including the uk, don t know where they ll be able to watch the matches. the british government, along with those in france, germany, italy and spain, have released a statement urging fifa and broadcasters to settle the matter, for the good of the women s game. jose mourinho has taken another swipe at his old club tottenham, ahead of the europa league final later. his side roma take on sevilla and mourinho was eager to point out he s won all five european finals he s been involved in. he says he just needs to be given the time to succeed. in roma, they didn t sack me before the final, in tottenham they sack me before the final at wembley. roma gave me the chance to win the final, and at tottenham i had no chance. england captain ben stokes says the only way he won t take a full part in the ashes this summer is if he can t walk . he s had problems with a persistent knee injury, and only played two games for chennai super kings in the indian premier league because of issues
as he hailed what he called productive talks with his political rivals. this as the clock ticks towards a deadline to avoid missing a payment on the us government s loans. the government is set to hit its borrowing limit of $31.4 trillion next week, raising fears it could run out of money to pay its bills without a deal to increase the debt ceiling . joining me now is danni hewson, head of financial analysis at aj bell. do you think investors are happy to take president biden at his word that no matter how difficult these negotiations get, no matter how much they go down to the wire he will somehow ensure there is no default? i think investors are increasingly nervous as we get further down to the wire and we have seen markets lose about 2% this week as that clock counts down. at the moment i think investors do assume that politicians will not want to tank the us economy. there is some kind of agreement will be reached before it reaches a point of defaulting on debt becaus
coming out of washington, dc, at about ten minutes past the hour. we ll be monitoring that as well and we also know that republican leaders and republican leaders and republican lawmakers will be holding a call around 9:30pm eastern time, so it about 20 minutes, and there will be briefing republican lawmakers on the deal that has been agreed in principle. i believe we also have a tweet from the republican speaker of the house kevin mccarthy. he might be giving some more information on what could be an ideal, what we are expecting next, but again, this is something we have been tracking for many days and weeks and months in terms of what could be in this deal and whether or not lawmakers could come to an agreement about raising the debt limit here in the united states. of course we know that the deadline had been extended to june five, when know that the deadline had been extended tojune five, when the us treasury said that essentially the country would no longer be able to me
newsroom . with regard to the debt limit things are looking good and very optimistic. that might be how president biden feels about debt ceiling negotiations, but it s not clear everyone agrees, we ll look at the obstacles still ahead. and we have to be on top of the plane we re going to get on top of the plane. yeah, buckle up for what s expected to be a very busy holiday travel weekend, it s the unofficial start of summer, people, and the u.s., and millions here, are on the move. plus, cnn sports andy scholes joins me live to look at how new rules in major league baseball are putting action back in the game. . announcer: live from cnn center this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. we begin with a renewed sense of optimism on capitol hill this hour that a financial disaster could be averted. white house and republican negotiators have been hammering out the details of a plan to raise the nation s debt limit and we re told an agreement could be reached as
appreciate your company. coming up on i do cnn newsroom, close put no white smoke. that s how one republican describes negotiations on the u.s. debt ceiling. ukraine assessing the damage after one of russia s deadliest attacks in recent days targets a hospital. people flocking to a u.s. monastery where a nun s body appears to show no signs of decay nearly four years after she died . a flurry of activity on capitol hill as the white house and republicans race to finalize a deal to raise the u.s. borrowing limit, called the debt ceiling, and avert financial catastrophe. a person familiar with the negotiations tells cnn they re hoping to announce an agreement perhaps as soon as saturday. jeremy diamond is at the white house with more on where things stand. reporter: as the white house and republican lawmakers continue negotiating on friday over a potential deal to raise the debt ceiling and cap spending, president biden on friday sounding downright optimistic about th