personalities who have been let go from fox, ousted at fox in the past. and each time, the conversation was, well, how are they going to fill the shoes of that individuals? and each time, they did. they built a machine over there where the pistons get replaced and they don't seem to miss a beat, right. what else? yes, because the best ratings mean nothing if you don't get that advertising revenue. i don't think their business model is predicated on advertising revenue. i learned that from frank cessno last night. it really seems like it's the licensing fees, whatever the connectivity way of collecting the cash is. so, fun stuff, hit me up with more social media tomorrow after the program i will read them. i will see you on radio tomorrow morning on sirius xm. back here tomorrow night. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello, and welcome to our

viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i'm rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom, donald trump's new court battle, a new york city columnist set to take the stand today, accusing the former president of rape. debt ceiling drama in d.c., a vote in the house could happen in the coming hours. but republican leaders are struggling to get support for their plan, as the u.s. default clock ticks down. plus, the taliban take down the mastermind of a deadly suicide bombing that killed 13 american troops at the kabul airport during the chaos of the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. >> good to have you with us. and we begin this hour in new york, where the woman suing former president donald trump

for battery and defamation in a civil trial is expected to take the sand in the hours ahead. a source says e. jean carroll is set to testify about her allegations that trump raped her in a luxury department store dressing room in the 1990s. then defamed her years later when she went public with the allegations. her testimony will come one day after fiery opening statements from both sides. carroll's attorney told jurors the testimony will show trump's pattern of alleged violent behavior, well the former presidents attorney denied the allegations and accuses carroll of scheming with others to hurt trump politically. cnn's paula reid has details. >> e. jean carroll walking into the manhattan criminal courthouse to chance from supporters. [crowd chanting] we believe e. jean carroll! >> but the first day of her

battery and defamation case against former president donald trump. it took just a few hours to empanel a jury to hear the civil case and opening arguments began this afternoon. the trial comes after carroll sued trump, accusing him of raping her in a department store in the 90s. >> it was just a dumb thing, to go into a dressing room with a man that i hardly know and have him shut the door, and then be unable to stop him. sexual violence isn't every country, and every strata of society. >> carroll first went public with her allegations against trump in 2019. then president trump fired back, at carroll denying the allegations, and say the two never even met. >> i have no idea who this woman is. this is a woman who's also accused other men of things, as you know. it is a totally false accusation. >> despite this photo from the 1980s, showing carroll and trump chatting, which trump acknowledges. >> there's some picture where

we're shaking hands. it looks like at some kind of event. >> carroll's lawyers say they called plan witnesses to back up her story, and the judge has ruled to other women, who lets trump has force themself on them, can also take the stand. carol's team could also play a clip from the infamous access tape that surfaced during the 2016 presidential election. >> i'm automatically attracted to beautiful -- i just start kissing them. it's like a magnet. when you are a star, they let you do it. you can do anything. >> the trump camp has previously dismissed his comments on that tape as nothing more than, quote, locker room talk. trump is not expected to appear for this trial unless called to testify, but his spokesman released a statement tuesday saying this latest fake case has no merit or facts and it's just a another part of the witch hunt targeted to interfere and tamper with a presidential election. >> after a jury was empaneled, it heard opening statements

from both sides of this case. lawyers for carroll argue that this is part of a pattern of aggressive behavior to women, but trump's lawyers argue this is all part of a, quote, scheme to hurt him politically. and they said if anyone wants to do that, that's something you do at the ballot box, not at the court of law. paula reid, cnn, new york. >> president biden is promising to veto a republican plan to cut spending and raise the national debt limit. but as it stands right now, gop leaders are not sure if they have enough votes in their own party to get the plant through the house, and it's uncertain when a vote will take place. cnn's chief congressional correspondent manu raju has more. >> speaker mccarthy was huddled behind closed doors for most of the day on tuesday, as he's trying to lock down enough votes to get his debt limit package through the house. he is very little margin for error, 222 republican votes in the house me he can only afford

to lose no more than four republican votes, because we do expect all democrats to vote against his plan, as they are demanding an increase to the national debt limit without any conditions whatsoever. that is a petition that is rejected steadfastly by the speaker himself. the speaker wants a range of cuts, what he is proposing, cuts across the federal government, new republican priorities to push forward, including stopping joe biden's student loan forgiveness plan, adding new worker requirements to the medicaid program. but he is in countering a problem, some members of his congress one changes to the bill and republican leadership is not willing to entertain those changes yet. >> i'm a hard no. i just can't get past 32 trillion dollars in debt. >> do the math, do the numbers, and come out with something stronger. because if this is something that the president is just going to end up vetoing and is a messaging bill, then we ought to have the best message, most responsible, fiscally responsible message moving forward. >> kevin mccarthy would not say whether or not there would be a

vote on wednesday. that had been the expectation headed into this week. they had hope republican leaders hope that they had enough votes to get it through the house on wednesday evening. it's unclear if they can get to that point, but it's still what they're driving toward. there, concern to change the, bill whether it's to take away some of the provision of ethanol tax breaks, that has brought a lot of concerns from a lot of iowa members, if they take that away or change the medicaid work requirements that conservatives want to make it stricter on how medicaid beneficiaries get benefits under this program, through this legislation, if mccarthy changes any of these provisions, he is concerned it would open up the bill to a whole wide range of other changes, creating an unwieldy process and ultimately sinking the plan altogether, which is why they're trying to pressure their members to fall in line now. even though this bill is dead on arrival in a democratic led senate, they still hope they can get this to the house,

strengthen their negotiating position with the white house, forced the white house to the table, cut a deal to raise the debt limit, even as a default looms, as soon as june. manu raju, cnn, capitol hill. >> the u.s. is claiming a another victory in the war on terror, with the death of an i.s.i.s. leader in afghanistan. but it was not the u.s. military who killed him. cnn's oren liebermann reports from the pentagon. >> the isis-k leader who planned the attack on abbey gate in the closing days of the withdrawal and afghanistan that led to the death of 13 u.s. service members, has been killed according to the white house. the white house has not said when exactly he was killed or how. was this a specific taliban often go after this isis-k leader, or was it in general fighting between isis-k and the taliban? john kirby, the national security strategic communications coordinator said this terrorist was the mastermind of the attack, and as one of several senior level isis-k leaders that has been

killed since the beginning of the year. the taliban has been trying to crack down on isis-k's after the u.s. withdrawal in afghanistan, viewing them as a rival to their power and afghanistan. general eric carrillo, u.s. central commander, says isis-k is growing stronger, trying to carry out more attacks, and their ultimate goal is to carry out attacks against u.s. interests, either the homeland, which is more difficult for them, or u.s. interests abroad, which is something they aim to do as they try an export their ideology outside of afghanistan. now, this news of the death of the isis-k leader who planned the attack comes as republicans have been investigating and carrying out oversight of the withdrawal, excoriated the biden administration for how it was handled and of course the attack at abbey gate that led to the death of 13 u.s. service members, as well as more than 150 afghans. representative michael mccaul, chairman of the house foreign relations committee, issued a statement saying anytime a terrorist is taken off the board is a good day. but this does not diminish the biden administration's culpability for the failures that led to the attack at abbey

gate, and will no way deter the committee's investigation. in the same vein, the father of one of those killed at abbey gate issued this statement to cnn. after speaking with cnn, this is darren who her father of the marine staff sergeant taylor hoover, he says it's great, we have another terrorist off the face of the earth. i'm good with that. but it does not absolve the administration or the state department or the pentagon for taking responsibility or accountability for what happened. meanwhile, over the course of the past several months, a couple of years, really, the biden ministration has fought back against accusations that it is entirely to blame for the withdrawal from afghanistan, saying they were locked into with a goal in the peace agreement signed between the previous administration, the trump administration, and the taliban in the months before the withdrawal. oren liebermann, cnn, the pentagon. >> now, to sudan, where a u.s. citizen was killed during the unrest. sudanese american physician doctor -- soleimani was reportedly stabbed in front of his house in the capital on tuesday.

it's not clear who attacked him. he was a professor at the university of khartoum medical school. meanwhile, a u.n. special representative says the three-day cease-fire is holding in some parts of the country, despite reports of gunfire and clashes around khartoum. both of the warring sides accuse each other of violating the agreement. cnn's senior african editor stephanie bizarrely is trafficking this live for us. she joins us from lagos. stephanie, disturbing news of the killing of an american doctor in the capital amid this shaky cease-fire. what is the latest on all of this? >> so, good morning, rosemary, details are still emerging on what happened with this doctor. he was apparently on his way to a dialysis appointment when he was stabbed outside his house by unknown persons. and this points to what people are telling me about a lack of

law and order on the ground. things have totally fallen apart, and we have seen looting and robberies, and just normal criminality alongside the violence. that's coming with the warring factions. and no surprise that the cease-fire has fallen apart, like previous cease-fires. and both sides are blaming one another for that breakdown. and this is as countries race to get their citizens out of the country. overnight, saudi arabia help to get some 62 nationalities, more than 2000 people were evacuated from various nationalities. and you know, people just really trying to kind of make the best of the situation and stay safe and get out. rosemary? >> all right, stephanie busari, joining us there from lagos, appreciate it. all right, i want to go to doha, qatar, and alan boswell, who is

the horn of africa director of the international crisis group. thank you so much for talking with us. so, it does appear the cease-fire is not holding. although the u.n. suggests it is in some areas. what are you hearing about that? and do these two warring military leaders intend to fight to the bitter end? >> thus far, yes. we've had many attempts at cease fires over the past week. unfortunately, essentially, they all keep collapsing. this one is holding in some areas, but essentially fighting continued overnight in the capital and in areas in dark for. diplomats are, you know, working, you know, on these two very heavily, trying to get them to stop. there are questions about whether or not they have sufficient command and control their forces to actually implement a cease-fire. and there are huge questions upon whether or not, as you said, both men are actually ready to stop fighting and sit

down and talk. >> so, is there anything that would get these two leaders to the negotiating table for a permanent and to this conflict? can they be promised anything? >> well, i think these are the questions that are, you know, being asked very much right now. the main efforts to try to get them to stop fighting are coming from morales the washington, the u.s. on one side, and golf capitals on the other, led by saudi arabia. the hope is that the gulf, which is a huge power player in sudan, that there would be leveraged there on these two to try to convince them to stop fighting. but it's, you know, people are trying. they've yet to find the right formula yet. i think part of the problem is that this fight is still very much in accidental one. we've seen the two sides, in some ways, fight it out to withdraw so far in khartoum, and both, i think, would prefer to go to a negotiating table

with the upper hand. and neither has really been able to get that yet. >> so, what impact does the fighting have on the humanitarian crisis? and all those people desperately trying to get out of the country? >> yeah, it is total mayhem in khartoum. we've essentially seen a collapse of a city of millions of people in very rapid order. it is the fastest growing humanitarian crisis, man-made, that i've ever seen. you have militias basically roaming the capital. people have their homes occupied. people are running out of food, running out of water. it's very hot, and there's very spotty electricity, and we've seen khartoum residents who have the means to, trying to flee to egypt, or to the red sea and then move on elsewhere. but obviously, a lot of residents are stuck in the capital. humanitarian aid agencies have not been able to get any relief,

due to the security situation. it's a very grave situation, and as one the reasons why everyone has been focusing on trying to get the humanitarian cease-fire, which then lay hoped lead to political talks. but the focus is still very much on this humanitarian situation, which is just disastrous. >> it is, and how likely is it that this conflict will extend beyond the borders of sudan? and what will be the consequences of that, if it happens? >> yeah, there is a window right now to try to get these two to stop fighting. both of them have such little political legitimacy in sudan that basically no other sudanese have decided to join them. sudanese are pretty much all rejecting this fighting. that doesn't opportunity to still get these two to stop fighting. if it continues, though much longer, will likely see this more fragmented, get more complicated, will pull in more groups. and it's more likely we'll see

external intervention from other countries in the region. at that point, this becomes something more like a regional war, and it gets much more complicated to resolve. sudan sits in a very fragile region. to the west, to the south, there are countries that will not be able to contain unrest that spreads from sudan. so, it's a very worrying, alarming situation. >> alan boswell, thank you so much for your analysis. we appreciate it. ♪ ♪ ♪ still to come, waiting and watching on the front lines, russia's making moves well ukraine batters russian weaponry in a region that could soon explode and to renewed fighting. plus, back in court, jailed kremlin critic alexei navalny faces new charges amid growing concerns for his health. that story, and more, when we return. with the money we saved, we tried electric unicycles. i think i've got it! doggy-paddle!

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time, if any, her father and his lawyers will have to prepare for the case. she also tells cnn prison officials are denying her father food. >> the situation has gotten so ridiculous that he buys the food, which as you know, is oats. so, he buys the oath, the oats are brought to him, shown to him, and then are just destroyed. so, he can't eat. and it's, you know, something so basic that stripped away from a human being, it's outrageous. >> navalny is said to be suffering extreme weight loss behind bars. he faces up to five years in prison for the latest charge, on top of more than ten years he is currently serving. along the front lines in southern ukraine, a tense and uncertain waiting game is unfolding around zaporizhzhia, where ukrainian forces say russian troops are on the move and civilians are being evacuated from russian held

areas ahead of unexpected counter offensive by ukraine. but exactly when and where that might happen is still anyone's guess. cnn's nick paton walsh reports. >> changes in the air, both here in vuhledar, russia is the same and its intensity and clumsiness a bombing. it's not clear if this tiny town is a launchpad for ukraine's counteroffensive. but moscow pounds it just to be sure. a similar story here as well, on a riverbank near kherson, the reported ukrainian forces made the crossing into occupied areas. they're officials claiming, quote, impressive results on tuesday. a russian airstrike hit, even though it's unclear what the struck. ukraine's otherwise kept quiet about its big assault, despite some opaque social media videos suggesting movements, russian troops are, according to one ukrainian official from the

occupied town of multiple, definitely on the move. >> so, now we see the -- make too great big bases for russian troops. all of these bases are located on seaside -- , more than 100 kilometers from frontline. >> he joked about how common accidents are there for russians, one overturning this launcher, especially on the railway vital for military supplies. >> made three weeks, there is no electricity on the railway. and they use old diesel trains. and a few days ago, something happened with the diesel train. it was a great fire. and now, there is no diesel. >> when you say something happen, you mean there was an explosion, and you know something about that? >> something happened. >> we spoke to one local man

who fled the city for days ago. >> [interpreter] proper russian troops are not there yet. it's just the newly mobilized who would not fight if they weren't threatened for being shot for ill disciplined. everyone local suspects everyone else is something. even people who you would drink a vodka when you cannot talk to now. >> still, moscow keeps up with it it calls evacuations. this, another episode of ukrainian children being sent to what russia calls safety. here, 43, from an area right in the path of the counteroffensive, packed off to moscow's ally belarus for a two-week break. others in the past were offered a similar trip, but held for months. ukraine has said 20,000 have been deported already, and it's led to a war crimes indictment against russian president vladimir putin. it's unclear what comes next

for them and the town in the crosshairs they leave behind. nick paton walsh, cnn, zaporizhzhia, ukraine. >> still to come, residents of jackson, mississippi, speak to cnn as the state prepares to expand its reach over policing in the city. a look at why the move is creating a deep divide. back with that and more in just a moment.

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>> two new laws are creating a divide over the city of jackson, mississippi, and have even led to a lawsuit from the naacp. the legislation in part extends the state law enforcement reach of the city, as it faces a staggering rise and crime. but critics say the changes mean the mostly white, conservative state officials will now control a mostly democratic city where more than 80% of residents are black. cnn's omar jimenez has more. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> we don't want the city to be taken over. but we are kind of stuck between a rock and a hard

place. >> felicia brisco as own this beauty salon in north jackson, mississippi, for more than two decades. >> beauty salons used to be opened, or where you can just walk in. but we can't allow that anymore. >> just ten years ago, there were 15 homicides in jackson a year. in 2021, that number jumped to more than 150, with the murder rate more than 12 times the national average. now, a new pair of laws meant to fix the issue are creating a deep divide between the city and state, by the laws partly having state law enforcement control all of jackson, and state leaders appointing some judges and prosecutors. but also, the state legislature is majority republican and majority white. they approve these laws that affect the city of jackson, which is majority democratic and more than 80% black. >> what kind of message do you think this sends to residents? >> it says we don't value your voice, that we don't believe that black leadership is capable of moving forward for

itself. >> this row that includes schools, churches, and homes will soon become the new edge of the so-called capitol complex improvement district. now, under old rules, the edge of the district would mean the edge of capitol police's jurisdiction. now, it will extend beyond those boundaries, into the greater jackson, giving the state run police jurisdiction citywide. >> in theory, to work with an understaffed city police department. >> you look at carjackings, and you look at murders, and it's like oh, that's crime. no, brother, that is a symptom of people not valuing each other and not valuing themselves. >> and for captain vance, the key to success of any added officers goes beyond numbers. >> you have to go out of your way to know these people and have a relationship with them, because policing was out of relationship is occupation. >> both laws are introduced by bills as legislators who represent district outside jackson. >> they just cannot help

themselves. >> democratic state senator john cornyn has represented parts of jackson for more than 30 years. >> we see this as an assault on black elected leadership, because we have political differences with our colleagues and because they have the political power and the will to bring about these changes. >> but the changes are coming. >> we need jackson to prosper. we as a state need a downtown area that is attracting young people to it. >> regardless of the representation issues, this bill seems to be providing some help. what do you say who folks who argue that? >> and any moment where you find yourself in a crisis, what you don't want to do is reach for a solution that places you in a worse position than you already find yourself. >> let's just come back down here, child. >> outside of politics, some residents say any changes going to start on the ground. >> that, you, mean something different? >> if you take the timeout to value this place and see what

it is, man, you would be my first cousin. >> back in the salon, brisco knows the laws are not perfect, but she also knows something has to change. >> what do you think you are going to need to unlock your doors again? >> it's going to take a lot. first people to feel comfortable again. >> now, giving the disagreements between state leaders and local leaders, i asked the governor how he envisions the implementation of these laws going. and he told me part this job is to manage expectations. and that smooth implementation is never easy, but he expects this will be no different. the naacp has already filed a lawsuit, arguing in part, these laws strip residents of their civil liberties by watering down the powers of locally elected officials in favor of state appointed ones. these laws go into effect july 1st, as the governor says they will help restore law on order. omar jimenez, cnn, new york. >> washington's democratic

governor has now signed into law a ban on most sales of assault style weapons. the legislation provides the manufacture, importation, distribution, and sale of these weapons and includes the popular ar-15 rifle under its ban. on tuesday, governor jay inslee said those weapons should not be idolized, they should be prohibited. there is an exception for sales made two armed forces and law enforcement. the state's republican party says the law is poised to face legal challenges. the band makes washington the tenth state to enact restrictions on assault style weapons. still ahead this hour, new developments in the story of the montana lawmaker not allowed to speak in the state legislature. we will hear from her here when we return.

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>> the king of calypso, known for his trademark banana boat song, harry belafonte has died. but he was so much more than a singer. belafonte was the son of poor caribbean immigrants who built a successful career winning an emmy, a tony, and three grammys. but his biggest contributions came in the fight for civil rights, as he became close friends with reverent martin luther king junior, belafonte felt against apartheid in south africa, the hiv aids epidemic, and racial injustice in the united states. well, popstar ed sheeran took the stand in new york on tuesday in a high-profile copyright infringement case. he is accused of copying marvin gaye's 1973 seoul hit let's get

it on, for sheeran's some thinking out loud. the suit was brought by the heirs of eta townsend, co-author of the song with gaye. it is opening statement, an attorney representing the family said sheeran played his ballad gaye and's song back to back at a concert, calling the moment a smoking gun. the singer denied the allegations, saying if he had copy the, song that he wouldn't have, quote, played it onstage in front of 20,000 people. joining me now from los angeles is bob less sets, he is a music author and writer of the industry leading -- letter. great to have you with us. >> good to be here. >> so, ed sheeran music copyright trial got underway tuesday and a manhattan frederick court. and townsend's air is accusing sheeran of copying the classic

song let's get it, on which townsend cowrote with marvin gaye. so, let's start with listening to a portion of each song, starting with sheeran's ballad thinking out loud. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> okay, bob, we just heard the two songs back to back. what do you think? did sheeran copy townsend in's song there, let's get it on? >> this is a law, not a motion. and under the law, it has to be a direct copy of the sheet music, prior to 1978, let's get it on, prior to and conciliate. that means must be exact replication of the notes. the plaintiffs have already

admitted, of the four chord's, one is not similar. this is very important because it is not similarity in feel. it's literally whether it's the exact same notes. so, i believe it is not infringement. >> interesting. now, sheeran testified that both songs are based on a calming chord progression, and his lawyer said the similarities between the two songs are commonplace ingredients that are found in numerous other songs, and free for any musician to use. what do you say to that explanation? >> well, let's go back a little bit in history here. there was a conflagration starting with the blurred lines case. if you delve into it on a legal basis, and i happen to be a lawyer, it is literally not the exact same notes. but a jury decided, and who can predict a jury, then we have the stairway to heaven case which said, well, this is just

common. so, we really don't know, and it is not in the hands of the experts, it's in the hands of the jury. and there's not enough cases for us to look. -- we decide things based on what came before. the defendants are hoping that the stairway to heaven paradigm applies, whereas the plaintiffs want to believe that blurred lines applies. and blurred lines was inappropriately decided. so, it's totally up in the air. so, when you're going to have these jurors saying, well, sounds like the same song, that's not the criteria. which is why the defendants say we don't want you playing the records in court. so far, the judge has said he will not, although he is open to possibly doing that. because that is not what we're deciding, we're deciding did ed sheeran use the exact notes that were filed with the copyright office on a sheet music? >> and of course, worth noting

that this case was originally filed back in 2017, but was delayed multiple times. and now, of, course there is a lot riding on this copyright case. what do you expect the outcome will likely be, given what we know so far? >> well, it really depends what the judge lets into evidence, what the judges instructions are. if you go back to the stairway to heaven case, led zeppelin literally toured with the band spirit. and it is literally the exact same notes. and they said, well, this goes back to the year 1400. led zeppelin has a long history of appropriating songs that some of the -- subsequently they give credit to or are argued about. that is very different from the ed sheeran case. it's not like he was on the moon, marvin gaye is deceased. that's the most recent case. and using that logic, if led

zeppelin skated, then eddie sheeran should skate. but if the jury believes, like the hoi polloi, well, it sounds similar, then they're going to go against that. and that is not the criteria then, which is exactly what is freaking everyone out, as a result of the blurred lines case. now, there's another expression, a british expression, where there's a hit, there is a writ. they're not suing all these people who don't have hits. they see this pile of money. they see the blurred lines case. they say, what the heck, let's give it a shot. and therefore, if i'm looking through a legal case, i would say slam dunk, should be convicted. but once you go to court, you have no idea what will happen, just like in the fox dominion case, they settle. because if they went all the way to trial, who knew what would happen. >> well, lefsetz, thank you so much for joining us, i appreciate it. >> absolutely, great to be here. >> well, flood warnings are

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