for more migrants expected to come to the southern border? we put the question to homeland security secretary. more good news about jobs but the new warning from president biden about a potential government default. will birth control pills soon be available over-the-counter the fda set to consider it. and the coronation of king charles now just hours away. thousands filling the streets for a royal ritual not seen in 70 years. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome, everyone. former president trump has not testified in the civil lawsuit in which a writer accuses him of raping her more than 20 years ago and then defaming her by saying she made up the allegation but today a video deposition given by mr. trump was made public for the first time in it the former president strongly denies the accusations, intense questioning from e. jean carroll s lawyer. mr. trump was also asked about comments he made about women in that infamous
viewers. i m max foster. bianca is off for the day. but just ahead this is the first time we re seeing this scare happening in washington. the white house and both sides of pennsylvania avenue going to grasp the consequence of what is happening right now. stop playing games, stop blaming somebody else. we got 30 daysys to do it. and a simple request that turned in to a violent situation. and we don t know where he is and we don t have any tips. writers in hollywood are underpaid. there is a tremendous amount of content, but they are not getting the compensation that they want. at some point they have to take a stand. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. and it is tuesday, may 2, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where u.s. secretary janet yellen is asking congress to overt what could become a global catastrophe. and she warns that the u.s. could default by june 1. and she says that the impact could rob not
an fbi tip and a four-day manhunt. the military heads to the border. the biden administration is sending 1,500 unarmed active duty troops to help out at the southern border, not to do law enfo enforcement, ahead of an expected surge next week. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in new york. u.s. officials are looking into the provocative but unverified russian accusation that ukraine attempted to assassinate vladimir putin overnight. with a drone strike on the kremlin. the kremlin saying that its defense systems destroyed two drones over putin s recollection residence but he was not home. ukraine insists they wage an exclusively defensive war and calling it a trick. some experts agree, cautioning the claims could be a possible false flag used to justify further escalation against ukraine ahead of tomorrow s victory day sell bra celebratio square. u.s. officials tell us the u.s. had no warning. at a world press freedom day, secretary of state blinken expressing his
good morning, everyone, and welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, april 30th. i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. it is the back half of the weekend. my favorite day. make it yours? mine is saturday. really? sunday is my big family day. get to grill out and hang out and no wake-up time. make it count. here s what we re watching for you this morning. he is a threat to the community and we need the community s help to, hopefully, locate him soon. texas police and the fbi are looking for a man who allegedly killed five of his neighbors. the youngest victim just 8 years old. the simple request that led up to this shooting. private u.s. citizens trapped in sudan amid the conflict are out of the country. the evacuation coming amid growing anger from americans who felt abandoned by the u.s. government as the conflict broke out. how this convoy came together and what happens next. a tornado watch is in effect across parts of florida this morning a day aft
vow to fight on. we won t give up bakhmut. we will hold on until the very last. glory to ukraine, death to the enemies. and the wagner boss in an audio message, acknowledges the ukrainians aren t budging. translator: the ukrainian army is throwing extra reserves into bakhmut and trying to hold the town with all their strengths. tens of thousands of ukrainian soldiers are repelling the attacks. bloodshed increases every day. reporter: wagner mercenaries are the spearhead of the invasion force. he claims they re making progress but often lack the ammunition to advance. translator: i will say a system needs to be worked out. i hoch that this system will start functioning soon, and we will be getting ammunition regularly. reporter: the u.s. and ukraine say the attrition rate among wagner s assault groups, often made up of prisoners recruited from russian jails, is as high as 80%. but the media channel is trying to convey how wagner is helping the convicts. in this film,