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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 com ....
Hawks and members of that far right freedom caucus. they are negotiating how they can avoid a government shutdown by next week. there are several options that are on the table. but, wolf, if mike johnson decides to go a route that breaks from his deal with chuck schumer, almost certainly you can expect democrats to reject that, which will raise real fears uta government shutdown. but if johnson decides to side with chuck schumer, those threats to oust him from the speakership will only intensify. man up raju up on capitol hill, thank you. we re also following other breaking news right now. hunter biden pleading not guilty to federal tax charges in a los angeles courtroom. let s get more now from cnn national correspondent nick watt. he s outside the courthouse. nick, update our viewers. reporter: well, wolf, hunter biden came in and out of this courthouse through the back entrance, no comments to reporters. and this historic hearing took just a few minutes. this is a criminal cas ....