Good morning to you. It is Saturday, December the 16th. I'm Ali Velshi. We begin this morning

with Justice Serb for a pair of election workers who were defamed by America's mayor and terrorized

by Donald Trump supporters. Yesterday, a jury awarded Ruby Freeman and Shea Moss a total of

$148 million in damages as a result of their civil defamation lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani,

who repeatedly and falsely accused them of carrying out an elaborate election fraud scheme

without ever producing a shred of evidence

that could withstand scrutiny. The verdict is a new low for Giuliani, who quickly rose up the

ranks of New York's politics early in his career, but has been on a downward spiral for the

better part of the past two decades. He's gone from being America's mayor to a co-defendant,

indicted alongside his longtime pal, Donald Trump, in Fulton County's sprawling RICO case. And on top

of that, Giuliani still faces a number of other legal troubles. Yesterday's $148 million

verdict pales in comparison to the $1.3 billion that Dominion voting systems is

seeking in damages in its own defamation lawsuit against him. Giuliani's also named as a

defendant in Smart Maddox, $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox News and other Trump world figures

who spread baseless conspiracy theories linking their

voting machines to election fraud.

And he's also facing a lawsuit filed by a former employee who accused him of sexual assault,

harassment, wage theft, and other misconduct.

It's a costly road ahead for Giuliani, who has, quote, needed a near to financial breaking point,

according to a New York Times report from this summer. It's a remarkable reversal of fortune

for someone who used to make millions in speaking fees alone and once owned six homes and was a member

of 11 country clubs. But now Giuliani is selling his New York City apartment for $6.1 million,

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