trial against the trump organization. one message from last night s election, the country is still deeply divided politically, of course, but voters did speak with one voice on one issue, at least. abortion rights. the votes, the data, the lessons for democrats and republicans as we charge into 2024. america s top diplomat escalates his opposition to a cease-fire in gaza and now secretary of state blinken says there may need to be, quote, a transition period in gaza at the end of the israeli-hamas conflict. i m sara sidner with john berman and kate bolduan. this is cnn news central. all right. just a few moments ago, ivanka trump arrived at the courthouse. very soon she ll be in the courtroom to testify in the $250 million civil fraud trial against her father and her brothers and the family business. she will face questions about her role in said business and the alleged scheme to inflate their net worth. there she is right now. ivanka trump walking through the ha
given the news around the world with the middle east on fire the border issue hasn t gotten the attention it needs. he testifies on the senate side. migrant encounters hit the highest levels ever recorded. we re monitoring that. we want to start with what has been a big blue night for the democrats. they overcame the president s dismal poll numbers racking up some big wins on election night. question, what does it mean for 2024? we ll chew on that for some time. good morning. dana: i m dana perino. this is america s newsroom. chances are that mayokas will say the border is closed. bill: good chance. dana: i think he will probably say that again and again. let s talk about politics. big night for democrats. kept the governorship in kentucky. also in virginia democrats kept the senate and flipped the house. those results have denied republican governor glenn youngkin s bid to control government in the state of virginia. the commonwealth there. it was a race heavily de
tonight on the reidout mr. trump has repeatedly and consistently misrepresented and inflated the value of his assets. and before he takes the stand, i am certain that he will engage in name calling and taunts and race-baiting. and call this a witch hunt. but at the end of the day, the only thing that matters are the facts and the numbers. and numbers, my friends, don t lie. and attorney general tish james was right about trump, on the wednesday stand today in his civil fraud trial, trump was belligerent, showing his usual lack of respect for the rule of law and the people who administer it. also, tonight, how trump will be using this trial and his future trials as a campaign platform. plus, new reporting on what trump might do on day one if he returns to the white house, including possibly invoking the insurrection act. and the panic amongst some democrats about president biden s sagging poll numbers now that we re just one years away from election day. i m jaso
had to cancel everything for getting covid and she is so freaking impressive every time i speak with her, i can t stand it. i just kept thinking about what she said, the lowering of the our of elected officials. we need to raise the bar. it should be there making people s lives better, not just that they are not breaking the law. and to be clear eyed about what this is, what public service is and what heroism is, and these two things don t go hand in hand. she s a very very smart person and i m looking forward to her being act in office at some point. she has not ruled that out. politics is in her blood, that s what she said. thanks. thanks for joining us, i do apologize for not being here in this chair this time last week, i was out sick, i finally got covid, i think i m one of the last people in the country who have never had it before but i finally tested positive for weekend a half ago. i m vaccinated so i think that helped make it an easier bout. i rested up, i
trial in his federal election interference case, and for the very first time revealing a key case against donald trump. for months now, questions house world about how much donald trump s state of mind matters in this case. did he actually believe that the election was stolen from him, and prosecutors need to show that the ex president knew he had lost the election? well washington post is now reporting this. the justice department weighed in on thedete for the first ti saying that what they need to prove it is not that trump liev the big lie of the election being stolen, but that he knowinglyspread associated lies in a criminal scheme stay in power. so from the special counsel s filing,quot just as the president of a company may be guilty of fraudfor using knowingly false statements of facts to defraud investors, even if he subjectively believes that his company will entuly succeed, the defendant may be guilty of ing deceit to obstruct the government function by which the re