engin jerry was the most influential man in my life. everything i have in my life i owe to him. cnn this morning continues now. the first time in modern history a vice president is compelled to testify about the president he served beside. mike pence has likely provided intricate, direct, first-person testimony. this lasted for five hours. gives you an indication of the painstaking detail that prosecutors want to get into. let s keep in mind, there is no other witnesses to these conversations. prosecutors say teixeira could still be a threat. he may still have more classified information. authorities say he had an arsenal of weapons just feet from his bed. court documents mention his social media post. if i had my way, i d kill a ton of people. i think he s a danger to the country and a danger to himself. on the third day, her civil battery and defamation lawsuit, e. jean carroll grilled on her allegations that donald trump raped her. the most intense mo
ukraine, at least 19 people killed, several apartment buildings hit and reduced to rubble. cnn is on the scene in ukraine with the very latest. incredible video out of florida, destruction from a tornado that wiped out a dozen homes and damaged even more. now some 55 million people across the southeast are bracing for more severe weather as two major storms target the region. we have the forecast. a major win for abortion rights in two republican dominated states the latest attempts to ban abortions, ban most abortions failed and conservative lawmakers helped stand in the way. we are following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. this is what is left of an apartment block in central ukraine after a russian rocket attack. it was part of a wave of strikes across ukraine. in the hardest hit, two rockets hit apartment buildings and a warehouse, killing at least 17 people. in dnipro the attack killed a mother and her 2
what more do we know about his condition? reporter: well, at this point, jose, it appears the senate minority leader is still in the hospital, recovering from this fall. his office has not given us an update outside of what they told us shortly after the news broke of this situation that he was dealing with last night. of course, mcconnell is 81 years old, he had health scares in the past, heart surgery, he fell in 2019 and broke his shoulder. so he has dealt with health issues and gotten past them before. but in this situation, it is a new issue that has cropped up and we re still waiting to get a status check as to how long he could possibly be out, what caused him to fall during this dinner last night here in washington. and how long this could potentially impact him being away from the united states senate. all of that are the questions we re still contining to ask, jose. in other news from capitol hill, a top health official said a significant data breach exposed per
united states and around the world. i m christine romans. house republicans say they have done their part to avert a national and global financial crisis by passing a bill to lift the debt ceiling. yeas are 217 and nays 215. the bill is passed. the republicans hope the bill they pass odd wednesday to include the deep federal spending cuts they want. speaker kevin mccarthy addressed mr. biden directly in remarks a short time later. you said at the very beginning we had to show you a plan even though the democrats have shown no plan. not only did we show you a plan we are the only ones to pass a plan, so i think it s up to you now whether the economy goes in any trouble, it s you. because the republicans raised the debt limit and you have not. cnn s phil mattingly reports on the prospect for republicans to get what they want. reporter: for weeks, house republican speaker kevin mccarthy made clear he knew the legislation republicans were trying to get through the hou
means necessary to protect what he considers russian territory after a string of humiliating setbacks in ukraine. white house advisor john kirby with dana and me last hour calling putin s comments irresponsible. he is definitely under more pressure now internally and externally and increasingly clear he is not doing well in ukraine. why else call up a mobilization of 300,000 troops? we have said from the beginning and you would see the rhetoric last night is consistent with this from him. it is irresponsible for a nuclear power to speak that way about the possible use of nuclear weapons or any weapons of mass destruction. dana: greg palkot is live in london. hi, greg. yes, tough words from russian president vladimir putin as his going gets tougher in his war against ukraine. in a rare televised address he called for the partial mobilization of reservists, 300,000, to bolster the ranks of his forces hit harder than expected by ukraine military counter offensive. most dis