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tonight on three, 60 sparks fly in the courtroom -- already been found liable for sexually abusing took the stand. also, tonight trump ally roger stone on tape allegedly talking about assassinating two democratic congressman. we will speak to one of them tonight. later, my conversation with a former gaza hostage who reveals -- spent locked with her husband and children in an exam room at a major hospital in gaza. we begin with these words. i would love that. that is what the former president told george lewis kaplan today after the judge in the second definition arthur ettinger move him from the courtroom to which the judge,

replied i know you would. an issue has come in, -- took the stand today telling jurors what it was like to ensure the most powerful man when i her a liar, and denying what is murder of legal fact that he sexually abused her in a new york department store 19 and east. the denial he repeated after court today. >> this is a person i have no idea until this have been obviously -- i have no idea who she was. nor could i care less. it is a fabricated story. >> from there, he went to new hampshire for a campaign event in portsmouth. joining us now cnn legal analyst joey jackson, also with us kaitlan collins anchor of the source, and cnn's -- views in the court today as this all played out. so, take us inside, what was it like? >> yes so e. jean carroll is on the, stand facing donald, trump he is just two tables away from her. as she is beginning to tell the, story she, says almost off the,

bad donald trump assaulted me, he lied about, it and shattered my reputation. at that, moment trump physically reacted shaking his head side to side as if to say no. from there, that just began his reaction to her testimony. a lot of it involved leaning over to -- whispering to her, and making these statements. it was audible to a still reporters in the courtroom that we're sitting behind him, but at one of the, breaks this is when heroes attorney brought it, up saying they could hear sitting in front of trump, they were concerned the jury could also hear some of the comments that he was saying, including this was fake, it was a congee, obviously which hunt. so that was something raised to the judge wants the jury was out of the courtroom. it was all dyed. >> so how much of her testimony had taken place at that point? >> at that point she had been on the stand for about two hours when their judge finally had that exchange with him, saying i will kick you out of the courtroom if you continue with this. she was talking about her

experience. this is about how much, is it is not about the assault. so she was talking about what happened to her after he made the statements from the white house in june of 2019, talking about the torture received, how she was changing her life, she got a pit, will shabbat pulitzer grand chenier did she gives beside her bed, just talking about how much this impacted, her people wishing she would die, saying they hoped she would be. so just explaining to the jury what she went through after the statements were made. >> network request by the former presidents attorneys for the judge to recuse himself, declare a mistrial, how did that go? >> while this judge luis kaplan, he does not really mince words. those trump attorney asked for the -- rookies himself saying after this ill exchange, you took the word of reform law clerk, and it also asked for a missed child becaus e --

between any statements, import and also afterwards is he giving new fodder for even more defamation? >> i think he is if it's not defamation claim certainly it's to the issue of punitive damages. we have seen. that first of all it is what this case is largely about. defaming or it is worth, and so the reality is, anne -- cannon obviously against you in the court of law, and -- this is ripe for the consideration of the jury, goes to the state, in mind goes to the inability to accept any responsibility here.

we -- know because it is something he would be able to, use it to say look at this judge, he came out immediately after attacking the judge at length, because the judge is pretty no nonsense, which is this reputation with trump's attorney in the way she was questioning cairo throughout this repeatedly denying when the efforts, because she probably was not embarking exits, and -- the fact he was in the court today speaks to how he's doing this.

it was awarded , -- it is clearly something he is using as part of the campaign trail. tomorrow says they are for a delay in the trial, because one of trump's wife's -- the new talk about these deleted emails and text messages widened each internal socially did them and are there any messages she has to share? >> they showed some of the tweets she, got facebook messages, so we saw some of the language thrown her way but she

said her physical reaction was to work royal when she saw them so the only way to deal with them was to deal immediately west to delhi and put it out of her mind she did see she kept on than we did see them but you know it was more of her trying to tell the story of just how she felt when she saw some of them including sticky gun emerson for the trigger that is one other onesie saturday. >> joe, we deleting this messages, is that a big deal? >> here's how it plays into, account you have to lead messages, but what do people generally, do let's look at how bin custom. when you put something that is vitriolic on many peoples threads, they are going to get rid of it. so you can't make the argument that as a result of the leading yet for example, it did happen. were it is fabricated, or you are telling the jury something that just isn't so. normal human behaviors, if you see something that is so denigrating to, you will want to remove it. so i think as the amount of

credibility, but just to the general notion of how she felt as a result of, this howard impaired her, how it impacted her safety, how she talked about needing security, i think it is huge to the issue or just before were just punitive damages, and much of the jury award is the question. >> thank you, killing cons back at the top of the, our our guest will be our speaker may, johnson then again, from, quote the foreign president continues campaigning in new hampshire, arrivals around desantis and nikki haley have been campaigning there as, well cnn's jeff zeleny is in rochester. remember -- for the front, warner so, jeff, what have been other haley event tonight? >> in respect, nikki haley was worse planning to the comments that donald trump has been making, both in prison here, new hampshire but also in his television ads. he's been really focusing his attention and attacks on her, sitting assist on her because after she potentially standing between his rise, and is rushed to the nomination. she was talking about

specifically immigration, and social security, she said he has been lying about her record, take a listen to what she said just a few moments ago. >> i know trump threw a temperature mom bought me last night. one of those things my friend trump said, was that i didn't want to close the border. you saw what i said about the border. he said i did not want to wall, what i said, is i do not want just a, wall. >> and how did they respond? >> so i was going to say, anderson, those words temperatures are something really not heard nikki haley used before. clearly time is running short here for her to make her case to new hampshire voters. but certainly, some -- new reality is, voters here are still trying to decide between him, her, or even run desantis. >> we're often she have to say?

>> anderson, she has been continuing to make our argument about electability. it was really one of the hallmarks of her argument shimmied in iowa. she asked republicans and independents in the audience to think about the general election, how republicans have lost so many elections in recent years, in the trump era, she had this message for them as they think to the future. >> but the only way we are going to win is if we elect a new conservative generational leader and but the negativity and baggage, behind and focus on the solutions of the future. do not complain about what happens in the general election if you did not play in this primary on tuesday. >> so clearly expressing the importance of that primary on tuesday. you can see, she is shaking hands with literally every last person in the room here as she normally does. she did not take questions which is the tradition of new hampshire town halls, but she will be doing so tomorrow night

here on cnn, the one thing that is key, anderson, we talked to many voters here, she has a welcome audience long those undeclared voters which is more than a third of the electorate here, essentially independent minded voters who can vote in the bowman, extreme donald trump accused her of trying to infiltrate near publican primary, but in new hampshire those independent voters are so key. so donate her message is resonating with at least some of, them and several republicans here we spoke to as well. >> it is interesting isn't it questions at the town halls, which is such a tradition. desantis was also in new hampshire today, what -- -- >> he's actually flying back to florida, tomorrow we are told, initially unclear if he was returning to new hampshire, he of course one into debate nikki, here she said she would not a, b am shawn it'd be donald trump. he was talking about needing a true conservative, serious been attacking her as well, but there is no doubt, in new hampshire at, least this is a two-person race at least at the

top of the ticket. he's going to refocus some of his efforts on south carolina and of course that is the home state. you concerns her other future of his candidacy. again he will be in florida tomorrow, but his aides insist he will come back here before the primary. >> jelani, thank you very much. next, more on how the former president's going after nikki haley's on u.n. ambassador and -- more later and is really modern held hostage in hamas by -- what she went through, what life was like for them now after nearly two months in captivity.

-- painting her as a falsely less than american, referring to her on a stash work has -- with the -- scare quotes. the spelling was in fact -- he also posted a claim by the president again false government haley may not be a u.s. citizen,, reads, quote this disqualifies early from presidential vice presidential candidacy under the trough amendment. now keeping, honest nikki haley is the child of immigrants from the indian fringe of provinces

one and a small south carolina town. that is in the united states nikki's her middle name just as mitt is mitt romney's middle name or -- the defense of course, is that although the names willard or actually us may sound old-fashioned, they do not sound foreign like -- those to some, which were now appears enough for the former president to latch onto. he's done the same with another well known -- lodging falsely shows one elsewhere as he does here. >> they are saying she does not qualify because she wasn't born in this country. >> when he wasn't doing that he was the -- announcer getting her first name of the effect. >> nobody treated him worse than kamala harris -- camilla. >> keeping them honest, when it comes to try to paint some of prayer american citizens as foreigners, he is not limited himself to south asian subcontinent. more than a decade, ego is

target of course was the first black president. here is what he was lying about 12 years ago. >> i have been told very recently, anderson, that the breath certificate is my thing. i've been told that it is not, there it does not exist. >> none of that was true, and he kept at it for years. to this day, he almost never fails to mention president obama. >> president barack obama, president barack hussein obama, barack hussein obama -- joe biden and his boss bruckner st. olaf, they did this to us. >> it is not just african americans or indian americans he does this, do it is an american judge of mexican dissent, and elaine charlie asian american rifles and a republican leader mitch mcconnell. >> we are building a wall, he is a mexican. in my opinion he is mexican heritage. he is very proud of it. >> mitch mcconnell. his wife coco chao, cocoa.

>> elaine chao as you might remember it was a member of his cabinet, and her as been was at the top ally in the, senate none of that seems to matter to the former president. -- too appealing for him to pass up. perspective now from cnn political commentator former special assistant to obama van jones, boasting communications strategist -- so, first, well what do you make of now president focusing on nikki haley, repeatedly trying to -- people of color? >> well, it is just what he does. mud, part of it is, he is insulting, her he is trying to get under her skin. he's also trying to incite us, a big part of this isn't just the kind of racial game he plays against people of color, it is also a show of force. he knows he is going to annoy liberals doing this. he knows he is going to annoy progressives doing this. we are going to found, powered, scored, him he is not going to back down. so it shows he is powerful. i am powerful.

i can see mean things to people. when i see people say don't be, mean i steam mean. see, i am strong. this is the kind of a psychological game he plays when he does this. he still is going to get mad, then it plays to his strategy of looking tough by punching down. >> do you think that resonates with voters? >> it does. am i shocked? i got a chance to interview voters in a different caucuses, and every trump voter, all of, them 100% or so behind him, they were bryant's rhetoric, is, approach everything, because they think he is a victim. a victim of you, all a victim of the court system, a victim of the entire political system in america. it is working with them, and it is scary. in the and, this is my focus for the next ten months, if we continue to play this game, if we continue to divide by race, by, gender by age, by geography, by all the divisions we have, where is america going to be when this is all done?

there is something is more important than an election. that is the next generation, and the health and safety of our democracy. -- you are seeing that in focus groups as well, you are seeing, things are worse, you and i are just, talking things are worth you have ever seen. >> i hear, it i know that more people believe that the country is going to be worse for their kids than ever before, less people believe in the american dream than ever before. i thought the american dream was to welcome people from other countries, give them a home, here allow them to succeed, allow them to prosper because it makes america stronger. yet, it feels, like some of these politics, it is hostile to that. it is actually opposed to the american dream. >> this this but haley in a tough position with republican voters. does she then have to somehow, does she ignore, or does she have to somehow address false claims that she is ineligible to run? you are down by, few down if you don't. that is exactly the brilliance of what he does. he forks, you he goes low, then

you have to go low to defend yourself, more you have to try to ignore it, then it gains traction, et cetera. the good thing about nikki haley's, most people in the republican party know her, they know who she is, to frank's point i think people are proud of the fact that her family came here in houston, well and she has done well. so i think that she is relatively safe from this type of stuff, i really don't think it is going to have the effect of -- i think it is more about just heat wants to show that he is not going to bow down to liberal convention, and liberal elites period, and that is really what he is doing. i think nikki haley would be better off ignoring the stuff, and continue to make the case she is making, which is that she certainly more legible than he has, and has better ideas for america then -- certainly she is a better choice for, publicans but this is the tampa staff and frank is,

right it is seeping and not to the culture, the nastiness, the divisiveness, the pettiness is becoming something people are not only used, to but come to expect. >> well someone has to say no. someone has to stand, up and literally say enough. call out your own side. when people say things within the democratic party, on the far more progressive, sign it challenges latte the jewish community, and needs to say enough. on the right, trump does, this enough. >> can chris christie do that, and that is the whole point? >> it is not just about elections. it is not just about who wins or loses. if you ask me, is this good for republicans to win the election? in some states, frankly, it is. is this good for democracy? absolutely not. in new hampshire, the key to what is about to happen, iowa makes a statement. new hampshire makes presidents. in new hampshire, she has been gaining and gaining.

she is going to get the lion's share of chris christie's vote. but, losing four vague ramaswamy is good for trump. he is going to get the lion's share their. in the, and it is about the health of democracy in the long term. if trump wins new hampshire, it is all over. if nikki can beat him in new hampshire, we go on for another five or six weeks at least. >> yes, appreciate it. the infamous republican operative, an ally to the former president roger stone, saying he wanted to dim -- a fascinated. new tape suggest he did. stone says it is fake. we will talk about it with one of the members of congress eric swalwell in is a first interview. also the wife of britain's future king and the, hospital her father locking charles will be there soon as well. we have details ahead.

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>> and if you got immediate news website -- published an explosive allegation that roger stone longtime republican operative and key ally to the former president had associate former nypd officer named -- that two democrats needed to be assassinated. the conversation urge fort lee to place other restaurant in,

florida's don't have the story, fake under reported the -- year and produce the recording, said the next, day two days after, that they published a recording. >> -- and then you will see how -- they have -- now cnn is not confirming the -- sun has since all the tape, quote, a.i. generated bs. those were his exact words. sources tell cnn the capitol police are now investigating the alleged -- weather january six committee on stone on january, six are saying, i will clean up his words, here half of the voting theory to the violence. storm called that evidence deepfake video. joining us now for the first interview since it was revealed

is eric swalwell. so, according to sources, i understand, the lawyer not aware of this reporting until it was published, is that right? i'm wondering what your reaction was? >> i, that is right, anderson. and frankly, i was stunned that he was so brazen about it. maybe i should not be stan, because the truth is, when it comes to donald trump and his henchmen, and they prefer violence when they are bankrupt of any ideas that help anyone who watches the show, and so as he said, they want to get right to the violence. so yes i was stunned and still stand. we can't normalize this at all. all i ask of my colleagues, my serve, with's let's join together, and let's allow our unity to be the antidote to these types of threats, and that we condemn them whether

against republicans or democrats. >> do you take his alleged threat seriously? i do. i take them seriously for my, family i take them seriously for my staff, and as we saw with speaker pelosi in the attack on her husband, too often the target of an attack is on the move. it is our family and staff who are often stationary at the home, where the office. so that is the priority. i think law enforcement in prior threats, and i hope in this threat for taking it seriously. >> sources are telling cnn, both capitol police and npr are investigating this alleged threat. can you say they are collaborating with other agency? is there anything you can say about it? >> yes, you know, anderson, all i can say right now, i stand ready to cooperate. but i also am not going to be intimidated. i know in part the aim of a threat like, this someone was arrested not too far from where

roger stone lives a couple weeks ago, for a sort threat against my kids need aim of these threats is to silence anyone like me from speaking out against donald trump, and in fact roger stone said on the audiotape that i need to get the message. message received, my message back to adjust on, is i'm not going away. the american people who voted against donald trump every single day since he was elected in 2016, they are not going away either. and, -- donald trump and his henchmen have been loses that distance, so the aim is to make a throwaway, it is not going to work. i wouldn't everything have to do to protect my family. >> do you think he should be charged with something, what consequences do you think would be appropriate? >> well, anderson, it looks like this was his voice.

and outside independent organization called a i not spy, not affiliated with me at all, they put out a report saying this was human generated. it sure sounds like the way roger stone has talked about me in the past, the way he talks about donald trump political opponents. so i ask is that if this is what he said, that he is treated no better and no worse than anyone else. anyone else who makes threats against republicans or democrats, that we start to have a rule of law that says for a country where we settle our scores at the ballot, box not through violence. when use violence or threats of violence, you will pay the price for that. >> congressman eric swallow, thank you very much. >> my pleasure, thank you very much. >> coming up, breaking, use more action against houthi rebels and delivered from the pentagon. plus, a three 60 exclusive -- was a hostage in gaza for 52

days. i spoke to her about the date her family was kidnapped and the major hospital she says she was held at one point during the match of her captivity. also tonight, major medical issues for britain skiing and away from britain's future king. details on that ahead as well.

breaking news to report for the fourth time in less than, week the u.s. has carried out strikes against the houthi militants in yemen has texan vital shipping lanes in the red sea have -- possible economic fallout throughout the world, oren liebermann is at the pentagon tonight. what are you learning? >> anderson we have learned the target of these u.s. strikes were 14 missile launchers, and launched by ballistic missile launches as well santa cruz launchers. these are the type of weapons that the rebel group have used to target international shipping. lanes as you point out this is the fourth time in a week that they have targeted houthi sites and humid. he was here showing a willingness to go after -- and the types of capabilities they have used to target international shipping here. meanwhile, the houthis have given no indication they will back down, they have threatened

to continue to target u.s. assets, as well as uk assets and launched the first set of strikes. -- houthi capabilities in yemen here. it is worth noting the context, eric twice this week -- completed on its way, and you see this playing out, in a very violent way, and in having heard out strikes earlier as the biden administration is trying to would escalation in the region here but now -- >> this was the scene yesterday in gaza, and patients at their hospital fleeing from -- as idf forces head to horse what is one largest in the

city. sandwiches recently carried out a launch from within the ominous or hospital compound towards its forces. hospitals where my next guest says she was held for most of her 52 days in captivity in gaza. she and her family members, including a husband and when daughters were kidnapped. plus, how she was treated and what she remembers from the hospital, i spoke to her earlier today. >> so, first, about how are you, doing how are you daughters? >> we are not turning very good. i have suffered from depression. i'm having zayante a tax, panic attacks, the girls also suffer from rage, they have confidence issues, they keep asking when is their dad covering --

>> you and your, kids your husband, david your sister, per child, they were all taken from the kibbutz. and they're or separated from one of the three year olds that both the twins, and nemours -- broke out of the window, they separated free from my sister, and i was not really conscious because of all the smoke, and i realized that one of them is dragging me away, anne and i was sure he was about to me and kill me, and when i looked back i hadn't seen my sister or daughter or my niece. and i had no idea what happened to them. >> you had been hiding in your safe room near here of spin

with her sister and daughter, finally you had to leave because they lit the house on fire, smoke, you are going to suffocate. you were taken to gaza, where we held initially? >> in the civilian, house through terrorists guarding us inside room, and anne -- after nine days, the house next to us was gone, and they decided to move us, anne and they put me in traditional arab clothes, and they put -- and covered her with a shoot and told me to look down. >> when you were in this house, you were only with your one, daughter you did not know, did you know where emily was? >> no, i kept asking them, begging them, crying to them, please look for my daughter.

her name is emma. she looks exactly like this. they are identical twins. please. they just told to always tell me to leave them, alone they don't know what happened to her. >> that must have been horrific to be separated from your three-year, -old and for her identical twin sister to be separated as well. >> yes, it is probably the hardest thing that we have to go through during our captivity, not knowing where she, is if she is even alive. >> so the house who are staying, in the house next door gets shelled, and if your captors actually transport you out of the house in an ambulance so, newton ambulance to put you and your husband and your daughter julie, the askar houston to pretend to be dead only on a stretcher, is that right? >> yes, correct. they come with a white sheet. >> there is obviously been a

lot of discussion about what role hospitals are -- how hospitals are being used by hamas, and other groups, you actually ended up being taken to a hospital, and held with other hostages in a hospital, is that right? what hospital was it? >> the hospital was -- in khan yunis. you were taken there up until the end. yes, up until the end. and there were about three rooms of hostages, each one was 10 to 12 people in it, small rooms, 12 square feet. >> and when you are at the hospital, what were conditions like? the hospital personnel know where there? >> they used one hospital personnel to come and see us every other day he knew who we are and he went along with it.

and we were held there up until we were released. >> and what sort of conditions, you were in an exam room with 10 to 12 other, people do you have a bathroom, shower food? >> it is not in the room, we had a bathroom outside but, they used to lock us in the room so we have to knock in order to get stuff or go to the bathroom. sometimes it would open up after five minutes sometimes it would take a few hours. it was really hard when we all had diarrhea and vomiting, and when we add first did not have showers, after a while they gave us a bucket and the gloss. >> you are reunited with emma, can you describe that moment? >> yes we were brought into the room and the middle of the night and around the morning or

noon the next day, they asked us to do a video for some elderly officers or something. four or five people came inside the room, and suddenly i heard a voice of a baby crying outside the door. i grabbed, and i told him, this is a muzzle voice. he's telling me were you talking, about she is not here. and i told him i'm losing my, mind i'm hallucinating. and then the crying starts to get louder, and then it sounds like he comes into the room, and then i just saw a person holding him and giving her to meet like she is a package. she is hysterical and crying and i'm trying to calm her down, but she wouldn't and then i started to sing her this lullaby to her every night and

then she began to relax a bit. the first nights with her it was very difficult because she would wake up screaming, and she would not calm down for hours and they would be allowed us to be quiet. >> emotionally, what is the like to be in this room with all those people, in the hospital, i imagine your hearing what is happening outside, shelling in the distance, how would you get through the days? how is your husband? >> it was really difficult because we had no information. no radio or tv. the only thing, the only stuff we knew is when we hear to ask them our captors for a bit of information of what was going on and we didn't really get any hope from them we kind of felt that everyone had given up on austin we had no idea what is happening in israel, that everyone is fighting for us and

we really suffered from depression every day, i used to cry almost every day because i did not my depression pills also. and david was so frustrated, he has to hit himself in the face sometimes until he bled. >> on friday november 24th, something changed, will happen on that day? >> on november 24th a man came inside, and asked to talk to david, and after i think 20, minutes he came back with a fight and face and i told him what happened? and he said one of the officers wants to talk to him. he would be back in two hours. and it sounded kind of weird, so we asked one of the captors if he is really coming back? he said no, they are taking him to a place with other men because her deal has began, and

they are bringing back only women and children at the moment. and then they let us, they told us they will come back for him, we did not know for how long, and for three hours we just sat there and cried and i found him not to go and he told me he was so scared and asked me to fight for him and other girls cried, and begged him not to go. -- they said why does our father leave? why can it not be someone else does that. it was the hardest, day this is the day i'm stuck on. i can't really manage to recover from. >> from that separation, understand you try to convince david to let you stay with you gaza and tenuous back to israel. >> yes, i told him we have an amazing family from both sides

-- i know they will take care of, them i don't want to leave you alone and gaza, i know what it is like to be, there it is really difficult. we barely have food, the food we had was moldy, it was so hard to be there and to think that he is going to be there alone by himself, god knows where me was the hardest decision i had to make in my life. they did not really give us any choice, because it just stayed a fact that the men are going to other places. >> and then he is taken away. have you had any word about him since? >> we just know he was taken down to the tunnels. >> so how do you get through each day now? >> i usually cry all day.

i try to be strong for the girls, because i know they look up to me currently, because i'm both mother and a father right now. but they do not see me, they i cry, i watch videos of him. i hear sounds from him, just to kind of feel connected to him. >> do your daughters ask a lot about him? >> every day. -- is there anything else you want people to? no >> i want people to understand that every minute counts, and every minute in captivity lasts a lifetime. tomorrow and be the double amount of time that i was in captivity, with my husband and the other 135 people are in, against their will, and everything needs to be done in

order to make a deal, and bring them home now. >> if they did it can hear the, snow is there anything you want to say to him? >> my love, i hope that i am making you proud and fighting for, you and i promise you i won't stop up until i can breathe anymore. i will fight for you to bring your home, where our girls, because you deserve it, and i love, you and i can't wait to see you. >> thank you so much for your time. >> think you so much, anderson. >> we will be right back.

tonight, kate, princess of wales, the weight of the future british, kink is hospitalized after abdominal surgery. next we, her father in law, king charles, will also be in hospital when the 75-year-old monarch has his own medical

procedure. i have details now from cnn's royal correspondent, max foster in london. >> reporter: from her recent engagement, the princess of wales has lived well and been in good spirits. the first suggestion that she may have been unwell came on wednesday, when kensington palace announced she was inn hospitalal recovering from ababdominal surgery. it w was successful, and a soure told cnn and it wasn't cancer relate it. she would need to o remain in hospital foror up to two weeks, though, and up to three months recuperating at home in windsor. all engagements and travel have been put on hold, as they had four prince william, as he takes care of his family. then news that king charles would also be going to hospital next week with an enlarged prostate. we are told it is benign, and it was announced on the same day because it meant he had to cancel a meeting with

government ministers on thursday in scotland. in total, three out of four of the most senior british working royals out of action, and no further updates expected until the princess leaves hospital or takes a turn for the worse. kate is keen on fitness, and enjoys playing sports, so she is expected to recover well. the palaces really release private medical details, which is why they have not explained what the surgery was actually for, but she could have been spotted leaving the hospital and questions would have been asked why she was canceling engagements. a source told cnn that the king took the view that sharing his condition would encourage other men to have their prostate subject. >> so max, what happens when so many members of the royal family are not doing what they normally do, visiting places? >> reporter: well, a lot of it comes out to queen camilla, as she will be out and about next

week to show continuity in the monarchy, because i think the surprise here is that these key members are vulnerable and that william has stepped into support them. she will be supported by an ant edward and edwards wife, sophie, really expressing how the monarchy has been slimmed down, because of course, persinger is no longer working, either are harry and meghan. and of course, the queen is not either. so, much more slimmed down monarchy, and there is a fragility to it that i think we saw today. >> and how are people in the uk reacting? >> reporter: we'll, people in the uk, i think initially were a bit puzzled by the amount of time that the princess will need to recover. and now, i think they feel quite shocked because she is the vibrant centerpiece, really, of the royal family. she is the one thing -- that makes front pages. we will not see her for months, and she is this picture of health and quite a surprise, really, quite shocked, really, that she could potentially be vulnerable. with the experience ofhe