viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom, donald trump s new court battle, a new york city columnist set to take the stand today, accusing the former president of rape. debt ceiling drama in d.c., a vote in the house could happen in the coming hours. but republican leaders are struggling to get support for their plan, as the u.s. default clock ticks down. plus, the taliban take down the mastermind of a deadly suicide bombing that killed 13 american troops at the kabul airport during the chaos of the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. and we begin this hour in new york, where the woman suing former president donald trump for battery and defamation in a civil trial is expected to take the sand in the hours ahead. a source says e. jean carroll is set to testify about her allegations that trump raped her
terrifying. i think they re terrifying. i think that when i saw these, i know they re fake. they have fake written all over them. but still, i had a visceral reaction to seeing them. there s something about seeing a former president. let me put up another one. here s another one. this is a this one is about donald trump. it shows him in the middle of a police. fake donald trump, of course, the middle of a police from his falling to the ground and gideon just seeing a former president. in this situation. i sort of viscerally felt sick, and i know it s fake. well this is you know, this is the latest issue of mid journey which is one of these ai image generators. my journey five and it is just leaps and bounds better than the ones that we have been seeing before. and so even though there are lots of ways in which if you look closely, you can spot that these images are fake. it s still the you know the training on trump s face. the ai does that well enough and expressions in the
president and his team today retaliatory strike by the united states in syria, the pentagon says president biden authorized the strike after an american contractor was killed and five u. s service members injured in syria. the administration says the americans were attacked by a drone officials say came from iran. let s begin at the pentagon with cnn s oren liebermann or what are you learning about the u. s personnel involved here and how frequently attacks like this happen? the latest update we have on the u. s personnel involved here is that there were five service members injured. they are in stable condition. two of them were treated at the scene. three of them had to be taken to coalition medical facilities in iraq. there was also one other u. s contractor injured that, in addition, according to the pentagon to the one u. s contractor who was killed in this one way, you wavy attackers. suicide drone attack . the pentagon says the drone was of iranian origin, likely indic
Murdered them. But israel needs to continue to be able to defend herself. We all across the world need to ensure the safety and security of civilians and the United States needs to stand ready to help our allies. Congresswoman spanberger, thanks so much for joining us. Thank you so much for having me. And Erin Burnett Outfront live from israel starts right now. Outfront next, live from israel, the Breaking News. 20 americans now missing on top of 14 already declared dead. This as a u. S. Aircraft carrier moves closer to israel at this all. All while israel prepares for what appears to be a major invasion after a barbaric isisstyle attack from hamas. Outsmarted the militants by jamming the safe room door. What she did to keep the attackers at bay as they tried again and again to get through. A miraculous story of survival. And that brave woman is my guest tonight. And then inside gaza. Its as densely packed as the city of london. Underground tunnels that could be booby trapped. What an