headquarters in new york city. breaking overnight, new details about the nation s latest mass shooting. this time at the university of nevada las vegas. what we re learning about the suspect s possible motives. new this morning, fireworks at the fourth republican presidential debate as the gop front-runner who was not there is back in a new york city courtroom today. on capitol hill, what s next for u.s. aid to ukraine and israel after senate republicans block a bill on president biden s national security package. meanwhile, today marks two months since hamas terror attack against israel. now israel says its forces have encircled the southern gaza home of a top hamas leader, thought to be hiding under ground. and we begin this morning with another mass shooting in america. this time on a college campus at the university of nevada las vegas. three people are dead, a fourth person has been hospitalized, all just a little over a week before the semester was set to end.
right now, donald trump is in court. he is preparing to take the stand to be the star witness for the defense next week, but going in to be an observer today, not staying quiet. yes, what can we tell this morning from the fallout of the republican debate last night? and what did trump have to say about it in court today? and a gunman kills three people on the unlv campus, and new details of the suspect who we have learned is a former processor. with john berman and kate bolduan, i m sara sidner, and this is cnn news central. right now, donald trump is sitting in on his civil trial in new york, and an observer today, and preparing to take the stand again, himself, on monday, but he is not staying quiet. attacking the case, the attorney general and declaring victory before he entered the courtroom today. on the line, donald trump s brand, and the penalty of $250 million, and we go to brynn gingras who is outside of the courtroom, and what has been happening today? yea
vegas with at least three dead on the unlv campus. a long list of questions for investigators and new details on the deceased shooter. this hour, donald trump returns to the courtroom in downtown manhattan, one day after his primary opponents unload on each other in a fiery debate. nikki haley, she caves any time the left comes after her. the only person more fascist than the biden regime is nikki haley. i love all the attention, fellas. thank you. i have these three guys who are seemingly competing with he who shall not be named. this is the fourth debate you would be voted in the first 20 minutes as the most obnoxious blowhard in america. so shut up for a little while. dysfunction on capitol hill. republicans and democrats are stalemated on funding for israel, ukraine, and the border. i will speak to two key lawmakers, mark warner and ken buck. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in new york. las vegas mourns the lives of three people killed in the mass
it is 4:00 new york. it is not every day that a former president of the united states is in a courthouse. much less as a defendant in the case that threatens to bring down the entire brand that he used to propel himself into office in the first place. today, donald trump was back in court in the $250 million civil fraud trial in new york. before walking in, trump lashed out as he so often does at the judge, the trial, at the new york attorney general who brought the lawsuit. he did not mention judge engoron s clerk, who has been a frequent target of his, he remains under a gag order that prohibits him from talking about court staff. inside the courtroom, accounting expert eli bartov took the stand and testified that in his expert opinion the attorney general s claims of a years long pattern of fraud, manipulating the values of trump s real estate assets were baseless. there is no evidence whatsoever for any accounting fraud, he said. dold trump was reportedly visibly pleased.