crash near the white house. a u-haul van smashes into a security barrier near the president s home. disturbing items inside the truck include a flag with a swastika on it. the 19-year-old driver charged with threatening to kill or harm the president, vice president or family member. surveillance video capturing harrowing moments and what came next as first responders trying to help a boy say they were met with gunfire forcing everyone to take cover. the latest on how all of this unfolded. and prince harry losing a legal battle over his personal security in the uk. just days after being pursued by paparazzi in manhattan with his wife, meghan markle. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. a 19-year-old man accused of intentionally ramming a truck into security barriers outside the white house is expected to appear in court this afternoon. cnn has learned new details about his arrest last night. authoriti
giddy up. the producers were right, that is quite some video. thank you for being with us thank you for being with me, you can sleep in tomorrow. yay. at 9:00 cnn news central starts right now. arrested for threatening to kill, kidnap or inflict harm on a president. a man crashes a u-haul into gates right outside the white house. new details this morning, including video that seems to show a flag with a swastika and we just learned the man s identity. back in court, evan gershkovich has now been wrongfully detained in russia for nearly eight weeks. his case today is back in front of a judge. what s in question today and what it means for his freedom. this is cnn news central. a man is under arrest this morning for crashing a u-haul into barriers right in front of the white house and we are getting chilling new details about what he appeared to have with him. officials say at about 10:00 p.m. the truck drove into security barriers on the north side of lafay
the judge asked both sides to come together and pick a date in february or march of this year. that s another development we may get more clarity on today, john. i sort of made it more complicated than i needed to when i explained what s going on with e. jean carroll, but bottom line is based on what she saw trump say at the cnn town hall, she s now asking a judge for more money. explain. reporter: yeah, so remember the jury had returned that verdict finding in favor of carroll that trump had sexually abused her and defamed her when he said he did not know who she was, he was not her time and that she made up the whole story. 24 hours later trump was on the cnn town hall and repeated many of those same statements. carroll s attorney are saying to the judge, okay, we just won this one lawsuit and that lawsuit that went to trial had to do with statements that trump made after he left the presidency, but they had also fired an initial lawsuit about statements trump made in 2019 that h
what the potential consequences are. and that can be whatever the judge decides, anything from financial penalties or ultimately imprisonment if he thinks it is an egregious violation. this is the type of information that the judge discusses today. let s talk about the other case he is facing where he was found liable for defaming e. jean carroll. she is seeking further damages because of things he said after that case was decided. what do we know? reporter: yeah, jim. so you remember the jury had returned that verdict finding that trump had sexually abused e. jean carroll and he defame had her when he said that she made up the story as a hoax, that he didn t know her and she wasn t his type. now carroll is pointing to statements trump made again on the social media and also again at the cnn town hall. mr. president, can i ask
counts. but on another day, a separate day weeks later is when he was charged with that six count and found not guilty. jurors have been deliberating the last two days, more than six hours deliberating. we know from covering trials throughout the years, jurors will usually go to the judge and ask questions, but this jury has been very quiet, only asking one question. this was the prosecution s case to prove. they showed evidence trying to make the point that in january of 2019, jussie smollett staged this entire attack where he says that he was attacked by two people and they hurled racist and homophobic terms towards him, put a noose around his neck, telling police that he was a victim here. but this trial, lasting seven days, prosecutors really went in, going after his credibility and just moments ago jurors reading off their verdict finding jussie smollett guilty of five counts of lying to police. we know he s going to be sentenced coming up here.