right now former president trump is inside of a new york courthouse and he is watching this 250 million dollar civil fraud trial threatening his business empire. trump, his adult sons, as well other the trump board executives are accused of inflating financial statements to obtain favorable loans and insurance deals. >> trump is set to take the witness stand next week as the final defense witness. let's take you live outside of the courthouse. with cnn's kara denounced. kara, we have seen the former president make multiple public statements opining on how the trial is going. how have things played out so far?

-- [inaudible] expert witness testifying, this is an accounting professor from nyu. he has given the trump side the strongest, clearest, offense so far from an expert witness. what he is testifying today as he examined the financial statements that are at the heart of this case, the accusations that they inflated the value of properties on them and then use that to get better terms on loans and insurance. he testified, unequivocally, that there is no evidence whatsoever of accounting fraud he said that my analysis shows the financial statements for all of the years were not materially misstated. the judge intervened here and asked him, are you saying that the attorney general's complaint has no merit? he said, that is absolutely my opinion. he went on to say that there are some errors in the report, in the financial statements. he said that those are not necessarily fraud. he said that that is common when there are these on audited financial statements used by sophisticated binders.

really giving the trump side their strongest offense. we heard from the former president when he was leaving that one of the brakes and he praised that expert accountant. take a listen. >> this is a highly respected man. i do not know him. he is an expert witness. he found no fraud, whatsoever! he found no accounting fraud, whatsoever. like everyone else he said, what are we doing here? >> the judge has already found that the financial statements in this case are fraudulent. found that trump has committed repeated and persistent fraud. much of trump's defense is also playing towards the appeals court because they have acknowledged, they accept that the judge will probably rule against them and the civil fraud trial. they are making their case in creating a record so it can be heard by an appeals court. on that note, we did learn some news today. the appeals court in new york

is agreeing to continuously stay. that is they are not going to allow the dissolution of trump's businesses until this trial, and the appeal, is wrapped up. that when favor trump today. the attorney generals office doubling down on their statements, their commitment, that trump has committed fraud. in response to trump's comments, new york attorney general, letitia james, tweeted that they have already proven a massive fraud that trump has committed. this case, as you say, will continue with trump being on the stand next week as the final witness in their defense. for us, breonna? >> kara scannell, live outside of the courthouse for. thank you for that report. let's talk more about this with cnn legal analyst norm eisen. norm, starting with this expert testimony that you heard there, what is your analysis of how much weight this will have? >> well, and we know experts are, sometimes, available for hire. mr. bartov is a academic who works in this field.

there has been substantial testimony that the financial statements are fraudulent. to attempt to justify them defies the witnesses who have testified that they are fraudulent, the exports for the state, the judges own finding where he had already granted partial summary judgment of fraud. and, if i may say so, common sense. how can you say that an apartment that is a little more than 10,000 square feet is 30,000 square feet? i don't care how many professors come in, are they going to put a math professor on next to say that 30,000 and 10,000 are equal? i think the weight of the evidence is that there were material misstatements. not just of the apartment, but 40 wall street, seven spraying, mar-a-lago. this case is going to be lost

by donald trump. the battle will be on appeal. the reason trump is in court today, the 12 punch as he is going to attempt to back up what professor bartov has said to create that appellate record. >> trump has said something about a appellate court decision that he claims the judge engoron is ignoring. i think we may have that clear. let's play. at >> the judge, as you know, overturned by the appellate division of the new york state supreme court. which is a higher core, much higher court than where we are right now. the judge refused to acknowledge it. this case would be over. that was about 90% of the cases, having hit that statute of limitations. this case should be over! >> norm was shaking his head of that clip was playing. >> look, trump and his lawyers have been back and forth to the appellate courts, over and over again, since that decision on statute of limitations came

down. if the appellate court thought that they were being divided, they would've shut the case down. they have declined to do that. trump is mixing apples and oranges. yes, there was a statute of limitations issue that paired the case back. as you know, ivanka trump, as a result, is out of the case. it does not invalidate the attorney generals entire case. as is so often with the former president, he is not exactly, 100%, candid and truthful in how he is describing legal events. seeing things, perhaps, the way he wants to see them? >> exactly. exactly there. so, let's talk about the gag order that is in place here. i think it is really worth mentioning. he cannot comment about the court. he got in trouble about that before. there are still things he can talk about. the judge, a.g., testimonial, whole lot more. what is interesting here is

having been fined a couple of times he is now staying within these boundaries. they have been enforced. i wonder if you think that is going to be a roadmap for judges in other cases, specifically the federal election subversion case here in d.c.? >> i do, brianna. we followed together the vicissitudes of the state gag order and the federal gag order, on and off again. the state order, which i think is a preview of what will happen with the federal gag order here in d.c. for the coming march trial, the state courts have now turned that gag order back on. today, trump was brought to heel. he had a press availability before the court, no attacks on judicial staff. he had one after, he appeared in court and again, no attacks. no attacks in courts. it shows that he can be controlled. he is a rational actor. will that hold? will he make a strategic choice

to politically inflame his base by violating the gag order and having some drama? he may do it but if he does it today's compliance shows that that will be intentional. these gag orders are consistent with the first amendment, as the new york appellate courts that mr. trump celebrated have found now. >> norm, we got some breaking news moments before we got on the air about trump's revived efforts to dismiss the federal election subversion cases. essentially, his team is appealing a decision that rejected his effort to dismiss the case on certain grounds. walk us through what this means for the broader case. >> unlike some of the arguments we just heard, this is not frivolous or made-up. there is a serious legal question here. one that trump has lost and he will probably lose again on appeal.

this is something that i worked on when i was in the white house counsel's office. presidents cannot, normally, be the subject of legal proceedings. it is called presidential immunity. it typically applies in the civil case. trump tried and his federal prosecution for alleged election overthrow here in b.c. to take that civil rule and apply it in a criminal case. hey, jack smith, i'm the president. you cannot prosecute me. judge chutkan said, no. that is a monarch of idea no one is above the law if you break the law as president, you get to be prosecuted. now he is appealing that to the d.c. circuit. he is going to try to get a stay. there will be a big fight about it. fundamentally i think judge chutkan was right. i have written about this, including for cnn. it is inimical to american law that there would be one person in our country who is never

able to be held accountable for violating criminal laws simply because they are president. he also lost an important immunity decision in the civil context. but in criminal it is even more important. he will fail, it is a real issue. it is going to occasional lot of attention. there will be a big fight over whether the whole thing should be stayed. it is something else that we will be watching together in the weeks ahead. >> definitely. we hope that you will come back to break down the decision once it is made. norm alison, thank you so much. we want to focus on the nation's capital now where house republicans are escalating their probe into president biden. in the coming days it will take a key procedural step in formalizing their impeachment inquiry. the rules committee set to consider a resolution on that next tuesday. if it passes it will face a vote on the house floor. >> let's go now to cnn's manu raju. manu, tell us, how is this going to play out and why the gop is taking the step now? >> reporter: well, they want to

show that this probe is escalating. they are arguing that they would have more powers in court if it comes down to it by having formal vote on the floor to authorize an inquiry. remember, this impeachment inquiry has been going on since then speaker kevin mccarthy announced that it would happen. this did not actually need to be a vote but they are taking the step, a symbolic gesture of sorts, with one they believe will be in even greater town to power. this is one where they have a narrow majority. democrats are gonna vote against this in lockstep. that means in this narrow republican majority, speaker johnson can only afford to lose three republican votes. with 18 republicans in biden districts that means the pressure will be on them. in talking to several of those members, including some from new york, they make it very clear that they will side with the speaker now but they are still uncertain about whether biden should be impeached. >> reporter: is it good

politics to go down the route of impeachment? >> the fundamental responsibility for providing oversight and checks and bounds on the executive branch is not subjected to what is in the best political interest of anyone, or everyone. i did not come to washington to expel a member of congress or future president. the white house would do well by honoring subpoenas investigating in the investigation. >> you don't think it put moderate weakens in a tough spot? >> the moderate republicans, their constituents want to see this. i think people in moderate democrat districts want to see it, as well. >> reporter: that last comment from house oversight chairman, james comer, who plans to move forward with the contempt proceedings if hunter biden, the president's son, does not comply with a subpoena to be deposed behind closed doors by mid december. hunter biden's team says he will comply in public. he accuses republicans of cherry-picking testimony, including what they expect to be his, behind closed doors. that will not fly from comer. he tells me he does believe he

has the votes to hold hunter biden in contempt if he does not comply. the question is, where does it go from here? do they actually have the votes for impeachment? can they draw the line between hunter biden's actions, joe biden's actions, suggesting the acted corruptly while in office. something that they have not done yet. these are all major questions as the president is headed here guys. >> manu, thank you for that report. live for us from capitol hill. today we have seen former president trump. he's trying to turn, as he does, so frequently the courthouse into a bit of a campaign stop. his gop rivals are busy stumping in iowa and new hampshire, hoping to seize any momentum they may have gained coming out of this debate last night. it was a night where you saw several candidates butting heads. others made some unexpected alliances. there were some direct attacks on trump who, of course, skipped the event altogether. >> do i think he was kidding when he said he was a dictator? all you have to do is look at the history. his conduct is unacceptable. he is unfit.

>> it is not a job for someone who is pushing 80. we need someone who is younger. >> you cannot defeat democratic chaos with republican chaos. that is what donald trump gives us. >> is that enough to chip away at the league? >> cnn's jessica dean is here to break it all down. jessica, some feisty moments! the fourth debate. they have had time to adjust tactics. nikki haley was definitely the main target, i would say, yesterday. how much does this change the dynamic overall? >> well, just to remind everyone we are now 40 days from the iowa caucuses. the voters are going to tell us soon enough. we really have to underscore that until they start voting we can prognosticate, we can read the tea leaves, but i just like to remind people what i think we can glean from last night in terms of where the races today. nikki haley took a lot of incoming fire, as you both alluded to. she acknowledged it on the stage. a really illuminates her place in the race right now. having a lot of momentum going

into the voting with a lot of wind and her back in a lot of support. we also saw florida governor ron desantis really stepping up and having a bigger debate performance and we've seen previously. he dominated more of the conversation. it came back to some of these culture wars, that is an issue when you talk to a team that is what they want to be talking about. that is where he feeley excels and consult to voters. especially the evangelical voters in iowa. taking a lot of that in the incoming. i want you to hear what she said earlier this morning. >> these fellas, they take every bit of that support us if it was going to them. they are just jealous that it is coming to me. you know, if you look last night it was very clear that we are surging in the polls. every one of those guys sees it, and they showed it. but we are picking into doing our battles. it is not worth dealing with vivek. >> she mentioned vivek ramaswamy, there, obviously, we

had lots of clashes. chris christie stepped in to say to him, like, knock it off. that's enough. nikki haley we are obviously running against each other but what you are saying is crazy. it wasn't quite an alliance but he did step in there. we did hear from governor chris christie again really drilling down on his anti trump message. that is what you all have spoken with him, we have seen him time and time again come back to that message. he is looking towards new hampshire and those moderate republican voters. that is where he really feels like he can make a difference. that was more of the message that we heard from him last night on that stage. >> interesting that the others just thought, it's time for something new. it is not exactly a hatchet, right? >> he called them out on it. he said, trump was like voldemort from harry potter. the one who should not be. name >> he who shall not be named! yeah. there you go. >> jessica dean, thank you for that. be sure to watch the lead, as well. jake is going to have a one-on-one with former

congresswoman, liz cheney. their conversation airs at five pm as she considers what she is going to do. maybe through her hat in the ring. >> potential third-party run for her. i'm sure jake we'll ask about that. still to come on new central, right now trustees that one i leave the league school holding emergency meeting hours after school president testified on capitol hill catching fire for her comments on antisemitism. plus, to russians are being accused of hacking former and current government officials all in an attempt to interfere with elections in the united kingdom. a crazy web to untangle when we come back!

new developments to bring you right now. the university pennsylvania's board of trustees has just wrapped up an emergency meeting as school president, liz magill faces scathing criticism over

her testimony at tuesday's capital heating over antisemitism and ivy league schools. -- the president of other universities are also under fire for statements in that hearing. matt, what are you hearing about this emergency meeting with the pen trustees? >> reporter: here is what we know, boris. this was a virtual gathering of the school's powerful board of trustees while it wasn't a formal meeting, we do know that it came together rather hastily. a university spokesperson telling me that this virtual gathering was organized around two pm yesterday. that timing is key because that is just a few hours after the governor of pennsylvania, josh shapiro, condemned penn's presidents testimony on capitol hill. she actually called to the board of trustees to me and decide whether not that testimony lives up to the schools values. we did not know what are the knot of liz was magill the central focus of this virtual

gathering but you have to believe that it was the elephant in the room. this hearing in that testimony came under enormous scrutiny. in particular there is an exchange between liz magill and republican congresswoman elise to fonac. little to that exchange. >> i am asking, specifically calling for the genocide of, does that constitute bullying and harassment? >> if it is directed, severe and pervasive, it is harassment. >> so the answer is, yes? >> it is a context dependent decision. >> those answers faced intense urinary. we heard from billionaire bill ackerman calling on the penn president as well of presidents of harvard and m.i.t. to step down. the ceo of pfizer slammed, calling it one of the most disgraceful moments in the history of u.s. academia. even the white house had a way in making it clear there is no place for calls for genocide. the university of pennsylvania

faces a moment of crisis, it is not clear whether or not liz magill will help lead the university's response to this crisis. >> how is she personally responding to this criticism now? >> reporter: after the hearing the university of pennsylvania's president, liz magill, did go on acts and tried to clear up her response. she clarified that the university does need to make some changes to their policies. listen to what liz magill said on twitter yesterday. >> in that moment i was focused on our universities long-standing policies aligned with the u.s. constitution that says speech alone is not punishable. i was not focused on, but i should've been, the irrefutable fact that a call for genocide of jewish people is a call for some of the most terrible violence human beings can perpetrate. i want to be clear, a call for genocide of jewish people is

threatening, deeply so. >> reporter: now, that response was not enough to silence some of the universities biggest critics. jonathan greenblatt, the ceo of atl, was speaking to our colleague kate baldwin earlier. she said that that liz magill response looks like a hostage video. he said that she lost confidence in her ability to lead. >> matt egan. thank you so much for the update. breonna? this just in may have learned of now that president biden spoke today with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to, quote, discuss the latest developments in israel and gaza. this is happening at the strikes and the suffering are continuing in gaza today, exactly two months since the beginning of the war one hamas slaughtered some 1200 people in israel. israeli defense forces say they have breached hamas is, quote, defense lines in several locations, including in khan yunis in the south. a warning now that the video you are about to see is

disturbing. what it shows is the flood of wounded palestinians. as you can see, many of them children, rushing today into nasr hospital in the city after the strikes. the hamas-run palestinian health ministry says more than 17,000 people have been killed in gaza. another 46,000 wounded since october 7th. i want to turn now to cnn's jeremy diamond who is in sderot, industrial. the idf says it has eliminated multiple senior leaders and hamas. what can you tell us about this? >> reporter: that is exactly right. the israeli military is touting a series of what they call, successes, in eliminating senior hamas commanders both in the northern brigade of hamas, saying that they eliminated the commander and the deputy commander of hamas's northern brigade. they showed a picture that shows 11 senior hamas officials saying the five of those were killed in a strike on a tunnel

shaft in northern gaza. they also said that two other senior hamas officials were killed in an attack on a hamas intelligence center in an unknown location in gaza. all of this coming, of course, as the israeli military is ramping up its military activity in southern gaza. we have seen that there have been multiple airstrikes on southern gaza. today, president biden speaking directly with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. this is the 16th call between these two leaders. it comes, of course, as the u.s. has been pressuring israel to conduct its operations in the south and therefore more targeted manner. in a way that is much more cautious about civilian casualties, making clear that israeli officials, effectively, that the carnage we saw in northern gaza cannot be repeated in the southern half of the gaza strip. yet, the images we are seeing today, the images we showed our viewers from southern gaza, from an airstrike on khan yunis as bodies and injured individuals, including many

bloody children being brought into a hospital in southern gaza. those are very similar images to what we have seen over the course of this war. they do not show a significant shift in israeli tactics that are released to this war and we are continuing to see troubling casualties being brought in from a number of those >> yeah, heartbreaking to see and to see that ratio of civilians to combatants here. jeremy diamond life for us in israel, thank you for that report. the justice department charging russians over a years-long hacking campaign against current and former u.s. officials. we will have new details next on cnn news central.

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the justice department's filing charges against two russian operatives over a years -long cyber espionage campaign against current and former u.s. government officials, and for interfering in a national election in the united kingdom. now one of the man charged is an intelligence officer, the other is an i.t. worker, and the two russians tried to hack u.s. intelligence and defense department employees according to the indictment as well as those at the state and energy department. that is an effort that started back in 2016 and wrapped up last year. joining us now to discuss, cnn senior law enforcement analyst and former fe fbi director andrew mccabe, and cnn correspondent evan perez. evan, first walk us through this reporting. what investigators? find they >> reporter: found

that this is a campaign that is been going on since 2016 through 2022. in the case of the united kingdom, they were trying to interfere with the election there, the election in the uk. as a result of that, the prime minister there of the foreign office actually cement the russian ambassador today to protest obviously the interference in the uk election system, but obviously, this is a broader story for the uk because we are coming up on elections and the u.s. and the uk have an interest in making sure that the russians know that they are aware of what they have been up to. in the case of these two people, one of them is an intelligence official in russia. both of them were working basically for the fsb and they are accused of trying to hack current, former officials, intelligence officials, department of defense officials, and all of this in the service of trying to mess with the

political systems in the united states and in the united kingdom. >> it's unclear from the indictment just how successful they were at hacking u.s. officials. they did have some success in the uk, but given kind of the track record that we have seen, some of the vulnerabilities, especially u.s. systems, how extensive do you think the damage could be for quite? this >> i think even just the hint of the target list that we see in the indictment are really significant. it is a broader swath of u.s. government entities. the people in the intelligence community, people from d.o.d., department of state, department of energy. so we know that that is a pretty large group. interestingly, it is spearfishing. so these people were targeted specifically, right? not just regular fishing, throughout thousands of emails, but actually generate fraudulent emails that are known to appeal to or trick the specific people into entering their email credentials. >> fascinating, and evan,

obviously these men do not live in the united states. we think they are still living in russia. what is the likelihood that they are caught in face real accountability? >> you're right. the officials had a call with the reporters there, and that was one of the questions that came up. obviously, they won't be able to get these guys anytime soon, but one of the things they count on is the fact that, whether in russia, it is extremely terrible, and these guys try to go on vacation and warm places, and that's where the tried to grab them. it happens all of the time. they indict these guys and then they wait for them to make a misstep, and then they bring them in. in this case, one of the things, just real quickly to mention, is that critical infrastructure, dealing with the election systems was one of the targets of this campaign, and so that is one of the big concerns, certainly going forward because we have an election coming up next year. >> as evan points out, andy, we're on the eve of 2024. what does the u.s. need to ensure that russia, china, potentially other foreign actors don't but into the

election? >> i think one of the most interesting points in this indictment is the fact that is coming from the fsb. you may remember in the 2016 election, the russian meddling and the election came from two other entities. the suv, our coaches their external intelligence organization, and the gru, which is military intelligence. this tells us that the fsb, their internal intelligence apparatus, is also involved in the same sort of aggressive, destructive cyberattacks. and so i think that the message the u.s. community takes away from this is that it's time to step up the game. there is no time more than an impending election that we need to be absolutely on the cutting edge of our cybersecurity. >> particularly you have politicians the night states who are trying to undermine faith in the system. i, mean you, know it has a complication to the problem. >> that's a very, very important point. it's into message to russia as well, we see what you, doing don't try anything. andy mccabe, evan perez, thank you so much. so classes were canceled on the

campus of unlv this week as we are getting new information about that shooter that killed three people yesterday. the latest about his motives when we come back.

impossible motive developing behind the unlv campus shooting. three people murdered when a gunman opened fire there. another person critically injured. they are in the hospital right now. law enforcement telling cnn one connection the shooter had with the school's he is applied for a job at the university and he didn't get it. cnn's karina bernal is joining us now. camilla, tell us what you are learning. >> hey, brianna. >> reporter: the shooter, a

67-year-old career college professor. as you mentioned, someone who, apparently, applied for a job at the university and did not get it. that is why sources are saying this is a possible motive. although authorities are saying this is still an ongoing investigation and it will take some time to get to the bottom of exactly why and how this all unfolded. we do know that the shooter also had connections with schools in georgia and north carolina. he died after a confrontation with authorities right outside one of the buildings at the university. this all happened right before noon yesterday authorities saying students were out, celebrating. they had an event with food and gains and were preparing for their final exams, which happened next week. all of this happened, according to authorities, he moved through multiple buildings before having that confrontation with police outside of one of the buildings. unfortunately, three people were killed. another last in critical

condition since the incident that person has been upgraded to stable condition, thankfully. we do know of four others taken to the hospital after panic attacks. look, even if it is just for that were reported, so many people are still trying to cope with the shock, seeing and experiencing the shooting. it has not been easy for a lot of the students and the faculty. i want you to listen to what one student told cnn today. >> i know a lot of my peers, wh let up by the police with their hands out, it was very heartbreaking to see my peers crying to their parents on the phone or crying to their siblings. it was pretty bad. >> unfortunately, according to a cnn analysis, this is the 80th shooting at a school this year in the u.s.. this is what students and teachers are having to deal with. ankfly, this is a city that was prepared. law enforcement officers were

ready and there to stop this shooter. >> all right, camila. thank you for the update there. of course, we are thinking of the unlv community. very traumatized at this point. i want to go now to the white house where john kirby is taking some questions now about attacks on u.s. forces. >> that -- the obvious proof of that are the drones that are armed to help russian create a manufacturing plant on russian soil. building their own iranian model drones which are continuing to attack the people of ukraine and ukrainian infrastructure. that said, and we have talked about this many times before, iran probably wants something out of this, as well. we have reason to believe that they want their hands on some sophisticated russian capabilities. attack helicopters, fixed wing aircraft, missiles crews and/or ballistic. i cannot tell you that we have seen actual evidence of the movement of those types of defense articles but there is,

clearly, a growing relationship in the defense realm between these two countries. as i have also said, it is not only not good for the people of ukraine, it is really not good for the people of the middle east. if iran can get their hands on additional military capability, some sophisticated military capability, only makes their destabilizing activity all the more worrisome. >> thank you, admiral. it is now been about a week since the pause in the fighting ended. where are talks right now in the necessary partners to extend that temporary pause? what are the condition of the hostages we know of right now? -- >> talks are still ongoing. discussions are happen nagging, virtually, every day. our teams are in touch with our partners on this. i wish i had specific progress to speak to. i do not. we are not close to inking another deal or humanitarian pause. nor do i have any news to break here today about the return of hostages, either hours or any other countries who are being held hostage.

we are still trying to get as much information as we can about the hostages that are being. how we have some information, as i said before, on some of the hostages. their families are talking to us and that has been a terrific source of information in context. we have less information on others but not for lack of trying. we are listening into the white house press briefing there. we are hearing from john kirby. even though the u.s. is very much engaged in discussions about the hamas israeli war, there is no specific progress when it comes to getting hostages released or getting one of those humanitarian pauses as the number of killed in gaza now tops 17,000. we will continue to monitor that and bring you whatever comes out of it. ahead, a texas judge has sided with a woman who sued to get an abortion for her high risk pregnancy. what that means for the states strict abortion ban.

a pregnant texas woman sued the state to have an emergency abortion has prevailed in court. today, a judge granted a woman legal permission to bypass the controversial texas abortion ban and go ahead with the procedure. kate cox, who is 20 weeks pregnant, so their unborn baby has a fatal genetic defect that could jeopardize your health and her chances to conceive again if she carried to term.

let's get the details now from cnn senior national correspondent ed lavandera. so ed, this is a really significant ruling from the court. >> reporter: it is, and this has been one of the first cases where you have seen a challenge to the strict abortion laws that have gone into effect in many parts across the country since the end of roe v. wade by the u.s. supreme court last year. and in this case, 31-year-old kate cox, who is 20 weeks pregnant, was essentially asking a judge in austin, texas for permission to get an abortion in light of the strict abortion ban that exists here in the state. as you mentioned, she was told end of november that her baby's -- suffers from a genetic disorder that is essentially fatal. it will either die in the womb or only live for a few hours or a couple of days after the child is born. because of that, kate cox and her attorneys argued before a

judge that they feared for her life down the road as well as her future fertility. because of, that she should be eligible to get an abortion care in the state. but doctors have been very cautious and very concerned about performing those abortions because they could be held criminally liable as well as losing their medical practice. the judge in this case did grant that temporary restraining order against the state of texas and essentially giving her permission to go out and get that abortion. the judge making that ruling that the idea that misses kate cox wants desperately to be apparent, and that this law may actually have hurt lose that ability is shocking and would be a genuine miscarriage of justice. so i will be signing disorder. kate cox was visibly emotional as the judge made that statement, wiping away tears from her face. her lawyers told us a short while ago that they are not going to reveal any details of when and where the abortion would be performed for fear out

of her own safety. we have reached out to the texas attorney generals office for comment, but in the court hearing, they have not responded. but in the court hearing, the attorney general's attorneys said that this undermines the existing abortion law that exist here in texas at this moment. >> ahead lavandera live for us from dallas, ed, thank you. so former president donald trump is back in court and ranting against the case and the prosecution, at this defense team tries to bolster his argument that he did nothing wrong. we will take you live to the courthouse when we come back.