president already threatening to veto it, are we all just racing towards disaster? and she just told a jury that donald trump raped her. she s taking the stand in her defamation and sexual battery case against the former president. why she says she waited 27 years to bring these charges. the world health organization is warning of a potential humanitarian crisis in sudan. hospitals at only 16% capacity and that laboratory seized by militants is now entirely without power. diseases such as measles, polio, cholera and worst case scenario could be leaked. we are following these major developing stories and more coming in here to cnn news central. we begin this hour on capitol hill where overnight, house speaker kevin mccarthy made a series of concessions on the republican debt ceiling bill to appease far right members of the house. he is hoping to pass that legislation as early as today. president biden says he s willing to meet with mccarthy but with one condition. here i
days for next election but things are sure heating up. alex: who is counting, griff, former secretary pompeo says his decision was not impacted by former president trump s lead in the polls. it s something that he and his wife had to wait for months. we care deeply about america and the issues that i have been talking about the last year and a half and decades matter awful lot, this isn t our moment. this isn t time to seek elected office. pompeo added that if pompeo winning primary he may not end up endorsing former boss. aisa hutchison joined nikki haley and those announcing a run, senator tim scott introduced his exploratory committee this week with several top gop hopefuls attending nra annual convention yesterday and that included former president trump and former vice president mike pence. they are also going to be in in nashville this weekend for donor retreat as will new hampshire governor chris sununu which is considering run for the white house. i think now mo
top of the hour, we will take you back to the fema directors that are going on right now. this news conference and we will listen to the very latest from winter park, florida, and get an update on recovery and rescue operations there. fema back to flood insurance. what kind of turnaround or how long until you expect people to be able to receive to face what s needed in their homes? how long do the inspections and claims take? yeah, one of the very first things that everybody should do is contact their insurance company to see what is going to be eligible. this includes flood insurance, which is by fema and also some of the other insurances they have for wind damage, et cetera. they are going to have to file that claim. one of the first thing that s going to have to happen is an inspection of that home, so they can determine the extent of damages. that will depend on the availability to access the homes. we know that there are still many homes that might be underwa
morning, particularly in the areas that were hard hit, just understand, this is still a hazardous situation. those folks that were in there, in the wee hours of the morning, were taking big risks as first responders navigating this. you have power lines that are down. you have trees that are down. you have a lot of hazards right now. we do anticipate a lot of the water will subside in some of the barrier islands and some of the coasts, but some of those inland places off rivers and off of these inlets, you re likely to have standing water there throughout all of today and even in the days ahead. so that is a hazard. and just please be aware that that is something that you if you ve weathered the storm to this point, going and doing and getting involved in that is just totally not worth it. and we want to minimize any harm to anybody as a result of what we re seeing right now in the streets. we have had 26 states provide support. we really appreciate that. it s going to be p
17 hours. it was actually longer not that long ago. earlier today king charles and prince william took time to personally greet some of the mourners shaking hands and thanking people for waiting in line for so long to honor the queen. all this is happening as cnn learned about a major royal flub. prince harry and his wife meghan, the duchess of sussex, were invited to a reception tomorrow at buckingham palace by mistake. a royal kerfuffle. more on that in a moment. jasmine wright is live outside the white house correspondents dinner, and anna stewart is in that crowd in london. jasmine, president biden among the hundreds of world leaders that are headed to london for monday s funeral. what are we expecting to see from the first couple while in the uk? reporter: yeah, the president and the first lady leave the white house here very soon. i am not sure if you can pick it up in the mics, but on the lawn you can hear the sound of mash even one waiting to take the president a