the former president briefly taking the stand in the e. jean carroll defamation trial against hill. trump's attorney asking him do you stand by your testimony in the deposition. 100% yes, trump replied. why i'll see the border and we'll shut don't envags of our country. >> they want the bill to fail in the house so theyky a we tried to fix the border but it was republicans in the house, those crazy maga republicans, who blocked it. >> we know they will rule on the provisional measures so we'll wait to see. we have expected of course to throw out the completely absurd and ridiculous charges pressed by south africa. live from london, this is

"cnn newsroom" with max foster and bianca nobilo. >> a warm welcome to our viewers joinings from the united states and around the world. bianca is off today. but it is friday, january 26, 9:00 anl .m. here in london, 4: a.m. in new york where closing arguments are set to begin in the trial that will determine the damages that donald trump has to pay for defaming writer e. jean carroll. a source says the former president will be in court today. he testified for about three minutes thursday and was admonished several is times by the judge while he was on the stand. kara scannell has the story. >> reporter: in an extraordinary move for donald trump, the former president briefly taking the stand in the e. jean carroll defamation trial against him as the 2024 republican presidential frontrunner continues the strategy of bouncing between multiple court appearances and the campaign trail. trump testified for less than three minutes in the civil trial

that will decide how much money if any he must pay carroll in damages for statements he made about her sexual assault allegations against him. trump attorney asking trump do you stand by your testimony in the deposition. 100% yes, trump replied. he was then asked if he made the statement in 2019 in response to carroll's accusation. yes, i did. she said something that i considered a false accusation, totally false trump testified. the judge immediately cut trump off saying everything after yes i did is stricken. finally trump's lawyer asked if he intended to hurt carroll with his statements. no, he responded. i just wanted to defend myself, my family and frankly the presidency. after a brief redirect, trump was off the stand and the defense rested. the judge allowed only very narrow testimony ordering restrictions that trump could not deny assaulting carroll or that she lied because those questions are not before the

judge. a civil jury already found that he sexually assaulted carroll and defamed her. the judge previously ruled had verdict would carry over to this defamation trial. before trump's testimony, carroll's lawyers rested her indication after playing a series of video clips of trump disparaging her and m misidentifying carroll as his wife marla maples while looking at a photo. >> marla. >> you're saying marla is in this photo? >> yeah, that is marla. that is my wife. >> which one are you pointing to? >> the one you pointed to is e. jean carroll. >> this ridiculous situation is a big fat hoax. she's a liar and a sick person in my opinion. really sick. something wrong with her. >> reporter: trump is due back in court on friday. both sides are expected to give their closing arguments and then the case will go to the jury. carroll is seeking more than 10 million in damages. kara scannell, cnn, new york. trump's attorneys have joined an effort to dismiss fani

willis in the 2020 election subversion case in georgia. they filed thursday to join a co-defendant who has claimed without concrete evidence that willis is romantically enveloped w -- involved with the special counsel on the case and they went on vacations took. the former president and 18 others were charged as part of a conspiracy to overturn trump's 2020 election dweets. four have pleaded guilty. peter navarro has been sentenced to four months behind bars for defying a congressional subpoena. the judge tore into navarro for claiming that it was politically motivated saying the evidence is completely to the contrary and the circumstances were of his own making. in addition to the prison time, the judge also fined navarro nearly $10,000. the subpoena was related to the congressional investigation into the january 6 attack on the capitol. navarro is appealing the case.

>> united states versus peter navarro has turned out to be very important landmark constitutional case that is going to resolve important issues about the constitutional separate of powers as well as integrity and efficiency of presidential decision making. we'll see what happens. as donald trump loves to say, let's see what happens. republican national committee appears to have backed away from an astonishing plan to formally declare donald trump the presumptive republican presidential nominee. we're hearing trump himself nix the draft resolution that had been in the works saying he appreciated the effort but for the sake of party unity, he wants to let the primary process play out and win at the ballot box. a source adds trump was worried that the resolution would backfire. his republican rival nikki haley is still very much in the race

even though she's trailing in the deg legate court and she's asking supporters to donate in protest. she says the rnc is leveraging the establishment to try to crown trump the presumptive nominee. but i'm in this to win it and i'm not going anywhere. one of haley's most prominent supporters is the governor of new hampshire who blasted the rnc for even considering declaring trump the winner so early in the game. >> we like to talk about civics and the process aptd the voters having the say, but when it comes to donald trump, his attempts -- hypocrisy is so silly because his attempts to manipulate the process that he claimed was so rigged against him a couple years ago. and it is right out in the open. they don't even have the courtesy to go in the back rooms and smoke cigarettes and do it like you see in the cartoons. so from the very beginning rnc, they hired david bossie a former

trump guy to design the system do the debates and never forced trump on to the stage do the debates. and now they want to do this resolution. it is just dumb. it is awful. so the good news is this, the voters decide. they really do. there is going to be an election in south carolina and if these washington elites think that they will step all over the voters of south carolina, my guess is the voters will have something to say about that. >> as they gear up for the south carolina primary, haley appears to be growing more defiant while trump and his supporters ramp up efforts to drop out of the race and her defiance is bringing in more donations. haley's campaign says she raised more than $2.5 million since the polls closed in new hampshire tuesday. that includes more than a million after trump threatened her supporters saying anybody that makes a contribution to her campaign will be permanently barred from the maga camp. haley fired back with a new campaign t-shirt that read barred permanently. en would top supporter says the

campaign is seeing huge boosts from trump's posts. >> our website is barely keeping up with the thousands of donations that is coming in and we really thank president trump for that. >> we're just a few hours away from a major ruling from the international court of justice in the netherlands. south africa accuses israel of committing genocide against the palestinians and failing to prevent and punish genocide. the court won't rule on that specifically, but could outline provisional measures against israel's military activities in gaza. israel calls the claims false and grossly distorted. >> we know that they will rule on provisional measures tomorrow. we suggest wait and see what they have to say. we have expected of course to throw out the absurd and ridiculous charges pressed by south africa. >> final and binding ruling on the genocide claim could take

the court years to determine, however in practice the court has no way of actually enforcing its verdicts. david mckenzie is standing by for us in johannesburg, but we begin with melissa bell in the hague. what are you expecting the court do in the coming hours in terms of the playout? >> reporter: what we expect is this preliminary ruling essentially what would amount to an injunction. that is what south africa has been asking the international court of justice here in the hague to provide. provisional measures it has put forward even as you mentioned the substance of south africa's allegations, genocide being committed in gaza will be considered over the coming years and that judgment on the more substantive claims could take years to come. today we'll hear the ruling on the provisional matters and whether or not it will grant south africa essentially what amounts to an injunction which would be an order for israel to suspend, to pause, or to change

the way it is going about its military operation insofar as it has ruled that it is possible genocide may be being committed and that once investigated, the suspension is necessary. so the ruling could come in a number of different forms. the judges may not go all the way in south africa's direction, they might do so only partly. and israel has put up a substantial rebuttal to south africa's claims. i think it is important to note that it has submitted a 400 page defense disclosing a number of number of different cabinets decisions that it claims shes that every effort has been made to provide humanitarian aid. so a lot for the judges to consider. 15 of them in all plus one in israel and one south african that have joined the panel for this particular judgment.

but we'll hear in a short while whether the judges have decided in alignment with what south africa has requested that an order be made to israel to suspend its campaign. then what will be interesting to see is what israel does about it. is it not an enforce only decision, but the fact analysts an specialists watching this case unfold say that israel has chosen to defend itself suggests that it does lend legitimacy to this court and may indeed find itself under a great deal more pressure as a result of any ruling here today to change the course of its military operation in gaza. >> and in south africa, we have david mckenzie. south africa brought this case. how confident are they, david? >> i spoke to one of the advocates, they will wait and see. there certainly was a political level of confidence and i think you have to look at this in two

ways. both in judicial terms and political terms. now, i've spoken to a number of government officials and lawyers about the fact that south africa took this dramatic step to go to the icj to call for the court to consider whether israel has committed genocide in its campaign against hamas in the gaza strip. now, on the history, they point out the ruling national african congress in particular which runs the government here has had a very steady support of the palestinian people even nelson mandela who famously angered some western allies when he went to palestinian territories to meet with arafat. this is a long standing political link. and they say they want to push this from the point of view of the history, the linkages and how they see the connection between the south african experience and the experience of

the palestinian people, something that israel frequently denies. i think that you also have to think about politics here. i spoke to a government official from the justice ministry, they said you need to look at this also from the south african perspective of a frustration with the u.n. security council, the fact that any sanction against the country like israel or others will be automatically vetoed by the u.s. and in other issues you will have that veto. they see this court potentially being an avenue to get justice from their perspective, something again israel says is a perversion of the term genocide in these proceedings. >> david, melissa, thank you both. we'll be with you later on because we have our special for international viewers on coverage of the international court of ruling at noon london time, 1:00 p.m. in the hague with our full team of correspondents covering the different angles. for the first time a u.s. death row inmate has been

executed with nitrogen gas. kenneth smith was pronounced dead about six hours ago. he was convicted in his role for a miles per hour for hire and already survived a botched attempt at a lethal injection. only two other states allow death by nitrogen hypoxia and there had been questions over whether it constitutes cruelty. hire co higher courts denied all attempts to halt the execution. for the family of the woman who smith killed, he said his debt has now been paid. top job for president biden as he campaigns in the midwest, trying to convince the american voters that the economy is getting better. and plus anger on capitol hill over donald trump's efforts to kill a bipartisan compromise on immigration currently in the u.s. senate. that story and much more after the break.

new trading day gets under way in the u.s. in just a little less than five hours. here is where stock futures stand. all in negative. all that enthusiasm and

positivity of yesterday seems to have fizzled out a bit. european markets up and running. the dax you can see there is a positive. here are mixed bag across africa. broadcast a bit of profit taking. investors in the u.s. are awaiting the latest inflation figures due out in the coming hours. hoping for more good news after key american stock markets hit record highs on thursday. the dow rose almost two-thirds of 1%. the nasdaq added almost 0.2% and s&p gained more than 30.5%. and mj lee reports from washington. >> reporter: the white house is pointing to thursday's gdp as one more data point in what they say is a growing economy and an economy that is trending in the right direction.

the gdp last quarter of 2023 growing by 3.3%, that far exceeded expectations of around 1.5% growth and white house officials say that it is that plus a number of other indicators that are giving them optimism. inflation of course has been falling for some time. there is also the consumer confidence index which is one particular report that the white house watches very closely. that jumped last month. and we've also seen the jobs market be quite robust. now, recent pew survey if you will remember showing a 9 point jump in the number of people who view the economy as either good or excellent since april of 2023. and when we saw the president traveling to wisconsin on thursday to try to sell his record on the economy and on infrastructure, we saw him doing that in part by taking a jab at his predecessor former president trump. take a listen. >> my predecessor though, he chose a different course. trickle down economics.

cut taxes for the very wealthy and big corporations, increasing the deficit significantly. he talked about infrastructure. every week for four years. on my watch instead of infrastructure week america is having an infrastructure decade. >> reporter: of course the strength of the economy is politically very important for both the white house and the biden campaign. and they are certainly hoping that this positive streak is going to continue. the health of the economy is often a top concern for so many voters. and so the hope for the white house and campaign is that the public sentiment on the economy is going to be significantly improved by november. mj lee, cnn, at the white house. biden administration plans to ramp up assistance to ecuador as the country wages a nationwide war against criminal gangs. the new aid under consideration ranges from equipment and personnel to training security forces. the u.s. has already pledged to help deliver 20,000 bulletproof

vests and more than a million dollars worth of security gear ambulances and defense support vehicles. the move underscores the growing concern at the white house over the increasing level of violence in ecuador and how it could lead to more people fleeing south america to the u.s. sources telling cnn that some senior republicans are furious at donald trump's efforts to undercut a compromise on u.s. border security. the former president has been lobbying against the potential agreement in part because he wants to campaign on the issue. manu raju has the story. >> i'll see the border and we'll shut down the invasion of our country, number one. >> reporter: it has been a gop rallying cry the last three years. the border is in crisis and washington has failed to act. but as senators are nearing a bipartisan deal with president biden, there is one major hurdle. former president trump. >> the border is a very important issue for donald

trump. the fact that he would communicate to republican senators and congress people that he doesn't want us to solve the border problem because he wants to blame biden for it is really appalling. >> reporter: as he tightens his grip on the gop, trump has privately and publicly tried to kill the effort arguing that the party should reject anything short of a perfect deal unless they get everything to secure the border. yet senators a in both parties believe trump is trying to preserve a position to wield against biden. and immigration is and an any mating issue for gop voters. >> i hope no one is trying to take this away from campaign purposes. >> reporter: the stakes are enormous. republicans are demanding tough border restrictions before green lighting desperately sought aid for ukraine and israel. but now all of it at risk of collapsing. >> i would hope that one person isn't so powerful inside the

republican party to hand ukraine to vladimir putin. >> we're working hard. >> reporter: behind closed doors today, mitch mcconnell reaffirming his support for the push by a trio of senators to find a immigration deal. a day after suggesting that trump's position had created a quandary and threatened passage of the entire package. >> i just reject the idea that we should reserve a crisis for a better time to solve it. >> reporter: senate negotiators still believe they can cut a deal as soon as next week. >> this issue the last 30 years has not passed congress because it is hard. it is emotional. >> we're at a place where the package is almost done and when the text comes out, senators can review it and make their own decision, do they want to secure the border. it is a choice. >> reporter: yet many conservatives are skeptical about the white house's intentions and believe the deal would be too weak and wouldn't pass the gop-led house. >> what they want is for the bill to fail in the house so they can go around saying we

tried to fix the border but it was republicans in the house, those crazy maga republicans who blocked it. >> reporter: and thursday afternoon donald trump actually responded to those comments from mitt romney attacking him saying they have not spoken in years and he knew nothing about trump and that trump said that he was happy that romney was leaving the senate given the fact that he is retiring at the end of the year. but he also reiterated his demand for a, quote, perfect deal and said in a social media post we're better off not making a deal if it is not perfect even if he says it quotes, risks temporarily closing up the country for a while. so it shows you what he is calling for, urging republicans to reject a deal if it is not everything to his liking. and will almost certainly would not be given that democrats control the senate and white house and a bipartisan deal would be necessary in order to get out of con. manu raju, cnn, capitol hill. warm weather across much of the u.s. today as the south

braces for more rain and potential flooding and the eastern u.s. could see record high temperatures. portions of texas and louisiana have seen a month's worth of rain in the past few days. and there is more rain due to hit the south today and tomorrow. flood alerts are in place for more than 15 million people from texas to georgia. temperatures 40 to 50 degrees above average are expected in the eastern u.s. and big issue for the moment, some 65 million people in the u.s. from the gulf coast to the canadian border are under dense fog advisories. some of boeing's 737 max 9 planes could be back in air today. they will start returning to service at alaska airlines and possibly united. that is after the faa gave the green light for the planes to fly again as they pass safety inspe inspections. the max 9s have been grounded since a door plug blew out during an alaska airlines flight earlier this month. but now the "new york times" and the seattle times say there was

a possible red flag before the plane's first flight. they say boeing temporarily removed the door plug from the jet for repairs and then reinstalled it. the aircraft was in service for only three months before the incident. novak djokovic will have to wait a while longer to nail down his 25th grand slam title. ian nsinner easily defeated the seeshian superstar in four sets. and a ten time aussie champ djokovic hadn't lost in melbourne park since 2018. but he had no answer for the 22-year-old italian who is on to the first grand slam final of his entire career. sinner will face either medvedev or zverev who are now playing in the semifinal. we'll bring you the update when

we get that. still ahead, why a recording allegedly of the israeli prime minister has landed a key player in the hostage negotiations. plus another attack kills at least 20 people in gaza. simply waiting in line for flour can be deadly.

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i'm max foster. if you are just joining us, let me bring up-to-date. closing arguments will get under way in the coming hours to determine the additional amount if any donald trump must pay in damages for defaming e. jean carroll. he was already found lie only for sexually assaulting her and defaming her. and the international court of justice is set to deliver an initial ruling in the genocide case against israel. south africa accuses israel of committing genocide against the palestinians in gaza, a claim which israel calls false and grossly distorted. meanwhile the qatari government is expecting outrage over a leaked recording allegedly of the israeli prime minister criticizing the gulf nation. the voice attributed to benjamin netanyahu is heard telling

hostage families that qatar is not putting enough pressure on hamas to free their loved ones. cnn can't verify the remarks. nic robertson picks up the story from there. >> reporter: during a testy meeting with hostage families monday, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu appears to have strained his one regional relationship with qatar that matters most to those very families. >> translator: you don't hear me thanking qatar because qatar is essentially no different from the u.n. or the red cross and in some ways even more problematic. they have leverage because they are financing them. >> reporter: these comments indicate off mic triggered a rapid put dunn from qatari officials who helped negotiate the lease of almost 100 israeli high hostages in november saying in a tweet, we're appalled by the alleged remarks attributed to

the israeli have al if validated they are destructive to innocent lives but not surprising. just days early, they were talking about the potential for hamas to release more hostages. >> we're engaging in serious discussions with both sides. we have presented ideas to both sides. we're getting a constant stream of supplies from both sides. >> reporter: and so now the frustration seems personal with netanyahu. qatar concluding their criticism with a view increasingly suspected by some israelis. netanyahu wants to keep the war going, saying in a tweet, the israeli prime minister would only be obstructing and undermining the mediation process for reasons that appear to serve his political career. hostage families who were in the

meeting with the prime minister released a terse statement appearing to blame netanyahu for the leak all though he denies it. the fact that the censorship was given permission to publish this audio recording is serious and indicates a loss of judgment. this leaked audio also suggests he may be trying to suggest the white house into confrontation. >> translator: i was very angry recently and i didn't hide it from the americans that they renewed the contract on the military base they have with qatar. >> reporter: president biden hasn't openly spoken to the tensions. but this week, secretary of state antony blinken criticizing israel for taking gazaen territory to create a security buffer. >> we've been very clear about maintaining in effect the territorial integrity. >> reporter: nic robertson, cnn, tel aviv, israel. yet another attack has

killed desperate civilians in gaza this time as they lined for food and bags of flour. the hamas-run health ministry report reports at least 20 fatalities, as many as 150criti. they were hit by israeli shelling. cnn has asked the idf for comment on the military operations in the area. the attack is just the latest in an especially bloody day in gaza where the health ministry reports at least 200 people were killed throughout the territory on thursday. torrential rain is add tdding te misery. more than half a million are crowded in the rafah area amid unsanitary conditions. elliott is looking at the developments. what do we know on the people queueing? >> as you've said, we haven't

had a response from the idf. and of course the accusation from the hamas-run health ministry is that this was israel guns down people queueing for aid. we don't have all the details, but what we know is at least 20 killed and at least 150 injured. and that that definite toll will probably rise not just because of the injuries of some of these people, but also because of the dire state of the health system inside the gaza strip where we're get rorts that they are running out of annette threat tick and other essential items that they require to treat wounds. so no question it is a desperate situation. and we're seeing since ongt 7 october 7 that just shy of 26,000 people now have been killed inside the gaza strip. i know there are all these caveats that this doesn't distinguish between civilians and militants since the start of

the war, but even if you subtract one number from the other, then that is still aen awful lot of people and this could -- again, it depends on the outcome of any investigation, but it could lead to additional pressure on israel to take more care when it comes to civilian casualties. >> elliott, thank you. a u.s. official says the cia director will meet in the coming days with israeli egyptian and qatari officials. bill burns is expected to travel to europe to discuss a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages held by hamas and gaza. he will speak with the head of the israel spy agency, egypt intelligence director and qatar prime minister. the cia declined to comment. israeli prime minister office says 132 hostages remain including the be bodies of 28 w have been killed. still ahead, ukraine pushing back against claims that it shot down a plane pull of its own

p.o.w.s. you will hear new information from ukraine intelligence suggesting moscow's s accusatio don't quite add up.

ukraine is pouring cold water on moscow's claim that ukrainian prisoners of war were killed in a flaeplane that wentn in moscow. moscow claims ukraine shot it down reportedly killing 65 ukrainians and nine russian service members. but ukraine intelligence now suggests only five bodies from the crash site have been brought to a local morgue. that number according to ukraine matches the size of the crew on the plane which kyiv says was transporting missiles not p.o.ws. russia videos don't appear to show massive casualties but investigators still said on thursday that primary probes show the jet was attacked by

ukrainian anti-aircraft missile. data from the plane's so-called black boxes are being analyzed at a military lab in moscow. ukraine is fighting to hold on to the town where russia is holding -- or, rather, using tactics described as meat assault sending wave after wave of soldiers regardless of losses. fred pleitgen got access to some of the operations there and a warning the images can be graphic. >> reporter: a fighting vehicle almost sink gle handedly stoppi a russian assault, pelting them with tracer rounds from its powerful 25 millimeter gun. putin troops pinned down, unable to advance. this is just one element of ukraine's efforts to hold

avdiivka. ukrainians have given us access to their command bunker. from here they organize part of the defense of avdiivka. it is rarely calm here, they say. the russians assaulting nearly all the time. a russian tank with a small group of troops shows up, ukrainians track their movements. and these two soldiers probably from an already decimated unit cowering in a trench aware the ukrainians have spotted them. they hit the russians with a kamikaze drone. but they survive for now. the commander tells me russian losses here are staggering. they use a lot of equipment we destroy a lot of equipment he says. a lot of infantry assaults they expend people, they step over each other, don't provide assistance. it is true. there is a lot of infantry

equipment and meat assaults. from the many drones monitoring the battle field, swee the bodies of dead russian soldiers frozen amidst their destroyed vehicles. the command post also directs artillery and rocket strikes and even counter assaults with ground forces to clear trenches and stop the seemingly endless waves of russian attacks. fortunately they have a lot of losses he says. yet they do not stop. but avdiivka will be ours's. they will not succeed. but ukraine's american provided guns could go mostly silent soon if congress doesn't end its impasse and pass additional military aid president biden says. >> i think the vast majority of the members of congress support aid to ukraine. the question is whether or not a small minority are going to hold it up which would be a disaster. >> reporter: and that could have major effects for the ukrainian troops fighting here. fred pleitgen, cnn, ukraine.

and just in, evan gershovich will remain in russian detention at least until march 30th. the court in moscow just extended his detention by two months. gershovich is facing espionage charges which could put him behind bars for up to 20 years. he and the "wall street journal" strongly deny the accusations. the u.s. considers gershovich to be wrongfully detained. a case that could test the limits of responsibility in a mass shooting, the gun ethan crumbley killed four after he opened fire at a school in 2021 and now his mother is on trial. thursday the prosecution argued that while jennifer crumbley did not pull the trigger, she is responsible. they say she ignored her son's mental health struggles and brought him a gun just days before the shooting. but her defense attorney says

the mother couldn't have reasonably foreseen the mass shooting and blames ethan's father for the purchase. the first witness also took to the stand, one of them a teacher who was shot. ethan's parents are standing trial separately and pleading not guilty to four charges of involuntary manslaughter. in 202022, ethan crumbley plead guilty to the shooting. >> when we return, lebron james sets another new record. that story next.

buckingham palace saying britain's king charles has been admitted to hospital for prostate treatment.

we were expecting this of course. but we've had confirmation of the timing. he would like to thank all of those who have sent their good wishes. he is also delighted to learn he said that his diagnosis is having a positive impact on public health awareness. this was off the back of a huge rise in inquiries to the national health service about prostate enlargement after he shared that information about his treatment. also i'm being told by a royal source we won't be getting any further guidance of how long the king will remain in hospital or any details of the treatment that he will be receiving beyond those that have already been shared because they do believe that he has a right to privacy. they are pleased that they shared the information and raised awareness, but they have drawn a line really about how much information they are going to share. i expect we'll be told when he leaves hospital. turning now to our sports headlines. another year, another record for basketball superstar lebron

james. the los angeles lakers forward has been named to his 20th nba all-star game passing the legendary kareem abdul jabar. that is who had the most of all-time. james is in his 21st year in the league. this season he is averaging about 25 point, 7 rebounds and 7 assists per game. earlier in the season he became the first to get 39,000 career points. the nba all-star game set for february 18 in indianapolis. what a legend. now to the nfl where two teams have hired a new head coach. rahim morris will take over the top spot for the falcons. he spent the past three seasons as defensive coordinator for the los angeles rams where he helped the team win the super bowl in 2021. and the carolina panthers have

named their new head coach. correspo according to the panthers, he is the only active hispanic coach in the league. he was defensive coordinator for the buccaneers. no regrets, that is the one diehard detroit lions fan is saying right now after he had super bowl champ 2024 tattooed on his upper arm. alex says that he was inspired by the new direction his team was taking and got the tattoo way back in august actually. the lions are facing their first nfc championship since 1991. on sunday the last stop before the big game. and even if the lions don't win the super bowl, it is okay, he has no intention of removing the tattoo and says it is with him for life. and the stories in the spotlight this hour -- first to

mars where after surviving 72 flights, three emergency landings, dust storms and frigid winter, the helicopter mission on the red planet is actually no more. the news comes after at least one of the chopper's row tor bladeses was damaged. eith the helicopter captured images used by nasa to determine the next targets for analysis. justin timberlake dropped his new single, selfish, and music video yesterday. ♪ if i get jealous, i can't help it ♪ >> he debuted the song last week at a special concert in his hometown in memphis. the song is reportedly the first single of his upcoming album,

everything i thought it was. timberlake's frequent extraordinaire told "variety" that he was working on the album since 2019's man in the woods. thanks for joining me here. i'm max foos ster. "early start" is next.

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