desantis s office criticize disney and, said quote, we are unaware of any legal rights that the company has to operate its own government or maintain special privileges, not help by other businesses in the state. the lawsuit is the latest escalation in a year-long fight between desantis and disney, one of the states largest companies and now heads to federal court, where a judge will decide who is the victor. for cnn in st. petersburg, florida i m steve contorno. i m rosemary church, for our international viewers, world sport says. next, and for those of you here in north america, i ll be back in just a moment. up to 8 weeks of relief with cytopoint. that s a lot more fun time, right max?
avoiding economic catastrophe. but their celebration will be short lived. the measure is dead on arrival in the senate, where democrats object to huge cuts in federal spending. the bill passed by only two. both but republicans say it will strengthen their hands and negotiations with democrats in the white house. we just passed a bill. it s not our job to modify it. where the only wants to lift the debt and to make sure this economy is not in jeopardy. what the speaker of the house and with the two vote margin what it did today was actually putting the nation at risk. and the cost that they re going to put in place is going to damage the economic growth. without an agreement the u.s. government could default on its debt by early june. the downgrade in its credit rating shirt to follow. more now from cnn s chief congressional correspondent, after months of internal deliberations and around the
trust in just the ability of the u.s. to govern. i mean there s been a lot of trust in the dollar, in some ways, as the global reserve currency and i think if we were to get out and be on the debt ceiling this time around, i really do think that the implications would be pretty substantial for the world. that is a big concern of, course let s hope that we don t get to that point. run of aurora, thank you so much for joining us. thanks rosemary. the woman who accuses donald trump of sexually assaulting her decades ago in a department store dressing room is expected back on the witness stand in the hours ahead. e. jean carroll is suing the former president for battery and defamation in a civil case. and, on wednesday she began her dramatic testimony describing in chilling details that image. cnn s paula reid is following developments from new york. writer e. jean carroll, taking the stand in the second day of her civil buttery and defamation case against former
across the southern u.s. on wednesday, affecting people and animals from florida to texas. large hailstones the size of tennis balls hit the small town of texas, even forcing a ball to head for cover from the storm. some areas could see continued until morning. on thursday, the storms will push east, putting parts of the u.s. gulf coast at risk for more severe weather. and, along the mississippi river is expected to get worse as melting snow causes waters to swell. up the midwest, state including iowa, wisconsin, and minnesota we will see the worst of it. cnn s emily schmidt reports. there is a realtime math equation playing along the mississippi river to explain what, or at winter, snow melt you get a massive problem. people say that it is the storm of the century, the year
president. president biden has reaffirmed his arm club commitment to extend the deterrents towards the republic of korea. our two countries have agreed to immediate bilateral presidential consultation in the event of north korea s nuclear attack, and a promise to responsibly, overwhelmingly and decisively using the full force of the alliance, including the united states nuclear weapon. but, the key question is, this will the deal actually deter north korea? last, year north korea fired a record number of rockets and missiles and continued to fire more including recently the new solid feel icbm and biden repeated the u.s. offered to north korea tough talks about the weapons program but he also offered a very stark warning to north korea then we re rip and, kristie, there was an unexpected moment at the state dinner when the south korean president saying for everyone. how is that received? yes, look, it was quite the evening of entertainment at the white house state dinner on