fiona pick cnn is on the ground in puerto rico to show you the path of destruction. live, from cnn center, this is a cnn newsroom, with rosemary church. thanks for being with us. we are following new developments out of moscow. vladimir putin is ordering a partial mobilization in russia to support his invasion of ukraine. the russian president says it begins today, and people in reserves, and those who have previously served in the armed forces, will be subject to conscription. let s bring in cnn s clare sebastian picture joins us live from london. what exactly will this order from putin for a partial mobilization mean for ukraine, and of course, for russia? rosemarie, this is a significant moment for russia, it is a partial mobilization, not full-scale conscription but we know that russian forces have had trouble replenishing their ranks on the battlefield, they have been using prisoners to do that, freeing them and taking them to ukraine. as well as mercenaries. have
the four-time indicted twice impeached former president donald trump takes the stand as a defendant in new york civil trial accusing him, his family, and other trump organization of fraud. one month on since the horrific attacks on israel, war rages, you unofficial says the death toll in gaza now live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with john vause. thank you for joining us wherever you are around the world. we begin with a courtroom almost four hours of testimony, donald trump was argumentative, and at times rambling, the judge and state prosecutors. he really iterated indirect claims he also said it was interference. he also made history during the civil fraud case, you first former u.s. president to take to the witness stand to explain his own actions. the trial is a civil case, which means trump will not face jail time unlike his for criminal indictments. but this new york case strikes at the very heart of trump s business empire, and could and with a ban
war in gaza with democratic congressman jim albumin. plus mary trump is here to preview her uncle s big day in court tomorrow as the ex president gets ready to testify at his own civil fraud trial. and gaza suffered another communications blackout amid intense israeli bombardment. i ll talk with a top israeli official who resigned citing quote genocide of the palestinians. good evening welcome to the show i m mehdi hasan. it s november 5th,, 2023 which means exactly a year from now, november the 5th, 2024 americans will go to the polls to pick their president. it looks almost certain that they will be picking between joe biden and donald trump. the choice that americans are saying in poll after poll that they do not want a rerun of 2020. they don t want dramatic democratic and republican candidates with names biden and trump. but here we are. and here s the bad news for team biden in particular. if the election were held not a year for now but today, the twice impeached four
plus mary trump is here to preview her uncle s big day in court tomorrow as the ex president gets ready to testify at his own civil fraud trial. and gaza suffered another communications blackout amid intense israeli bombardment. i ll talk with a top israeli official who resigned citing quote genocide of the palestinians. good evening welcome to the show i m mehdi hasan. it s november 5th,, 2023 which means exactly a year from now, november the 5th, 2024 americans will go to the polls to pick their president. it looks almost certain that they will be picking between joe biden and donald trump. the choice that americans are saying in poll after poll that they do not want a rerun of 2020. they don t want dramatic democratic and republican candidates with names biden and trump. but here we are. and here s the bad news for team biden in particular. if the election were held not a year for now but today, the twice impeached four times indicted indicted donald trump would win the el
committed the crime of falsifying business records with the intent to influence the 2016 election. then, the prosecution will recap their case and tied together testimony from their witnesses and the evidence including documents with handwritten notes accounting for just how the hush money payment was to be reimbursed to michael cohen, who testified that he did it at the direction of and for the benefit of donald trump. closing arguments will take up most if not the entire day, st which will be followed by judge mershon giving jury instructions, which should last about one hour. and then the fate will be in the hands of the jury that could reach a verdict as early as this week. trump is already attacking the jury instructions on social media. there is a significant development in florida and the classified documents case against him. jack smith is asking eileen cannon to modify the conditions of release in the classified documents case after he told the very dangerous lie abo