weekend. also tonight, ukraine s president marks 500 days of war. while the u.s. is blased for sending a controversial weapon to use against russia. plus, the president says bidenomics is working. but is a hot jobs market cooling? former president trump returns to the campaign trail this weekend as florida governor ron desantis campaign appears to stall. in california, a follower of charles manson moves a step closer to freedom after more than half a century behind bars. multi-state manhunt. police search for a dangerous fugitive who escaped jail using bedsheets. and later, it s a jumbo hot dog on wheels with a new name. meet the college grads getting grilled on how to drive an american icon. what made you want to drive this across the country? adventure and the mission. it s a dream come true. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from chicago with adriana diaz. good evening. extreme dangerous weather has struck all over the country this summer and
trial. a trial that threatens to upend his personal fortune and real estate business. the former president could take the stand in his own defense on monday, but today the court is hearing from an accounting expert who described new york attorney general s letitia james claims of fraud as meritless, saying, quote, my main finding is that there is no evidence whatsoever for any accounting fraud. this is trump s first appearance since an appellate court reinstated a gag order barring him from talking about the court staff on social media. while the clerks are off limits, trump didn t waste time renewing his attacks on the judge arthur. a case that is absolutely 100%, there s not a judge in the country that wouldn t have given us a total victory, but there s not a judge in the country that would have even taken this case. this is a witch hunt, and a very corrupt trial. the attorney general sits here because she knows that she has a judge that no matter all the evidence, that
it is 4:00 new york. it is not every day that a former president of the united states is in a courthouse. much less as a defendant in the case that threatens to bring down the entire brand that he used to propel himself into office in the first place. today, donald trump was back in court in the $250 million civil fraud trial in new york. before walking in, trump lashed out as he so often does at the judge, the trial, at the new york attorney general who brought the lawsuit. he did not mention judge engoron s clerk, who has been a frequent target of his, he remains under a gag order that prohibits him from talking about court staff. inside the courtroom, accounting expert eli bartov took the stand and testified that in his expert opinion the attorney general s claims of a years long pattern of fraud, manipulating the values of trump s real estate assets were baseless. there is no evidence whatsoever for any accounting fraud, he said. dold trump was reportedly visibly pleased.
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