the stage for another debate. voters took to the polls and sent a clear message, hands off my body, my books and my rights. on monday, donald trump was called the stand to testify in a 250 million dollar civil fraud trial that could break up his family s business empire. predictably he was he gave long winded responses and avoided answering questions directly. instead he took that opportunity to disparage laetitia james. this woman, the internee general of new york who brought that lawsuit. the judge presiding over the case who will hand out the punishment against the company. at multiple points on monday, he had to ask the former presidents attorneys to control their client when trump was on the stand. at one, point when asked about one of his properties, trump declared, quote, i m not a windmill person. which was odd because nobody asked him about windmills. during another line of questioning s about his financial statements from 2021, trump replied, quote, i was so busy
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. good evening. today marks exactly one year until the 2024 election and a new set of polls from the new york times and siena college show that president biden has some work to do. according to these latest polls, former president trump is leading in four key swing states, including nevada, a state biden narrowly carried in the 2020 presidential election, and georgia as well, a state that was central to trump s efforts to overturn the election results. the polling shows registered voters favor trump when it comes to handling the economy, immigration, national security, and the israeli/palestinian conflict. this latest polling is especially striking as trump faces mounting legal troubles. tomorrow, he is expected to take the stand in a civil fraud trial for what s shaping up to be a high-stakes day of testimony that could determine the fate of his new york businesses. let s discuss that and more with former clin
erin? jeff, thank you very much.. and thananks to all l of you fo. good evening with the israeli military saying troops have now surrounded gaza city, we have been watching for most of the evening now some especially heavy air strikes on gaza, intense enough that cnn military analyst cedric layton said earlier tonight it reminded him of what he called the shock and awe air campaign against iraq. here is some of what it looked like and sounded like from sderot, across the border from gaza. with flares overhead for much of the time, israeli warplanes launched wave after wave of air-to-ground guided munitions at targets in gaza. one ripple of tightly grouped ordnance after another could be seen streaking downward, while in the background outgoing artillery followed by thumps of warheaded and shells landing. shortly before this began, antony blinken left on a swing, including stops in israel and jordan. his message was twofold. well, as we said, and it s important, israel h
for watching. i m wolf blitzer in tel aviv. i ll be bae back tomorrow in te aviv as well. erin burnett outfront starts right now. outfront next, the breaking news. new flares over gaza as israel launches its biggest air assault on the strip since the start of the war. israeli forces now coming face-to-face with hamas fighters. plus, fears of a second war growing at this hour. cnn witnessing more rockets entering israel from lebanon tonight. and cnn learns hezbollah is about to get a russian military added. and on outfront exclusive, janet yellen on why the house has just passed aid package for israel is bad for the united states. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the breaking news. we are seeing new flares now over the gaza strip. what you re looking at took place just moments ago as part of a dangerous new phase in the war between israel and hamas. rockets have been raining down on gaza over the past few hours. you can see what
residents injersey have been out assessing the damage these pictures are from west hill where uprooted trees and branches are blocking the roads. people there have told the bbc there are still very strong winds in the area. let s get more from graham satchell. storm ciaran hit the channel islands with a bang, thunder and lightning and massive hailstones. the power of the storm, remarkable. winds reached more than 100 miles an hour, ripping roofs from buildings. this terrifying moment was caught on a baby monitor. the woman grabs her baby and makes her escape. the emergency services injersey said they responded to hundreds of calls overnight. they worked through horrendous conditions to clear roads and rescue people. there s been a lot of structural damage, a lot of roofs and chimneys down, trees down, obviously, a lot of roads are blocked, there is a lot of debris on the roads. at first light, people ventured out to assess the damage. there are trees down all over the islan