it is 4:00 new york. it is not every day that a former president of the united states is in a courthouse. much less as a defendant in the case that threatens to bring down the entire brand that he used to propel himself into office in the first place. today, donald trump was back in court in the $250 million civil fraud trial in new york. before walking in, trump lashed out as he so often does at the judge, the trial, at the new york attorney general who brought the lawsuit. he did not mention judge engoron s clerk, who has been a frequent target of his, he remains under a gag order that prohibits him from talking about court staff. inside the courtroom, accounting expert eli bartov took the stand and testified that in his expert opinion the attorney general s claims of a years long pattern of fraud, manipulating the values of trump s real estate assets were baseless. there is no evidence whatsoever for any accounting fraud, he said. dold trump was reportedly visibly pleased.
Change gears. that s it. what are you doing, andy? i am not going to have any of those in my scripts today. maybe tomorrow. and suarez is the first mexican-born ever to compete in the daytona 500, and he says he doesn t like to talk about politics and he makes sure to mention that latin america is full of hard-working people like himself and he is proud to re represent all of them on nascar s highest level. you know, the new generations of the drivers, and to be latin american from mexico, and it s a huge honor to be the face of the latin america, and it s a big deal and i am super excited to be here. suarez will be starting 19th today, and the front row will be dale earnhardt jr., and his fans extra excited to see him because it will be the first race for