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nice to see. thank you very much. i want to welcome everybody to the beat, i m ari melber, we begin this week with the continuing fallout. the consequences and the very real losing defendant donald trump. in this case, it was all about his lies, e. jean carroll, and that record breaking 83 million dollar penalty. over $80 million that the jury is awarding e. jean carroll. that s significant for her. for a total of 83 point $3 million. that s a high eight figure award. e. jean carroll smiling. a victory lap outside of manhattan courthouse after a jury awarding her a staggering $83 million in damages. those staggering damages have real consequences. we re gonna go through them right now for you. first of all, for donald trump, one is that the legal finding in punishment is breaking through, even on fox. the 83 point $3 million, that s staggering. this thing has exploded on him. the more times that you engage in this behavior, when you ve got no warning, you ....
the gop nomination. will the presidents gop something nonsensical to benefit trump, even he s shutting down. and how far how up thought right tiktok influencer with zero background in education got a job overseeing which books can sit on library shelves and oklahoma. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s do it. $83 million. that is how much new york jury ordered donald trump topae. jean carroll full repeatedly defaming her after the writer accused the ex president of sexual assault back in the 1990s. carol s attorney, rort kaplan celebrated the decision marking it as a major moment for accountability, claiming, quote, proves the law applies to everyone in our country, even that rich, even the famous, even former presidents. friday s verdict for a dramatic week in court, with trump taking the stand to testify in his underpants. and that testimony, the first from the former president in the presence of a jury. lasted about three minutes. the drama did not end there, thou ....
take a listen. what do you make of the fact that yesterday, this jury said he has to pay $83 million to e. jean carroll? yes, i m disappointed. she waited 30 something years to say that she was sexually assaulted, what do you hope to hear from him today about that? i hope to hear from him that he s going to have it repealed. you want him to appeal? yeah,. appeal . and you know, the things these folks here really tell us, they want to hear him talk about today are the economy, the border wall, the immigration, they say that these trials, this decision yesterday is going to have no impact on the election, and it s just going to fire up his supporters,. alex interesting, let s pivot to democrats, liz, who are focusing on las vegas as well. what we know about vice president kamala harris s trip there to sin city? yeah, so she will be here as well today after a campaign swing the last three days in california. today is the first day of early voting in ....
a lot of us have been since the new hampshire primary just five days ago, including an 83 million dollar defamation judgment against the republican front runner. and as the primary plugs forward, the general election campaign has basically begun. biden campaign co-chair is standing nearby talking about how they re going to take on trump, and offered his reaction to e. jean carroll s massive victory against him. plus, from a department store in the 90s to her day in court this week, andrew weissmann and katie phang are going to join me for a deep dive into how curls case against trump got to this point. and what comes next? also, could nikki haley be doing joe biden a favor by calling trump confused? and what are the factors that halle team is weighing as they decide how much to turn up the heat? and later, there is some big civil war energy coming out of texas, as greg abbott taunts the federal government with his actions on the border. i ll talk to about just how c ....
her trial. still, no official ruling on that. from the drug. back to you. ,. ,,,,. ,. . a the he it,. ,. the reckless will disregard of e. jean carroll s rights. it is awarding carroll $18 million for deliberating for less than three hours. it included trump storming out of the courtroom and the judge s threats to lock up trump s lawyer. we have reporters and analysts in place ready to go through all of the days big developments for us. o go ti welcome you all. we begin in las vegas where we expect donald trump and vice president harris to be speaking separately just a few hours from now. a little more than a week before voters have their say in both races. my colleague, nbc s liz kreutz is in las vegas. joining me right now. liz, welcome, set the stage for us on what we can expect to see from donald trump later today. might we hear him talk about the e. jean carroll position for the first time publicly? hey alex, yeah, that s the big question. donald trump out of ....