nation s debt limit after a last-minute rewrite. and we re tracking the speaker s efforts to get gop holdouts to get in line. joe biden strikes a landmark deal to send a nuclear submarine to south korea for the first time in 40 years. the president and his south korean kocounterpart going to n lengths to deter kim jong-un and his escalating nuclear threats. and oath, testimony by the woman who alleges that donald trump assaulted her decades ago. cnn was there as e. jean carroll took the stand. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get right to capitol hill for the latest on the very high stakes showdown over raising the nation s federal debt limit. cnn congressional correspondent jessica dean is following all this. republicans have been scrambling to hold a vote today on their plan to raise the debt ceiling. where do things stand right now? reporter: wolf, the chamber is just here to m
russia is targeting the u.s. while strengthening ties with china. lead u.s. hostage negotiator is here to weigh in coming up. sandra: we begin, however, with the breaking details in the historic indictment of the former president. hello and welcome, everyone. sandra smith in new york. john, a good friday to you. john: and you as well. the news never quits, does it? i m john roberts in washington. this is america reports. a manhattan grand jury sending shock waves through the country. sandra: after they voted to indict former president trump relating to the alleged hush money payments made in the run-up to the 2016 election. marks the first time a former president has ever faced criminal charges. john: a source saying fox is expected to be arraigned next tuesday at 2:15 in the afternoon. he will not be placed in handcuffs after an agreement struck between alvin bragg and trump attorneys. sandra: bryan is live outside the courthouse here in lower manhattan. how is l
30th 2023 we have breaking news. an american reporter has been arrested in russia accused by russia of espionage. evan gersh covic works with the wall street journal and russia s main security agency now says in a statement. they claim he was collecting information about the country s military industrial complex overnight to u. s. army helicopters have crashed and kentucky police and military teams are on the scene. details still coming in also this prayers for pope francis days ahead of holy week. we re live in rome with the very latest on the health scare that has him in the hospital. also did a little disney magic calls some of governor ron desantis his power to go away the legal trick that puts the governor s new handpicked board that is overseeing disney, potentially in a bind some of the biggest names in tech, signing a letter hoping to slow progress and artificial intelligence. elon musk is joining dozens of tech leaders and calling the fast moving breakthroughs in a i
there has been air strikes, shelling and other heavy gun fire reported. and in the last few hours, the general of the rsf the rapid support forces in sudan has approved a 2k hour ceasefire. general mohamed hamdan daglo tweeted. he had spoken to the us secretary of state antony blinken and agreed the pause to ensure the safe passage of civilians and the evacuation of people who are injured. mr blinken had called for the ceasefire during the g7 foreign ministers meeting taking place injapan. but, the sudanese army has released a statement denying any knowledge of the ceasefire. despite that tweet, these are the latest pictures from rsf paramilitary forces at khartoum international airport showing black smoke rising from burning plane. let s take a look at the area more closely. sudan is part of this eastern area of africa, known as the horn of africa and has a history of instability. the area s intergovernmental authority on development, or i gad, will send the presidents o
was procedural. it was about the extremism case. apparently on the sidelines of that, he found out that he was also supposed to be tried for terrorism, as well. in a military court in a secret trial. navalny says the absurd thing about these terrorism allegations that he committed this act of terrorism while he was already inside a penal colony to the east of moscow. here is what we re learning. the moscow court literally silencing a kremlin critic. as alexei navalny speaks via video link, his sound is abrab abruptly cut off. it looks like they will limit the time he is able to go through the court documents, and then the audio is muted. the situation for alexei navalny has become even more serious. the court ruled navalny only has ten days to review hundreds of documents from an extremism case against him, and his supporters