continue this travesty and darkness and i want sunlight. that s a nice way of saying it. isn t that pretty. i want sunlight. i want everything exposed to the public. and let s let the public decide because i want cameras at every inch of that courthouse. careful what you wish for? no, he doesn t. we got a lot to cover from that speech on saturday, including some frightening comments from the front-runner in the republican primary. meanwhile, donald trump s defense team will present its case in the civil fraud trial. we ll tell you who is taking the stand later today in new york. also ahead, it appears the new house speaker is not ready to move forward with the impeachment inquiry into president biden. we ll go through that new reporting. plus, we ll play for you the surprise announcement from republican senator tim scott, one of the five candidates who was just on the debate stage last week. we ll also bring to you the very latest out of israel and gaza. good mond
from five swing states that is concerning for democrats and the white house. we ll go through those numbers on a potential 2020 rematch. and there is new reporting for donald trump s plans on revenge if he gets a second term in the white house. he has already figured out who he is going to arrest. wonderful. it s about as authoritarian as you can get. also, the biden poll numbers, they looked about as bad as barack obama s in 2011 at about this time. barack obama was losing to mitt romney in several swing states. we still have a long way to go. also ahead, we ll tell you about the potential key endorsement for florida governor ron desantis in the republican presidential primary, as donald trump will be on the stand today in the $250 million fraud trial against his company. plus, we ll show you what ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy had to say about the state of the war and his invitation to donald trump. and we ll have the latest on the diplomatic trip overs
daddy s name is on buildings. he s accused of real estate fraud and eating glue. what you are witnessing is real. the participants are not actors. they are actual idiots with a case pending in a new york metropolitan area court. the people s court. [ laughter ] just missing judge watner, that smile. that s from jimmy kimmel s writers. we ll get details on the trial and show you what you said. also ahead, in the middle east, there is pressure on israel to take a humanitarian pause in its assault on hamas terrorists hiding in gaza. plus, an update on republican senator tommy tuberville s freeze on military promotions. the alabama lawmaker finally is facing public pressure from members of his own party, but you won t believe what he said this time. and we ll go through the verdict in a high-profile fraud trial for a man once known as the crypto king, now convicted on several charges. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, november 3rd. with us, we have t
erin? jeff, thank you very much.. and thananks to all l of you fo. good evening with the israeli military saying troops have now surrounded gaza city, we have been watching for most of the evening now some especially heavy air strikes on gaza, intense enough that cnn military analyst cedric layton said earlier tonight it reminded him of what he called the shock and awe air campaign against iraq. here is some of what it looked like and sounded like from sderot, across the border from gaza. with flares overhead for much of the time, israeli warplanes launched wave after wave of air-to-ground guided munitions at targets in gaza. one ripple of tightly grouped ordnance after another could be seen streaking downward, while in the background outgoing artillery followed by thumps of warheaded and shells landing. shortly before this began, antony blinken left on a swing, including stops in israel and jordan. his message was twofold. well, as we said, and it s important, israel h
for watching. i m wolf blitzer in tel aviv. i ll be bae back tomorrow in te aviv as well. erin burnett outfront starts right now. outfront next, the breaking news. new flares over gaza as israel launches its biggest air assault on the strip since the start of the war. israeli forces now coming face-to-face with hamas fighters. plus, fears of a second war growing at this hour. cnn witnessing more rockets entering israel from lebanon tonight. and cnn learns hezbollah is about to get a russian military added. and on outfront exclusive, janet yellen on why the house has just passed aid package for israel is bad for the united states. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the breaking news. we are seeing new flares now over the gaza strip. what you re looking at took place just moments ago as part of a dangerous new phase in the war between israel and hamas. rockets have been raining down on gaza over the past few hours. you can see what