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anderson. -- >> was far less than families have requested. -- still the question of punitive damages. plus, the infowars host also faces two more trials involving families of those killed in sandy hook. today an attorney for the parents in this texas case told cnn they are, quote, thrilled by the jury's decision. remember, jones is the man who claimed repeatedly -- including, directly to the parents of the children murdered in sandy hook -- that it was all a lie and never happened. let's go right to cnn's drew griffin, who has been following this trial from the start. first, drew, br...

that it was all a lie and never happened. let's go to cnn's drew griffin, who has been found a trough in the start. drew, first break down the verdict for us. how exactly did the jury get to the figure of four point $1 million. >> the jury was asked a series of questions. keep in mind, they came in only for the punishment phase or money face. alex jones was fined liable by the fault in this case. one of the cases was for the father of -- he claimed definition. that defamation is what the jury awarded at least for them. that was $110,000. but for both parents, scarlett lewis and neil ...

Over now that we are talking about shielding conversations in the context of a criminal investigation, a grand jury investigation. it's very different than in the context of a congressional subpoena, congressional subpoenas aren't -- sort of difference. congressional subpoenas are intrinsically part of the political process, which brings a different angle to this that justices might consider differently. we are out of those words right now. we are in the straight-up criminal process run by doj, in front of a grand jury, and that process is given enormous deference by the courts, and i think th...