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viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i'm rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom, donald trump's new court battle, a new york city columnist set to take the stand today, accusing the former president of rape. debt ceiling drama in d.c., a vote in the house could happen in the coming hours. but republican leaders are struggling to get support for their plan, as the u.s. default clock ticks down. plus, the taliban take down the mastermind of a deadly suicide bombing that killed 13 american troops at the kabul airport during the chaos of the u.s. wi...

federal court. the bottom line is, he is toast! there is nothing he can do -- [laughs] >> i was gonna say screwed. there is a consistency problem here. you can say many times, in public, on television, there was all kinds of things in those boxes. i don't know what was in those boxes. so it's very hard to get from -- at and have any idea what was in the boxes, to, i know they planted things. do you agree with that? >> i completely agree. judge dearie is a no nonsense judge. he's not going to take pr statements and say that that has any merit and his court. he is going to say as these...

he's going to say, as these guys said, prove it. this is a very dangerous scheme for them to play. as nick said, this is just another criminal charge waiting on other criminal charges being investigated. >> how do they play it, than? >> i think they declare victory in some way and get out of this thing, because this is not going to end well for them. this is going to end with perjury charges. it's going to end with a hearing being called that they are not prepared for. and if they tried the pr strategy and judge dearie's court, it's going to be worse for the lawyers. >> okay. and pol...

hello and welcome. friday, september 23rd. 9 a.m. here in london. 11 a.m. in ukraine. voting begins today in the four occupied regions on whether to become a part of the russian federation. the areas make up about 50% of ukraine's territory. if they join russia many believe that will provide vladimir putin the pretexts to claim russian territory is under attack and escalate the war. it's prompting people to flee the country in all directions. a long line of cars backed up at russia's border with finland. the government in helsinki is thinking of new restrictions to keep russians from...

sparked protests across russia leading to more than 130 0 arrests. we've seen the emotional farewells. look at this, russian men leaving behind families to board buses for military service. others trying to get out of the country altogether. in this video long lines of traffic are growing as men seemingly are trying to escape the war. >> the demand for flights out of moscow is spiking dramatically. tickets to countries where russians don't need a visa are sold out. and on google trends the term leaving russia saw a spike in searches over the past 24 hours. according to a ticket agri ...