atlanta is the only facility in the u.s. that has giant pandas, but it too could soon lose them. wolf? brian todd reporting. thanks, brian, very much. erin burnett outfront starts erin burnett outfront starts right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com outfront next, ivanka trump doesn t recall the former trump org executive vice president under oath repeatedly saying she didn t remember key details about the family business she ran. with me tonight a top trump business reporter who was there in the courtroom, former trump white house lawyer ty cobb and omarosa manigault newman. plus, israel tonight says it s destroyed 130 hamas tunnel shafts. we have a special report of what s inside those tunnels. the spider web crisscrossing underneath gaza, and what that underground warfare looks like right now as the death toll mounts in gaza. and trump s opening up about a potential vp pick. could it be that guy? let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett.
stake through the heart of the trump business and brand. you can see him here entering the courtroom a few hours ago. he is the first member of the family to be called as a witness by state prosecutors, but he will not be the last. his brother eric is set to testify, as well as his sister ivanka, and his dad, the ex-president himself, who is scheduled to take the stand monday. donald trump jr. along with his brother eric trump have spent their entire careers at the trump organization. eric runs day-to-day business, and trump jr. is a trustee of the business entity that technically controls the entire trump org. because of their roles, they stand accused of committing fraud for years and years and years, involving those financial statements that have been submitted by the company. in his testimony so far, donald trump jr. has been asked about his grasp of accounting on that nbc news reports, quote, he said he was aware of what g-a-a-p is, quote, generally accepted accounting p
of a man who fomented an insurrection against united states plastered across their skylines in giant letters. in other words, the trump brand is already a brand in crisis. it has been four years. seems like maybe the trump organization as a business and a brand might not be in a position to withstand a ten count felony indictment, plus 15 felony counts against its chief financial officer. but don t take it from me. ask the people who used to work there. and it s upper ranks. former trump organization executive barbarous tells bloomberg lose quote, this is a. i think is going to destroy the trump empire. a former trump org executive vice president says quote, it s the beginning of the end of the brand. and not just because of public perception. bloomberg knows that, when financiers see the charges, their thoughts may turn to the company s ability to refinance more than $590 million of debt coming due within the next four years. more than half of which trump personally guaranteed.