abducted new video appears to show russian officers dragging a young man into the back of the car, forcing him to fight putin s war. coming as we learn just how many more troops putin thinks he needs on the battlefield now. plus, former vice president mike pence wrapping up his testimony before the grand jury investigating trump just moments ago. what we are learning tonight about his five-plus hours behind closed doors today. and tucker carlson s pattern of offensive and sexist comments about women, it s not just about calling women the c word. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. dragged into war, new joid into outfront shows the violent tactics russia is using right now to get young known the front lines. so, what you re seeing on this video is what s believed to be a russian conscript, a young man, being forced into the back of a car in moscow. the young man is resisting. young man is screaming for help. but he loses. he s taken away. and the perso
hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you re watching cnn newsroom. and i m rosemary church. just ahead, the u.s. house passes a debt ceiling bill. but there s zero chance it will get through the senate. we ll look at what, if anything, is up for negotiation when it comes to budget cuts. plus, thousands of civilians are caught in the middle of a deadly conflict in sudan. many desperate to leave the country for their safety. we ll look at that. and later, the lawmakers, business leaders and celebrities who gathered at the white house for a state dinner honoring the south korean president. good to have you with us. republicans in the u.s. house have passed a bill to raise the national debt limit and cut spending. they say it will put the country on the path of fiscal responsibility and avoid an economic catastrophe. but democrats are not onboard. they want a stand-alone bill that lets the u.s. pay its debt out spen
, the venue for an american 1st 100 Center Street in Downtown Manhattan, playing host to a new chapter in u. S history. Today the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. Former President Trump is back in the city that made him famous. But this time to face a new reality, the first ever former president to Face Criminal Charges. Good afternoon to our viewers around the world. Im Anderson Cooper, new york and im jake tapper in washington, d c. Were just hours away from the opening gavel. Of the people of the state of new york versus donald j. Trump this is the scene, the Manhattan Criminal Courts complex for mr trump. Will surrender. Were told and then where prosecutors will drop and indictment spelling out multiple charges against him at this very moment, we still do not know exactly what those charges are and how many there are connected to mr trumps alleged scheme to buy the silence of adult film actress and director stormy, daniels said a pivotal 2016 campaign moment. As we come on a
and i m here to try to get my life back. carroll is expected to face cross-examination by trump s legal team later today. the former president has denied the allegations and had this response in 2019. i have no idea who this woman is. this is a woman who has accused other men of thing, as you know. it is a totally false accusation. on wednesday, trump took to truth social and called carroll s lawsuit a scam. following that, the judge issued a warning to the former president s attorney, that any statements about the case could open trump up to, quote, a new source of potential liability. meantime, donald trump has settled a legal setback in appeals court. the circuit court in washington rejected the former president s emergency attempt to prevent
new tonight, former vice president, mike pence, testifying for more than five hours before that grand jury investigating the january 6th attack. and former president trump s role in it. now this is according to sources who tell cnn. it marks the first time in modern history that a former vice president was compelled to testify about the president he served. and it comes just after trump lost an emergency attempt to block pence from testifying about their direct conversations leading up to the insurrection. outfront, ryan goodman, co-editor in chief of just security. we talked about the possibility of this day. i should be clear anything he said wasn t about the actual january 6th itself but about what was before and after because of he won that constitutional fight. but, do you think this can move the needle?