coming up on cnn, the four-time indicted twice impeached one term president donald trump takes the stand as a defendant in the new york civil trial accusing him, his son s, and other trump organization executives of business fraud. and it s now been one month since the horrific hospitality on israel as war rages on. even official says the death toll in gaza from israeli airstrikes defies humanity. live from cnn center this is cnn newsroom with john vause. wherever you are around the world, thank you for joining us this hour. we begin with a historic day in a new york courtroom. for the first time in more than a century, a former u.s. president has taken the stand as a defendant and donald trump stayed true to form. during four hours of testimony insulting the court, insulting the judge, and insulting the prosecution. while repeating his favorite and in collect claim from the campaign trail calling is criminal charges part of a criminal witch hunt and election interferen
closing arguments in the child where the fate of the former president hangs in the balance. a big four days or beyond. regardless the judge said get back to work today after taking a week after. i m bill hemmer, good morning. dana: you already having me laugh. i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. great to be back in business after four weeks of testimony lawyers are about to give closing arguments in the trial of former president trump. a chance for both sides to make their final pitches. it is expected to last all day. the judge will likely give instructions to the jury tomorrow and then from there it s off to the races. bill: the 12 jurors will deliberate behind closed door. six alternates. no juror has left the main panel which may be a bit unusual. we shall see with the lawyers throughout the next two hours. how long that deliberation takes is anyone s guess. the verdict could exonerate the former president or make him the first commander-in-chief con fac
including pennsylvania, where he is campaigning this weekend. but this is not the only advantage trump has. all of the anti-israel protests arrested during the columbia university takeover just got a free pass all thanks to the manhattan da alvin bragg. there is public outrage over this story and we ll bring you details. also we ll put a smile on your face with this kid. he looks young but he s headed to college in the fall. there s definitely a friday energy in this building. he s 12. he s going to college, to nyu. i can t wait to talk to him. we are not 12 years old, but you are watching fox and friends first. all of that coming up over the next hour. first we start with this. another absolutely tragic consequence of our broken immigration laws. two venezuelan nationals who crossed the border illegally are charged with murder of a 12-year-old girl in texas. horrific. the police say that 12-year-old was strangled to death by these two migrants from srepbz way t
peanut stuff. and that s simply not true. i mean what the documents laid out on friday in the cohen sentencing was a very detailed, advanced conspiracy to cover up and shield these payments from transparency and scrutiny. truthfully, yes, many campaigns get hit by campaign finance violations. it is also settled with civil fines. those are bookkeeping errors. those are sort of problems that accountants have of misfiling something or misunderstanding something or miscounting something. this was something where they went out of their way to create shell companies, then went out of their way to create false legal expenses. there was no way that the people involved in this didn t know what they were doing was criminal. i got to go, jack. i got to go. the southern district thinks they re crimes. thank you very much. i appreciate both of you. today s must-see oval office meeting with trump taking responsibility for a possible government shutdown next week. we ve got that for you next.
in denials around all of these scandals where he starts off by saying it never happened at all. then he begins to say, if it did happen, it wasn t that big of a deal. then he said, well, it definitely did happen, but it s peanut stuff. and that s simply not true. i mean what the documents laid out on friday in the cohen sentencing was a very detailed, advanced conspiracy to cover up and shield these payments from transparency and scrutiny. truthfully, yes, many campaigns get hit by campaign finance violations. it is also settled with civil fines. those are bookkeeping errors. those are sort of problems that accountants have of misfiling something or misunderstanding something or miscounting something. this was something where they went out of their way to create shell companies, then went out of their way to create false