there later this morning. we ve been keeping an eye on kenosha, wisconsin. plus, the first batch of documents that former president trump has been trying to shield after a federal judge again rejecteded his request. but we have got to start with the kyle rittenhouse trial set to resume, as i said, just a few moments from now after a dramatic day of testimony from the defendant himself. the 18-year-old saying he akact in self-defense when he fatally shot two people and injured a third during social protests in kenosha in august of 2020. as an extremely heated exchange between the prosecutor and the judge over the prosecution s line of questioning, the judge even yelling at one point with the possibility now looming of a possible mistrial. gabe gutierrez is live at the courthouse. and, gabe, bring us up to speed where everything is. reporter: hi, stephanie, good morning from a very windy and rainy kenosha. more defense witnesses are expected after that wild day. the defendant
next now. kyle rittenhouse got emotional testifying in his own defense. in washington the sharpest crisis in decades is complicated biden s efforts to sell his agenda. nearly 20 million people in california find themselves under a drought emergency, this as california and other western states are seeing a spike in covid cases. any moment now, kyle rittenhouse homicide trial gets back under way and the defense plans to call several more witnesses today and follows a dramatic day in the courtroom with rittenhouse taking the stand himself and becoming emotional. all eyes are on the judge who was considering a mistrial request from rittenhouse s attorneys over the prosecution s questioning. joining me from outside the courtroom is nbc news correspondent gabe gutierrez, also joining me is nbc news legal analyst maya wily. thank you for being with me. gabe, the judge admonished the prosecutor yesterday. what s everyone watching for today? reporter: it was quite a sight. i v
and president biden just tried to convince americans he understands their anxiety as inflation here in the united states hits a 30-year high. we ll break down the growing burden on consumers struggling with soaring prices for basics like food and fuel. we want to welcome your viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. let s get straight to the breaking news. the riveting and very emotional testimony in the trial of kyle rittenhouse as he took the stand in his own defense. our senior national correspondent sara sidner is in kenosha, wisconsin, for us tonight. lots of fiery exchanges today in court. those fiery xarchlg exchange between the judge and the prosecution. there was a call for a mistrial. the defense saying that the prosecution acted in bad faith and that whey will be filing for a mistrial. in the meantime, this is all happening outside of the jury. in front of the jury, ky
mike? hello, mike. with his mother cry notice courtroom, kyle rittenhouse insisted he didn t do anything wrong. he says he didn t use deadly force to protect property. only to defend himself. but in his first attempt to explain the dead encounter that killed joseph rosenbaum, the now 18-year-old rittenhouse fell apart. mr. rosenbaum was now running from my right side. and i was cornered from in front of me with mr. siminsky. and there were [sobbing] rittenhouse said rosenbaum lunged for him grabbed his rifle and rittenhouse fired four times ultimately killing rosenbaum. people in the crowd shouted get him. hit with a rock hit in the head and anthony huber. he fired killing him. shot and wounded grosskreutz pointed a pistol at him. something he confirmed in his own testimony on monday. now on cross-examination, the assistant district attorney attempted to get rittenhouse say he intended to kill but rittenhouse insisted he only defended himself. from rosenbaum was cha
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