its closing arguments in donald trump s civil fraud trial after a dramatic scene in which the former president himself addressed the court. the judge had only allowed trump to speak on the condition that he focus on the facts but the president quickly veered into other territory claiming he is an innocent man being persecuted d the judge telling defense counsel please control your client. th former president has already been found liable for inflating properties to get loan deals. the judge will attempt to issue his ruling by the end of the month. yasmin vossoughian is reporting for us outside the courtroom in new york. vaughn hillyard is urbandale, iowa, also with us, renato, former federal prosecutor. somebody might argue at least in terms of drama donald trump s a tough act to follow. reporter: yeah, i think that person would likely win that argument. nonetheless, i think lee tee james has a lot in store. she is not likely to offer closing arguments to other attorneys.
a.m. our good morning, everyone caitlin s on assignment today and breaking overnight really significant. the washington post has apparently discovered who leaked hundreds of classified u. s documents. a young gun enthusiast. that s how he s described shared secrets with fellow video gamers online and also breaking overnight new restrictions on widely used abortion pill and cnn is on the ground in paris. hundreds of thousands are taking to the streets for 1/12 straight day of protest over plans to raise the retirement age. there s lots to get to first of this breaking news overnight. it looks like the washington post. they have figured out who leaked hundreds of highly classified pentagon documents. yep, it s the lead there. it s a huge story really excellent. reporting by the post post reports the alleged leaker. posted these classified documents in a private group online on discord. it s a platform used by video gamers. the post interviewed one of his online friends, he says
from the time you started working, republicans want to put it on the chopping block. i m gonna ask ron klain, who s gonna join us in this hour if that is the closing argument in these congressional elections. is is that what. it is wow! mitch mcconnell is a loving that, not! right. and republicans have absolutely made this argument possible, and highly credible for the democrats. thank you kevin mccarthy for explaining that you are gonna use the debt ceiling to slash the social safety net. you re welcome! i think what klain is going to be ready for this question. i think you will be, lawrence! but i m excited, and i will be tuning in. thank you alex! thank you! have a good show! today, a federal judge found compelling evidence that donald trump committed federal, and state crimes. and that he did that with the advice and counsel of attorney john eastman, whose emails the judge ordered, handed over to the january six committee, saying the emails are not prote
working, republicans want to put it on the chopping block. i m gonna ask ron klain, who s gonna join us in this hour if that is the closing argument in these congressional elections. is is that what. it is wow! mitch mcconnell is loving that. not! right. and republicans have absolutely made this argument possible, and highly credible for the democrats. thank you kevin mccarthy for explaining that you are gonna use the debt ceiling to slash the social safety net. you re welcome! i think ron klain is going to be ready for this question. i think he will be, lawrence! but i m excited, and i will be tuning in. thank you alex! thank you! have a good show! today, a federal judge found compelling evidence that donald trump committed federal, and state crimes. and that he did that with the advice and counsel of attorney john eastman, whose emails the judge ordered, handed over to the january six committee, saying the emails are not protected by attorney client privil
for white house officials and biden s attorneys and it will also show that in the end, this was in their words, a mistake, an inadvertent one at that. however the attorney general made a supplement today so that white house officials were not aware of any events and he detailed timelines that none of us were aware of and underscore the fact that when the president first talked about the classified documents earlier this week, he committed a second set of documents we discovered last night. they knew about them, take a listen. the review was underway when you guys made a statement about the documents. there are views underway when the president book about these documents. i don t understand. it does not make sense. the reviews underway the entire time, dealing differences that the headquarters had information on the documents, and he chose to exclude it. until reporters get information on the second set. let me confuse you, for a second, phil. we are trying to do this by t