united states, around the world and streaming on cnn max. i m rosemary church. just ahead, donald trump changes his mind when it comes to plans to appear in court today. we ll look at how that will affect his new york civil trial. i want to be a dictator for one day. the republican front-runner doubles down on a controversial comment. why he says it s a hoax. what the u.s. has to say about civilian protection in gaza. good to have you with us. just days ago, former president donald trump declared he would testify today in his $250 million new york civil fraud trial. but a few hours ago, he changed course, announcing on his truth social platform, that he will not take the stand after all. new york attorney general letitia james said her office had proven he had years of fraud and unjustly enriched himself. du trump, and his sons and company, inflated the value to get better loans and insurance terms. he testified once and his attorneys advised him not to do it again. h
aim at his likely democratic rival for the white house, accusing president biden with no evidence of weapon sizing the justice department for political purposes. every time radical left democrats, marxists, communists, and fascists indict me, i consider it a great badge of honor. i m being indicted for you. these are not indictments in the traditional sense. these are biden indictments. this is just against a political opponent. again, there is zero evidence that the white house has anything to do with the indictments against the former president. despite his complaints, though, that he s being unfairly victimized, trump sounded like he is out for revenge, suggesting he would use a second presidential term to go after biden. he s opened up a pandora s box that may never let our country be the same. i only can say to joe is be very careful what you wish for because what you ve done is a terrible thing. let s bring in former republican congressman adam kinzinger. he ser
american troops in iraq and in syria. this comes with the u.s. concerned that this israel-hamas war could expand in the region. martha raddatz standing by with late reporting on these u.s. strikes. also breaking at this hour, the tense talks under way right now for the potential release of dozens of hostages held by hamas in gaza. what sources are now telling abc news, and matt rivers in israel. in new york city, ivanka trump taking the stand in the $250 million civil trial against her father. what she told the court today. aaron katersky at the courthouse. outside new york city tonight, the urgent manhunt under way in new jersey, after authorities say a january 6th suspect evaded police, running into the woods. the fbi and the s.w.a.t. teams called in tonight. stephanie ramos at the scene for us. the images coming in, the explosion. huge flames and dark smoke rising into the sky at a chemical plant in texas. john quinones reporting from texas tonight. democrats dec
targeted american troops in iraq and in syria. this comes with the u.s. concerned that this israel-hamas war could expand in the region. martha raddatz standing by with late reporting on these u.s. strikes. also breaking at this hour, the tense talks under way right now for the potential release of dozens of hostages held by hamas in gaza. americans among them. what sources are now telling abc news, and mat rivers in israel. in new york city, ivanka trump taking the stand in the $250 million civil trial against her father. what she told the court today. aaron katersky at the courthouse. outside new york city tonight, the urgent manhunt under way in new jersey, after authorities say a january 6th suspect evaded police, running into the woods. the fbi and the s.w.a.t. teams called in tonight. stephanie ramos an the scene for us. the images coming in, the explosion. huge flames and dark smoke rising into the sky at a chemical plant in texas. shelter in place orders at th
Were lye in the cnn newsroom. Thanks for being with us. It is a storm for the record books. Harvey living up to all of the fears and the predictions by bringing catastrophic flooding to parts of texas, including the nations fourth largest city. Around 3,000 National Guard members have been activated as water fills home and streets. Some families desperate to get to Higher Ground for forced to use axes to chop their way out of their attics and on to the roofs of their homes. Pets are being carried in coolers as people with forced to wade through waist high water trying to get to safety. The two major airports are closed, every single highway in the state is under water and its only going to get worse saying that the breadth and intensity of the rainfall is beyond anything ever experienced before. Cnn was there when an a dramatic
rescue took place in dickinson. Were live. Ed, what is the latest that youre seeing . Actually were going to show you the video of the moment when it happened.