the four-time indicted twice impeached former president donald trump takes the stand as a defendant in new york civil trial accusing him, his family, and other trump organization -- of fraud. one month on since the horrific attacks on israel, war rages, you unofficial says the death toll in gaza now -- >> live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with john vause. >> thank you for joining us wherever you are around the world. we begin with a courtroom almost four hours of testimony, donald trump was argumentative, and at times rambling, the judge and state prosecutors. he really iterated indirect claims -- he also said it was interference. he also made history during the civil fraud case, you first former u.s. president to take to the witness stand to explain his own actions. the trial is a civil case, which means trump will not face jail time unlike his for criminal indictments. but this new york case strikes at the very heart of trump's business empire, and could and with a ban on ever doing business again in new york state. in a pre-trial ruling, trump was not liable for fraud for inflating financial statements of the value of his properties in order to receive more favorable loans. the judge who has appeared annoyed with trump's performance at times, will ultimately decide the outcome. trump's legal team has threatened to file a motion for a mistrial, yet outside the, courtroom jumps that his testimony went very well. cnn's -- has our report. >> donald trump publicly blasting a new york judge and the state attorney general, capping off a marathon day of testimony at the civil fraud trial centered around his sprawling global business empire. >> this is a case that should have never been brought, a case that should be dismissed immediately. -- the court was -- fraudster in this case. a terrible thing that has happened here. >> the former president on the witness stand taking questions for just under four hours today. just moments after going under oath, the mood quickly becoming combative. instead, court judge arthur engoron repeatedly warning trump not to give speeches in response to direct questions, and trump attacking the judge saying, i'm sure the judge will rule against me because he always rules against me. the judge replied, you can attack me, you can do whatever you want, but answer the question. soon after things started getting heated with the judge asking trump lawyer to control his client, warning that this isn't a political rally. -- a simple yes or no question. we have another speech. i -- control you him if you, can if you can't i will. i will excuse him and joe every negative inference i can. do you understand that? at one point during testimony trump leaned into the microphone, saying, this is a very unfair trial. very very. i hope the public is watching. trump testified he did look over the financial statements, and acknowledged some property values on them or incorrect, agreeing that his trip likes the party a trump tower was overvalued one year. but others were undervalued he said, including mar-a-lago. still, trump said the statements were not important, and had worthless -- morning not to rely on them. he added it was the responsibility of internal and external accountants to put together the statements. he did acknowledge the banks reviewed them. new york attorney general letitia james addressing those claims head on before the cameras today. >> he continued to persistently engage in fraud, the numbers do not lie. and mr. trump obviously can engage in all of these distractions. that is exactly what he did when he committed on the stand today and engaged in distractions. and engaging in name calling. i will not be bullied, i will not be harassed. >> the courthouse closed tuesday before election day, ivanka trump is the states next witness. she is expected to take this down on wednesday. that could carry into thursday, then a new york attorney generals office will rest their case. chancellor say they will begin presenting their evidence on monday and said that could go as long as december 15th. cnn, new york. >> joining me now from los angeles is jessica levinson, a professor of law at loyola law school and host of the podcast passing judgment. welcome back, good to see you. >> good to be here. >> so the four times indicted twice impeached former president spoke to reporters outside the courtroom monday, repeating much of what he said while on the witness stand. here is some of it. >> do you think we are being sued, spending all this time and money with people being killed all over the world, that this country -- with inflation and all of the other problems this country has i think it is a disgrace. when you look at the numbers, the polling numbers that came out today from the new york times, people are sick and tired of what is happening >> in itself, it is an odd thing to be sitting in a middle of a court battle, but it is -- me made in that courtroom. trump directly adjusting voters making his case for reelection, or prosecutors arguing why he should be banned from doing business ever again in new york state. >> i think you are exactly right to phrase it that way. it does feel like the ship is passing in the night, where this is not a typical witness on the witness stand. some people thought, maybe we won't get trump the politician because he will be under oath, he will be there in a courtroom, these are very serious allegations against him that could potentially threaten his empire, which of course we know is a big part of his persona and a big part of his sales pitch to the american public. but he really treated this like a campaign rally. he was very combative, nonresponsive, he was rambling. i don't think that his audience in this case was the judge, even though this is a bench trial. his audience was political. his audience with his donors, and his voters. i think you are exactly right. two things were happening in that courtroom today. >> as he arrived, the former president appeared very familiar and -- statements, blaming his legal troubles once again on his political opponents. here is a little more from the former president. >> political operatives dealing with right now. it is very unfair. but in the meantime the people of the country understand, it the seaming, and they know -- they don't like it. it is political warfare and -- >> so it seems that you look at what is happening in the other federal indictments, the court cases, in his defense, the political campaign, everything i have been all at once today if you like. >> it was really the coming together of a lot of things as you say. a big part of his pitch was i am a very successful. i am a hugely successful businessman. interestingly, that did bleed over into his testimony today. he didn't as much as i thought he would have frankly, point the finger and say no it was the attorneys, it was the accountants, it was not me. he said in fact, new york attorney general, you are wrong, i did not over value, i undervalued because i'm with so much money. the trump brand brings in all of these properties up. so it was interesting, legally, and politically, you see the convergence of this argument of i am worth so much money. it is the same argument he has made to the voters, which is i am successful in business, therefore i will be successful at running the country. >> it is interesting about all of this, in the case is not about guilt or innocence. a pre-trial ruling found that trump and the trump organization is liable for fraud. -- meet words methods assist, and to try -- and hearing that will determine the penalty for that fraud has headline in the guardian noted features a grandstanding trump both few if any legal points in the court. but does it matter? legally is trump toast no matter what he says? or can he make it worse for himself? >> so i think he thinks he is toast either way. now of course there was seven counts in this complaint, and the judge as you noted on one of, them finding their was in fact fraud. trump committed fraud, the trump organization. mothers are still six other counts where the judge is looking a potential liability. when you are extremely combative, and nonresponsive with the judge, who again as acting as a, jury that is not a great legal tactic. the fact that he was so aggressive and critical of the judge indicates to me that he largely thinks this is lost, at least on liability, likely on remedies. so he is making his case to the voters, see, i told you it was a witch hunt. i told you it was election interference. and the fact again that he pulled no punches indicates to me that he thinks this is largely lost. now of course the defense has not put on their case yet. they estimate their case will last into mid december. so we will see what legally they will argue in terms of whether or not values are subjective, and whether or not these were some bookkeeping air is so to speak. >> what have you, with us thank you, in los angeles, appreciate your time. >> thank you. we -- one month since the deadly hamas attack on israel, and israeli ground forces come to have surrounded gaza city, which according to the idf as a major base for hamas, and it's infrastructure. while the conflict in gaza looks that escalate, once the or is, over prime minister benjamin netanyahu says israel will maintain responsibility for security for gaza for an indefinite period of time. netanyahu made those comments during an interview with abc news. his first public remarks about the future of gaza, and once this was, over until then he stressed, there will be no cease-fire with hamas until the militant group releases all hostages. and according to the palestinian ministry of health in the west bank, more than 10,000 people in cars that have been killed during the monthlong as really offensive. senior u.n. officials said that number defies humanity. live now to cairo, and dr. -- emergency regional director for the world health organization. doctor, welcome, back thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> so in terms of civil society, public infrastructure, basic services, what is and what is not functioning in gaza? >> well, everything. everything has been damaged, disrupted on the side as you mention. over 10,000 deaths, almost two thirds of which are among women and children, 25,000. on the health side, we have 39% of hospitals are non functioning and the remaining 60% are only partially functioning. we have about two thirds of clinics that are non functioning. of course schools are not functioning at all. gives that had their education disrupted because they're hosting over 700,000 internally displaced people in shockingly unsanitary and crowded conditions. you have heard about the problems from the water supply and isolation plant. increasingly on bottled water being right across the border. and just a whole disruption of the social fabric. we all have colleagues and friends who live and work in palestine, and in gaza, and the destruction of their homes and livelihoods is on a massive scale. >> according to one estimate of humanitarian assistance actually reaching gaza, the currently daily flow of aid has reached peaks of 7% of the pre-war level, the well average below 4%. the jordanian air force air job medical supplies into gaza over the weekend. is that an option? here is that -- they did in conjunction with the israelis, with permission from israel, -- carried out by others? >> well, i think that is a sustainable option. it is clear what we need to, do we need to free up the rafah border. we need to get the logistics infrastructure in northern -- here in egypt scaled up. we need a much better smooth more efficient verification process at the border that is currently being run by its release. then on the other side of the, border inside gaza, we need protected distribution of the aid. we have the capacity to scale up aid massively. as you indicated before, this recent escalation that was estimated at 500 trucks bringing commercial goods, aid, into the gaza every day since the start of the conflict. we had around 420 in total. we can do much much better if given -- >> you mention the stress on the health care system within gaza. there is not just the fact that -- are not working, you add to that, you mentioned the hospitals a shelter for tens of thousands of people have nowhere else to go. these hospitals now operate at makeshift morgues, bodies falling on sidewalks outside. there are now off the orphanages for children who are dead and missing. the medical staff in gaza which has been under constant stress of making life and death decisions in some cases are early as this was, and all of this is likely to continue to get to a point where how much longer i guess the question is, how much longer can they keep doing this? it has been a month now. >> it is an important question. i mean, the health workers, the aid workers in gaza, they are absolutely heroic. i don't know -- i have worked, i don't know how these guys backup day in day out to serve their families. they have the added stress every time the next group of wounded and killed people are brought to the hospital. they have the -- is this a family member, is this a friend, and too often it is. they are having to jerry rig everything they do. you keep hearing about the fact that surgery is being conducted without anesthetic. we have power failures. we have lacking fuel. it is one of the biggest relief items we need inside gaza right now. so you know our hats off to those doctors and nurses who have been in gaza, met these guys before, they are absolutely dedicated. we need a cease fire. that is -- a part of the figures have been sharing which -- is the incredible human suffering. there is a phenomenal video out in from doctors without borders position who says now that in gaza, there is the acronym -- wounded child no surviving family. and this story is retooled time and time again across gaza, young children brought in with horrific injuries who have lost entire families. you know, one of my colleagues was telling us about a recent medical school graduate who called up and said i want to come work for the world health organization, i just graduated from medical school, i want to serve my people. within a couple of days of that phone call, the family home was bombed, her entire family was killed, she lost both of her legs and had a terrible abdominal injury, and now has -- and these are the personal stories that we lose in the statistics. we need a return of humanity here. hearts have been -- on both sides, we need a cease-fire, we need a release of the hostages. we need unhindered, unfettered humanitarian assistance. >> just one last note here. among the death toll, it does not include somewhere between 1000 and 2000 children trapped beneath the rubble of homes which have been destroyed. so -- doctor, thank you for being with, us we really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> an update now from the cnn journalist who is -- exclusive reports while being trapped in gaza for the past 28 days. he finally managed to leave gaza. he arrived in cairo. he says she feels relieved, but the children remain traumatized. here is his account. >> [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] > coming up around cnn we will head to northern italy or residents of being forced to evacuate tens left deserted and increasing fire from hezbollahah mililitants in l lebanon. more o on that. >> tens of thousands of israelis have been forced to leave their homes in the north to cross border clashes between -- continues to escalate. as cnn's -- towns are now deserted, and israeli soldiers left behind. >> visit northern israel today, and you find ghost towns, evacuations in the wake of the october 7th attacks have last communities such as -- and -- empty except for soldiers are deployed in and has blocked. kibbutz -- among those communities now abandoned. >> testing her on the side. >> they are -- now make their home in -- -- from all of the -- >> residents here are among some 60,000 israelis, who have fled south. >> the consequence of the october 7th attacks is the migration from northern israel south and southern israel north. with top of the israeli military creating a buffer zone inside of gaza and perhaps later in southern lebanon, new reality today is that those buffers owns exist, but inside israel. >> for evacuees from -- the pain and fear of october 7th remains wrong. >> nice to meet you. >> paulina still has trouble explaining what happened to her three children. >> do you think the kids understand what happened? >> the eldest children she tells, me understand that we are fighting for our home. >> do you talk to them about it? >> they see and they are aware. this is the reality of israel post october 7th, eighth country more aware than ever perhaps of the threat on his southern and northern borders. that awareness leaves open the question of when they will go home. melanie joseph tells us it is just a matter of time. >> when we are told we can go, back we will go back. >> you will go back? if the government says it is fine, you will go? >> we will go. >> -- and her husband with a two-year-old -- and six month old little girls are far less certain. >> when you feel safe moving back north? >> we are not going to stay there. after what happened in gaza, and -- we don't trust. >> today they are thinking of moving further south for grid, or of leaving israel entirely. >> i once lie and tell you we did not think about moving. to another country. >> where would you move if you -- >> there is a possibility that some suggest that after -- continued skirmishes along the water will force the military's attention, north and bring an invasion of southern lebanon. >> they say they will finish in the south, and in the north, is that correct? >> israel's 18 year occupation of southern lebanon from 19 82 to 2000 was costly. hezbollah returned. the incursion into southern lebanon again, -- and hezbollah returned again. october 7th, the north will never be the same. >> until now, we lived in the kibbutz, we did not think about the -- the other side of the -- now left all of this, and finally opened our eyes. >> open eyes from growing threats of the north, jim sciutto, cnn, northern israel. >> still to come here on cnn, the rafah border crossing into egypt is again open. we will explain why it was briefly closed over the weekend in a moment. you want to be able to provide your child with the tools or resources they need. with reliable internet at home, through the internet essentials program, the world opened up. fellas, fellas. that's how my son was able to find the hidden genius project. we wanted to give y'all the necessary skills to compete with the future. kevin's now part of this next generation of young people who feel they can thrive. ♪ ♪ >> 31 minutes past the, welcome back, even i'm john vause, you're watching cnn newsroom. a stunning day in court, as donald trump took the stand for nearly four hours in his civil trial where the judge has already ruled that the former president and his adult sons committed fraud. trump lashed out at the state attorney general who brought the, case as well as the judge. at one point, threatened to have trump removed as the witness. attorney general -- letitia james's two inch over $250 million, and looking to bar him from doing any business in the state again. foreign nationals allowed to leave gaza, the rafah crossing on the border of egypt has reopened. it was closed over the weekend because of a dispute between hamas and israel. for more details here are cnn's melissa bell reporting from -- >> the resumption of crossings that rafah on monday as a result of a revival of the deal that has -- some of those foreign passport holders able to get 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