raped her about to testify in court. plus a bio lab full of deadly pathogens at risk right now in sudan s war zone. house speaker kevin mccarthy struggling to get his party in line as debt default looms closer for the u.s. good morning and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. we begin withdra dramatic testiy expected today. e. jean carroll says former president trump raped her in a department store in the 1990s. trump denies any wrongdoing. our randi kaye has more. i proceeded into the dressing room. the minute he closed that door i was banged up against the wall. reporter: author and columnist e. jean carroll sharing her story, now 79, she s suing trump seming from the attack she says took place in 1995 or early 1996 in the dressing room of department store bergdorf goodman. she s also suing him for defamation. last fall trump posted it is a hoax and a lie, just like all the other hoaxes that have been played on me
accountable yet. reporter: carroll suld trump for defamation after he denied raping her. it was a total false accusation and i don t know anything about her. reporter: the trial in that first legal battle is delayed as the courts figure out if trump can be sued for comments he made while he was president. the defamation claims from the more recent lawsuit would not be impacted since trump made those statements after he left office. meantime, e. jean carroll is still hoping for justice. total jail time, total jail time for the rest of his life, absolutely. reporter: randi kaye, cnn. republican lawmakers fear they may not have the votes they need to raise the national debt limit while at the same time dramatically cutting federal spending. house speaker kevin mccarthy wanted a vote on that bill today, but he s facing resistance from his own party on several fronts as a catastrophic u.s. debt default looms closer. cnn s emily schmitt has more. speaker mccarthy, do you have