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Happening now the first day of Donald Trump's civil fraud trial wraps up with the former president in the courtroom to fight charges that could potentially decimate his family business.

Trump attempting to turn the trial into a platform for personal and political attacks.

Also tonight, Republican hardliner Matt Gates takes his threat to

oo Speaker Kevin McCarthy to the House floor, but stops short of any action yet,

telling Americans to quote stay tuned. We're

tracking the intense GOP infighting right now after McCarthy worked with

Democrats to avert a government shutdown.

And California's governor appoints a Democratic activist to temporarily fill the Senate seat of the late Diane Feinstein.

We'll take a closer look at LaFza Butler's potential impact on DC politics and

on California's high-profile Senate race in 2024.

Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. I'm Wolf

Flitzer, you're in the situation room.

All right, let's get right to the opening day of Donald Trump's civil fraud trial in New York.

The former president of the United States appearing in court with the future of his business empire on the line right now.

See as Karas-Kanel is outside the courthouse in Manhattan.

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