york civil fraud that could up end his business empire. the former president under oath for hours, sparring with the judge who pressed trump s lawyers to control her client. despite trump s vast legal troubles, a new poll shows he s leading president biden in most of the six key battleground states that could potentially decide the 2024 race for the white house. we re breaking down the eye popping numbers and the exp explosions rocked gaza one month after the horrific terror attacks. this as the u.n. secretary general warns that gaza is becoming, i m quoting now, a graveyard for children. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. first up this hour, the breaking news we re following. donald trump on the witness stand. and on the attack with the future of his family business at stake. the judge suggesting the defiant former president treated his civil fraud trial like a p
now if you re paying attention any attention to liberal you comments made post-verdict you would have noticede hear thu were hearing not so subtle warnings of maga uprising. trump and his maga followersi are digging in, trying to tear w down the system. he s perfectly willing to call out the mob, basically, and them attack all these people and threaten their safety. there s going to be violence, b there s going to be trouble. this is wrong. there s going to b herbee some maybe some violence. and this president, former president, should not have done what he did. i don t think he has a problem with the concept of violence. seems now, why would they all say this seems almost coordinated? after all, they won the battle,s at least convicting trump.e flas that was their dream. so what s their motive for, fanning the flames now? well, since they can t credibly argurediblgue thate that you reu than you were four years ago, they need more than just lawfare to win november. and ev
and tonight, many t americans long suffering from trump derangement syndrome are downright giddy. sufferinbut yesterday s verdictt a cure for their disease. e trum in fact, the trump campaign, i will argue tonight, is stronger than evewill ar. e e after the verdict, the former president s campaign said it raisedorme what, a massive record,$34.8 mi $34.8 million in just 6 hours. and by the way, that includes tr their site crashing. meanwhile, one flash poll si trump with a sixtrum point bump. and the former president himself is nowdeterm more than ever to save our country for from political warfare. watch this. this is a case where if they can do this to me, they can do this to anyone. these are bad people. were we weren t allowed to be allowed to use our election e expert under any circumstances . you saw what happened to some of the witnesses that were our side. they were literally crucified. sideey wer thereg fout because i m doing something for this country and i m doi
listen, give me a sense of your reaction this morning after hearing president obama s announcement. well, i m still elated and filled with emotion, what president obama did yesterday was so courageous because, as you know, other past presidents and vice presidents have come out in favor of marriage equality for gay people, but president obama did it while he s still in office and while there s still some might consider a risk to his future presidency, re-election but it was incredibly fantastic for 14 and 15-year-old kids to hear the president of the united states say to them that they are entitled to be with the person that they love. that there is not going to be a hole in their life, that he supports them regardless of what their parents might say, regardless of what their church might say. he supports who they are as a full human being. well, he also said, mitchell, he believes that the issue should be decided state by state which really isn t going as far as potent
iowa. that happened earlier today. both focused on their attacks on president obama. remember when he said if we let him borrow $787 billion, almost a trillion dollars, that he would hold unemployment below 8%. the obama cookbook is the exact opposite. higher taxes, more regulations, anti-american energy and class warfare to attack the people who create jobs. it s as though the obama cookbook says to get a hard egg you put it in the freezer. it s true if you put it there long enough it will get hard. it s not exactly what you thought you ordered at the restaurant. california police are questioning a man in an arson spree overnight. there were reports of almost a dozen different car fires in hollywood and the san fernando valley. that makes at least 55 suspicious fires around los angeles since friday. we ll get an update from the fire commander center in just minutes. also, everyone visiting mount raniere national park has been cleared out as police fan out to find a k