children killed in a deadly mass shootings. one of the parents spoke to reporters after her son was murdered and spoke about the need for lessons at this moment in time. care and concern is so important and we saw what happens when there is a lot of that. i hope that everyone who is reading these articles and choose love with your kids because you can, that means being present in the moment with them. looking into their eyes, giving them a hug and just moving from there. just every moment realize that you have a choice and your choice is love. that s good advice and they are brave words from a mother who lost who was most precious to her. the judge in this trial could reduce today s figure due to a texas law that will not, though, mark the end of alex jones legal troubles. two more lawsuits ahead brought by more parents of those killed at sandy hook and the fate of records of his private conversations now sought by the january 6th committee. let s begin tonight with drew
i m jim sciutto in again for anderson tonight. that s how much a texas jury awarded punitive damages to the parents of a child killed during one of america s deadliest mass shootings. it comes a day after the same jury awarded $4.1 million in compensatory damages. shortly after, one of the parents, spoke to reporters about her son and spoke about the need for those lessons at this moment in time. care and concern is so important and we saw what happens when there is a lot of that. i hope that everyone who is reading these articles and choose love with your kids because you can, that means being present in the moment with them. looking into their eyes, giving them a hug and just moving from there. just every moment realize that you have a choice and your choice is love. that s good advice and they are brave words from a mother who lost who was most precious to her. now we should point out that the judge in this trial could reduce today s figure due to a texas law that will
really crisis actors pretending to be dead, that s what he did. he doesn t deserve to be on any outlet and he deserves to be in jail in addition to that. perjury occurred in this trial and i really think that austin prosecutors should be looking carefully at that. just on that larger question, he s claiming that this is a freedom of expression case. what s the legal history here, right, when someone let s be frank. this is not holding the power structure accountable here. he was lying about a demonstrable crime here, dead children, it s real. and he was lying about it and making money about it. how do courts how does the law see that kind of expression? well, this is complete and utter nonsense that the first amendment somehow protects him. it doesn t protect him any more than it protects somebody f
instead of demonstrating some remorse for these remarks that he said, saying that the shattered bodies of these elementary school children were really crisis actors pretending to be dead, that s what he did. he doesn t deserve to be on any outlet and he deserves to be in jail in addition to that. perjury occurred in this trial and i really think that austin prosecutors should be looking carefully at that. just on that larger question, he s claiming that this is a freedom of expression case. what s the legal history here, right, when someone let s be frank. this is not holding the power structure accountable here. he was lying about a demonstrable crime here, dead children, it s real. and he was lying about it and making money about it. how do courts how does the law see that kind of expression? well, this is complete and utter nonsense that the first amendment somehow protects him.
has two components. freedom of religion and freedom of expression. this was primarily a freedom of expression case. what the baker said is, my cakes are works of art. they express a view. and by forcing know bakeme to be for something i disagree with you re vile violating my freedom of expression. so there, arguments about is a cake expression. all the weddings i ve been to a cake never says anything and the couple never got into discussing how this cake would look. as soon as they said what they wanted it for the baker said, sorry, i can t do that. so that s a question here. are flowers expressive? is a wedding invitation expressive? that s a big question to be resolved in addition to the case here. so it s the narrowest possible victory and it doesn t say anything about how cases like this which are sure to come back are going to be resolved. this is the newest front in what