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of defamation, answer, yes. as against amber heard, we, the jury, award damages in the amount of $10 million. as against amber heard, we, the jury, award of punitive damages in the amount of $5 million, do you find that ms. hurd has proven all of the elements of defamation? answer, no. >> emily: ruling in favor of johnny depp on all three of his accounts, but awarded amber heard $2 million writing in part, the jury gave me my life back. i am truly humbled. while hurd wrote, i am even m...

whatsoever. okay. thank you. it sound like theyre bringing in the jury right now. the jury is coming in and getting situated and then we are waiting. joey, are we going to hear guilty or not guilty? are we going to hear that? >> this is a civil trial. its assessed in terms of liability or not liable. liable or not liable. if youre liable you get to the issue of damages which are monetary. if not liable, theres nothing further to discuss. >> whether amber heard is liable or not liable. ...

>> plus, buckle up. gas prices hitting a hideous high, but its the prediction for the next ten days that may be even scarier. >> and a jury finds both johnny depp and amber heard liable for defamation, though lets be honest. depp won this trial. the significance of it all, beyond the gossip, spectacle, and social media snark. >> welcome to "the lead." im jake tapper. we start with our national lead and no clear answer in uvalde, texas, as to whether the chief who told cops to not storm...

ucisd campuses. >> we have been speaking to resident after resident here. a woman whose niece was killed, a local store employee whose cousin was killed, a fast food employee whose niece was killed. another person who is not too far from here, grew up going to robb elementary and then decades later, hears gunshots before calling 911. all of them were too heartbroken to go on camera, being that close to the story, but one thing we heard from every single one of them is that this goes be...

adding, quote, fuel to the fire. this as russian forces have gained ground in eastern ukraine, leaving a key city on the brink. >> we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." for the first time in a week, were now hearing from the man who led the widely criticized police response to the texas school massacre. cnn confronting the uvalde school district police chief and pressing hip about his decision no...

. >> thats the focus of tonights angle. >> now the next time you hear democrats claim that republicans or pro second amendment types dont care about children or their safety, i want you too do one thing. i want you to laugh in their t faces because theyre the oneshe who dont care about the kids. their policies helped create the fertile ground from which some of the most the nations most violent figures have emerged. now, of course, they ignore any of the cultural and societalsi issues ...

gone. >> she was hysterical saying they shot her best friend, they killed her best friend, she was not breathing, and she was trying to kill the cops, and i asked the little girl the name, and she told me -- she said amerie. she was the sweetest little girl who did nothing wrong. she listened to her mommy and dad. she always brushed her teeth. she was creative. she made things for us. she never got in trouble in school. like, i just want to know what she did to be a victim. >> fellow c...

the pending opinion to overturn roe v. wade. also ahead, why experts warn we could see blackouts this summer in the united states and which areas are at highest risk. welcome to "the lead." im jake tapper. we start with our national lead and new questions about what exactly police on the scene knew and when during the uvalde massacre. as the community begins to say its final good-byes to some of the 21 victims. the visitations begin today for 48-year-old teacher irma garcia and two...

its the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. im alisyn camerota. >> im victor blackwell. good to be with you. for the first time we are hearing what appears to be dispatch audio about a child trapped in the room with the uvalde shooter during the attack. now, cnn has not been able to confirm this recording first reported by abc news. >> you have a child on the line. the child is in the room full of victims. >> it is unclear what time that audio came in, but the texas public safety director...

youre driving. gas prices are ridiculous. welcome to a special edition of "the lead." im pamela brown in for jake tapper on this memorial day. and we start with our national lead. and the first funeral services for the victims of the horrific massacre in uvalde, texas. today the families and communities honored the memory of 10-year-old amerie jo garza and mighty rodriguez. and amid the grief in uvalde, a demand for answers as to why police waited out in the hallway for more than an ...