Hi, everyone. It's 4 o'clock in New York, the ex-president today on the verge of snatching

jail time from the jaws of civil liability. Donald Trump taking the stand today in his

civil fraud trial in New York after being ordered by the judge to testify about comments

he made regarding a court clerk. Now, you all know this. We don't normally err his remarks

for fear of amplifying them, particularly when they are so clearly tied to threats of

violence and intimidation. But we're going to play them for you here right now because

they led to near immediate legal liability for the ex-president.

This judge will, because this judge is very partisan judge, with a person who's very

partisan sitting alongside him, perhaps even much more partisan than he is.

Now, I'm going to stand for just one minute after saying that. Trump claimed that

he wasn't talking about the person sitting next to the judge. He was actually talking about

Michael Cohen, but the time is in the middle of his second day of testimony, not the clerk.

Judging Goron was not buying it, not for nanosecond. And he swiftly fined Donald Trump $10,000

and rebuked Trump. The judge said this, quote, it is easy for the public or anyone to know who that is.

I'm very protective of my staff and I believe I should be. I don't want anybody killed end quote.

Whew, this is the second time, unless in a week, that Donald Trump has been fine for violating

a gag order put in place by Judging Goron, who also warned Trump this quote, don't do it again

or it will be worse. Now, for his part, Michael Cohen did resume testifying, but Trump didn't stick

around to hear him finish. The disgraced ex-president storming out of the courtroom,

the secret service agents left to chase after him, just after Judging Goron denied a motion

from one of his attorneys. Manufactured mayhem in the courthouse on the part of Donald J. Trump

is where we start today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. Former top official

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