old. the news continues. cnn newsroom with michael starts now. anderson, thank. you matt gates, he singlehandedly held up kevin mccarthy s election as speaker, you ll recall, well tonight he is threatening to do it again in a new battle on capitol hill. and, he is here. i m michael, live from new york city, on the day the president joe biden asked americans for another four years. the nation is at risk of a potential economic disaster. thanks to partisan and intra party politics in washington, the u.s. is scheduled to default on its debt, as early as june. something that has never happened before. , and if the nation default, that means massive job losses, almost usher as a recession. federal benefits like social security are at risk, interest rates, what do you pay out of your house, your car, your college loan, they all skyrocket. the stock market, it tumbles, dragging with it your 401 case. i know what you re thinking. you re thinking, michael, we ve seen the movie before.
surrounding the nightmare that is joe biden at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. 8:57 a.m. they called the lid on the day, joe was done. he was tired. he had a busy vacation. today marks the 100th day that kevin mccarthy has been speaker. we will remind you of the promises he made to become speaker and the promises he has kept. we are going to hold elected officials accountable. plus, we will talk to the great one, any mark levine fans here not just hunter who turned a profit by selling access to pops we have few developments tonight that are huge. we ll break that fews. also, jimmy, kaley, they will be here in studio with more on the panic, the full blow panic at budweiser and anheuser anheuser busch has sales now plummet even further. full analysis, we ll have tucker s interview with elon musk. listen to this shocking revelation the degree to which various government agencies effectively have full access to everything was going on in twitter blew my mind. they had full access
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. withdrawal from afghanistan. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. and we begin this hour in new york, where the woman suing former president donald trump for battery and defamation in a civil trial is expected to take the sand in the hours ahead. a source says e. jean carroll is set to testify about her allegations that trump raped her
our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. i m bianca nobilo. i m fax foster. there s deep uncertainty on capitol hill i will let you know. i do not expect there will be a vote as planned. e. jean carroll walking into the manhattan courthouse. she s suing trump for battery. she believes in this department store back in the 90s that he, in fact, raped her. a deadly suicide bombing at kabul airport has been killed. u.s. officials are reaching out to the 13 u.s. service people who were killed. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, april 26th, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where a crucial vote to raise the national debt limit could come as soon as today. republican leaders aren t sure if they have enough support in their own party to get the plan through the house. the bill could cut trillions in government spending over the next ten years. u.s. president joe
e. jean carroll takes the stand in her sexual battery case against the former president. the new warning that the judge issued just moments ago. and a race to get four mississippi jail escapees back in custody. one of the men is now accused of killing someone after he broke out of jail. we are following these major developing stories and all coming in to cnn news let s begin on capitol hill where there has been a shift this morning, it seems. house republican leaders are now confident that they have the votes to pass speaker mccarthy s $1.5 trillion debt ceiling bill and while there were big questions and probably still are, they could still vote today. do you hear all of the caveats i m throwing into this? what did kevin mccarthy have to throw in on to get all of this? manu what is the very latest you re hearing about this? there have been months after negotiations will pass the house as soon as today. it will require 218 votes in the republican-controlled votes