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
forcing evacuations with the worst still days away. in california, communities bracing for epic flooding there from the meltdown of record snow. plus, tens of millions in texas and florida on the lookout for tornadoes and large hail. also tonight, the woman who accused former president trump of rape and defamation takes the stand in his civil trial. what she says about their alleged encounter years ago. the former president s denial. disney fires back suing florida governor ron desantis in their feud about free speech and the future of disney world. just breaking, republicans in the montana legislature punish a transgender lawmaker barred from speaking on the floor. the pastor killed, police say, by a man he stopped to help. it turned out to be an inmate escaped from jail. the violent standoff and manhunt ongoing. menopause and money. the new data on the billions in lost work. how some businesses are changing their thinking. and a song that echoes through the
until then, i ll send it back to you, guys, from the bottom of the world. all right. the top of the hour on cnn newsroom, good afternoon, everyone, i m bianna golodryga. i m victor blackwell. we re beginning with another dangerous close call involving a commercial airliner on a u.s. runway. the faa is now investigating. so here s what happened, monday night in boston logan airport, a jetblue flight and a private jet reportedly came within 565 feet of colliding. just a weeking in burbank, california, a mesa airlines had to abort its landing because a southwest flight was on the same runway. there was a close call between a fedex carg honolulu. days before that, aiines flightt of a delta flight at jfk in new york. this is all taking place as president biden s nominee to lead the faa sits down for his confirmation hearing and it hasn t exactly been smooth sailing for him. cnn aviation correspondent pete muntean joins us now. pete, if confirmed, he clearly has a lot on hi
fighting russians as the head of the private military group wagner says the kremlin will no longer take his calls. russia filed a barrage of hypersonic missiles across the country. the new york times reporting the manhattan district attorney is signaling charges against trump are likely. and the coe of fox ko corporation breaking his silence as we go inside the relationship between rupert murdoch and donald trump. o outfront tonight, russian versus russian. putin refusing to help the private army, the wagner group, that s according to the chief of wagner tonight claiming the kremlin will not take his calls anymore. translator: to get me to stop asking for ammunition, all the hot lines to offices, to departments, et cetera, have been cut off from me. they ve also blocked agencies from making decisions. it s pretty incredible, and it could be significant because the wagner group of course is responsible for the small successes putin has notched in this war. the u.n. e
caught on camera, and hospitals prepare for injuries. cars thrown and heavy damage to homes. the national guard called in. tens of millions at risk, the dangerous tornado emergency from the midwest to the mississippi valley. we re tracking it with our team in the storm zone. also tonight, new details about the historic indictment of former president trump. sources telling nbc news it contains around 30 counts of document-related fraud for his alleged role in a hush money payment to an adult film star. mr. trump calling the democratic d.a. s move a political persecution. what we re learning about when the indictment will be unsealed and what will happen when mr. trump arrives in a new york city courtroom. just released, the names of the nine soldiers killed in the nightmare traini crash of those two army black hawk helicopters. our inside look at a remarkable new treatment. helping peopeg their sense of smell and taste lost for years due to long covid. and the cinderel