monster rival, the threads app now live and millions are signing up. we re going to begin this hour with that surprising announcement regarding the potential location of the man who led an uprising in russia last month. in a rare news conference this morning, belarusian leader alexander lukashenko said the head of the wagner group yevgeny prigozhin is in russia, not in belarus, despite saying last week he was in his country. nbc news cannot verify that claim. it is raising new questions, though, about the supposed deal that ended the attempted rebellion. joining us now from the presidential palace in minsk is nbc chief international correspondent keir simmons. you attended the news conference. you spoke with lukashenko, what did he say? reporter: yeah. yeah, as you can see, we re not at the presidential palace anymore. we were there. nbc news one of the few international news organizations invited to that conversation. and after an incredibly unpredictable almost two week
ju julie banderas , dr. janet nesheiwat and ian prior. we begin with shannon bream, who is live at the supreme court. shannon. shannon: kayleigh, we had talked about student loans and issue was standing, state of missouri had standing to bring this legal challenge and secretary of education went too far using the heroes act to wipe out student loans. the 6-3 opinion, the heroes act gives authority to cancel money for student loans, it does not. the secretary can modify regulatory provision, with the education acts, not to rewrite the statute from the ground up, which is essentially what he did to wipe out the loans. the judge wrote this, the statute read gives secretary broad authority to remove national emergency effect on ability to repay student loan. that 6-3 split did not see this the same way. this affects billions in student loans. the president and other democrats suggested, i don t think he had authority to do this and supreme court agreed. lori smiths, free speech
former president trump was railing against immigration that some say is the same language at hitler. tensions grow over civilian casualties in gaza. and the republican part of florida calling for the resignation of the chairman over allegations of sexual assault. but he s refusing to back down. these are the new stories coming right here on cnn central. we are fewer than 30 days out from the iowa republican caucuses. there are recent campaign stops in new hampshire and nevada. former president trump stoved fears about the immigration coming across the u.s./mexico border. but the themes and choices his words this weekend are sufficient. the former president again repeating language that echoes white supremacist. he said that the immigration are poisoning the blood of our country. he observed offered no truth to that. the president biden campaign responded to the poisoning comments, debaterring him to adolf hitler. 15 years before he systematically murdered millions of pe
meanwhile, president biden cuts a foreign trip short as time runs out to strike a deal on the debt limit. one of the senators urging biden to consider going around his republican house speaker s joins me live. later, a jog in the park with senator cory booker, we talk about his message of positivity amid so much cynicism and washington and his friendship with one of those republicans running for president. well, florida governor ron desantis is said to officially enter the race for president this week. let s be honest, he is a work in progress when it comes to retail politics. i saw, that you have, like, a 1955 portion there. that once nice. how much is that worth? oh, we won t even talk about that. so, it s safe to say there is some unknowns when it comes to the type of candidate he ll be the what there is very little doubt about is where he stands on policy issues right now. look no further than the last chapter of his book, he wrote it all there, make america flori
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