Donald trump, helping him post the 91. 6 million bond for e. Jean carroll. Now that he has shown he can get the money, what can it mean for the 460 million and counting he owes the state of new york. Joining us now msnbc legal continue, lisa rubin. He was due to post this bond on monday. Yesterday you and i were talking about the delay he was asking for. That was denied. That was. So posting it, what does it mean to have this on the books. It means that e. Jean carroll is protected through the Second Circuits disposition. One of the things i noticed when i was going through the bond today is that it actually only covers the appeal to the Second Circuit. It doesnt cover any appeal that he would take from the Second Circuit if it affirms the jurys verdict of 83. 3 million. Youre going to have to explain that. If he appeals further to the supreme court, hes going to need Somebody Else to come in and provide that security if he takes that appeal further. Otherwise, he will owe her that mon
come drone attacks cause blackouts across ukraine. russia targeting more power plants and escalating the bloodshed and suffering of civilians. also tonight, a cnn exclusive on the trump tapes. stand by to hear some of then president trump s revealing recorded interviews with journalists bob woodward including trump boasting about the letters that sparked the mar-a-lago documents investigation. as early voting in georgia sets records right now, the high stakes midterm election is now only three weeks away. we re following flash points in the battle for control of congress including a new promise by president biden on abortion rights for women. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re the situation room. our top story this hour, wide spread blackouts across ukraine as russia strikes major power and water facilities. ukrainian officials warning that moscow s attacks have already destroyed nearly a third of their ener
as a huge surprise given the well-established history inside trump world of pressuring potential witnesses in key investigations. washington post lays it out like this, quote. evidence across multiple state, federal and congressional investigations points to a similar pattern. trump and his close allies privately shower potential witnesses with flattery and attention extending vague assurances that staying loyal to trump would be better than crossing him. meanwhile, trump publicly blasts those who offer testimony against him in bluntly personal terms offering a clear example to others of the consequences of stepping out of line. the new york times offers another view of this type of carrot and stick witness pressure campaign reporting this, quote, former president trump s political organization and his allies have paid for or promised to finance the legal fees of more than a dozen witnesses called in the congressional investigation into the january 6th attack, raising legal
a curb and ran into a number of people in midtown manhattan. athena jones is here with us. what can eye tell us? victor, this is just breaking, 12:59 p.m., a taxi jumped a curb and struck three people. three of them critically injured. they were sent to a local hospital according to the nypd. it appears this is just an accident. this is being investigated by the detectives on the scene and the taxicab driver remained on the scene. four people struck, three people critically injured and taken to the hospital after a taxicab jumped the curb and hit the people walking on the sidewalk. we don t know the condition of the driver, although we know the driver is still on the scene. this happened around broadway and 29th street. for people who have any sense of manhattan, this is a few hours south of the empire state building. you can imagine how many people were on the sidewalk on a day like today, when it happened just before 1:00 p.m. as of right now, it s being investigated as a
S sanchez live in washington, d. C. Youre watching cnn news central. Bone chilling. Thats how a u. N. Humanitarian envoy described the scale and speed of the violence in israel and gaza. U. S. And israeli officials are characterizing the terror attacks carried out by hamas as isis levels of evil. One of those massacres was at a rural xhurncommunity, or kibbut southern israel. Israeli Defense Forces say they discovered women, children and elderly people who were, quote, butchered by hamas fighters. Elsewhere, hour after hour were seeing israeli airstrikes Pounding Gaza and hamas Rockets Streaking across the sky toward israel. This is the backdrop as we await remarks from President Biden at the white house at any moment, remarks that the entire world no doubt will be watching. Lets get started with cnns ben wedeman, whos live for us in jerusalem. Ben, what is the scene where you are . Reporter jerusalem is relatively quiet, but certainly the area around gaza and the israeli cities just t