lawsuit that was filed by a former wwe employee. mcmahon denied the allegations and said he is prepared to defend himself in court. in a statement tonight he said he was resigning, quote, out of respect for the wwe universe. thank you very much for joining us tonight on this very busy news week. you will get great legal perspective coming up. . $5 million did not stop donald trump, will $88.3 million? . the jury says that donald trump must pay 83.3 million to e. jean carroll for statements he made against her. vastly more than anyone expected and a huge victory for e. jean carroll. before the verdict was read the judge asked the jury foreperson what does the m mean? the answer, million. that comes on top of $5 million awarded back in may by the jury that found trump sexually abused carroll and defamed her in 2022 by disparaging her and denying the allegations. the former president is livid. obviously. he has gone on social media, also, obviously, to try to blame, wait
judge quickly struck from the record. his testimony keeping him off the campaign trail as he and nikki haley battle for south carolina. the warning he gave to her donors and one of mr. trump s former advisers, peter navarro, sentenced for defying a subpoena from the january 6th committee. also tonight, the mother of the oxford high school shooter on trial. the video shown of her at a gun range with her son and the moment her tears led to a courtroom confrontation. new video of a 17-year-old murder suspect minutes after he escaped from a philadelphia hospital, the urgent man hunt. explosive allegations against wwe founder vince mcmahon, the former employee accusing him of sexual assault and trafficking. the threat of more flash flooding across the south, we re tracking it. alabama set to carry out the first ever execution using nitrogen gas, an untested method on a death row inmate after botching his lethal injection. the massive steeple collapsing at a church in con
donald trump soon back on his courtroom campaign trail this morning trying to keep people guessing will he or won t he testify, but should he? so an historic trial asked a question can a parent be found guilty after their child commits a heinous crime? opening statements just minutes away. after a botched execution two years ago an alabama inmate will be put to death in just hours. why a new method never used before in the united states, the ethical concern that it s now raising. i m sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman. this is cnn news central. right now, donald trump is on the campaign trail and on his way to a new york courtroom. we are now waiting for him to arrive at the manhattan federal courthouse for the next day of his civil defamation trial and this is the case brought by e. jean carroll. trump has been liable for defaming her and sexually abusing her. today donald trump may take the stand all in an effort to convince a jury to not make him pay
or is it? tonight, on laura coates live. all right, i ate mitt, that was a bit of a quick question. but nikki haley does believe it s a two-person race between trump and herself. donald trump got out there and threw a temper tantrum. i know that s what he does when he is threatened and he should feel threatened. trump and biden think it s a 2% race between the two of them. you know what the fact? is the primary season is taking a bit of a backseat to what will cool the court season. because even the not republicans, yes nine republicans have dropped out of the race, people forget about a third party. the real decider at times. the courts. now it might all come down to fani willis, alvin bragg, jack smith, letitia james, not to mention of course the d.c. circuit court. and perhaps the biggest decider of all, those nine who are still very much a part of the game. the supreme court. so much for a two-person race, this is going to be a whole lot bigger than that. light
it s a two-person race now or is it? tonight on laura coates live. all right. i admit that was a bit of a trick question. nikki haley does think it s a two-person race between trump and herself. donald trump got out there and just threw a temper tantrum. i know that s what he does when he is threatened and he should feel threatened. trump and biden think it s a two-person race between the two of them. you know what the fact is? the primary season is taking a bit of a back seat to what we ll call the court season because even though nine republicans, yes, nine republicans have dropped out of the race, people forget about a third party, the real decider at times, the courts. now it may all come down to fani willis, alvin bragg, jack smith, letitia james, not to mention, of course, the d.c. circuit court and perhaps the biggest decider of all, those nine who are still very much a part of the game, the supreme court. so much for a two-person race. this is going to be a wh