i know that feeling. cats love, they just love differently. we have to go. the lead starts right now. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. a lot to get into ahead. for the very first time in american history, the daughter of a former president of the united states has been forced to testify as a witness in a case against her father, the former president. ivanka trump on the stand. testifying in the civil fraud trial against the trump family business. emails in court today show that ivanka once proposed that her father lower his net worth in order to get a loan. what might that mean for the case? that is coming up. and also ahead, a woman from new jersey who was trapped into gaza. she spent nearly a month trapped there with her three kids. the youngest just 2 months old. we ve been telling her story ins is the tuesday after that horrible october 7th attack by hamas. they arrived back in the u.s. just two days ago. he s back in jersey and giving the lead the first
ivanka trump takes the stand. the former president s daughter is testifying as a witness in his civil fraud trial. what she just said about her dad s financial statements with the future of his businesses on the line. the stage is set in miami. five republican candidates debate tonight trying again to loosen former president trump s firm grip on the gop. but the current front runner and former president has other plans tonight. he s running counter programming just a few miles down the road. and israel s offensive intensifies. the defense minister said idf troops are at the heart of gaza city as civilians continue to flee the fighting. we re following those stories and many more all coming in to cnn news central. this is video from moments ago, ivanka trump returning to a new york courtroom to continue testifying in the trump organization civil fraud trial. the new york attorney general s office has ended their questioning of ivanka and she s being questioned by an at