listen to the show wherever you get your podcasts. the lead starts with wolf plitser in the situation room. happening now breaking news, a huge legal and financial blow to donald trump. a jury says he should may more than $83 million in damages to writer e. jean carroll for defamatory statements he made about her. we re breaking down the verdict and the message it sends to the former president and the clear front-runner for the 2024 republican presidential nomination. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, and you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the major breaking news we re following right now. the bombshell verdict in the defamation trial against donald trump. the former president now on the hook for a stunning $83.3 million. let s go to cnn s cara scannell outside the courthouse in new york where all this unfolded. kara, walk us through this verdict. reporter: wolf,
arguments in the defamation damages trial, and how much he should pay. meanwhile trump continues to work behind the scenes and on social media to tank a deal on border security and foreign aid in the capitol. we will show you the latest post. we will play for you the handful of gop lawmakers standing up to the former president. also ahead, president biden hits the road following a surprisingly strong economic report. the data is so good, even a former trump adviser had to admit the president should be dragging about it. we will go through a significant development in the hostage negotiations with israel and hamas as the cia director will now travel abroad in the hopes of closing a deal. willie, you know, in washington, the big question is if the republicans are going to stab keep stabbing ukraine in the back, keep stabbing israel in the back, and calling for open border until donald trump is the president of the united states. the lead editorial in the wall street jo
jesse: i will send you another clip. that would work. bret: thank you. good evening, i m bret baier. the u.s. launches new strikes against houthi rebels. will iran finally get the message? we take a look at how the media covered the iowa caucuses and california lawmakers consider taking the tackling out of tackle football for kids. we combine with our democracy 2024 report. donald trump seems to have taken commands of the republican presidential race after a decisive win at the iowa caucuses. in just a few minutes, the g.o.p. front runner is scheduled to make his first post caucus appearance in new hampshire as you look there live in ache kinson, new hampshire and he will bring along a rival turned supporter we have fox team coverage. new hampshire primary one week from tonight. we begin with bryan llenas at that rally in atkinson right now, good evening, brian. bret, good evening, the supporters are inside waiting for former president trump and vivek ramaswamy. thi
look at the polls in new hampshire, a stone throw from donald trump. she s not going to win new hampshire, they never went after donald trump, they tried to beat me and they failed in beating me. john: the stage is set for new hampshire as former president trump says it s time for republicans to come together after his decisive victory in iowa. husband two remaining challengers say not so fast. i m john roberts in washington, the day after. sandra: indeed, john, good to be with you. sandra smith in new york. this is report reports. history landslide victory in the hawkeye state last night saw the former president elect clips the 50% mark and win all but one of iowa s 99 counties. ron desantis barely beat out nikki haley for the silver. john: president biden called his predecessor the clear gop front-runner and saying this election will be you and me versus the extreme maga republicans. sandra: complete coverage for you now. david and richard are standing by, but f
an armed rebellion. and a key piece of evidence in the documents case against donald trump is revealed and we ll play it for you. nbc news reporters are following the latest developments but i want to start there with this new audio tape tied to the classified documents case. ryan riley is here. this tape was in the indictment but now the world gets to hear it. tell us more. that s right. you know, obviously this is a really critical piece of evidence for jack smith s investigative team here and now we get to hear for ourselves what donald trump said when he was discussing these classified documents. take a listen. this was done by the military and given to me. i think we can probably, right? i don t know. we ll have to see. yeah, we ll have to try to declassify it. as president, i can declassify it. no, i can t. isn t that interesting? it s so cool. one thing that s unique is that it goes to donald trump s state of mind and he s explicitly stating what the law