refusing to leave the coffee shop. the regional director who was overseeing that store says she was fired in the aftermath just because she was white. and a jury agreed with her. awarding her more than $25 million for the ordeal. i m john roberts in washington, that s the way we start off a friday eve. sandra: a big development. great to be with you, john. this is america reports. shannon phillips oversaw several areas for starbucks, including philadelphia at the time of that 2018 incident. the two men were handcuffed and escorted out of that store after they declined to leave because they were waiting on a business associate. phillips was not at the store at the time but claims starbucks used her as a scapegoat to prove it was taking action in response to the controversy. the company says phillips was fired because she demonstrated an absence of leadership during the crisis. a new jersey jury sided with phillips, awarding her $25 million in punitive damages and $600,
i mean, people deserve breaks, right? yeah, brakes.! [out of control] book an exam today at americasbest.com. preparing for the surge. president biden boosting the u.s. military presence along the southern border now. he plans to send 1,500 regular troops in anticipation of an influx of migrants. we ll take you live to the streets of el paso, texas. the city there already under a state of emergency. plus, a stabbing spree. three stabbings in less than a week. two people are dead as a small california college town grapples with a wave of violent crime. police are pleading for the public s help. the treasury secretary warning the u.s. could default by june 1st if there s no deal on the debt ceiling. could president biden and kevin mccarthy help avert a potential financial disaster. that s coming up all right here here. a major move from the white house amid growing concerns of a massive influx of migrants at the u.s./mexico border. sources tell cnn president biden plans
state visit since russia launched the invasion into ukraine. and china is promoting this visit as a peacemaking mission. you will be hard-pressed to think that any ending of the war is coming from this visit, but world leaders are watching it very closely for any clues to what moves russia and china might make. we are covering all of the angles of the visit for you, and we will start with matthew chance in moscow. matthew, what are you hearing from the officials today? well, russian officials are treating it as a diplomatic coupe, and the leader of china coming to visit russia is the support that the kremlin is looking for. it is first time that xi jinping has come to russia since russia launched this invasion a year ago, and it is days after vladimir putin has been indicted by the international criminal court for war crime, and it is a strong message that vladimir putin is not as isolated as the west would like to think he is, and he has this figure standing side by side w
good thursday morning i m erika hill. i m jim sciutto. happening right now, house lawmakers on capitol hill receiving a closed door classified briefing on the chinese surveillance balloon. this as cnn has new reporting on when u.s. officials were first warned about the threat. all of it sparking sharp criticism on defense and intelligence officials who were not aware of the depth of that threat. live on capitol hill with the latest. plus, incredible stories of survival out of turkey, including an infant pulled from the rubble after 58 hours, small signs of hope there. rescue workers among so many things facing freezing temperatures, lack of water and power. the death toll hard to imagine. now surpassing 17,000. cnn is on the scene. back here in the u.s. on the road again today. cue the 2024 election music. president biden headed to florida, where he is expected to drive home his pledge to protect social security and medicare. we have a preview of the trip ahead. we want
the twice impeached disgraced ex-president to overturn his election defeat. it s a glaring and unavoidable fact that mike pence one of the key stories of january 6th and the person that the entire plotry lied on doing what trump wanted him to do. he never testified about what happened to him or what made his whole family and the secret service detail run or what happened to the country for that matter under oath. today we have news of a potential break through on that front specifically. a federal judge ordered mike pence to testify before the federal grand jury under oath. that grand jury is investigating the january 6th insurrection and donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. judge boseberg rejected donald trump s and mike pence s efforts to block a subpoena. trump s lawyers asked the judge s predecessor to limit pence s testimony claiming certain issues were off limits because of executive privilege that protects communications between the president and some