good morning, everyone. glad you re with us. ooip poppy harlow in new york. there s a lot of news to get to this morning. here are five things to know for this thursday. at moment, hundreds of americans could cross the border out of gaza and into egypt one day after the rafah crossing opening. israel striking the largest refugee camp for the second day in a row. president biden now saying we need a pause in order to get the prisoners out of the war zone. overnight republicans going after one of their own taking to the senate flor and slamming senator tommy tuberville as he continues to hold up the m military appointments. donald trump jr. rirning to the stand today followed by his brother as the $250 million civil fraud trial continues. a much-needed win for a community in mourning. the high school football team from lewiston, maine, beating their rivals with a roster of celebrities cheering them on. cnn this morning starts right now. this is a live look at the ra
my advice for everyone is to go with golo. it will release your fat and it will release you. good to be with you, i m katy tur. breaking news out of new york city. donald trump jr. just took the witness stand here to testify about the trump organization and decisions to inflate or deflate assets to lower taxes or secure bigger loans. joining us now, nbc news senior legal correspondent and coanchor of saturday today on nbc, laura jarrett. don jr., a defendant and now a witness. what s the expectation? the first of his siblings to testify. it s interesting, part of the structure around here is that the dad, former president, was running the show. but at least in the attorney general s telling of this, all of the kids were actually intimately involved. those were their words, intimately involved in how the business was operating. and when it comes to don jr., he s the one signing off on financial statements. that s the hook for them here. they have all of these pages. al
donald trump is now counting on those three as portrayed by snl in his new york fraud trial. and today he whined, leave my children alone, like they were toddlers on a playground. and today donald trump jr. took the witness stand for the first time, answering questions about his role in the alleged scheme to falsely inflate the trump organization s assets. eric and ivanka are waiting in the wings. also tonight, arizona secretary of state adrian fontes joins me on set following his testimony today before a senate committee on the on going right wing threat to free and fair elections. and to election workers. but we begin tonight with new speaker of the house mike johnson s first official day at work. now that the people s house is back in session. we ve already established that johnson is an ultra right wing kris man nationalist who will probably push a nationwide abortion ban. but for the time being, the priority is recrimination and votes on dualing censure resolut
stake through the heart of the trump business and brand. you can see him here entering the courtroom a few hours ago. he is the first member of the family to be called as a witness by state prosecutors, but he will not be the last. his brother eric is set to testify, as well as his sister ivanka, and his dad, the ex-president himself, who is scheduled to take the stand monday. donald trump jr. along with his brother eric trump have spent their entire careers at the trump organization. eric runs day-to-day business, and trump jr. is a trustee of the business entity that technically controls the entire trump org. because of their roles, they stand accused of committing fraud for years and years and years, involving those financial statements that have been submitted by the company. in his testimony so far, donald trump jr. has been asked about his grasp of accounting on that nbc news reports, quote, he said he was aware of what g-a-a-p is, quote, generally accepted accounting p
it s another step in new york attorney general leticia james. it includes donald trump and his family, and don junior his oldest son. he came to the courthouse today flanked by police officers as we showed you there first time this has happened. he took no questions outside, but he was on the stand where he took many questions because he had to. experts weighing in that some soft testimony did yield material that attorney general wants to use, including who was responsible for a long-running multiyear fraud. they cot got him talking. at one point a judge asked don junior to slow down his speed. that could happen to anybody. and don junior quipped, i apologize, your honor, i moved to florida but kept the new york pace. if you ve ever been near new york or seen a movie about new york, we do talk a little faster. that s fair enough. fast or slow, the answers that will matter here today in the coming days are about truth, lies and numbers. but in this case, legally that boils dow