before i get into it, this is exactly what we expected to happen before the former president was allowed to testify, whether or not he would be allowed to testify is kind of laying the ground rules, and the judge has said this repeatedly, over and over, that this was already litigated. the former president sexually assaulted e. jean carroll. this cannot be relitigated. let me read some of what you said. the jury unanimously concluded that you sexually assaulted her and his claim that he did not was false and defamatory. there are no do overs a prior action cannot be relitigated. trump sexually abused ms. carroll. and let me talk about the details to which he sexually abused her. i won t talk about that on television. and they said that the statements that were made in 2019 were false. carroll, in fact, did not make up those claims. this is a judge talking here as well. and he goes on. he s kind of laying out the ground rules to which there would be testimony allowed from the
i will see you tomorrow. happening now, donald trump takes the stand in the civil seve defamation trial against him and what he said under oath and why the judge struck down his testimonies as they head into closing arguments. an unprecedented move to declare trump the presumptive gop presidential nominee siding with the former president and against his remaining opponent, nikki haley. i ll get reaction from the top haley supporters chris sununu. and breaking news, a record close on wall street after evidence of a booming u.s. economy with growth expectation and as he visits a key 2024 battle growth fund state and ramps up for his expected rematch with trump. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with donald trump on the witness stand testifying in one of the slew of court cases where the former president is now a defendant. cnn s kara scannell has our report. in an extra
thursday, january 25th. we have a lot to get to this morning, including the red flags with donald trump s campaign coming out of new hampshire. new exit polls are exposing his weaknesses in a general election. it comes as the haley campaign what a shock, by the way. you mean he s weak in a general election? who would have i don t know. ever seen that in 2017, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, or 23. this is so shocking. who could have seen this? it comes as the haley campaign says it has seen a significant bump in donations since tuesday s primary. look at the orange. okay. we re going to go back. it s a really pretty dress. it is a beautiful dress. gorgeous. we wonder about the makeup, you know, it is caked on orange. i i don t know what s going on there. look. could be i don t want to i don t think it d be right to talk about someone s appearance. it is not presidential. the dress and the orange. exactly. i think i would probably, if
why so down this year? why so down this year? because it just seems so pointless. i mean, there is only two candidate, there s only one party that s even having the primary. nothing is happening on the democratic side. you have an incumbent democratic president. but it just seemed like a complete waste of my time. without getting into that, was it as much fun this past weekend, as it usually is? now, i would say, i ve had more fun than the time than the time barack obama lost in an unexpected primary lost to hillary clinton, i was working for barack obama at the time. but it has been fun. it is donald trump is winning, currently ahead by 19 points in the polls, lawrence, we know that. but surprising things happen. we don t know. then it will be surprising to see what the gap is, of course if nikki haley stays in the race, that s interesting. so all interesting thing. so what does a write in campaign look like? what s the success of it? but i will tell you, lawrence,
tonight on 360, all aboard in new hampshire. just four days before the primary south carolina senator tim scott is expected to endorse the former president snubbing south carolina governor nikki haley and becoming the latest republican of many to fall in line. more breaking news tonight. a new georgia court filing adding to the controversy over the trump special prosecutor. the d.a. fani willis who filed allegations of an improper relationship. and later, alec baldwin and how he came to be charged with involuntary manslaughter after similar charges were dropped last year in a deadly shooting onset. we begin with breaking news. within the next hour or so, south carolina senator tim scott is expected to endorse the former president who has been working to establish himself after just one contest as the inevitable nominee. to that point, republican lawmakers are certainly helping and it shows how early and eagerly they ve been falling in line compared to the first trump campai