As you may have heard somewhere, I don't know where, a time or two, my new book,

Meggar and Murley, The Love Story that Awakened America is coming out in just two weeks.

And that means I, of course, am hitting the road.

I will be in Evers hometown of Jackson, Mississippi

at the Civil Rights Museum on Tuesday, February 13th at 6 p.m.

On February 15th, I'll be at Pomona College in Claremont, California at 7 PM.

And on February 26th, I'll be at Politics and Pros in Washington, D.C. at 7 PM.

Be sure to go to MS NBC.com

slash Medker and Merley to get your tickets

and the full tour schedule.

If you're a Barnes and Noble member,

be sure to go to Barnes and Noble.com

and pre-order your copy between now and January 26th.

To get a cute 25% off, we love a discount.

We are continuing to follow the dramatic breaking news out of a New York City

courtroom that has likely put a damper on Donald Trump's weekend.

A nine member jury has reached its verdict in Trump's second

defamation trial brought by writer E. Jean Carroll. The unanimous verdict.

Donald Trump is on the hook for just over $83.3 million in damages, $83.3 million, to be exact.

It took just less than three hours of deliberation by the jury to come to that verdict, which includes

$11 million for damages to her reputation, $7.3 million for emotional harm and other damages and a whopping

65 million in punitive damages.

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