sandy hook, american tragedy, battle for truth. this is a humane investigation, a tragedy that followed a tragedy and people who call themselves troopers but in reality trying to tell the narrative in the change of events from what actually occurred in further the pain from what they experienced. conspiracy theories and the people who promote such things. after sandy hook they have rejected the facts and existence of white supremacy, covid vaccine and validity of an intellectual. as a future writer and former s editorial member from the new york times and previously written for the washington post and "wall street journal" shall be joined in conversation tonight with wicker. join me and welcoming elizabeth williamson. [applause] >> i like that you have to do the work to clean up, that's mya favorite part of the introduction. elizabeth and i have been talking a lot for years on this topic, i wouldn't say it's near and dear to my heart but i've been troubled by what's happening with online social media and how it's congested, weaponi

so $50 million, much of it sandy hook. genius business model. all he was doing was the sold products that are absolutely geared to the paranoia and fears of his audience. so it's dried food for your doomsday proper r shelter. it's untraceable done components so you've got11 , you don't need toregister when the end of times comes . it is vitamin supplements and diet supplements for people who don't trust traditional medicine is fluoride free toothpaste because the arrived government puts in your water is meant to write your brains. so he sells this stuff from a warehouse back from his headquarters, $50 million a year is taking advantage of his customers and also with crappy products, the same time using crap to sell that crap. you know what, it works unfortunately. even course used social media platforms do this. he was just, he also appeared on a lot. he started to appear on mainstream media whether it was that megan kelly show, he was on a lot of different places. that was one part online was important for him and used the same tactics for janu

so lenny posner was a sandy hook dad whose son. noah was the youngest sandy hook victim and lenny had a tech background. he was interested in computers when the computer industry was in its infancy. he really knew how the algorithms propel lies on to social media platforms and speed them to millions of people. so he was the one who told me, you know, this isn't a one-off that you know was maybe spurred by sandy hook being a watershed moment in the gun control battle. for example what this really was was a foundational story of how misinformation moves and how people were willing as we say like a group of people we're willing to just deny accepted truth and fact and and science and so it moved from pizza gate to q and on to coronavir. to the to january 6th, and then there we were at the steps of the capital. i mean, i remember i was you know in january of 2021. i remember i was trying to finish you know the last couple of chapters and i was thinking i'm procrastinating little here, but i just want to see what's going on at the capit

a sort of sandy put it, there are no arbiters of truth. and anybody can be an arbiter of truth and that is what this is. meaning everybody has their own set also how to restore trust and people don't agree on a basic set of facts. to have an answer? >> i wish i knew i really wish i knew progress it's really interesting issue ever incident different there in silence for something mark mason talk about is trying to bring everyone together but all you're doing is crating siebel after siebel. you have a cable news it happens everywhere. media literacy what age to start teaching young people and how and our adults a lost cause? [laughter] my mother is. [laughter] i pointed her to you, jennifer.i [laughter] [laughter] how do we restore the trust in the media? media literacy. as early as possible. even among my own boys who are both here, david is 18 and charlie is 25? [laughter] our birthdays were. >> 25 you were there for. >> yes i was there. they both just have theirig birthdays and still drink lester's mouth. they are highly skeptical both of

sandy _ so, so proud to be playing sandy. sandy lives — so, so proud to be playing sandy. sandy lives on forever. thank you so much forjoining us, olivia. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come — a covid outbreak and lockdown leaves and 80,000 tourists stranded in the chinese resort city of sanya. the big crowds became bigger as the time of the funeral approached. as the lines of fans became longer, the police prepared for a huge job of crowd control. idi amin, uganda's brutalformer dictator, has died at the age of 80. he's been buried in saudi arabia, where he lived in exile since being overthrown in 1979. 2 billion people around the world have seen the last total eclipse of the sun to take place in this millennia. it began itsjourney off the coast of canada, ending three hours later, when the sunset over the bay of bengal. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm monica miller in singapore. our headlines. as his landmark climate change bill clears the us senate, president biden is in kentucky, where at least 37 people died in flash flooding at the end of last month.

. >> alex jones lied about sandy hook, a tragedy that i lost my son in. >> tonight, the disturbing history, from the fringe -- >> he could turn his tongue black as if he were possessed. >> to making a fortune. >> truth doesn't matter, it's like a far-right qvc. >> threatening american democracy. >> 1776! 1776! >> through exclusive footage. >> i'm donald trump now. >> interviews with former employees. >> we made up the stories. we lied. >> alex will not stop. >> his victims -- >> every day i get a death threat. >> and those trying to stop him. >> how would you describe him to people who don't know him? how do you explain to folks who have never seen something this crazy? >> if they want to fight, they better believe they got a fight. >> "megaphone for conspiracy: alex jones." this is alex jones infowars studio in austin, texas. >> are 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 -- i will hang your ass up and cut you into cutlets. >> the globalists are agents of corruption. the official story

alex jones ordered to pay $49 million to the parents of a sandy hook massacre victim. back in 30 seconds. ♪♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now! i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. two years of right-wing conspiracy theorist alex jones' text messages have now been turned over to the house select committee investigating the january 6 insurrection. the messages were first revealed in court last week in austin, texas, just before a jury ordered infowars host alex jones to pay $4.1 million in compensatory damages and $45.2 million in punitive mages to the parents of jesse lewis, a six-year-old boy killed in the 2012 sandy hook elementary school massacre in newtown, connecticut. for years, alex jones spread conspiracy theories that the newtown shooting was a government hoax and the victim'' families were paid actors, resulting in online harassment and death threats for sandy hook families. during the trial, alex jones admitted on the stand that the sandy hook massacre was real. but he continued to spread the -- lies on his infowars radio show. this is jesse's moth

if anyone was going to be sandy, it was olivia newton—john. come on, sandy! # goodbye to sandra dee.# dame olivia newton—john, who has died at the age of 73. let's speak to our north america correspondent, peter bowes. hejoins us live in los he joins us live in los angeles to talk about dame 0livia newton—john, who died at the age of 73. tell us what the reaction has beenin been in hollywood. a lot of sadness — been in hollywood. a lot of sadness and _ been in hollywood. a lot of sadness and a _ been in hollywood. a lot of sadness and a lot - been in hollywood. a lot of sadness and a lot of- been in hollywood. a lot of sadness and a lot of love, | been in hollywood. a lot of. sadness and a lot of love, and it's interesting just listening to those thoughts in the music especially. i think it's striking to a lot of people that that was a very successful soundtrack from grease, but it was also the soundtrack to so many people's lives during that time in the late 1970s, early 80s. time in the late 1970s, early 805. i time in the late 1970s, early 80s. i thi

hook. >> the sandy hook truth is coming out. you people are going to jail. >> it looks like you were just trying to drum up conspiracies, kind of make a spectacle of yourself, really? >> it was just -- >> it's a complete conspiracy theories. >> no, it's because most of the american public was thinking the same thing. how can we trust -- >> most of the american public, i guarantee you, was not thinking that it was fake and they were crisis actors. >> i didn't sake -- >> crisis actors? >> i didn't say that. i know they're not crisis actors. i went to the grave sites, the memorial everything and was sad. it was heartbreaking to see. >> you were all part of it, dan. >> no, i was just doing my job. >> you were part of that whole conspiracy theory and part of that pain. >> it's still the first amendment. >> alex jones never responded to multiple cnn requests to be interviewed for this program, but talked about sandy hook in a deposition. >> so you do not believe that you've done an outrageous wrong to these parents? >> no, i have not

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 an entire digital copy of your entire cellphone 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? >> cellphone records appear to show jones had, in fact, texted about the sandy hook shooting even though he testified under oath that he searched his phone and couldn't locate any messages about sandy hook, which brings us to january 6th which was within that two-year timeline of text messages, because jones spent weeks encouraging trump supporters to converged on washington, d.c. and bragged about helping to plan the rally. he also has long-standing connections to the oath keepers. when jones met with the january 6th committee he said he pled the fifth, quote, almost 100 times. cnn's erica hill has all the details. >> a shocking

jones owes family members of sandy hook victims and mr. jones is not being shy about his plan to get out of paying here. this is him on his own show this past sunday. >> in line with the jury and damages portion, saying i have hundreds of millions of dollars, giant judgment on the already guilty alex jones that they hope is too big for us to get a bond on. once you're in bankruptcy, it is all there in the court and the bonds for the appeals are half your network. well, that isn't going to be very, very much. maybe a million. million and a half dollars or something. >> mr. jones has been claiming that since he was quote deplatformed, his business has been destroyed. last week, he filed for bankruptcy. and while the sandy hook parents in this case say jones has plenty of money, and they're seeking a $150 settlement, mr. jones is claiming that any settlement of just over $2 million would quote sink his companies financially. those two conflicting claims could have been the only context that the jury in this case had for deciding just how much

i don't care about sandy hook. we don't cover it other than when they force us to, and it's just so incredibly sick that i sit there and give the damn lawyers all the text messages, and my lawyers give them the raw text messages of six months from 2019, early 2020. that's the reality. >> paul, it is true that his position was worsened by them handing over the evidence. and yet to make one legal point for your analysis, if they hadn't had been hiding and lying about the facts, it wouldn't have been such bad stuff to turn over, paul. >> exactly right. ari, i think the jury was sending a message with this super quick verdict, roughly a couple of hour after a two-week trial, and this big loss could not have happened to a more deserving defendant. ari, you know us lawyers like to deal with facts and objectively speaking, alex jones is one of the worst human beings on the planet. already found liable in four cases for defamation for spreading the sick lies about sandy hook. there was the mother of a -- the youngest child

theyjust want to keep me in the position of being the sandy hook_ the position of being the sandy hook man. the position of being the sandy hook man-— hook man. early in the week, the case _ hook man. early in the week, the case took _ hook man. early in the week, the case took an _ hook man. early in the week, the case took an unexpected | the case took an unexpected turn when a lawyer for the parents revealed jones as lawyer had sent him to give worth of his clients mobile phone messages and texts and they revealed he had been lying in court. �* ., , ., in court. and that is howl know you _ in court. and that is howl know you lied _ in court. and that is howl know you lied to - in court. and that is howl know you lied to me - in court. and that is how i j know you lied to me when in court. and that is how i - know you lied to me when you said you did not have text messages about the sandy hook, did you know that? l messages about the sandy hook, did you know that?— did you know that? i told you the truth- — did you know that? i told you the truth. | _ did you know that? i tol

sandy hook, it's got inside job written all over it. sandy hook use a synthetic, completely fake, with actors, in my view manufactured. all i know is that the official story of sandy hook has more holes in it then swiss cheese. >> for a decade, the far-right conspiracy theory pushing media personality alex jones has been saying that the sandy hook massacre did not actually happen. 26 people died in that connecticut school massacre in 2012. 20 of them, first graders. i was there within hours of it happening. i met the parents of those children. today, in a texas court, alex jones finally admitted that the massacre was real. >> do you understand now that it was absolutely irresponsible of you to do that? >> it was, especially since i met the parents, and it's a hunter percent real. >> it's great to have mr. jones finally accept the reality on this, but today's trial was not about proving that already well established fact. today's trial was about damages. it's the first of three trials to determine how much cash mr. jones owes family memb

. >>> alex jones at his defamation trial admitting the sandy hook massacre was 100% real, after previously suggesting it was a hoax and the stunning moment on the stand when jones was told his legal team accidentally sent his text messages to the other side's lawyers >>> the alert tonight on surging credit card debt what experts say you should do about it right now. >>> and remembering one of the most famous voices in baseball >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, everyone abortion rights advocates are savoring a significant and rare post-roe v. wade victory tonight. not in a statehouse but at the ballot box in kansas where voters upended assumptions, defeating by a wide margin a constitutional amendment that would have opened the door to a ban on abortions in kansas. the mechanics of the victory mustering an unexpectedly large voter turnout in the mostly red state, quickly becoming a case study for democrats and republicans as they weigh the potential impact of abortion as an animating issue in the november midterm elections. elsewhere last night, imp

jones told his millions of followers that the massacre at sandy hook elementary was staged. parents of one of the six-year-old victims testified jones' lies put them through hell. here's nancy chen. >> reporter: here's the verdict. >> reporter: alex jones was ordered to pay $4 million to the parents of jesse lewis killed at sandy hook elementary in 2012. the parents were seeking $150 million from jones for using his info wars program to repeatedly spread false claims calling the massacre where 20 children and six adults were killed a hoax. >> the official story of sandy hook has more holes than swiss cheese. >> reporter: jones took the defense and admitted the shooting happened. >> i think sandy hook happened and it's a terrible event. >> reporter: in a bombshell yesterday lawyers said newly discovered texts from jones shows he withheld evidence in his defamation lawsuit. >> mr. jones, in discovery, you were asked do you have sandy hook text messages on your phone and you said no, correct? you said that under oath, didn't you. >> if i was mistaken, i was mistaken. you've got

she was best known for playing sandy in the hit 1978 film grease. her co—starjohn travolta paid his own tribute, signing off "your danny" after his own character in the film. the birmingham 2022 commonwealth games have ended after 11 days of competition. the home nations won more than 270 medals between them. after a speech by prince edward praising the athletes, —— those other headlines here on bbc news.

i think sandy hook happened. i think it's a terrible event. >> reporter: but in a late bombshell yesterday, lawyers for the family said newly discovered texts from jones shows that he withheld evidence in his defamation lawsuit. >> mr. jones, in discovery, you were asked do you have sandy hook text messages on your phone, and you said no. correct? you said that under oath, didn't you? >> if i was mistaken, i was mistaken. but you've got the messages right there. >> you know -- >> yes, i do. >> reporter: now the 4.1 million awarded is far less than the 150 million parents had originally sought, but there could be more in the punitive phase which starts tomorrow. margaret? >> we will follow that. thank you. >>> schools and businesses in lauren, nebraska went on lockdown today after the bodies of four people were found in two burning homes just blocks apart. investigators say there was an explosion at one of the police suspect foul play, but they aren't sure if the incidents are connected. >>> tonight, new safety ra

conspiracy theorist alexjones is ordered to pay m5 million in punitive damages after falsely labelling the sandy hook school shooting a hoax. chinese fighter—jets fly close to the coast of taiwan, as beijing halts cooperation with the us on climate change and other key issues. and a year since thousands of afghans came to the uk fleeing the taliban, what have they made of their new lives? hello and welcome to audiences here in the uk and around the world. the palestinian group islamichhad says it's fired over a hundred rockets at israel. images we are about to show you rockets being intercepted by israel's iron dome air defence system. we will show you in a moment. there they are. it comes only hours after an israeli air strike in the gaza strip, which killed a commander of the islamichhad group. the palestinian health ministry says at least ten people were killed, including a five—year—old child. this footage was released by the israeli army — it says the pictures show the moment israel's strike hit gaza. israel's prime minister yair lapid spoke about the air strike in a television addr

if anyone was going to be sandy, it was olivia newton—john. come on, sandy! # goodbye to sandra dee.# damo olivia newton—john, who has died at the age of 73. —— dame. 0bviously has died at the age of 73. —— dame. obviously a global star, and it has been felt very acutely here in the uk, but in australia?— australia? she is one of their own, australia? she is one of their own. she _ australia? she is one of their own. she is _ australia? she is one of their own, she is the _ australia? she is one of their own, she is the girl, - australia? she is one of their own, she is the girl, their. own, she is the girl, their darling, their sweetheart. yes, she is a uk born, australia raised recording artist that shot to fame in hollywood of course because of that career that david just went through and told us about but rarely in australia she is the girl that made it big in hollywood and across the world, and really australia is mourning one of their own. their darling. this girl next door vibe about her, despite this fame, despite the stardom, and of cours

come on, sandy! # goodbye to sandra dee.#. 0livia olivia newton—john, she has died at the age of 73. a global superstar, and the first and foremost an australian girl. i've been speaking to our australia correspondent shaimaa khalil about the reaction there to 0livia's passing. she is a uk—born, australia—raised recording artist that shot to fame in hollywood of course because of that career that david just went through and told us about but really here in australia she is the girl that made it big in hollywood and across the world, and really australia is mourning one of their own. mourning their darling. this girl next door vibe about her, despite this fame, despite the stardom, and of course the songs that we just heard, these are etched in the memories of millions and millions of australians and people across the world of course, but many here have said that they woke up, heard the news, are in tears, but are also listening to the grease soundtrack, physical, to hopelessly devoted to you. s

there was a very tragic school shooting at the sandy hook elementary school. and in the aftermath of the shooting, jones made the false claim that this shooting didn't actually happen. it was a hoax that was staged by the u. s. government and that the grieving parents were actually paid actors and to parents who lost that child in the shooting. neil heflin and scarlet lewis, they brought a defamation suit against alex year, alex jones. because as these conspiracy theories spread and these false claims spread, they suffer death threats and abuse and harassment from people who had read these false claims and believe them the lawyer for the parents. 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 wa

and sandy, the portrayal of sandy, is the absolute essence of that message. 50 of sandy, is the absolute essence of that message-— that message. so lovely to talk to ou, that message. so lovely to talk to you. thank _ that message. so lovely to talk to you. thank you — that message. so lovely to talk to you, thank you so _ that message. so lovely to talk to you, thank you so much. - there's a warning that energy prices in the uk could hit over $4,200 injanuary — that's according to the consultancy company cornwall insight. that's a rise of £650 for households in england, scotland and wales compared with its estimate just last week. it comes as rishi sunak has confirmed he will provide a further rebate to help with energy bills if he defeats liz truss in the conservative leadership race. sources close to ms truss have accused him of a u—turn. meanwhile, the liberal democrats leader sir ed davey is calling for october's expected energy price cap rise to be scrapped, with the cost covered by a windfall tax on energy company profits. we're saying that the rise in the cap, the energy

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sandy hook was not a up-time thing for this particular grifter. alex jones built the model for making money off of conspiracies, long before joe rogen started podcasting are horse meds and vitamin supplements as treatments for covid. he's been the screaming over-the-the top voice of the believe nothing anti-government far right. along with sandy hook, he's also claimed that 9/11, the pair thon and it tiki torch nazi rally in charlottesville were all false flag events and even though he admitted begrudgingly that the sandy hook massacre was 100% real, he's been far from on his best behavior during the trial mocking lewis' father on infowars and accusing the parents of being fed fake videos. in an unme ofable video today the lawyer says jones' lawyers accidentally sent him the entire contents of jones' phone. you can not make this stuff up? did you know that 12 days to go, they are team sent every message over the past couple of years and did not identify them as privilege and as of two days ago it pelphrey and clear into my possession and that's ho

now the conspiracy theorist and radio host has been caught lying on the stand about sandy hook. the shocking news today in court on how alex jones' own lawyers helped illuminate what a liar he is. >>> plus, it can make the difference if you're trying to buy a car or a house. the stunning report that equifax erroneously issued millions of americans lower credit scores that they did not deserve. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jack tapper. a report card and a reality check for republicans and democrats gearing up for this fall's midterm elections. the biggest takeaway is from another primary night, now coming into focus starting in kansas where abortion rights with on the ballot. voters in kansas overwhelmingly rejected a measure that would have allowed lawmakers to ban abortion in the state. the turnout is giving democrats new hope, they say, that anger at that decision by the high court could deliver a midterm boost. on to arizona now where republican election deniers won big last night. cnn now projecting three trump-endorsed republicans who embraced donald trump's sad election

at sandy hook horrible shooting at sandy hook all those little 20 little first graders were killed a horrible situation in the united states. a teacher on one of the classrooms stood between herself and the students and six students were able to escape from a side door out into another area and survive because of that. six students six body six kids alive today who would not have been alive? but the fact that that teacher stepped in front and and distracted and continued to distract so everybody fights in their own way, but you have to you have to know that you're going to have to do it and you have to know what your options are. you know, i know i i ramble on but i'm very passionate sometimes about this and i just know that there are so many solutions and people don't stop and think about how i can do that, so i guess i didn't really get to how you prevent it which is the most important part so if i could jump yeah. okay do okay. so because i say that, you know, the book has 14 chapters 10 of them are about prevention because it really is about one of my looking for and then how do

conspiracy theorist alex jones is ordered to pay m5 million in punitive damages after falsely labelling the sandy hook school shooting a hoax. chinese fighter jets fly close to the coast of taiwan, as bejing halts cooperation with the us on key issues including climate change. no respite in sight as europe endures the worst drought on record. thousands of performers descend on edinburgh as the world's biggest arts festival gets under way. palestinian militants from the islamichhad faction have fired dozens of rockets into israel in response to israeli airstrikes on the gaza strip that killed a commander of the group, as well as nine others including an infant. islamichhad said 100 rockets had hit tel aviv and other cities. israeli media said there were 70 within half an hour. azadeh moshiri reports. gaza's sky lights up israel's military launches successive air strikes. this is the footage they released of the attack. it lasted hours and claimed several lives — including that of a top military commander of palestinian islamichhad, a militant group also known as the pi]. israel carried out a pre

he is the father of 6-year-old jesse lewis killed at sandy hook elementary in 2012. >> when you lose a child, you're losing part of yourself, and those feelings don't go aquay. >> reporter: heslan and jesse's mom scarlett lewis are suing conspiracy theorist alex jones. jones on his "infowars" program told his audience of millions that the massacre was a hoax, calling the victims and their families crisis actors. >> they staged sandy hook. the evidence is overwhelm ing. >> reporter: the parents are asking for $150 million, saying they've endured years of harassment and threat by jones' followers. >> alex started this fight and i'll finish this fight. >> reporter: calling jones a coward 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 inter

i can't even think about conspiracy theory and sandy hook in the same breath. but there is a market, and there is an appetite for misinformation, as long as it creates a self fulfilling prophecy, and feeds what you want to be true. i mean, that is what people are saying about january 6th, election related lies, and beyond. >> remember, when someone is feeding you something that feeds into your belief or hope that what you are being fed by the institutions is totally a lie, they are not doing it to help you, they are doing it to help themselves. i mean, we have learned in this case, he was making 800 grand a day at one point selling merchandise while peddling this garbage and hurting these innocent people? i mean, i have got to say, those parents that testified had a six-year-old kid, i've got a six-year-old kid backstage right now. i can't imagine what would happen to me if something happened to him. i certainly can't imagine if someone came along behind that and terrorized a family like he did. so, remember, he is not doing it, anyone feeding you this kind of

today, the jury in this case decided that jones owes two of those sandy hook parents $4.1 million in damages for his actions. and that is all just from one trial, for two parents. jones has multiple more damages trials ahead of him for his role in pushing this sandy hook conspiracy theory, which should ultimately cost him a ton of money. but it's like a cosmic justice bonus because of the lawyer's mistake this case could be handing january 6th investigators evidence that could be used in that investigation. it's important to remember that the january 6th committee tried to speak with mr. jones back in january, he claims to have pleaded the fifth amendment nearly 100 times. and there's a lot alex jones could have said in that interview that maybe his texts can now say for him. take for example the story we learned from white house aide cassidy hutchinson, about president trump's demanding that once he finished his speech on january 6th, he wanted to be taken to the capitol to march with his supporter. how trump allegedly physically fought with the secret service agent to try to take h

texas decides the conspiracy theorist alex jones must pay the parents of the children killed in the sandy hook massacre $46 million in damages afterfalsely claiming the shooting a hoax. the nhs in england is increasingly reliant on doctors and nurses recruited from outside the uk and eu, analysis by the bbc has found. hello. if you havejustjoined us, a warm welcome to bbc news. china is halting cooperation with the us in several key areas, including climate change, military talks and efforts to combat international crime. the new measures follow a trip to taiwan by senior democrat nancy pelosi. china views the visit as a challenge to its claims of sovereignty over the island. taiwan's foreign minister, joseph wu, has defended ms pelosi's visit and said that taiwan would continue to invite democratic politicians from around the world. our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes sent this report from taipei. for the second day in a row, china has continued its military intimidation of taiwan. at least 68 chinese fighterjets are reported to have crossed into taiwanese controlled airspace. thi

what do sandy hook family lawyers want to prove with these text messages? >> i think, first and foremost, the obvious, reiterating what the jury has already seen in this trial, that alex jones is a liar. 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 ot

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for years, jones told followers sandy hook was a hoax staged by the government to crack down on guns, even calling the victims' parents crisis actors. >> i don't think you will understand unless there is some form of punishment. >> reporter: the parents of jesse lewis testifying on the devastating toll of jones' lies -- years of harassment, violence, and death threats they've had to endure. >> jesse died a hero. >> reporter: jones finally admitting on the stand what the world knew years ago about the massacre. >> it was, especially since i've met the parents, and it's 100% real. >> reporter: jones' company has filed for bankruptcy, and he claims he's lost nearly everything after being banned from platforms like facebook and youtube. the judge even admonishing him from the bench. >> you may not tell this jury that you are bankrupt. that is also not true. >> reporter: today an expert for the family testifying he's worth up to $270 million and has withdrawn tens of millions of dollars since he was found liable of defamation in sandy hook cases. >> he lied to make his money, and he's lyin

made their lives horrible and lied about sandy hook was actually alex jones. so, this is a whole sort of way to look at the world that is completely self pitying. and it's all about would other people have done to you. and for some reason, this resonates with the gop base. and they get very excited about that. and so they love this idea that they are the true victims. and i think it goes to, you know, they feel very oppressed and put upon. and they are not getting their share. and this is a way to sort of own that grievance. but, if they were actually oppressed they would not be like that at all. i think it's very performative saying. >> molly, david, as always, thank you so much for being with us. next, the florida prosecutor taking a stand against an extreme agenda. the governor suspended him over it. andrew warren is with me next. you are watching -- developments from the senate floor we just a few minutes ago we learned of a 50/50 deadlock on a vote -- on the inflation reduction act, the vice president now needed to break that deadlock. updates, as we lear

take a step back away from the tragedy of even sandy hook. i can't even think of conspiracy theory and sandy hook in the same breath. >> yeah. >> but there is a market and an appetite for misinformation. as long as it creates a self-fulfilling prophecy and feeds what you want to be true. that's what people are saying about from january 6th to election related lies and beyond. >> and remember, when someone is feeding you something that feeds into your belief or hope that what you're being fed by the institutions is totally a lie, they're not doing it to hurt you. they're doing it to help themselves. we've learned in this case, he was making 800 grand a day at one point selling merchandise while peddling this garbage and hurting these innocent people. those parents who testified had a 6-year-old kid. i've got a 6-year-old kid backstage right now, and i can't imagine what would have happened to me if something happened to him. and i certainly can't imagine what would happen if someone came along and terrorized a family like he did. anybody feedi

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he testified he never texted anyone about the sandy hook massacre. guess what? there are texts of alex jones is where he talks about the sandy hook massacre. this trial itself was about alex jones is disgraceful disgusting lies about the massacre, and in the course of this defamation trial, he lied again on the stand. this is going to be a decision for texas state prosecutors whether they want to bring a perjury charge against alex jones as well. >> elie honig, thank you very much. next, russia saying publicly it is ready to talk about a prisoner swap involving britney griner and paul whelan. will putin fall through? space suit crisis, decades old faulty equipment, possibly now putting astronauts lives at risk. he road and on the go. find your rewards so you can reconnect, disconnect, hold on tight and let go! stay two nights and get a free night. book now at bestwewestern.com. my a1c stayed here, it needed to be here. ruby's a1c is down with rybelsus®. now i'm down with rybelsus®. mom's a1c is down with rybelsus®. (♪ ♪) in a clinical study, onc® signifi

a jury tells alex jones there is a price to pay for his sandy hook lies. >>> and later, wrestling with diversity. a chicago program beating the streets by creating champions on the mat. >> i'm making a difference because i made some impact on them. that makes it worth it. >>> this is the "cbs weekend news." >>> good evening. adriana diaz is off. i'm mark strassmann. tonight in washington the senate's working in a rare weekend session and has started to vote on a sfraulg climate and health care bill. it's a scaled down version of the democrat's build back better bill. passing it would continue a week of wins president biden has desperately needed. red hot jobs numbers, cooling grand prixs, kansas voting down abortion rights restrictions. natalie brand at the white house where there is also good news about the president's health. >> reporter: mark, the president has tested negative for covid following his rebound case. he is monitoring developments from here. senators are expected to pull in an all-nighter and could have this wrapped up by monday in what would be a major legislative vict

elementary school massacre was a hoax now admitting the truth. >> i think sandy hook happened. i think it's a terrible event. i think we need to protect our children from mentally ill psychopaths. i think there was a cover-up because they had warnings, the fbi knew about it. they knew he was planning to attack the school. that's been in even "the new york times." >> reporter: it is too late, though, for apologies or explanations as to why jones perpetuated the lies. after four years of failing to comply with legal demands, jones and his company were found liable. this case is about damages to the parents, who for years begged jones to stop and he refused. >> i can't even describe the last nine and a half years of the living hell that i and others have had to endure. >> reporter: the parents of then 6-year-old jesse lewis told the jury that jones, through his conspiratorial media organization, infowars, tarnished their son's legacy and tore meanted them for years. in a remarkable moment in court, scarlet spoke to jones directly. from the stand jones told the parents he didn't in

alex jones falsely claims the 2012 sandy hook school shooting was a hoax. parents who lost a child, sued him, saying they suffered years of harassment because of the claim. joins is notorious for spreading misinformation online, but this is the 1st time he's been told to pay compensation and joined here in the studio by d w reporter and a shorter he's got more and bring us up to speed. who exactly is alex jones? well, alex jones's really prominent right wing internet personality. he's a radio radio host and he's very well known in this right wing media ecosystem. he runs the website, it's called info was and it's parents. company is called free speech systems and i'm parallel to that. he has a business selling diet supplements and about 4 years ago and he, he does draw very, very big audience. about 4 years ago, social media platforms blocked him for violating their hate speech policies. but he, he still draws a large number of visitors to his sites and lawyers for the plaintiffs. they suggested that he's worth around 270000000. this is something that alex