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
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closing arguments in the child where the fate of the former president hangs in the balance. a big four days or beyond. regardless the judge said get back to work today after taking a week after. i m bill hemmer, good morning. dana: you already having me laugh. i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. great to be back in business after four weeks of testimony lawyers are about to give closing arguments in the trial of former president trump. a chance for both sides to make their final pitches. it is expected to last all day. the judge will likely give instructions to the jury tomorrow and then from there it s off to the races. bill: the 12 jurors will deliberate behind closed door. six alternates. no juror has left the main panel which may be a bit unusual. we shall see with the lawyers throughout the next two hours. how long that deliberation takes is anyone s guess. the verdict could exonerate the former president or make him the first commander-in-chief con fac
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 a close. the judge in the case aiming to reveal his decision on the state s request for a $370 million judgment against trump by the end of this month. cnn s kara scannell is just outside the courthouse where all of today s drama just went down. how did this all unhold? reporter: kwuflwolf, trump s attorneys gave their arguments for much of the morning. the big question was donald trump going to speak. the judge had setout terms that said he could only speak if he stuck to the facts and the law and trump did not agree to do that in advance of the hearing. at the end of the day, the end of the closing arguments trump s attorney asked the judge if he
switch today. that is a beautiful live picture of the united states capitol. it is 6:41 on this good friday. the january 6th rioter whose lawyer said he was, quote, following presidential orders was found guilty yesterday on all six charges he faced. dustin thompson was the first defendant who tried to convince jurors it was former president donald trump who was at fault for the capitol insurrection. thompson s attorney argued, quote, donald trump encouraged people like thompson to storm the capitol an took advantage of, quote, vulnerable people like his client. a justice department prosecutor told jurors in closing arguments trump was not on trial. they should not consider trump s actions even if they think he is to blame for what happened on january 6th.