and defamation case brought by author e. jean carroll. court resumes this hour. and a man accused of a shooting rampage inside a medical center is about to appear in court. what we re learning about the suspect and what his mother is blaming today. we re following these major developing stories and more all coming up right here on cnn news central. this morning the white house is pushing back hard on russia s baseless accusation that the u.s. directed ukraine to carry out an alleged attack on the kremlin. moscow claims it was an attempt to assassinate president vladimir putin. the white house calls the allegation the u.s. was behind that ridiculous, and ukraine is also strongly denying any involvement in that attack. after making that claim with no evidence, russia ramped up its attacks on ukraine. at least 23 people were killed by russian shelling in the kherson region wednesday. and kyiv s military chief said the city was hit by the most intense air strikes so far thi
the judge considers bail for the suspect leaks case. why prosecutors say he is a flight risk. and reports of fighting in khartoum, despite new cease-fires. foreign citizens rushed to evacuate. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. a former vice president compelled to testify about his direct conversations with the president he served. that s a situation mike pence found himself in on thursday before a grand jury in washington former vice president testified before a federal grand jury for more than five hours. that testimony would have been about what happened after the trump the president at the time, at a time when donald trump was pressuring him to overturn the vote. hints pence refused to do so. pence has also spoke about this conversation publicly. he s right about them in his book. the on a tour of really regularly. whenever before as an investigation, as a grand jury and have prosecutors gotten pence under oath to reveal
our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. and just ahead on cnn news room former vice president mike pence testified before a federal grand jury on thursday for more than five hours. latest numbers show that the u.s. economy grew at an annualized rate of 1.1% in the first quarter of 2023. never in a million years did i imagine that as american citizens my parents would be left to fend for themselves in a warzone. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, april 28, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where it is another first for donald trump. like most of the others, it is not a good one. never before in more than history has a vice president been compelled to testify about direct conversations with the president he served. that is the situation mike pence found himself in on thursday before a grand jury. katelyn polantz has the details. reporter: former vice president mike pe
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