hello, i m dana bash with wolf blitzer in washington. a historic courtroom clash. right now former president donald trump is testifying in his own defense in his new york civil fraud trial, and within minutes of trump taking the stand, a battle with the judge quickly unfolded. judge arthur engoron accused trump of making long-winded speeches, the judge told defense attorneys, i beseech you to control him, if you can. if you can t, i will. the former president of the united states is accused of inflating the value of his various properties by billions of dollars to acquire loan and insurance benefits, and the stakes for trump are high right now. he potentially could lose his certificate to do business in new york, and pay very hefty fines, in the millions and millions of dollars. cnn s kaitlan collins is just outside the courthouse, long with chief correspondent paula reid. paula, what are we hearing from trump s testimony so far today? has it been smoother this hour? repo
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
welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber with cnn s continuing coverage of the israel/hamas war. we re following reports of a deadly explosion at a crowded refugee camp in central gaza within the past couple of hours. the densely packed al may gauzei camp lies to the south and past the line the idf has repeatedly told palestinians to go. a local hospital official says at least 33 were killed, mostly women and children, and there are far too many wounded to treat. the cause of the blast is still unknown. the idf hasn t commented on whether it was targeting the area. the israeli military is expected to open the road corridor so people in gaza city can flee south. the idf is offering what it calls safe passage during a four-hour period beginning 10:00 a.m. local time. the idf released video of its chief of staff just inside gaza on saturday. more than a week into the ground operation. have a look. tran
Opening for democrats to say why do you remember some things. What was happening that triggers your memory on these items that wasnt. What do we need to do to get there . I just think it gives them an in. And all he simply has to say is he doesnt remember. Unless he can tell the whole context of it, i dont know if it gets us moving forward. It just seems like they are not going to give up the dog bone on this. I did think it was interesting, too, how many different roads that these lawmakers are allowed to go down. Look at Sheila Jackson lee. She was just all over the place. Sandra you can see a little activity on capitol hill. Attorney general Jeff Sessions has sat back down after a very brief break. So well go back to him when this hearing begins. It could be at any moment. The committee will reconvene. Sandra lets listen. Its reconvening now. The gentleman from florida mr. Deutsche for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Attorney general sessions thanks for being here. General se
Find their children, how to keep a roof over their head, clothes on their back, food on the table, care for an ailing parent. And were in here wasting time. With that, ill just yield the balance of my time. If theres anything that you think you need to add or that you were cut off and not had the time to add to this discussion, ill give the balance of my time to mr. Strzok to do that. Sir, i appreciate that offer. Im struck listening to your statements and i know the history of the fbi. I certainly want the fbi to be something that you immediately leap to the defense of and i think thats something were working very hard to become. I appreciate the offer and thank you. When it comes to the fbi, i asked years ago to have a hearing on the fact that we dont know or track how many
crimes are committed by fbi informants. We havent had that hearing. But we spent time on Fast And Furious because we were putting guns, introducing guns into the hands of criminals. The time has expired. Then we k