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Jan 2024
40m 31s

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CNN
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First: As today's show begins we're about to find out how much Donald Trump will have to pay after being found liable for defamation and sexual abuse. It is now all up to the jury. We will have live updates from inside the courtroom. 

Plus: President Biden dispatches his CIA director to help negotiate a deal to Israeli hostages kidnapped during Hamas' brutal October 7th attack. 

And: The state of Texas ignores the Supreme Court, and almost every Republican governor supports that decision. 

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