will not be the final witness in the civil fraud trial against his business organization. we ll go through the last-minute reversal from the former president. also ahead, we ll bring you the latest from the middle east. israel continues to strike what it calls hamas strongholds in southern gaza. it comes as we are learning more about some of the hostages still held by the terrorist group. plus, a controversial ruling in the state of texas. that state supreme court is blocking an abortion for a woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, december 11th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. we ll begin here. former president trump will not, after all, testify in his own defense at his$250 million fraud trial. he was scheduled to take the stand today, but in a last-minute reversal, it was announced late yesterday he would not testify i his defense at all. he was previously called to t
it is saturday, november 4th. i m ali velshi. we begin this morning with a split screen image that perfectly represents this moment of american politics. with democracy hanging in the balance, donald trump on the campaign trail, and on trial. trail, on one side we see a disgraced, twice impeached, multiply that former president raging at the system as the walls close in on him. on the other, the seemingly untouchable front runner for the republican nomination giving his supporters and the rest of the country a preview of his return to power. what it will look like. in the eyes of the backup base, trump is barreling towards the white house in 2024, despite witch hunts on all sides. as he continues to lead his republican competitors by a long shot, he is also continue to undermine and disregard key elements of what it means to be in a democracy. and how democratic processes work. he is refusing to attend the third republican debate. instead he will hold a counter programming
Stocks giving up early gains ahead of the tax vote. The dow transports did manage in an intraday record high before turning lower. Energy and Consumer Staples the best performing sectors. Real estate utilitys the biggest laggards as we are seeing the biggest rise in the ten dayyearold darden restaurant rallying, beating earnings estimates navistar is soaring to 10 the truck maker comfortably beating profit estimates revenues also beat navistar calling 2017 a breakthrough year of the company. Shares of chicago iron tanking, being bought by Mcdermott International for 6 billion in stock. The two companies provide construction and Engineering Services for the oil and Gas Industries that stock down almost 7 . Thank you very much, melissa. Welcome everybody, im tyler mathis mathisen we begin with breaking news. The house all set to vote on the big tax bill in the next half hour the biggest change to the u. S. Tax code since 1986 or thereabouts. It will affect every business and every househ
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