hello, i m wolf blitzer, alongside dana bash. we re here in washington. moments from now, donald trump will be back under oath after a historic and heated day in the new york civil fraud trial against him, after two impeachments and multiple lawsuits and depositions, the former president is defending himself on the stand for the first time. within minutes, trump was accused of making speeches, and later he insulted the new york attorney general and he publicly criticized the judge in this case. the judge has already found that trump and his eldest sons committed what were described as, quote, persistent and repeated fraud, by inflating certain property values to acquire loans and insurance benefits. now judge arthur engoron is trying to figure out what damages the trumps should pay. he spent much of the morning admonishing trump for, quote, long-winded answers and not answering the questions being asked to him, even telling trump s attorney at one point to, quote, i beseech
special addition of hannity and by the way happy memorial day and for the our highlight some of our interviews and immigration one of the biggest issues i have the election but recently traveled to shelby parks and an explosive interview with former president donald trump about the border crisis. take a look. sean: down the escalator, this was a big issue is you were attacked out-of-the-box the date when you came down the escalator president trump:: i was hearing about it from a lot of people in one of the primary reasons in 2016 i ran i ran on the border and other things but i ran the border largely any fix the problem in 2020 wasn t even a subject and i said i would go out to talk about the border and they would say, sir,, you fixed it and no one cares. what has happened is since the election many more votes than we had the first time as we have a situation this border makes 2016 look like baby stuff. it s the worst border ever in the history of the world. never been
way. happy memorial day now. tonight for the hour, we will highlight of ouriews a big interviews from the past few months. imrst up, immigrationdn is, one of the biggest issues for voters ahead of the 2024 election. iswell, i recently traveled to shelby park in eagle pass, texad tos, for an exclusived interview with former president donald trump aboutanle the border crisis. take a look. he came downook. the escalator> this was a big issue. big you were attacke issd right out of the box. yeah. you know, that day when you came down that dayx th on issue, when i was hearing peeut it from a lot of peopl and it was one of the primaryn reasons in 2016 that i ran and i raon then on the border ai ran on other things, but i ran d on the border largely and wee bo fix the problem. and in 2020, it wasn t even lare a subjecly t. i go out and say, i want to talk about the border. they say, sir, you fix the borderout . nobody cares about the border anymore. now, what s happened is, since
former president trump was a steamroller in the white house, and it landed an insurrection on the steps of the capitol. if we can t shake our addiction to strongmen, to those utterly convinced of their own greatness, there will be many more like spitzer in positions of power posing even bigger threats to our fragile democracy crusaders wanting their portraits on the walls of history. every governor of new york has the chance to be immortalized in a painting that hangs in the new york state capitol, a self-directed monument to his or her own illustrious legacy. all of them are there all but two. the first served in the early 19th century and left no likenesses behind. the second.is eliot spitzer. there was testimony from a haley bind biden. she s her name is haley biden because she was married to hunter biden s brother sadly died. beau biden and then and then hunter went out with her. so she s the ex ex-girlfriend and the widow and i know she just she testified that whe
Must adopt a new approach to force north korea to abandon its nuclear and Ballistic Missile programmes or face what he called catastrophic consequences. Mr tillerson was chairing a special meeting of the Un Security Council. He told the council there was no reason to think north korea would change course under the current sanctions regime. With each successful detonation and missile tests north korea pushes the world closer to instability and broader conflict. The threat of the north Korean Nuclear attack console or tokyo is real and it is likely only a matter of time before north korea develops the capability to strike the us mainland. Indeed, they have repeatedly claimed it plans to conduct such a strike. Given that rhetoric, the United States cannot idly stand by north and other members of this council who are within striking distance of north korean missiles. Washington has repeatedly called for tougher un sanctions, but is looking to china to take a diplomatic lead. But the Chines