that believe the false claims of a hoax, spewed by jones in his absolute basis argument that the newtown parents were actors. the number also factored into the emotional and mental anguish that the parents suffered, there i say continue to suffer from the day four years of harassment from jones and his followers. a seemingly last-ditch effort to try to save himself, including finally acknowledging what everyone else hopefully knew to be true, that the massacre was, quote, using his words, after ten years, 100 percent real. but the $4 million is actually not the end of the story, not in this courtroom in texas, because his legal battles are actually far from over. the compensatory damages are supposed to make you hole in some way, bring you back this where you are before this all happened, well punitive damages, they are meant to punish. tomorrow, that same jury will begin considering just how much to financially punish alex jones. the judge said no to his claim for a mistrial
avlon in for john berman this morning. it is the clearest sign yet that the criminal investigation into january 6th zeroing in on former president donald trump himself. our exclusive new cnn reporting reveals that trump s lawyers are talking directly with the justice department about the events of january 6th. the talks are said to be focused on whether conversations the former president had while in office can be kept from investigators due to executive privilege. now, in an interview with cnn s kasie hunt, liz cheney, the vice chair of the january 6th committee, weighed in on a potential trump prosecution saying the justice department must rise to the challenge. they have to make decisions about prosecution, understanding what it means if the facts and the evidence are there and they decide not to prosecute, how do we then call ourselves a nation of laws? joining us now is cnn anchor and chief national affairs analyst kasie hunt, and daniel goldman, a former federal p
and we ll go inside the negotiations. and this cnn exclusive, sources say donald trump s legal team is now talking to the justice department. it signals that there is a big and ugly fight coming over what the former president can shield from federal investigators. but we begin the hour with a wow. the july jobs report gives president biden important economic momentum on employment hitting a 50 year low. 500,000 plus more americans hired just last month. so forget recession talk. at least in the short term. yes, inflation is high, but the recovery is still humming. the economic news caps the giant week for the biden presidency. wins on veterans and a top strike to take a terrorist off the battlefield. and now a leap forward for the democratic agenda. kyrsten sinema, the lone hold out, is today a yes. but we start on the stunning and surprise jobs numbers. matt egan is joining us. tell us more. yeah, this is a blockbuster number. and here is the best part. no one saw it com
issues. and here in wyoming, you know, we have same-day registration. it is the right of people to register whatever party they want to register as. and my message is one for all wyomingites, i represent every single person in this state and i believe that there are thousands and thousands across our state that fundamentally understand why it is so important to have somebody that will abide by oath of office. there might be democrats that would vote for cheney. yeah. remarkable. you said men are running the world and it is not going well. do you think those in the u.s. are ready for women to run things? sure. i think that one of the things that have been very moving for me over the course of the last year and ha half has been the reaction of women and not just the women who have testified, although we ve seen the incredible bravery of people like cassidy hutchinson and sarah matthews and ruby freeman and shay moss and carolyn edwards. it takes real bravery to stand
with over to laura coates, anderson, i m laura coats and this is cnn tonight. and look, i gotta get right to it i know we re supposed to think about politics and other notions today, but i gotta tell you about alex jones because i ve been thinking about it all day since i heard and watched that testimony. alex jones spent so many years trying to get people to believe in his conspiracy theories to pretend that sandy hook the tragedy never even happened and the precious lives that were lost, they somehow never even existed. he even said at one point that the parents were actors. obviously, that s not even cruel, it s absurd. because it did happen. and they obviously existed. well you know, there might have been a kind of poetic justice that occurred today then. because something else he claims never existed, text messages, communications about sandy hook. well it turns out they also exist. the attorney for the parents of one victims suing alex jones for damages over his defamat