Another day to see that happen. And we, of course, wish him and his Family Safety and hope they get out soon. Thanks very much for watchg. Erin Burnett Outfront starts erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com outfront next, live from tel aviv, the Breaking News, new Rocket Attacks here in israel as the Prime Minister says, quote, we are Raining Down Hellfire on hamas. Outfronts exclusive dispatch from gaza. Tonight an american pediatrician stuck there sleeping outside, says there is one toilet for 800 people to use. And the Breaking News in the United States. The house has a new speaker after a 22day debacle. He is mike johnson from louisiana, an Election Denier with fewer years in the house than any speaker since 1883. President trump took the stand, he was fined, called a liar by the judge, and he stormed out of court. Lets go outfront. And good evening, welcome to a Special Edition of outfront. Im erin burnett tonight live in tel aviv. And we are following several breaking stories around the world here in israel. New video of a Rocket Attack just about ten miles from where we are tonight. Israel says several people were injured as Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu says his forces are now, quote, Raining Down Hellfire on hamas. And that is indeed what seems to be happening there constant strikes. Netanyahu says theyve killed thousands of terrorists and, quote, this is only the beginning. Strikes are now reported up and down the gaza strip where, of course, civilians are caught in the fire. Much more of all the developments on the ground including the latest on Hostage Negotiations and new reporting outfront on hamas Military Capabilities as well as our exclusive dispatch from inside gaza where the u. N. Relief efforts warn that those efforts could stop as soon as tonight. I should say it is 2 00 a. M. Here in tel aviv. But first we do have two major stories in the United States this hour after 22 days, the house finally has a speaker, and he is a republican congressman mike johnson of louisiana. The little known congressman was able to do what no one else in his party could do, which was actually get the gavel. Johnson was first elected in 2016. He does have less experience in the house than any person elected speaker since John Carlisle back in 1883. Hes a vocal opponent of on portion and lgbtq rights and was a key player in the efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Tonight, trump is taking credit for johnsons win. At this time yesterday, nobody was thinking of mike, and then we put out the word and now hes the speaker of the house. Trump taking credit on what was a monumental day in court he had other things to Pay Attention to. He took the stand during his fraud trial after he was accused of breaking a gag order. He said he was talking about Michael Cohen and not a clerk when he said this. This judge is a very partisan judge with a person whos very partisan sitting alongside of him, perhaps even much more partisan than he is. Heres the thing. The judge didnt buy what trump was saying under oath about the person next to him, Michael Cohen. And the reason is because you can see whos sitting next to the judge. It is the clerk. That is the clerk. Not Michael Cohen. Trump in fact has attacked that check in the past, which is why he was under a gag order in the first place. So the judge saying he found trump, quote, not credible when he said he was talking about someone else and he fined the former president 10,000. Shortly after that trump stormed out of the courtroom. Paula reid has more on trumps heated day in court. I want to begin with manu raju on capitol hill because, manu, the courtroom mess aside, a victory for trump on capitol hill today. House republicans electing mike johnson as their new speaker, and the 22 days in the house. How did he pull this off . Well, republicans were weary of all the infighting, members who are more moderate, including ones who are more conservative, simply wanted to move on because they had been battling an intense discussions Behind The Scenes for days and have not been able to come to any sort of consensus. And as a result this chamber has been completely paralyzed, unable to act on key issues of national, international significance, whether its aid to israel or taking steps to reopen the government. And ultimately after three nominees of their party who could be the speaker of the house after Kevin Mccarthy was ousted in historic fashion unprecedented fashion. After those three nominees saw their bits collapse ultimately they decided mike johnson was the one to get there. Even though he has little experience in congress, having served only since 2017, a Rank And File member but someone who was well liked across the conference ultimately deciding he was the person to go with. Johnson, after he was elected along party lines not losing any republican votes took to the house floor and said the house is back in business. I want to thank my dedicated wife of almost 25 years, kelly. That ez not here. We couldnt get a night in time. This happened sort of suddenly. [ laughter ] weve learned a lot of lessons, but through adversity, it makes you stronger. Yeah. [ applause ] we want our allies around the world to know that this body of lawmakers is reporting again to our duty stations. Let the Enemies Of Freedom Around The World hear us loud and clear, the peoples house is back in business. [ applause ] now, johnson is well known in the House Republican conference, but he is not well known among some key democrats, Hakeem Jeffries for one told me he had not spoken to mike johnson, and also senate republicans. Mitch mcconnell doesnt have any relationship with mike johnson, and that is going to be a test Going Forward as mcconnell, for one, pushing for ukraine aid, johnson another not saying how he would deal with it. Just one of the many issues that johnson will have to confront as speaker. One person who does know him well, donald trump, taking credit for his victory today. Erin . All right, manu, thank you very much. And lets go to paula reid because she was following the developments in Donald Trumps fraud case in new york, which was really the focus for him today. He stormed out of the courtroom. Judge fined him 10,000 for violating his gag order, second fine that hes faced. Paula, what more can you tell us about what actually happened in that courtroom today . Reporter remarkable, erin. Trump made a Brief Appearance on the witness stand, but he wasnt testifying about the substance of this 250 million fraud case. Instead, he was facing questions from the judge about whether he had violated a gag order. The judge has barred trump from commenting or talking about members of the court staff. And that was imposed after trump posted about the judges clerk. And then today trump complained about the judge suggesting he was partisan but then also implied that the person sitting alongside him was also partisan. To most people, it was pretty clear he was talking about the clerk, but trumps lawyers did nottide that. And then when trump took the stand under questioning from the judge he said i was talking about you being partisan but i wasnt referring to your clerk, i was talking about the star witness of the day, Michael Cohen. But the judge wasnt buying it. So that he found trump, quote, not credible, and fined him 10,000. But this is going to be a challenge for judges not only in this case in new york but also in at least one of the federal cases. Its one thing to impose a gag order, its another thing entirely to enforce it, especially against someone who is determined to try to paint all the proceedings against him as partisan pursuits. Absolutely. So, paula, it all comes as four of trumps codefendants in the Georgia Election case have now pleaded guilty. Obviously thats very significant. Went from zero to four, and four important players. What are you hearing about the possibility that more people will flip . Reporter thats what we expect, additional deals. Weve learned in our reporting that theyre already talking to around half a dozen other people about possible plea deals. Now, among the people theyve approached are former elections supervisor misty hampton, former Trump Campaign official mike roman, and even a protrump lawyer robert chaley. He was approached but so far rejected the deal, but negotiations are ongoing. And weve learned that prosecutors are willing to strike a deal with almost anyone, anyone except for former president trump. There doesnt appear to be a lot of willingness on the prosecution side. But this is pretty common. This is how you handle a rico case. You charge 19 people, you try to whittle it down to a few key people. So far prosecutors appear to be making considerable success. Paula, thank you very much. What does this mean as more and more people possibly may flip for trump himself . Ryan goodman is the former Special Counsel at the department of defense, and now coeditor in chief of the just security legal blog. So, ryan, lets start with trump question under oath, he denied violating his gag order, but he said, oh, i was talking about Michael Cohen, you know, when he slammed someone sitting next to the judge and of course the person sitting next to the judge wasnt Michael Cohen, it was the clerk. Said he didnt think trump was credible. But how significant is todays ruling . I think its very significant. This is the second time that the judge has found that donald trump has violated the judges gag rule. Hes escalated the financial penalty from 5,000 to 10,000. If trump were to do it again, the judge said its going to get worse. What he could be dangling there is at some point jail time. I mean, at some point, the judge excuses the options that he has in terms of what he can do to try to deter this kind of behavior. And trump seems to have rushed over it twice now. So well see. And i think it also maybe sends reverberating effects, as paula mentioned, to the other judges in other cases that are looking closely at this. So, on other judge in other cases, i want to get your reaction to this exclusive reporting. The Fulton County d. A. Fani willis has discussed plea deals with at least six more codefendants. Six plus four is ten, and four have already flipped. So, you start to this is a strategy in a rico case, you start and then you try to peel back that onion to get to the core. Where does this end for trump, brian . So, its not a good sign for him that the District Attorney is starting to just roll up these codefendants, each one of them getting very sweetheart deals. At least at the start. Thats whats going to encourage more of them to come forward. You have to imagine that theyre having the other codefendants are having conversations with their lawyers saying, my goodness, i can put all of this behind me, all i have to do is probation . And i can get on with my life . So they would be probably knocking on her door trying to get certain kinds of plea deals that are like these ones. And then at the end of the day she then has a number of people that could easily be testifying against him as witnesses, admitting already to the court that they are guilty of some of the crimes that shes charged them with, leaving one person or very few people standing. All right, ryan, thank you very much. I want to go now to van jones, our political commentator. He was, of course, also Special Adviser to president obama, and also with me the former republican congressman Barbara Comstock who served with the new speaker mike johnson. Van, you hear us talking about that moment, trump stormed out of a courtroom today. And i know that it is consistent with what many may expect. But, nonetheless, this happened. Its a former president. Hes angry with Michael Cohen who is testifying. He gets fined another 10,000 for violating the gag order. He just walks out of the courtroom. Van, is this a moment to say this is the conduct of a former president of the United States . Well, its certainly not. And hes going to learn this is not peoples court, this is not judge judy. This is not reality television. Those fines can go up and up and up. And he can get put in jail. This is democratic republic, this is not some, you know, Kangaroo Court in a Banana Republic and hes going to have to comport himself. And if he doesnt, i think this judge should show that hes willing to impose law and order. By the way in that courtroom. It comes as we see the house elect one of trumps allies to be speaker. Mike johnson obviously not a Household Name as he made the joke there that this came rather suddenly. Mitch Mcconnell SenateMajority Leader said hes never met him. Senator Susan Collins told reporters this morning that she had to google him. He was of course first elected to the house in 2016, which was the year after you were elected. But, you know, he was able to pull off something no one else was able to do including a lot of very wellknown Household Names. So he was able to succeed. Do you think hes ready for the job . Well, listen, its been a real split screen this week. You have all of these maga lawyers whove been pleading guilty to basically 2020 election denial lies, while you have it basically being a qualification for being speaker that you have to be an Election Denier. So, it certainly was disappointing to see that basically the disqualifying factor for tom emmer was that he had voted for certification for the 2020 election because tom emmer certainly is a conservative, it was disappointing to see that donald trump put the thumbs down on him so he couldnt be speaker. But youre going to now see can he manage this unruly group of people, he did vote against keeping the government open, that november deadline coming up, that will be his first big test. He also has not been a supporter of ukraine. So hell need to deal with that. So its a lot of big challenges coming ahead where hell have to expand what hes normally been doing. And, van, Speaker Johnson not only supported trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election. He took it further than that. He played a leading role. He asked republicans to sign a legal brief, in fact, supporting a texas lawsuit that actually was all about challenging bidens victory in multiple key states. Heres what he said then. The allegations about these voting machines, some of them being rigged with the software by dominion, theres a lot of merit to that. Ive spoken to the president myself about this over the last couple weeks since the election, encouraging him to exhaust all the legal remedies. Of course there was no merit in that. And heres how hes responding to questions about all of that now. You helped lead the efforts to overturn the 2020 election. [ crowd reacts ] so, whats the significance of him being speaker, van . It is, as barbara just said, it is the litmus test. This is a very dangerous moment for the country. Very soon, about a year, that guy is going to be presiding over the certification of the next president ial election here in a couple months. You have not just an Election Denier, but someone who was an outright plotter and planner to overturn the election who is now sitting in the chair. January 6th last time, the coup plotters were outside the building trying to get in. Now youve got a coup plotter whos going to be sitting in the seat. That is a very dangerous moment for democracy. And, so, while everybodys just glad that we got somebody and we can turn the computer back on and have america go back to work, there is a virus ticking time bomb in that computer because you have somebody who has no respect for democracy, who has no respect for the voters, who is has no respect for states, who is going to be presiding very soon over the next election count in that body and thats very scary. Bash area, the former president urged republicans to support johnson, came out and said that before todays vote. He wrote, my strong suggestion is to go with a leading candidate mike johnson and get it done, fast, love djt. Just to make this point clear, because its not a laughing matter, tom emmer who was the speaker nominee before johnson received opposition from some republicans, couldnt win, because he actually voted to certify the free and fair and legitimate 2020 election. That is the reality that your party has to face. Let me point out that case that mike johnson that a. M. Ickus brief that he put forward, he circulated an email saying, hey, sign onto this, im showing donald trump the list, and youre either going to be naughty or nice. He didnt say that, but, do you want your name on the list because im showing it to the president. Certainly we know if you dont sign on what donald trump does. And that case was dismissed within three days. And the case was so bad that even chip roy, congressman chip roy,