bohemian grove was alex jones' first hit. then it sent him flying. >> that is the world trade center and we have unconfirmed reports this morning that a plane has crashed into one of the towers. 9/11 was incredibly shocking and violent and people immediately started wondering if there was a political benefit to allowing the 9/11 attacks to happen? >> set us free. >> reporter: 9/11 happened right around the time that blogging and youtube started to take off. all of a sudden people who had alternate theories about 9/11 were able to share them in ways they couldn't before. >> the fuel burned off immediately upon impact. therefore, it is scientifically impossible 12 tons of steel and titanium was vaporized by kerosene. >> loose change was a documentary about the 9/11 attack put out in 2005ch it was top to bottom 9/11 conspiracy theories. it changed and his change soared in popularity, followers called themselves truthers, drawing millions of viewer s in under a year. it showed a conspiracy theory didn't need to be pulled by someo

>> what was your relationship with alex jones? >> alex jones where he was completely unknown broadcasting out of a child's bedroom in his house. >> no longer is the new world order some foggy apparition over the next hill, it talk of extremists. >> but raunsen discovered he and jones shared a common fascination. there actually were powerful groups meeting in secret, vips who gathered on weekend outings in remote locations. >> this weird campsite in california where people are rumored to attend a ritual that ends in a human effigy being burned in front of a giant stone owl. >> the bohemian club was exactly what john was looking for, a secretive mens retreat whose attendees have included power brokers, celebrities and even former presidents. for 150 years the gatherings had been a lightening rod for conspiracy theorists alleging this was where plots were hatched to build a new world order. >> when i heard that i thought i must try and sneak in and find out if it's true. >> we're going to blow the party and get the information out to

so right now, we know that alex murdaugh is in custody in orange county, florida. he's waiting to be extradited to buford, south carolina, here to appear in a bond hearing sometime early next week. that is what his attorney is telling abc news. now, this is the second time alex murdaugh has been arrested just this past month. he now faces two new felony counts of obtaining property by false pretenses. these charges, as you were mentioning, focus on his housekeeper, his late housekeeper of 25 years, gloria satterfield, who died in 2018 after what was described as a trip-and-fall accident in the murdaugh family home. the allegation is he stole more than $4 million in insurance settlement funds that were supposed to go to satterfield's family. this is according to the attorney for gloria satterfield's estate. now, we heard from one of alex murdaugh's attorneys on "good morning america" a few moments ago, and he said that his client intends to cooperate in this investigation. >> he has indicated clearly that he is going to try to right every wrong, financial wrong, and

alex murdaugh is expected to hear tomorrow in a courtroom. it remains to be seen if he'll be allowed to go free on bond again. erin? >> martin, thank you. i want to go now to eric bland, attorney for the family of gloria satterfield. area eric, what was the family's reaction when they learned murdaugh was charged? >> it was surreal. they are shocked. in three weeks they learned $4.3 million was stolen from them. they learned that any criminal investigation is opening up regarding their mother's death and today they learned that somebody that they had great respect for revered and thought was a family member is now criminally charged with stealing their money. it's like we are in the middle of a three-ring circus, everyday is a new level of disgust regarding alex murdaugh. >> let me ask you, the $3.4 million that murdaugh stole from the family. the family was not aware for settlement for filing and they did not know about the amount. did you have any idea of what he did with that money? >> i know he went to a bank account in bank of america, w

it went awry because alex murdaugh was not killed. he has been charged with attempted insurance fraud and insurance fraud and also filing a false police report. there is just a myriad of problems for a man who once was so prominent, so powerful, and now in so much trouble. jake. >> what a horrible story. thank you. >>> yesterday was a big day in america's hideous opioid epidemic. the cdc announced that the highest 12-month total yet of a drug overdoses in the u.s. 96,000 dead americans dlording to preliminary data and 30% increase from the previous year. the primary driver of this all was, of course, opioids. also late wednesday a federal judge allowed work to continue on a very controversial bankruptcy and settlement plan for purdue pharma, the manufacturer of the opioid oxycontin. now, the justice department had asked the judge to stop the plan which shields the sackler family which owned the company from opioid lawsuits. also yesterday brought the premier of dope sick, the hulu tv series that hopes to bring attention to this scanda

one of their families will always carry and that alex jones callously exploited. on thursday he was found legally responsible in two lawsuits for damages caused by his lies of the mass shooting and jones failed to provide information for the lawsuits brought against him by families of the two of the children killed. the jury will convene to determine how much he owes the plaintiffs. i am joined by kyle farrah, the attorney for the family of the two victims who won their lawsuits against jones. thanks for being with us. were you surprised by these default rulings by the judge? alex jones has had a pattern of refusing to answer court orders or making up excuses for years now. >> yeah, so, i don't think i would say surprised. it's rare to get something like this where a judge orders default and it's exceedingly rare and we call them death penalties in texas, but there has just been a pattern of abuse, a pattern of complete disregard for our legal system in these cases. so there's multiple cases here in texas, other cases in connecticut and all of them have seen the s

murdaugh once worked for announced last month that it is suing alex murdaugh to recover money. insurance payment settlements that he allegedly stole from clients of the firm. they say for many years to use on his own personal expenses. alex murdaugh's attorney, jim griffin, released a statement saying that this was a sad development. that they would cooperate with the law firm's investigation. and by the way, this is a law firm that alex murdaugh's great grandfather founded back in the early 1900s. another bond hearing is set, by the way, for next week, anderson. >> incredible. amara, thanks very much. up next, what the gang behind the kidnapping of the 16 american and one canadian missionaries is demanding for their release. the latest from haiti, ahead. vig a little extra. worth is knowing it's never too late to start - or too early. ♪ ♪ wealth helps you retire. worth is knowing why. ♪ ♪ principal. for all it's worth. it's another day. and anything could happen. it could be the day you welcome 1,200 guests and all their devices. or it could be the day there's a cybert

because alex jones. i mean, he's had his pattern of refusing to answer court orders or making up excuses for years now. >> yeah, so i don't think i would say surprised. um, it's rare to get something like this where a judge orders default judgments. it's exceedingly rare. we call them death penalty sanctions in texas. um, but there is just been a pattern of abuse, a pattern of just complete disregard for our legal system in these cases. so, there's multiple cases pending here in texas. other case pending in connecticut and all of them have seen the same sort of discovery abuses over and over and over. and at some point -- some point, a court just can't let it go on any longer. and we'd reached that point. so we sought that level of sanctions. it's clear that there was nothing short of that that was going to get us to where we needed to be. >> can you just kind of, in layman's terms, explain what exactly default judgment is? i mean, you have said it's very rare. what it is and -- and why it's so rare? >>

but the plot went wrong when alex murdaugh survived. he then admitted to the insurance fraud, the whole scheme, and now he's facing even more charges. fredricka, we will see alex murdaugh back in court on tuesday as all of these mysterious scandals surrounding him and his family continue. >> boy, that one is hard to keep up with. you did a great job keeping us going, because i saw the beginning, middle and end there. thank you so much. appreciate it. >>> coming up, a showdown between chicago police and the city's mayor over vaccine mandates. the latest straight ahead. ♪ i've always been running. to meetings. errands. now i'm running for me. i've always dreamed of seeing the world. but i'm not chasing my dream anymore. i made a financial plan to live it every day. ♪ there was a dream ♪ ♪ and one day i could see it ♪ at northwestern mutual, our version of financial planning helps you live your dreams today. find a northwestern mutual advisor at nm.com ♪ ♪ there are beautiful ideas that remain in the dark. but with our new mu

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but alex did not act alone in making this happen. he certainly needed help and the help came from those who also participated in the settlement. so we filed lawsuits virtually against anybody who touched that money, anybody who participated in those settlements, and it is by and through those lawsuits we intend to make our clients whole again. >> okay, i wonder if i can, this was the settlement for the death of the late housekeeper. there were new questions about that death itself. recently the coroner has raised questions and there is now a possibility i believe of another autopsy. there was no autopsy at the time. does the family, do you believe that the circumstances of her death were questionable? >> yeah, we don't know. this is what we know about the death. we know she died on the property of alex murdaugh, we know it was reported that she fell down the stairs and that her fall was caused by the dogs at the property. what is unusual is, you know, without a formal medical investigation, without a formal autopsy, after weeks in th

alex was in court just a short time ago for a bond hearing. this is the man whose wife and son were murdered, the same man who allegedly hired a hitman to kill himself. and now he's facing charges of misappropriating money from a settlement involving the death of his family's long-time housekeeper. cnn national correspondent dianne gallagher joins us from columbia, south carolina. fill us in on the judge's decision and the charges against him. >> reporter: well, the judge said there is no amount of bond that can be set that can safely protect him or the community. those were his words as he denied bond this morning here in columbia, south carolina, courtroom. now, these particular charges against that once-prominent attorney, alex murdaugh, are for obtaining property under false pretenses and as you said, ana, they're related to the 2018 death of the family housekeeper, gloria satterfield. her family was in the courtroom as the bond hearing was taking place. according to the state attorneys, they say that murdaugh set up the satterfield family

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. >>> disgraced attorney alex murdaugh is denied bond by a south carolina judge. it's just the latest chapter in this string of legal crises. we've got the latest on this case next. but, whatever work becomes, the world works with servicenow. in 2016, i was working at the amazon warehouse when my brother passed away. and a couple of years later, my mother passed away. after taking care of them, i knew that i really wanted to become a nurse. amazon helped me with training and tuition. today, i'm a medical assistant and i'm studying to become a registered nurse. in filipino: you'll always be in my heart. >>> a south carolina judge is denying bond for the disgraced attorney who is accused of stealing millions of settlement dollars from the family of his deceased housekeeper. >> dianne gallagher joins us now. so this saga, as we've discussed, has been so twisted. this is the same man whose wife and son were shot to death. what did we learn at today's hearing? >> yeah, and that's just one of a whole thread that is just unspooling from cases that surround alex murdoch.

>> reporter: many threads to the story surrounding alex murdaugh. this one this morning not too long ago, judge clifton newman denied bond to alex murdaugh saying he must undergo a psychiatric evaluation before bond could be considered at a later date. these charges were on obtaining property under false pretenses related to the 2018 death of the murdaugh housekeeper gloria satterfield. according to the state prosecutors, murdaugh came to the satterfield family at the funeral saying she could sue him after she died following a trip and fall accident at the murdaugh family home. now, he set them up with an attorney, according to state prosecutors, who then brokered a $4.3 million settlement agreement. roughly $3 million of that was supposed to go to the satterfield family, but according to families they didn't see any of it. instead, that attorney put checks in an account that shared a name with an insurance settlement firm that deals with these kinds of things in south carolina except it was one that was run by alex murdaugh. he made the name simila

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alex jones has said despicable things and tormented them. what will this cost him? >> yeah, and this is one of the few examples of how someone who's defamed, who's attacked can actually seek restitution. this is, you know, a situation where the parents went to court to try to hold alex jones accountable for his sins. we don't know how much jones will have to pay. that's up to a jury now that the judge has said he has so thoroughly abused the court system, ignored the court's demands that he has lost and now the jury will decide how much he will have to pay. in the meantime, the attorney for the plaintiffs or the parents of these, you know, dead children, here's what the attorney says. he says after suffering five years of monstrous harassment by jones, and after three years of jones making a mockery of their lawsuits, our clients will finally have the closure they deserve. i think we're going to see more and more of these cases, alisyn, where disinformation artists, p propagandists are dragged into the courtroom. he was dragged kicking and screaming, refused to coop

. >> the producer, who alex baldwin is, ultimately will share in liability. alex baldwin is facing a situation in which he's the person who has the weapon in his hand at the time it discharges, and he's also a producer on the set who is responsible for everyone on the set. >> this evening is going to be about halyna. >> reporter: in downtown albuquerque, a candlelight vigil. many of the mourners part of the film and television industry. >> there is grief tonight as people mourn the passing of 42-year-old halyna hutchins, but there is also outrage and unanswered questions about how this tragedy, how this senseless shooting could have taken place. >> i just hope all this talking does something and we get the changes that we need for a safe set. i'm sure you know we were about to strike this past monday for safer conditions, and if the world didn't believe us about what's going on, maybe they believe us now. people should be able to go home after performing their job. >> yeah. a child should have a mother. >> reporter: lucy kafanov, cnn, santa fe, new mexico. >>

because we're building a better network every single day. >>> conspiracy theorist alex jones will be held responsible for the damages triggered by his false claims on the sandy hook shooting. a judge made that decision monday saying jones failed to provide information in lawsuits by parents of children killed in that shooting. laura jarrett joins us. for so long, laura, it has been disgusting what he said. and now he may have to pay. . >> the lies finally caught up to him, john. he called sandy hook a great hoax. now he is going to have to pay up for his lies. parents of sandy hook victims sued alex jones for the outrageous and false claims he made about the deadly shooting being fake. for all of his public bluster, jones failed to participate in discovery for years, stiffing the parents on materials about his involvement in spreading all the lies. all the while the parents had to deal with all of these conspiracies he unleashed from his unhinged followers. one family forced to live in hiding for a period of time. now a state court judge in texas issued a rare default judgment with s

cnn's alex marquardt is here with details. the biden administration asked this official to stay on after he served in the trump administration. do we know why he's leaving now? >> well, simply put, victor, and alisyn, it's time. he was asked to stay on not just in to the biden administration after serving as the special representative for afghan reconciliation under the trump administration and brokering that deal with the taliban but who was also asked to stay on longer during the biden administration. my understanding from one source who was told about the state department's plans is that he had been asked to stay on until may and that was when that initial deal with the taliban had been set for the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. you'll remember that when president joe biden came into office that he reconsidered that deal, and the withdrawal of u.s. forces and diplomats from afghanistan, and according to one source, ambassador kahlil azad agreed to stay on until october. multiple sources tell us the biden administration i

. >> cnn senior national correspondent alex marquardt joining us now. what more did you learn about these findings? >> good morning. microsoft is in a position to put out an authoritative sweeping report like this because their visibility to so many systems around the world. they said russia by far and away the biggest example of a government-backed hackers and the attempts they make to compromise systems around the world, that russian hackers account for around 60% of the attempts made by government-backed hackers. that is followed by the usual suspects of north korea at around a quarter, iran and china. russia, microsoft says, is focused on espionage. getting into government systems, understanding foreign governments. they targeted the u.s., ukraine and the united kingdom primarily and there has been a massive spike by russian government-backed hackers to try to get into government organizations. that rose from 3% in 2020 to more than 50% in the first half of this year. and they're continuing to try to get into government systems as well as organizati

outfront now, democratic senator, alex padilla of california. he is a member of the budget committee and, senator, i really appreciate your time. so you got republicans now saying they will filibuster any vote to raise the debt limit. which means you got to get 60 votes and you don't have 60 votes so you are not going to avoid a default that way. and that would mean you have to do it alone, through reconciliation. that's more time consuming. means that democrats are going to have to own this completely, right? you are not going to get anyone coming across party lines to support you. but that may be the only way you can get this done. do you support doing it that way? >> well, first of all, good evening, erin. good to be with you. and look, i think it's exactly what mitch mcconnell wants because even the reconciliation option is -- a lot of pitfalls that he is ready to exploit. so there's still time, and i still hope that we can appeal to our republican colleagues to do the right thing. i mean, if they're just not going to -- if they're not going

they try to keep it below the radar but we had alex wagner, my co-host interviewed a woman very prom inninent in the critical r theory in virginia and interesting -- >> hey, mark, can e we play tha for you? >> oh, great. >> let's play that. >> i've seen what the training looks like. they call it culturally responsive training. it is definitely racist. they are putting down the child for the color of their skin. >> where do you see evidence of that? >> one particular sixth grade middle school here was a wrap s -- rap song pushing the slaughter of the native americans. the lyrics of the song was putting down andrew jackson at the time. >> i mean, i think a lot of people would credit andrew jackson with the genocide of the native population. >> yes, but how do you discuss it without -- >> denigrating whiteness. >> yeah, at what point do you forgive and stop segregating? >> well, the interesting thing about her point of view is that when we went to interview her, she's not a rogue character. she actually got the sign off from the campaign to talk to us. the clip goes on for awhile and be

fox as alex keaton really became the center of the show. and the writers were smart enough to see that they had something special, and they wrote to that. >> it's not fair, alex. >> yeah. there's nothing you can do about it, jen. my advice to you is that you just enjoy being a child for as long as you can. i know i did. it was the best two weeks of my life. >> alex is a little bill buckley. the "wall street journal" is his bible. he has a tie to go with his pajamas. he's a very conservative and very intense 17-year-old. >> the first thing your teacher is going to ask is what did you do over the summer? a lot of kids will say i went to the zoo or i went to the beach or i went to a baseball game. what are you going to say? >> i watched the iran contra hearings. >> if mom and dad thought this generation was going to the dogs, think again. this is the generation that has discovered hard work and success. >> american culture is changing in the '80s. and in terms of television, there's a whole notion of demographic segmentation. >> networks were

we don't know what's going to happen to us now that alex saab has been extradited. we are very worried, and our families are very worried. >> reporter: saab is now expected to face a u.s. court in the coming weeks. >>> covid vaccination numbers are slowly ticking up in the united states. as of saturday, nearly 57% of the population had been fully vaccinated. now that's about two-thirds of everyone who is actually eligible. and more americans could soon qualify for vaccine boosters. on friday, an fda advisory panel recommended boosters for all adults who have received the one-dose johnson & johnson vaccine. experts say those who did should get an extra shot as soon as it's available. the cdc needs to weigh in now, though, before it makes a final decision. public health officials of also considering whether to mix and match boosters. here's the director of the national institutes of health. >> there was data presented yesterday from nih about the mix and match question. and there was data that suggested if you are going to get a booster for j&j, maybe getting a modern

we don't know what's going to happen to us now that alex saab has been extradited. we are very worried and our families are very worried. >> reporter: saab is now expected to face a u.s. court in the upcoming weeks. for cnn, this is stefano pozzebon, bogota. >>> still ahead here on "cnn newsroom," more protests are expected in beirut after the worst violence that lebanon has seen in more than a decade. a live report, coming up. >>> plus, attacks claimed by isis isis-k are casting doubt on the taliban's ability to keep afghan safe. what the country's new rulers say they'll do to protect shia muslims. >>> bullets in the air following the funerals for those killed during the worst violence that lebanon has seen in years. a shia protest over an investigation into beirut's 2020 port explosion turned into deadly street battles thursday. many in the lebanese capital now fear the violence could spin out of control. more protests are expected today on the second anniversary of the october revolution. we want to bring in cnn's ben wedeman. he is live in beirut's martyr square

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alex mar court is tracking this for us. >> like you said, it is a section of the donald j. trump.com web site. this is his main web site, the site he uses to communicate from because of course he has been kicked off of twitter and facebook. this is part of the action section of this site which is where there are calls to action, petitions on there. there are ways for people to reach out to the trump office and people first started noticing this morning that it had been replaced with this page. it's a black page in which there is a lone figure holding an islamic flag, and some wording in turkish which reads in part, do not be like those who forgot allah so allah made them forget themselves. a link to the turkish president giving a speech in which he quotes from the quran. now, the person, the hacker who has claimed responsibility for this is root iyeldies, a name we have heard before who are claims to have defaced the campaign site for president joe biden several weeks after biden officially won the election in november. and the intelligence community actually referenced tha

alex jones' attorneys have declined to comment. the news continues. let's hand it over to chris cuomo for "cuomo prime time." chris? >> interesting aspect of default charges that ordinarily the relief sought is what's granted. that's the risk in not doing what you're supposed to do, in other words, defaulting, so we'll see. appreciate that. let's see if there's history on our watch tonight, my brother. this is a big night. i am chris cuomo. welcome to prime time.

instead, this is something controlled by alex murdaugh. he is supposed to hear in front of a judge tomorrow in columbia, south carolina on those charges of basically obtaining property by false pretenses. brianna, of course remember last month he appeared before a judge after state law enforcement officials say that he conspired with a former client to have himself killed so his son could get $10 million in life insurance. >> yeah. all right, dianne. many more developments ahead on this i'm sure. live in south carolina. >>> the family of 29-year-old christina nance is demanding efforts after her body was found in a police van. cnn's nadia romero live in huntsville, alabama with the latest on this, i have to say, disturbing story, nadia. >> reporter: it really is. and it's been so heartbreaking, john, for the nance family. they say they reported christina nance missing, but they weren't prepared for the shocking call from police that her body was found in the back of an unused police van. they have spoken with officers and seen video but th

alex marquardt starts us off. >> reporter: the news of colin powell's death prompted an outpouring of grief that reflects the profound admiration of a statesman unique in so many ways. >> colin powell dedicated his extraordinary life to public service because he never stopped believing in america. and we believe in america in no small part because it helped produce someone like colin powell. thank you, mr. secretary. >> reporter: tributes poured in from presidents, prime ministers and countless others. president joe biden said powell embodied the highest ideals of warrior and diplomat. he was committed to our nation's strength and security above all. powell, biden said, will be remembered as one of our great americans. >> obviously, a heartbreaking tragedy for the country and one the president is feeling personally. >> reporter: from powell's heritage as the son of immigrants to his storied military career before becoming a public servant who transcended party affiliation, the former four-star general and secretary of state paved the way for so many like secretary of defense lloyd aus

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we don't know what's going to happen to us now that alex saab has been extradited. we are very worried and our families are very worried. >> reporter: saab is now expected to face a u.s. court in the upcoming weeks. for cnn, this is stefano poz pozzebon, bogota. >>> to the uk where a source says that the suspect in stabbing of david amess is ali ha harbi ali. the fatal attack, the second in five years, against a member of parliament, has heightened security concerns for all lawmakers. cnn's salma abdelaziz joins us now from london with the latest. there is more to be said about the investigation as we continue to get more details. but i was struck, salma, but the fact that there were some lawmakers, some mps that held those open office hours in the last day, even though many of them admit to being terrified. >> this is one of the most crucial details of this brutal murder that has this country reeling. the fact that sir david amess, this conservative mp, was doing something that he loves to do, which he has done for decades, which is to meet with his voters, in whic

alex murdoch was arrested again, this time in orlando, florida. he's the man -- he's now facing new charges accused of stealing settlement money from his housekeeper's family. his prominent attorney was has released on bond after an alleged suicide-for-hire plot. let's get over to martin savidge. what are you learning? >> reporter: he was picked up in orlando because it's believed that that's where he's been undergoing treatment for the self-admitted opioid addiction that he's been going through. he was arrested on charges that were put up by south carolina law enforcement division, two sounds of obtaining property by false pretenses. what that means is essentially, as you pointed out, the misappropriation of court settlement funds in the death of gloria satterfield, the longtime housekeeper of the murdaugh family who died at the home in 2019. there were real questions raised by the coroner recently about how that woman may have died. regardless, there was a settlement in that case for her family in which they were supposed to receive a significan

alex saab is due in a florida court in the coming hours as he faces charges of money laundering. he is a close aide to venezuelan strong man nicolas maduro and maduro sporters are protesting the extradition. meanwhile, venezuela appears to be retaliating against a group of detained americans. cnn's raphael romo has more on the fate of the citgo 6. >> the group of five u.s. citizens and one permanent u.s. resident were in prison only hours after a businessman close to the president was extradited from cape verde to the united states. leading many to think that it was a retaliation move by venezuela's socialist regime. the group is known as the citgo 6 because they are all former executives of the citgo petroleum corporation. they were arrested in 2017 on embezzlement charges which they deny and had been under house arrest since may. two attorneys who have been working to get all six released told cnn sunday that they are now being held at the prison in caracas, the capitol. this is the same prison where -- considered by many a political prisoner -- died tuesday of covid-19. accord

as the assistant director, dave halls, handed the gun to alec to actor alex baldwin, dave halls yelled cold gun indicating the prop gun did not have any live rounds. the prop gun was fired by the actor alec baldwin striking the cinematographer identified as halyna hutchins and joel souza, director who was behind cinematographer halyna hutchins. affiant later learned assistant director did not know live rounds were in the prop gun when he had given the prop gun to actor alec baldwin. and the chilling 911 hooicall it tonight as well and if reveals more details of what happened in the frantic moments right after that shooting. >> emergency? >> bonanza creek ranch, we have had two people accidentally shot on a movie set by a prop gun. we need help immediately. >> okay. >> bow nanza creek ranch, come . >> don't hang up okay. just one second. was it loaded with a real bullet? >> i cannot tell you that. we have two injuries from a movie gunshot. >> okay. we are getting them out there already. just stay on the phone with me. okay? >> okay. >> no, no, no, i am a script supervisor. >> how many p

alex marquardt is outfront. so, alex, what else do these facebook papers show about the company's role in january 6th? >> well, erin, these thousands and thousands of -- of pages that were leaked by this facebook whistle-blower show the employees of facebook were well aware the platform they work for was helping fuel hate and the potential for political violence, as well as misinformation and not just around the election last november and the violent insurrection in january that followed but well before that. erin, after january 6th, we did hear from cheryl sandberg, the coo of facebook, and she said at the time that she was aware that some of this violence had been organized online but that it was largely on platforms that were less regulated, that had fewer standards and less of an ability to stop hate than facebook. but now, what we are seeing from these facebook employees is that they believe that facebook was largely unprepared for what was to come. and that they really didn't take any sort of action agains

alex saab is due in a florida court today as he faces charges of money laundering. maduro supporters are protecting against it. cnn's raphael roma has more on the fate of the sit go 6. >> reporter: a group was imprisoned after maduro was extradited. many think it was a retalleyation move. the group known as the citgo 6. they were arrested in 2017 in caracas on embezzlement charges which they deny. two told us they are being held in caracas. this is where one of them died due to covid-19. 20 inmates have tested positive for covid-19. a family member posted he was recorded about being taken to prison. many in the venezuela opposition say this is nothing more than a retalleyation move. saab is going to appear in court on monday. why is the venezuela government protesting his extradition? because it means that one of president maduro's closest confidantes may be available for interrogation, someone who knows the ins and outs of a totalitarian regime. >>> members of parliament will pay tribute to british mp david amess in the house of commons in the coming hours. they ar

alex saab faces charges of money laundering. now venezuela is retaliating going after a group of detained americans. we have more on the fate of the city citgo 6. >> reporter: they were imprisoned only hours after a businessman close to nicolas maduro was extradited to the united states. it was on, they were arrested in 2017 on caracas. they were working to get all six released told cnn that they're being held in prison in caracas, the capitol. this is the same prison where the former general is considered a political prisoner died tuesday of covid-19. 20 inmates have tested positive where the sit go six are now being held. e a family member recorded a video. they say this is nothing but a retalleyation move. he's close to maduro who expects to appear in court monday. he faces money laundering and native charges. why aren't they protesting his vilgs? it means if one of his closest are thought to be there. >>> family members of the city citgo six are talking with joe biden. they want to get their people, family, loved ones out of

the today show" he is now focused on two people involved in the fatal shooting of halyna hutchins by alex bald wib. those two, hannah gutierrez and dave halls, who crew members who handled the firearm before it was handed to baldwin. >> they are the focus of the investigation, so they're the focus. >> reporter: halls, the set's assistant director, told detectives he did not thoroughly inspect the weapon before giving it to baldwin, according to court documents. he could only remember seeing three records. he advised he should have checked them all, but didn't. in addition, the documents show gutierrez, the film's armorer, told detectives no live ammo is kept on set. a statement roundly contradicted by the sheriff. >> we regard this specific spent casing and recovered projectile to be the live round that was fired from the revolver by mr. baldwin. we have recovered what we believe to be possible additional live rounds on set. >> reporter: all is quiet today on the set just outside santa fe, as we begin to learn new details about the factors prosecutors will be focusing on in determining wh

. >>> conspiracy theorists and info wars founder alex jones losing two lawsuits brought by the parents of children killed in the sandy hook shooting. a judge issuing a rare default judgment against jones who failed to support his claims that the school shooting was a false flag pulled off by crisis actors. >>> scarlett johansson and walt disney studios settled their lawsuit after payout for black widow. she alleged breach of contract because it was released simultaneously in theaters and disney plus. terms of settlement were not disclosed. ♪ >>> dr. dre, eminem and snoop dogg will be on halftime performance. super bowl lvi will be played in sofi stadium february 13th. >>> all right, the good news in washington is the government is open this morning, and that's about it. house speaker nancy pelosi, after a full day of talks with the president and members of congress, unable to bridge the gap between moderates and progressives in her party. so she delayed the vote on eye $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill because progressives vowed to vote it down without a firm agreement on

among those groups was james alex fields now serving two life sentences. he was convicted on state charges including murder and federal hate crime charges for deliberately driving his car into counterprotesters. he injured more than two dozen people and killed one, 32-year-old heather haier but some argue there's still more justice to be found. >> these people came to charlottesville to engage in the violence and then celebrated the violence as a victory for their movie. >> reporter: the executive director of integrity first for america, a nonprofit organization behind a civil suit under way in federal court. nine plaintiffs who were injured four years ago are suing the organizers of the rally for monetary damages, alleging individuals and organizations that conspired to plan, promote and carry out the violent events in charlottesville. conspired is key as lawyers will be relying on a 150-year-old law known as the ku klux klan act. they allow those to sue for damages if they can prove a conspiracy. plaintiffs say there's plenty of evidence showing conspira

alex jones' attorneys have declined to comment. the news continues. let's hand it over to chris cuomo for "cuomo prime time." chris? >> ordinarily the relief sought is what's granted. that's the risk in not doing what you're supposed to do, in other words, defaulting, so we'll see. appreciate that. let's see if there's history on our watch tonight, my brother. this is a big night. i am chris cuomo. welcome to prime time. will we see history? will president biden get the biggest infrastructure spending bill done ever, certainly since the new deal? does he get that and the largest spending bill ever on a raft of rescue money for working families that is popular everywhere, all places or faces? or does he get nothing, at least tonight? the progressives are now in charge of that party, often dismissed as the fringe, radical, socialist. they are in control. they are the stewards of president biden's agenda. the speaker has three hours left to unify her party around this $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. and she is still signaling there will be a vote toni

alex murdaugh is set for a bond hearing on charges he swindled the sons of his dead housekeeper. he's accused of pocketing millions of dollars in settlement money intended for the family of gloria statter field, the housekeeper. she died after what was described as a trip and fall accident at the murdaugh estate back in 2018. just the latest challenge for murdaugh who survived being shot in the head himself in september. authorities say he admitted the shooting was part of a conspiracy scheme so that his surviving son could collect an insurance payout. police are still investigating the murdaugh murder of murdaugh's wife and son back in june. >>> early start continues right now. >>> good morning, everyone. this is early start. i'm laura jarrett. almost 30 minutes past the hour here in new york and it's time for our top stories to keep an eye on today. >>> former president bill clinton on the mend, but still hospitalized this morning at the university of california irvine medical center. he is being treated for a urinary tract infection that spread to his bloodstream. doctors say

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conspiracy theory that the government was really behind the attack, but there are plot holes big enough for alex jones to drive a monster truck through. former republican congressman wriggleman who is working for the january 6 committee has said at least seven white nationalists groups were involved in the rioting. forget euniversal pre-k. some of these guys wanting universal kkk. tucker has already rejected the notion there was any seriously lens on january 6th. he said this in september. >> you don't see people hiding bombs or using bayonettes and firing weapons. you see people walking around and taking pictures. they look like tourists and all of them, by the way, are american. >> tucker has described the insurrectionists as tourists. so they were just tourists while carrying a false flag out of the capitol. sorry, can't have it both ways. overnight, cnn reported trump wants to block congressional investigators from obtaining white house records. handwritten memos. mike pence's call logs. as well as white house visitor records, which is a reminder that yeah, this alleged false flag operation