and lava flows through multiple homes in south west iceland after a volcano erupts near the town of grin avik. near the town of grindavik. we will cross to westminster as soon as rishi sunak is at the dispatch box. he is not there yet. sport and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. we will hand back if the prime minister starts speaking. the australian open tennis is where we start, and disappointment for the three time grand slam champion, andy murray, who s gone out in the first round. at 36, he s hinted again this could be his last year on the tour. murray s now lost eight of his past 12 matches including the last four. there weren t enough moments like this from the five time beaten finalist. instead, it was etcheverry on the front foot, asking questions that murray had no answer for. white studio: here is the prime minister. sorry to cut a rough sport. from studio: here is the prime minister. sorry to cut a rough sport. sorry
piece of stripe gum. the situation room with wolf blitzer starts right now. see you tomorrow. happening now, breaking news. closing arguments just wrapped up in donald trump s new york civil fraud trial. the former president taking his campaign to the courtroom, launching into a rambling speech before being cut off by the judge who urged trump s attorneys to control their client. plus, we re now in the final stretch before iowa decides with the first in the nation caucuses just four days away. nikki haley and ron desantis trying to capitalize on last night s heated cnn debate and close the gap with republican front-runner donald trump. a key haley supporter, new hampshire governor chris sununu joins me live this hour. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. and let s get straight to the breaking news. donald trump s new york civil fraud trial comes to
blizzard conditions slamming the midwest, blizzards, more than 6,000 flight delays and cancellations and that is just so far because this thing ain t over. temperatures in iowa expected to drop below zero overnight and they have already got a lot of extra snow as we speak. the caucus is now just three days away. we ve got you covered on all fronts with aishah hasnie braving the cold in urbandale, iowa, as candidates are forced to cancel still more events. in west des moines come on the push to get folks to caucus sites despite those frigid temperatures. your world and a frigid world right now. all right, welcome from everybody, neil cavuto. let s get right to it. aishah hasnie in the middle of all of this where i think she is in des moines last i checked, urbandale, i apologize. it s actually a balmy 13 degrees so there is no reason to complain or talk about hangnail s or any of that stuff. go ahead. hey. so let me walk you around this neighborhood in urbandale, and y
following it today it s the final day in court. this court case is the civil fraud trial of course he s facing a number of court cases at the moment. this is the civilfraud trial in new york. he s accused of inflating the of his assets, actually, the court has already proved that has happened. this is about the size of any potential damages paid for that we re aware that the attorney general in new york is asking to find donald trump $370 million for what she calls the outrages schemes. now donald trump to lyse any wrongdoing in this case and was given a few words to speak in court. denies any wrongdoing. we re now waiting to see if he says any more. microphones there as he comes out. just so you know, we will be keeping across these live images. we will come away from new york right now. as and when donald trump gets to the microphone we will see his reaction to what s been happening we didn t have to wait too long, did wade? let’s happening we didn t have to wait too l
starts now. good evening. we re following breaking ne. the u.s. and british military have launched strikes against targets in houthi controlled yemen, according to two u.s. officials. this comes after the iranian-backed militant group has launched a series of attacks on commercial ships in the red ahich has stoked fears of a wider conflict in the region already reeling from the israel/hamas war. we have a lot to get to. this is obviously a huge development in the region. you re looking at a map right there. the challenge has been that the houthi attacks have caused ships that would normally go through the suez canal to have to go around the horn of africa, meaning it takes a lot longer to get there. there have been some limited military strikes that have killed some houthis that were involved in this blockade. the houthis launched this blockade in protest to the killing of palestinians in gaza. so that is just the setup, the background to what s going on. the houthis are an