thank you. by the time donald trump took the witness stand today in the case of e. jean carroll versus donald trump, the questions his lawyer would be allowed to ask and we re already working out in detail and discussions with the judge and lawyers on both sides of the case while the jury was out of the courtroom. judge lewis kaplan instructed donald trump s defense lawyers once again that donald trump would not be allowed in his testimony to contest the fact that he raped e. jean carroll in a department store in manhattan. judge kaplan told the lawyers the jury in the previous age internal lawsuit and the same courtroom found that donald trump did in fact sexually assault e. jean carroll. and that was not an issue before this jury. whose duty is solely to decide how much and money damages donald trump should pay e. jean carroll. judge kaplan told the trump lawyers the jury should be instructed that regardless of what he says in court here today, he did it, as far as they are
we look to the future. a nation continuously striving to be a more perfect union. i m here to speak to another truth. it s because of this congregation and the black community of south carolina and not exaggeration and jim clyburn that i stand here today as your president because of all of you. [applause] that s a fact. that s a fact. and i owe you. and i ve done my best to honor your trust. that means rejecting the small narrow cramped view america as well as lifting up a bigger and broader view of america. but if you do well, i do well. we all do well. we all do well small towns and big cities are doing better. when our freedoms are protected and deny hate as a safe harbor where everyone has a fair shot at a life of dignity and opportunity. and our democracy works for everybody. it benefits everybody. i don t get these guys. everybody does better. even those folks who disagree with us. i m keeping my commitment to you. that s the america we are building together instead of
the u.s. debt ceiling clears its first hurdle in the house, but it still has a way to go to cross that finish line. north korea admits it failed to launch a military spy satellite into orbit, but the attempt has increased tensions and rattled nerves in the south. and unnecessarily aggressive. that s how the u.s. is describing a chinese fighter jet s encounter with an american spy plane over the south china sea. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. so a deal to avoid defaulting on tens of trillions of dollars of debt is now moving forward, but the u.s. government is by no means out of the woods. in the coming hours, u.s. house members will vote on a bill to raise the debt ceiling as well as other measures tacked on to limit spending. the house speaker will be busy trying to rangle last-minute support from republicans who just don t like this deal. some democrats are also angry about white house concessions. but house leaders, they seem confid
and i m max foster. just ahead briefing after briefing, phone call after phone call, all behind the scenes letting democrats know that they need their support for once in a long, long time washington is actually going to spend less money. stop passing the buck to subsequent generations to clean up your mess. d.c. has imposed its will on us for far too long. it is time we impose our will on washington, d.c. [ sirens ] this was expected. north korea had said that it was going to try to put a military satellite into space. it does kind of change the dynamics in terms of how we perceive north korea as a t threat. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, may 31, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. on capitol hill where the u.s. house is set to vote on a critical bill. while many seem confident that they will get the votes, the house speaker will be busy trying to wrangle last minute support. kevin mccarthy say
let s take a look at the week s top stories. we re following new reporting involving the investigation into former president donald trump. classify top humans that he took with him when he left the white house. multiple sources tell cnn that federal prosecutors have obtained the 2021 audio recording of trump acknowledging that he kept classified pentagon documents about a possible attack on iran after leaving the white house. the existence of the recording undercuts trump s primary defense that he declassified all the documents that he brought with him from the white house to mar-a-lago. cnn reports that july 2021 meeting was held at trump s golf club in new jersey, with two people working on the autobiography of trump s former chief of staff, mark meadows, as well as trump pays, including communication specialist, margot martin, who as the guardian reports, regularly taped trump s conversations with authors to make sure they re accurately recounting his remarks. so really,