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>> good evening. , tonight in the eyes of a federal giardia of his peers to donald trump, the once president of the united states, is a sexual abuser. six men and three women found him liable for sexually abusing writer e. jean carroll at a department store in the 1990s, and then defaming her about it last year on his social media site. the jury took just under three hours to reach their verdict and reward carroll approximately $5 million in damages. in a moment, we will be joined by j...

for donald trump. well get into that. plus, some of the weeks other top stories. take a look. in the city, jerry finding donald trump liable for a sexual abuse and defamation. the unanimous decision was handed down after less than three hours of deliberation. trump now must pay $5 million in damages to rider e. jean carroll. and e. jean carroll joins us now along with her attorney roberta kaplan. good morning to you both. how are you feeling this morning? >> on top of the world. yester...

it for us tonight. its been great to have you here. now, it is time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. good evening. >> good evening, rachel. and, you know, when i see what betty suu and james did onstage, it makes me think we could do that some night. we could -- like, you could wear my black jacket, and i could where -- >> wed be changing shirts. other than that, we can each keep our hair cuts, jackets, and everything else. >> you want me to select the tie for you -- all those...

for you, a jury in new york finding donald trump, the republican presidential front runner, by far liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer, e. jean carroll. the jury also awarding the former magazine columnist nearly $5 million in damages to be paid by mr. trump. carol walked out of the manhattan courthouse just moments ago with her lawyer who said that theyre quote, very happy with the jurys decision. carols lawsuit stemmed from an encounter between her and trump in a new york...

$268,000. but on his financial disclosure form, we see someone gave him 1200 dollars worth of tires. and of course, this is his wifes income, which is 700,000 those dollars. >> and his book income. >> the book, and then theres the massive cash flows from a harlan crow in a fierce ways that should be considered taxable income. >> should be enough for some tires, lawrence. i know a lot of people who can buy their own tires and dont have billionaires support. or a book. or a lucrative sid...

weve got lawson uso cover, and lots of questions to answer. so lets get started. that ceiling showdown, house speaker kevin mccarthy not just a win in the house, but his victory lap may run out of gas in the senate. or live on capitol hill with the latest as the nation inches closer to a debt default. plus, telling their side, the same moment a woman suing former president trump for an alleged rape it is giving tearful -- over price -- jerry six insurrection in d.c.. were going in-dept...

Yeah. >> fortunately or unfortunately, talking about sexual abuse their. also, there was a moment that was incredibly damning, where donald trump who said that e. jean carroll was not his-type look at a photograph of e. jean carroll and identified it as his ex-wife, marlon maples. >> looking in front of you, black and white photograph that we marked as t.j. 23. im gonna ask, it was this the photo that youre referring to? >> yes. >> and what did you thought when you first saw this photo? >> as i ...

Be the star? >> i think you can say that yes. >> jurors also heard the former president claim missing carroll was not his type, as if that would excuse sexual assault. this photo of her back in the 1990s for his ex-wife, marlon maples. >> is this the photo that you are referring to? >> i think so, yes. i dont even know who the womans. i dont know. its marla. >> youre saying marla is in this photo? >> yes, thats my wife. >> which one are you pointing to? >> here. -- >> the person you just pointed...

E. jean carrolls lawyer, robert kaplan, used trumps own words against him doing her closing arguments today, stating donald trump here is a witness against himself. first, the lawyer laid the jury this video of donald trump in his deposition confusing e. jean carroll for donald trumps second wife, marlon maples, during the videotape deposition. >> heres a photograph that we marked as -- 23. >> i dont even know the woman. lets say, its marla. >> you said marla is in this photo? >> yes, thats my w...

In this case. by all accounts, that deposition was not particularly productive for him. for instance, after saying that carole wasnt his type, he missed identified a photo of her around the time of the alleged rape as his second wife, marlon maples. with that sort of a deposition available on the witness stand, he would face the prospect of having that play while hes testifying. i think that explains his strategy of staying away. there is nothing good for him in this case. he, in essence, is alr...