president trump s pole numbers rise. we have a lot of grounds to cover. here is part one of my interview with the former president. mr. presidency, great to see you yoochl thank you very much thank you for doing this. as reported, as you know, you are facing legal challenges. in your opinion, does this help you or hurt you in terms of your chances to win in 2024. if you listen to the fake news media it helps. because they are all saying it is a scam. people that don t like me say this is terrible to do for our country. i don t know whether it helps or hurts. in my opinion it it is a way of cheating on election its is election interference. what they are doing if they can t win at the ballot box i m leading by a lot in the poles for every republican and dem credit by a lot including biden by a lot they can t beat that you way they will do this kinds of stuff. never done like this in the history of the country to this extent. people are pleading with the prosecuto
welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper in washington, d.c. a busy afternoon as we come on the air this afternoon, an historic and contentious day in court has just come to a close. moments ago we saw donald trump leave the courthouse in new york followed by the new york state attorney general letitia james who brought the civil fraud case against mr. trump and the family business. the former president spend the day on the stand repeatedly classing with the judge, the very person who will decide how much the trumps must pay after he already found them liable for fraud. we re going to go to the courthouse in a moment where this case could put trump at risk of losing his entire business operation in new york where he s accused of inflating financial statements. hs ahead, an astounding number coming out of gaza, the p.i.n. mrin stri of health which is controlled by hamas, the palestinian ministry claiming more than 10,000 deaths have taken place in response to the initial hamas