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good to be with you, i m katy tur in for the second hour of chris jansing reports. the jury has the e. jean carroll defamation case. how much will they find donald trump owes carroll for continuing to attack her, and continue to go deny what a court of law has already established that he sexually assaulted her. msnbc legal analyst, lisa rubin just stepped out of the courtroom for the first time today to let us know what it was like inside. so, lisa, tell us. reporter: i listened to both sides closing arguments and then the rebuttal of e. jean carroll s lawyers this morning, and then i listened to judge lou kaplan instruct the jury on the law as well as the legal process and the rules that they are required to follow as they deliberate. i think one of the things that was most interesting this morning is the emergence of big themes that are much bigger than e. jean carroll and donald trump alone. what you heard from e. jean carol s lawyers is this isn t a case just a ....
i will see you tomorrow. happening now, donald trump takes the stand in the civil seve defamation trial against him and what he said under oath and why the judge struck down his testimonies as they head into closing arguments. an unprecedented move to declare trump the presumptive gop presidential nominee siding with the former president and against his remaining opponent, nikki haley. i ll get reaction from the top haley supporters chris sununu. and breaking news, a record close on wall street after evidence of a booming u.s. economy with growth expectation and as he visits a key 2024 battle growth fund state and ramps up for his expected rematch with trump. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with donald trump on the witness stand testifying in one of the slew of court cases where the former president is now a defendant. cnn s kara scannell has our report. in an ....
he ll react in moments. john: begin america reports with the teetering economy, and with just 22 days now until the midterms, time may be running out to right the ship. i m john roberts in washington. sandra, great to be back with you. sandra: i speak for the whole team when i say great to see you. john: good to be back. sandra: brand-new comments from the white house. press secretary karine jean-pierre scheduled to take reporter questions about 15 minutes from now. this as record inflation remains front and center on voters minds. john: brand-new poll finds 71% of voters saying they have had to cut back on their spending to afford basic necessities. the president appears to be in denial. our economy is strong as hell. inflation is worldwide, worse other places than the united states. john: fox team coverage. byron york joins us with more. sandra: white house correspondent peter doocy live on the north lawn to kick things off for us at this hour. he ....
he was the one who came out and said flatten the curve, and that flattening the curve kept going on and on and on. now, when it comes to schools, he s not telling a fib here. in july of 2020, i interviewed him and he said we have to get the schools open by the fall, but note he had already set a policy of lockdowns and closures that were extended to the schools. so the issue of collateral damage, mental health effects, socialization, nutrition, eye care, the mask overuse, the issue of not being with your peers that we were so worried about was extended and he talked about it in july 2020, but i think the horses were already out of the barn. we saw from other parts of the world that you could leave schools open and the spread did not increase. john: to that point, dr. siegel, it s one thing to say we want the schools to open, but it s another to set conditions or be among the people setting conditions that make it impossible for those schools to open. and at the same t ....
gillian: and republicans say they are so optimistic they are spending big in deep blue districts no one saw coming. democrats say abortion rights are on the ballot and still a top concern for their voters. is that gonna translate at the polls? john: congressman tom emmer is here. john roberts in washington, good to spend another 60 minutes with you. gillian: you too, john. i m gillian turner in for sandra smith. right to the races now. john: final sprint to election day, the closing pitches. gillian: the senate race is anyone s game, toss-ups in pennsylvania, georgia, arizona, and will decide which party takes control. john: control of congress could come down to a photo finish. gillian: kicking off this hour with one of the most fiercely fought races of them all, and aishah joins us from cartersville, georgia. we are in cartersville, reminds me of home, a small town people are fired up about this senate race. herschel walker is about to take the podium ....