quote, the financial statements are perfect. the bank s got all their money. the banks are happy as can be. the money is irrelevant. it s a small number. i m an innocent man persecuted by someone running for office. this state is vicious. and it takes away all my rightings. this is no fraud. it s a fraud on me. i did nothing wrong, he said. perhaps unsurprisingly, judge engoron interrupted asking chris kise to control your client, before calling the whole thing off and breaking for lunch. it s the prosecution s turn to deliver its close. asking for a $370 million fine as well as a ban on the trump organization in new york. prosecutors say the court has not heard any new facts from donald trump s team because, quote, most of the facts are undisputed. joining us from outside the manhattan courthouse, yasmin vossoughian. it got a bit spicy today. what else are we hearing from the prosecution right now? reporter: spicy is putting it lightly to say the least. i got to say, when
sighted last night. gusts of winds reaching 114 miles per hour. when you stand for our value, you come under assault. florida governor ron desantis speaking out and sparring with disney over parental rights. you have woke ideology taking over so many institutions. a group of grannies giving rihanna a run for her money, they are shining bright like a diamond, some critics say they outperformed rihanna. griff: good morning, new orleans, it s 7 a.m. central time zone, 8 a.m. in new york city and it is monday, february 27, year of our lord 2023. we re glad you re here for this final hour of monday edition. joined as always, ainsley earhardt, today we have a surprise, griff jenkins. griff: you did the date and i just realized it is my niece sofie garcia s birthday. ainsley: happy birthday niece. most uncle don t know their niece s birthday. griff: she just had her first child, cooper. brian: better than me, i tell you that. ainsley: we re glad you are here.
weather center. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin with both new hope and a new round of fighting in ukraine. officials say 13 missiles struck a city about 300 kilometer north of mykolaiv, leaving a number of people injured and killed. the missiles targeted military airfield and a railway facility. officials are urging people to stay in shelters for now while the mayor of mykolaiv is reporting what he calls powerful blasts in that city. but on the hopeful side, ukraine and russia have signed an agreement that will allow ukraine to resume grain exports through the black sea. much of that grain has been stranded because of a russian naval blockade, leaving 47 million people around the world in acute state of hunger according to a u.n. estimate. president zelenskyy says russia may not fully keep its side of the bargain. here he is. translator: the text of the document signed today is published, and everyone can read its points. they ful
feel that they ve really heard moscow s black sea fleet and essentially finally rendered ineffective and the ukrainian say they will continue to develop those sea drones to hurt vladimir putin s naval forces even more, aaron. all right, fred, thank you. thanks for joining us. the situation room begins now happening now, breaking news donald trump returns to washington to rally republicans on capitol hill learning. new details from our sources inside the meeting, including the moment the former president shook hands with one of his toughest critics, turned supporter senate minority pretty leader mitch mcconnell, plus, we re following president biden at the g7 summit in italy, where he just signed a historic ten year security agreement with you grain. ukrainian ambassador to the united states joins me. this hour also tonight, fulton county district attorney, fani willis is lashing out at her critics what the woman leading the trump prosecution in georgia said about her detr
if you ever miss an episode, the lead, you can listen to the show went to get your patent happening now, breaking news, donald trump returns house from our sources inside the meeting, including the moment the former president shook hands with one of his toughest critics turned supporter, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, plus, we re following president biden at the g7 summit in italy, where he just signed a historic ten year sure security agreement with ukraine. the ukrainian ambassador to the united states joins me this hour. also tonight, fulton county district attorney, fani willis is lashing out at her critics. what the woman leading the trump prosecution in georgia said about her detractors during a fiery speech at a church welcome to our viewers. here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer a year in the situation room the skis, cnn breaking news first up tonight, donald trump s trip here to washington where he s trying to unify republican la