begin at capitol hill for that that bill is almost a done deal. its past the seven and will go to the presidents test -. chad pergram s life with us on the hill. good evening it was a congressional crunch to get the bill approved before the government collided with the debt ceiling. tonight the scent with the hous and the vote 63 tash 36. all but five democrats voted yes . the democrats are feeling very good tonight we save the country from the scorch of default, even though there were was some on the other side who wanted default, who wanted to lead us to default. thirty when gop members vote no and they were suspect of the plan. people think this is dramati and mccarthy thinks this is the best deal ever. this is going to do nothing. president biden talked the nation tomorrow and signs the bill as soon as possible. the senate spreader through a series of votes before getting to the final passage. senate majority leader chuck schumer played the role of trac coach.
we have justin jones fro tennessee, and i ve got maxwel frost on here. it s interesting to me, becaus a man of a certain age, to hav these young people, who are th civil rights fighters of our time, it s amazing to watch. and such a contrast wit what we are led to believe about government, and it s antipathy towards the people and if there is reason for optimism in this moment, it you didn t guess on your show. the really, it is and there s people who don t believe in the way things work or the way things are an prepared to challenge, it an say there s a different wa going forward, i m excited for it will be a great show iconoclasts, we ll be watching ali. before we get to, that we v got some breaking news though. donald trump has lost anothe legal battle tonight, a federal appeals court rejected his attempt t block his former vice presiden mike pence, from testifying in front of the jacks mitt federa grand jury, investigatin trump s role in overturning th 2020 elect
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
negotiate. as vice president he put the bide em team together to negotiate. the democrats have done this every time. when president trump was in, nancy pelosi said you cannot pass a debt limit without having negotiations on spending. this is how it is happened all of the time before. the senator at the time, senator b biden, voted four times to raise the debt limit if they did something on the fiscal end and then when he voted it against it, he only voted against it thinking the economic changes didn t go far enough. so what has changed mr. president? you ve gone so fares you won t even negotiate to put america in debt? that is not how the leader of the free world should act. that is not how america wants to you act. you said at the very beginning we had to show you a plan, and not only did we show you a plan, we re the only ones to pass a plan. so i think it is up to you now, whether the economy goes in any trouble, it is you. because the republicans raised the debt limit. y
he says his battle for the soul of the nation isn t over. setting the stage for potential rematch against donald trump. but that s not trump s only challenge, today, a civil battery and defamation trial kicks off. e. jean carroll accusing trump of forcibly raping her. and one of many legal problems facing him as he once again runs for the white house. and a huge biological risk. sudanese military occupy a public health lab in that nation s capital. one with samples of polio, measles and cholera. the latest conflict in sudan. we re following the major developing stories and many more coming in right here to cnn news central . right now, president biden is giving his first live remarks since he revealed the worst kept secret in washington. that he s running for re-election. following the loss, the president noticeably choosing a union event for his public announcement. it came at 6:00 a.m. eastern time today. here s a clip. let s finish this job. i know you care. bec