mar-a-lago is worth $18 million. mar-a-lago is worth probably 15 to 100 times more than that and it's a terrible thing. >> at the end of the day the documentary evidence demonstrated that, in fact, he falsely inflated his assets to basically enrich himself and his family. he continued to persistently engage in fraud. the numbers don't lie. >> donald trump as new york attorney general letitia james after another combative day in court for the former president. we'll recap trump's testimony and get expert legal analysis in just a moment. also ahead israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu continues to reject calls for a cease-fire but appears to be open to some pauses in the gaza offensive. plus, it is election day in america. we'll break down some of the key races across the country. good morning and welcome to "way too early" on this tuesday, november 7th. eit is election day. don't forget to vote. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we'll begin with donald trump who took the stand yesterday in the new york state $250 million civil fraud trial to defend his actions as head of the trump organization. the former president is accused of directing his workers to exaggerate financial records, to increase his personal net worth in order to help get more favorable rates on loans or insurance policies. frump interest his part has deny any wrongdoing. on the witness stand yesterday the fermer president engaged in several attacks against the judge, the prosecution, and the trial itself. nbc news reports that trump complained to his questioner, quote, you and every other democrat coming after me from 15 different sides all haters. trump later complained that people don't know how good a company i built because people like you are going around demeaning me. he also blasted new york attorney general letitia james as a, quote, political hack and said the case is a disgrace. trump was also combative with the presiding judge after being called out for not answering questions. at one point trump while still on the stand appeared today lose his cool about the judge, yelling, he called me a fraud and he didn't know anything about me. he was referring to the judge's ruling back in september that trump had committed fraud for years over stating his net worth by billions of dollars. between rants trump did acknowledge helping to assemble annual financial statements submitted to the banks. quote, i would see them and i would maybe on occasion have some suggestions. attorney general james and the former president had very different views of how yesterday's testimony went. >> i think it went very well. i think you were there and you listened and you would see this is a case should never have been brought, a case that should be dismissed immediately. the court was the fraudster in this case. >> today we heard from donald trump in our case against him, other defendants and the trump organization. he rambled. he hurled insults, but we expected that. at the end of the day the documentary evidence demonstrated that, in fact, he falsely inflated his assets to basically enrich himself and his family. he continued to persistently engage in fraud. the numbers don't lie. and mr. trump obviously wants to distract and that's what he did -- committed on thp stand today engaging in distractions and engaging in name-calling. but i will not be bullied. i will not be harassed. this case will go on. >> now, this may not be the last time we see trump on the stand in this case. his lawyers are expected to call him as a witness when they present their case starting at some point next week. joining us now former u.s. attorney and an msnbc contribute, our friend barbara mcquade. barbara, great to see you this morning. so let's start with your take on trump's antics, and i think that's a word we can use, their antics on stand. do we think they helped to hurt the case and who was truly his audience? >> this is cleary a performance not for the judge who's the fact finder in iscase but clearly for the voters. he talked about how this was unfair and biased and the judge was biased against him, but i don't think he helped himself at all. he did make a couple of key admissions, one he was involved in the valuation of some of these properties and he did know these were used and relied upon by banks in making decisions whether to make loans. to that extent i can the attorney general scored some points. but mostly he played himself in the role he so often plays as a disrupter, and i don't think he did anything to dispel what the judge has already found, which is findings of fraud based on the documents. >> so trump's defense team is expected to call him back to the stand next week as a witness. how do you anticipate they are going to try to utilize him? >> one, i don't know that they will. there's danger there because it means the attorney general's office gets to cross examine him and they may not want to do it, but he does have a wider platform when he is testifying and they're calling him as a witness. to the extent he wants to volunteer any information, that is an opportunity to do that. yesterday he got frustrate would the judge asked him to answer the question that's been asked and he wanted to give a little speech on something else, so that posed some difficulty for him. when he is called, when he can control what the questions are and that can elicit the answers he might want to get out there. >> and for trump all part of his claim he's the victim of some witch-hunt, some sort of deep state prosecution. barbara, stay with us for this other trump legal story. special counsel jack smith says the january 6th insurrection was a culmination of the plane conspiracy theories that trump promoted after the 2020 election, the election he lost to joe biden. that declaration coming in a court filing yesterday from the special counsel's office opposing multiple trump team motions to dismiss the federal election interference case all together. smith's team writes this, the defendant also claims that he could not have known his actions were criminal because in the past others whoave questioned, challenged, or protested election results were not prosecuted. but the defendant stands alone in american historyor his alleged crimes. no other president has engaged in conspiracy and obstruction to overturn valid election results and illegitimately return power. in another they argue judge tanya chutkan should deny the former president's request to pause the trial's progress until he rules on his claim of presidential immunity. so barbara, amid the flurry of responses yesterday, the only motion to dismiss that is ready for a ruling is that one, trump's claim of presidential immunity. can you explain what that is and if you believe he has any chance to win it? >> yes, the argument is because he was president at the time he is immune from being prosecuted for any crimes at. essentially this is the richard nixon line of when the president does it, it's not illegal. of course that's an absurd argument. the president does have wide berth to do his job and should not be prosecuted for anything within the scope of his job duties. but as the prosecution argued not only is it illegal but what he's doing itself is beyond the scope of the president. states have the duty of administering their elections. it is not part of the president's duties to interfere with their elections. so i think that's a ludser. but the reason they're asking for the prompt disposition of this notion and one another which is based on double jeopardy he says because he was prosecuted essentially that during the impeachment that precludes this criminal case against him for the same crime of this election interference. those two are immediately appealable before the trial. all the other motions have to wait until to trial is over. and so what the prosecutor is saying is, judge, please decide these two motions first so we can get that process going because if we do then the court of appeals can likely hear that and we can stay on track for our march trial date. let's not let that one languish, so that's the request they have before the court. >> terrific legal analysis as always from former u.s. attorney barbara mcquade. thank you, barbara. we'll talk to you again soon. we turn now to news overseas and today marks one month since the suhamas terrorist attack in israel. now israeli forces are severing ground from the rest of the territory. yesterday israel pounded the region with air strikes. officials say they hit 450 targets killing a number of hamas commanders. casualties are expected to rise sharply once the war turns to close urban combat. israeli media reports that troops are expected to enter gaza city soon. still, several hundred thousand people are believed today still be in northern gaza where the assaults are taking place. israel's military says there is a one-way corridor for civilians to plea the area and head south, but many are afraid to take that route. now, israel's prooem benjamin netanyahu, is continuing to reject growing calls for a cease-fire but says he is open to a short pause in the fighting in gaza. yesterday a phone call with netanyahu, president joe biden mentioned possible tactical pauses to say they would allow time for more aid to enter gaza and let civilians safely leave the territory. the white house says it could also help with hostage negotiations. shortly after that call netanyahu appeared on abc news for his first televised interview since the october 7th terrorist attack. here's what netanyahu had to say about a possible cease-fire. >> well, there'll be no cease-fire, general cease-fire in gaza without the release of our hostages. as far as tactical little pauses and here and there we've had them before. i suppose we'll check the circumstances in order to enable humanitarian good tuesday come in or individual hostages to leave, but i don't think there's going to be a general cease-fire. it's not that i don't think -- i don't think it'll hamper the war effort. it'll hamper our effort to get the hostage out because the only thing that works on these criminals in hamas is the military pressure that we're exerting. >> we'll have more on the war in the middle east a little later in the show. next, though, florida governor ron desantis picks up a key endorsement in iowa. we'll show you what governor kim reynolds had to say about supporting desantis over donald trump in the 2024 primary. also ahead, a look at which republican presidential candidates will be on the stage for tomorrow night's gop debate live on nbc. those stories and a check on weather and sports when we come right back. i'm not just accomplished. i am accomplishing. so i'm doing all i can to help lower my risk of breaking a bone. for postmenopausal women with osteoporosis at high risk for fracture taking calcium and vitamin d may not be enough. adding prolia® is 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is hoping the endorsement will boost his sagging presidential campaign. in an exclusive sit down interview with nbc news, the republican presidential candidate weighed in on trump's intimidation tactics in securing political support. >> it's almost like with donald trump if you don't kiss the ring, you could be the best governor ever and he'll trash you. you could be a terrible, corrupt politician, but if you kiss his ring then all of a sudden he'll praise you. i've had people come to me and say they endorsed him because of the threats and everything like that. that's not how i roll but it is how he rolls. look, at the end of the day if you can look in the mirror and say you did what you think is right for the right reasons, then let the chips fall where they may. >> lpen arkansas governor and former press secretary sarah huckabee sanders, she's set to endorse her old boss in his run for the white house. a source familiar with the matter tells nbc newsanders will make her announcement at trump's rally near miami tomorrow night. that's his counter programming he skips the republican debate. sanders released a statement on her endorsement writing in par this, it's not question between right and left anymore. it's normal versus crazy and president bide on and the left are doubling down onra. the time has come to return to the normal policies of the trump era which created a safer, stronger, more prosperous america and that's why i'm proud to endorse donald trump for president. most of that was not true, we should note. iba statement trump wrote, quote, it's an honor to have sarah's endorsement. i look forward to having her at the big rally on wednesday. she's been considered a rising star in the gop after becoming the first female governor of arkansas. i will note some of the trump cam unhappy with her it took her this long to endorse her former boss. meanwhile, interest republican national committee has announced the candidates who will be on stage for that debate 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