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biden and the south korean counterpart meet as the u.s. faces global questions about its alliances after a high-profile intelligence leak. >> plus wheelin' and dealin', how house speaker kevin mccarthy's plans are changing fast, but can he pass the bill? the deadline is creeping closer. and e. jean carroll takes the stand in a trial against the former president. we're following these major developing story and many more, all coming into "cnn news central." ♪ this hour president biden and south korean president yoon are expected to hold a joint news conference, as they hold critical calling. they are expected to sign a key new agreement focused on

deterring north korea's rising nuclear threat. phil mattingly joins us now. i wonder, as we look at this why this meeting now, and talk a bit about the nuclear piece of it. it's alarming. >> look, this is a critical agreement, one that underscores a president's policy long centered on the alliances and making sure they are as productive as can be, but also one that underscores a very real and tangible threat from north korea. you seem it on a seemingly weekly basis in terms of their tests, missile launch, but also a real concern from a domestic political extent, that the a assistance the u.s. has pledged to surprise may not be as locked in as u.s. officials believe that it is. that, more than anything else, drove a months-long process, and

in this agreement is significant, in the sense it will lead to new assets flowing into the region, including a new submarine dock that was docked but also ash and this is also critical that something that south korea has been keen on. >> that seat at the table has been important. in exchange, the south koreans are committing they'll remain at a posture of not pursuing any -- so that's the base of the agreement, a central component of what the biden administration wanted out of this bilateral. >> we should note that 79s of both parties, they should not allow a nuclear north korea. it's not happened. u.s. and its allies are dealing with it. boris? >> time is running out. the nation is racing toward a

financial disaster, leaders in washington are not any closer from pulling us back from the brink. they -- a. the -- they wanted a slew of budget cuts. mccarthy now claims he has the vote to pass the bill in the house in a matter of hours. we should know the chance of this bill getting through the democratically controlled senate is near zero%. the u.s. could default on its debt as early as june. remember, this is money the united states already spent. this is like arguing if we should or shouldn't pay other bills. a default could spark a recession, a credit downgrade, market mayhem, more interest rate hikes along with job losses and cuts to benefits for federal

workers. let's go to manu raji. manu, the speaker told you that you would be the first call he made once he knew he had the votes. has the phone rang just yet? >> i'm still waiting by the phone. nothing yes, but at the moment the speaker is in his office. of course, he has a mass challenge given the conference. he cannot lose more than four republican votes. already there are several members who are raising concerns they may not vote for it or simply not saying one way or another. he just met with matt gaetz, who had been a no. they had made in changes over hod howed medicaid work programs would can be kim burch et, told me earlier he's a no.

he left mccarrel's office also saying no. ken buck, a colorado republican, not saying which way he'll come down, says he is still review the plan. mccarthy's allies are try to make a case to the conference, they need to pass the bill now in order to have an argue going forward that it's time for the white house to come to the table to avoid a daylight. default. this is what comes next. we know that, this is part of washington. we don't control the white house and the senate, but this gets us to where we need to start. >> i'm still leaning no. if you look at this plan and what it does with the debt over the next ten years, it does not reduce the debt over the next ten years. >> reporter: nancy mayes still saying she's leaning no.

kevin mccarthy is not afford to lose any votes. they are confident they can get the votes tonight. after that, it is an open question what will happen. the senate democrats say no negotiation, and republicans strenuously oppose, and of course we're staring at the process of the first-ever default by june. a major question still dominates these halls. >> manu, please let us know if that hotline blinkings. thank you so much. jim, these are huge questions with enormous impacts. >> what would it mean for americans at home to their benefit? let's take a closer look. the rep proposal adds and strengthens work requirements for two forms of aid.

food stamps, at the bottom of the graph here, and also medicaid, intended for the poorest of americans to get basic medical care. medicaid has never had a work quirement. if mccarthy somehow gets his way, certain medicaid would earn a certain minimum monthly income in order to receive those benefits. there are some exceptions, exceptions if you are pregnant, physically or mentally unfit or if you're enrolled in a substance abuse program. what impact would this have? the cbo has statemented if the restrictions would come into effect, 2.3 million americans would lose their coverage. the department of health and

human services said this would jeopardize or put at risk health coverage and access to care for 21 million americans. as we look at the numbers, it's not just counting votes on capitol hill. it's about counting benefits requirements, and then how many people as a result of those requirements would lose those benefits. we're talking about millions of americans. >> huge effects here. now to the civil battery and defamation trial against don't trump. e. jean carroll told jurors that, got, donald trump raped me. he has repeatedly denied these allegations. kara is outside the courthouse. what else did she say in court today? >> reporter: she took the stand

today, testifying for about 90 minutes before they broke for lunch. right out of the gate, she made that clear allegation. i'm here, baas donald trump raped me. when i wrote about it, he it didn't happen, he lied and shattered my reputation. her attorney had her walk through the alleged events of that day. she said it was likely a thursday, she couldn't say for sure. she said she was shopping at the bergdorf goodman store, leaving when donald trump entered. he put his hand up as universal stop, and he said, you're that advice lady, and she said, hey, you're that real estate tycoon. he then asked for advice for a gift for a woman and they were in a joking manner. they were looking at handbags, then hats, and then trump suggested going to the ling way

department. they continued in a jovial mood, joshing around. he picked up a body suit and car then suggested that carroll put it out. she said trump pushed her and shoved her up against the wall. her head banged against the wall at least twice. he pulled down her tights and raped her. at that point, she said it was extremely pain everly, she can remember it to this day. she also described how she fled the department store, and called one of her friends. that friend is expected to testify later on in the case. the former president is likely not to testify, and the judge wants a firm answer by later in the week. >> kara, thank you. we will continue to watch this trial. boris? still ahead, the race to

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ramping up. these are nigerian students desperate to get on buses. and on the left. u.s. military evacuating citizens. as for americans, the white house says it's only facilitating a small number of departures at this time. let's take you live to the region. sam kiley, who is on the ground in djibouti for us. the u.s. government says that a large-scale evacuation operation is simply too dangerous. >> reporter: yeah. there is a different attitude, but they have different challenges, i think, there, boris. the british for example have 4,000 british to be in sudan. that's a massive challenge. they're talking about trying to run at least eight flights from

cyprus into khartoum. they have troops on the ground, royal marines that is secured a bridge defend head near an airport and are escorting people to that location, or at least encouraging the situation to be possible to do that. for americans they have potentially 16,000 if all want to leave, but as far as the americans have said, they don't believe it's a permissive enough environment to conduct an airborne evacuation. here's what john kirby said. >> i'm note going to go so far to say there's no violence. we have seed sporadic shelling and firing in khartoum, but largely the violence is way down. we want to take advantage of the cease-fire to make sure that americans, if they want to make the move -- that's a decision they have to make. it's not risk free, but if they do want to make a move, we want

to try to get them the information they need. it is still dangerous. i want to stress that. >> reporter: the key phrase in there is if they want to make the move. this is rather putting on to the american citizens the obligations to figure out their own way out of town. that is it/fraught with problems. we've spoke to people with multiple roadblocks, potential to be looted. there is not a military escort, that they can trust, even if they can. but significant numbers have made it all the way to port sudan. doing so requires access to a vehicle, food, fuel and water. people sheltering in place in khartoum very unlikely to -- unless they're extremely wealthy, because the banks are all closed, boris. it's difficult to raise the

money even if you have the cash in the bank to make these trips. people are effectively trapped, boris. >> it's a difficult situation, and something you reported yesterday could potentially exacerbate the situation, especially in khartoum, because the fighters took control of a lab that has potentially dangerous diseases. do you have an update on the status of the situation at the lab? >> reporter: we know the world health organization has armed this group behind taking over. it's the national lab that produces vaccines and keeps an eye on the pathogens in the country. they obviously keep accomplice, and one they're drawing attention to, polio, measles and cho cholera. those are endemic, anyway, in sudan, but a polio release would set back pretty successful

campaign to eradicate that disease across sudan. i think cholera would also be a massive trigger. if it got out, it would be endemic, ends up the disease that preyings on vulnerable people who don't have alleges to clean water. the other really important point to understand in this context, only 16% of the hospitals or clinics are even working. any pathogen get out in the population would be catastrophic. >> sam kiley in djibouti, thank you so much. in moscow, alesci navalny is now up against two big trials, according to his spokeswoman. he's facing new terrorism charges, along with a extremism case that had him in court today. this comes as his daughter tells

cnn that russian authorities are depriving him of food, and he's suffering dramatic weight loss. fred pleitgen has been following t the latest developments. it seems navalny, the russian judiciary gets him in jail for something, and accuses him with something else, with something far less than a fair trial. >> you can see the grinding attrition continuing there in the russian courts. it's interesting, because the hearing today in that court was actually about the extremism trial, and they decided he would only have a limited time, ten days, to go through hundreds of documents about that trial to familiarize himself with what he is actually up against. of course, the court there ruled in favor of the prosecution, saying that alexi navalny would only have until may 5th.

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about his health. he did even joke in the courtroom a bit. let's listen to what he had to say. >> translator: i just wanted to sit i got a bit lonely in solidarity confinement. it's amazing to see so many people. >> translator: the only people i am in contact with are the ones who hand me the food, and of course my favorite head of the unit, who sits next to me. >> despite that, despite the adversity he faces, still obviously keeping some humor there. he was went straight back to solitary confinement. >> his daughter made the point it's a political process, further ways to intimidate and punish him. still ahead, we're standing

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soon, president biden and south korean president yoon are expected to hold a joint news conference. the two leaders holding critical talks at the white house today. they are expected to sign a key new agreement focused on detiering north korea's rising nuclear threat. a significant part of the deal is a show of deterrence, a u.s. submarine will be deployed for south korea for the first time since the cold war, since 1980. >> we have phil mattingly and paula hancock, who is live for us from seoul. phil, this seems to be an admission that we're moving from containment or any attempt to do so, to deterrence, as they choose this moment for the strategy with south korea. >> reporter: it's a reflection of reality. i don't think there's any question for that. this is the reality of the moment, a moment where north

korea's nuclear capabilities have rapidly expanded. their tests seem to be moving at a tempo where we have already lock track of them, and there's engine concern inside south korea. just about about how sturdy the u.s. deterrence and commitment to the country is. that's the driving force behind what you're seeing today, in terms of the commitments from the u.s. side, that extended deterrence is backed up in terms of assets, in terms of south korea getting a seat at the table related to nuclear weapons, but also on the side of developing their own nuclear weapons, where there will be a commitment, long been a u.s. goal, that they whether no pursue nuclear weapons well also

it understores the needs to make those commitments tangible. >> really china is raptly expanding its own nuclear arsenals, and opened discussion -- though we did have the south korean president walk back comments on that develop on the peninsula. is this new deal partly to keep that off the table? >> reporter: i think that's certainly the idea behind it. whether it actually convinces many people back here in seoul, we're going to have to wait and see. this was a fringe idea, jim, about ten years ago, this idea that south korea could have its own nuclear weapons program. it has increased significantly.

you look at opinion polls across the board, there is a majority of people polled, who believe that south korea should have its own nuclear weapons program. the main argument being if north korea has it, in order to deter them, south korea needs it as well. clearly that's something that washington doesn't want. that's a big part of what we're seeing today. president yoon wanted visible deterrence, more reassurance that the united states would be there in south korea needed it. so clearly this is what this deal is about today. the declaration saying there will be more cooperation on military training. what we've seen has almost been unprecedented. not just the size of them, but the fact that they have continued for months on end. they'll also have more cooperation when it comes to information sharing.

that is something that seoul has been consistently talking about for months. president yoon saying that he wants to be part of it. he wants to know what is happening. of course, they also will have this nuclear consultative group, where 9 leaders will be meeting, where they will be discussing an understanding of what goes into these strategic decisions. this is bringing south korea to the table. this is sharing far more information with them, at least as far as we can see, from the declaration we have heard about. whether it's enough to calm the concerns of what north korea represents at this point to south korea, it's really unclear. it's still pointed out, it's not just about the threat from north korea. it's also about needing to know the united states will be there as a close ally to south korea, no matter who is the american president. of course, with the former

president donald trump talking about potentially pulling u.s. troops out of south korea. that resonated very strongly here. that concerned a lot of people, and this is really where some of that need for extra reassurance comes from as well. >> paula and phil, please stand by as we wait for the press conference from the rose garden. we have kylie atwood, and david sanger as well. kylie, starting with you, something we have yet to mention is the awkwardness in the room between yoon and president biden, they reveal details over ukraine, but also that officials were listening into private conversations that south korea

was having. >> reporter: i think it surprised south korean public more than officials. it's a reality that the u.s. government will spy on its allies and adversaries around the world. nothing they said were not necessarily altogether that surprising, but you did have major pushback saying, hey, how is this a reliable relationship with the united states. however, u.s. officials, south korean officials privately are underplaying this, saying even president yoon in an interview with nbc, talking about the trust between the two countries and that being central. it's clear he isn't trying to make this a major issue going into what is a decree vitt cal conversation about the security relationship. >> worst-kept secret in intelligence is allying spy on each other. it happens across the world. >> part of this agreement here

will be a u.s. nuclear-armed submarine, right? it will be deployed in the south koreans waters, so lovely a -- obviously a show of force. >> the [ inaudibln react. they run bombers and so north -- to that point. to some degree this is symbolism, right? the united states sneak heart force can reach north korea from here. the bigger and more interesting element of this, to my mind, is the agreement itself to have

south korea join in developing the strategy where using nuclear weapons, if the south was ever attacked. it's important for two reasons. first, it's a recognition that 30 years of efforts to threaten the north koreans, sanction, buy off, have all failed. we have gone from a moment where presidents like president bush wood to say we will never tolerate a north korea with nuclear weapons. i was just in south korea, and some of their intelligence has them close to 100. >> do pea ploy nuclear submarines to australia. that's the only nuclear elements. what struck me is the comments from the chinese president speaking with volodymyr zelenskyy. he brought up the prospect of

nuclear war over ukraine, as a warning, saying this will be horrible, but all these conversations, you have a thinkable conversation, as opposed to unthinkable. that's genuinely where it's at. >> that is. the cementism book on nuclear strategy that we read was thinking about the unthinkable. now what's happened in the past year is people are beginning to discuss nuclear options again. maybe the one good thing to come about is we are beginning to see people think seriously about what nuclear strategy has to be. in the cold war, fearsome as it was, we avoided an exchange. it came close -- >> that we learned about

afterwards. >> one aspect in the white house and security circles that has been considered unthinkable is the idea of south korea fosters its own nuclear program, yet a majority of south koreans relay that's something they would want, their own defense. i'm wondering with the national security community, that brings up concerns, there might be unintended consequences, a show of force from north korea in response to that. >> it is something that u.s. government officials are trying to avoid at all costs. they do not want south korea developing or redeveloping their own capability. that's why we're seeing them try to figure out a way to let south korea into the fold when it comes to u.s. planning for the potential use of nuclear weapons, but also not letting south korea in too close. we've heard from president biden, there's no world in which they're going to be joint nuclear exercises carried out.

we are awaiting a press conference from president biden and the visiting south korean president. we'll be back with that here in just a moment.

to the white house now and

president biden and the president of south korea. >> mr. president, good to see you again, my friend. we've met several times over the last year, and each time we have deepened our nations' friendship. today is no exception. our relationship has been a great success story. an alliance formed in war, and it's flourished in peace. seemingly every day we've launched new areas of cooperation. all areas that matter most to our future. because of its core, our alliance is about buildings a better future for all of our

people. there's no better example than our economic relationship and partnership, which has -- is delivering incredible benefits to both our nations. through the indo-pacific economic framework, we're advancing economic growth, grounded in high standards for our workers, for the environment, and for communities throughout the region. since i took office, korean companies have invested more instant $is 00 billion in the united states, drives innovation and spurring good, new jobs for americans and korean workers. our mutual defense treaty is ironclad. that includes our commitment to extend its deterrence and that includes the nuclear threat -- nuclear deterrence.

-- the blatant violation of u.s. sanctions. at the same time, we continue to seek serious and substantial diplomatic breakthroughs with the dprk, to bolster security on the peninsula, reduce the threat of proliferation and odds our humanitarian concerns for the people of dprk. the republic of korea and the united states are working together, through through our trilat wall cooperation with japan, to ensure the future of indo-pacific is free, open, prosperous and secure. i want to thank you again, mr. president, for your political courage and personal commitment through diplomacy with japan. i've worked on these issues for a long time. i can tell you, it makes an enormous difference when we all pull together.

i also welcome support your new strategy, the strategy that affirms how aligned our two nations are, and our visions of the region, and how similar they are. today, we discussed or work together on promoting peace and stability in the taiwan straits, ensuring freedom of navigation in the south china sea, and beyond. i also affirmed our shared commitment -- we together affirmed or commitment to stand with the people of you've crane against russia's brutal assault on their freedom, territorial integrity and democracy. the republic of korea has strong support for ukraine, which is important because of russia's flagrant violation of international law matters to nations everywhere in the world, not just in europe. when it comes down to it, it's about what you believe, what you stand for, what kind of future

you want for your children and grandchildren. right now, i believe the world is as an inflection point. the choices we make today i believe will determine the direction of our world and future of our kids for decades to come. that's why this partnership is so important, mr. president. we share the same values, the same vision, and i greatly appreciate, mr. president, that the republic of korea, cochaired the summit last month and will host the third summit. we both understand that our democracies and our people are our greatest source of strength, and working together, they make our nations stronger and more effective. i'm strengthening the global climate, global health, and no two countries are more suited to immediate the challenges ahead

than the republic of korea and the united states. thank you, mr. president, for your friendship, your partnership, and all you have done to help build a future of shares sense of success. the floor is yours, mr. president. >>translator: president biden, thank you for your special and warm hospitality. i am very pleased to be making a state visit to the united states during this meaningful era. our two countries have overcome challenges and crises during the past 70 years, based on the deep roots of freedom and democracy, building a value alliance that's

strong, resilient and sustainable. we are now directed by an unprecedented crisis. also coming from north korea, as a righteous alliance that contributes to world peace and prosperity. we will further expand the depth of the comprehensive streak impartnerships and march forward to the future. future. today president biden and myself engaged in constructive dialogue to discuss ways to materialize this shared vision. the outcome of our dialogue is well outlined in the joint statement adopted today. the first key outcome is extended deterrents. sustainable peace on the korean peninsula does not happen

automatically. our two leaders have decided to significantly strengthen extended deterrents of our two countries against north korea's nuclear and missile threats so that we can achieve peace through the superiority of overwhelming forces and not a false peace based on the good will of the other side. such a will and commitment is captured in the washington declaration. president biden has reaffirmed his ironclad commitment to extended deterrents towards the republic of korea. our two countries have agreed to immediate collateral presidential consultations in the event of north korea's nuclear attack and promise to respond swiftly, overwhelmingly and decisively using the full force of the alliance including the united states nuclear weapons. our two countries have agreed to

establish a nuclear consultative group to map out a specific plan to operate the new extended d deterrents system. now our countries will share information on nuclear and strategic weapon plans in response to north korea's provocations and have regular consultations on ways to plan and execute joint operation that is combine korea's state of the art conventional forces along with the u.s.'s nuclear capabilities, the results of which will be reported to the leaders of our two countries on a regular basis. in addition, our two countries have agreed to further advance tabletop exercises against a potential nuclear crisis. in addition, deployment of the united states strategic assets to the korean peninsula will be made constantly and routinely. president biden and i will continue to cooperate to strengthen extended deterrents

between our two countries based on our historical and concrete agreement reached during our summit. second, our two leaders have agreed to further strengthen the strategic partnership in economic security which is directly related to the national economies of our two countries. president biden and i welcomed the expansion of our firms bilateral mutual investment in technology including semiconductors, electric vehicles and batteries. president biden has said that no special support and considerations will be spared for korean companies' investment and business activities in particular. we have agreed to consult and coordinate closely so that the u.s. inflation reduction act and the chips and science act can further strengthen supply chain cooperations between the two countries in advanced

technology. furthermore, we plan on ramping up partnerships in cutting edge technology. we have agreed to establish a dialogue for next generation emerging and core technology between the u.s. national security council and the korea offensive national security pertaining to chips, batteries, bio science and other cutting edge technologies with the aim of promoting joint r&d and experts exchange. we have also adopted a separate joint statement for strengthening cooperation in the rapidly emerging quantum science and technology domain. president biden and i have also agreed to get the ball rolling on discussions about expanding our alliance into cyber and space by applying the mutual defense treaty in cyberspace and

space as well. we have also agreed that the strategic cybersecurity cooperation framework adopted this time around will serve as the foundation on which we address cyber threats together and boost cooperation and information sharing collection and analysis. space is another area that shows great promise for cooperation between our two countries. during my time here i was able to visit the nasa goddard space center. president biden welcomed the establishment of casa and we have agreed to promote cooperation between casa and nasa. we have also agreed to accelerate discussions on reaching a reciprocal defense procurement agreement which is equivalent to an fta in terms of national defense. meanwhile, president biden and i have agreed to promote exchange

between the future generations of our two countries. to this end we have launched the u.s. rok special exchange initiatives for youths. in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the rok u.s. aligns this year our two countries plan to invest a total of $60 million to support exchanges between 2,023 youths majoring in stem, humanities and social sciences. this also includes the largest full bright program to date which will provide scholarships for 200 students. last but not least, president biden and i have agreed that south korea and the united states as key partners in achieving stability and building peace in the indo-pacific region will put our heads together as we implement our indo-pacific strategies to strengthen our cooperation in addressing regional and global challenges.

in particular, president biden expressed strong support for efforts made by the korean government to normalize korea/japan relations and we have agreed to continue our efforts in strengthening korea, u.s., japan tri-lateral cooperation. furthermore we reaffirmed that the use of force to take the lives of innocent people, an example of which would be russia's invasion of ukraine, can in no circumstances whatsoever be justified. in that sense we agreed to continue our cooperation and efforts alongside the international community to support ukraine. during this meeting we also discussed plans through which our two countries can take a leadership role in addressing global challenges such as climate change, international development and energy and food security. i am delighted that through

today's meeting we've opened up a new chapter for the next 70 years of the rok-u.s. alliance. i hope president biden and i, with the support of people in our two countries, can fully deliver on the blueprint that we have mapped out today with the aim of our -- founded in the reaffirmation of the value of freedom and our universal values. thank you. >> now we're going to take some questions. first question is from courtney of the "los angeles times." >> reporter: thank you, mr. president. your top economic priority has been to build up u.s. domestic manufacturing in competition with china, but your rules

against expanding chip manufacturing in china is hurting south korean companies that rely heavily on beijing. are you damaging a key ally in the competition with china to help your domestic politics ahead of the election? and one for president yoon. there have been concerns since last year that north korea will soon be conducting its seventh nuclear test, amid growing domestic support in your country for your own nuclear weapons. meanwhile, russia has suggested it do send its latest weapons to north korea if south korea sends lethal aid to ukraine. how do you seek to manage the north korea risk amid obligations to ukraine and nato? thank you. >> let me respond to your question first. my desire to increase u.s. manufacturing and jobs in america is not about china. i'm not concerned about china. remember, america invented semiconductor.

we invented t we used to have 40% of the market. we decided that what we were going to do over the past -- i don't know how many decades -- we decided that it was going to be cheaper to export jobs and import product. along came the pandemic and the pandemic taught us that we used to have 40% of the market just some years ago, now it's down to 10%. and, again, we invented the super -- we got -- so i decided to go out and see what we could do to increase our hold on the market once again. so what i did was i went around the country as well as in addition of passing the chips d sciee act, i, in fact, visited countries around the world and two significant south korean companies decided they were going to invest billions of dollars in chip manufacturing in the united states. it wasn't designed to hurt china, it was designed so we didn't have to worry about whether or not we had access to semicondrs