raped her about to testify in court. plus a bio lab full of deadly pathogens at risk right now in sudan s war zone. house speaker kevin mccarthy struggling to get his party in line as debt default looms closer for the u.s. good morning and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. we begin withdra dramatic testiy expected today. e. jean carroll says former president trump raped her in a department store in the 1990s. trump denies any wrongdoing. our randi kaye has more. i proceeded into the dressing room. the minute he closed that door i was banged up against the wall. reporter: author and columnist e. jean carroll sharing her story, now 79, she s suing trump seming from the attack she says took place in 1995 or early 1996 in the dressing room of department store bergdorf goodman. she s also suing him for defamation. last fall trump posted it is a hoax and a lie, just like all the other hoaxes that have been played on me
whether republicans can get 218 votes. republicans by putting this bim on the floor and if they do pass it, they plan to show they can get the votes for their demands and hope that that forces biden and democrats to the negotiating table to at least discuss some compromise. obviously democrats aren t going to go for repealing their own laws. to them it s a reflection of what they as an opening offer would want. for those of us i cover the economy and business as my beat essentially. when i look at this and talk to economists and business leaders, they re gosh smacked that we re here again trying to negotiate spending cuts and basically budgeting through the debt ceiling, right? it s just so dangerous. we can see in global markets what happened it costs to default against the u.s. debt, that already there s a concern this political brings manship
these children to be $25 billion for a wall when we have all of the needs that we have for infrastructure, in our own country? so this is the fight that we will be having, not about people, but about values, not just about people but about values. so, kimberly, let me come to you. one of the angles that surprises me, obviously democrats aren t onboard. but there s strong opposition coming from people like ted cruz, who says, hey, there was no pathway to citizenship in daca and you re offering them one. or breitbart calls it evidence of amnesty dodge. you look at people who have been strong, herridge saying this is a nonstarter. pretty consistent with the earlier, precursor criticisms. but we have said at this table, he s a deal maker and he ll want