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to go out of what was being decided, which is really how much of anything he owed her he was still denying the heart of the allegation the point that tran20s attorney made yesterday as he was being cross-examined that, was that there was another trial in and trump did not show up or testify, he did not even go to the courtroom, which he has since said it was because his attorneys advised him to do so, but the attorney saying he could have come for that trial. and of course we are seein...

listen to the show wherever you get your podcasts. the lead starts with wolf plitser in the situation room. happening now breaking news, a huge legal and financial blow to donald trump. a jury says he should may more than $83 million in damages to writer e. jean carroll for defamatory statements he made about her. were breaking down the verdict and the message it sends to the former president and the clear front-runner for the 2024 republican presidential nomination. welcome to our v...

it is now highly lookly the united states wont be able to pay its bills by early june. also tonight, trump accuser e. jean carroll is seeking further damages from the former president for disparaging comments he made about her during a cnn town hall. and in ukraine after months of brutal fighting, it now appears bakhmut has finally fallen to russia, but ukrainian forces say they still hold a small portion of the totally ruined city. ill get reaction from the former ukrainian defense mi...

decision? >> special counsel jack smith has been aggressive in getting around attorney-client privilege. there are certain pieces of information he believes he needs in order to answer the question about whether classified documents were mishandled and there were efforts to obstruct. he went through the proper channels to get to around attorney-client privilege. you want to speak freely to your attorneys without it coming back to potentially bite you. >> paula, stick around. i want to ...

administration officials, theyve made clear their position is the same as it has always been. the president wants a clean debt ceiling increase. there have been no negotiations on anything but a clean debt ceiling increase. republicans are in a very different place right now. the difference between right now and yesterday where those two positions stand is they have about a month to figure this out. the president has international travel, how they figure something out is still very muc...

weeks from now. well discuss the really dire implications for the u.s. economy if that happens with the former treasury secretary larry summers. also tonight, a huge dust storm causes multiple deaths and dozens of car wrecks in a massive interstate pileup. were tracking this weather disaster in illinois. and an intensifying man hunt in texas after a gunman killed five neighbors including a 9-year-old little boy. authorities pleading for the publics help as this armed and very dangero...

hand. >> this warning comes just hours before a republican-led committee holds a hearing on the chain knee communist partys threat to america. lets start with cnns manu rash. tonight will be the first prime time hearing that any he republican has held since january. what are republicans telling you about why this is such a top priority? >> this is one of the rare bipartisan initiatives in a very polarized institution, the u.s. house. but kevin mccarthy has indicated to me and others th...

that trumps legal team also filed a motion to fight the subpoena on the grounds of executive privilege, basically that the president and his senior aides can have internal communications that dont have to be shared. this is a separate matter pences legal time is trying to block it on. pences team did not comment, nor did the justice department. what im told pence is doing with this is basically trying to block the testimony they believe is related and pertains to his legislative action...

and guns saluted. paying respects to the life and legacy of queen elizabeth ii. the uks newly appointed prime minister, liz truss, offered newly anointed king charles the support of an unusually quiet and somber parliament. >> the crown endures. our nation endures. and in that spirit, i say god save the king. >> the king greeted well-wishers outside buckingham palace to a chorus of the national anthem. ♪ >> he retired to buckingham palace where he held his first audience with the pri...

and the world remember the queen. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer in "the situation room" as cnns special live coverage continues. ♪ >> we begin with charles iiis debut as king. the new monarch facing a moment he acknowledges hes been dreading, the death of his mother, queen elizabeth. cnns bianca nobilo is outside st. pauls cathedral where a service for the queen was held today. bianca, this has been a very, very emotional day for th...