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Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is ordered by a judge to pay the parents of a Sandy Hook shooting victim over $4 million, in part-settlement of a defamation lawsuit concerning the harm he caused them with his lies about the massacre being a hoax over a decade-long campaign. Rep. Liz Cheney joins CNN’s Kasie Hunt for an exclusive interview about how she is willing to lose her House seat to defend the Constitution, the bravery of the women who have testified to the January 6 Committee, and her potential 2024 run.

Plus, Trump’s legal team warn the former president indictments over January 6 are possible, WNBA star Brittney Griner is sentenced to nine-years in a Russian jail, a far-right Hungarian PM is welcomed at a Conservative event in Dallas, and the Biden Administration declares monkeypox a public health emergency.

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Voters in a red state in the middle of the country turn out in record numbers to support abortion rights in the first referendum on the issue since the SCOTUS ruling. Are the people of Kansas sending a message to a post-Roe America? CNN Political Commentators Ana Navarro and Alice Stewart join to discuss.

Alex Jones takes the stand in a $150 million dollar defamation trial brought by the family of a Sandy Hook victim and is caught off guard under cross examination when confronted with texts accidentally leaked by his own attorneys, which the family’s lawyer says proves he lied under oath. Plus, the secret service may disable text messaging on its phones, 2020 election deniers claim multiple victories in this week’s primaries, and Indiana GOP Rep. Jackie Walorski and two staffers are killed in a car crash.

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It's election night in America, with results coming in from primaries in five states, offering a new test of Trump’s grip on the GOP.Arizona and Michigan could pick 2020 election deniers for top offices, and three Republicans who voted to impeach Trump face primary challenges. CNN Chief National Correspondent John Kings joins to give a breakdown of the votes as they happen.

Plus, the Kansas turnout soars in the first post-roe abortion vote, January 6 text messages have been wiped from the phones of key Trump Pentagon officials, a federal grand jury investigating January 6 has subpoenaed Pat Cipollone, and legendary voice of The Dodgers, Vin Scully, dies at the age of 94.

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The U.S. kills Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a precise drone missile strike as he hid in plain sight in a Kabul safe house. President Biden examined a scale model of Zawahiri’s home as he weighed taking out the world’s most wanted terrorist to minimize civilian casualties. Don and the panel discuss the painstaking process of intelligence gathering that took place without having boots on the ground, and what this victory means for the Biden Administration one year since the chaotic U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Plus, key House Democrats renew calls for the DHS Investigator General to step aside from the probe into the missing January 6 texts, NBA hall of famer and civil rights activist Bill Russell dies at 88, and tensions flare between the U.S. and China ahead of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's expected visit to Taiwan.

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