says iran s bid dictator. what is unbelievable is that trump, who is not exactly known for his restrained or self discipline would actually stop after day one. it s a significant disturbing escalation of rhetoric. just rhetoric, but it is an escalation for him because of how bluntly an openly he s telling the country about autocratic plans for a second term. during last night speech, trump also issued a thinly veiled warning to president biden, saying that the criminal indictments against trump have, quote, opened up a pandora s box that may never let our country be the same, and quote. trump s most subservient allies are also falling into line, picking up on the themes of retribution. at the end of last month, robert kagan, another large for the washington post, published a lengthy piece warning about the increasing inevitability of a trump dictatorship. in response to kagan s piece, the republican senator j.d. vance of ohio sent a letter addressed to attorney general merric
testifying tomorrow in new york. trump, as you know, was expected to take the stand in his own defense as his company s civil tax fraud trial enters the final week. a short timeo, trump announceinhe long and defiant rant online that he would not be doing so. the former president, as usual, attacking the case, as he quote, rich witch hunt. no matter how much donald trump tries to distract from reality, the facts don t lie. trump had been using the courthouse in new york as a sort of campaign stop, and is already planning rallies in nevada and new hampshire this week. this, as trump s vision for his second term only becomes more extreme. at a fund-raiser last night, trump doubled down on his comments, saying he would be a dictator, but just on day one. his words? they speak for themselves. baker today in the new york times, he said that i want to be a dictator. i didn t say that. i said i want to be a dictator for one day. but the new york times said and you know i i wa
,,,,,. ,,,,,,. . ,,,,,,. . ,,. ,,,,. ,. . ,,,,,,. ,,,. ,,. ,,. ,,. ,,? ,,,,,,,,,,. ,,,. ,. ,. ,,. . ,,,,,,. ,. but every day is a good day, tomorrow is officially the last day of this four-day pause. and so, the next question will be, whether the possibility of extending that pause for more hostages to be released, and also more palestinian prisoners to be released. that does in fact happen. kieran, one more question for. you do you, know or have any sense about how long it is expected to take until these hostages are crossing into the border to israel? that s a great question. you know, the difficulty is that, while we are hearing that handover has happened, we are not being told exactly what time it happened. so it is incredibly difficult standing here, or frankly for, any of us honestly to know. but based on the experience of the past few days i would say, anytime now, we would get the news that these hostages have indeed been handed over to israeli authorities. and
in gaza, new scenes of destruction after an israeli air strike rocks the same refugee camp that was hit a day earlier. israel standing firmly in defending the attacks as vital to destroying hamas amid mounting concerns in the middle east and in the united states about the civilian death toll. also tonight, donald trump, jr., takes the stand in the $250 million civil fraud trial against the trump family business. we re going to tell you what he said under oath in new york. and in florida, the judge in former president trump s classified document case is suggesting the trial could be postponed. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in tel aviv, israel. and you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the breaking news. on the first evacuation of foreign nationals and other civilians from gaza into egypt. officials say hundreds of people have gotten out, including americans. and hundreds mo