thanks for being with us on cnn news central. donald trump lashed out at his civil trial. nothing really new there. what is new he was able to make some more of those very same claims inside the courtroom today during closing arguments. the judge made the move of letting trump address the courtroom with $370 million and his ability to do business in new york on the line. trump spoke from the defense table. after five minutes the judge actually cut him off. prosecutors for the new york attorney general are giving their closing argument. we have a reporter scattered across lower manhattan. including in the court room. let s start now with kristin holmes who got in a few questions with trump. down in wall street. kristin what else did we here at this press conference? reporter: at the top. it was very much what we heard before that this election interference in political persecution. he again said that this case was working in cahoots with president biden because biden did n
Times difficult to listen to often was forensic categorization of what israel is accused of having done and continues to do. in gaza. the killings of civilians but also the wider impact it is having on everyday life. you heard several varistors get up and make the case including one woman at one point one of the barristers pointing out this was the first genocide she said in the history of humanity were a people s own destruction had been live streamed by themselves for the time being. to the global indifference of the entire world. that is what south africans are trying to change. but getting this on the public record they hope it will force the world to get up and take notice. no sooner had the south african lawyers finished there was already a rebuttal from the israelis the shape of the spokesman for their foreign minister. south africans and then sue would follow. israel s special genocide intent is