hi, everyone. it s 4:00 here in new york. for about three minutes, a former president of the united states and current front runner for the republican presidential nomination was on the stand today. in case that seeks to hold him accountable for his words. that extraordinary courthouse moment today came on day four of ft defamation trial. donald trump testified in his defense. his attorney allowed to ask him only one question. do you standby your deposition? he said, 100%. he also added that he considers carroll s allegation false. that was stricken from the record immediately. that single question by his attorney is the result of a lengthy back and forth between the judge and trump s attorneys in which the judge warned trump not to relitigate the first trial in which he was found liable for sexually abusing carroll. there are no do overs. he ruled out the kind of statements trump has made outside of court. carroll s attorneys entered into evidence some of those statements in
jansing in new york city. warning signs in the economy as worries about a recession, interest rates and the debt limit shave hundreds of punts points off the dow. now with a standoff over how to pay the nation s debts, will things get worse before they get better? and why wait until next week to find out? plus, no chief justice, no problem. senate democrats slam the supreme court as they push ahead with a hearing on ethics, even after john roberts declines to show up. chairman dick durbin arguing the justices ethical standards shouldn t be acceptable at a local city council, let alone the highest court in the land. and as the texas manhunt stretches into a fourth day, haunting new questions from family members about whether the police could have caught the suspect at the scene or stopped him before he started the massacre. i ll talk to a former police chief about what should have happened once those 911 calls started coming in. but we begin with congress and the white
today after a suspected drunk driver hit the newlyweds on friday night as they were leaving their wedding reception. the couple were in a golf cart on a south carolina road when they were hit, throwing the cart hundreds of yards, flipping it several times, according to a go fund me page. the bride, 34-year-old samantha miller who you see on the screen was killed. the groom, aric hutchison is in critical condition after suffering multiple broken bones and a brain injury and two others were injured in the crash. the driver is charged with reckless vehicular homicide and three counts of felony driving under the influence. coming up, a close confidante of e. jean carroll takes the stand in a defamation trial against former president trump. how that testimony could impact the case. and the state department confirms the successful evacuation of hundreds more americans from violence in sudan. what about the thousands who are still there?
we are a small country, but that is just as sad for us as 1 million americans, so everybody takes this seriously, but relatively, the fast reactions by previous governments and it is not a government i supported, really helped us. yeah, no government supported, really helped us. yeah, no government got supported, really helped us. yeah, no government got it supported, really helped us. yeah, no government got it absolute - supported, really helped us. yeah, no government got it absolute the | no government got it absolute the right, did they? as you said, it was unprecedented. everybody touched by somebody they lost, a loved one, and that will be a sad day when we reach that will be a sad day when we reach that million threshold. the actress amber heard is on the stand in a defamation trial that was brought against her by her ex husband johnny depp. heard is being sued by depp for $50 million over an article she wrote for the washington post four years ago that implied he had abu