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morning. morning first thing that's what i'll see you next. have a great week breaking news tonight and the trump trial, new testament trump, his longtime lawyer and fixer, michael cohen, who is now expected to take this then on monday, the judge warning cohen should not speak publicly about the hush money case as trump fumes about his gag order, and the trial heads towards the heart of the former president's alleged crimes in the next hour, we'll take you inside the courtroom from gavel to gavel breaking down all of today's most important developments and looking ahead to what's next welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm will blitzer with a special report in the situation room, the trump trial today

donald trump's historic criminal trial now on the brink of a blockbuster week with michael cohen's pivotal testimony and the prosecution revealing it could soon rest. it's case. today's testimony and legal wrangling. all building toward cohen. start turn on the witness stand as cnn's kara scannell report prosecutor star witness, michael cohen is expected to testify on monday in former president donald trump's hush money trial. cohen, trump's former attorney and fixer. is that the crux of the criminal case against him prosecutors say cohen paid off adult-film star stormy daniels on trump's behalf to kill her story of an alleged affair before the 2016 election. trump denies the affair somebody paid lawyer and then paying so it was a legal expense that somebody happened to be meeting. >> i didn't do the bookkeeping. i didn't know about it. this is what the case

is about. >> cohen told his political called beat down podcast co-host on thursday that he looks forward to testifying sooner or this thing starts, the sun to this thing finishes after a defense request, judge juan merchan told prosecutors he wants cohen to keep quiet about the case before he takes the stand, but he can't issue a gag order on a witness. something trump express frustration about as he left court today. >> there is no gag order to michael gum. what did you actually did? >> who is amazing actually was amazing. everybody could say whatever they want good whatever they want. i'm not allowed to say anything about anybody. it's a disgrace today. prosecutors called witnesses to the stand to help lay the groundwork for cohen's upcoming testimony and at&t analyst introduced cohen's phone records and back on the stand, trump's former white house aide, madeleine westerhout testified about trump's reaction to the release of daniel story in

2018, westerhout testified trump was upset by it and her understanding was that it would be hurtful to his family. >> she later clarified trump did not specifically speak about his family in that conversation. trump's lawyers suggested he made the $130,000 hush money pay off to daniel's in order to protect his family. meanwhile, prosecutors argue he did it to influence the 2016 election, which was two weeks away and came on the heels of the access hollywood tape damaging his campaign. >> when you're a star, they let you do it you can do anything with it. >> trump's lawyers to the necklace as westerhout about the process of trump signing checks, westerhout said trump would sign them while multitasking, doing things like talking on the phone or meeting with people. she described fedex thing, the sign checks back to the trump organization. prosecutors used westerhout to show that chain of command of checks like the one sent to cohen to reimburse him for the hush money cohen testified before congress about the allegations in 2019 donald trump wrote you a check out of

his personal account while he was serving as president of the united states of america, to reimburse you for hush money payments? yes, mr. chairman, today, another witness, a paralegal at the district attorney's office, read one of trump's tweets about the monthly payments to cohen, which trump called a retainer. trump said mr. cohen and attorney received a monthly retainer, not from the campaign, and having nothing to do with the campaign, the tweet came around the time his former lawyer, rudy giuliani, told fox news host sean hannity that trump reimbursed cohen for the hush money that cohen paid for it out of his own pocket, having something to do with paying some stormy daniels woman 130,000. i mean, which is going to turn out to be perfectly legal that money was not campaign money. they funneled through law firm follow-through. and the president repaid it now when

michael cohen takes the stand, who will be squaring off against the man he once said he would take a bullet for. >> it is a long time in the making the showdown, and cohen is expected to serve the prosecution as their star witness to walk the jury through book the initial idea where they met and decided they would do these catch and kill deals to when he funneled the money to stormy daniels to keep her from going public about her sexual encounter before the 2016 election, and then into the oval office where cohen says that that is where donald trump and he agreed how they would do this cover up. cohen would say that he was being paid pursuant the two are retainer and that is what the prosecution says is the hardest case, the falsification of those business records, cohen is expected to be on the stand for quite awhile, several hours, and then cross-examinati on, but prosecutors still say they think they could rest their case against the former president by the end of the week will be on the stand for a few days. there's no doubt about that kara scannell. thank you very, very much. let's get some more right now with our legal and political experts and katelyn polantz, you've been doing a lot of reporting on

this. we just heard once again, the jury heard today from cell phone company analysts and paralegals how does that set the stage for michael cohen? >> well, if the prosecutors are getting everything done out of the way before michael cohen or nearly everything. there may be an additional witness after him, but they're getting everything into the record that they need to today. it was people from at&t and verizon. they were making sure in the record they could attest that the prosecutors had collected some evidence, even from michael cohen's own cell phone the reason they're doing that is because the defense team in the trial context wouldn't agreed anything you can do something where you stipulate where you agree the prosecutors and defense agree to a set of facts show that to the jury, so you don't have to have witnesses like this. take the stand and testify. they wouldn't do that. so you're hearing these people maybe that's because they're boring. maybe that's because it's something that the defense team wants to try and pick out in their closing arguments, but also there's not

stipulating to anything in this case. they wouldn't even stipulate to some of the alligator patients from stormy daniels that they could have to avoid some of the more embarrassing testimony. so it's just showing you how combative the trump approach has been that you're seeing these people like from at&t and verizon being dragged in and put on the stand to testify very, very combative, indeed, neuromas. and why is michael cohen all of a sudden, the linchpin in this effort to tie trump directly to the alleged illegal activity, which is at the heart of this case wealth. >> it's been so fascinating for me being in court every day to see how the prosecution and the defense is preparing for that key witness michael cohen, who was also the first-person i spoke to when i investigated the impeachment first impeachment of president trump because of his central role in trump world. but what prosecutors have done, and this is part of what caitlin is talking about. they have built

corroboration for virtually every single thing michael cohen will say so that they can point to things like those phone records, even for a phone call if someone does believes is safe, just look at the record. the big pieces of corroboration have come through witnesses that they've repaired like david pecker, who opened their case to critical trump tower meeting, where the alleged agreement to me hey payments to benefit the campaign was set all corroborated. that's how they're prepared. it's a significant dip potential moment. >> michael moore cone, as we all remember, pled guilty to lying to congress. so how does the prosecution deal with the credibility issues of cone that that presents? >> yeah, i'm glad to be with all they do try to corroborate things that he's going to say, whether they've been successful or not. i don't know usually you don't pre corroborate a witness unless you expect you're going to have problems with the witnesses credibility

going down the road. and so it seems to me they know they've got a problem. they know they've got a row witness. he can he can keep himself off the social media, the things that he's doing like that he's made statements, always making money off of this. he's clearly got a disdain for them. but, but cohen is sorted the string that they're either going to use to tie everything together, or it's going to unravel because of him. and so it seems to me that that's what they're afraid of. is there is they're trying to get this information in it and let me say that the fact that he carotid uprights are they have a document that says there was a phone call. so what i mean, the fact that he says, well, yeah, he wrote a check. so why that's sort of known? the question is the trump know about and did he have some direction in creating this false document, this false business records. and they've not been able to put that piece of the puzzle together yet. >> you do a lot of reporting the trump campaign, alayna treene is with us cohen and trump as we all know, used to be very, very close. >> does trump now feel that cohen has betrayed him i mean, this is definitely the ultimate betrayal for donald trump.

>> i would also argue that i think that ships sailed a long time ago clearly these two have a very fraught relationship. donald trump hates michael cohen. i think that's fair to say. i know hatred is a strong word, but he does feel that way about him. and remember this is a man qarrah perfectly who once said that he would take a bullet for donald trump. he knew more about donald trump when he worked for him, then many of donald trump's family members that's how a lot of people used to describe their relationship to me. >> and so of course this is a betrayal and luck. >> i think it's going to be really fascinating to see how the trump team tries to go after michael cohen, we got a preview of that this week when they were cross-examining stormy daniels, susan necheles is very aggressive job going after her trying to undermine her credibility, argue she had an ax to grind. they're going to be doing the same thing with michael cohen. i also just want to point you to something we saw michael cohen post on tiktok. there's been all this talk of a gag order. he actually shared an image. we have it up now of donald trump

depicted in an orange jumpsuit with his hands handcuffed behind his back. that's the kind of antagonizing thing that i know his attorneys are going to be bringing up next week in court when they have their their chance to cross-examine him, caitlin, we know that the trump organization is former cfo allen weisselberg, who is now serving jail time and rikers island. his name came up during the set. the court hearing today. what was that about? yeah. watch this space what happens with allan weiss? so berg over the weekend and then in court next week, there's a possibility he's going to have to come into court and talk to the judge and the lawyers without the jury to say what he would say on the stand if he testifies because allen weisselberg, in this case, he is the potential empty chair. he could be the guy that the defense tries to pin it all on because he's not at this point in time going to be called by the prosecutors to testify and the prosecutors have a problem. they don't have anything to tell the jury as of right now about why he's

not there and he's the other guy. in addition to michael cohen that could corroborate trump's motivation an end the plan to pay off stormy daniel's. so prosecutors, they want to be able to say allen weisselberg it has an agreement with the trump org to not disparage them is still getting paid from them. that's why he's not testifying. >> we don't know if that's going to be able to be shown to the jury or what will happen with him? can someone norm who's serving jail time right now actually be called as a witness in the trial like this. >> they can wealth the courts ultimately have the authority over the jails and the judge can order an allen weisselberg to be brought in to court remains to be seen what the denouement will be of the back-and-forth prosecutors clearly are not keen to have him on the stand and believe they can make their case without them. >> they don't know if he'll take the fifth as well. that's the other oh, he's on the tape. remember he's when cohen

is recording his conversation with trump. i mean, he says alan approve this. allen's okay. or what and i'm not quoting exactly, but he basically says, this comes with his his approval the financial crime. so here you've got cohen's tell and trump how to do it. you've got weisselberg who says he's fine where he set it up. he's told me what to do that kinda puts. him in. the empty chair, right? i mean, he he becomes the foil for the whole thing. so they can isolate berg cfo, the chief financial officer at the trump organization, do everything that was going on inside the trump radicalization. potentially it could be a very significant witness. we'll see if that happens, guys. thank you very, very much coming up. michael cohen's long working related patients should with donald trump crashed and burned. and how that could impact cohen's testimony against trump. that's coming up sturdy. we expect on monday plus there's more breaking news. we're following the biden administration releases a highly anticipated report on the israeli military's use of us weapons in gaza. the

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cheerleader. >> he's a good man. he's a man who cares deeply about this country. cohen, a former personal injury lawyer, knew a little about politics a democrat, most of his life he wants campaign for seats on the new york city council and the state senate, losing both times when trump was still feeling his way forward, cohen helped launch a website, should trump run and all along, he clearly relished his role in the trump organization. they say mr. trump's pitbull that i am his um, his right-hand man. my trump liked it. >> michael cohen is a very talented lawyers a good lawyer. my firm, others noticed i'm not averse to threatening people. here's a guy who carries a pistol and ankle holster. he makes it clear to people that he's the tough any moment now, donald trump's longtime attorney and fixer, michael cohen, is reporting to prison. >> then it all fell apart. cohen's tough-guy tactics drew federal investigators. he wound up pleading guilty to tax evasion, campaign finance

violations, and more after three years in jail and under house arrest, he came out i'm singing a very different tune. >> i am ashamed that i chose to take part in concealing mr. trump's elicit acts rather than listening to my own conscience. he is a racist he is a con man and he's achieved critically cohen continued talking about one of the things that put him into prison paying off women alleging affairs with trump, then falsifying records to hide the hush money. trump denied involvement and now calls the lawyer. he wants praised a convicted felon and liar. >> they stoned, called loser real loser this is almost shakespearean for a long time, both men stuck together relying on loyalty, discretion, and winks and nods when business got dirty, according to cohen but now in court next week, donald trump will stand firmly apart from his old lawyer, and

they will both effectively say to the jury which one of us do you believe? as i said, this is going to be very, very powerful and dramatic time, foreman. thank you very much. let's discuss what's going on with george grosso or retired the administrative judge for the queens county supreme court in new york state. he's been in the courtroom throughout the trump trial. judge. thank you so much for joining us as you know, judge merchan asked prosecutors to deliver a personal message to michael cohen today and he said this and i'm quoting now, i direct the people to communicate to mr. cohen that the judge is asking him to refrain from making any more statements, and that comes from the bench. so, judge, how much weight does that carry from this current judge? >> so in this current judge, it carries a ton of weight it's time for michael cohen up, put on his big boy pants, and stop acting like a child in the school yard the leverage that

the judge has here isn't to jail michael cohen, who you walk law wouldn't permit that kind of authority with respect to a witness? but what the judge could do and i think if michael cohen forces him to do it by continuing to fail to heed the warnings from the district attorney's office to knock it off when it comes to publicly using social media and television and radio appearances to poke the baer in terms of donald trump prior to his testimony in the conclusion of this trial? that the judge certainly has the power to remove michael cohen from the gag order. that's the underlying leverage of the court and while the judge did not specifically say that today, he alluded to it in a pre previous written decision finding defendant trump liable for contempt violation this

judge is serious. so if michael cohen does not haidt this judges wanting public warning in a public court being delivered to him by the district attorney's office. and he is removed from that gag order and then trump would be free defendant. trump would be free to do the usual things he does on social media and other venues. and if that happens michael cohen will only have himself to blame. >> interesting, i know judge grass or you've been in court every day watching this trial step-by-step. how michael cohen's testimony do you believe round out the prosecution's over all case? >> well, he's crucial he's crucial in order to based on all the evidence i've heard so far, and i want to preface what i'm saying is michael cohen is not coming in on a void he's coming in on a mountain of evidence. i think that overall

the district attorney's office has done a very, very solid job with documentary evidence, witness testimony motivation, but for the most part it's been circumstantial michael cohen is the length, i guess an analogy might be when john gady was ultimately convicted after several several attempts that fell. sammy the bull grove ohno was the link someone who has that kind of connection with the boss? so right now what the jury is going to need to hear if 12 jurors are going to vote unanimously to convict a former president and maybe future president of the united states. it's clear testimony that gives, that gives the motivation to donald trump to falsify business records in order to cover up hush money. that should have been that was

paid to stormy daniel's through michael cohen that should have been reported has a campaign contribution, but then they couldn't have reported it because the $130,000 was well in excess the federal limits. but it's michael cohen that has to cause that deal. so this is as crucial as it gets crucial. >> it's going to be a very dramatic moment on monday when all this begins to unfold. thank you very much, a judge grosso. appreciate it very much coming up the us state department has just released a long-awaited report looking into whether israel's war against hamas in gaza violated international law. we have details just ahead sunday on the whole story the debate over transgender athletes that i believed i needed to sacrifice being trans in order to swim. we can't neglect fairness and hopes to be inclusive. >> the whole story with anderson cooper on sunday at eight on cnn. when your business throws you a surprise,

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pentagon and this cnn there's breaking news. >> we're following right now. the biden administration has just released a long-awaited report finding it, quote reasonable to assess israel used american weapons in gaza in ways that are inconsistent with international law. but the report stopped short of officially concluding that israel committed violations i want to bring in our national security correspondent kylie out when she's over at the state department for us, also joining us are senior white house correspondent mj lee. she of course, is that the white house? kylie, let me go to you first. what does this report say specifically and will it actually impact the flow of us weapons to israel well, if as you said, this is a striking report from the state department because it says it is reasonable to assess that israel has used us weapons in gaza since october 7. >> in a way that is inconsistent with international humanitarian law. therefore, that israel could have violated

international humanitarian law as it has waged this war. it also finds, we should note that israel did not orbitals primarly impede humanitarian assistance from getting in to gaza. that's noteworthy because of course, cnn has its own reporting that israel has impeded that assistance from getting in the biden administration has called on israel repeatedly to do more to get that humanitarian assistance into gaza. but the state department determining that israel didn't make arbitrary decisions about keeping that assistance out at times. so we should know that the report says it's challenging to make determinations on these specific incidents that there are ongoing investigations particularly because hamas hides in population centers, hides in population areas and so therefore, it's hard to determine if these strikes actually violated international humanitarian law. it also raises questions woolf about israel actually using its

capabilities, that it has to drive down civilian deaths. i want to read to you a part of the report saying, quote, while israel has the college experience, and tools to implement best practices for mitigating civilian harm in its military operations. the result on the ground including high level, high levels of civilian casualties raise substantial questions as to whether the idf is using them effectively in, all cases, so there are a number of instances at this report looks at again, not making a definitive conclusion on those incidents. we should note that a senior state department official says israel has been providing the us with information. they've been asking for about these incidents, but there are gaps in that information. they're getting from israel. >> interesting, mj, yeah, you're over at the white house for us. so what does this mean for president by will if we can reasonably expect that the administration is going to come under heavy criticism for this

report that they have been working on drafting for weeks and weeks now. and really poses a serious test of credibility for the biden administration. i think what is tough about this report for the white house is that it both says that there have been instances where us weapons were used in violation of international law. but it also declined to conclude as kylie was saying, definitively, and in a block way that israel did in fact it's violate international law and a bunch of reasons were offered why some of some of which kylie just walk through, including the fact that some of these instances are still being investigated. the us is still waiting for some information from israel and the state department is basically saying, look, one instance can't really speak to overall compliance by all of israel. but i think a lot of people are going to have a really hard time squaring that conclusion with even some of the things that the president himself has said. he has said that israel was engaged in indiscriminate

bombings. for example, he has said that they're conduct has been over the top. and then of course he said this to aaron earlier this week have those bombs, those powerful 2000 pound bombs, been used to kill civilians in gaza civilians have been killed in gaza as a consequence of those bombs i think the. other conclusion from the report that is going to be extremely controversial is this idea that israel did not withhold humanitarian aid to gaza in violation of us law. >> a lot of people, again, i think we'll have a hard time squaring with the reality that us officials for months and months have called on israel so do a better job and make sure that more aid is getting in so kylie what sort of reaction is this new report sparking? well, listen center van hollen, who is obviously a democrat of the biden administration's own party coming out with some swift the criticism of this report just telling reporters

that it lacks deeper investigation. that is what he's hoped. he was hoping for. he was hoping for really nuanced investigative pieces into these specific incidents. and he told reporters just after receiving this report this afternoon, quote, the administration duct, all while the hard questions about making the actual determination. he said it's not credible that the us government would have less information on these incidents, these specific israeli strikes into gaza, then humanitarian organizations have and humanitarian organizations have made determinations that israel did in fact violate international humanitarian law. and some of these instances. so he is really not happy as he is reviewing this report while he said that it has some useful bits in it, rest assured that he will raise these concerns directly with biden administration officials. >> senator chris van hollen of maryland. thank you very much. kylie, out what shaded mj lee. appreciate you as well. just

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all these things out for everything else. and hope that the jury will believe me on that one final point, addressing it, a prosecutor say they've repeatedly already asked cohen not to talk about the case in advance, and they have no control over what he does. what is that bode for them when michael cohen actually takes the stand now honestly, if i were cross-examining him, i would cross-examine him and that point on the fact of how many times they've asked him and he refuses because it just goes to show his bias. yeah. you want you want witnesses who were coming into just tell the truth and that's why whenever you cross-examine them on, you have a cooperation agreement or whatever. oh, no. i'm just here to tell the truth. >> i know. >> you've been khan tiktok saying this. you've been saying this you're not here just to tell the truth. you're here as an advocate, you're trying to get revenge and so i think it's going to be very bad for them, as you know, the jury is already heard a lot about michael cohen's flaws and various testimony so far in

this case, we'll diffuse the defense strategy to hammer is credibility during eventual cross-examination. >> yes. >> and that is one of the reasons why the prosecution does that. they do it through other witnesses and then they will also do it through michael cohen. they're going to go through as much of his bad history as they can because it's for two purposes, not only in the cross-examination, if we can if it defense attorney can bring out and shock the jury with some bad fact. that's one point but then the second point is on closing when you say they didn't ask him about that, we had to bring that i did they even look at their witnesses credibility? >> how else would you cross-examine michael cohen if you were still representing trump lot of things, you go through his history, all of his credibility issues, but you can't just kill the character of the individual. you have to kill the story you two, because the reality is cooperating witnesses. the only reason why they are witness to a crime

because they happen to be a criminal themselves. so if you just hit send makerbot on how many people whose killed, you're just corroborating why he be around somebody else who kills people. same thing here you hit all that stuff, but then you have to zone in on the story what their motivation is to tell a lie here, what their motivation is to try and put it on to somebody else. and then what is wrong with the actual story if all you do is just hit him on how many times he's committed perjury realize you lose it was really interesting. stormy daniels graphics salacious testimony, trump was there listening? think to all of that. jury wasn't very happy about that. and i'm sure he's not going to be very happy about michael cohen's testimony. give us a sense because, you know, trump, how is he handling all this? >> i think he's handling it as best as can be expected i mean, it's you're forcing him to sit there and listened all this stuff and not punch back. and, you know, his personality for somebody that is been on top of the world for so many years and

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michael. what did you educated who is amazing actually was amazing. >> everybody can say whatever they want. they can say whatever they want. i'm not allowed to say anything about anybody. it's a disgrace he briefly mentioned cohen, michael cohen already. >> is he going to be able to stick to the gag order? what do you think? >> i think it's going to very hard and we'll see, you know, particularly in a rally format where there's the energy of the crowd and we've seen what happens again that's himself going i doubt he'll be able to, but look, this is probably the first time first of few times and donald trump's life where he's actually having to follow the rules and you have to imagine that his lawyers have had very stern conversations with him about the potential costs of violence that gag order at this moment in time ahead of this testimony sure. >> michael i'm anxious to get your thoughts. what do you think the strategy is behind?

trump decided to campaign in new jersey estate? he is all but certain to lose in november. >> and i think the president has told us he's complained nearly every single day about how but she's disliking being in the courtroom. he wants to be out there talking to his voters, making his case to the american people about why he believes he deserves to be elected. again, i think also this gives him an opportunity to talk about some of those critical issues that voters are worried about, whether its foreign policy, immigration, where there's the economy infrastructure structure, a whole host of other things. so hopefully wolf, this gives the president the opportunity to lay out a new plan, a refresher, if you will, for voters who are just starting to begin to pay attention to the process to he does in new jersey. >> i karen, after president biden told are erin burnett this week that the us could halt some major weapons shipments to israel so if it were to invade rafah in southern gaza, some republicans have launched an effort to impeach the president, senator tom cotton posting this. let me

read it to you. the house has no choice but to impeach biden based on the trump ukraine precedent of withholding foreign aid to help with reelection, what do you make of this? >> well, let's jane i mean, first of all, you have republicans who have been blocking aid to ukraine. finally, that, that went through. so if we want to reopen the whole ukraine situation, let's go ahead and do that and look at the facts. >> but more importantly, we'll on our own air, we've been reporting today, you were just talking about the state department report and some of those devastating findings. >> and we've got our own reporting from israeli officers who are have come forward to talk about the conditions under which they saw palestinian being detained and howled. so you combine that those things and what i would like to see congress care about is getting a fuller picture about how american arms are being used in the region, particularly given i've traveled to israel, i

know you have to i've been told by the idf that they have the capability to be more precise in their targeting. you in these, their weaponry and that should be the concern of congress. now once again, as we've seen over and over again, just trying to find some reason to try to impeach president biden and burst merchan. >> sure. michael has president biden committed a high crime or misdemeanor according to these republican lawmakers, is this really a serious effort? >> i mean, i don't think he there's quite met that mark yet wolf, but i do believe republicans should put pressure on the president to continue to stand behind and support israel and their offense to essentially annihilate hamas, that they have to, hamas has made it very clear that if they do not, they're going to continue to perpetuate these types of attacks. i do believe israel needs to change his strategy perhaps focusing on cq, be close-quarters, combat, where you have special operations unit, maybe going after some of the leaders of hamas to help guide with some

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american continent for tonight, all the way across into europe and asia tomorrow. and then back around for us for tomorrow. so this is not just a one night thing. >> if you miss the corona tonight, if you miss the aurora, then all of a sudden you could see it again for tomorrow, maybe even a couple of days. >> there's the coronal mass ejection made contact with earth about 12:40 this afternoon, really lit up the atmosphere. there are plasma magnetic ions flying all around inside the atmosphere right now and that's causing a few things that are to go wrong. we know this happened because kind of like a seismogram and when you look at an earthquake all day everything was flat. son was just fine. then all of a sudden, right. about 12:45. it got very, very interesting and it's going to go all night, long gulf very interesting indeed, chad myers, thank you very much into our viewers de, with cnn for more special coverage beginning later tonight, 10:00 p.m. eastern with cnn newsnight the solar durham. >> i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. thanks very much for watching.