we start this hour of cnn news center with a touch of drama. the donald trump s civil fraud trial today in new york. his expert witness going after a lawyer for the new york attorney general. telling him, quote, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. some fireworks here. trump attending these proceedings to take a. a lot of attention on these. he is expected to take the stand next week as the final defense witness. cnn s kara scannell live for us outside of the court. tell us, kara, who is this expert witness for the defense? why did he get so upset? reporter: boris, breonna, this is an expert witness, the final expert witness that the trump team called on his defense. and accounting professor from new york university. professor eli bartov. he was asked questions, he had been testifying all morning on this. the lawyer for the attorney generals office subjected to one of the lines of questioning saying the accounting professor is not a banker, so he is not qualified to answe
in america tonight, you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody? except on day one. the indicted republican front runner makes it official. he says, you re not going to be a dictator. i said, no, no, no, except on day one. tonight, donald trump stand back and stand by for dictatorship moment. the lesson of donald trump out the last several years has taught us, we have to take them seriously and take him real. and a requiem for the last young gun eye and they want to ask the question, i never quit. a stunning resignation of the only speaker ever fired from the job. and my interview with the great rob reiner, the life and legacy at the incomparable i would say he mattered, but only if i can help people understand that is true of all of us. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. as we begin the official start of the 2024 election season, there is hardly, a growing awareness across the political spectrum
about is ridiculous. i m in this race because the truth needs to be spoken. he is unfit. this is a guy who just said this past week that he wants to use the department of justice to go after his enemies when he gets in there. i mean, the fact of the matter is he is unfit to be president, and there is no bigger issue in this race than donald trump, and those numbers prove it. that s republican presidential candidate chris christie addressing the lack of direct criticism for donald trump at last night s gop debate. we ll have much more from that heated yet perhaps not relevant event straight ahead. meanwhile, on capitol hill senate republicans are stalling a critical aid package, which includes billions of dollars in funding for ukraine. we ll explain why and what could happen next. and also ahead we ll bring you the latest from gaza. israel says its forces are closing in on the hamas leader is believed to be the mastermind behind the october 7th terror attacks. good mo
manchester city are at high flying aston villa while liverpool travel to bottom side sheffield united. also a tasty tie at old trafford between manchester united and chelsea. he will take you from the top and a half time at the south coast, brentford going ahead and breakfrom the coast, brentford going ahead and break from the penalty spot before pascal grossi equalised for the hosts. bournemouth taking a 1 0 lead into the break. marcos annecy with the on the goal of the game at palace. phelan, meanwhile, 2 0 up at home tonight and for us. the segment those beautiful goalfor home tonight and for us. the segment those beautiful goal for him and as. liverpool 1 0 up. in the later kick offs, the two of them at the bottom of your screen, around 15 minutes on the clock at villa park, and it is 0 0 between the champions and it is 0 0 between the champions and aston villa, while over at old trafford, bruno fernandes put 0 0. meanwhile, newcastle with be without their goalkeeper for
continue to work with our israeli counterparts to be as deliberate as we possibly can as they now go on renewed offensive operations. finally if i could, switch into mexico, the u.s. department of treasury today section 17 targets. that is 15 individuals and two companies that are linked through the boat around a labor organization and were known as bilo to the most powerful drug trafficking organizations in the world and heavily involved in the transportation and distribution of deadly illicit drugs including fentanyl to here in the united states. it has also been ordered to largest suppliers of cocaine to the u.s. market of the last two decades, could lead to department unsealed indictments against 60 defendants on various international drug trafficking offenses, related through the import of illicit drugs like meth, cocaine, marijuana, and of course fentanyl. actions are part of a whole of government effort correlated with the government of mexico to help counter the globa