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in the u.s. and around the world. it is thursday, august 4th and i'm brianna keilar with john avalon in for john berman. >> good morning. >> good morning. we begin with a surreal intersection of the defamation case against conspiracy theorist alex jones and the investigation into the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. jones is on trial in texas for the lies that he spread about the sandy hook massacre and in a jaw-dropping moment in court a lawyer for the sandy hook parents revealed this -- >> did you know that 12 days ago -- 12 days ago -- your attorneys messed up and sent me a...

T i need to see not just five-second clips. >> reporter: the case is now in the hands of jurors. the attorney representing heslin and lewis has asked the jury to award $150 million in damages. >> now, the family in this texas case already won default judgments so the jury is deciding how much jones will have to pay to the families involved. as for those new details from jones' phone there is also as mentioned the congressional investigation. the january 6th committee is looking into jones' role in the events surrounding the insurrections and now likely interested in those phone messages. jones...