alex jones! alex jones! >> -- alex jones has become an alt-right influencer and his theories have become main stream, delivered to a wider audience often with a violent message. >> i want to break your jaw off and grab it with my hands and rip the mandible off your head. i want to bash your brains out. i want to bring you low. >> a lot of his content is deeply dangerous. the nature of his deliver and its violence and its words is effective, i think, in drumming up anger and really playing on people's sense of fear and anxiety. >> they want a fight, they better believe they got one! [ cheers ] >> some who listen to jones have committed acts of violence, one killed police officers. another fired shots at the white house. another opened fire in a d.c. pizza restaurant. and on january 6th, 2021 -- alex jones and his influence were on full display at the u.s. capitol. >> stop the steal! stop the steal! >> long before they became infamous on january 6th, leaders of the proud boys, the oath keepers, the

alex jones. >> this is alex jones' info wars studio in austin, texas. >> you guys ready? >> it looks like a professional news set, but the similarities end there. >> i'll drink your blood. you understand that? i will hang your ass up and cut you into cutlets. the global instruments of corruption. the official story of sandy hook has more holes in it than swiss cheese. >> a founding father of disinformation, jones is infamous for his most vile lie, that the sandy hook shooting was a hoax. >> the whole thing was fake. >> jones and his followers launched a years-long vendetta against the families of the children who were murdered. >> he was fueling this conspiracy theory, that the children didn't die, they were actors. real people were murdered. along with my son. >> that made it impossible for these parents to have closure. all of my clients have received numeral death threats. they've all been in a situation where their lives have been in genuine peril. >> why pay attention to jones? >> there are so many people that said with jones, if you just ignore it, it would go away.

the shower curtains in jones's bathroom were also missing. the next day, jones flew alone to washington to stay with his father in the ensuing 4 months. antioch and oakley police executed a search warrant that jones's sister's home in vacaville and conducted air and ground searches in pioneer in antioch, alexa says cell phone case was discovered by a search volunteer which had both alexa says and jones is dna on may. 19th jones's mother was arrested for aiding and abetting but she was released after no charges were filed less than 2 weeks later on june. first, jones was killed by police in washington after they say he lunged at officers with a knife. time to this day. alexis's body has not >> police are convinced she was murdered. phillipe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> san jose police say they arrested a man who they believe shot several people at random with a pellet gun. the youngest victim is just 9 years old. 38 year-old nicholas montoya of campbell has been charged with 7 counts of assault with a deadly weapon saw assault causing great bod

alex jones is amaster at this. every time he's been sued it's because , he's demonized a certain group . from yogurt, he said he was importing and races in the united states. so it's always about demonizing one of these groups. >> they don't care presumably. it's just whatever fell. >> and enrichment is engagement.methere's been a lot of discussion in public spaces about the restoration of talked in america. what do tiyou believe we need to improve trust in american institutions like the media, government and each other. >> that's a big question. we can have all other program on it. >> the conflict in ukraine is interesting, bringing it to nato again, most people agree it is a sad way. >> kind of unity has a salutary effect of course. one of the worrying things is the erosion of trust and the mainstream media because as one of the sandy lawyers put it, if there are no arbiters of truth and anybody can be an arbiter of truth that's what this is. >> meeting everybody has their own set of facts but how do we restore t

the shower curtains in jones's bathroom were also missing. the next day, jones flew alone to washington to stay with his father in the ensuing 4 months. antioch and oakley police executed a search warrant that jones's sister's home in vacaville and conducted air and ground searches in pioneer in antioch, alexa says cell phone case was discovered by a search volunteer which had both alexa says and jones is dna on may. 19th jones's mother was arrested for aiding and abetting but she was released after no charges were filed less than 2 weeks later on june. first, jones was killed by police in washington after they say he lunged at officers with a knife. to this day. alexis's body has not police are convinced she was murdered. phillipe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> all right. so taking a live look outside right now as we check on your weather. that is san francisco's embarcadero on a classically gray day. a new city. it's a really foggy, but my brisas embrace. we did get some more. but hot weather today didn't wait. yes, specially for warmest inlan

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the shower curtains in jones's bathroom were also missing. the next day, jones flew alone to washington to stay with his father in the ensuing 4 months. antioch and oakley police executed a search warrant that jones's sister's home in vacaville and conducted air and ground searches in pioneer in antioch, alexa says cell phone case was discovered by a search volunteer which had both alexa says and jones is dna on may. 19th jones's mother was arrested for aiding and abetting but she was released after no charges were filed less than 2 weeks later on june. first, jones was killed by police in washington after they say he lunged at officers with a knife. time to this day. alexis's body has not been. police are convinced she was murdered. phillipe djegal all kron. 4 news. 4.51. is the time. we' >> about the kron? 4 morning news. good morning, everybody. the live shot coming in from the golden gate bridge. a little glaze that we're starting with today. that fog, by the way, mixing up pretty quickly this morning only and will return this evening in

jones owes the parents of six-year-old sandy hook victim jesse lewis who said jones portrayal of the massacre as a hoax and parents is actors made it impossible for them to heal outside the courthouse. the parents attorney addressing the decision. i hope that any other media people who are watching >> and thinking that they may be able to defame a private person like this knows that there is a multimillion dollar consequence and we aren't done folks. so everybody tune in tomorrow will be put on additional evidence will be sending the jury back again and we'll have to decide what is going to be necessary to punish mister jones and make sure nobody ever does this. during days of witness testimony, the jury heard from both parents about the anguish they've endured from jones, repeated lies 6 year-old son shot in the forehead. >> in his first grade classroom. bearable when it stated that yes, she that is an indication. >> that he didn't he did i was blessed with some have jones himself taking the stand for today's finally admitting under oath that the sandy hook shooting did in fact take

jones owes the parents of six-year-old sandy hook victim jesse lewis who said jones portrayal of the massacre as a hoax and parents is actors made it impossible for them to heal outside the courthouse. the parents attorney addressing the decision. i hope that any other media people who are watching >> and thinking that they may hpbe able to defame a private person like this knows that there is a multimillion dollar crnsequence and we aren't done folks. so everybody tune in tomorrow will be put on additional evidence will be sending the jury back again and we'll have to decide what is going to be necessary to punish mister jones and make sure nobody ever does this during days of witness testimony, the jury heard from both parents about the anguish they've endured from jones, repeated lies 6 year-old son shot in the forehead with his first grade classroom. >> bearable when it stated that, yes, you that as an indication. >> that he didn't he did i was blessed with some have jones himself taking the stand for today's finally admitting under oath that the sandy hook shooting did in fact t

alex jones! and brought him in from the fringe. joining me now are -- the president of media watchdog media matters, and nicole hammer, director the rogers center at vanderbilt university, and author of the book participants, the conservative revolutionaries who remade american politics in the 1990s. thanks for joining me, angela me start with you, how hard are folks like donald trump and marjorie taylor greene work to normalize alex jones? he got a price pass to the white house when trump isn't government. how firm is the embrace between gop leaders, and the mad, dishonest alex jones? >> it's not even just a gop leader is now, it's the full gop. the connective tissue, the thing holding them together, is that the right-wing media is basically fully embracing a lot of us jones has been saying. back in 2006, jones would've attacked republicans in the bush administration. trump was the catalyst for that, but i think if you just think about the concept of the deep state. that's been an alex jones conspiracy for 20 years, and that's the

jones. >> that is a lot of figures. and you can see in this long quest with so much ugly, terrible, reprehensible conduct by mr. jones, and conduct which the court has found lies and defamatory, you can see a note of encouragement there for the people harmed by him. a little bit of what you saw there, a triumph in what is just phase one. let's explain the second phase, because boy is mr. jones worried about that. punitive damages. the punishment. tomorrow, the jury looks at mr. jones, his conduct, which has already been of course judged, and what he has, what he's profited of, and how this all works. again, as you might recall, he had basically claimed falsely that the sandy hook attack itself was a hoax. now, this verdict comes after a judge denied another gambit by mr. jones that failed. he was demanding some kind of mistrial today. no go. and he has also tried to get the trial thrown out because of problems that are his team's fault. something dramatic i told you in our earlier coverage y

alex jones lies about just about everything. but beyond that, he also, and the attorney, marc bankston, wanted to show the jury why they are here at this point, only determining what kind of damages or the penalty phase of this, not whether or not alex jones defamed these parents. that was already decided by a judge. it was decided by a judge by default, because for years alex jones has failed to comply with discovery in this case. part of the discovery was alex jones saying he had no text on his phone related to sandy hook. well, boom you, lied, here they are, they have him in his possession. shows you are a liar. it shows the jury again, why they are here only deciding the penalty portion of this trial. >> joey jackson, let's begin dig in on these phone records. because this isn't the only case jones is involved in. what is this huge mistake before the other lawsuits? >> i think it does quite a bit. don, good evening to you and drew. the reality is, under cross examination what you do as an attorney is, you get out the truth.

to which, alex jones' lawyer replies, quote, thank you. there appears to have been a mistake in the file transfer. please disregard the link. now, unfortunately, for alex jones, just saying please disregard the link does not hold a lot of weight legally, and jones' lawyers apparently didn't do any of the lawyer-y things they needed to do to meaningfully restrict the cell phone contents that had been inadvertently forwarded to the other side. and now, not only does the opposing legal team in this case have the contents of jones' cell phone, but the january 6th investigation has now requested the contents from them as well. and it looks like jones opposition's lawyers will be complying with that request. >> i have been asked to turn them over. i certainly intend to do that unless you tell me not to. i don't see how the protective order could be applied in a way that would prevent me from doing that. i think they have dropped the ball completely. >> turned it over to authorities? turn it over to press? who you are turning it over to? >> i hav

also was there any contact with the former president by jones. jones had interviewed the president and has contacts with him at some point in time. they will be looking into that as well when they get these text messages. >> look, yesterday's price is not today's price. after alex jones testified the jury now has a different mindset as to how much money should they award. so all i'm thinking is money, money, money. >> that they're going to get close do remember what they're asking for? >> exactly. and the punitive damages are going to be off the roof. >> and i'm thinking of jail, jail, jail because that's where this guy deserves to go for lying in court and telling these horrible lies about these 20 dead children and six of their adult teachers who died in this horrible, horrible incident. >> i'm thinking truth, truth, truth. how about that. >> it's horrific the pain that he's caused. >> absolutely. >> thank you so much for that conversation. we do really appreciate it. >>> all right. new cnn reporting suggests the criminal investigation into the

, but probably a worst day for alex jones's lawyers. >> it is but put alex jones aside. are we living in a time when conspiracy theorists are moving away from the fringe and they are moving up winning primarily elections. how concerning is that? i think it's my number one concern for 2022. if we're looking at another insurrection in this country, it's at a state and local level. and we've had these candidates running under the complete -- that the election. why would you run for the election if you didn't think there is a fair process? but they still do. and something particularly troubling is arizona, you remember the very bogus audit that they had which made no change in terms of votes. a lot of those same individuals are running for office there. so when it comes to 2024, where we're looking at the election where we need to it restore the integrity, that's a big problem. and these are people that are, as we've seen, they showed up at the insurrection. why wouldn't they mobilize, or protests, or even commit violence at a state or local election facility? this can lead

' lawyers mistakenly handed over two years of text messages from jones' phone. >> mr. jones, did you know that 12 days ago, 12 days ago your attorneys messed up and sent me an entire digital copy of your entire cell phone with every text message you've sent for the past two years and when informed did not take any steps to identify it as privileged or protected in any way, and as of two days ago it fell free and clear into my possession and that is how i know you lied to me when you said you didn't have text messages about sandy hook. did you know that? >> i told you the truth. this is your perry mason moment. i gave my phone -- >> reporter: jones had testified under oath that he personally searched his phone for sandy hook related text messages but didn't find any. >> you know what perjury is, right? i just want to make sure you know before we go any further. you said that under oath. >> yes. no, i did not lie. >> reporter: lawyers say the messages reveal jones' businesses brought in roughly $800,000 in one day from sales. jones claims that figure wasn't the norm, and

it is that alex jones lies a lot. so while his tv network infowars has essentially become a fund raising marathon, asking viewers to send them cryptocurrency or sign up for monthly payments or by their fluoride free toothpaste, we actually don't have a transparent picture of jones or his business finances other than taking their word for it. we have no way of knowing if that companies actually broke. the other complicated factor is that there is a texas law that caps punitive judgment. so it isn't exactly clear that big 49 million dollar judgment will actually be the amount taken out of jones's bank account. but that big dollar amounts still sends a message. it sends a message to alex jones, and do people likes like alex jones pushed conspiracies for profit. that they can and will be held accountable. and this is just the first of three damages cases about sandy hook that alex jones is facing. so whether or not he's actually broke now, he might be soon. joining us now is anna merlin, senior staff writer advice who has

yes, so alex jones. we love this part out of our narrative was a regular on our tea so he would get up. this is russia today. yeah, russia today kremlin funded state tv. he would get up in the middle of the night, you know, his ex-wife told me clamber out of bed, you know ready to go on our tea at all hours. he was eager to expand his platform by whatever means necessary. he's been a putin fan and apologist from the start. he admires that and i actually think and you know, paul and i have talked about this. when i was a reporter in eastern europe, it was you know, even then not terribly long ago. it would have taken a pretty sophisticated foreign adversary like russia to sew the kind of disinformation that we are doing ourselves and if we're worried about russia interfering in our next election, don't worry about it because we've already done it and we'll do it again, right? so it's ours. it's not where these groups in this country. yeah, but was he funded now, but talk about bots one, you know, i asked

it does not appear that alex jones was prepared at all. he continued to lie, even though his attorneys knew that the plaintiffs' attorney had access to these text messages and emails, so he sat there and said he didn't make fun of the court proceedings. yet they know -- the attorneys presumably knew that he had because it's in those text messages. i don't know what to make of this other than alex jones, like so many of the folks who were in donald trump's orbit, believe they are above the law and they can walk into a courtroom and do things that other individuals who are brought into court aren't allowed to do. they wouldn't turn over documents even though this court made repeated orders for him to do so. this is why he's facing these default judgments, and now, as harry said, this is just a matter of how much money these plaintiffs and other plaintiffs who have gotten default judgments are going to get as a result of the heinous conduct of alex jones. >> so, elie, as we've been discussing, the january 6th committee wants to see these text

for not being present for his testimony, but jones was in court this afternoon as scarlett lewis, the boy's mother took the stand and addressed him directly. >> my son existed. you're still on your show today trying to say that i'm implying that i'm an actress. >> raise your right hand. >> reporter: late today jones took the stand in his own defense. >> i never intentionally tried to hurt you. the internet had a loft questions. i had questions. >> reporter: jones put his company into bankruptcy last week, which may delay two other damage trials scheduled for september. janet shamlian, cbs news. >>> still ahead, abortion is on the ballot for the first time since roe was overturned. we'll take you to the battleground state when we come back in 60 seconds. listen, i'm done settling. because this is my secret. i put it on once, no more touch ups! secret had ph balancing minerals; and it helps eliminate odor, instead of just masking it. so pull it in close. secret works. you said that you would shave your eyebrow off for a #klondike ( ding ) ( shaving buzz ) oooooh. ( all laughing ) ♪ wh

or mark zuckerberg about alex jones. ... oh no you are and he goes, he's essentially said who's gonna make me and i'm like me. yeah, so you brought it up in the end. i brought it up right away. yeah and thinking that he would avoid that question of the the thorny question about alex jones nice segway right over >> thinking he would avoid that question about alex jones it was a nice segue. >> oh those people are just mistaken. , he said they don't mean to lie. >> i thought itau was the definition of the holocaust and i didn't mean to lie. in that case i wasn't surprised but when he moved to that we were talking about alex jones and he didn'tau want to feel uncomfortable because it is getting a lot of attention at the time he said he had no let's move on to the holocaust and i was like, no. i felt bad as a parent. >> this is another version of the book actually. >> one of the things ii did was not and i wanted to say when he started to say holocaust deniers don't mean to lie and therefore should be feel the say what they think

he wants to shut alex jones up. he wants to make alex jones realize that his son was real, that his son was alive and that on one day in 2012 in december his son was shot and killed by a mass murderer who took 20 kids that day and six adults and he wants alex jones to tell his viewers that, as well and to stop telling and creating these conspiracy theories and lies that actually hurt real human beings like himself. i think he would take it as a win if he could walk out of this courtroom knowing alex jones will never lie again about his son, 6-year-old jesse. >> heartbreaking what happened. >> thank you very, very much. >> there's more breaking news we're following. police in bloomington, minnesota now say they're working on an active incident inside the mall of america. let's get some more information. cnn's amara walker is joining us. >> hiet there, wolf. we're getting this information right now and we don't know exactly what this incident is and the mall of america tweeted nine minutes ago saying that mall of amer

jones owes the parents of six-year-old sandy hook victim jesse lewis who said jones portrayal of the massacre as a hoax and parents is actors made it impossible for them to heal outside the courthouse. the parents attorney addressing the decision. i hope that any other media people who are watching >> and thinking that they may be able to defame a private person like this knows that there is a multimillion dollar consequence and we aren't done folks. so everybody tune in tomorrow. well, we'll be putting on additional evidence will be sending jury back again and we'll have to decide what is going to be necessary to punish mister jones and make sure nobody ever does this during days of witness testimony, the jury heard from both parents about the anguish they've endured from jones, repeated lies 6 year-old son shot in the forehead with his first grade classroom. >> bearable when it stated that, yes, you that as an indication. >> that he didn't he did i was blessed with some have jones himself taking the stand for today's finally admitting under oath that the sandy hook shooting did in

jones' company. documents that showed that during his so-called deplatform, when he was taken off of some social media platform, heydays where his company was making more than $800,000 a day. the court still does not have a full transparent picture of mr. jones' finances but from what what was shown today, he does not appear to be as broke as he is claiming and the jury that will ultimately decide the size of the settlement knows it. now, you might be think, how could alex jones' day get any worse? back in january, alex jones sat, with the investigators and pleaded the fifth nearly 100 times. tonight, rolling stone reports citing a source familiar with the matter that the january 6th investigators are preparing to subpoena the content of alex jones' phone, not from jones himself, but from the sandy hook parents' lawyers in this case. and i have a feeling that those lawyers will cooperate. wednesday august 3 has been a bad day for alex jones. it has been a mighty good day for the truth. ones it has be

jones pled the fifth to the committee. for now, the jury is focused on money and damages as cnn has reported, jones info wars conspiracy based empire makesis money by selling supplements fueled by fear, former workers have told cnn it is a ceo for the right wing. court [ vcv qvc for the right wing, g up to more than $165 million in revenue over a three year period. in court today jones who claimed his company is bankrupt admitted some days he can pull in more than $800,000 in a single day. >> some days you are making $800,000, $745,000 a day. right? >> this was cpac, because i remember these numbers. >> reporter: the case is now in the hands of the jury which is being asked to decide if alex jones should pay up to $150 million which is what the parents of jesse lewis are asking for. complicating matters, jones' company filed for bankruptcy last week which makes recovering any potential damages difficult. drew griffin, cnn, atlanta. >>> sources tell cnn the secret service may disable text messaging on employees' phones. som

i think alex jones made all the major decision, and i think alex jones knows where the money is. >> reporter: will scarlett lewis and neil heslin see the money they hoped would be a deterrent, would stop jones and others from profiting from spreading lies? probably not. texas caps punitive damages. that $45 million is likely to be knocked way down. >> alex jones will be on the air today. he'll be on the air tomorrow. he'll be on the air next week. >> reporter: but jones still faces other trials in texas and in connec >>> researchers in italy are using robots to check the health of the environment. tina kraus has that story. >> reporter: this four-legged robot isn't just strolling in the park. it's a machine on a mission. researchers at university of pisa in italy programmed the dog-looking bot named animal to track the plants and record the impact animals have on their habitat. >> for example, wild boars can ruin the terrain, can ruin the ground and prevent the proper growth of new small plants. >> reporter: equipped with sensors and cameras, animal does jobs only people could do before, lik

jones, please just answer questions. >> reporter: jones' defense, on his show he's only asking questions and the mainstream media is taking everything he says out of context. the family of jesse lewis are asking up to $150 million in damages. the defense lawyers for mr. jones are doing their closing arguments right now. we expect a jury may have this case any time this afternoon, and then it will be in their hands to decide what he's liable for. jake. >> miguel, if the jury decides to award a large amount of money to the family, what's the chance that the parents will actually see the money? >> that is already a growing question, not only this family but others. remember, there are three different defamation cases he's now been held liable for or he's liable in. the families are concerned that he's using bankruptcy laws to hide tens of millions of dollars in profits in order to keep it from liability in these cases. i think we're going to see a lot more litigation and many more lies ahead. >> miguel marquez, thank you for that report. for more about alex jones and info wars, tune in to c

the shower curtains in jones's bathroom were also missing. the next day, jones flew alone to washington to stay with his father in the ensuing 4 months. antioch and oakley police executed a search warrant that jones's sister's home in vacaville and conducted air and ground searches in pioneer in antioch, alexa says cell phone case was discovered by a search volunteer which had both alexa says and jones is dna on may. 19th jones's mother was arrested for aiding and abetting but she was released after no charges were filed less than 2 weeks later on june. first, jones was killed by police in washington after they say he lunged at officers with a knife. time to this day. alexis's body has not police are convinced she was murdered. phillipe djegal all kron. 4 news. there's a new effort by san francisco city leaders to try to keep the doors of laguna honda hospital open. >> 2 lawsuits have now been filed against health and human services and the centers for medicare and medicaid services the first lawsuit asked that federal funding for the hospita

including extremists with deep ties to alex jones. at least 20 of those arrested on january 6th either worked for, appeared on infowars, or followed his content. that includes oath keeper founder stewart rhodes, charged with seditious conspiracy. brianna, john? >> amazing reporting there. chris wallace is back with us now. you can draw this line between all these conspiracy theories about sandy hook to all the conspiracy theorys about qanon. they're all kind of in the same mix and alex jones is so much a part of this. do you think the committee is going to want to get their hands on those texts? you would, right? >> i would think so, yeah. he's kind of the nexus, alex jones, between the people on the street and some of the political people in larger trump world. and the texts and what conversations were going on back and forth between him and trump acolytes on the one hand with him and people like stewart rhodes and the other -- can i say one thing about that video? you know it reminds me of steve bannon and i say that about him and a

. >>> conspiracy theorist alex jones ordered to pay $4 million for claiming the sandy hook school shooting was a hoax. but why that 4 million could be just the tip of the iceberg. >>> scam alert. the new way fraudsters are targeting people who book travel online. >>> from living on the streets to playing college hoops, one homeless teen's amazing success story and who made it possible. >>> and later, a foul night for beer at the ballpark. >>> good friday morning, everyone. i'm andrew dymburt. >> i'm andrea fujii in for mona. >>> we begin with breaking news. a deadly shooting inside a hotel on the vegas strip. >> at least one person was shot and killed inside the mirage. the shooting occurred inside a hotel room. two other people reportedly injured. video posted to social media shows security blocking the entrances during an apparent lockdown at the hotel. there was no immediate word on a possible motive. police remain on the scene. >>> also overnight, police near minneapolis searching for a suspect after gunfire inside the mall of america forcing the mall to be locked down yesterday. polic

alex jones is a liar. alex jones lies about just about everything. but beyond that, he also, the plaintiff's attorney mark bankston i believe wanteded to s show the jury why they are here at this point only determining what kind of damages or the penalty phase of this, not whether or not alex jones defamed these parents because that was already decided by a judge and it was decided by a judge by default because for years, alex jones has failed to comply with discovery in this case and part of the discovery was alex jones saying he had no texts on his phone related to sandy hook. well boom, you lied. here they are. now they have them in his position. shows he's a liar and shows to the jury again why they are here only deciding the penalty portion of this trial. >> joey jackson, let's dig in on these phone records for a moment. this isn't the only case jones was involved in. what is his huge mistake due to the other lawsuits? >> quite a bit, don. look, the reality is under c cross-ex cross-examination, what you do as an attorney is get to the truth and

mark zuckerberg about alex jones. asked him, before you even set down the for their them according said you were going to take down this material but you are going to take down alex jones. you're going to deep platform and regret you said three weeks. he said no that is ridiculous i'm not her i said oh you are. he essentially said who's going to make me and i said me. i brought it up right away. and thinking he would avoid that question the thorn in question alex jones nice segue it right over to the holocaust. holocaust denial being basically those people are just mistaken. >> no, they do not need to live. and i felt thel definition of te holocausten that they actually need to lie benevolently. what happened in that case and want you to react to this i was not surprised by what they did. we're trauma alex jones and felt uncomfortable because of the times getting a lot of attention. let's move onto the holocaust. and i said no. okay. i felt bad as a parent. don't do it. i was like okay do it. one of things i did not i

. >> reporter: jesse's mother, scarlet lewis, spoke directly to jones, pleading with jones to stop spreading falsehoods. >> i know you believe me and yet you're going to leave this courthouse and you're going to say it again. >> reporter: on his show this week he went after jesse's father and his testimony. >> he is being manipulated by some very bad people. >> reporter: throughout the trial jones has tested the patience of the judge. >> this is not your show. >> reporter: who took him to task for not telling the truth earlier had week. >> you're already under oath to tell the truth. you've already violated that oath twice today. >> reporter: the question now is what does the jury think? the plaintiff's attorney showed a video of jones insulting the panel on his show. the jury will decide how much, if anything, jones has to pay jesse's parents. the court has already found him liable in defamation in a summary judgment issued last year. it's just the first of several lawsuits from sandy hook families who have spent years fighting back against jones and other conspiracy theorists. >> thanks, a

not alex jones. alex jones believed he was innocent throughout. he believed he didn't do anything wrong. he believed he didn't have any text messages, or worse, maybe he was making up he searched for them. >>> russian forces stepping of the relentless attacks on civilian targets in ukraine. ukrainian officials say russian missile strikes story residential building in a supermarket in the southern city of ms. glover. no deaths reported so far. >>> it comes to fighting intensifies on multiple fronts. in the cell, ukrainian military officials say moscow is immersing forces of the city of paris on. the east, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is describing the fighting in the don bus is hellish. he adds that russian troops still have the upper hand across that region. >>> thousands of children in ukraine have gone missing. is according to ukrainian officials. they say russian forces are abducting the kids and taking them to russia. a group of ukrainians trying to reunite them with their families. here is morgan chesky. >> reporter: ukraine launch

alex jones knows where the money is. he knows where that money went and he knows that he's going to eventually benefit by that money. >> he actually listed nine companies that jones controls. now, look at all of them on the screen there. nine companies. now, this financial expert who was testifying also said that last year, the year that jones was found liable for his default for his very harmful behavior, he started moving $11,000 a day into one of his companies, and then withdrew $62 million, as well. you heard me right. he withdrew $62 million. so, would more than $2 million really put jones in a place of financial ruin, if he actually has $270 million, somehow, according to that witness, stashed in different places? as of today, he's about to be poorer. reaction now from a high-profile attorney who works on defamation cases. ken kertell was an attorney sarah palin in her libel lawsuit against "the new york times" and hulk hogan for his lawsuit against gawker. last time we spoke, we were talking about the sarah palin

the shower curtains in jones's bathroom were also missing. the next day, jones flew alone to washington to stay with his father in the ensuing 4 months. antioch and oakley police executed a search warrant that jones's sister's home in vacaville and conducted air and ground searches in pioneer in antioch, alexa says cell phone case was discovered by a search volunteer which had both alexa says and jones is dna on may. 19th jones's mother was arrested for aiding and abetting but she was released after no charges were filed less than 2 weeks later on june. first, jones was killed by police in washington after they say he lunged at officers with a knife. time to this day. alexis's body has not police are convinced she was murdered. phillipe djegal all kron. 4 news. 7.52. is the all kron. 4 news. 7.52. is the time. we'll be right back. when a truck hit my son, all kron. 4 news. 7.52. is the timei had so many questions about his case. i called the barnes firm. it was the best call i could've made. call the barnes firm now and find out what your cas

they argued that jones had what he described. jones had created a massive campaign of lies that targeted the families of these victims and had made money in the process. and the parents of the mother to one of the children who died . it was killed in this, in this mascot. they were asking for a $150.00 in damages to redress that, but the jury awarded them fall. s okay, $103000000.00. now he ended up missing that he was wrong, didn't he? and sandy hook actually did happen. that was, that was one of the points in his trial. now he's been ordered to pay all this money. do you think this is going to stop him from possibly saying more falsehoods or things like that in the future? well, he's always maintained that he says these things because he actually believes they're real at that at the time. and that he's covered by the u. s. rights for free speech . and he's still facing many more, 2 more actually defamation cases. and his lawyer after this, after the latest try this 1st trial and said that alex jones would still be back at his d

the shower curtains in jones's bathroom were also missing. the next day, jones flew alone to washington to stay with his father in the ensuing 4 months. antioch and oakley police executed a search warrant that jones's sister's home in vacaville and conducted air and ground searches in pioneer in antioch, alexa says cell phone case was discovered by a search volunteer which had both alexa says and jones is dna on may 19th jones's mother was arrested for aiding and abetting, but she was released after no charges were filed less than 2 weeks later on june. first, jones was killed by police in washington after they say he lunged at officers with a knife. time to this day. alexis's body has not police are convinced she was murdered. phillipe djegal all kron. 4 news. all right. time for another look at the forecast as we look live. this beautiful shot overlooking the embarcadero with the >> bay bridge there in the background. meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez here to talk about, well, the beautiful day in the city and also not so beautiful. the droug

alex jones, far right. and we know on january 4th. trump was telling advisers in the white house, he had no idea what was happening, if it was a march, or if it would a rally, he was pretending he didn't have any idea, so he put those two things together, and we have this dichotomy, and we have to figure out, you know, where there's a disconnect, you know, right? and so the texts could shed light of any cooperation between alex jones and the white house, and kind of what that might entail, that's why the january 6th is so interested. >> prevention premeditation and suggestion that jones may have been in contact with roger stones who had links to the proud boys and oathkeepers and such. what sort of time line are we working on here, with the january 6th committee getting them and do we have a sense that the public might see them as well? >> mark fran seen, the lawyer for the sandy hook parents says it covering about a two years period and jones says that is not the case, more like a six month period and we're not exactly shear what it

the verdicts, the alex jones and britney griner trials. and new federal charges for the officers involved in the fatal raid at breonna taylor's apartment. breaking news on capitol hill. democrats have a deal on the inflation reduction act. but they still managed to hookup the superrich. the biden administration escalates its response to monkeypox, declaring into public health emergency. what does it mean, and how prepared are we to deal with it, as the 11th hour gets underway on this busy thursday night? good evening. once again. i am stephanie ruhle. far-right conspiracy theorists alex jones is now learning the cost of calling the deadly school shooting in u.s. history a hoax. jones has lied repeatedly over the last ten years about the very real sandy hook mass massacre, calling it a fake. they today a texas jury ordered him to pay more than $4 million in damages to parents of six-year-old jesse lewis, one of the 20 young children and six teachers murdered in that shooting. jessie's parents wanted at least 150 million for defamation. this

alex jones did plead the fifth. what's in the text messages would be interesting for the january 6th committee which is they why they've proactively asked for them. jones previous to january 6 was bragging about his involvement with stop the steal and financial involvement with donald trump's rally on the ellipse, and he also was talking about this. take a listen. >> i'm going to be speaking in dc, roger stone is going to be speak ing in dc. it's going to to be about substantial events. roger stone spent some time in florida. i have details not only from roger but those meeting with the president and war gaming what's coming. >> war gaming what's coming. that's five days before january 6th. we know alex jones was there. he led his own march there. several people involved with his show and also just guests over the time have been arrested. so it's easy to see why the january 6th kmiet tell would be so interested in what is actually a defamation lawsuit in austin, texas. >> yeah, absolutely. it will be interesting to

the shower curtains in jones's bathroom were also missing. the next day, jones flew alone to washington to stay with his father in the ensuing 4 months. antioch and oakley police executed a search warrant that jones's sister's home in vacaville and conducted air and ground searches in pioneer in antioch, alexa says cell phone case was discovered by a search volunteer which had both alexa says and jones is dna on may 19th jones's mother was arrested for aiding and abetting, but she was released after no charges were filed less than 2 weeks later on june. first, jones was killed by police in washington after they say he lunged at officers with a knife. time to this day. alexis's body has not police are convinced she was murdered. phillipe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> and never too early to plan for your weekend getaway. let's take a look at your sierra forecast. we're tracking calmer conditions out there right now. radar for zooming into south lake tahoe and we're tracking drier weather. thunderstorms, though, going to be an issue once again tom

jones, please just answer the question. >> jones' defense on his show he's only asking questions and the mainstream media is taking everything he says out of context. >> miguel, you know, it's riveting to watch that. the family of the victim here at the heart of this particular case is asking for $150 million. so i'm wondering from your reporting if they're awarding any of that what is the chance of jones actually paying money? >> that is a growing question because in a separate legal situation jones has declared bankruptcy, family is not only there in the texas courtroom and also in connecticut where they also won defamation suits against mr. jones, and they are concerned that he's using the bankruptcy court to hide tens of millions of there ares in profits so they cannot get if if those juries come back with big awards. erin? >> miguel, thank you. as we follow that again, that jury out tonight and will return tomorrow. this friday on cnn, don't miss investigative correspondent drew griffin's special on alex jones friday night at 11:00. and next tonight, china lashing out at the u.s

jones today. what was his reaction? >> his reaction was that, you know, he had been found guilty before he ever had a chance to defend this case on the merits. that the -- the first amendment is under siege and he looks forward to continuing the fight. >> from a legal standpoint, paul, you know that texas law. it has these caps here. is it a hard cap or is there a way around that? >> well, it's -- you know, it's an indication that the texas legislature doesn't trust its own juries to make a decision. that cap was meant to prevent large corporations like gm from being put out of business by a trillion dollar verdict. it wasn't meant to put somebody like alex jones out of business and here you have the audacity of this attorney representing him to celebrate the fact that he's going to be back on the air again immediately. instead of demonstrating some remorse for these remarks that he said, saying that the shattered bodies of these elementary schoolchildren were really crisis actors pretending to be dead, that's what he d