we start this hour of cnn news center with a touch of drama. the donald trump s civil fraud trial today in new york. his expert witness going after a lawyer for the new york attorney general. telling him, quote, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. some fireworks here. trump attending these proceedings to take a. a lot of attention on these. he is expected to take the stand next week as the final defense witness. cnn s kara scannell live for us outside of the court. tell us, kara, who is this expert witness for the defense? why did he get so upset? reporter: boris, breonna, this is an expert witness, the final expert witness that the trump team called on his defense. and accounting professor from new york university. professor eli bartov. he was asked questions, he had been testifying all morning on this. the lawyer for the attorney generals office subjected to one of the lines of questioning saying the accounting professor is not a banker, so he is not qualified to answe
his own defense. this is his first chance to comment on the debate last night. the latest one he skipped. we re getting new reporting on what the campaigns themselves and key insiders think might have changed after that performance. and gun fire on a college campus. three people killed. one in the hospital still. the community of unlv completely shaken. what we re learning starting to learn about the suspect. i m kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman. this is cnn news central. you are looking at live pictures of new york city outside the courtroom there. any minute now donald trump is expected to leave trump tower and head to court to attend his civil business fraud trial. the former president is also expected to take the stand again on monday as the last defense witness. trump and his sons were already found liable in the $250 million lawsuit brought by the new york ag. this trial is being held to find out exactly how much they will have to pay in damages.
The US has grounded its entire fleet of V-22 Osprey helicopters after a report said a crash off the coast of Japan last week, which killed eight crewmembers, was due to a malfunction.
evacuation, including most of its osprey fleet. the planes flew to air force bases in arkansas and new mexico to keep them away from the oncoming storm. again, just as a precaution. just to give you an idea of how expensive it is to fly these planes, for every hour an osprey is in the air, cost more than $9,500. just to give you an idea of the expenses involved. because of the government shutdown, many fema workers had been federaloed. many of those workers now are being called back to deal with any after effects of tropical storm karen. even though the storm is being downgraded, fema officials are urging people not to let their guard down because there s still the potential for damaging winds and flooding. even in some of the inland areas. all right, keeping an eye for us in pensacola. thanks. one community proving that