we ve got lawson uso cover, and lots of questions to answer. so let s get started. that ceiling showdown, house speaker kevin mccarthy not just a win in the house, but his victory lap may run out of gas in the senate. or live on capitol hill with the latest as the nation inches closer to a debt default. plus, telling their side, the same moment a woman suing former president trump for an alleged rape it is giving tearful over price jerry six insurrection in d.c.. we re going in-depth on all those trump troubles ahead. later, desantis drama, florida governor ron desantis arrives at the white house, while the house memos hits him with the federal lawsuit. we go inside the drama and how it will impact his presidential aspirations. all of this and more is coming up. and a good saturday morning to you, i am katie phang. we start today s show with the standoff over the debt ceiling. speaker kevin mccarthy is taking a premature victory lap after house republicans narrowly lashed
yeah. fortunately or unfortunately, talking about sexual abuse their. also, there was a moment that was incredibly damning, where donald trump who said that e. jean carroll was not his-type look at a photograph of e. jean carroll and identified it as his ex-wife, marlon maples. looking in front of you, black and white photograph that we marked as t.j. 23. i m gonna ask, it was this the photo that you re referring to? yes. and what did you thought when you first saw this photo? as i thought i guess, that s her husband john johnson, who was an anchor for abc. nice guy. i thought, i don t know, i thought he was pretty good at what he did. i don t even know who is the woman let s say, it is marla. you said marla is in the
be the star? i think you can say that yes. jurors also heard the former president claim missing carroll was not his type, as if that would excuse sexual assault. this photo of her back in the 1990s for his ex-wife, marlon maples. is this the photo that you are referring to? i think so, yes. i don t even know who the woman s. i don t know. it s marla. you re saying marla is in this photo? yes, that s my wife. which one are you pointing to? here. the person you just pointed to is e. jean carroll. miss carroll did not speak to reporters today, but released a statement which reads in part, this victory is not just for me but for every woman that has suffered because she was not believed. as for the former president, he posted this on his social media
e. jean carroll s lawyer, robert kaplan, used trump s own words against him doing her closing arguments today, stating donald trump here is a witness against himself. first, the lawyer laid the jury this video of donald trump in his deposition confusing e. jean carroll for donald trump s second wife, marlon maples, during the videotape deposition. here s a photograph that we marked as 23. i don t even know the woman. let s say, it s marla. you said marla is in this photo? yes, that s my wife. which woman are you referring to? here. e. jean carroll s lawyer then told the jury what did mr. trump do after i showed him
refused to testify before the jury? he did offer this video deposition and in the, he basically affirmed his belief that if you are a star, you can get away with sexual assault and he said, unfortunately, or fortunately. and then, having said that e. jean carroll was not his type, he went on to confuse a picture of e. jean carroll with the picture of his second wife, marlon maples. i mean, i don t want to be, i m not a legal analyst, but that is some of the worst testimony i ve ever seen in my life. yeah, the thought also occurred to me, jake, the same thing that even for donald trump, it was stunning to hear him talk about that under oath in the deposition. what ostensibly his goal is to try to get himself off the hook, he made comments that i would assume a reasonable juror would think, yeah, this guy may have definitely done this and that, is how it appears how the jury decided. so, yes, even for donald trump,