tonight, carroll e. jean carroll speaking out after last week s verdict. a decision in trump s civil fraud case could be days away. then, president biden vowing to respond after a drone attack killed three american troops. the battle over the bipartisan bill, how politics is threatening to block legislation. as the dog the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. greetings, everyone. i am symone sanders-townsend in for stephanie ruhle. tonight, we heard from writer e. jean carroll just days after a new york jury found that trump must pay her more than $83.3 million four defaming her. carroll and her attorneys spoke to rachael maddow tonight admitting she was nervous about physically facing trump in court. but one moment, that changed. amazingly, i looked out and he was nothing, he was nothing. he was a fandom. there was some people around him who were giving him about, but he himself was nothing. it was an astonishing discovery. for me. he is nothing. we
greetings, everyone. i am symone sanders-townsend in for stephanie ruhle. tonight, we heard from writer e. jean carroll just days after a new york jury found that trump must pay her more than $83 million for defaming her. carroll and her attorneys spoke to rachael maddow tonight, admitting she was nervous about physically facing trump in court. but one moment, that changed. amazingly, i looked out and he was nothing, he was nothing. he was a phantom. there was some people around him who were giving him about, but he himself was nothing. it was an astonishing discovery for me. he is nothing. we don t need to be afraid of him. he can be knocked out. as big as that 83 million -dollar verdict is, donald trump may have an even bigger penalty to soon deal with. we are expecting a decision in the new york civil fraud trial in the coming days. now, the new york attorney general is asking trump and his companies to be fined $370 million. and there are questions as to whether tru
calling a an explosive attack in northeastern ukraine. a new russian drone strike causing death and destruction as ukraine claims it s regaining ground on the battlefield. florida governor ron desantis slamming donald trump for a past promise to protect gay rights. the video further driving a wedge into the republican party and the republican presidential field. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, wolf bloot ser is off today. i m alex marquardt. you re in the situation room. let s get right to israel s intense incursion in jenin in the occupied west bank, its impact on middle east tensions and the government of prime minister benjamin netanyahu. cnn s hadas gold joins us from jury room. give us the latest on this israeli operation in jenin. reporter: this operation, as far as we understand, is still on going. we re well past 20 hours that this operation has been ongoing. it started around 1:00 a.m. overnight with air strikes carr
piece of stripe gum. the situation room with wolf blitzer starts right now. see you tomorrow. happening now, breaking news. closing arguments just wrapped up in donald trump s new york civil fraud trial. the former president taking his campaign to the courtroom, launching into a rambling speech before being cut off by the judge who urged trump s attorneys to control their client. plus, we re now in the final stretch before iowa decides with the first in the nation caucuses just four days away. nikki haley and ron desantis trying to capitalize on last night s heated cnn debate and close the gap with republican front-runner donald trump. a key haley supporter, new hampshire governor chris sununu joins me live this hour. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. and let s get straight to the breaking news. donald trump s new york civil fraud trial comes to
made by didn t reelection. meanwhile a second trump indictment doing nothing to slow down his fight to win back the white house. we won t win bigger and better. is not spy up stopping his rivals one young a political outsider. and the first millennial to ever run for president as a republican. vivek ramaswamy says he can win young voters and pet the government down to size. we have a bureaucracy that becomes so hardened, so toxic can t reform a top, you shut it down. vivek ramaswamy joins us live in his longshot nomination is about to part of the former president. then, secretary blinken that lands in beijing for high-stakes meeting among fraught relations as chinese president xi cozies up to more u.s. business leaders. we have a deep dive on the prospect for diplomacy. plus, florida versus california as the rivalry between governors gavin newsom and ron desantis heats up. you do it to our debate with ron desantis? omega-3 pig rex desantis is turning the tables,