as the weather system unleashes fury on the northeast. this is after spawning deadly tornadoes in the south. tennessee was hit especially too hard. thousands are assessing the devastating damage just weeks before christmas. we have been on the ground and we have seen firsthand neighbors helping neighbors. we ve heard stories of combat medics getting out with bags to help people in the middle of the night in the tornado. i ve never been so proud to be mayor as i am right now. a hard time there. all of that plus a vote expected this week in the house to move forward on a baseless impeachment inquiry of the president. i think it s easy to sort of sit and laugh and chuckle at this bungling exercised by house republicans trying to impeach the president based on nothing. there is something more sinister at play here. this impeachment is political retribution. it is political revenge on behalf of president trump. coming up, i m going to speak to judiciary committee member
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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
out of the president speaking at a ceremony there at arlington national cemetery. take a listen. a reminder, as long as those who stand for freedom light will always triumph over darkness. my fellow americans, jill, vice president harris, second general secretary mcdonough, secretary but agendas here, secretary mayorkas. acting secretary shoe, director haynes, deputy secretary hicks, vice chairman grady, most importantly, our veterans and service members equally as important, their families. we come together today to once again honor the generations of americans who stood on the front lines of freedom. to once again bear witness to the great deeds of a noble few, who risked everything, everything, to give us a better future. those who have always, always kept the light of liberty shining bright across the world. our veterans. that s not hyperbole. our veterans every year on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month we gather in this sanctuary of sacrifice. to paus