fraud trial in new york after hearing a key defense witness try and poke holes in the case against him. also tonight, so trump s gop rivals hit the campaign trail in iowa and new hampshire after their fourth debate without him. nikki haley s response to being the top target. smoke in the air over gaza and fierce fighting on the ground. israeli forces intensifying in their hunt for top leaders of hamas, two full months after the brutal attack on israel that launched the war. you are in the situation room. we begin this hour with donald trump s returned to his high-stakes new york civil fraud trial. the former president spending a full day in the courtroom as an accounting expert testified for the defense. paula, how is making their case here? there s so much on the line for the former president, this case strikes at the heart of his identity as a businessman and threatens his ability to even do business in the state of new york. the judge has already found him for de
on this dark question. is hamas not won t talk about being abused in captivity? also tonight the man who tried to overturn the election, he lost, is now warning that president biden and not he, is the real threat to democracy. that, as a former top republican warns, we are, quote, sleep walking into dictatorship if he wins a second term. later, harvard s trouble for facebook founder and $500 million donor mark zuckerberg. good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin with a very full night of developments in and around israel s war in hamas and a new focus today on allegations that rape was a central part of the atrocities hamas committed to start the war. it s been a heavy day and night of israeli air strikes in gaza, about 200 targets hit according to military officials. israeli forces using explosives to demolish large building in central gaza, housing the hamas-run justice ministry and courthouses. elsewhere on the ground, meantime, our first evidence that the idf i
iowa republicans only six weeks until you decide how the 2024 presidential race will go, maybe the fate of american democracy, no pressure, the league starts right now. donald trump s latest ploy, he claims president biden, not him is a threat to the american democracy. what if it works and he wins a second term? i will speak with folks with several new warnings spelling out danger, plus israel expanding its core. even in the south israel first hole, palestinians plead for safety, the new strikes as influential voices speak about the u.n. calling out hamas atrocities from october 7, largely on condemned crimes by the international community, women sexually assaulted and rape by hamas, a jewish and israeli restaurant owner taunted by a mob. just the latest supercharge moment of anti-semitism in america. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start with a warning about democracy, a warning from the man who himself may pose the greatest threat in our lifetime, exactly 6
in iowa just six weeks away. also this hour, the u.s. aid to ukrainian forces about to run out, the white house is turning up the heat on congress. arguing the war against russian aggression will be kneecaped on the battlefield. i ll get reaction from the ukrainian ambassador to the united states. and the israeli military now says its objective in northern gaza is nearly completed. as the ground assault against hamas expands in the south. the united nations says the number of civilian deaths is rapidly increasing in this new and intense phase of the war. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with presidential politics as the nation closes in on the first contest of 2024. one of donald trump s most vocal republican critics is offering a very chilling new assessment of what his second presidency would actually look like if, if, he s re-elected. here s kristen holmes. a fres
. welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world, i m kim brunhuber ahead on cnn newsroom. u.n. experts have harsh new criticism for israel s actions in gaza, saying that it points to a genocide in the making, a charge israel strenuously reyekts. we ll speak to a family member of an israeli hostage who s one of the thousands marching to jerusalem, their goal, demand their loved ones return home safely. plus, colorado judge calls trump an insurrectionist, yet says he can still appear on the colorado ballot. announcer: live from atlanta this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. it s been exactly six weeks since the terrorist attacks in southern israel that led israel to declare war on hamas, and the sight of the nova music festival became ground zero for thousands of unsuspecting people who were there on the morning of october 7th. the israeli media is now reporting that many more people died than was previously reported, cit