newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour with a critical situation unfolding in gaza. this as intense fighting between israeli forces and hamas forces continue around gaza s biggest hospital, al-shifa. doctors without borders who has staff inside said the clashes are stopping them from evacuating patients. that the hospital has lost power. the director of the health ministry in gaza said two babies died after a generator was damaged in that hospital. the idf said it is working on a plan to help evacuate infants from the hospital s pediatric unit and denies claims the hospital is under siege. israeli officials say the military can coordinate with anyone who wants to leave the hospital safely. in the meantime, the red cross said gaza s health care system has passed the point of no return. intense fighting is taking place over the streets of northern gaza. let go straight to correspondent oren lieberman who has more on this. what are you seeing right now? rep
former president trump about to head downtown. the final phase of his trial where the jury could deliver a verdict as early as today. we ll watch it. good morning. let s go. i m bill hemmer, welcome to the program. a lot to get to. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. so it is a big day, everyone will try to focus. we might get a verdict today, we could. let s get you first to the beginning of the day. a live look at the courthouse where less than one hour from now judge merchan will give the jury instructions to them. it has been a bone of contention before they re given about to take an hour with that. the jury starts deliberating and then we see where they go. bill: the clock will be running and verdict watch. former president faces 34 counts of falsifying business records. the jury to convict or he quit him on all charges. it could also deliver a mixed verdict which gets very complicated. if the jury is deadlocked the judge may declare a mistrial.
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80th birthday. Happy birthday, ted. Hes a great, great man. He did so much for all of us. We are grateful to him. The program airs tomorrow night, 8 00 p. M. Eastern, right here on cnn. Erin Burnett Outfront starts erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com President Trump calling for respect and decorum in the white house. This is reality. Plus, President Trumps legal team pushing back on specific questions from special counsel robert mueller. And were going to tell you what they are. This as trump says he has written the answers to mueller himself. And the Breaking News this hour, the Washington Post reporting that the cia has concluded the Saudi Crown Prince personally ordered the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi. Not what President Trump wanted to hear. What will trump do now . Lets go outfront. Good evening, im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, lashing out after a court ruled against the president and in favor of cnn. A judge saying the white house mus
minutes? so, i think that is a testament to our county being on high alert, our being prepared and communicating with each other, and trying to temper down this circus atmosphere and really just conduct the business of engaging in a criminal prosecution and treating this president, as best we can, like we would any defendant been robbed for the court. with your experience, representative miller, as a former assistant district attorney in fulton county, when you saw defendant chesebro file his speedy trial motion, i think yesterday, it s all happening so fast, i imagined you anticipated what district attorney willis s response would be. was her response when you anticipated? absolutely, lawrence. when i was a prosecutor in fulton county alongside amanda va, one of our models was the