the covid global health emergency is over. that s the word from the world health organization. a historic moment since he declared an emergency more than three years ago. it also comes as the u.s. is set to end its own public health emergency. bracing for a surge. right now homeland security alejandro mayorkas is at the u.s. southern border as worries grow about a sharp rise of migrant crossings days before a covid-era policy ends. live from there. a major threat to putin s war in ukraine. the head of a mercenary group deployed in the war against ukraine by tens of thousands, wagner, says he could pull out from a battle as russia raises a major counteroffensive against ukraine. this, all coming in here to cnn news central . it is a historic moment in the global fight against coronavirus. the world health organization today announcing covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency. it was more than three years ago now that coronavirus was declared a public health emerg
finally been released. quote, unfortunately or fortunately, unquote. you ll know what that means in a second. the lead starts right now. she s accusing me of rape, of raping her. the worst thing you can do, the worst charge. rather interesting comments revealed today from the former president of the united states as the world finally gets to see what mr. trump had to say about e. jean carroll s rape allegations. then a fake warning? the russian mercenary group wagner says they will leave the war-torn city of bakhmut in eastern ukraine. this as a top russian official says relations with the u.s. are so bad right now, the two countries have never been closer to war. plus we re talking to that 16-year-old who was accepted to more than 185 colleges and offered more than $10 million in scholarships. he s made his decision. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we begin today in our politics lead with newly released footage of donald trump s videoio taped deposition in
Casting them in. and he wasn t wrong. he was not wrong. i m curious to get from both of you, starting with jennifer, what your favorite memory is from filming the show. very hard to pin down a favorite. any day with the jazza gals was a delight. once all the jazza gals were gathered, there was singing on-set all day long. from were so many great memories. the last day of shooting, as karen will say, was really special and tender and sweet. so many great memories. it s really hard to narrow it down. so many great memories for sure. that does it for us at cnn news central. don t go anywhere. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. donald trump s deposition from that civil trial has