>>> WELCOME BACK TO AMERICA DECIDES THE FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP DID TAKE THE WITNESS STAND IN THE DEFAMATION'S DAMAGES TRIAL BROUGHT BY E. JEAN CARROLL TODAY.'S TESTIMONY ONLY LASTED FOR FOUR MINUTES. HE HAS ALREADY BOUND BEEN FOUND LIABLE IN PREVIOUS ABUSE AND DEFAMATION TRIAL. SHE IS SEEKING $10 MILLION IN DAMAGES. CBS NEWS CAMPAIGN REPORTER KATRINA KAUFMAN JOINS US. SHE IS AN ATTORNEY. IT WAS A BRIEF TIME ON THE WITNESS STAND TODAY. WHAT DID THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAVE TO SAY UNDER OATH? >> AS YOU SAID, HIS TESTIMONY WAS VERY BRIEF. IT WAS HIGHLY RESTRICTED. BEFORE HE GOT UP THERE, THEY JUDGE AND TRUMP'S ATTORNEY HAD A LONG DEBATE ABOUT WHAT COULD BE SAID ON THE STAND AND IT WASN'T MUCH THAT WAS ALLOWED. IN THE END HE SAID 100% YES HE AGREED WITH THE DEPOSITION THAT HAD BEEN SHOWN EARLIER IN THE DAY AND WHICH HE HAD SAID THAT E. JEAN CARROLL HAD LIED ABOUT HER ALLEGATIONS AND THAT SHE WASN'T HIS TIE. HE ALSO SAID HE NEVER INSTRUCTED ANYONE TO HURT E. JEAN CARROLL AND HE WAS DEFENDING HIMSELF AGAINST THE ACCUSATIONS. IT WAS A VERY SHORT TESTIMONY FROM HIM TODAY. >> WHY DO YOU BELIEVE HE TOOK THE STAND? >> I THINK HE WANTED TO GET UP THERE AND TO DEFEND HIMSELF. HE SEEMED A LITTLE AGITATED AT HOW RESTRICTED HE WAS. HE WAS PURSING HIS LIPS AND SHAKING HIS HEAD. EVEN WHEN THE JUDGE AND ALINA WERE DEBATING, AT ONE POINT ROBERTA KAPLAN, WHO IS E. JEAN CARROLL'S ATTORNEY SAID SHE COULD HEAR HIM MUTTERING BEHIND HER HE WOULD GET UP THERE AND SAY HE DIDN'T KNOW WHO THAT WOMAN WAS. HE NEVER SEEN HER BEFORE IT HAS LIFE AND AT ANOTHER POINT HE AUDIBLY JUST STARTED WAVING HIS HANDS AROUND AND I THINK HE SAID I'VE NEVER MET THIS WOMAN. I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT WOMAN IS, TO THE JUDGE. >> WHAT IS NEXT IN THE TRIAL?>> TOMORROW MORNING WE MEET AGAIN AT 9:30. THERE WILL BE CLOSING ARGUMENTS AND THEN THE JUDGE WILL GIVE THE JURY INSTRUCTIONS AND THE JURY WILL DELIBERATE. IT IS POSSIBLE WE COULD HAVE A DECISION AT THE END OF THE DAY.>> IN THE LEGAL COMMUNITY AMONG SOURCES, WHAT IS THE EXPECTATION OF WHAT THE DECISION COULD ULTIMATELY BE. SHE IS SEEKING $10 MILLION, BUT IS THAT SOMETHING REALISTIC BASED ON THE WAY THESE CASES USUALLY PLAY OUT? >> THAT OF A GREAT QUESTION. I THINK IT IS HARD TO SAY WHAT THE DAMAGE WILL BE IN THIS. JUST ALONE WHEN THEY HAD ASHLEY HUMPHREYS WHO IS AN EXPERT ON REPUTATIONAL REPAIR TESTIFIED TODAY -- THE OTHER DAY BUT JUST TO REPAIR THE REPUTATION COULD COST BETWEEN $7 MILLION IN THE NINE DOLLARS AND THAT IS NOT CONSIDERING PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR OTHER COMPENSATORY DAMAGES. I THINK A LOT OF IT