the four-time indicted twice impeached former president donald trump takes the stand as a defendant in new york civil trial accusing him, his family, and other trump organization of fraud. one month on since the horrific attacks on israel, war rages, you unofficial says the death toll in gaza now live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with john vause. thank you for joining us wherever you are around the world. we begin with a courtroom almost four hours of testimony, donald trump was argumentative, and at times rambling, the judge and state prosecutors. he really iterated indirect claims he also said it was interference. he also made history during the civil fraud case, you first former u.s. president to take to the witness stand to explain his own actions. the trial is a civil case, which means trump will not face jail time unlike his for criminal indictments. but this new york case strikes at the very heart of trump s business empire, and could and with a ban
an assassination plot ordered by the russians. let s go to our senior international correspondent fred liken from moscow with more on this bizarre story. even the man s wife thought he was dead. reporter: yeah. yeah. it s an absolutely bizarre story. you re right. he said arkady babchenko is the name of the journalist, even his wife didn t know about it. it seems as though the highest levels of the ukrainian government did. when the man s death was falsely announced initially, even ukraine s prime minister came out and blasted the russians and said they were responsible for the alleged killing. the russians, obviously, fired back and said it wasn t them. and that in the end it turned out everything was staged. here s how it unfolded. outrage last night in kiev, ukraine. officials saying a journalist arkady babchenko had been gunned down in front of his house.