it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. breaking news this morning. first republic bank seized and sold to jpmorgan in an overnight deal. this is now the second largest bank failure in u.s. history, the third major bank to go under in less than two months. how are the markets reacting this morning? and what does it all mean for your money? is it safe? the manhunt for a suspected mass murderer continues in texas. a authorities say they have zero leads. five people are dead, including a 9-year-old boy. a community shaken to the core. we will bring you a live update on where the search goes next. we re asking ever everyone for your help so you can bring this suspect or this monster, i will call him, to justice. a weekend of absolutely wild weather. from a tornado touching down in virginia beach to the historic rise of the mississippi river, expected to crest today in communities already under water. more breaking news. this is out of france where u
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
our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. i m bianca nobilo. i m fax foster. there s deep uncertainty on capitol hill i will let you know. i do not expect there will be a vote as planned. e. jean carroll walking into the manhattan courthouse. she s suing trump for battery. she believes in this department store back in the 90s that he, in fact, raped her. a deadly suicide bombing at kabul airport has been killed. u.s. officials are reaching out to the 13 u.s. service people who were killed. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, april 26th, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where a crucial vote to raise the national debt limit could come as soon as today. republican leaders aren t sure if they have enough support in their own party to get the plan through the house. the bill could cut trillions in government spending over the next ten years. u.s. president joe
right now, a high stakes meeting behind closed doors adds congress clashes over trillions of dollars. house speaker kevin mccarthy wants to force president biden to the negotiating table. the big problem, his own party might not be on board with his plan to hold a vote today. the clock is tick to go cut a deal. rolling out the red carpet. the nuclear threat when president biden is preparing for a state visit with south korea s president this morning. we will bring you those important moments ahead. an urgent manhunt across multiple states after four detainees escape a mississippi jail, one of them suspected of shooting and killing a man right after he got out. the latest from police coming up on cnn news central. we begin on capitol hill where right now republican house leadership is meeting behind closed doors discussing a big course reversal in their one-year plan to raise the debt limit by $1.5 trillion while making deep spending cuts. speaker kevin mccarthy and
the search in several states across the south for the remaining fugitives now. 24 hours after declaring he is running for reelection, our mary bruce asking president biden about his age, whether he considered agent s own decision and if his decision to run would have been different had donald trump not run again. how he answers it all. columnist e. jean carroll taking the stained in her lawsuit against former president trump, declaring today i am here because donald trump raped me. the judge issuing a warning to trump s lawyer about the president. our parent company, disney filing a lawsuit against florida governor ron desantis accusing him of i targeted campaign of retaliation. click on how the governor is responding and what s behind all of this. tonight, the first call between president zelenskyy and china s president xi. what president she warned about nuclear war. back in the u.s. tonight three high school seniors under arrest in the deadly rock throwing spree near de