right here on cnn outfront. next, breaking news, the jury asking questions, sending notes to the judge. i watched them in the courtroom today. the and in women now deciding trump s fate, telling the judge they want to re-hear testimony from two key witnesses, plus justice alito defiant. tonight refusing to recuse himself from cases guides january 6, blaming his wife again and again in a rare letter to congress, i ll talk to congressman jamie raskin. it says he knows how force alito to recuse and fear of a terror attack in new york, police ramping up security tonight as isis case suggests, it may target a stadium that holds up to 34,000 let s go out front and good evening. i m erin burnett outfront tonight. the breaking news, the jury sending out notes twice late today asking crucial questions. as donald trump s fate tonight hangs in the balance. now, trump s criminal trial is now in the hands of 12 new yorkers who are debating whether to convict trump in the front first c
day for the most part i found it i was totally zoned in that one pretty pretty quick. i felt towards the last hour, so that mr. steinglass couldn t move to the long and i didn t know if we needed like six book excerpts get more choice xors. i think get less for have been a little more with some of that, but i think i think look, on the defense end i think todd blanche rule was i heard the word meandering. yeah, i certainly subscribe to that. i think he made a real legal and tactical mistake by diving into people s exhibits 35 and 36. the weisselberg notes i think they are the smoking gun evidence and i think he dove into a minefield without a plan to get to get through it. do you think he should not have even brought those up? if anything? i wouldn t he like lead with it. right that s not those documents are not his strong suit. and i anticipated and then i tours steinglass just went to town. he really he got to a plus on that bolt documents up you ve got weisselb
to keep new music, graphics, and brian is on the couch. brian: i went to the cuts and said where is everybody. it is 8:00 a.m. this is fox & friends , but we have a fox news alert rate it all comes down to this. trumps judgment looms as the jury expected to deliberate or begin deliberating this morning. what happens if trump is convicted? could he really face jail time? it comes down to 12 opinions sean hannity joins us this hour. the choice between? cowards and the house, that s how charlamagne tha god feels about the election. it s about the republicans i the crooks, the democrats are the cowards and that counts, which is voting apathy. i think the coach will probably win. brian: the dirtiest in america, that s a real superlative and we are going to take the winter. ainsley: who once wants that superlative? pay for the final hour of fox i friends begins right now. this is the day, buckle up hardware awaiting the departure from trump tower is historic criminal
room. i ll see you bright and early tomorrow and around the world to a special report here in the situation room the trump trial today i m wolf blitzer were following breaking news, right now. the prosecution in donald trump s criminal trial is getting the last word before the judge sends the case to jurors who will decide the former president s faith prosecutor, joshua steinglass, pressing on with his marathon closing arguments trying to counter attacks. that a star witness, michael cohen made during the trump team s summation earlier today. cnn s kara scannell has been inside the courtroom all day. she s joining us now. she s outside qarrah bring us up to speed on this climactic moment in this truly historic trial what prosecutor joshua steinglass is now entering his third hour of these closing arguments in his focus right now is on the payments. this is the heart of the case. the repayment to michael cohen, and how it was booked in donald trump s company s books and re
[national anthem] [national anthem] pete: straight to a fox news alert, rockets ringing out in gaza overnight as a israel enters its second phase of war. translator: we have two goals in this war, to destroy hamas and all its infrastructure and do everything that s possible to bring our hostages back home. rachel: the idf says they destroyed at least 450 terrorist sites in gaza over weekend. and with the full scale invasion still looming, israel officials are urging innocent civilians in gaza to the save themselves. expwhrpt gaza city should temporarily move south to the a safer area where they can receive water, to food and medicine. will: in response to the latest strike, iran s president says israel, quote, crossed the red lines which may force everyone to take action. now let s go to senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot who s live on the grown near the israeli-lebanese border. good morning. reporter: hey, folks. yeah, we have just wrapped up the