the former supporters randi kaye talked to. give them any pause at all. >> the people drinking the kool- aid, this is a big bucket of kool-aid. if you're donald trump, he says he has $1 million, not liquid, he will have to sell something to pay this off. by the way, this verdict is only 3x of the actual damages. you get 6x, 20 x, the appeals court says no. 3x on punitives is not reversible. they can say whatever they want, he will have to sell something and i think it will hurt donald trump whether it hurts his movement or cause, probably not. >> do you think the former president benefits? walking out of court, his behavior according to those in the court for e. jean carroll, they all believe that hurt him with the jury which is what resulted in the money. do you think it was strategic, benefits for him doing that in terms of supporters and fund- raising outside? >> i'm not so sure about that, i'm not sure if he stayed in the courtroom or stormed out it will change the narrative. those voters that randi kaye talk to will see or

randy kaye spoke with a group of senators in south carolina where of course the next primary is going to be held and asked them about the former president's legal battles. she joins us now. randy? >> that's right, anderson. we came here to greenville, south carolina, to talk to those republican women. two of them are supporting nikki haley. three of them are supporting donald trump. now, we spoke with them before today's verdict in the e. jean carroll case, but i had asked them during our interview what they think of all of these legal troubles and all the charges that donald trump is facing. and here is what they told me, just part of it. listen. >> trump is facing 91 criminal charges. he's already been found liable of sexual abuse in the case of e. jean carroll. does any of that give you pause? >> most of that makes me angry. i think it's a political witch hunt. >> yes. >> 100%. and i honestly believe that every time they adanother charge that it's just adding fuel to the fire for his supporters. when they arrested trump i was like that's it. that's it. he's got my vote 100%. >> why

. >>> randy kaye takes a look at that. ♪ ♪ >>> iowa's importance doesn't end after monday night. s a look at how key moments have been be come embedded for future generations of presidential candidates. >> when vermont governor howard dean came in third place in the iowa caucuses 20 years ago this was his response. >> and then we're going to go to washington, d.c. to take back the white house, yeah. that scream and dean's loss of momentum put the brakes on his bid for the nomination and then there was this wild laugh from florida governor ron desantis which went viral last fall. [ laughter ] >> iowa has a long history of memorable moments when it comes to presidential hopefuls. at iowa state fair. candidates devoured just about anything on a stick, pork chops are always a winner. >> enjoy. ready? >> where else, but iowa can candidates ride bumper cars? desantis did with his daughter madison while nikki haley opted for ske, ball, and launching into the iconic rap song "lose yourself." former president donald trump didn't rap, instead he danced at his iowa rally despite his wife's r

. >> randi kaye takes a look back at some of the times candidates did their best but things didn't quiteed. >> all right. >> reporter: when howard dean came in third place in the iowa caucuses 20 years ago this was his response. >> and then we're going to washington, d.c. to take back the white house. >> reporter: that scream and dean's loss of momentum perhaps because of it put the brakes on his bid for the nomination. then there was this wild laugh from florida governor ron desantis which went viral last fall. iowa has a long history of memorable moments when it comes to presidential hopefuls. at the iowa state fair candidates devour just about anything on a stick. pork chops are always a winner. where else but iowa can candidates ride bumper cars? desantis did with his daughter madison. while nikki haley opted for skee-ball. vivek ramaswamy wrapped up a fair-side chat with iowa's governor by launching into the iconic rap song by eminem called lose yourself. >> snap back to reality. >> reporter: former president donald trump didn't rap, instead he danced at an iowa rally, despite his w

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randi kaye, cnn, palm beach, florida. >>> next, a live report from the southern border, as migrants keep coming, and warehouse republicans visited today, with some their colleagues vowing to block any border deer, because they don't want to do anything that might help present biden. more ahead. >>> big night for breaking news, late today, the biden administration filed a suit against the state of texas issuing a new state law giving local law enforcement authority to arrest migrants. in its filing, the justice department said the measure undercuts the federal governments, quote, exclusive authority to enforce immigration law. this cap today, which began with how speaker mike johnson leading a delegation of republican lawmakers to visit eagle pass, texas. as that was happening, in washington, senate negotiators edge closer to some kind of agreement on immigration border and security legislation. this, while some gop house members are vowing to block any deal that reaches them, telling cnn's manu raju they don't to do anything that might help president biden. in addition today, the republi

>> oh, my god. >> poor randi kaye. >> this is too much. >> what won't she do for cnn? f their lives but they are very hands off and want to do things independently. so you are the cause of all their frustration, and yet you are the one that can help solve all the problems. i can't wait for you both to experience it. >> oh, my gosh. >> you are producing a new -- first, congratulations. second of all, are there other theater events that you are looking forward to next year? >> i am starting my year off, yeah, directing, not in front of the camera or onstage, but behind the scenes, and "tick, tick boom," and we have brandon who won a tony this year, and might drop a few phaomics onsta but maybe not. it's fuzzy. i am very excited. it's a bigger production. it's like the david blaine special in vegas but with less regurgitation. >> you are celebrating with your husband ten years, and we were talking with henry winkler about the secrets of a long relationship? >> we were together for 19 years, but married ten because that's when it was allowed, and when you start a relationsh

let's check in with randi kaye who is in key west where they have a special tradition of the drag queenor 25 years. now we have christopher peterson who's taking over the role. does the shoe fit, christopher? >> it's a little big at the moment. but i'm trying -- my feet are swelling anyway from wearing my own pumps. so sooner or later i'll fit into it i'm sure. >> you have big shoes to fill. sushi was here for 25 years. >> it's amazing. i'm grateful to sushi for helping me through this thing. also joy shroeder for asking me in august. i was shocked when he first asked, what can i do that she couldn't do? i thought i could look a little bit better, couldn't i? >> you look amazing. i don't know if you can tell, but you are really high up. it's scary. this height, how do you feel about that? are you scared? >> in key west, everything's a little high at times. >> anderson, what were you saying? >> we should explain to viewers the tradition in key west is that at the stroke of midnight, here obviously the ball drops in times square, but in key west a giant shoe is lowered with what has tradi

randy kaye has more on that story and the allegations of sexual abuse.ails a graphic. >> reporter: all jeffrey cared about wawas go f find me more e girls.s. >> repeporter: bacack in 2 2006 fbi began investigating jeffrey epstein's alleged activities with young girls. they are in their 2020s and 30 . some spoke to the miami herald. >> i have seen hundreds of girls go through jeffrey's swinging girl. >> reporter: dozens of them, all with similar stories of sexual >> he would want us to stand next to him, and he would masturbate while he stared at us, touched us. >> it ended with sexual abuse and intercourse. and then a pat on the back. you've done a really good job. thank you very much, and here is $200. >> reporter: epstein reportedly paid more if the girls engaged in oral sex or intercourse. they all say epstein wanted them to recruit other young girls to bring to him. >> by the time i was 16, i brought in up to 75 girls, all the ages of 14, 15, 16, >> reporter: according to court documents as far back as 2001, it's believed epstein began luring underag

randi kaye, cnn, palm beach, florida. >>> next, a live report from the southern border, as migrants keep coming, and where house republicans visited today, with some of their colleagues vowing to block any bororder dedeal b e they don't't want to h help president biden. more a ahead. to duckduckgo on all your devie duckduckgo comes with a built-n engine like google, but it's pi and doesn't spy on your searchs and duckduckgo lets you browse like chrome, but it blocks cooi and creepy ads that follow youa from google and other companie. and there's no catch. it's fre. we make money from ads, but they don't follow you aroud join the millions of people taking back their privacy by downloading duckduckgo on all your devices today. >>> big night for breaking news. late today the biden administration filed suit against the state of texas that issues the state law giving local law enforcement the authority to arrest migrants. in its filing the justice department says the if ruling undercuts the federal government's exclusive authority to execute the law. republican lawmakers to a visit to eagle p