right now on early start, taking the stand. former president and current candidate donald trump about to testify in his new york fraud case. plus, big flashing warning signs for joe biden. battleground polling shows him trailing trump in key swing states. and antony blinken s diplomatic dash. the secretary of state makes surprise stops in the west bank and iraq, in a rush to keep the israel/hamas war from spreading. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m kasie hunt. it s monday, november 6th. norm tomorrow in election day in new york. right now it s 5:00 a.m. where former president trump will testify in a fraud lawsuit brought by the attorney general. he and his company is accused of repeatedly inflating his assets to get better terms on loans. the suit poses an existent threat to the organization. the state is seeking $200 million in damages and to bar trump. he goes into court, a new polling by the new york times shows him
israel s military says it is looking into whether it was operating in the area at the time. our reporter in gaza says sunday night has brought what appears to be the most intense israeli air strikes since the war began. meanwhile, us secretary of state antony blinken made an unannounced visit to iraq on sunday. mr blinken said he d had productive talks with the iraqi prime minister mohammed al sudani on efforts to prevent the israel gaza conflict spreading and allowing more aid to reach the besieged gaza strip. it is important that the pause advance a number of things. one of them is hostages. we are intensely focused the united states, israel, every other country that has a citizen being held hostage by hamas to bring them home. it is important that as we are engaged in pursuing a humanitarian pause, this could be something that advances the prospect of getting the hostages back. it can also advance other things that we are committed to doing, as is the government of isr
sunday night has brought israel s military spokesman daniel hagari told reporters that troops have spread across the gaza strip but have allowed an evacuation corridor. today, the idf forces encircled the city of gaza. they reached the city of gaza. they reached the beach at the southern part of the city of gaza and they have encircled gaza and today we have gaza north and gaza south. they have reached the shore line. they are holding the shore line. we are still holding the corridor to enable the residents at the north of the residents at the north of the gaza strip and the residents in the city of gaza to go south. it is a one way corridor going south. we are going to continue to strike forcefully. we are going to continue our ground offensive in the north of the gaza strip and the greater city of gaza. more on that strike at the al maghazi refugee camp now. well, the site of the attack is in the center of the strip in a camp filled with narrow alleys. our correspondent rus
rookie, casey, it was a wild weekend for the nfl. thank you very much. i appreciate your time this morning. thank you all for joining us. don t go anywhere. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. we re glad you re with us to start your week. here are five things to know for monday, november 6th. donald trump set to take the stand this morning. the former president and currently republican front runner will be questioned in the civil fraud trial that could cost him hundreds of millions of dollars and bar him from doing business in new york. trump s legal troubles are not weighing him down, at least not at the moment. the former president is beating president biden is five critical states, nevada, georgia, arizona, michigan, and pennsylvania, and it s not just the states, the top line, it s the types of voters that president biden is losing. trump making gains with young voters, black voters, and hispanic voters. pushing towards gaza city after cut
Wasps came out on top against sirens. The coventry based club, who are linked with the rugby team, scored 11 unanswered goals in the second quarter. It was enough to prevail 57 43 in glasgow. Thats all from sportsday. Coming up in a moment, the papers. Studio hello, welcome to our look at what is going to be in newspapers tomorrow morning. With me are former pensions minister baroness ros altmann and the Evening Standard columnist mihir bose. The Financial Times leads with a warning from the chancellor that any extra spending on social care and schools in next months budget will have to paid for through higher taxes. The i has a report on the housing crisis. The paper claims ministers are being accused of abandoning a generation of aspiring homeowners the telegraph leads with our top story tonight, the british man who carried out a Suicide Bombing for so called Islamic State in iraq on sunday. The same story leads the metro. The paper says the British Government paid him a Million Poun