billion dollars is definitely, i think, a shot in the arm of people who think that liars like jones can be held accountable. seeing him today on the show say that we are going to keep talking about parkland, and uvalde, and they can t stop us, and the war effectively goes on, is just absolutely devastating. and a decade later, also, the heels of justice chrysler. but sometimes they keep turning forward. thank you to all of you at home for joining us tonight, we have a lot to get to. today, right thing alex jones was ordered to pay nearly a billion dollars in damages for the extraordinary vicious lies that he spread about the sandy hook massacre. in just a few minutes, we will be joined by the lawyer who won that case for the sandy hook families. we will also be talking to the democratic nominee for u.s. senate from north carolina. her races super close, and it s one of a handful of contests that could determine senate control. national democrats understand that, and are
those who are impacted by that hurricane as we get through this. and on that note, i wish all of you a very good and safe tonight. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. end of tomorrow we have a lot to get to. today, right thing alex jones was ordered to pay nearly a billion dollars in damages for the extraordinary vicious lies that he spread about the sandy hook massacre. in just a few minutes, we will be joined by the lawyer who won that case for the sandy hook families. we will also be talking to the democratic nominee for u.s. senate from north carolina. her races super close, and it s one of a handful of contests that could determine senate control. national democrats understand that, and are making a huge last-minute investment in their candidacy. she will join us live a little bit later on in the show. first, we have breaking news tonight of donald trump s mar-a-lago document sca
and the war effectively goes on is devastating. a decade later. but sometimes they keep turning forward. thank you, chris, as always. thank you to you at home for joining us. we have a lot to get to. today right-wing conspiracy monger alex jones was ordered to pay a billion dollars in damages for the extraordinary, vicious lies he spread about the sandy hook massacre. we ll be joined by the lawyer that won the case for the sandy hook families. we ll be talking with the democratic nominee for u.s. senate from north carolina. her race is super close. one of handful of contests that can determine senate control. democrats understand that. they re making a huge last minute investment in her candidacy. sherry beasley will join us later on in the show. first, we have breaking news tonight. donald trump s mar-a-lago document scandal. in august, when the fbi executed a search warrant at trump s beach club, they found over 100 classified documents and 11,000 other documents stashe
as we come on the air, new details coming in about the ninth and maybe last january 6th hearing, now less than 24 hours away. what new evidence the committee is planning to share. who they ll hear from, who we won t, and how the committee might use all of those eternal messages that they have their own internal messages that they have their own hands on. a member of the far right militia group oath keepers is on the stand as we speak, what he told the jurors about the massive stockpile of weapons the group was stashing at a virginia hotel on january 6th. how the abortion controversy is changing the play for the race for senate or not. and spoiler, more not. we re live on the campaign trail. i m hallie jackson in washington. good to be with you. with me is nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali and former attorney and former cia official chuck rosenberg. let s start with what we know what we think is the last hearing and we have to caveat a little bit. first, al
and you know, we get into law school every so often on this program and we get into barack obama s unearthed law school manuscript and what he says about safeguarding american democracy, which is pretty relevant. but we begin with huge breaking news. a billion dollar verdict. that is the total damages for the liar proven in court to be a liar and right wing conspiracy theorist, alex jones. the lies matter. because the sanctions for them matter. because what is happening right now tonight in america is according to so many victims family, justice long overdue for these families who lived through the unthinkable. the murder of their children at sandy hook and the man you see on your screen tried to lie about and harass and defame and profit off all that. well that ends. that ends today. that was put to an end in court with and i want you to hear this number because it is way larger than any number i have ever read in any newscast to you as news. $965 million in damages against