after more than 40 witnesses and 40 days of bombshell testimony, new york attorney general letitia james against former president donald trump, and his namesake company, has now entered into his final stage. on wednesday, testimony came to a close with a.g. james s office colin its final rebuttal witness, who happens to be an accounting professor, and then resting its case. the trial is now set to take a month long break, with judge arthur engoron expected to announce findings after january 11th. then, the fate of trump s real estate empire will rest entirely in the hands of the judge. remember, there is no jury, meaning as judge engoron, and judge engoron alone, who will determine the future of the disgraced ex president. even with a month off in the new york civil case, this is hardly a holiday break. trump s team has stayed very, very busy. on friday, the fmer president s lawyers to against him. that request came just 24 hours after an appeals court and which bars
[cheers and applause] rachel: heading to a fox news alert, blackout pages of the affidavit used to search mar-a-lago have been released. will: some details we knew but also a whole lot more questions. kevin is live in washington with more. reporter: a lot of questions. let s be clear, last night we said with good reason that the affidavit would be heavily redacted and present uncorroborated allegations presented in such a way as to frame the argument the former president was up to something by having those documents at mar-a-lago and we got a look at the affidavit and there s not a ton of detail because as you said it is really read acted heavily. half the pages were read acted. a lot of sharpy. the fbi believed there might be evidence of obstruction, the criminal investigation began after the national archives sent a referral to the doj in february. president biden insists he is not sure if the former president had the right to declassify all the materials at his home.
will not be the final witness in the civil fraud trial against his business organization. we ll go through the last-minute reversal from the former president. also ahead, we ll bring you the latest from the middle east. israel continues to strike what it calls hamas strongholds in southern gaza. it comes as we are learning more about some of the hostages still held by the terrorist group. plus, a controversial ruling in the state of texas. that state supreme court is blocking an abortion for a woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, december 11th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. we ll begin here. former president trump will not, after all, testify in his own defense at his$250 million fraud trial. he was scheduled to take the stand today, but in a last-minute reversal, it was announced late yesterday he would not testify i his defense at all. he was previously called to t
right now on ana cabrera reports, the largest ever recorded lead so close to the iowa caucuses. new polling this morning showing donald trump well out front five weeks from those caucuses, just as he doubles down on his vow to be a dictator on day one. plus, an 11th-hour reversal. the former president not taking the witness stand today in the massive new york civil fraud trial. what to expect as the case nears the end. later, at least six people killed after tornadoes ripped tlup tennessee. where this extreme weather is heading next. s heading next thank you so much for joining us. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with new polling out this morning showing donald trump expanding his lead in iowa five weeks out from the caucus, and more than 50% of iowa republicans now say trump is their first choice. this as the gop front-runner doubles down on his controversial comments about being a dictator on day one. i said i want to be a dic
it s sunday, december 10. i m victor blackwell. i m amara walker. thank you for joining us this morning. here s what we re watching for you. everything just, like, exploded. this is what it felt like. like everything exploded. a lot of pressure built up and popped. at least six people are dead after tornados ripped through tennessee overnight. we are hearing of significant damage in some towns and a state of emergency remains in effect. also, tracking a threat for more severe storms today. two university of pennsylvania leaders have stepped down after the hughley criticized testimony about antisemitism on campus. the reaction coming in to those resignations. former president trump is expected to testify in the new york civil fraud case against him despite advice from his attorneys not to do so. the potential legal implications of the decision. the house is preparing to vote on an impeachment inquiry into president biden this week. how the white house is responding