are preparing for times square's iconic ball drop, and that includes the police. nbc's emilie ikedada is there. emily, there is already a lot of security in place even tonight, right? >> reporter: yeah, that's right, hallie. good to be with yoyou. you can see and probably hear the excitement building ahead of tomorrow, more than a million people are expected to crowd and pack into times square here. but first they will have to go through counterterrorism checkpoints, just one of a sweeping security effort by the nypd, deploying officers in and out of uniforms, canines, aviation unit, drones, concrete blockades, and sand trucks. those trucks are meant to prevent badad actors from plowing into crowds like what we saw at a christmas market in germany earlier this month. now, law enforcement at all levels here are focused a

jean carroll accused him of viewing her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s and defaming her with comments. trump denies the case and calls it a hoax. >>> meanwhile president-elect donald trump is throwing full support behind house speaker mike johnson. on social media trump called him a hard working religious man who will deliver for america. johnson says he's ready to push trump's agenda, but with the republican party's slim majority friday's house speaker vote is expected to be a tight race. >>> a fundraising effort is underway to help the santa cruz businesses impacted from last week's wharf collapse. the community foundation launched a disaster fund to help the 17 shops and restaurants that are still closed with hopes of reopening after the inspections are complete, but there's no timetable when that might happen. the foundation now welcomes donations and is urging people to help businesses by purchasing items online. >>> the future of the wharf is now in question after that collapse a week action, but one former supervisor says the disaster was years in the making.

jean carroll. mr. trump denies the immigrations.called it a hoax and planned to appeal the latest decision. >>> investigators have recovered black boxes from the tragic jeju crash in south korea that killed 179 people. two crew members survived. one, a 33-year-old flight attendant who reportedly asked doctors what hpened, and where am i? the flight was traveling from bangkok, thailand to muan when they warned of a bird strike. but experts are questioning why the airplane's flaps were likely never deployed to slow down the plane or the landing gear itself. >> bird strikes don't bring down airplanes like this. nor do they prevent landing gear from extending. >> this, as officials confirm monday a second jeju air flight landed safely after turning back for a reported landing gear problem. >>> five people have been charged in liam payne's death after argentinean prosecutors said the one direction singer was incapacitated, quote, by consumption of various substances and couldn't maintain his balance in a hotel lobby before needlessly fal

when anchor george stephanopoulos at abc news was referring to this jury verdict related to e jean carroll and donald trump. stephanopoulos was interviewing representative nancy mace and said ten times in that interview on abc news that the jury found trump liable for rape, which was not the case, and so that created this defamation case that donald trump brought against abc and stephanopoulos about eight days later and in court now, a judge is saying if this lawsuit still exists, if it's moving forward, it's time for everybody to get under oath and share what they know with the other side's attorneys. that's how lawsuits progress. as you go through evidence collection. so that's what's happening now. there are several lawsuits out there currently where donald trump is either suing people, media companies, a book publisher, or being sued himself that could result in depositions. so this is one to keep an eye on just because he's the president elect. and this deposition is supposed to happen in person next week in the southern district of florida, where he is, and he very will likely be tap

trump's civil assault trial last year a jury found trump sexually assaulted and defamed writer e jean carroll in 1996. trump challenge the 5 million dollar verdict alleging the trial judge had made many errors including allowing 2 other women to testify about similar alleged acts of abuse. the appeals court, however, concluded the trial judge did not abuse his discretion in ruling on evidence. a separate jury awarded carol. nearly 85 million dollars. trump's also appealing that verdict. >> it's called the healthy homework act and it's one of many new laws that to go into effect in the new year capital correspondent, a cow was with the assembly member who authored it about why it could eventually lead to >> our top story this half-hour as students and teachers prepared to return to school from the holiday break. a new law set to go into effect in the new year could eventually lead to less homework. kron four's capitol correspondent eytan wallace spoke with the lawmaker behind the legislation. >> and he has reaction from students. >> what many californians can probably look back at their upbrin

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assault trial last year a jury found trump guilty of sexually assaulting and defaming writer e jean carroll in 1996 trump challenge the 5 million dollar verdict alleging the judge made many errors including allowing 2 other women to testify about similar alleged acts of abuse. the appeals court concluded the trial judge did not abuse his discretion in ruling on evidence. a separate jury awarded carol. nearly 85 million dollars. trump is also appealing that verdict. today. president-elect trump gave his complete and total endorsement of speaker mike johnson to become the next speaker of the house. the endorsement is seen as a major boost for speaker johnson ahead of the 100 19th congress swearing-in on friday, which will then cast its vote for speaker. but some house conservatives have warned they're not committed to backing johnson in this race. johnson faces an extraordinarily narrow margin to win the gavel and can only lose a single republican vote to win the speakership. >> still ahead kron, 4 news at 5, a more than 24 hour standoff would cause daly city police to negotiate with this wom

jean carroll. a columnist hailed the decision in an online post writing "2024 ends with a win."roll accused trump of raping her in a department store dressing room about 30 years ago. a jury found that trump was liable for sexual abuse, but not rape. trump also owes $83 million from a follow-up defamation lawsuit. u.s. investigators are heading to south of korea to help figure out what caused a fiery crash landing of a boeing jet on saturday. all but two of the 181 people on board were killed. more details from cbs's elizabeth waller. >> reporter: jeju air flight was already in trouble on its final approach. the pilot had reported a bird strike and triggered a landing signal. and the landing gear was not down as it raced to the end of the runway and crashed into a concrete wall. all 175 passengers died along with four crew members. two others, the only survivors were pulled alive from the tail section. inside the airport, a fire official read out the victim's names to stunned family members and friends. all of the passengers were south koreans except for two thai citizens. at a

last year, a jury found the former president liable for sexually abusing e jean carroll back in the 90s. and the jury awarded her $5 million in that case. it marked the first time a former president has been found civilly liable for sexual misconduct. mr. trump appealed the verdict, claiming the judge made unfair rulings, but today's appeals court disagreed with that claim. spokesperson for trump says he plans to appeal the ruling in this case. president elect trump throwing his support behind the current house speaker, mike johnson. he's been the highest ranking republican representative since last october. trump says speaker johnson is a, quote, good, hard working and religious man. the house is scheduled to elect a speaker on friday. republicans hold a slim majority, but some republican lawmakers have voiced their opposition, saying johnson's recent stopgap funding bill actually favored democrats. still ahead touting a safer city. the crime stats at oakland city leaders say, is better on the streets. the program being credited with making it a reality, and norovirus cases on the rise

appeals court is upholding writer e jean carroll. s $5 million civil lawsuit against president elect donald trump. a jury had awarded carroll the sum in 2023 after finding trump liable for sexually abusing her in the 1990s and then defaming her after she went public with her allegations. trump had appealed the verdict, charging it should be tossed. the verdict marked the first time a former president has been found civilly liable for sexual misconduct. this midday. tributes are pouring in to honor the life and legacy of president jimmy carter. the nation's 39th president died yesterday at his home in georgia. at 100 years old. he was the nation's longest living president. nbc bay area's chris pollone shows us how people around the nation and the world are remembering him. people in atlanta have been leaving flowers and notes outside the carter presidential center. remembrances for the nation's longest living president, who died sunday at 100 years old. the tributes pouring in from around the world and across the nation. a moment of s

trump, who was found liable for sexually abusing and later defaming the author and journalist e jean carrollent store in 1996, and mrtrump's attempts to dismiss it as a hoax. the un secretary general antonio guterres has warned the world has enjoyed a decade of deadly heat year message, he said the ten hottest years on record had all happened in the past decade. that includes 2024 which is expected to be confirmed as the warmest year ever. he insisted he had not lost hope. this is climate breakdown in real—time. we must exit this road to ruin, and we had no time to lose. in 2025, countries must put the world on a safer path by dramatically slashing emissions and supporting the transition to a renewable future. it is essential and it is possible. even in the darkest days, i have seen hope, power, change. i see hoping activists, young and old, raising their voices for progress. i see hope in humanitarian heroes overcoming enormous obstacles to support the most vulnerable people. i see hope in developing countries fighting for financial and climate justice. i see hope in the scientists and inno

e jean carroll, mr trump was found liable for sexual abuse as well as defamation, but not rape.re pleased that the parties have reached an agreement to dismiss the lawsuit on the terms in the court filing." to france now. five people have been killed in shootings in the north of the country, including four near a camp for migrants close to dunkirk. a 22—year—old is said to have confessed to the killings. with me is our news correspondent, simonjones. what do we know? the town mayor of dunkirk has described what happened as a tragedy. is that the fibre lost their lives had been murdered in cold blood. the shootings took place in three different locations, the first on saturday afternoon at around three pm. the gunmen went to a house of a 29—year—old businessman. apparently the wife of the businessmen had a commotion on the street and the businessmen went to investigate what was happening and there he was shot in the street. the gunmen according to the french authorities then drove to another area of dunkirk to a migrant camp, a makeshift clap and shot two migrants believed to hav

in fact, in the case brought by the columnist e jean carroll, mr trump was found liable for sexual abuserties have reached an agreement to dismiss the lawsuit on the terms in the court filing." pope francis is making the first papal visit to the staunchly catholic french mediterranean island of corsica. the capital, ajaccio, is decorated in papal colours for the one—day visit, during which france has bolstered security with an additional 2,000 police. it comes a week after the pope declined an invitation to attend the reopening of notre dame cathedral in paris, following its post—fire restoration. earlier we caught up with christopher white from the national catholic reporter 0nline who explained what a historic moment this is for corsica... as an island that is part of france, but a real contrast. in france, but a real contrast. in france 25% of the nation are practising catholics, inquests got 90% do and pope francis is trying to shore up the faith here. he sees something with a plodding so he decided to make this nine hour while went to visit. ~ . . . this nine hour while went to visi

jean carroll and then defaming her. >> he's nothing, we don't need to be afraid of him. >> reporter:the litigation determined that he had defamed her again, as trump called the prosecutions and lawsuits politically targeted, the justice system continued to turn. >> shouldn't be allowed to happen. i'll stay around here. >> reporter: major witnesses taking the stand in the hush money trial, stormy daniels, michael cohen, the publisher of the "national enquirer," david pecker and his former white house close aide, hope hicks, meanwhile his political allies, courting public opinion. >> the judicial system in our country has been weaponized against president trump. >> they're not prosecuting president trump, they're persecuting him. >> reporter: after seven weeks, the jury unanimously found him git on all 34 felony counts. the judge scheduling a sentencing date for after the election, raising the stakes of america's decision. >> we are projecting that the next president of the united states is donald trump. >> this was, i believe, the greatest political movement of all time. >> reporter:

jean carroll could not recall the year this allegedly happened? she was the accuser, of course.etwork knew how this was going to go, todd, because the discovery process, you're a former lawyer. may have revealed some damning evidence about how widespread the bias is at abc news. remember, dana wall done runs abc news. she is kamala harris' closest and dearest friend. she set up doug emhoff with kamala who event actually became her husband. according to the media research center the first 100 stories about kamala harris as a nominee were all positive, all 100. the fact that george stephanopoulos did not apologize on the air shows you it is not genuine. >> he commented on vice president's harris' future. watch. >> >> i knew what i was doing asking her to be my vice president. i knew her. i knew of her. i knew about her. i knew her record. i trusted her. she always served this country with purpose and indid he go tri at this and she always will. you are not going anywhere, kid. because we are not going to let you go. >> todd: she is not going anywhere, joe. do you agree with joe, j

jean carroll, the columnist, hailed the decision in an online post, writing "2024 ends with a win." accused trump of raping her in a department store dressing room about 30 years ago. a jury found president-elect liable for sexual abuse but not rape. trump also owes carroll more than $83 million from a follow-up defamation lawsuit. >>> south korea's embattled president is facing arrest after being issued a warrant by the nation's anti-corruption agency. president yoon suk yeol was impeached after he declared a stunning martial law decree earlier this month. the agency says it wants to determine if yoon's actions amounted to rebellion. yoon's lawyers have called the warrant illegal. >>> staying in south korea now, u.s. federal investigators are headed there to help discover exactly what caused the fiery crash landing of a boeing jet on sunday. this is the scene of the crash where all but two of the 181 people on board were killed. south korean officials now say they'll inspect all of the boeing 737-800 aircraft operating in the country. we get details now from cbs' elizabeth palmer.

jean carroll. will pay one million dollars in legal fees to trump's lawyer.ed to have reached an agreement. that is not the only legal headline involving trump tonight. there is still a legal question on the 34 felony counts after his sentencing was postponed. the manhattan da alvin bragg laid out an array of options for preserving the indictment. barbara and harry are back with me. barbara, i'll start with your take on the defamation lawsuit. in this case, it is safe to say this is considered a win for trump against abc. why? >> i'm sure donald trump and others will spin it as a victory that he has defeated them and i worry about the chilling effect it could have on others. but if you look at the language of what he said. he was referring to what the judge said. does not mean that mr. trump raped her as many people commonly understand the word rape. as the evidence at trial recounted, the jury found that mr. trump in fact did exactly that. so it seems to me that with that language, abc had a strong case. but chose to settle. a settlement is not an admission

jean carroll won against him last year. a jury found trump liable for sexually abuser her in a dressing room and defaming her after she spoke about it publicly. his team released a statement saying they will appeal. >>> a major investigation is under way in korea after 179 people were killed in the nation's worst aviation disaster in decades. we do want to warn you the video you're about to see it disturbing. it shows the plane landing on its belly and skidding down the runway before crashing into a wall and bursting into flames. only two people survived the crash. south korean officials say pilots were warned of a bird strike just moments before the crash and there's also questions about why the plane's landing gear did not deploy. joining us with the latest from seoul, south korea, is a freelance journalist and also with us msnbc aviation analyst john cox. i want to talk with you first, what more are we learning from the investigation, and is the fact that south korea is already -- currently in the middle of a political c

jean carroll. he was only found liable for sexual abuse.ment apologizing for the remark and announced it agreed to give $15 million toward trump's yet to be built presidential library. the network will pay $1 million in legal fees. we'll have more on this later in the morning. >>> next up, we'll switch to sports with highlights of some of the biggest plays across the nfl yesterday. a recap of all of sunday's football action, plus, a look at the weather forecast when way too early returns. >>> daniels looking. looking to his left. under pressure. stays on his feet. now he rolls to the end zone and it's caught for a touchdown. jackson looking deep down the field. bankman gets in. touchdown baltimore. >> a couple big plays on third down on this drive, 3rd and 4, rush end zone. a fitting way for this drive to end. looking deep. he's got higgins out there. caught, touchdown cincinnati. deep for adams. adams is going to take it into the end zone for a chance touchdown. >> use the run game or quarterback run game. mitchell will be a double pass. i

jean carroll.the last hour, abc news released the following statement saying quote we a pleased that the parties have reach an agreement to dismiss the lawsuit in the terms of the court filing. >>> still to come on politics nation, donald trump is back with another grift. just in time for the holidays. i'll explain after the break. , there's a detergent that gets your dishes up to 100% clean, even in an older dishwasher? try cascade platinum plus. for sparkling clean dishes even on the toughest jobs. just scrape, load and you're done. switch to cascade platinum plus. big news for mahomes! i'm switching to iphone 16 pro at t-mobile! it's built for apple intelligence. that's like peanut butter on jelly... on gold. get four iphone 16 pro on us, plus four lines for $25 bucks. what a deal. ya'll giving it away too fast t-mobile, slow down. i've been worn by celebrities, athletes, and world leaders. but i've always felt most comfortable up here, with the folks that made me who i am. i'm right at home, ou

jean carroll was awarded. his university, trump university was shut down. charity was shut down. this is a con man. so, my disillusionment is connected to just disappointment that more people did not see this the way i do. i respect people who are for trump. i just think that they are not looking at the totality of his character in making a judgment. but this experience was in some ways very inspiring and mother courtroom, because as you mentioned in your excerpt from my book, this was a partial accountability. no matter what happens eventually in this case, even if he does not serve in jail, which he very much is not going to, even if he does not end up getting probation everyday in the courtroom he had to answer for really the first time in his adult life to a judge who controlled the courtroom. and i got a firm row seat on this accountability. the trial was not televised. so, while it was highly publicized, the stormy daniels trial, nobody got a good sense of what was going on in that courtroom if they were not there. and this is the only book about this

trump's attempt to overturn the verdict that found him liable for sexual abuse against writer e jean carrollump is liable for abusing carroll in a department store dressing room in the mid 90s, as well as making defamatory statements about her. two years ago, a jury awarded carroll $5 million in damages in a separate civil trial. a different jury also ordered him to pay her $83 million in damages. trump's appeal of that verdict is currently pending. and a major endorsement from president elect donald trump, days ahead of a big vote on capitol hill over who should be the next house speaker. mr. trump has thrown his support behind current speaker mike johnson, writing on truth social. quote, speaker mike johnson is a good, hard working religious man. he will do the right thing and we will continue to win. end quote. >> this is the best gift he could have given him heading into the new year. i think it makes it far harder for members of congress to vote against him. >> but for johnson, maintaining his role as speaker is not a done deal. some republicans are expressing frustration with johnson's

jean carroll civil suit against donald trump and thatas ridiculous $400 million initial find.was all a coordination andid easymptom of historicallyar weaponize doj.la the very idea that merrick garland was not weaponized enough, it is incomprehensible. i think he has really lost icomt completely.l thi think history is going to require that. all of these peoplole are coming out of the woodwork that could have told us from the first fewe months of this history that heao was a battle. t but that was the real conspiracy to hide dementia. >> kayleigh: two dozen sources talking to "the washington post" and that is a lot of sourcing. yesterday, biden remarked on jimmy carter's passing and we think about his legacy in the last 24 hourr s buast on the wat the door as he gave his tribute to jimmy carter he was asked artewhat trump could learn from jimmy carter.d. here is what he said.>> >> what can donald trump learn from jimmy carter? >> decency, decency, decency. everybody deserves a shot, everybody. cacayon you imagine jimmy carte walking by someone and just keep walking? can you ima

the opinion upholds the $5 million award grant jean carroll for defamation and sexual abuse. long "time" magazine columnist testified at the 2023 trial that trump turned a friendly encounter in 1996 into a violent attack after they playfully entered the store's dressing room. final days in office 2024 president biden is reportedly expressing some regret on a paver major decisions that helped shape his presidency. lucas tomlinson is traveling with the president and reports from st. croix. hi, lucas. >> good evening, rich. we have not seen president biden here in st. croix since he spoke about jimmy carter's death last night. the white house has refused to comment about whether biden regrets dropping out of the race. >> back in october, president biden made the following quip to fox news. >> reconsider dropping out of the race? >> back in. >> it turns out there could have been more behind that joke. "the washington post" reports biden and some of his aides still believe he should have stayed in the race and have told people in recent days that he could have defeated trump. the

jean carroll case, he lost not once, but twice.e lost that at trial. the one criminal case that went forward where the proof had to be beyond a reasonable doubt, he lost that. rudy giuliani lost his case against friedman and moss so you have a litany of losses going back to the election where it was almost a sweep. in many ways the idea they will be seeking a case against liz cheney, we have seen years of trump trying to avoid the january 6th trial. so i think a lot of this will be, it remains to be seen whether they want that trial or just the fear. >> the chilling effect. >> and there is a converse warming effect if he pardons the head of the oath keepers. it's a suggestion you fight for trump, you get off the hook. >> that in many ways is even worse. that is, we do have some news about to become president who has 34 felony convictions. and so, it shouldn't be surprising he is running on the lawlessness and the idea of pardoning not just the lower level january 6th people who trespassed, that's bad enough. it wasn't like it was a

jean carroll and letitia james. so all of that could take place.for federal criminal law does not protect you from any civil liability, also doesn't protect you from state criminal charges. so again, there still are guardrails even if the president was to be so bold as to say destroy all evidence and i'll just pardon you for any of those crimes. there still are various levers that would help protect the rule of law in that scenario. >> i want to read what adam kinzinger, another republican member of the january 6th committee, said about donald trump's comments in that interview. he said, "our hearings laid bare the reality this was no spontaneous protest. it was an assault on the foundations of our democracy, encouragement embedded by the former president himself. history will remember the january 6th committee as defenders of democracy and you as a man who betrayed it. you may fool some of the people some of the time, but the tide is turning. it just may take a bit. i'm confident that the name trump will be a stain on our history and my son will b

donald trump has fared in the courts let's leave the supreme court out of it, but if you look at e jean carrollase he lost twice. the new york attorney general, he lost that at trial. and if you look at one criminal case that went forward where the proof had to be beyond a reasonable doubt and unanimous jury, he lost that. rudy giuliani lost his case against shea freeman and ruby freeman and shea moss. so, you have litany of losses that of course going back to fraud in the election where it was almost a sweep. so, in many ways, the idea that they actually are going to be seeking an indictment or a several case against liz cheney and january 6th committee, we have spent years with donald trump trying to avoid the january 6th trial. >> yeah. >> so, you know, think a lot of this will be remains to be seen whether they really want that trial or whether they want as you pointed, the fear of the brush back of bringing the lawsuit. >> chilling effects. >> exactly. >> converse warming effect if he pardons someone like stuart rhodes a suggestion that you fight for trump, you are going to get off the hoo