its closing arguments in donald trump s civil fraud trial after a dramatic scene in which the former president himself addressed the court. the judge had only allowed trump to speak on the condition that he focus on the facts but the president quickly veered into other territory claiming he is an innocent man being persecuted d the judge telling defense counsel please control your client. th former president has already been found liable for inflating properties to get loan deals. the judge will attempt to issue his ruling by the end of the month. yasmin vossoughian is reporting for us outside the courtroom in new york. vaughn hillyard is urbandale, iowa, also with us, renato, former federal prosecutor. somebody might argue at least in terms of drama donald trump s a tough act to follow. reporter: yeah, i think that person would likely win that argument. nonetheless, i think lee tee james has a lot in store. she is not likely to offer closing arguments to other attorneys.
n issues, including migrant plights and newsom s pathetic threat to throw them in jail. desantis thinks it s time for.s gaviit sn to up and get into the race for the white house. know what? stop pussyfooting around. are you going to.ow are you going to throw your hat in the ring. and challenge, joe? are you going to get in and do it? ard do e you just going to sit on the sidelines and chirp? so why don t you throw your hat in the rin g and then we ll go ahead and talk about what s happening? but i guess gavin likes being on the sidelines. herthe e he is repeatedly rug out a white house run. c are you considering runningon fo rr president in 2020 or 2028 not even. oh, not at all. it sit not my ambition and it s not the direction that i m leaning. how many times is your phonep ping a day? people saying, you need to get in this race. i see where you see where you re going with thating.? i m asking. no, and i m not answering. buweringt doesn t mean newsom wouldn t r
erin burnett out front starts right now. the michigan supreme court handing donald trump a win, keeping him on the ballot in that state. that s not stopping challenges in other states. i will speak with someone at the center of it all. biden s border problem. the president s top diplomat wrapping up his meeting with mexico s president. will it change anything at the border? before and after satellite images of a russian warship ukraine says it destroyed. let s go out front. i m erica hill in for erin burnett. donald trump with a win in michigan where the state supreme court rejected a bid to remove him from the primary ballot. trump quick to hail that on social media today. the fight is really just beginning. michigan is the fourth state to reject efforts to keep trump off the primary ballot. similar efforts continue in a number of other states. a ruling in maine is expected any day now. trump is actually now demanding that maine s democratic secretary of state, who w
where it s headed. in iowa, the first video showing that apartment building collapsing, and our interview with the man who warned it was a death trap hours before the disaster. also tonight, the audio recording in the possession of the special counsel investigating former president trump. a source telling nbc news he talks openly about the material he knew was classified that he still had after leaving the white house. plus, president biden trips and takes a hard fall. how the president is doing tonight. the explosive wildfires north of the border. thousands more uevacuated, and the american firefighters now heading in. amazon in the spotlight, agreeing to pay tens of millions to settle accusations its alexa and ring camera products violated owners privacy. what you need to know. tourists behaving badly. a string of incidents caught on camera. visitors getting way too close to wildlife at national parks. and the major announcement from billy joel. why he is no lo
prime time tonight. oh, that was the good thing i ve ever heard in my life. let s go. democratin. let s shoot a video in then senate. and they were rising inside t-mobile arena to pay their respects, trump jumped out to the largestto pay t lead the republican has had in 20 years. america s race to the bottom. plus oc. i feel going out my finger, just getting the heart senate building has produced some of washington s biggest fireworks. from condoleezza rice testifying biggest in front of e 911 commission or james comey lying through his teetht th about the russia hoax. to brad kavanaugh s testy confirmation hoax, hearing righo room 216. yes, we drank beer. my friends and i, the boys and girls. yes, we drank beer. i liked beer and. still like beer. we drank beer. but last week broke the mold. a sex tape. hing not that there s anything wrong with that. with tha, actually, in this cas, there is. the tape was sose graphic. kind of made us miss the blue dress. a youn drg m