hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. donald trump s legal challenges continue as ejean carroll returned to the witness stand today to testify in her damages trial as part of her defamation case against him. unlike yesterday, the former president was not present in court. us forces have conducted strikes in yemen on two houthi anti ship missiles today that were loaded and prepared to launch. us officials say they destroyed the missiles. that is the fifth round of attacks against the houthis in yemen since thursday. on wednesday, an american owned vessel was hit by a drone near the gulf of aden, second time in a week that us vessels have been targeted by the houthis. also on wednesday, the white house re designated the houthis as a terrorist organisation which will mean sanctions. the secretary of state said that status will be reviewed if the attacks stop. here sjoe biden speaking at the white house. he was asked if the airstrikes in yemen were
president joe biden set to kickoff his campaign formally this weekend. and talk to republican miami mayor francis suarez who just kicked off his today. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. let s get to it with mark meredith in washington in the fuss over the third party. there s a lot of people trying to read the tea leaves of what will happen the next several months, this weekend, it s about president biden. he relaunched his campaign two months ago. we haven t seen any events until now. tomorrow he will be in philadelphia rallying with union members. today he won the support of two of the major unions. he was in connecticut the next hour for a fund raiser. the president scored the endorsements of the american federation of teachers and the aflcio. these endorse meants are not shocking. they ve been in lock step with the president s agenda these past 2 1/2 years. it certainly will give the biden harris campaign something to celebrate. the aflcio writing we have never seen
people on board the private plane was flying from tennessee to new york. instead of landing it made a sudden u turn and set off alarm bells. dana: it breached the no-fly zone over the capitol. the fighter jets tried to flag down the plane but the pilot was unresponsive and ultimately crashed in virginia. bill: scroti brenner is here with analysis. jennifer griffin is joining us live from the pentagon. well, it was a moment of high drama in washington, d.c. that shook the capitol. new details on who was on board that flight. a 49-year-old was on board with her 2-year-old daughter and nanny, the daughter of john and barbara rumpel. barbara serves on the executive committee of the nra women s leadership forum in florida. my family is gone, my daughter and granddaughter, rumpel wrote in a post. the plane was registered to encore motors of melbourne, florida. their other daughter died in a scuba diving accident. the cessna took off from elizabethton, tennessee en route to lo
should be. however, i will say that our team, who is gone it was a go shading on this, is absolutely committed to figuring out how we can reach an agreement. america cannot default. president biden has been keeping an eye on the talks while at the g7 summit in japan, even leaving the dinner to get an update. he will be back in washington on sunday to work on this. meanwhile, progressive democrats say biden should be ready to invoke the 14th amendment to raise the debt limit on his own. also making big headlines tonight, the big reversal from the president on getting f-16 fighter jets to ukraine. biden will support efforts to train ukrainian pilots on the f-16s, though the jets themselves might not necessarily come from the united states. and according to two u.s. officials, president biden plans to announce a 375 million dollar military aid package for ukraine. this all comes as ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is set to join world leaders at the g7 summit later
enforced. and my one-on-one with conversation with actor and comedian rain wilson. where he reveals the secret to happiness. at the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. good evening, once again. i m stephanie ruhle. it is friday night. that means our nightcap crew is here to talk about all the big news of the week. but first, we ve got to get to the serious drama in d.c. over efforts to keep the u.s. from default in an economic collapse. which could happen as soon as june 1st. talks between aides for joe biden and kevin mccarthy have been intense, and so far, there is no deal inked. earlier today, mccarthy s aides briefly walked away from negotiations, claiming things were going nowhere. we ve got to get moving by the white house. the white house is just, we can t be spending more money next year. we have to spend less than we did. kamala harris says the white house team is committed to finding a solution to matter what there are differences in terms of where