jean carroll. these nine jurors must believe her in order to find for her and award damages. >> reporter: e. jean carroll will resume her testimony on monday. now, that's the same day donald trump is expected to leave for a four-day visit to his golf clubs in scotland and ireland. norah. >> elaine ca ha know at the courthouse, thank dove 0% is different. we left aluminum out and put unbeatable 48 hours freshness and 1 quarter moisturizers... in. dove 0% aluminum deodorant. instantly dry feel and kind on skin. up at 2:00am again? tonight, try pure zzzs all night. dove 0% aluminum deodorant. unlike other sleep aids, our extended release melatonin helps you sleep longer. and longer. zzzquil pure zzzs all night. fall asleep. stay asleep. do you shop for vitamins at walmart? force factor products powerfully improve your health. but they're also delicious, easy to use and affordable. that's why force factor is now the number one best selling herbs and supplements brand at walmart. unleash your potential

so, it's not just going to b carroll, it's going to b carroll plus two other women plus the access hollywood odds for trump >> jane, let's talk about some of the things that joe tacopina, trump's lawyer, he - things as defenses and he talked about how e. jea carroll reacted at the time or how she reportedly reacted tha the, time the fact that she' not reported to the police the fact that she subsequently reported somebody analyzing he mailbox but didn't she fit t report what she said was a rape this is the kind of thing that if one reads a pamphlet abou sexual assault, you understand that there is no guidebook for how women are supposed t respond to a sexual assault. lots of women do not repor sexual assaults because they have traditionally been hard t prove and hard to ge convictions on e. jean carroll is a woman of certain age who -- this happened at a time when women did not win these things if they report them. >> absolutely. and e. jean carroll's counci will emphasize that in their trial strategy but they are not taking an chances. they are also calling an exper witness to educate the j

jean carroll. to find for her and award damages. >> reporter: e. jean carroll will resume her testimony on monday. now, that is the same day donald trump is expected to leave for a four-day visit to his golf clubs in scotland and ireland. norah? >> norah: elaine quijano at the courthouse, thank you. we want to turn now to a possible breakthrough in the fight against obesity. drugmaker eli lilly today said one of its medications used to treat type 2 diabetes has shown promising results when it comes to weight loss, and it is asking the fda for a fast-track approval. cbs's nikki battiste reports in tonight's "health watch," it could become the most effective treatment for those looking to lose weight. >> people taking mounjaro lost up to 25 pounds. >> reporter: it is the newest drug causing a frenzy, and the drugmaker says it is the most effective for weight loss yet. >> i asked my doctor specifically for mounjaro. >> reporter: in august, rachel graham's doctor told her she was about 65 pounds overwe

jean carroll. means - and i took some notes when h was instructing the jury - is it's an unjustified touchin without consent, with th intent to cause bodily contact that would be offensive. and that incorporate everything from a gentle cas on the cheek that is not wante to, essentially, stabbin somebody through the heart and everything in between. so, all they have to find is that trump committed battery it does not necessarily have t be that they believe h committed a rape that he touched e. jean carrol in an unwanted way - of course, she maintains tha he sexually assaulted her an that he penetrated her in that dressing room. >> her lawyer today had openin arm units today. so, her lawyer today - i follow the opening arguments just by reading a little bit o the transcript that came out just before we came on air and from following your live tweeting of the courtroom. walk us through what the opening argument is. >> the opening argument is e jean carroll experienced thi brutal assault at trump' hand

carroll, yes. didn't throw it out? carroll, no, it was a beautiful dress. burn it, carroll, no, i would never burn a beautiful item of clothing. judge kaplan, we'll break here for the day, we'll return at 10:00 a.m. and that was that. joining us now "the new york times" author and msnbc contributor michelle goldberg. michelle, so good to see you. i found so much of and extraordinary and distressing, and one of the most sort of excruciating exchanges but also enlightening exchanges was e. jean carroll's description of how she thought about this what she calls rape and the moments after it happened. i just wonder for people who haven't read this, i want to read this description and this exchange mr. her and mr. tacopina. now, carroll testified she thought trump was going to -- they were in the lingerie part and she thought mr. trump was actually going to try on the lingerie himself. she thought this was all a fupy interaction they were having, and then everything changes when they get to the dressing room. and that's where she says trump raped her. and then m

tacopina spent a lot o time to be highlighting miss carroll this carroll man relax is why miss carrollt see doctor after the assault, wh shouldn't go to the hospital and after she testified that she used her need to try t push trump away during the attack, tacopina asked wha part of her knee she used. prompting carroll to stand u in front of everyone and demonstrate exactly how she di it later, mr. tacopina asked wh carroll she didn't scream or call for help during the alleged assault. she responded, i'm not a screamer you can't beat up on me for no screaming. as tacopina continue pressing, carroll raised her voice and added, i'm telling you, he raped me, whether a screamed o not. mr. tacopina insisted he was only asking questions, but mis carroll called him out for asking the questions tha victims fear the most. quote, women who don't com forward, one of the reason they don't come forward is the are asked why they didn' scream some women scream, some wome don't. it keeps women silent. carroll is not the only one wh didn't appreciate this line of questioning. judge louis kaplan calle c

carroll struggled with asked by her own attorney, when do you believe donald trump assaulted you, carrollwered, "the date has been something i've constantly been trying to pin down. i can't be 100% sure." the defense scoffs that carroll can't remember the month, the date, the season, the year and the evidence will show you that's not just a constant. as carroll prepared to come here to testify today, trump was on social media attacking her. the judge called it totally an inappropriate, even suggesting that it bordered on witness tampering. david, tonight trump's attorney said he will talk to his client before carroll returns to the witness stand for crossexamination. >> david: we turn next to the news involving our parent company, disney, filing a lawsuit against florida governor ron desantis, accusing the governor of a "targeted campaign of government retaliation." tonight how the governor is responding and what led to this. here's rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: tonight, disney suing florida governor ron desantis alleging he is waging a limitless campaign to weaponize government power agai

so it is not just going to b carroll.llywood tape it released ducks up for tough odds against trump >> jane, let's talk about some of the things that joe tacopina, trump's lawyer, said today let's, he said a lot of things that show up and sexual assaul cases as defenses. he said, we talked about how e jean carroll reacted at th time, or how she reportedl reacted at the time. the fact that she didn't reported the police, the fac that she subsequently reported someone vandalizing her mailbo but didn't see fit to report what she said was a rape this is the kind of thing that if someone reads a panel about sexual assault, you understand that there is no god but for how women are supposed t respond to a sexual assault. lots of women do not repor sexual assault because the have traditionally been hard t prove and hard to ge convictions on e. jean carroll is a woman of certain age to this happened a a time when women did not wi these things if they reporte them >> absolutely. and e. jean carroll's counse will emphasize that in t

>> reporter: well, wolf, they said they are going to call two friends of carroll who carroll said she after the assault, calling one just as she fled the department store while she was still on the streets of manhattan. and those women, they say, will corroborate her story. one advising her to go to the police and the other saying trump is too powerful to take on. at the time he was a fixture of the new york tabloids, real estate developer. they said he will take her down. he is too powerful. they say they will call two witnesses from the department store. they can't say anything about the alleged assault but they -- carroll's attorneys say they want to call them to back up carroll's description of the department store, the dressing room, how it was so quiet, how people were there on a thursday night. that's the one night a week where they stayed open late but it was generally empty. they are calling them to try to set the scene and back up carroll's description of the scene because one of the issues is how was this able to happen in a public department store and carroll's lawyers say

i think the evidence is in carroll's favor. >> paula, how did carroll's lawyers try to bolster theiry, considering there were no direct eyewitnesses at the scene of the alleged assault? >> reporter: so they're trying to establish this as part of a pattern of forcibly kissing, groping and grabbing women. in order to do that, they're going to rely on several different types of evidence. first of all, witnesses, both women that she spoke to at the time, contemporaneous accounts that she gave after this alleged incident, as well as women who have experienced alleged other similar incidents with the former president. they also of course have the infamous "access hollywood" tape where then candidate trump or i guess he was citizen during that exchange, he describes behavior that's very similar to this pattern that they are trying to establish. so again, even though they don't have eyewitness accounts, they're trying to bolster this showing other similar incidents. >> norm, the judge right now is demanding an answer on whether trump will testify in person by the end of this week. how import

jean carroll can bring up?he's talking about a gag ord or the former president, a formal gag order or contempt of court and making these comments that are intended to influence the jury so we'll see what he does. >> it's curious, in this case. you don't see a lot of cases where the person being sued does not show up. is that really going to hurt donald trump in this case? because the jury is going to see her on the stand. they are not likely to see him at this point. >> i think it does hurt him. they're thinking he doesn't even care enough to show up? what gives? >> i think it will probably hurt him on the flip side of that, he will be there making facial expressions and maybe making outbursts and probably doing things that would hurt him even more so hard to say on balance what the jury would say. >> in this particular case because he is not there that the advantage goes to those who show up. >> i think he can't put in testimony in lieu of live testimony. e. jean carroll's attorneys can. he can't do the same.

carroll's testimony is not over, there's no court here.roll returns on monday to continue cross-examination. >> whit: aaron katersky reporting, thank you. now to that deadly rock throwing spree in colorado that killed 18-year-olds appearing before a judge. court documents alleging chilling new details including one of the three teens took a photo of the victim's car is a momento. here is abc's mola lenghi. >> new details emerging as three teens face first-degree murder charges in the deadly rock throwing spree outside denver, colorado. according to arrest affidavit, suspect mitch karol-chik and telling police he was traveling in a pickup truck with zachary kwak. this rock crashing through alexa bartell's windchill, fatally striking her in the windshield. the suspects saying that the trio drove back to the crime scene to take a picture as a momento. the affidavit says karol-chik admitted to throwing objects at cars with koenig since last february. and that according to the 27 after bartell's car was struck, the other two were talking about

carroll of scheming with others to hurt trump politically. cnn's paula read has the details. >>> e. jean carroll walking into the courthouse to chants from supporters. for 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. >> that 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 be unable to stop him. sexual violence is in every country, in every strata of society. >> reporter: carroll first went public with her allegations against trump in 2019. then president trump fired back at carroll denying the allegations and saying the two never even met. >> i have no idea who this woman is. this is a woman who has also accused other men of things, as you know. it is a totally false accusation. >> reporter: despite this photo from the 1980s sho

what did you hear, what did yo sense from each in carroll issues testifying. >> so jean carroll, reallyy more than two decades ago back in roughly nine tonight six an was striking the level o detail that she conveyed to the jury, down to like the sensation she felt, and the fact that i ha was banned against the wall, and she felt pain from tha issue is running out of th store. it was just a very pronounce narrative of a story, that u until now we've really onl seen a written page so it' really an opportunity for jean to bring her story to life for the first time, since 2019 whe she came forward with his. >> one thing, as we read these quotes that we can't capture it is the emotion in it. she did at one point break dow what she was telling the story >> there were a few points a which her voice cracked, but i is really towards the end of the day, that she really los composure. for the most part she' committed to gather. but it was around the sectio where she was being asked abou whether she regrets doing this the shooter get going forward, especially since as she said it's ruined her life

jean carroll. but the impact of that language, of that defense that she wasn' his type, the ripple effect of that locker room talk, that al extends way beyond the walls o the manhattan courtroom. because if trump became an opera tar of male entitlemen -- a total false accusation, and don't know anything about her. and she has made this charge against others and, you know, people have t be careful people are playing with very dangerous territory. >> in a 2019 interview with th hill, -- he then repeatedly denied -- this miss -- complete con job it is a hoax and lie this woman is not my type. that motion to recent now, which he made after office that is the subject of the defamation part of this case now last month, a judg overseeing that case ruled tha that infamous access hollywood tape could be used as evidence in miss carroll-scape, along with the testimony of two othe women who have accused donal trump of sexual assault. in their opening statement yesterday, curls attorneys pointed the jury to tr

jean carroll has in this case?biggest advantage she has in this case is she's there, she's actually in the courtroom in opposition to donald trump who apparently is not going to physically appear. he doesn't have to because this is a civil case, if it was a criminal case he would have to be there for the trial. this case is going to come down who does the jury believe more e. jean carroll's account of what happened or donald trump's denial of what happened. if you have a person who is there and present the jury will see that as a sign of respect, i think juries feel like it's disrespectful for somebody not to show. e. jean carroll will take the stand, testify live, be subject to live cross-examination. in contrast the jury is probably only going to see clips of donald trump's depositions. naturally a jury is going to say we're going to tend to default towards the person who actually showed up. >> e. jean carroll also has corroborating witnesses. >> yeah, so a couple of key things. first of all, there are two witnes

jean carroll, that's right. there will be no criminal sanction whatsoever, and one question will be what political consequence does he suffer from that and another question is what does that mean for the many survivors who are watching >> and it's a narrative of accountability can you call it accountability if someone is paying and has a reputational harm but the harm is not sizable enough to prevent them from running for president. >> i've been using the term a measure of accountability because civil justice is a form of justice, and it's certainly legal accountability, which we have not seen with respect to any of these allegations against trump to this point. so, you know, for many watching it would feel like progress, and yet, of course, it's different from a criminal prosecution, and many will wonder, you know, why that's all the consequence he's going to suffer. i think for e. jean carroll if the jury believes her, that will be hugely meaningful for so many women who come forward with accusations, and most

carroll's lawyers can reference that and ask for an inference against him. a criminal trial. >> you made the parallel of the o.j. simpson case. even with the acquittal there was payment. that was the penalty in that si civil case. is that what could potentially happen here if e. jean carroll gets a ruling in her favor that there would be a financial penalty. >> absolutely. there's a financial penalty for the damages for the defamation, injury to her reputation and character. then there would also be damages for a tort, the sexual battery of the perhaps injuries to her. it sounds like it's caused long-term damage for her in terms of counccounselling. >>> can artificial intelligence help police departments evaluate their officers in the field? cnn got a firsthand look at new technology being tested across the country. see for yourself, next. so i thought i'd give it a try. it was easy. i inputted information about the car r including, the mileage, the vin number. ananswered a few questions and got a real offer in seconds. it felt too good to be true. it was a

and told carroll him i'm not a screamer. me, whether i screamed or not. now tacopina's hotel and some other ticket details, asking how she could've pushed trump off of her. he weighs more than twice what she does, while wearing four inch high heels, holding on to a handbag, and not ripping any of her tights? this was a fairly intense moment in this cross-examination, but carroll still stuck to her story. she never strayed from. and she said she was fighting for her life in there and she was kind of overcome with adrenaline in the moment. >> was there any theme or line of questioning from the joe tacopina that really stood out? >> it was interesting. one area that he also questioned was he said, in 1990, you didn't come forward with this story in part because we were afraid that trump, then a real estate businessman, woodbury you. so why in 2019, when trump is the president of donated states, one of the most powerful people in the world, which you come forward with your story? and carroll so that she was inspired by the me to

carroll faced intense cross-examination from the defense team.allegations in the civil lawsuit. what can you tell us about what happened in court today? >> john, there were four hours of cross-examination. during that time, trump's attorney joe tacopina challenged e. jean carroll's version of her story of the events of being raped in the department store in the 1990s. and under oath carrolled a knocked that some of her facts here, that they were difficult to understand. they didn't make sense. they were odd. but she never strayed from her allegations that she was raped in the department store dressing room. one of the facts that she said she understood was odd was that she doesn't recall there being anyone on the sixth floor when this alleged attack took place. but the most intense moments during the cross-examination came when tacopina asked carroll repeatedly why she didn't scream if she was battling in that dressing room for her life. and carroll told him, i'm not a screamer. i'm telling you, he raped me whether i screamed or not. he asked det

jea carroll. e. jean carroll is a stron character.le and talked about her vulnerabilit yesterday, and the effect that this interaction with donald trump has had on her life. talk to me about how you think she is interacting wit tacopina >> you know, as they cross examiner, what you are doing i walking the world's thinnest line between love and hate what you're trying to do i kneel the witness while no making the jury or the judge hate you and i think tacopina did not quite accomplish his goal today. the jurors seemed to be little bit spaced out, especially some of the younger male jurors. the judge got bored an frustrated with a tacopina thereby becoming the mos influential juror of all because the judge made a numbe of comments right in the fac of the jury about tacopina's hostile questioning. i think carol responded very well she is no shrinking violet, as she can't pretend to be little lamb, and she's a combination of vulnerability and aggression she showed that day, and she responded very well to wha everyone knew would be a aggre

and then carroll says that's when he raped her.ll never reported the alleged assault to police, but she says shortly after, she told two friends what happened. they are scheduled to testify. carroll first shared her story publicly in her 2019 autobiography. by then it was too late for a criminal investigation, but new york state law allowed carroll to file a civil lawsuit. trump says he has no plans to attend the trial, and has repeatedly denied the allegations. what is the task for donald trump's attorneys in this case? >> donald trump's attorneys must destroy this story. he has got to show this jury that the story of e. jean carroll that what she tells this jury is not credible. and if he cannot destroy her credibility, she will carry the day. >> reporter: e. jean carroll is expected to be back on the stand tomorrow where she will be cross-examined. the judge gave a stern warning to trump's attorneys, telling them if their client continues to post about this case, he could face potential liability. norah? >> elaine quijano, thank

jean carroll, that what she tells this jury is not credible. and if he cannot destroy her credibility, she will carry the day. >> reporter: e. jean carroll is expected to be back on the stand on thursday where she will be cross-examined. now the judge gave a stern warning to trump's attorneys telling them that if their client continues to post about this case, he could face legal sanctions. elaine quijano, cbs news, new york. >>> disney is suing florida governor ron desantis for what it calls a targeted campaign of government retaliation against the company. the federal lawsuit claims desantis punished disney by taking over its special self-governing theme park district. disney says it was in retaliation for the company opposing a state law banning lessons about sexual orientation and gender identity in schools. a spokeswoman for desantis said, "we are unaware of any legal right that a company has to operate its own government or maintain special privileges not held by other businesses in the state." >>> coming up, caught on camera. a minivan e

jean carroll owns the fact that she's an imperfect rape victim. in the fact there is no perfect rape victim. if you spend type of we are in an expert in excess will assault, one of the things they will tell, you assault victims and other people who've experienced massive traumas in their life, they don't tell stories in a particularly linear way. they don't remember details that most of us would remember about memorable moments of our lives. yet, others for them over securing and painful and vivid. like, smell, or noise. but it's no accident, e. jean carroll said, i don't remember the date, i don't remember the season, i don't remember the year. and yet, i remember exactly how it is that the assault went down, moment by moment. in terms of walking through the store, what was supposed to be this hilarious, funny lock of a story, suddenly turned into something very, very different. >> you know, i keeping struck by her composure and wit in what i read. there was a line she had, where her lawyer, on direct, early in the day, was talking about, basical

jean carroll's rape case.r to vicious abuse and threats. she spoke about it on the first day of the trial. she wakes up every day to heinous personal insults and threats. the way that he conducts himself when accountability is near is a pattern as well. and i wonder what you make of what his conduct will look like in the days and weeks ahead. >> well, first of all, thank you for reminding me about ty cobb. you're right, there have been so many lawyers. it's hard to remember which one was acting at which time. it all seems like a very distant memory at this time. bit by bit it's stacking up. the two friends, the "access hollywood" tape and the two women and as ty cob suggested, what e. jean carroll is saying not only is she getting the abuse donald trump has been leveling on social media and the judge is saying you have to hold off on that, you're not doing yourself any favors. on top of that, i don't know if it's hard or not, we shouldn't forget the amount of abuse she's getting on social media, online from al

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jean carroll. but the impact of that language, of that defense that she wasn' his type, the ripple effect of that locker room talk, that al extends way beyond the walls o the manhattan courtroom. because if trump became an opera tar of male entitlemen in the eyes of women, he seems to have become that four men a well in 2016 when trump told th public, if they can figh somebody like me, just look at what they can do to you, som men heard that as an actua warning. when you use the term locker room talk, they heard him. they were listening. and now, some of trump's staunchest followers are repeating him. last night it was enriqu tarrio, the leader of th far-right western chauvinist group the proud boys, who alon with four of his colleagues is on trial for seditious conspiracy for his actions o before january 26th. he - complaining about the federa prosecutors in his trial >> how we talk to each other i the locker room. it's not fair, it really isn't >> it's all just locker room talk where if you heard

trump has said carroll is, quote, not his type.oday her attorney showed the jury this photo and said that during a deposition, trump pointed to carol and said, it's marla seeming to confuse carroll for his second wife, marla maples, trump's defense attorney called carroll's suit an affront to justice, saying she's doing it for money for political reasons and for status, and telling jurors they can hate donald trump, but they can't let carroll profit from her abuse of this process. this is a civil case. so former president trump is not required to attend. pressed by the judge today, david, to say one way or the other, trump's defense attorney said he still could not say for certain whether trump would appear here to testify in his own defense. david aaron katersky in new york tonight. thank you, erin. overseas tonight into sudan, where a fragile cease fire remains in effect tonight, brokered by the us with this desperate race to get more americans out underway, james longman again tonight here tonight, the desperate rush to escape s

and then, carroll says, that is when he raped her.ssault to police, but she says shortly after, she told two friends what happened. they are scheduled to testify. carroll first shared her story publicly in her 2019 autobiography. by then, it was too late for a criminal investigation, but a new york state law allowed carroll to file a civil lawsuit. trump says he has no plans to attend the trial and has repeatedly denied the allegations. what is the task for donald trump's attorneys, in this case? >> donald trump's attorneys must destroy this story. he has got to show this jury that the story of tells this jury, is not e. jean carroll, that what she tells this jury, is not credible, and if he cannot destroy her credibility, she will carry the day. >> reporter: e. jean carroll is expected to be back on the stand tomorrow, where she will be cross-examined. the judge gave a stern warning to trump's attorneys, telling them if their client continues to post about this case, he could face potential liability. norah? >> norah: elaine quijano,

jean carroll. under heated cross-examination she told the former president's lawyer, and i'm quoting here now, "i'm telling you, he raped me. whether i screamed or not." as for trump, he's campaigning in new hampshire tonight amid an escalating war of words with likely gop rival ron desantis. this as desantis is turning his fire at the walt disney corporation, blasting the company's new lawsuit against him as political. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> tonight, the accused pentagon leaker is behind bars as a judge decides whether he'll stay there in the leadup to his trial. prosecutors revealing very disturbing new details about the suspect and their case as they argued he should remain in custody. here's cnn pentagon correspondent oren liebermann. >> reporter: tonight 21-year-old jack teixeira in custody after appearing in court for his detention hearing. his father asking the judge to release his son into

in his october deposition trump called carroll a nut job.arroll filed what is now her second lawsuit against trump after a new law called the adult survivors act was passed in new york. that law allows adults alleging sexual assault to bring claims years after the attack. carroll claims trump forced her against a dressing room wall, pinned her in place with her wall and raped her. saying trump jammed his hand under her coat dress, then forced his penis inside of her. she says the attack lasted two to three minutes. trump has denied all of carroll's claims including the rape allegation. carroll says she called a friend right away that night who backs up her story. >> i remember her saying repeatedly, he pulled down my tights, it was horrible. we fought. i said let's go to the police. >> reporter: carroll's lawsuit claims the alleged sexual assault caused her significant pain and suffering, adding trump's statement has injured her reputation. >> nobody has held him accountable yet. >> reporter: carroll suld trump for defamation after he denied

maybe on one of the corner instruments that ended up unde carroll's fingernails.further proof of a shodd investigation. >> contamination, we found out not only potential contamination, there is actual contamination in this case >> how can you trust anythin after that >> exactly >> defense attorney crai williams said the case against steve had an even bigger flaw. >> you cannot put stev democker in that house where there was a horrific murder, a bloody murder, you can't put him in the house - >> no dna at all >> no dna, no blood, you don't find any dna of carol's on him you don't find any dna fingerprints, blood anything o his in the house, how can yo convict him of murder? >> but in july 2013, by this time a full five years after carol's death, steve was still in jail. in the case, finally went to trial again, new defense attorneys, a new prosecution team who had soon -- during the long delay spen quality time honing thei argument against steve >> carol kennedy had no enemies, this was not a burger -- burglary or robbery, no things were missing, everything point t

carroll prepared to come here to testify today, trump was on social media attacking her. judge called it totally an appropriate, even suggesting that it bordered on witness tampering. david, tonight trump's attorney says he will talk to his client before carroll returns to the witness stand. >> david: we turn next to the news involving our parent company, disney, filing a lawsuit against florida governor ron desantis, accusing the governor of "targeted campaign of government retaliation." tonight how the governor is responding and what led to this. here is rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: tonight, disney suing florida governor ron desantis alleging he is waging a limitless campaign to weaponize government power against his knee in retaliation for expressing a political viewpoint unpopular with certain state officials. that viewpoint, disney's vocal opposition to desantis' parental rights in education l law. the critics have called don't say. providing classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity. shortly after the public criticism, the republican governor

jean carroll on truth social, his social media platform.created a drama a few days ago when judge kaplan, said to defense counsel for donald trump cut it out. tell him to stop because he might be flirting with an additional offense of obstruction of justice by trying to intimidate the outcome and maybe influence the outcome of this trial. isn't it telling that donald trump doesn't have the courage to come into court to defend himself. he's not required to but i do think it's telling that he won't come in and do it. i think it's partially because we have yet to hear from two additional accusers of donald trump who will be presented by e. jean carroll's legal team who said they had similar experiences with donald trump. >> before i let you go, i just want to make this point, i think this is so important given i've done a lot of stories about sexual abuse. i've talked to survivors. i've talked with the experts and so just some stats and context here, when it comes to sexual assault, and this is according to r.a.i.n.n. they looked at reporting

and it only takes one or to turn against the verdict for eugene carroll to win. i think it was extremely over

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carroll. through tears carroll asserted i'm telling you he raped me. whether i screamed or not. i don't need an excuse for not screaming. tacopina an experienced trial attorney also currently defending trump in an unrelated criminal case being brought by manhattan district attorney alvin bragg is known for his brash style of defending clients. >> no, no can't be. this was a federal presidential election. the allegation here in some twilight zone scenario. >> reporter: outside court, a trump spokesperson said that the case is entirely political and trump himself accuses carroll of lying saying her case is, quote, a made up scam. tacopina pressed carroll on why she waited until 2019 to go public with her story. she said she was mourning her mother's death and then, i thought this may be a way to change the culture of sexual violence. the light donned, we can actually change things if we all tell our stories. and i thought, by god, this may be the time. tacopina told the judge he is about halfway through his cross-examination. there is no court on friday, so carroll is expected to

jean carroll e.carroll acknowledged people have suffered worse than being the target of donald trump's wrath online but said the toll is nonetheless devastating. it hit me and it laid me low i lost my reputation nobody looked at me the same it was gone, e. jean carroll said, sounding anguished people with no opinion now thought of me as a liar and hated me the force of that hatred was staggering she described receiving at least ten serious threats, including being emailed death threats. she said she also received terrible messages through her ask e. jean mail bag she got supportive messages but they were outweighed by the harmful ones, she testified. the violence and the dirt and seedy language and people describing what they think i did and why nobody in the world would touch me because of my enormous ugliness has sort of swamped the heartfelt letters i received this is a thing about the human brain, there can be a million letters of support but it's the hideous ones, even if they're not in the main

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carroll.r voice cracking, i'm telling you, he raped me, whether i screamed or not. then later on in the series of questioning, the attorney said, so you didn't scream while you were being raped because you didn't want to make a scene? carroll said that's right. that's probably why i didn't scream. he was then asking her specifics about this encounter, saying she was wearing four-inch heels, how could she fight off trump? she said she could dance backwards and forwards in heels. he asked her about her handbag. she said she had it in her hand the entire time and questioned how that was possible if she was pushing off the former president, who was more than twice her weight. you know, they also were going back and forth over why she never reported this attack, and her friend -- one of her friends she talked to advised her not to saying -- remember, this is back in the '90s when trump is the real estate tycoon. her friend advised her that he would bury her. she and his attorney now that he's the m

jean carroll trial. he walked into the red arrow diner.n allen asked former president trump about mike pence testifying to the grand jury here's what mike allen asked him, mr. president, what do you think of mike pence testifying today, and trump said, oh, i don't know what he said, but i have a lot of confidence in him. you covered donald trump for quite some time. what do you make of that and the fact mike pence did testify? >> that's not the message from behind the scenes in trump world. they see pence's testimony as potentially the most damaging thing that could be for trump in the january 6th investigation. look, pence was there all of the key moments. he was there on the night before the capitol attack on january 5. he was there the morning of the capitol attack one-on-one with trump. these are conversations the january 6th committee could never get ahold of also, pence was discussing how to -- whether he could use objections to throw out the election to the house or send it back to the states these are discussions being done at the

jean carroll tell the court? >> reporter: well, boris, e. jean carroll has been on the stand for a little more than an hour and this morning she described to the court and the jury what had happened through the heart of this allegation. she told them that donald trump had raped her. so she set the scene, she told them she was leaving the department store she believed on a thursday night and sometime in the spring of 1996. she said she saw donald trump at the door, he put his hand up and said, hey, you are that advice columnist and she replied, hey, you are that real estate tycoon. from there she said they began this flirtatious fun, he wanted her advice to buy a present for a woman, they looked at handbags, they looked at hats, he then suggested they go to the sixth floor the lingerie department and there they were teasing each other over a body suit, he suggested that she put it on, she suggested that he put it on. she testified, though, after that is when things turned violent. she said trump lured her into the dressing room, he then pushe

during day one of the trial yesterday, lawyers for author e jean carroll claimed trump asked carroll for help choosing a gift inside a new york department store back in 1996. and then lunged at her in a dressing room . it was against my will and it hurt, and it was a fight. trump's attorney called carroll's lawsuit an affront to justice, saying she's doing it for money for political reasons and for status, and claiming carroll doesn't even know the date of the alleged encounter. and two women are expected to testify that he attack after it happened. that trial expected to last about a week. andrew lindsey, thank you. breaking overnight, severe storms hitting texas. a possible tornado destroyed a convenience store in dickens county about 275 miles west of dallas. power lines were also down, but no injuries were reported. in california, a large parts of yosemite national park will be closed starting friday night because of flood concerns due to the area's record snowpack now melting. the midwest is also bracing for historic flooding along the mississippi river. we'll have more on that