viewers joining us here in the united states, around the world, and streaming on cnn max. i'm rosemary church. just ahead, the four-time indicted twice impeached former president, donald trump, takes the stand as a defendant in a new york civil fraud trial. we will take you through his combative and testy day in court. plus, it has now been a month since the horrific hamas attacks on israel and as the war rages on a u.n. official says the death toll in gaza from israel's relentless airstrikes defies humanity. >> live from cnn center this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. >> thank you so much for joining us. donald trump has denied wrongdoing in each and every case against him and monday was no different when he took the stand in his civil fraud trial. he was belligerent with the new york judge who ordered the former u.s. presidents legal team to control their client, reminding him that this was not a political rally. and that same judge who trump called extremely hostile will determine the financial penalties and whether trump will be barred from doing business in new york. the judge already ruled that trump was liable for fraud for inflating his wealth to secure better deals from banks and insurance companies. throughout trump's nearly four-hour testimony he flung insults at the court, boasted about his net worth, and insisted the whole ordeal was a scam and a disgrace. at one point, when questioned about paperwork from 2021, trump said he was not involved because he was too busy protecting the u.s. from china and russia. cnn's chief legal affairs correspondent paula reid has a closer look at what happened in court and what comes next. >> i think former president donald trump, leaving court after testifying in an attempt to defend his real estate business. >> it is a scam, it is a case that never should have been brought. >> during nearly four hours on the stand, trump continuously clashed with judge arthur engoron. >> i am sure the judge will rule against me, he will always rules against me. >> the judge responding you can attack me, you can do whatever you want, but answer the question. >> in another testy exchange, the judge had to instruct defense attorneys to control their client, adding this is not a political rally. we are here to hear him answer questions. most of the time he is not. the judge said. then threatened to remove trump from the stands. on the financial statements at the heart of the case trump said, i would look at them, i would see them, and i would maybe on occasion have some suggestions. on his role on preparing the statements, i accepted it, other people did it, but i did not say make it higher or lower he said. when asked if he maintained accurate records from august 2014 going forward, trump said, i hope so, i did not keep them myself. he was also questioned about the valuation of his assets including his trump tower apartment. which financial statements show a 200 million dollar value drop in one ear. >> i thought the apartment was high he said, adding we changed it. saying different property assets were both high and low. trump has long claimed his mar-a-lago property was undervalued. saying today that it is worth one, to 1. 5 billion dollars. >> the numbers are much greater than the financial say. >> but the judge cited a florida tax appraisal saying that it is valued at $18 million. saying trump, his adult sons, and his company permitted persistent fraud. in court trump said i thought mar-a-lago was underestimated, but i did not do anything about it. trump's conduct has become a flash point in this case. >> you have a racist attorney general, -- >> even before he took the stand, trump took aim at new york attorney general letitia james, later calling her a political hack in court. >> the only thing that matters are the facts, and the numbers. and numbers, my friends, don't lie. >> the next witness expected to be called by the attorney generals office in this case, is the former president's daughter, ivanka trump. she is expected to testify on wednesday, and then defense attorneys are expected to begin their case at the beginning of next week. paula reid cnn, new york. >> i want to bring in a recent market in from los angeles, now. she's an attorney and legal affairs commentator. thank you so much for joining us. >> hi, rosemary. >> so, a combat of donald trump testified monday, lashing out at the judge in new york attorney general while admitting he probably saw some of the disputed financial statements that went to banks and lenders. how critical is that it admission in this civil fraud trial? >> yeah, rosemary, donald trump in the midst of all his bluster, his belligerent conduct, his destructive conduct made statements that were hurtful to his legal case. at one point i determined that trump and his legal team had pretty much given up on mounting a defense to this case and that he was more focused on playing to his maga base, making this a part of his political rally, a part of his efforts to become the next president. he made many admissions that you would not have expected to someone's position to make. you saw his sons who testified earlier in this trial said that everything was pretty much done by the accountants, the lawyers, so they tried to pass everything off on those other professionals. trump, on the other hand, as you stated, said that he did see financial records. at one point he said everyone, meaning him and his sons, were responsible for ensuring that fraud wasn't committed or that the records were fraudulent. so he didn't serve himself well in the testimony that he gave today, even though you could tell that, based on his ego, that he thought he was one of being the judge. but i think the prosecutors were very strategic in allowing him to just bramble because, in his rambles, he did give testimony that was adverse to his case. >> new york's attorney general says that all that matters are the facts and the numbers. she says the numbers don't lie. so how strong is this case against trump and, with his real estate empire on the line, how do you expect this fraud trial will play out in the end? >> we know, rosemary, the judge is already determined that trump and his organization engaged in fraudulent conduct. they inflated the value of properties in order to submit these false statements to banks to get loans. so there has already been a determination about liability. this phase of the trial is about the size of a penalty that may be assessed against trump and his organization. $250 million is what the attorney general has estimated this fine should be. she has also on a mission to have trump be prohibited from conducting and doing business in the state of new york, to have his businesses unravel, to have this property sold. i think that attacking the judge, attacking the attorney general, attacking the judicial system did not do trump any good. this judge said, he was going to make inferences, negative to trump, because trump refused to give answers to many of the questions posed by the attorney general. i think it is a foregone conclusion that there is going to be a fine assessed against trump. 's properties probably will be forced to be sold, you know, now it's just a question of the record and whether trump will have any kind of favor at the appellate level because we know, given his playbook, he will appeal this to every possible higher court. >> trump's older daughter, ivanka is expected to testify on wednesday. how significant will her testimony likely be, do you think we know that ivanka was originally a defendant in this case. she was dismissed because of the statute of limitations. we know that trump was very, very upset that his son's, and particularly his daughter who is dismissed as a defendant, was vetoed by the new york attorney general. that she has to come forward and testify. it's going to be interesting to see if she testifies consistently with her brothers and say that she basically didn't have any responsibility for the records, that she relied on the professional accountants or if she will testify consistent with her father and basically say yes, she did see records, she did have information about the financial documents. i think at this point there's not much that she could say or testify to that will salvage this case for trump and his organization. >> areva martin, many thanks for your legal analysis as always. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> 2023 is not a big election year in the united states, but in the coming hours some americans will head to the polls to vote. there is a race for governor in kentucky where democrat andy fisher is seeking reelection against republican challenger daniel cameron. if cameron winds eat would be the state's first black governor and the country as a first black republican governor to be elected. the big issues in ohio are cannabis and abortion. voters will decide on a ballot measure that would in shrine abortion rights in the state constitution. ohio will also vote on whether to legalize recreational marijuana. in virginia, races will determine the balance of power in both chambers of state government and deeply conservative mississippi, a second cousin of the king of rock and roll elvis presley, is challenging the incumbent governor, brandon presley, on the right is taking on tate reeves. now to the israel hamas war, which marks one month today. prime minister benjamin netanyahu says israel will have overall security responsibility for gaza for an indefinite period after the war ends. his comments came monday during an interview with abc news. he also, once again, stressed that israel won't allow a cease-fire until hamas releases all the hostages. meanwhile, the palestinian ministry of health says that the death toll in gaza has now surpassed 10,000. a top united nations official is sounding the alarm about the rising death toll, saying, quote, 10,000 people in one month. this defies humanity. for more we want to go to journalist elliott gotkine who joins us live from london. good morning to you, elliott. so, prime minister netanyahu says israel will have overall security responsibility for gaza after the war. what has been a global reaction to this? >> rosemary, netanyahu's comments about what happens the day after this war ends are being very closely scrutinized because this is, perhaps, one of the things that no one's really been talking about publicly. there have been great concerns, not only in israel, the main focus is on this military campaign to destroy hamas militarily so that it can never again inflict a pogrom of the source that it did on october the 7th, but it preventative from continuing to govern inside the gaza strip, as well. but, there has not been a lot of thought, certainly not publicly articulated, about what happens next. now, netanyahu in that interview said that israel, as you mentioned in your introduction, we'll have security overall responsibility for gaza for an indefinite period. he's not talking about necessarily governing gaza, he's not even necessarily talking about keeping boots on the ground, but saying that israel retain overall security responsibility. but, of course, there are a number of things to bear in mind. of course, who governs the gaza strip is perhaps the main one. now, the most convenient and practical answer to that one, as far as israel and perhaps the united states and others are concerned it would be to get the palestinian authority, which rules parts of the israeli occupied west bank, to go back into gaza, which was also in control of until hamas seized control violently from it in 2007. but the president of the palestinian authority lacks legitimacy there, he is in his 19th year of a four-year term, and he is hardly going to relish the prospect of being seen to be some kind of puppet government for the israelis to go in after this war is over and, perhaps, maybe, if there were some major surprise concessions towards palestinian state. but that seems very unlikely at this stage. there's been talk about perhaps the united nations, other arab countries going into gaza to help govern it after hamas is destroyed. but, none of these possible solutions have been fleshed out. and the other thing that i think is important to bear in mind is that in previous, major conflicts that israel has been involved in where israeli decision-making has been questioned or where israel has suffered major losses, the government of the day has swiftly been ejected. we sought after the 1973 -- war, we saw it after the first lebanon war, in 1982, and we saw it after the second lebanon war in 2006 with prime minister -- and it would be, in the words of one political analyst, chief political analyst for channel 12 in israel, he told me it would be, it would set a national precedent if netanyahu does not leave office after this war. it may not actually be netanyahu's decision to make once and if hamas is destroyed, as to what happens next. rosemary? >> elliott gotkine joining us live from london with that report, we appreciate it. still to come, g7 foreign ministers are gathering in tokyo for two days of discussions. what is likely on their agenda? we will take a look. and, a cnn journalist shares his family's harrowing journey out of gaza. that, just ahead. back in just a momenent. >> welcome back everyone. in the coming hours, representatives from g7 member countries will meet in tokyo for with a long list of issues to discuss. israel's war on hamas will no doubt be high on the agenda. u.s. secretary of state, anthony blinken, arrived in tokyo after visiting israel and also meeting with key arab leaders last week. he's expected to meet japanese prime minister fukushima in the coming hours. let's go live to beijing and cnn's steven jean for more on this. good to see you, stephen. so, israel's war with hamas will likely be top of the agenda, but what about russia's war in ukraine? of course other pressing issues, so many of them, what can we expect? >> yeah, rosemary, the war in ukraine certainly on the agenda. but unlikely to feature as prominently as it did last time given what is going on in gaza. but i think the foreign minister suddenly hope there are a more unified response to that russian invasion of ukraine to serve as an inspiration or example of them coming together for the firm and unified approach to conflict. but, so far, we are seeing divisions actually emerge between members with different concerns, different political loyalties, and different economic priorities. the french, for example, voted for a u.n. security council resolution calling for a cease-fire, even though the u.s. vetoed it and other g7 members abstained. the host nation, japan, has actually been resisting pressure from its closest ally, the u.s., when it comes to more full on pro israeli public stance. instead, japan has adopted a, quote unquote, balanced approach from the very beginning of the war in gaza because of his own diverse interests in the middle east, especially its heavy reliance on oil imports from the region. and the gaza civilian casualty is only reinforcing that approach. so, it is going to be a tall order for all the foreign ministers agreeing on wording when it comes to israel's right to defend itself vastly in casualties in gaza, not to mention the concrete proposals getting humanitarian aid into gaza. but i think they are keenly aware that what they end up saying or not saying as being closely watched, not just by partners and allies, but especially by critics and detractors, including russia, but especially increasingly china. beijing, moscow, and they both blame the u.s. and its western allies for being the root cause of the conflict in gaza and portraying themselves as champions of the developing world, as peacemakers. and using that increasingly bloody conflict in gaza as for the justification of their desire and willingness to reshape u.s.-led world order. the g7 foreign ministers understand the implications of their actions and words at this gathering because it really is going to have implications on the political relevance of their grouping. rosemary? >> all right, steven jiang joining us live from beijing. many thanks. still to come, a cnn journalist and his family trapped in gaza for almost a month. they are some of the lucky few who escaped, but they are worried they will never see the relatives again. plus, how russia's president is hoping to use the israel hamas war to his advantage. that was just ahead. the power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework. and that's a good thing? great in my book! who are you? no power? no problem. introducing storm-ready wifi. now you can stay reliably connected through power outages with unlimited cellular data and up to 4 hours of battery back-up to keep you online. only from xfinity. home of the xfinity 10g network. >> the fear of no power, and the no food or water. now 70% of people in gaza have no roof over their head. forcibly displaced by the war between israel and hamas, according to the u.n. relief and works agency. now, with increasing reports of sickness amid in human conditions and dwindling medical supplies, some doctors say there is no way they can care for everyone in need. and we caution you, scott mclain's report contains video that may be disturbing to watch. [sound of artillery] >> without power, gaza city is pitch black at night, now lit up only by israeli airstrikes in the terrifying sound that comes with them. [sound of artillery] >> from the ground and the air, israel said it hit 450 hamas targets in the past day. at the beach refugee camp named for its coastal location, they are sifting through the rubble after a bombing overnight i don't know what to say, this woman says. there is nothing to say. there is no mercy on anyone. not on children, on elderly, or women. complete destruction. the injured were rushed to the nearby al-shifa hospital where the sky flashes red from strikes nearby. i don't remember what happened, it was like a shock says mohammed who lives in the beach camp. i don't remember how i fell down. suddenly i felt things fall on my head. the idf says it is doing what it can to minimize civilian casualties, but the human toll in gaza following the october 7th hamas terror attack on israel that killed more than 1400 people has now surpassed 10,000 according to the hamas-controlled ministry of health in gaza. hospital morgues now skill out of the streets like this one in central gaza. overnight at that same hospital, victims arrived in the back of trucks. some clinging to life, others looking lifeless. arriving ambulances are packed with as many people as will fit, this girl is one of the lucky ones. inside, covered in dirt and shaking, she tells the doctor her name is jen and that she is in pain. we, as medical teams, are no longer in a position to be able to fulfill our obligations towards our people, says this doctor. all the beds are occupied. we may have to announce the suspension of services in hospitals at any moment. the hamas-controlled ministry of health and gaza says that these pictures show the aftermath of an israeli strike on a children's hospital in gaza city. several hole blown through the walls and one through the ceiling. the idf told cnn it has not struck any hospitals yet. aid is slowly reaching gaza, but not fast enough for jordan, which resorted to airdropping medical aid from the sky as gazans lined up for brad this weekend in the shadow of another bakery that has been destroyed. they have no idea when the next truckload of essentials will arrive. scott mclain, cnn, london. a cnn journalist and his family were among those who escaped gaza through the rafah crossing. abraham -- says that they feel relief, but he says his children remain traumatized. here is his account. >> [sound of artillery] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] >> coming up, the kremlin has didn't client to condemn hamas 's actions despite the militant group killing and abducting russians in israel on october 7th. more on moscow's middle east strategy after a short break. the power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework. and that's a good thing? great in my book! who are you? no power? no problem. introducing storm-ready wifi. now you can stay reliably connected through power outages with unlimited cellular data and up to 4 hours of battery back-up to keep you online. only from xfinity. home of the xfinity 10g network. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome back, everyone. russian president vladimir putin is closely watching the conflict between israel and hamas as he wages his own war in ukraine. and he is using the war in gaza to craft a new narrative about the west. cnn's fred pleitgen explains. >> [sound of artillery] as israel's military continues its war against hamas, russian leader vladimir putin is framing the conflict as a part of a global struggle of america and the west against the rest of the world. >> translator: it is the current ruling elites of the united states and their satellites that are the main beneficiaries of global instability. they extract their blood toll from it. >> while many nations around the world condemned hamas after the october 7th or on southern israel, killing more than 1400 and taking hundreds of hostages, including russians, russia invited a high level hamas delegation to moscow for meetings. a top hamas leader saying the group would give preference to captives from what they call their, quote, russian friends.s. >> translator: this request from russia we treat more positively and more attentively than others, due to the nature of our relations with russia. >> so far, no russian hostages appeared to have been released. still, moscow not criticizing hamas, instead ripping only into israel for the many palestinians killed by the idf's ongoing aerial campaign in gaza. >> translator: condemning terrorism, we categorically disagree that terrorism can be responded to by violating the norms of international humanitarian law, including the inindiscriminatete use of forcee against targetets where thee civilianan population is known o be located. [sound of artillery] >> but for yearsrs it was russsa that waged a r relentless bombig campaign against areas held by rebels opposed to syrian president bashar al-assad. the u.s. in various international aid groups accused moscow of deliberately targeting in civilian areas, including hospitals and hospitals killing and wounding scores, even though the kremlin has significantly denied those claims. russia's war against ukraine continues, moscow once again harming civilian structures overnight in the port town of odessa, wounding several people. vladimir putin, though, trying to argue that russia is invading ukraine to help the palestinians. >> translator: these are our soldiers and officers and the choice of a real man, a real warrior, is to pick up arms and stand in line with his brothers. be at a place where the fate of russia and the whole world is being decided, including the future of the palestinian people. fred pleitgen, cnn, berlin. >> thanks for joining us this hour. i'm rosemary church, for our international viewers world sport is coming up next. for those of you here in the united states and canada i will be back with more cnn newsroom in just a moment. to stay with us. >> welcome back to our viewers in north america, i'm rosemary church. a stunning day in court as donald trump took the stand for nearly four hours in his new york civil fraud trial. trump is accused of falsely inflating his assets to get better deals with banks. the judge has already ruled that the former president and his adult sons committed fraud. during testimony, trump lashed out against the attorney general who brought the case and judge arthur engoron. at one point, engoron told trump's lawyer, quote, control your client. the judge also threatened to have trump removed as a witness, but eventually gave up trying to control the former president. the high stakes court case threatens the very heart of trump's brand. he is realest date empire. new york attorney general letitia james is suing him for 200 and $50 million and looking to bar him from doing business in the state. this is not the first time trump has clashed with the judge presiding over his case. brian todd gives us the background on the man weighing the fate of the former president. the >> judge arthur engoron might be hard-pressed to name a defendant in any of this cases who has been as contentious with him as donald trump, even prior to trump's testimony on the stand monday. during this civil trial judge and grown called trump to the stand and rebuked him, finding him $10,000 for public comments that the judge perceived as attacks on his clerk. >> a very partisan judge, with very partisan sitting alongside of him. perhaps even much more partisan than he is. >> trump and his lawyers claim trump was speaking about trump's former attorney, michael cohen, and not about the clerk. the judge had previously fined him $5,000 for a social media post attacking the clerk. on friday, judge engoron expanded a gag order against trump and, back in 2022, he finds trump $110,000 for being in contempt of court, writing that trump, quote, willfully disobeyed in order to provide documents by a certain time. >> how contentious is this between the judge and the defendant compared to other cases? >> it is much more contentious than other cases because, usually, a client would be working with the lawyers to not irritate the judge. >> but if donald trump is an outlier as a defendant, so too is arthur engoron is a jurist. as a college student at columbia he drove a taxi. quote, i love the freedom, the instant cash, getting to meet people, learning how to drive like a maniac without being caught, even sit in court according to the new york post. after some time as a musician he went to nyu law school, then, he writes, his career path has been, quote, a park avenue litigator, a piano interim teacher, a moderately successful bar band keyboard player, a law clerk to a judge, and now an electric new york supreme court justice. one former supervisor says, >> he has a broad background. he didn't follow a very straight line. he followed a very jagged line in his career. >> trump and his two eldest sons are accused in this case of fraudulently inflating the value of their properties to get more favorable loans and insurance policies. the trumps have denied any wrongdoing and don't trump has relentlessly gone after judge and growing for being partisan. >> he's a democrat operative and a disgrace to people who call themselves judges. >> engoron was elected as a democrat and is held membership in the aclu. >> trump's team is going to argue that all of these folks are in the liberal camp and that's why they're prosecuting him, but at heart i don't think that's any kind of problem for this. judge >> in the end, judge engoron will have enormous influence over this case against trump. he's overseeing the case as a judge. you will decide on the verdict since there's no jury and till decide on the penalties if the outcome of the case does not go trump's way, including, possibly, $250 million in penalties that the prosecutor has asked for and he could decide whether the trump family could continue doing business in new york. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> two men are facing gun charges after police say they crashed into a barricade near the u.s. capitol while attempting to flee from officers on sunday. a law enforcement official tells cnn there is no indication at this time that the suspects were targeting the capital. police say the men were in a stolen car and two pistols were found, including one that had been illegally converted into an automatic fire arm. the two men are facing a slew of charges and a preliminary hearing is set for thursday. and an aurora colorado police officer has been acquitted on all charges in the 2019 death of elijah mcclain. nathan woodyard and other officers responded to a call of a suspicious person wearing a ski mask and wrestled the unarmed black 23 year old to the ground. woodyard placed him in a chokehold and they injected mcclain with a powerful sedative. he suffered a heart attack and died three days later. mcclain's mother spoke out about the verdict. >> my son was murdered by killer cops and their accomplices. and the system, the justice system allows for them to continue with their crimes. >> one of the two other officers indicted was recently found guilty of lesser charges. the other officer was acquitted. two paramedics are set to go on trial soon. as the israel hamas war rages on, an antisemitic threats surge in the united states, more and more jewish americans are buying guns and getting trained on how to use them fearing for their safety. cnn's david culver reports. [sound of gunfire] >> this is not -- usual la hang out. >> two months ago i never would've really thought about owning a gun. >> the 31 year old podcast or organized this group firearms training. >> pick up your gun in your dominant hand. >> inviting others from southern california jewish community. including her childhood schoolmate, danny. >> would your friends say that any type to always want to carry a gun and go shooting? >> no, definitely not my vibe. definitely not how i was raised. >> this course, as these women see, it a last result in self-defense. >> i don't think i hit anything. the reality is people don't seem to want us around and it is hard. >> do you feel that now more than ever? >> now more than ever. it is suffocating, actually. >> amidst the ongoing turmoil in israel and gaza, law enforcement here in the u.s. warning of increased antisemitic incidents targeting jewish people, homes, and businesses. >> this is a threat that is reaching, in some ways, historic levels. >> and gun shops, along with firearms instructors around the country, reporting a surge in interest, particularly from jewish groups. [speaking in a non-english language] >> when i'm doing our messaging, it is a message of light and peace. >> rabbi -- believes that light and peace should be safeguarded through vigilant and preparation. it is why he started -- a private security firm tasked at keeping the local jewish community safe. >> did you ever think that you would end up also teaching people how to carry and fire a gun? >> it is sad that it's necessary, but it definitely is. it is really, really important we start educating our community. >> lead into one of his weekday firearms classes. >> what can i do to protect myself? >> roughly two dozen jewish women here on this night. >> i can tell you, as a mom and as a teacher -- >> you can sense anxiety, fear, and on these. >> we want people to live and to be able to practice in peace. that is the whole goal. so, if they want to pursue the ownership training with a firearm, and that's going to help them feel at peace, then let's do that. >> >> california has some of the toughest gun laws in the u.s. and some here simply do not feel comfortable around guns. >> it's not for everybody. [sound of gunfire] >> back at the range. >> i cannot believe i did that. >> shawnee and danny feeling more confident after their for our training. >> no way! >> in case you didn't recognize their teacher, that is rabbi you see. >> that was about 3 to 4 shots per second as i accelerated. >> what we did today will make me feel safer in the future, as long as i keep practicing. >> are you going to continue the instruction? >> i will come back, 100%. >> we need to be prepared in the best defense is a good offense, and i think that's really important to understand. >> david culver, cnn, los angeles. >> the office sharing company we work as a filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. the company, which was at one time valued at 47 billion dollars, tried and failed to go public in 2019. it eventually went public two years later at a much reduced evaluation of about nine billion dollars. after the pandemic and economic slowdown caused many clients to close their doors. shares for wework have plunged roughly 98% in 2023 alone. four months in and still no deal between major hollywood studios and the striking screen actors guild. psych after says it has responded to the last, best, and final offer from studios, but the two sides still don't see eye to eye. especially on issues like the use of a.i. in movies and tv. the actors union says it is still dedicated to getting the right deal and ending the strike responsibly. the talks have recently become more urgent, with studios hoping to salvage the upcoming winter sellout vision season. thank you so much for your company this hour, i'm rosemary church. all the dark with more cnn newsroom in just a moment. do stay with us. in a crisis caused by a terrorist massacre. warning civilians to clear out, while hamas forces them back. allowing in food and water, which hamas steals.