Its i like to call the Situation Room, see you tomorrow now, Breaking News, were learning about a possible well move by Kamala Harris aimed good health for your close the gap with Donald Trump in the Swing State of arizona as the former president is showing strength in new Polling Sun Belt battlegrounds will also break down the newest Polling Results in lines of attack with highprofile governors from both parties. Also tonight, how a younger voters view the harristrump matchup, and whether theyre feeling energized or apathetic about the race. Cnn is on the ground in crucial Swing State plus Breaking News. Officials say hundreds have been killed as israel targets, as balah with intense airstrikes, its deadliest day of attacks on lebanon in decades. Cnn is in the region as fears of an allout war are rising welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im Wolf Blitzer. Youre in the Situation Room the is cnn Breaking News. Lets get right to the Breaking News on the
Straight from the source denied. That was fast seven jurors have been chosen in all trumps first criminal trial on day two, a sharp warning to the former president from the judge. Dont even think about intimidating potential jurors after the judge Saw Trump Muttering and gesturing in close proximity to a potential juror, and what is it like to be in that jury pool . But the former president turned defendant . Watching your every move as you are being considered to decide his fate. My source tonight will tell us all about it. Im sarah sidner in for Kaitlan Collins tonight. And this is the source an immigrant from ireland and Oncology Nurse corporate lawyer, a grandfather from puerto rico, a young english teacher, a recent college grad and civil litigator seven strangers who have at least two things now in common, they all live in new york city, borough of manhattan. And theyre all seated on the jury. That will decide if donald trump should be a convicted felon. Thats more than half of t
okay so there are big weeks and really big weeks and this week is as big as it comes. after weeks of revealing witness testimony, after weeks of intense cross-examination. after a legal system has been tried, tested in ways that it has never been before. we re now reaching the end of this trial. closing arguments start tomorrow. those seven men and five women will deliberate and decide the fate of the former president. we don t know what the outcome will be. only they decide that. that s how our system works. i know it all sounds surreal but it s all really happening, starting tomorrow morning. if one person appears to be feeling the heat right now, it is truly a surprise, he shouted at the judge, the district attorney. hours away from closing arguments, the judge is probably past wanting to derail the. or the jury may be dead locked, unable to reach a consensus and this could end in a mistrial. or the jury could convict trump as former director has predicted. that would make
Courts been in session, julia . Reporter so court is just Getting Started behind me, hallie. They had a little bit of a delay this morning but right now were seamana for thes Defense Attorney come up to the front. Hes ready to ask rick gates more questions. On the way into court downey said they were feeling good and confident today that they are doing well in this case, especially because he is now continuing that crossexamination. It was pretty ruthless yesterday. They found gates to be someone who had a secret life. They had him detail this private flat london that he used to have an affair. Talked about stealing hundred of thousands of dollars from paul man for the. They also started asking him about like to the fbi and for some reason gates was a little squirrely on that issue. He wouldnt come out and said he did it even though thats what he pled guilty to just months ago. Theyre trying to paint someone that the jury would not believe as credible, which is key to their defense str
Lets get right to our breaking news. Brianna keilar is here. Also elise labot. Both candidates were talking National Security. What stood out to you . A number of things but one of the things that donald trump said that i think stood out for a lot of people was him having to answer for his comments about how he knows more than the generals. This was the exchange between him and matt lauer. The generals under barack obama and Hillary Clinton have not been successful. Do you know more about isis than they do . I think under the leadership of barack obama and Hillary Clinton, the generals have been reduced to rubble, they have been reduced to a point thats embarrassing for our country. You have a force of 30,000 or so people, nobody really knows, but probably 30,000 people and i can see The Great General George Patent Spinning in his grave as isis we cant beat. Certainly we have discussed this, don, there are some in the military who may want to see more action but donald trump did not re