just moments ago, donald trump returned to a new york courtroom in his civil fraud case, describing the trial as corrupt. insisting he did nothing wrong. now, the defense called an expert witness and things got testy. we ve got details when we take you live outside the courthouse in moments. as u.s. aid to israel remains stalled on capitol hill. today marks two months in the israel hamas war. we ll be speaking to a spokesman for an update on the fighting. the presidents of harvard, mit and the university of pennsylvania facing streetny and calls to resign after their hill testimony on anti-semitism on their campuses. now, a house committee has launched an investigation into the three schools. we re following the major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. right now, former president donald trump is inside a new york courthouse watching the $250 million civil fraud trial that threatens his business empire. trump is expected to t
an end here in new york city. defense team expected to call an accounting professor as an expert witness. so the president may take questions from reporters before going inside and if that happens, we shall bring it to you. first the fireworks from last night. nikki haley, she caves any time the left comes after her. any time the media comes after her. he continues to lie about my record. the only person for fascist than the biden regime is nikki haley. he has insulted nicki highlyy s basic intelligence. not her positions, her basic intelligence. bill: wow, tough night in alabama. republicans honing in on nikki haley while largely ignoring the elephant in the room that wasn t in the room. good morning, everybody. thursday. hope you are having a good day. i m bill hemmer. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. we re ever closer to the first votes in iowa. bill: yes, we are. dana: that was the final debate before the iowa caucuses. the brunt of
volkswagen. right now on ana cabrera reports, we are on top of breaking news in new york, donald trump back in court for a multimillion dollar fraud trial. for the first time in more than a month ahead of his return to the stand on monday. we re live at the courthouse. plus, the fourth and potentially final republican debate, we ll have the big moments and the clashes on that debate stage. this is the fourth debate, the fourth debate that you would be voted in the first 20 minutes as the most obnoxious blow hard in america. also ahead, breaking news in nevada, a gunman killing three people at unlv, what we know about the attack and the search for a motive. and breaking in texas this hour, a court hearing for a woman seeking permission to have an abortion. what makes this case the first of its kind since roe was decided in 1973. hello, and thank you so much for joining us on this busy thursday. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york and donald tr
right now former president trump is inside of a new york courthouse and he is watching this 250 million dollar civil fraud trial threatening his business empire. trump, his adult sons, as well other the trump board executives are accused of inflating financial statements to obtain favorable loans and insurance deals. trump is set to take the witness stand next week as the final defense witness. let s take you live outside of the courthouse. with cnn s kara denounced. kara, we have seen the former president make multiple public statements opining on how the trial is going. how have things played out so far? [inaudible] expert witness testifying, this is an accounting professor from nyu. he has given the trump side the strongest, clearest, offense so far from an expert witness. what he is testifying today as he examined the financial statements that are at the heart of this case, the accusations that they inflated the value of properties on them and then use that to get bet
we start this hour of cnn news center with a touch of drama. the donald trump s civil fraud trial today in new york. his expert witness going after a lawyer for the new york attorney general. telling him, quote, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. some fireworks here. trump attending these proceedings to take a. a lot of attention on these. he is expected to take the stand next week as the final defense witness. cnn s kara scannell live for us outside of the court. tell us, kara, who is this expert witness for the defense? why did he get so upset? reporter: boris, breonna, this is an expert witness, the final expert witness that the trump team called on his defense. and accounting professor from new york university. professor eli bartov. he was asked questions, he had been testifying all morning on this. the lawyer for the attorney generals office subjected to one of the lines of questioning saying the accounting professor is not a banker, so he is not qualified to answe