Speaking after day one of the trial, mr trump sought to cast doubt over the legitimacy of the court. It isa it is a scam trial. It is a political scam, a political witchhunt that continues, and it continues forever, and were not going to be given a fair trial. Its a very, very sad thing. 0ur North America correspondent John Sudworth has more from new york. Well, when Donald Trumps motorcade left this precinct, a man of course it is no stranger to breaking the rules and norms of political life hit another milestone, this time a legal one, becoming the first former us president to face a criminal trial. 0nce us president to face a criminal trial. Once it got under way, as is often the case in courts, the business was pretty humdrum to begin with, procedural arguments, and the defence raising a number of questions. At one point asking whether donald trump could have the day off at some point to attend his younger sons high school graduation. Thejudge younger sons high school graduation. T
The former president. Speaking after day one of the trial, mr trump sought to cast doubt over the legitimacy of the court. Its a scam trial. If you read all of the legal comments, from all of the legal scholars today, theres not one that i see that said that this is a case that should be brought to trial. Its a scam. Its a political witchhunt. It continues for ever and we are not going to be given a fair trial and it is a very, very sad thing. Live now to new york to speak to our correspondent john sudworth. John, bring us up to date with what happened today . When Donald Trumps motorcade left the precinct here in a man well used to breaking the norms of political life hit another milestone, this time a legal one, becoming the first us president to face a criminal trial. When it did get under way, as is often the case, the business was pretty humdrum, procedural discussion, the defence raising a number of issues and discussions over the timing. Donald trump suggesting he needed a day o
today on inside politics, two major breaking stories out of the middle east. another massive blast at a refugee camp in gaza. we re getting new video showing the catastrophic damage as people dig through the rubble searching for bodies. we do not know yet who is responsible. is it the same camp that israeli forces struck yesterday. we re also covering a huge breakthrough, civilians are now leaving gaza for the fist time since a mass attacked israel. hundreds are waiting to move through the crucial rafah border crossing. u.s. officials believe more than 5,000 could ultimately be allowed to leave as part of a deal brokered by qatar. we have cnn reporters across the region covering the latest on all of these stories. melissa bell is in cairo. we start jeremy diamond near the gaza border. what do we know about this second blast? reporter: for the second day in a row, a massive blast appears to have hit the refugee camp inside gaza. this is the largest refugee camp in gaza his
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