right now on ana cabrera reports, the largest ever recorded lead so close to the iowa caucuses. new polling this morning showing donald trump well out front five weeks from those caucuses, just as he doubles down on his vow to be a dictator on day one. plus, an 11th-hour reversal. the former president not taking the witness stand today in the massive new york civil fraud trial. what to expect as the case nears the end. later, at least six people killed after tornadoes ripped tlup tennessee. where this extreme weather is heading next. s heading next thank you so much for joining us. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with new polling out this morning showing donald trump expanding his lead in iowa five weeks out from the caucus, and more than 50% of iowa republicans now say trump is their first choice. this as the gop front-runner doubles down on his controversial comments about being a dictator on day one. i said i want to be a dic
viewers joining us here in the united states, around the world, and streaming on cnn max. i m rosemary church. just ahead, the four-time indicted twice impeached former president, donald trump, takes the stand as a defendant in a new york civil fraud trial. we will take you through his combative and testy day in court. plus, it has now been a month since the horrific hamas attacks on israel and as the war rages on a u.n. official says the death toll in gaza from israel s relentless airstrikes defies humanity. live from cnn center this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thank you so much for joining us. donald trump has denied wrongdoing in each and every case against him and monday was no different when he took the stand in his civil fraud trial. he was belligerent with the new york judge who ordered the former u.s. presidents legal team to control their client, reminding him that this was not a political rally. and that same judge who trump called extremely hostile wi
downtown to testify on the stand himself in his civil fraud trial 10:00 a.m. eastern awaiting that departure at trump tower. there is a possibility we ll hear from the president before he goes inside the courtroom. we ll cover that as it develops. first, however, democrats at each other s throats on israel. america s support for the war fracturing that party. hope your weekend was joyous. i m bill hemmer live in new york city. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. congratulations on the bengals. you have a lovely outfit on today. dana: compliments are out of the way. a growing number of democrats oppose president biden s support for the israeli war effort. you can see it in the polling. infighting is even spreading to the president s own re-election campaign. bill: also dividing the democratic base. look at this scene in washington, d.c. on saturday. thousands of pro-palestinian protestors flooding the capital wanting the u.s. to pull funding out of
of ayman, dangerous words. donald trump s escalating attacks on the judges and prosecutors involve his criminal cases. plus, second term warning. and alarming new report about the no holds barred s legal minds trump once and his administration. and mac up max jansen s ties to the christian nationalist movement in this country. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. anytime that you are alone bait looking over your shoulder. that was just one of the threats fbi investigators say an alabama man left on the voice mail of fulton county district attorney fani willis on august 6th. days before she brought charges against donald trump and 18 of his associates for seeking to overturn the 2020 election. and there were many more direct willis and fulton county sheriff patrick labonte both were not going to repeat them here. this week, federal prosecutors announced after right hansen, the second is now facing two counts of transmitting and estate threats to injure willis and labonte.
criminal cases. plus, second term warning. and alarming new report about the no holds barred s legal minds trump once and his administration. and maga mike johnson s ties to the christian nationalist movement in this country. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. anytime that you are alone bait looking over your shoulder. that was just one of the threats fbi investigators say an alabama man left on the voice mail of fulton county district attorney fani willis on august 6th. days before she brought charges against donald trump and 18 of his associates for seeking to overturn the 2020 election. and there were many more direct willis and fulton county sheriff patrick labonte both were not going to repeat them here. this week, federal prosecutors announced after right hansen, the second is now facing two counts of transmitting and estate threats to injure willis and labonte. not the timing of this is noteworthy, because one day before hansen left his voice mail on august 5th,