now it s their turn. donald trump jr. back on the witness stand as trump organization lawyers kick a off their defense in the $250 million civil fraud trial. why trump jr. says his dad is, quote, an artist. and desperation in gaza, hospitals running out of basic critical supplies forcing doctors to wrap premature babies in foil. what israel is saying about this and what it could mean for hostage talks. plus the u.s. racing toward yet another potential government shutdown. will the capitol hill chaos continue or will cooler heads finally prevail? we re following these stories and many more coming in here to cnn news central. nus minutes from now donald trump jr. will return to the witness stand in the $250 million civil fraud trial in new york. he s the first witness for trump s legal team, which start ed their case today. kara scannell is outside the courthouse. don jr. testified for two hours this it morning before the court took that lunch break. there was an intere
our hostages released. senator tim scott announcing he is spinsding his presidential campaign. it s a surprise, but it s also not a surprise. i m going to hold on and keep working hard and look forward to other opportunities. chaos and finger pointing among house republicans as the u.s. barrels towards another spending dead laine. mike johnson unveiled an unconventional plan. whether all democrats will oppose this proposal. donald trump will launch his defense against him, his two adult sons and his business. the son back on the stand, they will continue to be the notion, what are we doing here? the defense has already concluded they are going to lose. good morning, everyone. there s a the lot of news to get to, but we start with this. this just in from israel s military. president the idf says another evacuation corridor has been opened today, even as fighting intensifies and the medical system collapses. some of the images you re about to see are disturb
carolyn, thank you very much. thanks to all of you for joining us. don t go anywhere. i m monday morning. we re so glad you re with us. hope you had a good weekend. we have a lot of news to get to. five things to know for this monday, november 13th. breaking overnight, senator tim scott has dropped out of the republican presidential primary. the sudden announcement stung his own staff and donors. gaza s largest crisis says it s of the of fuel with three newborns dying as a result. israel says it offered to provide fuel, but hamas blocked the delivery. also the pentagon say it is carried out new deadly airstrikes against facilities in syria. donald trump s legal team set to begin its defense in the high had-stakes civil fraud trial here in new york. first, the witness stand, donald trump jr. and house lawmakers returning to d.c. to consider mike johnson s plan to avert a shutdown. major questions remain with four days left until funding runs you. cnn this morning s
against them. and a secret service agent involved in protecting one of president biden s granddaughters opens fire in response to a car break-in. and the response. and senator tim scott drops out of the presidential race, and his staff didn t even know. who might be the next to go. i m john berman with kate bolduan and fredricka whitfield is in for sara sidner. this is cnn news central. happening right now, donald trump jr. has just gone into the courtroom in manhattan and soon he is going to be taking stand, again, to testify, and this time, it is going to be as the defense team s first witness. still at stake, the fate of the trump business empire as you remember the judge in this civil case has already found the family liable for fraud, and so what is donald trump jr. going to try to do to tip the trial in favor of he and his family, and these are the live pictures that you are looking at of donald trump jr. sitting and waiting for the proceedings to get under way.
conditions at gaza s largest hospital now described as catastrophic. newborn babies wrapped in foil to keep them alive. operating rooms out of service as fighting rages around the complex which israel says is a command center for hamas fighters. back on the witness stand, donald trump jr. is the first defense witness in the new york fraud trial against him, his father and their company. how their legal team hopes to undermine the case against them. and as the government shutdown looms, newly minted house speaker mike johnson struggling to control gop hard liners are following these major developing stories and many more. it s all coming in here to cnn news center. we start in gaza where essential units at the largest hospital are now in collapse. operating rooms are completely out of service. doctors are taking drastic measures to keep newborns alive. more than 7,000 people are currently sheltering at the al-shifa medical center and that includes some 1,500 patients and