its closing arguments in donald trump s civil fraud trial after a dramatic scene in which the former president himself addressed the court. the judge had only allowed trump to speak on the condition that he focus on the facts but the president quickly veered into other territory claiming he is an innocent man being persecuted d the judge telling defense counsel please control your client. th former president has already been found liable for inflating properties to get loan deals. the judge will attempt to issue his ruling by the end of the month. yasmin vossoughian is reporting for us outside the courtroom in new york. vaughn hillyard is urbandale, iowa, also with us, renato, former federal prosecutor. somebody might argue at least in terms of drama donald trump s a tough act to follow. reporter: yeah, i think that person would likely win that argument. nonetheless, i think lee tee james has a lot in store. she is not likely to offer closing arguments to other attorneys.
coverage of the breaking news out of the middle east and the u.s. strikes continues with ac 360. good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin tonight with breaking news. american-led air strikes in one of the most volatile hot spots in the world right now. mitts is some of the first video of explosions tonight in yemen s just north of the capital. iranian backed houthi fighters from yemen have been attacking commercial ships in the nearby red sea. there s been dozens of attacks. tonight u.s. and british forcevise struck back using air and naval assets. both surface ships and submarines with one houthi official moments ago saying multiple cities had been hit. cnn s oren leiberman at the pentagon for us tonight. m.j. lee at the white house where the president has just weighed in. i want to start at the pentagon. oren, what do we learn so far about the targets that have been hit? reporter: more than a dozen different targets were hit by u.s. aircraft and assets. it was also
same misconduct. this investigation revealed that donald trump engaged in years of illegal conduct to inflate his net worth to achieve to deceive banks and the people of the great state of new york. claiming you have money that you do not have does not amount to the art of the deal. it s the art of the steal. and there cannot be different rules for different people in this country or in this state. on that promise, on our commitment, because no one, no one is above the law. and i would like for them to stand. this investigation was led by senior enforcement counsel kevin wallace, senior council andrew amar. assistant attorney general colleen fair feherty. assistant attorney general will handily, assistant attorney general stephanie toure, assistant attorney general austin thompson. eric herron, enforcement section chief louis solomon, legal support analyst samantha stern, additional support was provided by a data analyst, senior data analyst, akram, ashanauf, deputy director
Somewhat numbing these days, in the worst way, ruth marcuss suggestion that donald trump as speaker would at least keep it interesting. I dont need house to be more interesting than it is. You live in interesting times. Somebody else, right. You live in interesting trey times, the rest of us can live here. Have a good time, see you next week. Right now in america there are two dame trumps, not literally, perish the thought, but there is no trump the leader of the republican party, who is busy, as you just heard, endorsing candidates for House Speaker after the congressional wing of the republican conference that is in thrall to him through Kevin Mccarthy out, then there is defendant trump, whose last week has been going a little differently than party leader trump. The first guy, the trump who is the leader the publican party, apparently wants Ohio Republican congressman jim jordan to leave lead the House Of Representatives. After floating the possibility that donald trump himself coul
Literally, perish the thought, but there is no trump the leader of the republican party, who is busy, as you just heard, endorsing candidates for House Speaker after the congressional wing of the republican conference that is in thrall to him through Kevin Mccarthy out, then there is defendant trump, whose last week has been going a little differently than party leader trump. The first guy, the trump who is the leader the publican party, apparently wants Ohio Republican congressman jim jordan to leave lead the House Of Representatives. After floating the possibility that donald trump himself could become the speaker, donald trump wrote on his Social Media Platform of jim jordan, quote, he will be a great speaker of the house, and has my complete and total indoor cement. Usually dont trump doesnt believe himself sometimes, which is why he does just endorsed someone. He says they have complete and utter endorsement. Jim jordan is one of two House Republicans running actively to replace t