grand jurors, what did he tell them about trump and the 2020 election. plus a deadly barrage of missiles strike ukraine leaving raging fires and at least a dozen dead at the hands of russia. and destruction after a tornado rips through a florida town, parts of the south bracing for more severe storms today. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. happy friday, everybody. i m christine romans. we begin with vice president mike pence testifying before the grand jury looking into former president trump s efforts to subvert the 2020 election. grand jury testimony is of course secret, but we have a very good idea of what pence was likely asked about his former boss, now his republican rival. katelyn polantz has more from washington. reporter: former vice president mike pence testified before a federal grand jury on thirst fo thursday for more than five hours. it would have been what happened after the 2020 election leading up to january 6, all of
trial after a revealing court hearing. prosecutors arguing that the air national guardsman is a dangerous flight risk with a history of violent threats. also tonight, more powerful testimony by trump accuser e. jean carroll. under heated cross-examination she told the former president s lawyer, and i m quoting here now, i m telling you, he raped me. whether i screamed or not. as for trump, he s campaigning in new hampshire tonight amid an escalating war of words with likely gop rival ron desantis. this as desantis is turning his fire at the walt disney corporation, blasting the company s new lawsuit against him as political. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, the accused pentagon leaker is behind bars as a judge decides whether he ll stay there in the leadup to his trial. prosecutors revealing very disturbing new details about the suspect and their case as they argued he should
why she didn t scream during the alleged assault. i m not a screamer. i was too much in panic to scream. you can t beat up on me for not screaming. tacopina shot back i m not beating you up, i m asking you questions, ms. carroll. through tears carroll asserted i m telling you he raped me. whether i screamed or not. i don t need an excuse for not screaming. tacopina an experienced trial attorney also currently defending trump in an unrelated criminal case being brought by manhattan district attorney alvin bragg is known for his brash style of defending clients. no, no can t be. this was a federal presidential election. the allegation here in some twilight zone scenario. reporter: outside court, a trump spokesperson said that the case is entirely political and trump himself accuses carroll of lying saying her case is, quote, a made up scam.
trump claiming he raped her in 1996 and defamed her years later when she went public is expected to be back on the stand on monday. thursday an attorney for trump pressed e. jean carroll about why she didn t scream for help. paula reid has more. reporter: e. jean carroll grilled on her allegations that donald trump raped her in a department store in the 1990s. this on the third day of her civil battery and defamation lawsuit in a federal court in manhattan. trump defense lawyer joe tacopina cross-examined carroll for hours about her story and her motivation. using your own words, the facts that you have alleged in the story you have alleged here are odd, he said. carroll responded certain parts of the story are difficult to conceive of. yes. the exchange becoming heated when tacopina repeatedly asked
e. jean carroll. at times she spoke through tears as he questioned her about details of her story and her motivation for bringing this case. he jean carroll grilled on her allegations that donald trump raped her in a department store in the 1990s. this on the third day of her civil battery and defamation lawsuit in a federal court in manhattan. trump defense lawyer joe tacopina cross-examined carroll for hours today about her story and her motivations. using your own words, the facts that you have alleged in the story, you have alleged here are odd, tacopina said. carroll responded, certain parts of the story are difficult to conceive of, yes. the exchange becoming heated when tacopina repeatedly asked carroll why she didn t scream during the alleged assault. i m not a screamer. i was too much in panic to scream. you can t beat up on me for not screaming.