carroll had accused trump of raping her in the changing room of a luxury department store in 1996. she also claimed that trump defamed her when he called her a complete con job after she went public with the allegation in 2019. after three hours of deliberation, the jurors said trump did not rape carroll, though they did uphold her other complaints. the ex president has been ordered to pay carroll $5 million in damages. his legal team has already said they will appeal the ruling. carroll released a statement following the verdict, saying. we also heard from the former us president. he continued to deny the accusations. he shared this post on his social media platform truth social, saying. trump s lawyerjoe tacopina spoke to press outside of court. he s a strong, he s ready to move forward. he wants to fight this on appeal. he was successful with one appeal before, and he thinks he will before, and he thinks he will be successful in the second one. but he s planning, you kno
carroll had accused trump of raping her in the changing room of a luxury department store in 1996. she also claimed that trump defamed her when he called her, quote, a complete conjob after she went public with the allegation in 2019. after deliberation, the jurors said trump did not rape carroll, though they did uphold her other complaints. the ex president has been ordered to pay carroll $5 million in damages. the bbc s nada tawfik was outside the courthouse in manhattan today, and sent this report. it took thejury isjust under three hours to rule in herfavour, they did not find that donald trump raped her, they unanimously agreed that he sexually abused her and then defamed her when he accused of being a liar. no doubt this is a bit weary for ejean carroll. she no doubt this is a bit weary for ejean carroll. she later released a statement saying: donald trump on social media said this verdict was a disgrace and he again repeated his allegation that there is a witch hunt
as president putin tells russians they re in a battle for their existence. we ll speak with ukraine s ambassador to the us. welcome to world news america on pbs, in the uk and around the globe. a jury in new york has found that donald trump sexually abused and defamed ejean carroll. but the nine men and women who served on his civil trial say he did not rape the former columnist, in a department store changing room in the 1990s. mr trump had strenously denied her accusation. nada tawfik is outside the courthouse in new york, and joins me now. what more do we know about the verdict? ed what more do we know about the verdict? ~ ., , , , ., verdict? ed turk “urors less than three hours verdict? ed turk “urors less than three hours to verdict? ed turkjurors less than three hours to make verdict? ed turkjurors less than three hours to make a verdict? ed turkjurors less than l three hours to make a unanimous decision, not finding that donald trump rate eg and carol but
we ll analyze his budget and then we ll get to work on our budget. but unfortunately with the president being so far delayed, delays others in the process. speaker kevin mccarthy doesn t have a budget proposal ready, and according to him it s president biden s fault. this comes as the president is breaking with tradition and hitting the road to unveil his spending plan. also ahead, the ceo of norfolk southern will be on capitol hill today to testify before a senate panel. we ll have a preview of that hearing. plus we re going to get a live update from ukraine following a string of deadly missile strikes overnight. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, march 9th. thanks for starting your day with us. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell has been hospitalized after falling at a washington, d.c. hotel last night. according fooa spokesperson mcconnell who is 81 years old tripped during a private dinner. he was admitted to the hospital where he s
welcome to the programme. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, has been in kyiv today hoping to shore up a deal struck that was between ukraine and russia in the summer to allow for the export of grain from both countries. the agreement, which was brokered in turkey and is overseen by the un, must be renewed by 18 march, but there s concern, moscow will refuse to renew it. the deal also aimed to facilitate the export of russian food and fertilisers. moscow says those shipments are still being disrupted by us and european sanctions. exports of ukrainian, as well as russian food and fertiliser are essential to global food security and food prices. i want to underscore the critical importance of the rollover of the black sea grain initiative on 18 march, and are working to create the conditions to enable the greatest possible news of export infrastructures through the black sea, in line with the objectives of the initiative. this really matters. ukraine is one of the to