fraud trial in new york after hearing a key defense witness try and poke holes in the case against him. also tonight, so trump s gop rivals hit the campaign trail in iowa and new hampshire after their fourth debate without him. nikki haley s response to being the top target. smoke in the air over gaza and fierce fighting on the ground. israeli forces intensifying in their hunt for top leaders of hamas, two full months after the brutal attack on israel that launched the war. you are in the situation room. we begin this hour with donald trump s returned to his high-stakes new york civil fraud trial. the former president spending a full day in the courtroom as an accounting expert testified for the defense. paula, how is making their case here? there s so much on the line for the former president, this case strikes at the heart of his identity as a businessman and threatens his ability to even do business in the state of new york. the judge has already found him for de
kayleigh: hello, this is outnumbered, i m kayleigh mcenany, here with emily compagno and fox business anchor and co-host of bottom lineup dagen mcdowell, fox news contributor marie harf and co-host of the verdict with ted cruz podcast and host of ben ferguson podcast, guess who, ben ferguson. we begin with the fiery debate last night, four of the candidate took the stage in the fourth primary debate, the final debate before the end of the year and iowa caucus next month, january 15th, we re counting down. candidates largely ignored absence of former president donald trump, but he was indeed a subject. they honed in on another target, former south carolina governor, nikki haley. here is just a few heated moments. she said i have a woman problem. nikki, i don t have a woman problem, you have a corruption problem and i think that is what people need to know. nikki is corrupt. [cheering] this woman will send your kids to die so she can have a bigger house. other candida
with less than six weeks until the iowa caucuses four republican hopefuls not named trump try to set themselves apart. good evening from new york. hello from the spin room here on the campus of the university of alabama in tuscaloosa. site of the debate, 2024. it is wrapping up. chris christie, ron desantis, nikki haley and vivek ramaswamy once again the former president did not take part. nikki haley, who has been rising lately as a contender in some polls and in the eyes of some campaign watchers and certainly in the eyes of some big donors came in for she had a lot of criticism heading towards her tonight from desantis and ramaswamy. no doubt that. i know you will be speaking with some of the debaters tonight. look forward to that. pamela brown is checking the facts. gary has his focus group of voters in iowa. and our political panel here. first, a moment from the debate stage. a clash between chris christie a vivek ramaswamy with nikki haley it in the middle. you
remember those brave men and women and what they did that day. ainsley: i look and think what did my grandfathers think knowing they were going to be drafted. they were only 18 years old. thankfully both of mine came back, many did not. all right, third hour of fox and friends starts right now. insults flying at the final republican debate. nikki is corrupt. i love the attention, thank you for that. no one bigger than donald trump. record of lying, wall street donors used to support him and now they support me. don t interrupt me, i didn t interrupt you. i beat the left time and time again. it s a bunch of lies. president biden dismissing questions about his family business. contacts he had with hunter biden s businesses. carley: going virtual to avoid pro-palestinian protesters. no way did i obstruct the proceedings. will they censor jamaal bowman for pulling the fire alarm? what is next, jaywalking? [applause] the government. give it a whir
volkswagen. right now on ana cabrera reports, we are on top of breaking news in new york, donald trump back in court for a multimillion dollar fraud trial. for the first time in more than a month ahead of his return to the stand on monday. we re live at the courthouse. plus, the fourth and potentially final republican debate, we ll have the big moments and the clashes on that debate stage. this is the fourth debate, the fourth debate that you would be voted in the first 20 minutes as the most obnoxious blow hard in america. also ahead, breaking news in nevada, a gunman killing three people at unlv, what we know about the attack and the search for a motive. and breaking in texas this hour, a court hearing for a woman seeking permission to have an abortion. what makes this case the first of its kind since roe was decided in 1973. hello, and thank you so much for joining us on this busy thursday. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york and donald tr