i will see you tomorrow. happening now, donald trump takes the stand in the civil seve defamation trial against him and what he said under oath and why the judge struck down his testimonies as they head into closing arguments. an unprecedented move to declare trump the presumptive gop presidential nominee siding with the former president and against his remaining opponent, nikki haley. i ll get reaction from the top haley supporters chris sununu. and breaking news, a record close on wall street after evidence of a booming u.s. economy with growth expectation and as he visits a key 2024 battle growth fund state and ramps up for his expected rematch with trump. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with donald trump on the witness stand testifying in one of the slew of court cases where the former president is now a defendant. cnn s kara scannell has our report. in an extra
The house of representatives the honorable Hakeem Jeffries of new york. Mr. Speaker, you may agree with this. But we are back here 22 days into this republican manufactured chaos and House Republicans have brought us to the exact same position that we were back then. All of the infighting, all the disarray, just to end up where we were three weeks ago. These past few weeks we have been left wondering if republicans were truly intent on solving our issues, reopening the house of representatives and rallying around someone to lead this chamber. Or has this been about Something Else . Has this been a focus of House Republicans to find the person who can pass their extreme litmus test to oppose marriage equality, enact a nationwide abortion ban without exceptions, gut Social Security and medicare, and support overturning a free and fair election. A fair question. A fair question. Nowhere in that Candidate Questionnaire is it about growing the middle class, helping our communities, keeping
Ago. he said nobody is cleared forever, right? yeah, exactly. because they re talking to these people that are coming in by day when we re here, these college students, they say because they talked to them doesn t men they will reinterview them. martha: thanks, alexis. more on that as we get it. take a look at the dow jones. down 492 points as stocks plunge for a second straight day on fears about interest rates and the future of the economy rattling the markets. lauren simonetti is here. hi, lauren. what s going on? the fed. the fed is going off. the markets are trying to figure out how high they push interest rates and how long rates stay high. they re using monetary policy to crush inflation. in other words, they re trying to break the economy. aside from housing, the economy is holding up. at least it is for now. so the question everybody wants to know is does a recession come in 2023.