Tonight. One, the enormous tension right now over what happens next in gaza after de this all celebrations over hamas saying they accepted a Ceasefire Deal than apprehension jennifer israels war cabinet rejecting it, and the idf beginning limited strikes on Territory Issa of raffa. Wheres really forces have ordered civilians to leave the white house as you know, has long opposed any major incursion into raffa. And today, President Biden spoke with israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin YahooAdministration Spokesman saying the president asked about israeli intention for the city and plans to keep civilians. Theyre safe. Were going to live updates on the situation throughout the next two hours of our special primetime cupboard tonight, we begin though with another de, unlike any other and the former president s, new york Hush Money Trial, de 12 started with the judge Finding Donald Trump at contempt. Again and telling him directly the next time could mean jail though he said it, its the last thing he wants to do to a former in future president or potentially future present, i should say, judge juan merchan added quote at the end of the day, i have a job to do. And part of that job is to protect the dignity of judicial system and compel respect he went on to say your continued violations of this courts lawful order threatened to interfere with the administration of justice in constant attacks which constitute a direct attack on the rule of law. I cannot allow that to continue the day continued with one former one Current TrumpOrganization Employee detailing how Michael CohensHush Money PaymentsStormy Daniels reimbursed by then President Trump. It ended with prosecutors saying they have about two weeks left in their case and with the defendant complaining about that and the gag order, hes now been fine for violating ten times so its a disgrace but we just heard two to three weeks. I thought they were finished today. I have to watch every word i tend to people yes good question. A simple question. Id like to give it, but i can talk about because this judge has give me a gag order and said youll go to jail if you violated. And frankly, you know what our constitution is much more important than jail, stunning close ill do that sacrifice any day well, tonight we have new reporting of what might happen if the judge grants his wish and ends. John miller starts us off with that. So what are you learning about Contingency Plans among Law Enforcement . Well, anderson, the day started with the judge mentioned this in his written order mentioning it in his words on ct, the possibility of jail width the authorities kind of scratching their heads and asking each other, is this getting more real . You know, its not like the Secret Service can pull out the protection of former president s manual and go to the page that says president in jail. That page doesnt exist. So theyve got to sketch this out. And what theyre talking about is, what are the the options. So one option is they can ask the judge to remand trump in the event that he is sentenced to custodial sentence to the custody of the United States marchal. They can move that custody down the street to the federal courthouse and those facilities there the us Marchal Manhattan is a former Secret Service agent. So he understands about prisoners, about custody, but also about the needs of the Secret Service and protection and former president s. So that would give them some veneer of the kind of control that they would like to have in a situation like this . But then theres the other possibility which is debris. Shan says hes like any other prisoner. Hes going to Rikers Island who ultimately, i mean, if that was actually if he was ordered by the judges to be jailed, who has the ultimate say on where he goes . Is it the judge is like the mayor or the governor know thats the judge. I mean, this is judge, merchan courtroom. And this is the very message that judge merchan is trying to reinforce, which is im in charge in this courtroom. Theres a universe out there where the president of the United States, a former president , may have influenced the Secret Service is very important but i rule this courtroom and he views trump as someone who is challenging that. So if he sentenced him to city jail, and i spoke to frank dwyer, the spokesman for the new York City Department of corrections said trump on Rikers Island, how does that work . And he said, and i quote the department will find appropriate housing unquote thats a difficult scenario because Corrections Officers in a place that is often and over often understaffed, theyre unarmed, which is how it works inside a jail. The Secret Service would probably require a separate empty building facility, a wing of its own, where they could be armed, have a rescue plan and escape plan, be able to screen food. But it would also mean and Donald Trump World The Rules of the jail, no telephone no tweets, no truths, social. So this really is uncharted territory well see if it ever gets there. John miller. Thank you. Joining us now is new york Defense Attorney arthur i Dollar Bestselling author and former federal prosecutors, jeffrey tubings units, abby, philip, and Kaitlan Collins, anchored news night and the source, respectively, cnn senior legal analysts elie honig and cnns keras canal, who was in court todays so lets start with you. What was like in court so as judge merchan does, he got on the bench, she began immediately with this saying that he found trump in contempt for the 10th time, and then he looked directly at trump and he told him this 1,000 fine is not acting as a deterrent for you. So i will have to consider jailing you as the next option. And he said to him, mr. Trump, its important to understand that the last thing i want to do is put you in jail and it was emphasizing to him that it was the last resort, but saying that he may be left with no choice than to do that and even set to trump that. To do this would be disruptive and he knew that trump wanted this one to get this over with as soon as possible. Mean i could see trump. He was looking at the judges. He was addressing him, but he did not speak back. And in fact, the judge said to him, if you have anything, you can talk to your lawyer. I mean, this is unprecedented. Obviously likely i think it remains unlikely, but i think the judge is putting down a marker here. Hes saying this is where my patients runs out and its important to note, the judge has given donald trump every benefit of the doubt when it comes to this this gag order, i mean the gag order itself has already very broad. It allows rants like the one we just saw, but also even today, there were four alleged violations, the da went to the judgments and we think he violated four times and the judge said three of them, i think are okay. Not proven. The two were trump reacted to strongly to Michael Cohen and the one were donald trump made a comment about david pecker, judge said, no doesnt violate the order. The one the judge did find is the comment about the jury, and you cant touch the jury. That is just nogo third rail. So the judges really erring in trumps favor here on the gag order. And i think the trump is Reasserting Domination and control of his courtroom are there where, where to go yeah. So i mean, if if you want a little breaking news, one of the reasons why i was a little bit late as apparently Harvey Weinstein is being transferred as we speak, from Bellevue Hospital to Rikers Island. So ill be there tomorrow donald, Look Donald Trump is not going to be anywhere near any other inmate in Rikers Island in the United States. Marchal custody. He will be in a room probably by himself i will tell you my experience is and i always defer to jonny mellor. The judge doesnt have control of the where his house. He just says officer, take hold and take charge. Im sorry. Obviously, take charge. They then would put the handcuffs typically, i dont know about donald trump around the regular persons back and they lead them outside. And then its the Department Of Corrections that determines where you go. Now, theyve old they do have Contingency Plans. It also depends on how long the judge sentences and four, he can say opsin, take charge for six hours and then theres a cell in that building. A lot of them thats where arraignments is is downstairs and the building is a lot of them is someone that floor itself they dont necessarily have to put them in a cell. He just cant leave. So my educated guess is that theyre just going to put them in a room and say, mr. President , youre not allowed to leave this room because judged the more sean said youve got to be it for the next six hours or eight hours, or maybe even overnight. But there are so many entities here that want to make sure not a hair on Donald Trumps head is even the risk of being harmed. One point worth making about this whole chapter is that sinc merchan made the first finding of contempt he has not committed contempt again, so trump is not continuing to do this there have been two separate for findings of contempt, but for all the former president s complaints about how unfair this is, how terrible it is. He has not committed violation of the gag order since then. And my sense is he probably wont. I just want to read more of what the judge actually said to trump todays said mr. Trump, its important to understand that last thing we want to do is put you in jail. You are the former president United States, and possibly the next president as well. There are many reasons why incarceration is truly a last resort for me to take that step would be disruptive to these proceedings, which i imagine you want to end as quickly as possible. Im just politically kaitlan, what would what would this mean i mean, the argument is that trump would relish it in the sense that he would be able to argue what hes been arguing everyday tie that courtroom that he is being politically persecuted here, that he cant use his First Amendment ride. He cant speak freely that this is protected political speech the idea that dog ill trump actually would want to go to jail is ridiculous. Anyone who knows him knows that he doesnt even like to stay in a hotel when he goes on foreign trips, when he wouldnt as president , it was a whole thing to actually get him to stay overnight and places. So this idea that he actually does want to do this for the optics perspective. I mean, when you speak to his closest advisers, theyll allies, theyll say thats completely farfetched theyll do they think it would work to their advantage, maybe politically, but i do think donald trump heating this is something that you never see donald trump do, which is actually watching his words and he keeps acknowledging that every time he goes into that courtroom, even if he is lying about what the gag order actually says, he can and cannot do. He is being careful and he did the same the thing after the e gene, Carol Verdict came out where he was found to have defamed her and i was going to cost them a lot of money. He changed the way that he would speak publicly about her until until he defamed her with you and youre in your town hall and then she ended up bringing him back to court over that incident. So he does have his moments when he i dont know, maybe cant help himself i was surprised to see the judge even just acknowledge the jail part of this because i guess this has been in the conversation whether i dont know if hes paying attention or not, that he wouldnt do it. So the idea that he would at least warn trump, but that was on the table, that wasnt being taken off the table. Its just an important reminder to trump that the judges in charge here and trump is used to being the boss hes used to being the president. Hes not in this particular context and it did feel like dodge martian wanted to make sure that he was aware that nothing is off the table really, and that he will do what he has to do to maintain order in his courtroom. Important was the actual testimony today, particularly in the morning. Its maybe not headline making in terms of the documents. Its never its kind of boring to listen to, but it is important for the prosecutions case huge a hugely important because this is a case about providing, creating false Business Records. The jury saw the Business Records today for the first time. I think this case is coming down to one thing. It is quite clear that the government has proved this was money reimbursed for two cone for hush money. I dont think there is any way the jury can believe these were actually legal fees. I also think that means the records were false. I mean, these were not legal fees, but the thing that government has improved and they didnt prove it today, was that trump created these records or was involved in the creation of those records . Think thats going to be the prosecutions challenge as the rest of the case unfolds because thats just not there yet. Id can make the argument that any payment to a lawyer is a legal fee. I mean, what does that what does the legal fee mean . Is there some official definition . If i may . Thats a great point and people have asked me about that. My dad asked me about walking into the building. I think the difference here and its in his he took out like a Home Equity Line of credit or a home equity loan. If he just said, look, im going to write i know youre caught up. Im going to write it out on my own. Escrow, went up. We cant do what is asked kroger my own operating account. And you well cover me on it later. It would smell a lot better. Look a lot better than im putting my own. I think it was his family residents up on the table and i just need to say this. I thought judge merchan handled himself perfectly the way he handled trump with the gag order. I really do. You think it was smart to mention . I think i just think he handled it look, i work in that courthouse i want the sanctity of that courthouse to be preserved, whether its donald trump sitting there, joe biden sitting there, George W Bush sitting there, or anyone else . I want the sanctity of that courthouse and i want everyone to have to follow the rules and abide by the rules. And basically, Donald Trumps fate regarding jail or not gel with the gag order is in his own hands. He could handle themselves like the way he did today. There was clearly no violation for what he said today or he could thumb his nose and forced the judges hand and that would be unfortunate that the George W Bush case will be very a kaitlan. You got to tells. Understand just short time ago about what witnesses on the stand can actually see and cancer. Okay. So this is really fascinating to me. I talked to one of the witnesses who testified. Obviously, were not going to say which one, but they told me because you know, we watch the witness and we watch the defendant, we watched the jury when youre in the room qarrah, obviously, its been there every single day observing this and we talk about whether or not the witness is looking and Donald Trumps direction as their answered questions or when theyre in the room. I talked to it. What you can actually see donald trump from the Witness Stand. You cannot because where theyre seated, there, the juries to their left and the judges bench extends out so far a more exaggerated than than in this graphic that were showing there where the judges right there in the middle, but it extends out so far that is the witness. Unless you greatly exaggerated your posture and lean forward, you cannot see donald trump, the only person you can see is the first member of his defense team who is sitting in that first chair. Typically, its been emil bove whos been conducting the crossexaminatio n but this person was surprised to learn that when they walked in the room, you walk behind donald trump in his attorneys, you go to the Witness Stand and once youre sitting there, you you cant actually see him. A wise, youre delivering your testimony. Thats thats deliberate by the way, because witnesses forget about this case. But if its someone who robbed, you are someone who murdered someone in your family it really intimidate someone that i have to point and say so a lot of times when an identification and in Court Identification has to take place the individual whos on the Witness Stand has to stand up and say, oh, yeah, theres the person over there and lot of times if im not at the first position that katelyn just described, and im in that third position and the defendant its in the m