and the presidency. joining us now, just outside the courthouse here in manhattan, msnbc national correspondent yasmin vossoughian. what is the reaction from the courtroom? what are we expecting for the remainder of the day? a lot for the remainder of the day. we re expecting a decision here from the jury. i ll start with that. timing-wise, it looks like the judge wants a jury to go into deliberations during lunch, which will likely happen after alina habba delivers her closing remarks. e. jean carroll s attorneys have rested, completed their closing remarks. let me paint a picture, as we await this ten-minute break before alina habba starts her closing remarks and the expectations there. so, at one point e. jean carroll paints a picture for the jury. imagine yourself opening up your computer, she says, and seeing tweets from the president of the united states, then president donald trump, imagine him saying these things about you, and imagine him saying, you re unattractiv
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
saying that where it counts. in court. not yet. but the former president s attorneys did tip their hand that they think an indictment could be coming against mr. trump and the mar-a-lago case, pointing out any documents, if that evidence exists, could be used in future charges. got it covered from all angles including from outside the courthouse. we know the demonstrators who have showed up in brooklyn behind you, not surprisingly i think given the fact it s brooklyn, new york city, leans democratic. they are anti-trump demonstrators. you ve also seen the arrival of some of the attorneys, yes. yeah, i think we got some of this video in which the trio of attorneys now representing trump arrived a few minutes ago. yelled at by several demonstrators here that are also in attendance. this is the brooklyn federal courthouse. we re just about ten minutes here from manhattan. this is the first time in which the judge is going to be meeting with not only the doj, but also with trum
wherever you arejoining me from around the world, once again a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. you know, we have seen lots of massive disruptions to the global economy in the last few years. the pandemic shut the world down and now war and sanctions are driving prices up. but before covid, the world of workers was going through another disruption and a digital one at that. technology companies were launching platforms like uber, justeat and deliveroo where people could work for less than an hour if they chose, rather than sign contracts for work for years. companies worth billions have been created leaving regulators and competitors running to catch up. statistics in this sector are difficult to come by. one american survey found that one in three workers in the united states are now freelance and their numbers the great resignation, following the pandemic. in india an official government think tank thinks there will be more than 23 million workers in the gig econom
mike pompeo. in uvalde, texas, a new investigation that uncovered a local of majority officers never had active shooter training. more on that this hour. we begin this morning with new details on the investigations facing former president donald trump. we start in new york where during his deposition before the state attorney s general office, the former president took the fifth over 440 times as part of the state civil investigation into trump s business practices. in a lengthy statement, trump slammed the probe as politically motivated and said he had no choice but to plead the gift after the fbi searched his florida home as part of an unrelated investigation. also this morning, new details emerging about the fbi s efforts to obtain documents with classified information allegedly taken to mar-a-lago from the white house after donald trump left the white house last year. according to the wall street journal, prior to the search someone familiar with the stored papers