going to stay half a day, and he stayed the whole day. he is treating these trials like campaign stops, and that's exactly what we saw today. we have to keep in mind we are just days away from the iowa caucuses and the first ballots being cast in this primary season, and donald trump does want to suck all the oxygen out of the race. we were seeing nikki haley on the rise, we were seeing an all out battle between ron desantis and nikki haley on the ground in iowa. he does not want them to have any space on the campaign trail. he wants to take complete control of the media nartival. and that's what you saw today every opportunity to get in front of the camera and make his case he took it. >> important points, kristen, thank you. whou do you think the judge is likely to decide in this case? >> well, of course this judge has already found the trump organization engaged in fraud. and most of this particular case that's gone on for weeks now has to do with the penalties and the extent to which the company is going to be brought to heel. so i think the judge has already shown he is disposed to finding